Karen Deans

Artist Statement

Painting is experience, both for the maker and her audience, a shared exchange conveyed through a physical object, a work of art. The artist presents her own in-terpretation of being in this world. The viewer, in turn, takes in the physical object with eyes, but experiences it through the prism of an entire lifetime. As a painter, I connect with my deepest knowing and lay it bare as an offering to record a mo-ment—or many—in time. I am ecstatic during that process—though it can unmask limitations and fear. I am also ecstatic when that offering ignites a fire in the heart of another.