About Kirsten
I see myself as a designer of change. My intention is to live each day in a womb of creativity designing experiences, art, words, creations, installations, learnings that gets society to pause and bring a higher conversation of self-worth to the main.
My art aims to be bold and move you. It might even make you uncomfortable. I'm really cool with that as they are the things that stop and make you think in life.
The art is materially complicated, layered with incredible textures: acrylic paint, collage, spray paint, graphite, oil sticks – whatever I can get my hands on to deliver the desired feel! I love the history that comes from multiple layers of paints, a glimpse of a line, a ride of painted over collage, some amazing colour poking through or an interesting watermark.
Here's what another person wrote about me....and I'm going with it!!
Kirsten Roberts is an artist, bold visionary and mother of three children on the autism spectrum, Kirsten has a way of leaping into your life, getting under your skin, making you laugh until you wet your pants, prodding you with truth bombs and then being there to dry your tears in life’s worst moments. A reformed management consultant and former CEO and co-owner of SpudBar, Kirsten’s career was on a fascinating trajectory encompassing a successful international women’s mentoring business and even stand-up comedy until a catastrophic neurological episode in 2019 turned her life upside down. Forced to stop for the first time in her life, she let her self fall into painting as a way to heal. An intuitive painter, she lets the stories of the painting work their way to the surface until it's clear what gets to be told. Obsessed with the exploration of self-worth, her paintings reflect the challenges women and girls face and the power they have as they strive to break free from societal and self constraints. She is also the co-founder of OneWorth, an education organisation that teaches girls self-worth and helps parents teach their girls self-worth as well.