Originally from Melbourne, I’ve been living on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland since 2004 however I'm now spending more and more time in Melbourne as I love the creative vibe.....so much going on culturally.
A few years ago I became involved with Life Drawing and soon became passionate and obsessed although I've always loved to draw. Now, I draw almost every day.
The female form has long been my favourite subject, no matter what shape or size, although I do prefer to draw the fuller figure. I wish more "big" women would take up modeling.
Often the 'perfect' body is not the most inspiring and not necessarily more beautiful than the woman who is openly comfortable in her own skin...most of us are imperfect.
My work is an exploration into the anatomy of human form and emotion; sometimes part of that form is obscured, deformed or undefined allowing the viewer to explore and interpret meaning in his/her own way...I feel this is very important as we all see the world from different perspectives.
I often prefer to leave the faces of my figures as a mystery, there are faces we show to the world and those we hide.
I believe Art is a reflection of life, of experiences and relationships, of the conscious and the subconscious.
In essence,we are all very similar in our response to the world.
I hope you can relate to and enjoy my work.
Thank you!
Karen
