'Grasp'- Kathryn Haug This is Kathryn Haug's stunning second solo exhibition and her new work continues an exploration of the paint medium and the manipulation of paint. The work focuses on the materiality of paint - the way it looks, feels and behaves - as well as investigating the act of making a representation of something directly from life; where observation, correction, repetition, and passing time come into play.

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This is Kathryn Haug's second solo exhibition and this new work continues an exploration of the paint medium and the manipulation of paint. The work focuses on the materiality of paint - the way it looks, feels and behaves - as well as investigating the act of making a representation of something directly from life; where observation, correction, repetition, and passing time come into play.

Through choice of subject matter and the process of composing each painting- during which decisions are made as to which information to include and which to leave out- the work has developed an undercurrent of romanticism or nostalgia: a longing for something which really only exists in memory or imagination, where details are forgotten and undesirable parts ignored.

'A Pomegranate from Two Views' oil on canvas 2010, 76.5 x 101.5cm $2200.00	'Afternoon Effect I' oil on canvas 2010, 58.5 x 60cm	'Afternoon Effect II' oil on canvas 2010, 50.5 x 50.5cm
'Before You Were Born I' oil on board 2010, 30 x 20.5cm $450.00	'Before You Were Born II' oil on board 2010, 45 x 60.5cm	'Fabricated Landscape' oil on canvas 2010/11, 180.5 x 180.5cm
'Figure with a White Headband' oil on canvas 2010, 118 x 78cm	'Figure with Ankles Crossed' oil on canvas 2010, 87.5 x 72cm	'Figure with Legs Crossed' oil on canvas 2010, 86 x 62cm
'Four Beetroot' oil on canvas 2010, 50 x 50.5cm	'Fragmented Landscape' oil on canvas 2010, 72 x 82cm	'Girl, Looking Back' oil on canvas 2010, 118.5 x 63cm
'Likeness I' oil on canvas 2010, 57.5 x 50cm	'Likeness II' oil on canvas 2011, 61 x 51cm	'Morning Effect I' oil on board 2010, 61 x 45cm
'Morning Effect II' oil on canvas 2010, 81 x 51cm $1600.00	'Overcast Effect I' oil on board 2010, 30 x 40cm	'Overcast Effect II' oil on board 2010, 40 x 30cm
'Pour' oil on canvas 2010, 170 x 120cm	'Resting' oil on board 2011, 40.5 x 30cm	'Seated' oil on board 2011, 61 x 45.5cm $1100.00
'Second Attempt' oil on board 2010, 91 x 60.5cm	'Sketch I' oil on board 2010, 20.5 x 31.5cm	'Sketch II' oil on board 2010, 31 x 60.5cm
'Sketch III (Fabricated Landscape)' oil on board 2010, 60.5 x 60.5cm $1400.00	'Sketch IV' oil on board 2011, 30 x 22.5cm	'Third Attempt' oil on board 2010, 91 x 60.5cm