Chantal is an Australian artist who grew up in many outback and small country towns throughout Australia in an era where outdoor play was the mode of life. She now calls the Gippsland region with its beautiful natural landscapes home. Her works are of a semi abstract nature where she uses loose and gestural brushstrokes to evoke a feeling of the bush and landscape that she calls home. Like our own unique signature these brush marks are the elements in her art that makes it unique. Chantal likes to use loose expressive marks to describe the landscape and earth that we live on.

Chantal is interested in how we live on the earth in a way that reduces our impact and cares about this in both her work practices and the way she lives. Chantal loves using colour and texture in her work to build up layers as she tells the story of the Australian landscape. Chantal often uses natural ochres and pigments that are native to the places that hold deep meaning for her. Her paintings tell a beautiful story of the Australian landscape as works of poetry in paint.

Chantal’s use of ground earth pigments collected from the region locally connect her work in a physical way as they are worked into the paintings. These works are a collection of landscapes that hold deep meaning for her as she celebrates the collaboration of nature and art making. By using elements of the earth in her artwork it connects the art in a physical and emotional way to the place that it is from. Chantal believes we are of nature and as such should work to live in harmony with it. In it and of it rather than trying to control it. By using loose gestural marks she hopes to convey this sense of letting go of control and allowing ourselves to be within the cycles and imperfect systems of nature.

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“Matters of the Heart was created after our return from visiting the alpine region of Kosciuszko. We walked the track between Thredbo to the Summit and marvelled at the beauty of this place we are blessed to live upon and love. The grasslands and rock formations creating a scene that made we ant to stand still and reflect upon our impact. We packed nuts, fruit and water and headed up the mountain. My camera working overtime to help me capture the feeling I will later paint in the studio. The lakes and mountains that unfold in the scene more beautiful with each kilometre we tread. By the time we reached the summit our visibility was reduced and thick cloud covered the views. The colours in this piece are autumnal and reflect the golden glow of the late autumn grasslands. Clouds that billow up from the rock masses and distant blue horizons. Above the treeline here so just the beauty of the grasses, wildflowers now resting and the colours of majestic stones to admire.”

Chantal de Kock, 2024

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