"Garden Patterns" by Karen H. Salup, Mixed Media on Canvas modern almost like a dance of

almost like a dance of intuitive motions and gestures

sometimes paintings lean more “cartoony” and sometimes they are more realistic

Because life knows how to be welcoming as well as throw yourself in the middle of street

Debra Robertson is a native Texan and former art educator with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Austin

"Garden Patterns" by Karen H. Salup, Mixed Media on Canvas modern almost like a dance ofDETAILS 36" x 48" Mixed Media on Canvas Original Art Work ABOUT THE ARTIST: KAREN H. SALUP, Artist Statement As a painting evolves I am composing intuitive images that references lean to nature. There is a vocabulary that I have developed, consisting of visual poetry. These terms such as mark making, brushstrokes and gestures where known as idiosyncratic visual poetry by the Abstract Expressionist movement creating gestures that bring to the viewer;