Karen Pearce is aN Aberystwyth Based painter with a primary Interest in welsh Landscape

I draw and paint in a variety of media, looking for beauty and trying to create some kind of order, out of what I see and feel.

An Aberystwyth based painter, I have exhibited my work widely in Wales and England since 1987, having established a reputation early on in my career, with the publication and worldwide distribution of semi-abstract floral work as posters for The Art Group, Ikea and Habitat in the 1990s.

I then undertook my formal art training at Aberystwyth University in 1998, completing a BA (1st class hons) and an MA in Fine Art (2003). 
I have since been represented locally by Oriel y Bont as well as showing work in various galleries further afield.
I work in my studio above the town and as a skills tutor for Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
My primary interests are in landscape subjects - painting for exhibitions and private commissions. A common thread that runs through my work is a focus on the light and its effect on the surrounding landscape.   I often paint en plain air for the pleasure of it, or as a starting point for larger studio canvasses, usually in acrylic. Other paintings are developed as experiments with mixed media – watercolour or gouache, pastels, ink and acrylic acrylic , combined with various textures and surfaces. It all celebrates a sense of place, a love of the elements, and an abiding fascination with the expressive potential of paint.

October Reflection -100x100cm- acrylic on canvas

Valley Light - 2022- acrylic on canvas 50x40xm

Water’s Edge,( Teifi) 6x8 inches - watercolour. An example of my sketchbook plein air painting.

Elan Valley, Summer Colours. 2022. Acrylic on Canvas 90x110cm