KAREN WOODS: Watermarks
January 8 - February 19, 2022
January 8 - February 19, 2022
KAREN WOODS
Karen Woods is primarily an oil painter whose subject is a traveler’s view through the window of a moving vehicle. Often, though not always, these views from the front seat show a rain-splattered windshield. The realism in her work stems from a desire to invite the viewer to share the experience. The paintings reclaim the moment, explore its detail, and unearth its emotional content. They are about freezing and compressing time; then elongating and decelerating it.
They are also about water: from above, as in a rainstorm, or from below: as in a man-made sprinkler system. Her inspiration is triggered by the interplay of water and light together, and how it affects our perception of reality through reflection, distortion, and transformation.
They are also about water: from above, as in a rainstorm, or from below: as in a man-made sprinkler system. Her inspiration is triggered by the interplay of water and light together, and how it affects our perception of reality through reflection, distortion, and transformation.
