acrylic Archives ⋆ Page 5 of 9 ⋆ Karen Phillips Curran Visual Artist in Nova Scotia

Birch

A few years ago now, I painted the set for King Lear at our National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The director, Peter Hinton, had set the play in Canada at the appropriate time period. It was a wonderful rendition of the classic. It was a simple set and included a large faux … Read More

snowshoes

snowshoes I like snowshoes because, given enough snow, you can go anywhere in the woods. My woods are quiet this time of year, no birds, no bugs, no beasts. All are at rest or have left the vicinity, only to return shortly. Yes, spring is on its way. I cannot smell it … Read More

the Alone Days

Yet again, morning comes. These are the alone days, not many come to visit, and I spend my time pecking away at the things needing doing, for the sake of progress. I move back and forth between the buildings carrying things from one place to another. My water pitcher can be seen … Read More

water

Until recently I was busy in the studio…the days marched onward and forward in a unit of measure that felt good. Some days are endless, some flash by quickly. Being in the studio is just like that. Now I am at the theatre working on a technically challenging set for the upcoming … Read More

ISLAND OF MY EYE, 25 years, a retrospective

THE day draws closer. Opening night of “ISLAND OF MY EYE, 25 years, a retrospective”, is Friday. Paintings were delivered yesterday, let the hanging begin, I say. Twenty-five years is a long while, and the enormity of it has really only just begun to bump into my consciousness. Realizations come in stages. … Read More

Island of my Eye

For 25 years I have been painting images of Bermuda. The walls windows doorways and gates provide a perfect tableau for my graphic sensibility. The textures and the colours are beautiful to my eye. I find symmetry and comfort in the commonplace here. The Bermuda Society of the Arts in City Hall, … Read More

undulation

These undulating keys acrylics on canvas, are shown in my studio, they are but a few of the several I have worked on……more can be seen at my flickr site …if you are interested I can do one in the style of music you like, and the size you need……

South of 60

Well South of 60 is a wonderful place and three of my newest works will be on show there for the Watershed Exhibition. June 17 to July 17. The gallery is in Barry Bay and is a culture centre for the area. The exhibit is about the watersheds of the Madawaska and … Read More

Almost gone

My Bermuda days are numbered once more. It will be such sweet sorrow to leave, it’s a second home to me. The weather has been varied, and well, divine as far as I am concerned, moist, windy, sunny. I spent some of yesterday afternoon picking loquats off a tree while waiting for … Read More

Featherbed Studio, St Georges Bermuda

The weather has been fine in Bermuda. I am painting at Featherbed studio in St Georges, Bermuda….http://www.featherbedartstudio.com/index2.php………..can’t beat it…… and these are two little pieces done at the plein air session last weekend…