From Home Beautiful:
Her bright artworks are as contagiously bubbly as Kirsten herself, who still equates painting with peace.
She likens walking into her studio to breezing through a yoga class. “I love my studio,” she says of the fresh white space, which provides a tranquil backdrop for her vibrant pieces. “My breathing changes and I get that ‘ahhh’ feeling. It’s like my meditation.”
ele HOME invites three of Australia’s most interesting artists to chat about what inspires their creative journey.
After losing both her parents by the time she was a teen, Kirsten Jackson turned to running and creating art for comfort.
After losing her mother, Melbourne painter Kirsten Jackson found refuge in creating joy-sparking art bursting with colour.
"Something I didn't realize as a new artist is it takes many years for successful artists to create 'that look' and a lot of mistakes, learning and experimenting along he way."
"There was this gallery in Melbourne, and the guy who owns it is lovely and I went in with my paintings and he was like, ‘No, no, no… I like one centimetre of this one million-centimetre painting; can you do it like that?’ So I kept going back to him, over two years with this painting and eventually, he goes, ‘Oh, my god, I love it!’ So he started selling my work."
I the dining room, the art is a huge ‘Happy Face’ painting by Kirsten Jackson. This piece is extremely vibrant, large and bold so I have made this the focus and kept the rest of the styling pared back with a few pops of colour to link the painting to the room.
