In my minds eye - landscape

A modernistic landscape, a surreal impression of a tropical landscape.
This work is large and took many months to paint.

A vibrant and bright abstract landscape, with a very tropical theme, and covered in tiny brush strokes across aspects of the landscape creating a visual dance and a surreal impression of the modernistic landscape.

Derived from an experimental process over many years, this work is part of a body of work where the brush strokes have derived in the shape and form from the tiny details of the banksia and Protea flowers, and the shape of the little flowers within, using brush strokes to emulate these.

An abstract landscape evolved from the layer upon layer of Oil paint. There is an element of chaos in the under layers of colour, the contrasting mark making placed in a broken veneer across these layers.

Artist statement : I am an extremely diverse artist; I believe there is much value in diversity. I love working with colour, it evokes an emotional response, and there is a symbolic strength and passion attached to applying colour to a canvas.
I have always been fearless with use of colour which for me creates a dialogue of resilience and tenacity.

This work is not ready for packing or dispatching to a collector for 6 weeks at least.

As the work is in Oil it needs some more time to dry adequately. It will be glazed to protect it in a professional glaze. Additionally, I am prepared to arrange the usual framing in Tassie Oak once it has dried sufficiently, this will be at an additional cost please contact for a quote. This work will be ready to courier by the end of August or first few days of September.

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Having resided in South Africa and Australia, Karen Goddard’s abstracts and floral artworks are deeply influenced by the botanicals and environmental facets familiar to both. Her still life depictions encapsulate the innate shapes and exuberance of her organic subjects, while her mark making abstractions embody their unique and specific colourations. Previously living through times of national turmoil and transformation, her works persistently focus on the beauty of her natural surroundings, and deliver an emotive and meditative quality that arouses captivation and peace.

Favouring an impressionistic creative approach, Karen alternates between oils and acrylics in order to produce diverse compositional elements, imagery and texturizations. She typically begins by depositing a ground colour onto the canvas, which habitually determines the ethos of the work. Layering the complimentary colours in stages, which are individually mixed through a meticulously process, each of the darker shades are typically set down first, while lighter colours are introduced later. A pattern of short and repetitive brushstrokes are utilised in the creation of her abstracts, which produces an overlay over the existing colour work, and instigates the qualities of movement and flow.

Extremely diverse in her work, Karen is an Australian Artist Located in Queensland. Karen has called the Gold Coast home for over 16 years where she paints full time. Educated originally in the UK, her travels sent her to South Africa in her teens, where she worked for an Investment Company in Cape Town for many years. It was later when Karen had young children that she decided to study Art, and learned sound skills in all mediums, giving her a strong foundation in drawing, collage, print making and painting with Oils and Acrylics and water colours. Inspired by Impressionist period, she is fearless in her use of colour; a diverse Artist, working across the spectrum of compositions, from Abstract to Portraiture, Landscape and Still Life. Constantly challenging herself to produce a varying body of work. Some of these are now available on Blue thumb. Enjoy the gallery and thank you for looking.