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| About the Artist | |
Words are like a second language to me as I am predominantly a visual thinker. I translate the pictures from my head into full-colour onto the canvas, which is aided greatly by listening to music, or more specifically, Jazz music. Having painted from a very early age, I decided to become an artist so that my obsessive painting would have an excuse, and thankfully it’s never left me. I consider myself a colourist who paints mainly interiors and still life. I am fascinated by colour, light and shadow, with my end goal as having created a work of art with depth, on what would otherwise be nothing more than a 2 dimensional flat surface. Exaggerating my chosen subjects with a dreamlike or surreal quality brings me never ending joy, especially when I find elements of the work that begin to jump towards the front of the canvas, seemingly detached from the background. This last characteristic, I think stems from my method of working. I will paint a canvas and leave it for a few days to work on another, returning to the first one to add features and adjust colours with a fresh sense of what is needed to complete the work. |
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Red Bistro
2005 |
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| Jazz influenced interior. |
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Everything Is Surreal
2006 |
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| Jazz Influenced Interior |
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Favourite Chair
2005 |
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| Somewhat surreal roomscape |
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After Work
2006 |
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Party For One
2006 |
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Room Service
2006 |
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| Funky Jazz inspired room scene. |
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China Cabinet
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Nite Life
2007 |
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Midnight Jazz
2006 |
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Coffee and Tea
2007 |
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| cubist coffee |
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Cuban Jazz
2006 |
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| my take on cuban jazz. |
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Bedtime
2007 |
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| Likely inspired by Dr. Suess! |
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Fruit Bowl
2007 |
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| Funky jazz room with fruit. |
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Art Deco
2008 |
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| An art deco inspired interior. |
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Lavender Lounge
2006 |
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| Abstract view of a room, influenced by my love of Jazz music. |
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Repetitive Jazz
2003 |
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| Visual Jazz |
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Fiesta
2006 |
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| A Jazzy Fiesta! |
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Retro Vinyl
2005 |
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| A Retro modern interior complete with record player. |
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Still Life with Movement
2002 |
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| Abstract Floral arrangement. |
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Sushi
2007 |
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| Sushi anyone? |
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| Education and biography | |
| Karen has taken several painting and related courses. She has studied at the Claude Watson School for the Arts in Toronto where she majored in visual art, as well as attending faux finishing courses and life drawing courses at the Toronto School of Art. Karen feels completely at home behind the lens as she photographs subjects for painting. *Karen is an active member of the Haliburton Studio Tour, the Toronto Botanical Garden, a past member of the Toronto Arts and Letters Club, the Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, and a board member for the Haliburton Arts Council. Past Exhibitions *May 2000, Civic Garden Centre, Edwards Gardens, Launch for Anna Pavord’s book, “ The Tulip” *October 2000, Civic Garden Centre, Edwards Gardens, 777 Lawrence Ave. East. Toronto, ON, Three-week solo show. * Trastevere Ristorante, 1622 Bayview Ave., Toronto, ON, M4G 3B7 416 480 0977 October 2000 - August 2003 *January 2001- Feb. 2002, Whimsical House - 11568 Bayview Ave., Toronto, ON *June- August, 2001, the Frame Up, 1519 Bayview Ave., Toronto, ON *March 9th, 2002, Knox Presbyterian Church, 4156 Sheppard Ave. East, Group show. *March 2002, The Steam Whistle Roundhouse Gallery, 255 Bremner Blvd., Toronto, ON, M5V 3M9, 416 362-2337, Solo show. *April 2002, Spring Salon, 100-Acre Studio Gallery, Grand Valley, ON, Group show *May 2002, "Flower Girls". The Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery, 169 King St. East, Toronto, ON, M5A 1J4, Group show *May 2002- January 2004, Arts On King 169 King St. East, Toronto, ON M5A 1J4 *Nov. 9-15, 2002, Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery, 225 Confederation Drive, Scarborough, ON, M1G 1B2 416 396 4026 Group Show. * February 2003 Ciparis Lennox Gallery, Jan-Feb. 2003, 198A Davenport Rd., Toronto, ON. , M5R 1J2 * April 2003 Spectrum Gallery, 991 Kingston Rd., Toronto, ON, 416 691 6099 * Whimsical House, May 2003 – August 2003 - 1568 Bayview Ave., Toronto, ON, M4G 3B3 416 489 4261 *Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave. E. 416 397 1371 - Dec.16, 2003 – Jan. 12, 2004 *Sunnybrook and Women’s Health Centre. Auction for Cancer, March 4., 2004 *The Gallery Wall at The Golden Picture Frame - June 2004, Solo Show 3733 Lawrence Ave. East, (at Scarborough Golf Club Rd.) 416 431 2722 The Toronto Botanical Garden - August 10th - 23rd, 2004 - Solo Show 777 Lawrence Ave. East at Leslie in Edwards Gardens. - 416 397 1340 The Toronto Public Library - Fairview Mall District Branch - August 2004 Solo Show - 35 Fairview Mall. Drive, North York, Ontario, 416 395 5737 The Toronto Public Library - North York Central Library - June 2005 Solo Show - 5140 Yonge St., at Empress Ave., Toronto, Ont. - 416 395 5796 Art Avenue Gallery - 1710 Avenue Road, Toronto, ON - Nov.2004-April, 2006 Agnes Jamieson Gallery – Minden ON October 2005 – March 2006 The Rails End Gallery – Haliburton, Ontario December 2005 – Hands of Haliburton Xmas show |
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| Current and Future Exhibits -Shayne Gallery, Montreal PQ, Canada -Galley 129 Ossington Toronto, Ontario Canada -Eclipse Gallery – Huntsville Ontario, Canada -Raw Style Gallery - Los Angeles, California -The Haliburton Studio Tour www.haliburtonstudiotour.on.ca -Tay River Gallery, Ottawa Canada -Chasen Galleries Richmond, Virginia, USA 23221 -Homer Watson House and Gallery - Kitchener ON, Canada 748-6808 -Liss Gallery - Toronto, ON -Gallery at 129 Ossington Toronto,ON Canada |
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| Website: wallflowerstudio.blogspot.com | |
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