Essentially, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 2021

Karen Hansen  

Our hectic, complex lives are filled with tension. Karen's paintings are atmospheric abstractions of meditation and memory. They are meant as resting places, transcendental escapes from our hectic, complex world. They are entry points to the rhythms and the quiet mysteries of our lives and our search for deeper connection in our human experience. These serene, understated paintings, with their subtle complexity, are layered translucently in search of radiance, nuance and depth. They evolve through a process of improvisation, experimentation, revision and intuition.

Education:

Augsburg College, BA Cum Laude, Fine Art.

Awards & Distinctions:

Artist in Residence 2013, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia.
American Art Awards International Competition, all entries placed in years 2011, 2012, 2013.
Minnesota "Art For Architecture" award: manhole cover design cast in brass and installed in the sidewalk outside the Minneapolis City Center, 1982.
Included in book publications: Best Of Presents America Acrylic Artists Volume I, 2012; Best of California Artists and Artisans, 2006.
Various Film and Television appearances of paintings.

Professional/Teaching Experience:

1979 to 2001 Worked in the field of animation at studios including:
Bajus - Jones Animation, Edina, MN.
Universal Studios, Sydney, Australia.
Murikami Wolf Television Animation Studios, Dublin, Ireland.
Universal Studios, London, England.
Warner Brothers Feature Animation, Los Angeles, CA.

Tags:

Abstract, contemporary, acrylic, spiritual, ethereal, minimal.