Bernie Kirkham - Fragments Collection
Bernie has recently embraced a bold new direction with abstraction. As she explains, “I don't usually paint abstract art … I have really enjoyed exploring this new idea. I particularly like the textured, looser style I have used here. …
This exploration culminates in Fragments, her current abstract exhibition at ArtSelect Gallery in Newmarket.
In these new works, layers of past imagery peek through expressive textures, inviting the viewer to uncover hidden narratives and feel the energy of transformation.
What began as a boundary‑pushing experiment has blossomed into a powerful artistic statement—raw, textural, and open to interpretation. The Fragments collection reflects the artist's exploration of fragmentation and transformation.
Fragments marks a milestone in Bernie’s creative evolution, where imaginative storytelling meets abstract expression—and the result is a beautifully layered invitation into her artistic world.
Bernie Kirkham
Fragments Collection Solo Exhibition
Now Showing
Golden Fragments in the Sand
Soft organic forms evoke a sense of the quiet erosion of sand and ancient landscapes.
Gentle washes of colour suggest natural movement - like water shaping rock or wind over earth.
Embedded throughout the work are delicate touches of gold leaf. Glinting like hidden treasures or sunlit fragments. Subtle textures and tonal shifts whisper of stories just beneath the surface.
Size: 1520 mm wide by 920 mm high
Medium: Acrylic, Multi Media and Gold Leaf on Canvas
Price: $5900
Status: Available
Summer's Day Fragments
Capturing the vivid energy and hazy intensity of a hot summers day. The bright colours suggest the scorching sun and heatwaves rising from the ground. Deeper patches of midnight blue introduce a sense of shade or distant water, while delicate lines ripple through the composition like mirages or drifting clouds.
Both vibrant and dreamlike, full of movement, warmth, and the suspended stillness of summer.
Size: 1220 mm wide by 920 mm high
Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
Status: SOLD
Beach Fragments
What Remains. This atmospheric abstract painting soft, swirling forms evoking weathered rock, sand and drifting clouds. The surface appears marbled, almost ancient, as if nature itself has painted it—through wind, water, and decay. The painting holds a dreamlike quality, inviting contemplation and interpretation. There’s a strong sense of dissolution and emergence, as though forms are trying to materialize or disappear, where pieces of memory, self, or landscape remain only partially intact.
Size: 1520 mm wide by 920 mm high
Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
Price: $5200
Status: Available
Breaking Free
This powerful abstract painting marks a pivotal turning point—My first venture into abstraction and the beginning of a bold, expressive new direction. It radiates a sense of emotional release, The composition feels raw and visceral. There's a sense of struggle and motion, a shedding of structure, and the emergence of a more intuitive, energetic visual language.
Size: 920 mm wide by 1520 mm high
Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
Price: $5200
Status: Available
