Karen Hansen

Our hectic, complex lives are filled with tension. Karen's paintings are atmospheric abstractions of meditation and memory. They are meant as resting places, transcendental escapes from our hectic, complex world. They are entry points to the rhythms and the quiet mysteries of our lives and our search for deeper connection in our human experience. These serene, understated paintings, with their subtle complexity, are layered translucently in search of radiance, nuance and depth. They evolve through a process of improvisation, experimentation, revision and intuition.

Augsburg College, BA Cum Laude, Fine Art

Artist in Residence 2013, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
American Art Awards International Competition, all entries placed in years 2011, 2012, 2013
Minnesota "Art For Architecture" award: manhole cover design cast in brass and installed in the sidewalk outside the Minneapolis City Center, 1982
Included in book publications: Best Of Presents America Acrylic Artists Volume I, 2012; Best of California Artists and Artisans, 2006
Various Film and Television appearances of paintings

1979 to 2001 Worked in the field of animation at studios including:
Bajus - Jones Animation, Edina, MN.
Universal Studios, Sydney, Australia
Murikami Wolf Television Animation Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Universal Studios, London, England
Warner Brothers Feature Animation, Los Angeles, CA.

abstract, contemporary, acrylic, spiritual, ethereal, minimal