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Karen Luke Fildes

About the Artist
Karen Luke Fildes (formerly known as Karen Pew), born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, is an oil painter obsessed with moments. “Whether it is a grey, cold, and melancholy day on a drive in Scotland or a perfect glass of wine on the Rhine with the moonrise, I must paint it. Sometimes finding the moment worth preserving is not so easy... so I go and search for it. Other times I build an alter from the pieces of life that remind me of the people and moments I want to keep alive.” Karen just returned from Central Europe where she completed fifty paintings of the Rhineland Pfalz. Karen also studied paintings and journal entries from the Prinzhorn Collection in Heidelberg; paintings from assylums created under psychiatric treatment during and after WWII.
She has returned to the Northwest where she is working on a series of 500 tone poems of Washington State. Karen studied at Chapman University, the Art Institute of Seattle, and studied color (Russian post-Impressionism) with Henry Stinson. She continues to research color therapy, depression and the healing power of art through the living journal. Her studio is in Downtown Bellingham, Washington. She mostly enjoys painting by \candlelight, twilight, and after storms. Her palette is limited to seven colors. Karen uses “the Book of Kells” as symbolic reference for underpainting and highlight punctuation.

Sacred Escape
$2500
30 x 48
13 Lil Apostles
$1700
Marching Hemisphere
$2500
30 x 48

After Spring Rain
$500
Morning Stretch
$370
One Shining Moment
$500

Choppy Water Sabbath
$500
Sigh
$1200
Black Cup
$2200

One a Day
$510
Evening Whisper with Lemon Flash
$1700
Beyond the Veil
$2900

Epiphany Balm
$2900
March Mayhem
$825
Valley Musette (Spring Ditty)
$500

Coffee, Tea or Me
$825

Lakewood Gallery & Framing Company
11004 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW
Lakewood, Washington 98499
253-584-1774
800-648-0772
info@lakewoodgallery.com

About the Artist Karen Luke Fildes (formerly known as Karen Pew), born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, is an oil painter obsessed with moments. “Whether it is a grey, cold, and melancholy day on a drive in Scotland or a perfect glass of wine on the Rhine with the moonrise, I must paint it. Sometimes finding the moment worth preserving is not so easy... so I go and search for it. Other times I build an alter from the pieces of life that remind me of the people and moments I want to keep alive.” Karen just returned from Central Europe where she completed fifty paintings of the Rhineland Pfalz. Karen also studied paintings and journal entries from the Prinzhorn Collection in Heidelberg; paintings from assylums created under psychiatric treatment during and after WWII. She has returned to the Northwest where she is working on a series of 500 tone poems of Washington State. Karen studied at Chapman University, the Art Institute of Seattle, and studied color (Russian post-Impressionism) with Henry Stinson. She continues to research color therapy, depression and the healing power of art through the living journal. Her studio is in Downtown Bellingham, Washington. She mostly enjoys painting by \candlelight, twilight, and after storms. Her palette is limited to seven colors. Karen uses “the Book of Kells” as symbolic reference for underpainting and highlight punctuation.
Sacred Escape $2500 30 x 48	13 Lil Apostles $1700	Marching Hemisphere $2500 30 x 48
After Spring Rain $500	Morning Stretch $370	One Shining Moment $500
Choppy Water Sabbath $500	Sigh $1200	Black Cup $2200
One a Day $510	Evening Whisper with Lemon Flash $1700	Beyond the Veil $2900
Epiphany Balm $2900	March Mayhem $825	Valley Musette (Spring Ditty) $500
Coffee, Tea or Me $825