Krystal Bradford - Walking Shadows

Original Artwork

120 x 100cm | Acrylic on canvas | Framed in Blackwood | Ready to hang

About the Artwork: 

Many of my works explore our connection to the land and the journeys we take across it. This work, in particular, traces the footsteps through places and spaces of the past, almost like a shadow that follows us. The forms within the work echo the shapes of the terrain we move through—fragmented and seemingly mismatched, yet somehow always finding a way to connect. Those memories become embedded in the soles of our feet, so that wherever we go, they travel with us. Sometimes the journey ends, but the path remains. Sometimes it becomes our shadow, never truly leaving our side.

Krystal is a contemporary artist based in Brisbane, specialising in abstract painting. Her practice is grounded in drawing, mixed media, and textiles, with a continued focus on material exploration and expressive form. An intuitive use of gesture, colour, and mark-making, Krystal is influenced by artists such as Tracey Emin, Egon Schiele, John Olsen, and Brett Whiteley. Through large-scale abstract compositions, her work explores themes of
memory, place, and belonging, she investigates the tension between movement and stillness, and the shifting relationship between home, identity, and lived experience.