Karen Birchwood
Karen Birchwood’s paintings are a personal response and reflection, a memory of place and time. The subject varies from abstracted landscapes and seascapes as well as still life painting. Her work draws from her instinctive use of colour, working in acrylic, mixed media and collage either on canvas or paper.
There isn't one particular thing that inspires a painting. It might be a group of trees spotted on the horizon, a colour, or crops in a field, creating patterns in the land. Maybe a simple cup or group of pots on a shelf, a twisted wire on a beach creating a pattern. Or simply a strong connection to a place that gets under her skin. Holding that image in her head translates onto the painting. Karen often starts a piece of work without much idea of how it will develop but from a sweep of colour, that memory starts to unfold on the canvas.
There isn't one particular thing that inspires a painting. It might be a group of trees spotted on the horizon, a colour, or crops in a field, creating patterns in the land. Maybe a simple cup or group of pots on a shelf, a twisted wire on a beach creating a pattern. Or simply a strong connection to a place that gets under her skin. Holding that image in her head translates onto the painting. Karen often starts a piece of work without much idea of how it will develop but from a sweep of colour, that memory starts to unfold on the canvas.
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Telephone: 07746 640654
Email: karenbirchwood@btinternet.com
Website: karenbirchwood.com
Instagram: @karenbirchwoodartist
Email: karenbirchwood@btinternet.com
Website: karenbirchwood.com
Instagram: @karenbirchwoodartist