Karen Roth

current paintings: abstraction

 

I developed my creative style when I lived in Detroit. As this once vital city was falling into hard times homes were abandoned, neglected or in disrepair.

 

The images of those peeling and layered surfaces, fading colors and graffiti are in the back of my mind when I paint.

The work begins when I apply plaster and medium to produce a highly textured and rough surface.

My art is about producing the rudimentary and primitive rather than the slick and perfect.

 

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