Karen Shannon

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perviously shown in

cloth and clay 2024

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​constructed 2025

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Karen is inspired by the energy and essence of the coastal landscape where she lives. The sea-carved chalk cliffs and the fragments of cretaceous chalk reef on the beach, the way the elements and the sea have scoured and shaped surfaces, feed her imagination.

 

For these wall panels Karen worked with abaca mesh and paint generating forms and intricate structures. She worked these delicate textures which emulate the qualities of time-worn, weathered and wind-eroded surfaces.

 

Each piece evolves organically through an instinctive process. By layering and reworking the materials, patinas of time and memory are revealed. The resulting surfaces incorporate painterly and sculptural elements, enticing the viewer into meditative contemplation of the relationships between form and texture.

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Click images for details and if you are interested in any of Karen Shannon's work please enquire below.​​​​