Curve & Texture Show Opening December 15th

Curve & Texture

December 15, 2013 – January 15, 2014

Please join me for the Opening of Curve & Texture at the First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta in Candler Park on Sunday, December 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.

Included in the show will be works from my latest series Seeking Unity.

The First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta
470 Candler Park Dr., NE 
Atlanta, GA 30307 
404-378-5570 

I look forward to sharing my art with you.

Blogtoberfest 2013: Day 13 Circle Series - Exclusivity and Unity

This painting is the start of my Circle series that I started working on earlier this year. My inspiration for this work started with a question, "When is it ok to be exclusive?"

Seeking Unity, Acrylic on canvas by Karen Phillips

At the time, there was so much in the news about one group or another wanting to exclude another. I started thinking about why we form groups or cliques and recognized our need to feel a part of something, something that helps us feel whole. We seek to join with others, to perhaps become something more than we are as individuals.

Circle Series, Mixed Media on canvas by Karen Phillips

So I've been playing with these ideas and seeing what I can discover. This grouping of five circles has my attention for the moment. In the above painting there is some separation between the first circle and the rest of the group. Does it want to join or doesn't it? I'm not sure yet.