Karen Rieger

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Colour is of prime importance in Karen Rieger’s work, evoking mood, sensuality and a sense of beauty. A rich pastiche is found within her figure and still life paintings, comprised of diverse inspirations such as the avant-garde movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, European textile patterns and sources derived from her immediate environment. A dialogue between her imagination and the past informs the work. The painting begins to reveal itself as the brush interacts with the canvas. There are no preparatory sketches. The process of creating the painting is intuitive and remains exciting and spontaneous. The composition is drawn directly onto the canvas with conte´ or brush, beginning with the figure or a vase of flowers, and then creating the surrounding environment. When the composition is completed with the various elements in place, the underpainting is begun. Layers of paint are added to the surface, allowing the colour of the underpainting to show through, creating richness and a depth to the surface colour. The faces are derived from her imagination, the features generalized to suggest universality rather than a specific person. Inspiration for the still life paintings may come from a bouquet on her table, or many times they simply emerge luxuriantly and fully formed onto the canvas. Karen’s childhood summers were filled with weekend explorations of the countryside. These early road trips, rich with images, fed her internal visual archive. Viewed from the car window, an ever-changing vista rolled before her eyes. Walks through woods immersed her in dark shadows where rays of glinting light pushed their way between boughs, dappling the forest floor, luminous and redolent of earth. In her landscape series, she has painted scenes inspired by both the countryside and the city’s verdant backyards, all filtered through imagination and an emotional response translated into lively brushstrokes and an abundance of colour. Impasto strokes of acrylic are laid upon watercolour like underglazes and the marks of the initial drawing are sometimes revealed. The paintings depict the energetic essence of landscape and capture the passion for the natural world that she was introduced to as a child, that held a kind of magic and an ethereal quality that still resonate strongly within her.

Concept

Colour is of prime importance in Karen Rieger’s work, evoking mood, sensuality and a sense of beauty.

A rich pastiche is found within her figure and still life paintings, comprised of diverse inspirations such as the avant-garde movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, European textile patterns and sources derived from her immediate environment. A dialogue between her imagination and the past informs the work. The painting begins to reveal itself as the brush interacts with the canvas. There are no preparatory sketches. The process of creating the painting is intuitive and remains exciting and spontaneous.

The composition is drawn directly onto the canvas with conte´ or brush, beginning with the figure or a vase of flowers, and then creating the surrounding environment. When the composition is completed with the various elements in place, the underpainting is begun. Layers of paint are added to the surface, allowing the colour of the underpainting to show through, creating richness and a depth to the surface colour.

The faces are derived from her imagination, the features generalized to suggest universality rather than a specific person. Inspiration for the still life paintings may come from a bouquet on her table, or many times they simply emerge luxuriantly and fully formed onto the canvas.

Karen’s childhood summers were filled with weekend explorations of the countryside. These early road trips, rich with images, fed her internal visual archive. Viewed from the car window, an ever-changing vista rolled before her eyes.
Walks through woods immersed her in dark shadows where rays of glinting light pushed their way between boughs, dappling the forest floor, luminous and redolent of earth.

In her landscape series, she has painted scenes inspired by both the countryside and the city’s verdant backyards, all filtered through imagination and an emotional response translated into lively brushstrokes and an abundance of colour.

Impasto strokes of acrylic are laid upon watercolour like underglazes and the marks of the initial drawing are sometimes revealed.

The paintings depict the energetic essence of landscape and capture the passion for the natural world that she was introduced to as a child, that held a kind of magic and an ethereal quality that still resonate strongly within her.

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“Karen Rieger's Artworks”

Soft Light

USD 1,520.00 Year.2024 w152.40 x h76.20 x d1.90 cm

Poire

USD 1,139.99 Year.2012 w40.60 x h40.60 x d1.90 cm

Shimmering Dusk of Spring

USD 275.00 Year.2024 w30.40 x h30.40 x d3.80 cm

Surging Resonance

USD 1,925.00 Year.2017 w121.90 x h121.90 x d3.80 cm

Visiting Matisse

USD 3,528.00 Year.2013 w121.90 x h121.90 x d1.90 cm

A Dream of Pink

USD 1,390.00 Year.2024 w101.60 x h101.60 x d1.90 cm

Sun-kissed Blooms at the Window

USD 593.00 Year.2024 w50.80 x h76.20 x d3.80 cm

Reclining Woman with Black and White Rose Dress

USD 3,673.00 Year.2013 w152.40 x h101.60 x d1.90 cm

Shadow and Light

USD 277.00 Year.2024 w30.40 x h30.40 x d3.80 cm

Indigo Vase

USD 3,275.00 Year.2013 w152.40 x h76.20 x d1.90 cm

Evening Light

USD 1,914.00 Year.2024 w121.90 x h121.90 x d1.90 cm

My Heart is the Colour of Spring Grass

USD 275.00 Year.2024 w30.40 x h30.40 x d3.80 cm

Pink said I Love You to Lilac

USD 275.00 Year.2024 w30.40 x h30.40 x d3.80 cm

Evening Roses

USD 1,138.00 Year.2024 w30.40 x h60.90 x d1.90 cm

Pink Blossoms' Kiss

USD 273.00 Year.2024 w30.40 x h30.40 x d3.80 cm

Evening Stroll with Cat

USD 1,130.00 Year.2024 w30.40 x h60.90 x d1.90 cm

Red and White Blooms with Apples and Pear

USD 3,472.00 Year.2013 w121.90 x h121.90 x d1.90 cm

Twilight Edge of Spring

USD 272.00 Year.2024 w30.40 x h30.40 x d3.80 cm

Morning Song

USD 272.00 Year.2023 w30.40 x h30.40 x d3.80 cm

Woman with Roses and Landscape

USD 1,125.00 Year.2014 w40.60 x h40.60 x d1.90 cm

Woman in Pink Gown with Cats

USD 940.00 Year.2024 w30.40 x h30.40 x d3.80 cm

Winter Landscape and Ivory Dress

USD 2,810.00 Year.2024 w76.20 x h101.60 x d1.90 cm

Sunflowers

USD 2,989.00 Year.2024 w121.90 x h91.40 x d1.90 cm

Glimmering Summer Evening

USD 1,880.00 Year.2024 w121.90 x h121.90 x d3.80 cm

Woman with Roses and Landscape

USD 2,855.00 Year.2014 w101.60 x h101.60 x d1.90 cm

Dawn's First Blush

USD 562.00 Year.2024 w76.20 x h50.80 x d3.80 cm

Woman with Landscape

USD 2,398.00 Year.2014 w76.20 x h76.20 x d1.90 cm

Blue and White Blooms with Pear

USD 3,240.00 Year.2014 w76.20 x h152.40 x d1.90 cm

Woman with Ivory Roses and Apple

USD 2,830.00 Year.2012 w76.20 x h101.60 x d1.90 cm

Blue Forest Symphony

USD 275.00 Year.2024 w30.40 x h30.40 x d3.80 cm

Cerulean Song

USD 2,114.00 Year.2024 w152.40 x h101.60 x d3.80 cm

Red and White

USD 1,800.00 Year.2013 w38.10 x h76.20 x d1.90 cm

Woman with Poppies

USD 2,840.00 Year.2012 w60.90 x h121.90 x d1.90 cm

Blooms with Ivory Vase and Pear

USD 3,475.00 Year.2013 w121.90 x h121.90 x d3.80 cm

Woman with Landscape

USD 3,475.00 Year.2014 w121.90 x h121.90 x d3.80 cm

Glow

Sold Out Year.2014 w76.20 x h76.20 x d1.90 cm

A Winter's Night

Sold Out Year.2023 w30.40 x h30.40 x d3.80 cm

Where Have You Been All My Life?

Sold Out Year.2024 w30.40 x h30.40 x d3.80 cm

Medium

#Painting

Price Range

USD $271 ~ $3,673

Biography

Education
• Ontario College of Art
• The Art Center, Central Technical School
• University of Toronto, Liberal Arts Program

Solo Exhibitions
2022 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Flora & Fauna”June
2013 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Flourish”, April
2012 Atti Gallery, Toronto, November
2010 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, May
2010 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Evening”, February
2008 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, November
2008 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Belle Epoque”, May
2007 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, May
2006 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, August
2005 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, October
2005 West End Gallery Edmonton, April,
2004 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, May
2003 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, April
2002 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, April
1990 Forsyth Gallery, Toronto, June,
1990 Sidewalk Café & Gallery, Toronto March
1985 Marcel’s Bistro, Toronto, October-December
1984 Thornhill Public Library, Thornhill, Ontario, June

Group Exhibitions
2024 Fountainhead Gallery, “Treasures from the Stacks” July-August
2024 Petite Art Show, Online, “Spring Has Sprung”, May 24th-26th
2024 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Winter”, Feb-March
2023 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle “Small Works”, November
2023 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Fall”, October
2023 Matilda Swanson Gallery, Stratford, “Wild Things”, August
2021 Fountainhead Gallery, “25 Springs”, April
2017 OCADU + Gowlings, Juried Group Exhibition, April
2015 Lando Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta “Featured Artists”, January
2014 Lando Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta “Featured Artists”, December
2012 Assiniboia Gallery, “Featured Artist” May
2011 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Figures”, Group Exhibition, March
2011 West End Gallery, Edmonton, December “A Winter‘s Eve“, Group Exhibition
2011 West End Gallery, Victoria, December “Winter Collection“, Group Exhibition
2011 Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, December , “Holiday Collection”, Group Exhibition
2010 West End Gallery, Edmonton May 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Group Exhibition
2010 Assiniboia, Regina, December Group Exhibition
2010 Jenkins Showler, October, Anniversary Exhibition
2009 Assiniboia, Regina, December Group Exhibition
2009 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, December Group Exhibition
2009 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, December, Group Exhibition
2009 West End Gallery, Victoria, December Group Exhibition
2008 Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, “New Artists” Group Exhibition, April
2008 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto “Exposure” Group Exhibition, March
2008 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Stories-Informal Figurative Works”, Group Exhibition, January
2007 West End Gallery, Victoria, December Group Exhibition
2007 Assiniboia, Regina, December Group Exhibition
2006 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, “Fleurs D’Ete” Group Exhibition, August
2006 West End Gallery Edmonton, Anniversary Show, Group Exhibition, April
2006 Zwickers Gallery, Halifax, Group Exhibition, March
2005 Riverdale Art Walk, The Little Art Show, November, Juried Exhibition
2005 West End Gallery, Victoria, December Group Exhibition
2005 Michel Bigue Gallery, Group Exhibition, December
2004 West End Gallery ,Edmonton, April, Group Exhibition
2004 West End Gallery ,Victoria, April, Group Exhibition
2003 Riverdale Art Walk, The Little Art Show, November, Juried Exhibition
2003 Art Gallery of Mississauga, 27th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts, Dec-Feb.04
2002 Riverdale Art Walk, The Little Art Show, November, Juried Exhibition
2001 Harbour Gallery, Clarkson, March “New Artists”
2001 West End Gallery, Victoria, January, “New Artists”
2000 Pratt & Whitney’s “Perspectives” Exhibition of Women Artists, Mississauga Living Arts Centre, October
1997 Pratt & Whitney’s “Perspectives” Exhibition of Women Artists, Mississauga Living Arts Centre, October
1997 Art Gallery of Peel, “Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour – Diploma Collections”, March
1996 Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, June-August
1996 Roberts Gallery, Toronto, “Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour 70th Anniversary Exhibition”, April
1994 Teodora Gallery, Toronto, December-January, Group Exhibition
1992 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, July
1990 Animism Gallery, Toronto
1990 “Celebration of Women’s Sexuality”, York Quay, Harbourfront, Toronto
1985 Colour & Form Society, Skylight Gallery, Toronto, November
1984 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, July
1984 Artists’ Colony, Aurora, April
1983 Wild Wings Gallery, Newmarket, Ontario, Group Exhibition
1983 Art Invesco, Toronto, Three person Show

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Group Exhibitions

2024 Fountainhead Gallery, “Treasures from the Stacks” July-August

2024 Petite Art Show, Online, “Spring Has Sprung”, May 24th-26th

2024 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Winter”, Feb-March

2023 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle “Small Works”, November

2023 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Fall”, October

2023 2023 Matilda Swanson Gallery, Stratford, “Wild Things”, August

2021 Fountainhead Gallery, “25 Springs”, April

2017 OCADU + Gowlings, Juried Group Exhibition, April

2015 Lando Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta “Featured Artists”, January

2014 Lando Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta “Featured Artists”, December

2012 2012 Assiniboia Gallery, “Featured Artist” May

2011 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Figures”, Group Exhibition, March

2011 West End Gallery, Edmonton, December “A Winter‘s Eve“, Group Exhibition

2011 West End Gallery, Victoria, December “Winter Collection“, Group Exhibition

2011 Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, December , “Holiday Collection”, Group Exhibition

2010 West End Gallery, Edmonton May 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Group Exhibition

2010 Assiniboia, Regina, December Group Exhibition

2010 Jenkins Showler, October, Anniversary Exhibition

2009 Assiniboia, Regina, December Group Exhibition

2009 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, December Group Exhibition

2009 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, December, Group Exhibition

2009 West End Gallery, Victoria, December Group Exhibition

2008 Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, “New Artists” Group Exhibition, April

2008 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto “Exposure” Group Exhibition, March

2008 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Stories-Informal Figurative Works”, Group Exhibition, January

2007 West End Gallery, Victoria, December Group Exhibition

2007 Assiniboia, Regina, December Group Exhibition

2006 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, “Fleurs D’Ete” Group Exhibition, August

2006 West End Gallery Edmonton, Anniversary Show, Group Exhibition, April

2006 Zwickers Gallery, Halifax, Group Exhibition, March

2005 Riverdale Art Walk, The Little Art Show, November, Juried Exhibition

2005 West End Gallery, Victoria, December Group Exhibition

2005 Michel Bigue Gallery, Group Exhibition, December

2004 West End Gallery ,Edmonton, April, Group Exhibition

2004 West End Gallery ,Victoria, April, Group Exhibition

2003 Riverdale Art Walk, The Little Art Show, November, Juried Exhibition

2003 Art Gallery of Mississauga, 27th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts, Dec-Feb.04

2002 Riverdale Art Walk, The Little Art Show, November, Juried Exhibition

2001 Harbour Gallery, Clarkson, March “New Artists”

2001 West End Gallery, Victoria, January, “New Artists”

2000 Pratt & Whitney’s “Perspectives” Exhibition of Women Artists, Mississauga Living Arts Centre, October

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Flora & Fauna”June

2013 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Flourish”, April

2012 Atti Gallery, Toronto, November

2010 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, May

2010 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Evening”, February

2008 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, “Belle Epoque”, May

2008 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, November

2007 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, May

2006 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, August

2005 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, October

2005 West End Gallery Edmonton, April,

2004 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, May

2003 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, April

2002 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, April

Contracted Gallery

• Artspace Oakville, Oakville, ON • Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA • Lando Gallery, Edmonton • Matilda Swanson Gallery, Collingwood + Stratford • Shayne Gallery, Montreal