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Karen Strang

“Recognised for her large-scale punchy and hard-hitting oil paintings, Strang was described in a recent review as “a superb draughtsman” (Clare Henry, Artlyst, 5 March 2018).

A Scottish-Polish heritage defines the visual language expressed in paint by Karen Strang. Juxtaposing bright coloured motifs of European folklore with muted hues of the landscape, Strang has been equally inspired by travels through Central Europe and working plein air in Scotland. 

A graduate of Drawing and Painting at Glasgow School of Art, she was encouraged by her professor Alexander Moffat to consider the political as well as the visceral aspects of painting. After receiving the Newbery Medal and the Sir William Gillies Travelling Scholarship amongst other awards, further study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw during a tumultuous political period in the mid 1980s led Strang to working in installation and performance after seeing Tadeusz Kantor. 

Returning to painting in recent years, but steeped in all these influences, Strang explores expressive figuration outlining the human condition whilst utilising aspects of archetypes found in mythology and close observation of natural form.

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Available work by Karen Strang:

  • POA

    Alla Prima

    Karen Strang
    Pastel and carbon on board. Image size: 60x31cm Framed and glazed size: 87x60cm
  • POA

    Backdrop

    Karen Strang
    Pastel and carbon on card. Image size: 51x39cm Framed and glazed size: 83×69.5cm
  • POA

    Canvas Stretch 1

    Karen Strang
    Pastel and carbon on pastel paper. Image size: 65x50cm Framed and glazed size: 78.5×63.5cm
  • POA

    Canvas Stretch 2

    Karen Strang
    Pastel and carbon on pastel paper. Image size: 65x50cm Framed and glazed size: 78.5×63.5cm
  • POA

    Sunkissed on Sofa

    Karen Strang
    Pastel and carbon on board. Image size: 38x55cm Framed and glazed size: 67x84cm
  • POA

    The Artist Reinvents Herself

    Karen Strang
    Pastel on board. Image size: 53x35cm Framed and glazed size: 85x63cm
  • POA

    The Artist’s Gaze

    Karen Strang
    Aquarelle and ink on board. Image size: 31x18cm Framed and glazed size: 55×40.5cm
  • POA

    The Crimson Cushion

    Karen Strang
    Oil and carbon on pastel paper. Image size: 60x48cm Framed and glazed size: 87.5×77.5cm
  • POA

    The Reader

    Karen Strang
    Pastel and carbon on pastel paper. 40x29cm
  • POA

    The Studio Window

    Karen Strang
    Pastel and carbon on gessoed board. Image size: 63x42cm Framed and glazed size: 79×57.5cm
  • POA

    White Dress, Red Chair

    Karen Strang
    Pastel and carbon on board. Image size: 46x33cm Framed and glazed size: 72×58.5cm
  • POA

    White Dress, Black Boa

    Karen Strang
    Pastel and carbon on gessoed board. Image size: 74x53cm Framed and glazed size: 91x71cm
  • POA

    The Tango Skirt

    Karen Strang
    39cm x 50cm pastel on board
  • POA

    Red Lipstick and Green Dress

    Karen Strang
    64cm x 43cm mixed media
  • POA

    Blue Thai Dress

    Karen Strang
    56cm x 75cm acrylic with mixed media
  • SOLD

    Scandalous

    Karen Strang
    70cm x 39cm pastel
  • SOLD

    Second Skin

    Karen Strang
    40cm x 56cm pastel
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