Nom Kinnear King, "Barley Be Gone"

Haven Gallery is honored to present “Barley Be Gone”, a solo show of new work from England based artist Nom Kinnear King. “Barley Be Gone” is Kinnear King’s third solo show at the gallery and features her classical narratives led by women who exist in a familiar world of nostalgia, laced with magic and kinship with the natural world. A focus on handiwork and celebration around the homestead, specifically centered around the harvest, fills Kinnear King’s new collection with the nostalgia and enchantments of companionship and reaping. ABOUT NOM KINNEAR KING Nom, Originally from the Norfolk countryside, studied Fine Art at Norwich School of Art and Design, going on to be based in Melbourne, Brighton, London and Varese Italy. Nom now paints from her Studio back in the flatlands of Norfolk in the fine City of Norwich. Gathering inspiration from found objects and her surroundings; working in oils and pastels to create imaginary female portraits. The subjects are girls who roam from town to town in a patchwork old fashioned never world, where rusty melodies trail their steps, their curious behavior shadowed by sweet melancholy. Influenced from a young age by her father’s love of the impressionists, magical realism in literature, film and folklore from around the world. Nom has been filling her notebooks throughout the years with her solitary wanderers.