Sylvia Kolarik

Biography

SYLVIA KOLARIK








Email sylvkol@bigpond.com
Mobile 0418 328 872
www.sylviakolarik.com






BA Fine Arts, Monash University, 1976
Exhibited work in a number of art shows 1976 - 2019
Taught Art 1976 - 1994
Principal Victorian College of the Arts 1994 - 2007






This series of paintings followed visits to the Kakadu and the Kimberley regions in the Northern Territory where I felt an overwhelming awe of the unique light and colour of the Desert.

The love of this unique landscape is combined with a reverence for the original people of the desert who for thousands of years have lived and thrived in this wonderful place. They leave their marks through their rock art and their tracks to their secret places for meetings and rituals all reflecting their reverence for country. Sometimes it is possible to find hidden images of the people, animals and vegetation in the paintings.
The sounds of the wind whipping across the desert, the smell of rain on hot earth, and the movement of wildlife across plains are all elements which I use as inspiration to weave colours, shapes and rhythms into pieces. She finds lines and shapes which relate to her own experience, resulting in an ever-present tension between reality and abstraction.