Three dimensional cast paint sculpture by Adelaide artist Katey Smoker.

I work with paint as a sculptural material, building three dimensional forms from cast pieces.

There is always a balance between control and surrender, between my interventions and the paint’s own behaviour.

I need to see what paint can do, how far it can go, and how much it can take.

Painting is the question. Painting is what I do to find the answer.

I’ve never been one to fit neatly into a defined box
from The Delicate Balance Between Intention and Intuition, 2023, acrylic paint, detail

Photography: Bente Andermahr

I acknowledge that the lands I live and work on are the unceded lands of the Kaurna people