| Artist: Karen Hansen Title: Andromeda Size: 50" x 24" x 1.5" overall Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Diptych Presentation: Gallery wrapped with painted edges
Description: This diptych is 24 x 50 x 1.5” overall, each piece 24 x 24 x 1.5". The
colors and movement of the painting capture the drama and turbulence of
water crashing on the rocky shore where the Greek mythological princess
Andromeda was tied. She was to be a sacrifice to the sea monster, divine
punishment for her mother's bragging. With painted canvas wrapped
edges, these pieces are ready to be hung without framing.
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Artist Information
| Website: | www.KLHansen.com
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| | Biography: | Karen Hansen spent 22 years in the field of animation. The filmmaking took her to studios all over the world but painting full time was always her dream. She has done that since 2001. Hansen's award winning paintings have been exhibited and collected across the United States. Her awards include a brass manhole cover designed for a Minneapolis "Art for Architecture" competition. Her winning drawing reflecting life in the city is installed in the sidewalk outside the Minneapolis City Center. In 2006 she was selected for the book, Best of California Artists and Artisans. The American Art Awards 2011 International Competition awarded all four of her entries with first, second and fourth place for Minimalism, and second place for Abstracts.
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My paintings are atmospheric abstractions of meditation and memory. They are meant as resting places, transcendental escapes from our hectic, complex world. They speak to the rhythms and quiet mysteries of our lives and our search for deeper connection. These serene paintings, with their subtle complexity, are layered translucently in search of radiance, nuance and depth. They evolve through a process of improvisation, experimentation, revision and intuition. |
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| | Exhibitions: | Solo shows: 2010, "Etherea," Whites Art, Framing & Restoration, Montrose, CA. 2006, "Uncharted," Whites Gallery, Montrose, CA.2005, "Light and Lifescapes," Abbot Kinney Art Gallery, Venice, CA.Recent group shows include: La Galeria Gitana, San Fernando, CA, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, Ca |
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| | Awards: | 2011 First place for Minimalism, second place for Abstracts, second place for Minimalism, fourth place for Minimalism, American Art Awards 2011 International Competition. www.americanartawards.com 2010 Honorable Mention, LarkGallery Online. www.LarkGalleryOnline.com 2007 Jack Richeson Merchandise Award, ISAP 10th Annual International Exhibition, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA.2006 Second place, Acrylic Painting category, Best of California Artists & Artisans 2006, Kennedy Promotions LLC, publisher.2004 Best of Show, Women Painters West Award, Women Painters West Juried Exhibition, Fine Artists Factory, Pasadena, CA.Blessing Semler Award for Contemporary Innovative Work, Women Painters West Juried Exhibition, FineArtists Factory, Pasadena, CA.Honorable Mention, Women Painters West Juried Exhibition, Brand Library, Glendale, CA.2003 Anonymous Donor Award, Valley Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Burbank Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA.1998 Honorable Mention, Small Images Exhibition, Women Painters West, Village Square Gallery, Montrose, CA.1995 Irene Modjeska Memorial Special Merit Award, Midwest Watercolor Society 19th Annual National Exhibition, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI.1982 Winner, Minnesota "Art In Architecture" Manhole Cover Design Competition |
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| | Education: | BA in Fine Art, Augsburg College, Mpls, MN
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