The Good Dream

Mixed media on canvas 8″x8″ © Karen Phillips
Mind Travel

Mind Travel series 10″x10″ Mixed media on paper mounted to cradled board © Karen Phillips
I am an artist whose mixed media paintings express my fascination with color and texture and my desire to examine what lies below the surface of things. I left behind the world of computer code and systems analysis and re-started my career with a degree in business, only to discover that I still wasn’t satisfied. Through a series of chance encounters, I discovered my love of painting.
Layering acrylic paint and other mediums, I create abstract worlds from my imagination. It is a conversation between me and the surface of the paper or canvas. My work celebrates the daydreamer in all of us.
Select Exhibitions
- Women’s Art Collective, George Pierce Recreational Center 2019, Suwannee, GA
 - In the Spotlight, Kudzu Art Zone Gallery & Art Center 2019, Norcross, GA
 - WCAGA’s Tell Me About It, Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur, GA 2018
 - Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, May 2017 (duo show)
 - Mind Travel, Georgia State Perimeter College, Clarkston Campus, Nov 2016-Jan 2017 (solo show)
 - Artists of Georgia: 2nd Annual Art Exhibit & Competition, 2016, Dublin, GA
 - Tannery Row Spring Juried Exhibition 2016, Burford, GA
 - Open Juried Exhibition, Kudzu Art Zone Open Juried Exhibition 2015, Norcross, GA
 - Layers, WCAGA Members’ Exhibit – Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA, 2014
 - Fragments of Time, Kudzu Art Zone, Norcross, 2014
 - Women’s Caucus for Art of Georgia’s Drawing Marathon Show, upstairs [artspace], Tryon, NC, 2014
 - Curve & Texture, First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta, Candler Park, 2013-2014 (solo show)
 - Tickle Your Fancy, Kudzu Art Zone Gallery & Art Center, Norcross, 2013
 - Open Juried Exhibit, Kudzu Art Zone Gallery & Art Center, juried by Larry Walker, 2013
 - Abstract Whisperings, Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur, 2011 (duo show)
 - Featured Artist, Dekalb High School of Technology, South, Decatur, 2010
 - Reading Between the Blue Lines, Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, Decatur, 2010
 - Atlanta Artists Center Sixth Multi-Artist/Media Exhibit, Buckhead Library, Atlanta, 2010
 - Dogwood in Springtime, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, 2010 (Honorable Mention)
 - Bursts of Creativity, Kudzu ArtZone, Norcross, 2010 (Honorable Mention)
 - Textured Sight, solo show, First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta, Candler Park, 2010
 - Art Salon, Pine Lake, 2009
 - Pin-Up Show, Eyedrum, Atlanta, 2008
 - Pin-Up Show, City Hall East Gallery, Atlanta, 2008
 - The National Arts Program, City Hall East Gallery, Atlanta, 2007
 - The National Arts Program, City Hall East Gallery, Atlanta, 2006 (Honorable Mention)
 
Professional Membership
Kudzu Art Zone Gallery and Art Center, Board member, Open Juried Exhibition Chair, 2013-2016
 Women’s Caucus for Art of Georgia