ARTISTS

Karen Sloan
Not So Still Life


Artist Statement

    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.   I became an artist so that my obsessive painting would have an excuse. I have painted from a very early age, and thankfully it’s never left me. I consider myself a colourist who paints mainly interiors and still life.   I am fascinated by colour and light, and my end goal with a painting is to create 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

Jazz And Martini    acrylic on canvas    24x24   $750	Watermelon    acrylic on canvas    24x24   $750	Modern Vinyl     acrylic on canvas    24x24   Sold
Home Office   acrylic on canvas   24x24   Sold	Room Service    acrylic on canvas   24x24   $750	Gothic Chair    24"x24"   acrylic on canvas   $750
Blues Room     30''x30''    acrylic on canvas    $1150	Red Telephone    40 "x30"   acrylic on canvas  $1450	Race to the Cup  16"x16"  acrylic on canvas $325

 

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