Ending and Beginning

Kara Barkved, is a artist/painter, born in Montreal but has lived in BC since 1969.
She graduated from the University of Victoria in 1983 with a BFA and an MA in 1991. She has studied art, art therapy (Victoria School of Art Therapy) and psychology (Unversity of Calgary), and has been involved in the arts and visual arts all of her life from a young age. Kara is a versatile artist working in different mediums, including but not limited to acrylic, oil/cold wax mixed media. and whose main interest is in Intuitive Abstract Art. Her paintings evolve out of spontaneous marks that mingle with her imagination and the influence from the world around her, especially nature, with flowing line and organic shapes.

Group Exhibition                                                                                                                                                          2015- They Show You Where to Go – Lake Country Art Gallery BC                                                                        2013 – 2018- Juried Annual Member’s Exhibitions – Vernon Public Art Gallery BC                                           2014 – 2018 – Gallery Vertigo Solo Exhibition                                                                                                             2008 – 2009 – Oil and Water Exhibition – Longhouse Gallery – Tsawwassen BC                                                 2012- At the Bistro – Jenkin Showler Gallery – White rock BC

Artist Statement
I love the fact the world is not as it seems. How is it that invisible things at work define our world and move throughout our universe? How does that relate to abstract art?  If everything  around me is not as it seems to the eye,  then,  subjectively, I can express artistically anything I feel or sense.   Inspiration for my art comes from nature and the world around me,  and in particular  the coastal environment where I live. It’s imagery seeps into my work intuitively, from the seen and unseen  and onto the 2 dimensional world of my canvas. I have been influenced by the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 20th century and also by the Impressionist movement. I have been mentored by many art teachers including Lea Price, Barry Rafuse, and by Nicholas Wilton.