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Leaping into The Painting

Revered American artist Georgia O’Keeffe said, “Abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can only clarify in paint.” This sentiment is reflected profoundly in the work of Karen Nielsen-Fried. Her paintings wrestle with the very nature of inspiration through a process that shapes  visual reflections of her state of being—often ones of which she was not even consciously aware at the time of creation.

All art featured in this week’s newsletter courtesy Karen Nielsen-Fried.

How would you describe your work to someone about to encounter it for the first time?

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Revered American artist Georgia O’Keeffe said, “Abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can only clarify in paint.” This sentiment is reflected profoundly in the work of Karen Nielsen-Fried. Her paintings wrestle with the very nature of inspiration through a process that shapes  visual reflections of her state of being—often ones of which she was not even consciously aware at the time of creation.

All art featured in this week’s newsletter courtesy Karen Nielsen-Fried.

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