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KAREN WYKERD
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The central theme of Karen artist is fascinated how a scene can reflection; moments where we can
Wykerd’s work is the urban be entirely different in the morning be reacquainted with nature, and our
landscape. For Wykerd a city is a and then again in the evening. The selves. Her love for detail is obvious.
place whose energy materializes in quote by the artist John Constable: She is based in Cape Town and
the meeting point of such dualities- “The sky is the source of light in works across a range of media.
concrete and trees, grids and the nature and it governs everything”
flow of water, rhythm and stillness, influences Wykerd in her artworks. Using embroidery and painting
control and chance. Her aim and wish are to highlight the – on canvas, paper or glass – she
beauty of the daily commute. combines dissolution with detail to
She graduated with a diploma express her ongoing fascination with
in Graphic Design from The These unassuming everyday scenes everyday city life.
Johannesburg College of Art in that become common place due to
1982 followed by a number of years routine are transformed and elevated
working in the advertising industry. through use of colour, light and
Karen Wykerd had a career as a layers of thin washes. Suddenly the
graphic designer for a number of viewer is confronted with something
years. dreamlike and worthy of being
documented.
She started painting full time in 2008
and one of her main motivations as Wykerd’s work strike with dreamily
an artist is the pursuit of light - how indistinct backgrounds and tranquil
it defines a scene and changes the colour palettes. This combined give
experience of it at any one time. The the viewer some kind of rest and
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Karen Wykerd starts on
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