Karen Matheis
Printmaking, painting, and drawing
This website allows visitors to view recent work, read about techniques, and learn about current exhibitions and news. Karen works in Lawrence, Kansas, and is the print coordinator for the John Talleur Print Studio.
Techniques
Printmaking:
Karen's primary printmaking technique is relief. Each print is created by hand using a wooden spoon as a burnisher. For materials, she uses both wood and linoleum for her relief cuts, and prints on archival Japanese Hosho or Kitakata printmaking papers.
Painting:
Current paintings are a study in traditional formal problems such as light and dark studies, using everyday objects as a point of reference. Karen paints with oils on BFK paper treated with gesso.
Drawing:
Karen's drawings include life drawing and experimentation with media. Media include oil sticks, charcoal, oils, graphite, chalk pastel and conte crayon.