Karen Lynn is a figurative painter whose highly detailed, colourful work is evocative of the sophisticated lifestyles and stylish fashions of the 1950s.
Karen works in oils and has a distinctive style which is increasingly popular with collectors both here and in the US.
Her work is thematic and she is attracted to and revisits time and again her favourite subjects including crowds, audiences, and spectators at sporting events, glamorous parties, bright sunny beach scenes and street scenes with vivid images of suited men and fashionable women.
Her paintings are seasonal, giving the viewer a definite sense of the time of year. There is a sense of excitement, magic and a return to a bygone age where life was glamorous and women were beautiful. They’re happy, quirky pictures that make you smile.
Stylistically, Karen’s paintings have been compared to Hopper, Hockney and Balthus and her use of colour is most striking and effective. She also uses tones of black and white to great impact, especially in her monochrome spectator paintings.
Karen has always been inspired and fascinated by watching crowds of people. She explores the patterns these crowds make and the complex relationships being played out between the colourful and varied characters that fill them. Her work is exciting and every time you look at one of her crowd scenes you notice more characters and discover other facial expressions and relationships.
Karen initially trained as a fashion designer at Harrow College of Art and then worked as a costume designer with English National Opera, and later in TV commercials and feature films as a set decorator.
Her images have been reproduced and sold in their thousands by The Art Group, and she appears regularly at 'The Affordable Art Fairs' in London and New York and the 'London Art Fair'. Additionally, her work appeared on several magazine front covers and she has participated in many group shows. To see more of her work, visit www.karenlynn.co.uk.
