Colangelo\u2019s abstract paintings are titled in opposites such as, \u201cThe Even Odd\u201d, \u201cThe Hidden Show\u201d, \u201cThe Intentional Accident\u201d alerting us to the contradictions the paintings hold. She pushes at the boundaries of colour, creating tension, and drawing her viewers in. Her use of complementary and tertiary colour schemes immediately captures your attention. Every measure of Karen\u2019s work is both conflict and harmony from beginning to end.\u00a0 \u00a0 Her painting technique begins with brushwork applying acrylic colours, which she refers to as the \u2018dance of colour\u2019, then by using a sheet of plexiglass to drag the paint across the canvas her process ends with the \u2018fight of colour\u2019. Her contradictory forms and techniques create a harmonious display of colour and movement. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her abstract style is a journey of one paint colour travelling through opposite application techniques combining with secondary colours to create tertiary colours. Each colour travels through the dance and the fight of its environment, leaving its mark and creating a new image. The painter looks for peace in a confusing world. It looks for change. It looks for growth and realizes that the journey is about the experience. It wants to be original. It wants to be impactful, and in the same vein, it asks how it can impact the world.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karen’s work in abstracts she explores the \u201copposite\u201d possibilities. Whether it is through colour or light, she takes her viewers on a journey through her contradiction. She often relies on the paint and its perspective to give her the direction she needs as she forces one primary colour through a tertiary field.\u00a0 Karen understands the meaning for someone to take a journey and the purpose of that journey is to rarely find an answer but instead to continually ask questions.\u00a0Her viewers can relate to her intent in society as we are all on the same journey; and it is a journey that involves many contradictions such as: being emotional or apathetic, starting and arriving, laughing or crying, gaining or losing, beginning and ending, leaving the old behind and starting new, failing and succeeding, losing yourself and finding yourself.\u00a0 Karen\u2019s work is a reflection on one’s journey, keeping in mind that it\u2019s a journey of experiencing many contradictions, not necessarily looking to arrive at an end; the journey is the destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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