At Noonish
Mixed media on canvas, 90 x 120 cm, 2024
 
Artwork Statement
At Noonish is an abstract landscape rooted in memory — not of a specific place, but of a feeling. Inspired by the vibrancy of the Fauvist movement, the work reflects how colour and light can shape our emotional recollections of the world around us.
 
Rather than depicting a literal scene, Amy wanted to capture the warmth, freedom, and spontaneity of a midday moment as it lives in the mind — bright, exaggerated, a little dreamlike. The rolling shapes and playful brushstrokes suggest familiar forms: hills, trees, shadows — but they’re filtered through an inner lens, where memory transforms into mood.
 
In this piece, Amy explore how landscapes don’t just exist outside of us, but also within us — shaped by how we remember them, and how we long to return.
 
Artist Bio
Amy Kim is a Melbourne-based visual artist whose practice explores memory, emotion, and human connection through abstract forms and poetic symbolism. Born in Seoul, she moved to Australia in 2000 to study Fine Art at the Victorian College of the Arts. Her multidisciplinary background in theatre, design, and teaching informs an intuitive, open-minded approach to art making. Amy’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and she sees art as a quiet bridge between people, cultures, and inner worlds.