Giclee Hand Embellished & Signed Karena A Karras Artist Proof with COA For Sale

Hand Embellished and Hand Signed Giclee Artist Proof of Painting \"The Bath of Self Delusion\" by Karena A Karras on Archival Acid Free Paper comes with a COA signed by the artist - 13 1/2\" by 17 1/4\"
Karena Karras was a close friend of the Late Surrealist Artist Leonora Carrington (see photo above of Leonora Carrington and Karena Karras taken in 1992 in Leonora\'s kitchen in Oak Park, IL.)This giclee has been hand embellished with acrylic paint and a fine brush to bring out the highlights and depth of the original even more so - It is signed at the bottom in pencil as seen in the photos aboveA COA (certificate of authenticity) comes with the giclee and is also signed by the artistThe condition is new and is the giclee print is being sold direct from the artist and comes carefully packaged in a mailing tube inside of a tri-corner box for safe shippingThe paper the print is done on is archival and acid free and measures 13 1/2\" by 17 1/4\" and comes unframedPlease handle the paper with clean hands or gloves - especially in the process ofwhen it is being taken out of the box and also when it is being framedKarena Karras (Taken from a Chicago review from the Chicago Sun Times newspaper)Karena Karras is considered to be a part of the direct line of the original surrealists as she was a close friend of surrealist painter Leonora Carrington when Leonora lived in Oak Park Illinois --- Born in Chicago Karras has lived there for most of her life. She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her paintings clearly reference the imagery and style of those of Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington. Karena became a close friend of the surrealist painter Leonora Carrington when Carrington resided in Oak Park, Illinois, in the late 1980s and early 90\'s.While she draws on the surreal imagery of Carrington and Varo, she also has a considerable grasp of classical mythology, and an understanding of depth psychology. Her paintings often focus on a simple central image which has an archetypal import. Karras seems to use the Jungian method of bringing to consciousness, through dream analysis and dream journaling, enigmatic imagery in which the human form is metamorphosed or placed into a transformative situation within the painting space.Some of her imagery can be seen to have an alchemical aspect. She almost exclusively paints female figures, often wearing masks, or with their heads depicted as bird forms. She is particularly drawn to depicting swan women. Her paintings are meticulously executed using small brushes to give great detail and she extensively uses glazes which makes her work luminous. She is also very accomplished at drawing. --- Chicago Sun Times art critic Kevin Nance
\"The Bath of Self Delusion\" is an awesome painting reminiscent of the detail oriented work Karras is known for in painting glaze over glaze to achieve an effect that the Viennese painters of the 18th and 19th century were noted for. This attention to detail is not lost in the giclee but is quite apparent even in a giclee print of the original
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