Description: Karen Baron is a Suffolk born landscape artist. She has lived in North Yorkshire for the past 20 years, and has now returned to the beautiful East Anglian coast with her family. She works predominantly in oils and soft pastels. Karen is fascinated by the colours, shapes and textures that are formed within the landscapes through changing light and shade, and differing weather conditions.
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The Suffolk born artist has been living in North Yorkshire for the past 20 years. She recently moved back to the Suffolk coast with her family and began a new series of works inspired by the beautiful coastal views and endless skies.
" I am extrememly fortunate to have moved from one Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to another. I am fascinated by the colours, shapes and textures that are formed in landscapes through changing light and shade and differing weather conditions. It is a subject matter that has held my attention since University; where I studied Fine Art (BA Hons).
When creating a piece of work, I either use my own photography for reference, or work directly from the landscape I'm painting. Most of my paintings begin with thin washes of oil paint and charcoal. Oil paint is then layered, which builds texture, and finally bursts of pastel create soft, diffused tones.