Grimstead, Karen

Karen Grimstead is an international award-winning contemporary artist, published in Art New York; Condé Nast House & Garden and ArtEdit Sydney. Karen works from her studios in England and Australia where she also has gallery representation.

“My abstract art is both bold and soulful, as it’s influenced by a life of geographical change navigating between two different landscapes.

It translates identity, memory and place; by using an intuitive colour palette, the dynamic layering  of paint in mixed media, and contrasting compositional shapes as seen from an aerial perspective. All my paintings display expressive mark-making, both bold and subtle. These marks are often textural and allude to connection.

I like differences in life, so my abstract paintings reflect this, by having active busy areas, juxtaposed with calm negative spaces.

My work is a visual homecoming; it speaks to those who relate to a familiarity in contrast, and value sensitively painted contemporary art which has emotion and meaning.”

Instagram: @karen_grimstead
www.karengrimstead.com