acrylic art ⋆ Karen Phillips Curran Visual Artist in Nova Scotia

Spring !!

Phillips-Curran — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 20:16:51 +0000

Riverstones Studio Life is an Art Phillips Curran, visual artist spring! As we age in this life, we all gather symbols to tell us spring is here…these days mine is magnolia. My personal signs for spring have adapted to my new surroundings. The garden zone I’ve moved to is much kinder, milder … Read More

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Life Is An Art and Mary’s Tree

Phillips-Curran — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 16:09:47 +0000

Karen Phillips~curran Life is the art! Tales from the studio Mornings here in Nova Scotia are different. The difference? I’m retired…! What? Do artists retire? I don’t think so. It’s a ruse… I’ve been creating colourful imagery all my life. Some evenings I spent an hour with my grandson drawing a … Read More

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Life Is An ‘Art

Phillips-Curran — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 17:37:22 +0000

Life is an art I always say and this exhibit takes a certain perspective on those words. Life is indeed, an art. In this series of paintings and a sculpture, I am exploring the symbol we use to designate our heart- our emotions of passion, love, grief and adoration. I use my … Read More

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life is an art in the spring

Phillips-Curran — Sat, 21 May 2022 20:41:32 +0000

spring has sprung spring is definitely here in Nova Scotia. It’s been a long slow one here this year and the danger of frost is still a possibility but the days are warm and the growth is phenomenal and mind-blowing. I’ve been a long-distance swimmer, I grew up swimming every day with … Read More

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finding community

Phillips-Curran — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 17:05:04 +0000

Its been a year now since I moved my life and art practice to Nova Scotia. It is starting to feel like home again. Until April 23rd I’m in a members show at ARCAC IN ArtsPlace Annapolis Royal, about 20 minutes from my hillside home. Check out the link here I lived … Read More

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in like a lion!

Phillips-Curran — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:55:58 +0000

Even though blankets of new fallen snow greet me here in southwestern Nova Scotia, part of me knows that spring is on its way. My rooster, Ziggy, vehemently tells me, often, throughout the day. His actions towards the hens is another clear indication that he is ‘thinking spring’. He stands and stares … Read More

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my head is in the clouds

Phillips-Curran — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 13:46:19 +0000

My head is in the clouds these days. I won a scholarship to a class by Mary Gilkerson called Colour Composition and Light. My first assignment was 20-minute studies to be done of a subject and medium of my choice. My studio for the past year (IT’S BEEN A YEAR!) has a … Read More

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packing a lifetime

Phillips-Curran — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 08:43:55 +0000

I am making the move to the east coast of Canada where ihope to paint to my heart's content… Read More

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moving on

Phillips-Curran — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:22:29 +0000

I'm moving my Ontario studio to far shores and offer you an opportunity to lighen the load, take home a window of the world for your wall... life is an art… Read More

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a new vision

Phillips-Curran — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:38:27 +0000

Being alone is not a new thing for many artists. Lots of us spend solitary days inside our minds, inside our studios. It is a bit of a dichotomy, since we are the monitors of our society, expressing its beauty, its angst, its troubles and its joys. We are the canary of … Read More

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