Bryher

Karen Wade was born in Woking but was brought up near Charlestown on Cornwall's south coast.   Her work depicts Cornwall and its coastline- the sea, granite rocks and boulders, harbour walls and Celtic crosses, whilst at the same time as exuding an extraordinary serenity and harmony.
Karen's paintings are abstract collages of paper and acrylic, which she uses to explore themes of colour and balance within the restricted form of the canvas. She creates dense layers of intense and subtle colours which appear to float in space but whose ultimately sculptural form reveals a discernibly Cornish influence.