Barbara Karn

web : www.barbarakarn.co.uk links
Phone : 01736 719193 www.stisa.co.uk
e-mail : barbara@bluedoorstudio.fsworld.co.uk www.cornishfauve.co.uk
 

Title: Dance.
medium: Oil 84X60cm

Title: Male Figure
medium: pastel 84X60cm
Title: Sounds of the earth
medium: pastel 84X60cm

In drawing the human form I use distortion to draw attention to certain features, or to create an attitude or character. Colour is used symbolically and to evoke an emotional response. My work represents a view of the world as I find it: a mixture of awkwardness and grace.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2005 The Cowhouse studio, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall
2005 Vitreous Contemporary Art, Mitchell Hill, Truro
2004 Lang Gallery, Redchurch St, London E2 2DT
2004 Truro Cathedra
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006 Life Open Exhibition, St Ives Society of Artists, Norway Square, St Ives
2005 'Critics Choice', NSA selection by Norbert Lynton, Lemon St Gallery, Truro
2005 NSA selection, Thompsons City Gallery, London
2005 Rivers Gallery, Nailsworth, Glos
2004 Life exhibition, Veryan Galleries, Veryan Green, Truro
Comissions:
1999 : Portraits of four donkeys belonging to Mr & Mrs M Gray, Lamorna Cove Hotel, Cornwall