 |
Karen Eastman (American, born 1964) grew up “always creating something” from a very early age. This need to express herself came out in her drawings and paintings and turned into a life long passion for the arts. She studied at the University of Colorado, in Boulder, where she received a BA in Humanities with a minor in Art History. Upon graduating, she enjoyed a career in retail merchandising, but soon realized that she had gotten away from her true calling, which was to create art. She then started her own ceramics business where she could help to nurture the creativity of others as well as her own. Over the last several years, Karen has begun to establish herself in the art community. She has enjoyed many successes ranging from participating in large art shows to landing several commissions from the National Institute of Health in Washington DC. Her paintings hang in many homes throughout San Diego as well as in Chicago, Idaho, Texas, and Maryland. Karen’s paintings are very expressionistic, and represent her interest in the relationship between the human spirit and how it is embodied in the forms found in nature. She especially loves the metaphors found in the beauty of the tree. One of her favorite artists is Georgia O’Keefe because of the sensuality and feminine beauty of her abstract landscapes. Karen likes to paint segments, or a close up perspective of a natural form to help the viewer look deeper into that world. The experience then becomes more intimate. She says, “Painting is very cathartic for me. I create my compositions from the inside out, depicting what I experience, as opposed to what I physically see in front of me.” |
|||||||||||||||||
Available works: |
||||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||
