Lilac Blossom - Framed

This work has just been reframed in an oak floating frame (not pictured)

Part of a current body of work exploring mark making, using abstract layers representing chaos, which is obscured behind an overlay and veneer.

Derived from an experimental process over the last few years, this work focuses on the tiny details of the banksia flowers and the shape of the little flowers within.

This focus on the detail becomes an obsessive process, the chaotic underlay of colour is added to the canvas and later contrasting marks placed in a veneer across these layers pulling the composition back to some form of order with these organic repetitive shapes. A process that is in itself therapeutic.

Artist statement : I am an extremely diverse artist; I believe there is much value in diversity. For me this means moving between all compositions from landscape, still life, portrait and abstract.
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 my use of colour which for me creates a dialogue of resilience and tenacity.

This work is professionally framed in oak, the colour of the frame has a slight Pink tone which works beautifully with the artwork this colour doesn't show up in the photo.

The frame is high quality and a snug fit, finishing the painting perfectly.

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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.