In this episode I visit Kirstin Carlin in her studio in Mt Roskill, Auckland.

Kirstin has a Master of Fine Arts from the Glasgow School of Art.Her work is held in numerous public and private collections, and she has exhibited widely locally and internationally, including at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

She is represented in NZ by Melanie Roger Gallery in Auckland, and regularly exhibits with The Central Art Gallery in Christchurch.

There are images of the works we talk about on The Good Oil Kirstin Carlin Instagram post for your to reference.

In this episode you’ll hear Kirstin speak about how she is influenced by slightly obscure Scottish painters, how much work never makes it out of the studio, how a throw away exercise in problem solving opened up unexpected new approaches to painting, a constant awareness of colour combinations the world presents, obsessing over Matisse… and some of her unlikely reference material.

Links

Kirstin Carlin Instagram Page

Melanie Roger Gallery Kirstin Carlin Artist Web Page

The Central Art Gallery Kirstin Carlin Artist Web Page

The Good Oil Instagram Page