A new space

Artist: Karen Tashjian

My new body of work represents a significant shift for me.  I have left a more image-based practice for one that exists purely in my head.  I am more interested in lines and organizations, color and color relationships, the building of layers, transparency, and texture, obscuring specific information, and ultimately of creating space on the canvas.  I have found that my architectural background is alive and active as I paint.  

Architects notoriously bring precision and control of outcomes.  I work to let go of some of these tendencies and respect also, intuition and feeling.  Many times I release precision into the paint and bring it back in a more intuitive way.