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November Issue 2007
Arts Council of Lincoln County in Lincolnton, NC, Features Works by Karen Banker
The Arts Council of Lincoln County in Lincolnton, NC,
will present the exhibit, Vibrant Silence, featuring works
by Karen Banker, in the Carolina Mills and Cochrane Galleries
at the Lincoln Cultural Center, on view from Nov. 1 - 30,
2007.
Using acrylics and mixed media, Banker's
large abstract works evoke strong emotional connections and
responses through her use of vivid color and paint layering.
Inspired by human emotions that flow freely through our bodies,
Banker works to capture those moments of intense feeling in
her work. "Mesmerized" is a word often used to
describe her art.
Born in Wisconsin and raised in rural Ohio, Banker was born into
a family of artists and medicine. Recently moving near Lincolnton,
from Miami, FL, she finds meaning in sharing elements
of the human experience in her work by depicting the words
and thoughts that cannot be easily expressed. As an award-winning
artist, Banker's spiritual guides include Mark Rothko, William
DeKooning and comtemporary artist, Herb Jackson.
Banker's work has been exhibited in multiple galleries, including
the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art, and collected throughout
the United States.
For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery
listings, contact Shelly Johnston, Executive Director, at 704/732-9044
or visit (www.ArtsLincolnNC.org).
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