The influence of William Turner and indigenous art can be seen in the strong rounded shapes, like boulders, and the power of the light: hues of golden yellow, pinks for the dusk and pale purples. Repeating patterns remind one of patterns in nature, the veins of leaves, the octopus branches, the imprinted lines of a rake through soil, thousands of blades of grass. There is a feeling of fondness for the landscape in Kerry’s paintings. The paintings share with the viewer a subtle sense of spirituality and innocent gentle wonder. There is an ambiguous, yet challenging force in Kerry’s work, a paradox almost- the simplicity of purpose, composition and colour bound up with the complexity of layers of acrylic: layers of history and mystery.”

Amanda Cachia