"In my art I show a moment in time that has evoked in me a refreshing experience of visual pleasure. It is this experience that I would like to pass on to the viewer."
ARTIST STATEMENT:
While growing up in northern Manitoba, I spent my summers at the lake, often times hanging over the edge of a boat watching the surface patterns of waves, observing the reflections of the shore on the water and peering into the depths to see what was floating and on the bottom of the lake. An interest in landscape, and water in particular, informs my art today. Summers are now spent camping and hiking in the foothills and mountains, and canoeing the lakes of western and northern Canada. Gathering information with small watercolour plein air sketches and with a camera, I return to the studio to paint those moments of observation that I have enjoyed.
In the landscape I am attracted to shorelines, to close focus views of the surface and depths of water, to the patterns that reflections form, and to the interplay of transparency and solid object. Similar interests are evident in still life works. In both, colour is enhanced and occasionally arbitrary and value contrasts are accentuated. I do this to orchestrate attention to what I have found visually enjoyable.
In the landscape I am attracted to shorelines, to close focus views of the surface and depths of water, to the patterns that reflections form, and to the interplay of transparency and solid object. Similar interests are evident in still life works. In both, colour is enhanced and occasionally arbitrary and value contrasts are accentuated. I do this to orchestrate attention to what I have found visually enjoyable.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1997 BA English University of Calgary
1993 BFA University of Calgary
1967 BSN University of Saskatchewan
Selected Exhibitions
2008 Centre 64 Regional Invitational Exhibition: Kimberley, BC
2006 Juried Members' Show: Leighton Art Centre, AB
2005 Celebrate Lake O'Hara: Canmore Artists & Artisans Guild Group Show. Canmore Library Gallery, Canmore, AB
2005 Near and Far: Three Person Show, Canmore Library Gallery, Canmore, AB
2005 The Allegorical Pear: Group Show, Arts on Atlantic, Calgary, AB
2004 Gala Show: Artpoint Gallery & Studios Society Group Show, Calgary, AB
2003 Spring Fever: Five Person Show, The Garrison Gallery, Calgary, AB
2002 - 2003 Little Things in Life: Alberta Federation of Artists Traveling Exhibition, Province of Alberta
1997 BA English University of Calgary
1993 BFA University of Calgary
1967 BSN University of Saskatchewan
Selected Exhibitions
2008 Centre 64 Regional Invitational Exhibition: Kimberley, BC
2006 Juried Members' Show: Leighton Art Centre, AB
2005 Celebrate Lake O'Hara: Canmore Artists & Artisans Guild Group Show. Canmore Library Gallery, Canmore, AB
2005 Near and Far: Three Person Show, Canmore Library Gallery, Canmore, AB
2005 The Allegorical Pear: Group Show, Arts on Atlantic, Calgary, AB
2004 Gala Show: Artpoint Gallery & Studios Society Group Show, Calgary, AB
2003 Spring Fever: Five Person Show, The Garrison Gallery, Calgary, AB
2002 - 2003 Little Things in Life: Alberta Federation of Artists Traveling Exhibition, Province of Alberta
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Collections
- University of Calgary Faculty of General Studies - Private Collections Affiliations - Purcell Mountain Painters, Invermere, BC - NorVA, Flin Flon, MB Contact: 250-341-2104 khenke62@yahoo.ca www.karenmacrae.ca |
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