“All the world’s a stage and all of the men and women merely players…”
    W. Shakespeare A Midsummer Nights Dream

The works in ‘FIGURE IN SPACE’ are primarily the result from observing, sketching, photographing and recording figures in urban spaces, which are then composed, organised and imagined into compositional images that isolate the figures in their interaction within the space they inhabit.

The metaphor of the stage is appropriate to ‘frame’ a moment in time and stop the action at a point where we can understand the poetic interpretation of the figure and its relationship to the surrounding space.

Shadows give direction and add mystery. Both charcoal and finished paintings are the result of a year and a half research and work. This includes four months as a resident artist from the College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, spent at the Cite des Art Internationale in Paris in 1997.

'When we invest our visual reality with the perception of our dreams, as observers or voyeurs, we glimpse ‘moments in time’ from altered viewpoints.'

With these particular works I owe a debt of gratitude to those contemporary masters who have influenced me greatly, such as: Balthus, Paul Delveau and Edward Hopper.

Artist Biography ::
Tanya Kingston NDD Atd M.Art MFA(research)

Tanya Kingston was born in Manchester, UK and spent her early years in Washington DC and Baltimore, USA. Tanya was schooled later in England and after matriculation she won a scholarship to study Illustration and design at Goldsmiths’ London. This was followed by an Art teachers Diploma at Kings College, Newcastle-on-Tyne. While raising her family, she worked as an illustrator/teacher from 1970-1987, and has been nominated for various Children’s Book Fair awards.

Tanya Kingston was resident artist at the NSW University Atelier of the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris from March to July 1997. Since holding her first solo show at the Grace Brothers Gallery in 1975, her fine art practice has consisted of large scale oil paintings and bronze sculptures. Expansive in nature, her painting has developed around the study of the figure in space, both physical and psychological space. In recent years she has exhibited in Paris, Belgium and USA, as well as Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth.

Tanya Kingston entered post-graduate study in 1992 and holds a Master of Art Degree and a Masters’ Research Degree (MFA) from the University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts, Sydney. In March 2001 Tanya was awarded a fellowship grant to the Vermont Studio Centre, USA as an artist in residence, which allowed her develop  her ideas to explore spatial abstraction in the work, with the figure as ‘vector’. February 2003 Tanya was awarded a residency at the Pouch Cove Artist Studio in Newfoundland, Canada followed by invited studio residencies at the Leighton Studios, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada, Sydney Olympic Park Artist residency for three months and more recently, 'Artists Enclave.' I-Park Connecticut, USA. The most recent works relate more to abstraction than figuration.

Artwork information and Pricing :

All works in the Sildeshow Presentation are oil on canvas.

The Lovers, 5x4 ft, €4.200 euro
Yellow Dress, 5x3,6 ft, €2.700 euro
Redgold Beach, 5x3,6 ft, €1.200 euro
Woman, sea, fish, 1,6x1 ft, €420 euro
The Restaurant, 4x4 ft, €2.700 euro
Manhatten, 4x4 ft, €3.600 euro
Walking dawn Madison, 5x4 ft, €3.600 euro
Vapour, 4x4 ft, €2.700 euro
Passing Fragments 4x4 ft, €2.700 euro
Flightpath 4x4 ft, €2.700 euro




Shipping info :
Australia Post for shipping rolled canvases in cardboard rolls.

If you are interested in purchasing one of the artworks presented here or if you would like further information about the artist please contact : elizabeth@artromgallery.com