UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

Through a painterly process of layering and excavation, Kirsty Budge unsettles the distinction between foreground and background, preserving the moment where her compositions veer away from figuration into more intuitive, non-linear territory. The surreal abstractions (left) of her latest series evolved from earlier underpainting that drew tonally upon South Gippsland and Otago landscapes. Until December 19. dainesinger.com