Katerina Apale, Central Coast based artist.
My path as an artist can be traced back to my childhood and the influence of my mother, who was an artist in Riga. I obtained my artistic training at the Art Academy of Latvia where I participated in a number of large exhibitions and important international art events. During the course of my degree, I travelled to the Berlin University of the Arts on an exchange program. I completed my degree in 2008, acquiring a Masters of Fine Arts.
My path as an artist can be traced back to my childhood and the influence of my mother, who was an artist in Riga. I obtained my artistic training at the Art Academy of Latvia where I participated in a number of large exhibitions and important international art events. During the course of my degree, I travelled to the Berlin University of the Arts on an exchange program. I completed my degree in 2008, acquiring a Masters of Fine Arts.
Old Riga
My move to Australia in 2014 marked a new beginning in my career as an artist. The extraordinary beauty of the unique Australian native flora and fauna was a new and overwhelming sensory experience. It inspired me to immerse myself into the study of the interplay of light with the fluid shapes of birds, flowers and the ornamental patterns they created. I use oil and acrylic paints to try and capture the joyous and unique richness of colour of the Australian nature. My paintings can be saturated with colour or capture the fleeting moments in more muted, pastel tones; they can be ornamental and decorative or authentically realistic.
Latvian Academy of Arts
Active participation in group exhibitions in galleries all over the world in countries including Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Russia, Belarus, Austria, Germany, Australia (since 2002)
My Work In Progress
-Autobiography, written 20th March 2019