Karen L. Kirshner

Journey Beneath the Surface

2023

"I have always been a creative who thinks "outside the box". Art is easiest for me; it flows from whatever I've been thinking about, emotion, and soul and takes shape — from intrinsi...

For Schmidbauer, artistic abstraction is an approximation of the mind. With even more abstractedness, one can say: abstraction is the approximation of the mental. Changes lead us int...

"I have always been a creative who thinks "outside the box". Art is easiest for me; it flows from whatever I've been thinking about, emotion, and soul and takes shape — from intrinsi...

"I have always been a creative who thinks "outside the box". Art is easiest for me; it flows from whatever I've been thinking about, emotion, and soul and takes shape — from intrinsic importance to physical reality.… From nothingness comes something to share. My paintings are bright, colorful, and invigorating and I’ve been told and seen firsthand that they lift people’s spirits. A visitor to one of my shows commented, "Your paintings are so happy" and I responded, "that’s because I’m happy when I’m painting them". I work passionately, and intuitively and I refuse to follow others’ rules. People have told me that the colors I’ve used others don’t dare put together because they’re "not supposed to", and then when I do it, they exclaim, "it works". You can call me an "intuitive painter" or "a colorist" or "an abstract-surrealistic organic and geometric anarchist". Whatever you call me, I hope you like what you see. " – Karen Kirshner

The Future Is Now explores geometry and colour, highlighting a split composition that plays with balance, tension, and contrast. On the left side, a deep black backdrop houses a stri...

"Primitive Beginnings" by Troy Smith is a vivid exploration of colour and form, reminiscent of early human artistry yet imbued with contemporary flair. Bold strokes of orange, green,...

Follow The Leader is an abstract exploration of movement and direction, using bold geometric shapes and contrasting colours to guide the viewer’s eye across the canvas. The compositi...

"Draw The Line" is a striking abstract composition that reflects the artist’s journey from birth to death. With a single continuous, winding line travers...