Amalia Keefer

Crossing Paths

2023 Oil on linen 1010 mm x 760 mm Framed in oak

Amalia Keefer is a visual artist living and working on the Gold Coast, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Yugambeh peoples. Working predominantly with oil paint on stretched canvas, Keefer is influenced by her natural surroundings—bright colours, textiles, and the flora and fauna that inhabit the lush hinterland around her home. Exploring the fluctuating tendencies of human emotion in her work, Keefer is guided intuitively by how she feels and what she sees in the moment, rather than painting from a place of aesthetic premeditation. Keefer’s kaleidoscopic scapes are representative of what impacts her daily life, whether that be a conversation shared with a friend or a branch of freshly bloomed wattle. By documenting feelings and experiences in their realistic, unrefined state, Keefer questions our reliance on rigid structure to understand artistic language, ultimately emphasising its intention to translate differently to everyone.