Every work I create tells a story. 'Hear them
Speak'
Karin is a multi-disciplinary Welsh - New Zealander artist living in Wellington, New Zealand.
Her acrylic paintings are colourful, daringly bold, and a suggestive observation of a moment captured. Being expressive in movement, brushstrokes are vibrant & watchful of reflective values in thought and light.
In 2023 she was approached by The British High Commission in Wellington, asking if she would be willing to hang her Welsh landscapes in a Welsh Themed room. The event was to be His Majesty's birthday celebrations at the High Commission residency called Homewood in Wellington.
She is a member of an international collective of fourteen artists from seven different countries.
They currently have an exhibition of 100 pieces touring the world. 'Chain Reaction' Each artist completed seven pieces as a reaction to the work before theirs. It took two and a half years to complete and has been exhibited in Jamestown, New York and the Sitar Arts Centre in Washington D.C. U.S.A.
Lots of her expressive, acrylic, colourful works shows her love of 'the whimsical ' with hidden messages and symbolism behind the pieces. However,
some of her paintings may look humourous, but underlying the humour is the need to help protect animals from extinction. Conservation is close to her heart.
When teaching I implored students to be expressive and dynamic in their movement and facial expressions.
I am now this in my art .
" Colour is pivotal to my work "
Vincent Van Gogh said:
"Colour in a picture is like enthusiasm in life" ~
Dutch Post-Impressionist Painter, 1853-1890
Speak'
Karin is a multi-disciplinary Welsh - New Zealander artist living in Wellington, New Zealand.
Her acrylic paintings are colourful, daringly bold, and a suggestive observation of a moment captured. Being expressive in movement, brushstrokes are vibrant & watchful of reflective values in thought and light.
In 2023 she was approached by The British High Commission in Wellington, asking if she would be willing to hang her Welsh landscapes in a Welsh Themed room. The event was to be His Majesty's birthday celebrations at the High Commission residency called Homewood in Wellington.
She is a member of an international collective of fourteen artists from seven different countries.
They currently have an exhibition of 100 pieces touring the world. 'Chain Reaction' Each artist completed seven pieces as a reaction to the work before theirs. It took two and a half years to complete and has been exhibited in Jamestown, New York and the Sitar Arts Centre in Washington D.C. U.S.A.
Lots of her expressive, acrylic, colourful works shows her love of 'the whimsical ' with hidden messages and symbolism behind the pieces. However,
some of her paintings may look humourous, but underlying the humour is the need to help protect animals from extinction. Conservation is close to her heart.
When teaching I implored students to be expressive and dynamic in their movement and facial expressions.
I am now this in my art .
" Colour is pivotal to my work "
Vincent Van Gogh said:
"Colour in a picture is like enthusiasm in life" ~
Dutch Post-Impressionist Painter, 1853-1890
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Peoples Choice Award Winner 2018
Wellington Regional Arts Review Expressions Whirinaki Gallery, Upper Hutt Very pleased when I was informed I was the Peoples Choice Award Winner. I really did do a little happy dance! 'You Will Be Mine' & 'One Way Or Another I'm Gonna Get You' achieved that accolade for me. On the 31st. May 2018 I had received a letter congratulating me on having been selected as a finalist in the 2018 Wellington Regional Arts Review. Exciting!! I had entered two of my three paintings created to coincide with the Chinese Year of The Dog. On the Awards night I had a bonus surprise at being named one of the top 10 finalists. Then to gain The Peoples Choice Award really was the icing on the cake - well donut!. They show a Dutch Shepherd lusting for a pink donut and just having to eat it. Symbolising so many things in life we lust after, even when we know they are not particularly good for us. And the determination to get that object. Credit given to Inuk who lives in Germany and paintmyphoto. Every work I create tells a story. 'Hear them Speak' |
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 'Wash Away the Blues' Acrylics on Paper
3rd. Annual Wellington Emerging Artist Award Finalist 2013
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'Last Cup of Tea'
Recycled tea bags, screen print. ' Works on PAPER' Exhibition at New Zealand Academy of Fine Art, Wellington October 5th. - 28th. 2013
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