Karen Fitzpatrick Gelato dreams

Karen is a contemporary abstract landscape artist and creative arts facilitator. Karen grew up in South Wales where from an early age she developed a love of nature and being outdoors. Karen has always had a passion for the Arts and in 1998 graduated from Coventry University with a BA(Hons) Fine Art degree. After graduation, Karen worked on various art projects and exhibitions and made the move to become a professional artist in early 2020. Landscape has always been her inspiration, and Karen is currently enjoying exploring new landscapes along the Carmarthenshire coastline.

Karen is a mixed media artist. She begins her paintings by sketching, writing, and taking photographs out in the landscape. Karen connects with nature in a way that excites her, and her intention is to convey this in her paintings. She tries to soak up the essence of the place, capturing colour, lines, and her emotional response to the landscape. Once back in her studio, Karen likes to work with a limited colour palette, deciding at the start of a painting on just three or four colours. Her initial marks are loose, intuitive, and spontaneous, she then works back into the painting, layering colours, and often stripping back areas to reveal hidden glimpses from beneath until she reaches that moment where she feels at peace with the painting, having achieved a sense of her initial emotional response.

 

“To be true to my authentic self I feel a need to be creative, and I am propelled by my desire to see how far I can take my practice. My art is within me; I am the only person who can create my art. This excites me.” Karen Fitzpatrick