Karen Krieger

Karen Krieger

According to Chinese Taoist thinking, the Tao reflects the way things exist in nature and the world in general. Everything has its own distinctive quality of being that cannot be expressed adequately through words or meanings. As a painter, I aim to convey a semblance of this natural order and expression which I find difficult to articulate into words instead of images. I approach my work by taking cues from the natural flow and organic patterns that I create on the paper or canvas. The Chinese refer to this expression as “wu wei” – that is acting without contrived effort and following an internal movement.

Through my paintings I harmonize both intentional brush strokes and pigment with a natural order or flow. The painting begins to come together when there is a unified balance and rhythm between the unplanned movement of the pigment and an intuitive attention to the imagery. My goal is not to replicate an outer realism of a landscape but rather to capture the essence of a mountain range, the depth of water, or the feeling of mist. I view empty spaces on the canvas as breath or what the Chinese refer to as “chi”.

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Dawn Vista II

Ink and rice paper on canvas 12 x 24"

Terrestrial Storm

Ink and rice paper on canvas 48 x 24"

Glacial Divide V

Ink and rice paper on canvas 12 x 24"

Ember Light VIII

Ink and rice paper on canvas 24 x 12"

Glacial Divide II,

Ink and rice paper on canvas 24 x 24"

Ember Light VII

Ink and rice paper on canvas 24 x 12"

Bottomless Ridge

ink and rice paper on canvas, 24 x 8"

Dawn Vista

Ink and rice paper on canvas 12 x 24"

Bottomless Ridge II

Ink and rice paper on canvas 24 x 8"

Afternoon Storm I

Mixed media on birch panel 18 x 18"

Tian Shan III,

ink and rice paper on canvas, 24 x 24"

Afternoon Storm II

Mixed media on birch panel 18 x 18"

Ember Light V, 2016

Ink and rice paper on linen 12 x 12 "

Celadon Landscape III

Ink and rice paper on linen 20 x 10"

Ember Light VI

Ink and rice paper on linen 12 x 12"

Water Scented Peak II

ink and pigment on canvas 20 x 24"

High Noon Tide

ink w/ mixed media on canvas 12 x 24"

Retract

ink and pigment on canvas 24 x 24"

Climbing Orchid Mountain I

encaustic on panel 24 x 11.75 "

Glacial Divide III

Ink and rice paper on canvas 18 x 18"

Climbing Orchid Mountain II

encaustic on panel 24 x 11.75 "

Moon Adrift

Ink and rice paper on canvas 18 x 18"

Ember Light I

Ink and rice paper on canvas 24 x 36"

Glacial Divide IV

ink and rice paper on canvas 12 x 12"

Mist Adrift II

ink with mixed media on canvas 20 x 16 "

Effervescent Chine II

Ink and rice paper on canvas 18 x 18"

Autumn Mist III

Encaustic on birch panel 24 x 18 "

Mist Cutting Deep III

Ink and rice paper on canvas 18 x 18"

Ember Light II

Ink and rice paper on canvas 20 x 18"

Crystal Gorge

Ink and rice paper on canvas 18 x 18"

Mist Cutting Deep V

Ink and rice paper on canvas 36 x 18"

Cinnabar Mist

Encaustic w/ mixed media on birch panel 36 x 24 "

Mist Cutting Deep IV

Ink and rice paper on canvas 36 x 18"

Snowy Heights II

Ink and rice paper on canvas 24 x 12 "

Ember Light III

Ink and rice paper on canvas 36 x 12"

Bottomless Ridge IV

Ink and rice paper on canvas 24 x 8"

Ember Light IV

Ink and rice paper on canvas 24 x 36

Snowy Heights

Ink and rice paper on canvas 36 x 18"

Breath of Mist

ink and pigment on canvas 9 x 12"

Silent Peak I

Ink and rice paper on canvas 18 x 18"

Ember Light XIV

ink with mixed media on canvas 24 x 48"

Silent Peak II

Ink and rice paper on canvas 18 x 18"

Cold Cloud Peaks II

Encaustic on birch panel 20 x 16"

Heaven Pillar Peaks II

encaustic on birch panel 12 x 12 "

Adrift

mixed media on birch panel 28 x 12"

Ascending High IV

mixed media with ink, rice paper on canvas 20 x 24 "

Seamount II

ink with color on canvas 20 x 10"

Dawn Vista II

Ink and rice paper on canvas 12 x 24"

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