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Karen is an emerging artist with a painting practice on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. 

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Using traditional oil painting techniques and regularly painting from direct observation, my subject matter will be familiar; a natural landscape, an Australian beach scene as well as interiors compositions, still life and figure paintings. 

 

I'm currently working on a series of Nocturne suburban scapes, the night light encourages a focus on colour value. Viewing the night landscape removes the visual noise of busy details apparent in daylight and takes me back to a nostalgic time in Australia with less dense housing and more trees and open spaces in suburban neighbourhoods.

I love the blue hour, when indoor lights turn on and beckon us home, our place to retreat and recharge.

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2025

Selected as a finalist in the National Emerging Art Prize

Selected as a finalist in the Lethbridge Landscape Prize

Selected to Exhibit at The Other Art Fair SYD May 2025

 

2024

Selected as a finalist in the National Emerging Art Prize

Selected as a finalist in the Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Prize

Selected as a finalist in the Lethbridge Landscape Prize

Selected to Exhibit at The Other Art Fair SYD May 2024

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2023

 

Selected as a finalist in the Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Prize

Selected as a finalist in the Lethbridge Landscape Prize

Where We Live Group Show - Creative Space, Curl Curl March 2023

Selected as a finalist in the Mosman Rowers Art Prize

Mosman Rowers Art Prize Exhibition - The Mosman Rowers Club, March 2023

 

 

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2022

Selected as a Bluethumb Art Prize Finalist with her Australian Gum treescape 'Breakthrough'

Karen's sensitive depiction of local Swamp Gum trees as they appeared in silhouette, with a stormy sky backdrop in 'Swamp Gums at Noon' was selected by the Michael Reid curator Amber-Creswell Bell for her ACB Selects Online Exhibition.

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These paintings depict the unique tree canopy shapes of the dominant Australian tree species occurring in the Narrabeen Lake area  - the Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus Robusta) and Swamp She-Oak (Casuarina Glauca).  

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5 Year Anniversary Exhibition- Northern Beaches Gallery, Cromer, June 2022

National Emerging Art Prize, ACB Selects Exhibition February 2022 

Land & Sea Exhibition, Northern Beaches Gallery, Cromer, March 2022

 

 

 

2021

 A collection of Karen's Floral Still Life oil paintings were exhibited as part of a Still Life Group Show at Northern Beaches Gallery, Cromer. 

 

From time spent immersed in the natural landscape at Eramboo artist environment, Karen completed a series of plein air oil studies of the bush understory. 

 

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