Lk book v 4

L A U R E N C E K A R A S E K RED DESERT 2012-2014

“Red Desert” VIII, 72”x108””, Oil on canvas

Red Desert XI 3 60“ x 72” Oil on canvas

“Evening in the desert comes with cool blue shadows.”

Red Desert XI 2 60“ x 72” Oil on canvas

“What the universe left on the side of the mountain as if the surface of the moon.”

Red Desert XI 1 60“ x 72” Oil on canvas

“ To o h o t a n d d r y f o r a n y t h i n g t o g r o w , t h e r o c k s r e c o r d w h e r e t h e y l i e . ”

Red Desert XII 60“ x 72” Oil on canvas

“One cactus against the distant blue mountains.”

Red Desert VII 60“ x 72” Oil on canvas

“ D e s r t m o u n t a i n w i t h m o n s t e r r o c k s e r o d e d w h e r e t h e y f e l l t i m e l e s s l y. ”

Red Desert VI 60“ x 72” Oil on canvas

“ E v e n i n g s u n p a s s e s o v e r r o c k s a n d m o u n t a i n s s i l e n t l y, o u t r a g e d a t t h e e n d i n g o f t h e d a y. ”

Red Desert V 60“ x 72” Oil on canvas

“Desert mountains echo to the blue cactus, a challenge to vast space.”

Red Desert IV 60“ x 72” Oil on canvas

“ Wa s o n c e a p l a c e i n t h e d e s e r t m o u n t a i n v a l l e y, n o w r u i n e d b y t i m e . ”

Red Desert VIII 69“ x 80” Oil on canvas

“Trees finding water in rocks and clouds.”

Red Desert X 50“ x 54” Oil on canvas

“ C a c t u s h a n d h o l d i n g t h e c o b a l t b l u e s k y. ”

Artist’s Studio

LAURENCE KARASEK is a mature artist whose work is a combination of honed skill and genuine feeling about the world he paints. He was trained in the European atelier tradition of painting for seven years first at Bromley College of Art then at the Royal Academy of Art in London. His talent, recognized from a young age, has evolved over a six decade career as an academic, artist and designer, to become the thoughtful, mature and interesting artist now at work in the studio. He and his work remain vibrant and full of energy. Both can be clearly appreciated and enjoyed.

These recent paintings are expressive of our deepest appreciation and relationship with nature, connecting us to the passionate emotions they evoke and to a sense of place that is such a basic human desire.

His distillation of the raw emotion of expansive landscapes, allow us to journey beyond the surface into the experience of the painting, the abstract style which allows imagination into the painting as simultaneously being both flat and spatial, abstracted and representational. His sweeping away of intellect in favor of emotion and expressiveness make his paintings fresh and inviting.

Though a serious artist, his paintings express humor, playfulness, the sheer joy of color, the energy he sees in the world around him. He brings an effortlessness and ease to the expression of his paintings making them feel unrestrained and full. His work is not labored or literal, nor is it a riot of meaningless, abstract form, rather the intention is to bring the viewer into the place of immediate experience and heightened sense of the subject. In a world where so much moves quickly and our connection to place is tenuous, these paintings allow us to tap into the artists’ depth of emotional connectivity to certain existence.

Contact: Laurencekarasek.com, laurencekarasek@gmail.com 830 688 8039