Artist Karen LeGault at Pinole Artisan Meeting

Oakland-based fine artist Karen LeGault will show and talk about her artwork at the February 6th, 2015 Pinole Artisan general meeting. Karen began drawing and painting in 1967, and has been painting professionally since 1993. After completing her first major body of award-winning oil and watercolor paintings by age 20, Karen spent many years exploring and experimenting in varied areas, including fabric design, photography, video and graphics.

You can see more of Karen’s work on her website: http://www.karenlegault.com/ and her blog: https://karenlegault.wordpress.com/ . She posts information about her shows on her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Karen-LeGault-Art-Studio-Hydrangea-Studio/164476730230869

Karen’s artist statement beautifully expresses her passion about her work: “I love to work from the world around me, to immerse myself in natural surroundings, to engage with a single flower or plant, to place myself in a bowl of fruit or walk like an ant or fly like a bird or bee among objects on a table, to feel the swimming through a cool substantial water. It is physical. I need to feel and smell the places I engage with. My brush feels the subjects into the paintings.”

Karen will hold an Open Studio on January 24 & 25, 2015, at 2512 13th Ave. Oakland, from noon to 4, or by appointment. For more information, contact Karen at klegault@sbcglobal.net

Pinole Artisan meetings are held the first Friday of every month at the Pinole United Methodist Church, 2000 San Pablo Avenue. Meetings begin at 7 p.m. All are welcome! Questions? Email me at heidirand@gmail.com