KATHERINE SIMMONDS Body of the Void at the Lone Goat Gallery

“…Form does not differ from emptiness, emptiness does not differ from form. That which is form is emptiness, that which is emptiness, form. The same is true of feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness.” From The Heart Sutra of Gautam Buddha.

Inspired by the recent catastrophic flooding in the Northern Rivers, these paintings explore the omnipotent power of clouds. Clouds being nature’s ultimate expression of the emptiness of form.

‘Body of the Void’ is the first solo exhibition for Katherine Simmonds.

KATHERINE SIMMONDS
Body of the Void
8 April – 6 May 2023
Lone Goat Gallery Byron Bay

GUIDED MEDITATION WITH KATHERINE SIMMONDS 2.00PM SATURDAY 22 APRIL 2023

Artist Katherine Simmonds draws on her experiences in India and her Zen practice to lead us in a guided Nadabrahma meditation, an ancient Tibetan humming meditation set to music.

Through humming and hand movements, conflicting parts of you will fall into harmony and bring peace to your whole being.

The meditation will be followed by ceremonial cacao with the opportunity to share and ask questions about the meditation and the paintings with the artist.

The Gallery doors will be closed at 2.20pm and during the meditation so please come early to participate.

Please bring a cushion & your favourite mug!
This is a free event, please RSVP to attend. All welcome.

BIO

Katherine Simmonds is a local artist based in Byron Bay, NSW. She completed her undergraduate studies in fine art at UNSW Art and Design in Sydney and also attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London, UK.

Her work is influenced by her travels in India with a Zen Master, the climate crisis, and her emotional connection with nature. Through the mediums of oil painting and watercolours, she conveys a fluidity of existence and emptiness of form. The subject of her paintings departs from true representation towards abstraction, as the artist blends her inner emotional and spiritual world with the external natural world.