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Salvage 19

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Salvage 16

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Watching drips can be mesmerising - better than w

Watching drips can be mesmerising - better than watching paint dry!

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#mixedmedia #assemblage #karen_stamper_collage #karenstamper #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

Salvage 16 This is part of a series that I call #

Salvage 16

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#mixedmedia #assemblage #karen_stamper_collage #karenstamper #artcurators #curator #collectors #artcollector #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

My morning workout. The washing needs hanging out

My morning workout.

The washing needs hanging out, garden needs watering, but I need to rearrange my little gang first!

#salvageseries #karen_stamper_collage #onmystudiowall #inmystudiotoday #assemblage #smallcollages #workinginaseries

Salvage series Sometimes it gets a bit crowded, o

Salvage series

Sometimes it gets a bit crowded, on my studio wall, as they all jostle for a special place!

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#mixedmedia #assemblage #karen_stamper_collage #karenstamper #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #newwork #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

Salvage Series colours I wanted to work with a li

Salvage Series colours

I wanted to work with a limited palette, from the boatyard. There is that Mediterranean fishing boat blue with the glaring orange red and some gorgeous mid green/greys.

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#mixedmedia #assemblage #paintcolours #karen_stamper_collage #karenstamper #artcurators #curator #collectors #artcollector #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

Salvage 4 I like the way this pale shape is held

Salvage 4

I like the way this pale shape is held by the blue, but teeters slightly. Also how the red paint stick is sandwiched and then peeps through the pale shape.

I love that fact that the wallpaper was sent to me by a boyfriend from my twenties!

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#mixedmedia #assemblage #karen_stamper_collage #karenstamper #artcurators #curator #collectors #artcollector #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

Salvage 12 and 13 This is part of a series that I

Salvage 12 and 13

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#mixedmedia #assemblage #karen_stamper_collage #karenstamper #artcurators #curator #collectors #artcollector #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

Salvage 6 And then colour came back with a bang!

Salvage 6

And then colour came back with a bang!

Paint sticks are from a Greek boatyard. I am really enjoying how direct these small assemblages are becoming - no fuss, but still a bit quirky and irreverent.

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#mixedmedia #assemblage #simplifyandreduce #karen_stamper_collage #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageserie

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

Salvage Series
Salvage 14.
Paper card and paint.
30 x 26 cm

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#cardandpaper #mixedmedia #assemblage #simplifyandreduce #karen_stamper_collage #lesscolour #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #packaging #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

A quick Karen & Sally film (which could or could n

A quick Karen & Sally film (which could or could not be a reel…no singing, dancing, pointing involved)

What next with our postal ‘no rules’ project? Well, it just cried out to stretch out a bit.

Will it go back in that envelope??
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#collaboration #experimentalart #oldfriends #creativeeveryday #collageart #piginshit #collography #karen_stamper_collage #sallyhirstartist #excitingpostday #creating-boldly

Salvage Series Time to bring in some colour! I ha

Salvage Series

Time to bring in some colour!
I have some great collections from beaches and boat yards that I refer to for inspiration.

A bit of colour mixing and in comes orange reds and of course a standard boat blue.

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#mixedmedia #assemblage #paperandpaint #simplifyandreduce #karen_stamper_collage #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #packaging #artfollowers #urbanart

Salvage Series I am a collage artist. I am happy

Salvage Series

I am a collage artist. I am happy cutting, ripping, tearing and sticking! So it was inevitable really, here is Salvage 1 deconstructed and reconstructed and renamed - Rudder (thanks Shem). I am much happier with this, it so the boatyard with all the wonderful paint surfaces and shapes.

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#urbanart #constructanddeconstruct
#mixedmedia #assemblage #boatyard #karen_stamper_collage #lesscolour #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #paintandpaper #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

Next Arty News is out at the end of this week 🙂

Next Arty News is out at the end of this week 🙂 with a new small online course 👍🏽
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#onlineartcourses ##sketchbookcourses #karen_stamper_collage #artynews #artistsnewsletter

Salvage Series This is the first official piece w

Salvage Series

This is the first official piece with a title! Salvage 1.

Lots of paper and paint layering and some sawing! I'm really enjoying the big dribble and solid shapes. I thought that I was happy with this, but wait to see what happens in the next post...

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#mixedmedia #assemblage #simplifyandreduce #karen_stamper_collage #lesscolour #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #packaging #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

The next natural development was to move onto wood

The next natural development was to move onto wood and paper/paint layers.

I like the edges and stories revealed beneath the paint. The shapes are still a bit uniform, but this is early stages. I also took a workshop with Michael Shemchuck that got me very excited!

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#mixedmedia #assemblage #paperandpaint ##simplifyandreduce #karen_stamper_collage #lesscolour #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #packaging #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

Salvage Series Some are are a bit shy and only li

Salvage Series

Some are are a bit shy and only like to show the back view.

This is part of a series that I call #Salvageseries and in the past and following posts you can see how I have developed this theme.

#corrugatedcardart #mixedmedia #assemblage #simplifyandreduce #karen_stamper_collage #lesscolour #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #packaging #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

Salvage Series Each morning there have a reshuffl

Salvage Series

Each morning there have a reshuffle and there is a jostle to find the right place amongst their peers.

New conversations start, some stay and some move on to be reworked.

#corrugatedcardart #mixedmedia #assemblage #simplifyandreduce #karen_stamper_collage #lesscolour #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #packaging #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

Adding, subtracting, peeling, painting, sanding #

Adding, subtracting, peeling, painting, sanding

#mixedmedia #creativecollage #simplifyandreduce #karen_stamper_collage #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #packaging #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

Salvage Series Two chaps just waiting in a queue.

Salvage Series
Two chaps just waiting in a queue.
Corrugated card, paint.

#corrugatedcardart #mixedmedia #creativecollage #simplifyandreduce #karen_stamper_collage #lesscolour #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #packaging #recycleart #artfollowers #urbanart

Salvage Series Here I am using corrugated card, b

Salvage Series

Here I am using corrugated card, book covers, plastic packaging, sailcloth, embroidery thread, cotton, paint.
I like the way the shapes are starting to break out of their conventional square, and the clips are becoming part of the piece!

#corrugatedcard #recycleart #mixedmedia #creativecollage #simplifyandreduce #karen_stamper_collage #lesscolour #abstracting #salvageseries #studioartist #modernabstract #contemporarybritishartist #onmystudiowall #smallseries #abstractartwork #packaging #artfollowers #urbanart

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After attending Art College in Yorkshire I headed south, with my sketchbooks in hand to far sunnier countries: Turkey, Greece, India, Morocco, the Caribbean, and then eventually settling in New Zealand before returning to the UK ten years later.. Read More

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