Kit, commonly refers to a carefully considered group of essential items used for a particular purpose... and is also my nickname.
Kit is where I can slowly create small batches of art rooted in the exploration of my craft and away from the pressures of production.
- Kim Bednall
Grounded in Grain
Grounded in Grain presents a series of landscape works that examine materiality and ecological resilience. Rendered in charcoal and chalk pastel on birch ply, this series was inspired by the recurring cycles of fire that shape the Cape’s fynbos ecology using byproducts of the destruction to showcase landscapes in a more generative part of the cycle.
The use of birch ply enhances the movement of each piece while exposing its unique fingerprint and grounding the work in the raw and exposed elements of nature.
West Coast
This series was painted to honor the West Coast of South Africa and the ongoing mining that is destroying its natural beauty. Each painting aims to showcase its stunning landscape and what’s at stake if we don't protect it.
Down South
Spaces between the tides that welcomed me home and taught me so much after years of living abroad.
Underwater
An ode to the gentle rhythm of slow tides as they filter rays of sunshine drifting down through ocean hues and between the kelp forests.
