Gallery A3 Opening Reception: Gesture and Line by Karen Iglehart

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GESTURE AND LINE / KAREN IGLEHART
​​Karen Iglehart has worked with gesture, movement, and line since the beginning of her painting career in 2000, as an integral part of her instinctual process. The recent abstract works on display at Gallery A3 during June express the qualities of gesture in brushwork and in palette knife application. All the paintings are oil on canvas, ranging from the small-scale 12 x 12 inches to the large-sized 30 x 40 inches.
 
“I am attempting to express a quality of movement…relating to thoughts, ideas, and perceptions of surroundings, without a subject or storyline,” the artist explains. Much of her inspiration comes from her practice of Buddhist meditation, experiencing the arising and dissolution of thoughts and the calm and activity that is constantly part of being human. She says, “I am also hoping to create a sense of space that might be a resting place for the viewer in the overly busy times we live in.”
 
Karen has lived in the valley since 1988. She had a studio at Cottage Street, Easthampton, for many years and now works from her studio at home.