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In 2023 Karen was part of Hold Fast a group exhibition at Peckham's Copeland Gallery where she exhibited life writing and a video installation about her mother who lives with dementia. Also part of Hold Fast was painter Jane Dinmore and multidisciplinary artist Louise Gray.
"We must hold fast to our rocks that provide us with joy in times of need. Hold fast, be responsible, stay true and you will not only survive the storm, but you will be stronger because you made it through."
Browse Karen's artwork from the show below and contact for more information.
Self-Portrait
£200.00
Ink on watercolour paper
Unframed - 122cm x 152cm
This self-portrait was made at a culminating point when working on the artwork for the HOLD FAST exhibition. It charts the maturing of my ideas around mothering - both other people, my mum and myself.
Now I have dog eyes
£125.00
Original autobiographical artwork
Ink and pen on paper
Framed - size 40cm x 50cm
"The other day when I broke the news to her that her dog, our dog, Buddy had died, she took a maximum of eight minutes to be sad, have a cry, then a laugh about his death. 'Brain damage,' I thought. And it is true, because of the all strokes, the taking away. She is 80 years old now, I google: is there such a thing as a dementia cackle?...It suggests, instead of words, out come yells, blasts, plumes of howls and squeals."
Acceptable Reasons for Late Arrival - 1
£125.00
This can be bought as a pair with Acceptable Reasons for Late Arrival - 2 for £200
Ink and pen on paper
Framed - size 40cm x 50cm
This is a limited artwork containing content from Karen's upcoming memoir, Lifting Off
Acceptable Reasons for Late Arrival – 2
£125.00
This can be bought as a pair with Acceptable Reasons for Late arrival - 1, for £400
Original
Pen and ink on paper
This artwork is an extract from my forthcoming memoir, Lifting Off, (to be published in 2024)
Framed - size 40cm x 50cm.
Under mum's slippered foot
£125.00
Original artwork
Pen and ink on paper.
Framed - size 40cm x 50cm
"The anxious dog arrived on a non-descript day and sat under mum’s slippered foot, his eyes down and head low. His name was Buddy, his eyes as black and wide as beetroot. The whites of his eyeballs showed, but I did not yet know what this meant..."
Pen and ink on paper.
Framed - size 40cm x 50cm
"The anxious dog arrived on a non-descript day and sat under mum’s slippered foot, his eyes down and head low. His name was Buddy, his eyes as black and wide as beetroot. The whites of his eyeballs showed, but I did not yet know what this meant..."
[SOLD] The inner life of anchovies
£0.00
Original
Pen and ink on paper
Framed - size 40cm x 50cm
"In my old bedroom, I lay in bed, the lampshade on the ceiling above me points down, like a nipple. It is laughable, as I was bottle fed; mum unwell after I was born. Downstairs I hear Buddy snoring in his bed. I want to be in charge of my own future, have a singular voice in my head. A stranger’s face waits in the mirror, and sometimes I see me, other times it isn’t right."
Pen and ink on paper
Framed - size 40cm x 50cm
"In my old bedroom, I lay in bed, the lampshade on the ceiling above me points down, like a nipple. It is laughable, as I was bottle fed; mum unwell after I was born. Downstairs I hear Buddy snoring in his bed. I want to be in charge of my own future, have a singular voice in my head. A stranger’s face waits in the mirror, and sometimes I see me, other times it isn’t right."