Daine Singer

Kirsty Budge

New Zealand

Kirsty Budge’s paintings combine deep introspection, external observation and an interest in psychoanalysis and philosophy that embraces the richness of the world. They are a complex and ambiguous mix of figuration and abstraction referencing nature, connectivity, eerie repetitions and a quest for meaning.


Budge embraces intuitive painting methods that are steeped in a ritualistic daily practice and a faith in the transcendental nature of this process. This embodied methodology mirrors a complex inner geography within the paintings and an elaborate scaffolding of the psyche which can take imaginative leaps and emerges with a strange offbeat beauty. The language of image, symbol and feeling combined with acute exploration in tone and varied painting techniques creates a liminal space that operates as an exploration of realms of possibility.