Women in Art - Raising the Bar
15 FEBRUARY 2022 - 08 MARCH 2022
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33. Karen Turner
The Way I See It
The Way I See it
Oil on Linen Canvas
40 cm x 30 cm
2021
The Way I See It is one of a series of paintings that considers what society expects of a woman, the ways in which her physical shape is often considered to define her, and the impact that this has on her life and sense of self. Painted in oils on a raw linen canvas, the background is mostly absent to represent the way in which the bodies of so many women are judged without context.
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£475 - 550
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A figure and portrait artist, my paintings mostly feature women and are a commentary on the weight of expectations placed on the female sex. With a particular focus on the physical body and the scrutiny to which is it commonly subjected, I work in oils and seeks to highlight pigments in the skin that can often go unnoticed, emphasising and exaggerating them to accentuate their extraordinariness.
Education:
Hampstead Fine Arts 1994 - 1996
Group Exhibitions include:
The Institute of East Anglian Artists Open Exhibition, Holt, Norfolk, 2021
The Curator’s Salon, The Marks We Make, 2021
Arts to Hearts Project with All She Makes, 2021
Art Fair East, Norwich, 2021
Awards:
The Institute of East Anglian Artists President’s Prize 2021
The Holly Bush Emerging Women Painter Prize 2021, Finalist
The Women United Art Prize 2021, Shortlisted, Special Mention
