karen brock
Figurative Paintings
Nocturne Paintings
Karen is an emerging artist with a painting practice on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
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 fascinated by human movement and behaviour and painting people in everyday life situations. I'm currently working on a series of Nocturne suburban scapes, the night light encourages a focus on colour value.
2024
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
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
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.
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).
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.