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Karen Smidth

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Karen Smidth currently lives and works in Berkeley, California.

ARTIST STATEMENT:
“The landscape gives me a wonderful excuse to paint. It allows me to travel under the heavenly skies and search for the essential vistas and split seconds of time that will carry me through my next series of paintings.

When I arrived in California from Denmark in the mid-1980s I was both mesmerized and taken aback by the vastness of the natural panorama along with its aridness and its wildness. It made me feel homesick for my small, wet Danish land. I refused to fall in love with the west coast of the North American Continent. I did not want to understand its subtle song, warm scent, relentless light, perfect mountains and temperamental coast.

In the early 2000s drawing and painting became my daily obsession and with it my senses were opened for what I had not been able to receive. ––My heart broke to this land. My paintings are reactions to the light, color, and shapes that I see in the landscape. I use the landscape as a pattern or skeleton for what my day as a painter brings; my attempt to understand life. Most paintings have their ugly moments. They need to be wiped, sanded and over painted and this process builds their character. Some paintings have strong connections to a specific moment is time, but they all relate to a place of belonging as well as allowing room for the hue of the day.”

  • Photo of Theatre of Trees artwork
    Theatre of Trees
  • Photo of A Good Day in Pink artwork
    A Good Day in Pink
  • Photo of Pink Fog artwork
    Pink Fog
  • Photo of Going Home to Poppies artwork
    Going Home to Poppies
  • Photo of Let’s Go To The Woods artwork
    Let’s Go To The Woods
  • Photo of Dreaming of the Sleeping Maiden, 2024 artwork
    Dreaming of the Sleeping Maiden, 2024
  • Photo of Inbetween Mood artwork
    Inbetween Mood
  • Photo of Going Up artwork
    Going Up
  • Photo of Alive artwork
    Alive
  • Photo of Hidden artwork
    Hidden
  • Photo of Waiting artwork
    Waiting
  • Photo of Night artwork
    Night
  • Photo of Ease artwork
    Ease
  • Photo of Hello Jacaranda artwork
    Hello Jacaranda
  • Photo of Water from the Mountains artwork
    Water from the Mountains
  • Photo of Season of White Grass artwork
    Season of White Grass
  • Photo of Park 4 artwork
    Park 4
  • Photo of Evening in the North artwork
    Evening in the North
  • Photo of Park 2 artwork
    Park 2
  • Photo of Orange Valley with Pink Tree artwork
    Orange Valley with Pink Tree
  • Photo of Early Night 1 artwork
    Early Night 1
  • Photo of Old Oaks, I Love You artwork
    Old Oaks, I Love You
  • Photo of Forest artwork
    Forest
  • Photo of Madrone artwork
    Madrone
  • Photo of Antler Indoors artwork
    Antler Indoors
  • Photo of Flowers, Chair and a Letter artwork
    Flowers, Chair and a Letter
  • Photo of Milkweed Balloons, Lilies and Dahlias artwork
    Milkweed Balloons, Lilies and Dahlias
  • Photo of Welcome In artwork
    Welcome In
  • Photo of Night artwork
    Night
  • Photo of The Path artwork
    The Path
  • Photo of Tranquil artwork
    Tranquil
  • Photo of Light in the Night artwork
    Light in the Night
  • Photo of Meet Me at the Point artwork
    Meet Me at the Point
  • Photo of Mustard Meets Sea artwork
    Mustard Meets Sea
  • Photo of Light Shift artwork
    Light Shift
  • Photo of Fields and Hedges artwork
    Fields and Hedges
  • Photo of Like a Cake artwork
    Like a Cake
  • Photo of The Road to the Sky artwork
    The Road to the Sky
  • Photo of Tapestry artwork
    Tapestry
  • Photo of Bloom Surrounding Lake artwork
    Bloom Surrounding Lake
  • Photo of Stay Like That artwork
    Stay Like That
  • Photo of Into the Superbloom 2023 artwork
    Into the Superbloom 2023
  • Photo of Dream Moment artwork
    Dream Moment

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