Katrina Linn
Painting the razzle dazzle and shimmer of light on every petal.
I am Katrina Linn and I am from Adelaide, Australia.
I am a receptionist by day and an artist by night.
I love flowers. I paint their voluptuous folds of petals, their rich muted colours and the razzle dazzle and shimmer of light dancing across their surface. Trying to capture the ecstasy of emotion in a single flower, and share it with others, is my driving force.
As a child I went to oil painting lessons for a couple of years. I remember it as being fun, but I was dissatisfied with the outcomes. I dabbled with watercolours in later life, but my skill level once again, didn’t match my expectations, and I drifted away.
I was a professional potter for 35 years. I had my own pottery, gift and florist business which took all my attention. With falling sales and rising costs I closed my shop in 2010. I reinvented myself into a receptionist. I finally made time, to satisfy a long held ambition to paint.
I took some lessons and did an online course. I had always wanted to paint flowers. I also wanted to do portraits of my cats, as they make me laugh every day and are very dear to me.
I got serious about painting 5 years ago and if I am in the groove, get up at 5am to paint before work.
Painting for me is the most fun I have, but also the most torment. There is a fine line between the pleasure and the pain.
Painting has taught me to keep going. I have a very low tolerance for seeing things unfinished on the canvas. I finish as I go. During each painting I want to give up 100 times. I have learnt if I just keep going it sometimes turns out okay, like life itself.
My goal with each painting is to improve.
I have so many ideas and images that I want to paint. Inspiration is everywhere.
Flowers and my cats are my topics of choice.
Oil paint and canvas my medium.
My favourite thing – painting time with my music turned up, and my mind turned down.
My favourite painting – always the last one I completed.
My favourite quote – If not now, when?
2021 People’s Choice Winner ‘Wisteria Allure’ - Allure Group Exhibition at Artworx Gallery & Gifts | Goolwa
