Karen Marki

I am a Vancouver-based artist, working primarily in acrylics on canvas. Early on, I began experimenting with how to make new items look old…inducing rust on metal, oxidization on copper, patina on bronze. This led to my painting process that includes scraping, sanding and manipulating pigments with unorthodox tools and utensils. Each of my works are layers of several paintings built onto the canvas like an excavation site, encouraging the viewer to look closely to see the transformation that has taken shape.