KAREN BLAIR
BUZZ! BUZZ! SPOTLIGHT
AUGUST 2023
KAREN BLAIR
Bio & Artist Statement
Karen Blair lives in Charlottesville, Virginia where the surrounding mountains provide daily inspiration for her work. Her own garden and those of friends inspire the flowers and trees also prevalent in the paintings and collages. There is constant tension between depicting the natural world and finding the essence of things through abstraction. Blair is known for her joyous use of color and for exuberant mark-making. She shares her life with her husband Jimmy Jackson and a Brittany named Remi.
Photo: Sean S. Thomas
Fog Lifting, 2016 Oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
$4,500
30 x 23 inches
$1,200
Daffodils in a Bowl I, 2018
Mixed media on oil paper
$1,200
Daffodils in a Bowl II, 2018
Mixed media on oil paper
30 x 23 inches
Late Summer, 2014
76 x 79 inches
$12,000
Oil on canvasConeflowers
Mixed media on canvas
60 x 48 inches
$8,000
Garden With Tulips
Mixed media on canvas
60 x 48 inches
$8,000
April Garden, 2021
Mixed media on canvas
44 x 40 inches
$6,000
June Morning
Mixed media on canvas
43 x 43 inches
$6,500
Cliff Walk, 2021
Mixed media on canvas
48 x 44 inches
$7,000
Mixed media on canvas
43 x 43 inches
$6,500
Clear Tomorrow
Zinnias
Mixed media on canvas
30 x 30 inches
$3,500
Summer Solstice
Mixed media on canvas
60 x 48 inches
$12,000
Karen Blair
Abbreviated CV
Lives and works in Charlottesville, VA
EDUCATION
1976 BFA University of North Carolina Greensboro
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2023 Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2023 Artist Collective, Charleston, SC
2023 Findings Art Store, Lynchburg, VA
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Allan Myers
Capital One, Richmond, VA
Phillip Morris, USA, Inc.
Markel Corporation
Hourigan Construction, Inc.
Troutman Sanders LLP
Le Clair Ryan, A Professional Corporation
Westminster Canterbury, Richmond
Dominion Resources
Couric Clinical Cancer Center, UVA Hospital
Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, VA
Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, VA
Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC
