"LIGHT; dappled light, winter light, crisp autumn light, summer light, spring light.....all my muse. My watercolours are about time, and that magic moment when something ordinary makes you catch your breath, if you take the time to pause, to look. I tell the story of what is often passed by. Light is discovered by way of shadow. Decay is made beautiful by way of being noticed. Texture is featured alongside dancing shadows. Emotions are moved to be calmed.

"My Polaroid Image and Emulsion transfers are versatile and very expressive. I use them extensively to illustrate ideas of elusive, but evocative scenarios. I love the intricate, vivid, malleable imagery this medium can produce. I treat them as mixed media pieces by combining them extensively with watercolour and coloured pencil."

Pagan goddesses populate her iconic, gilded acrylic canvasses. They tempt us to look at their myths in new ways.

Karen has been Canada’s National Arts Centre scenic painter since 1996. She paints the sets designed by some of Canada’s top set designers. The large scale, and the challenges associated with painting these sets, has imbedded a sense of the monumental in her work. Perfectionism is eschewed for readability and impact.

Come explore her world of sun-drenched architectural watercolours, images of stone and water, iconic goddess paintings and alternative photography at the Riverstones Gallery.

"Welcome to my gallery".