Karine Swenson American

At times, it is such a wonder the way life goes on. A loved one dies. You move to another place. Something unmoors you. The familiar becomes foreign, and yet...

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This collection of paintings is a window into my inner world. We all have a world inside us that is known to us only, when we pause to reflect and spend time alone. I retreat inside my own world particularly when the outside world seems chaotic. There, I can find harmony. There, I can find sanctuary. There, I can find myself. All of that I communicate through the act of painting.

Color has become the language of my inner sanctum. I place it into a structure that hints at the landscape and structures we live in. Rounded edges stem from round adobe corners. Vigas and latillas cross over each other the same way my brushstrokes cross over each other. However, I am not painting things one can see in the physical world. The language of abstraction is symbolic – a metaphor for ideas and feelings. Perhaps each painting is a song, a way for colors to live in harmony on the painting surface, and reflect the harmony within.

The tick of a clock, the beat of your heart, the passing of days…Life has a rhythm, a continuous beat. The brushstrokes in these paintings are a mirror of that...