Artist of the month, January Kerrie Howland
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Kerrie grew up in Iluka from the age of ten and has now settled with her two children and husband Peter, at Woombah making her a local to the area for the last twenty-one years. Kerrie often creates artworks relating to the beauty of Iluka's natural environment and her memories growing up there.
Kerrie is a Visual Arts teacher part-time at Maclean High School and has been teaching art for eleven years privately and in the public school system.
Kerrie completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Diploma of Education at Southern Cross University Lismore in 2006. She has exhibited work locally and her first solo exhibition was at the Art House Australia Gallery at Yamba in 2005.
Kerrie's art is a diary of her life experiences. Her works on display at Ferry Park Gallery are paintings and works on paper combining a variety of subjects. What she creates is always directly related to an experience, place, memory or conceptual feeling. She often uses symbolism and abstract forms to capture a subject. When Kerrie was pregnant most of her work became about the female body, fertility and the beauty of motherhood which inspired her responses through painting.
Kerrie's design and photography practice has recently led her to create her own range of stationery. As a stationery designer Kerrie's products can soon be view on her web page or she can be contacted at kerriehowland@ilivartz.com
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It is well worth a visit to Ferry Park Gallery to view the beautiful creative work and diverse range of quality, local arts and crafts.
Ferry Park Gallery is located on the Pacific Highway at the southern approach to Maclean and is open every day from 9am - 5pm. Admission is free.
Phone 66453700
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