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Karen Bowers

​Painter: water media

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Artist's Statement
​For me, painting is a practice, a meditation in color, a way to explore places and ideas, problems and solutions. Each new blank piece is a chance for openness and optimism. This is why I paint and what I hope to convey.
​                                                                Karen Bowers
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Search Light, gouache.
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In the Rain. Mixed media on wood panel.
Fog Works
New Art by Karen Bowers,
Featured Artist May 4 through June 6, 2022
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Navarro Beach. 22x30 watercolor on 300#Arches paper.
“Fog Works” by Karen Bowers is the Featured Art for May at the Artists’ Co-op of Mendocino. Karen’s water media paintings are rendered interpretive and suggestive by her painting process.  She begins her work on paper with water. “Water is my foundation.”
“Navarro Beach," above, her show’s central piece, represents the beginning of Karen’s use of fog as a key ingredient: “Clarity was gone. I let it go. On a foggy day, my work became open to possibilities unseen. In my studio, I soak paper and use gouache to recreate this atmosphere: Soft sky water landing on my paper, no chance of paint drying. Pigment floating over wet paper. Water and color. No direction known. These days, clarity seems harsh.  Fog Work is what I have turned to.”
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Sunflower in the Mist.
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More Flowers in the Mist
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Up River. Mixed media on wood panel.
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Little Red Barn.

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Profusion
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I Would Rather Be Sailing
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Winter Transitions. Mixed media.
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Hydrangeas of Late
Paintings on Wood Panels:
Mixed Media on paper mounted on cradled
​wood panels.

​Dimensions: various
Panels are protected by UV Acrylic Varnish
Ready for hanging or placement on shelves
Contact Karen Bowers for more information.

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​Contact the Artist
Visit Karen's website at www.karenbowersstudio.com

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Fall and All I
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Fall and All II

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​Additional Seascapes*
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Oregon Offshore. Watercolor 30 x 38 framed.

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Misty. 22x30, watercolor on Arches paper.
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Spring Ranch Revisited. Watercolor, gouache, graphite. 22x30
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Break Through. SOLD. Watercolor ​30x38: framed
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ReLeaf by Karen Bowers. Water color, water color pencil, brown fabric dye. Matted and framed.

* For more images and information on
​pricing and shipping,  contact Karen
at www.karenbowersstudio.com 
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  • Welcome !
  • Artists
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    • Photography >
      • Shanti Balsé
      • Sharon Garner
      • Pat Toth-Smith
    • Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, Multimedia >
      • Mary T. Anderson
      • Shanti Benoit
      • Karen Bowers
      • Laura Corben
      • David L. Cross
      • Joseph DuVivier
      • Stephen Garner
      • Debra Lennox
      • Karen Embree Reynolds
      • Robert Spies
      • Lynne Whiting
      • Robert Yelland (paintings)
      • Lynne Zickerman Olson
    • Jewelry, Sculpture, Ceramics, other 3D Art >
      • Jim Cowles
      • Maralee Greene (ceramics)
      • R Spies
      • Robert Yelland (jewelry)
    • Guest Artists >
      • Lynne Butler (Ceramics)
      • Sev Ickes modern primitive art
  • About Us
    • Find and Contact Us
    • Info, Calendar, Events
  • Exhibitions
    • Ekphrasis XI 2022 Exhibition >
      • Set 1 Ekphrasis XI 2022
      • Set 3 Ekphrasis XI 2022
    • Jessica's "Homecoming"
    • SBMC Bank Exhibition
    • Ekphrasis X 2021 Exhibition >
      • Set 1 Ekphrasis X 2021
    • Collages Online Exhibit
    • Heart and Flowers
    • Marine Mendocino
    • Transitions
    • Ekphrasis IX Virtual Exhibition
  • ArtNotes