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Biography
Born in Reigate, Surrey January 1962.
Karen worked with her father as a sign painter and commercial artist producing bespoke signs and pictorial art in the traditional way until 2011 when she moved to Wiltshire to paint full time.
Wiltshire, with its open chalk hills and wide valleys covered with hardy grasslands, provided the unique landscape that inspired her. The occasional tree dotted on the horizon accentuates the clean line between the earth and the sky. The feeling of freedom and being on top of the world was her inspiration.
Acrylic paint is her chosen medium usually with a limited palette to keep the paintings fresh. Mark making with large flat brushes giving a painterly and loose feel.
Karen has been on a journey to abstraction. Her paintings have developed from figurative through to semi abstract and total abstraction. Starting with gestural marking then layering the paint, concentrating on balancing tonal value with colour harmony, She develops the works until she has achieved the desired outcome.
Artist Statement
Drawing from the landscapes of Wiltshire, my practice explores the intersection between abstraction and geography. Working in acrylics and charcoal, I use bold colour and contrasting lights and darks. I use layers and form to reimagine the familiar terrain around me.
These works are not direct representations but distillations of experience — atmospheric impressions of light, sound, and movement. Semi-abstract forms hint at fields, paths, and weather systems, reflecting the fragmented way we perceive landscape in memory and emotion.
Through colour and texture, I seek to express not only the physical character of the land, but often the subconscious connection we hold with place.
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