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    Karen
    Calleja

    Acrylic Artist

    Hi, by way of introduction, I’m Karen Calleja, a Maltese artist. From a young age, I’ve been creating art in various mediums. From an initial doodle, to the most delicate and precise pen curves, also specializing in the art of calligraphy.

    In time, I continued to experiment and create more artworks. Moving on to the use of acrylic paints, changing form, depicting and expressing moods with intertwined atmospheric formations.

    The Covid pandemic changed the way I plunged into creating some of my most exciting works.  I started experimenting in the art of pouring.  A technique which has allowed me to journey into the unknown, leading me to an unimaginative liberation that would entice me to organise two solo exhibitions. Today, several of my paintings fall part of private collections.

    With a precise and meticulous execution, the skill in pouring techniques, continues with a flow into a world away from the day-to-day life. Creating impressions of a mysterious world of patterns, that eventually depict an abstract harmony and at the same time, in some respect so figurative, relate a story of a particular memory in life.

    Practice does not make perfect but it has always been my intension to create perfection, which, although can be challenging it is a mindset, I end to set prior to starting every painting.

    My latest exhibition titled ME exposed a reflection about my life in a most challenging expression.  Although these works had a mix of both pouring and texture techniques, my art has now evolved into depicting more figurative visuals, in palette knife on canvas,

    Looking back from when I started, I still own my first 20x20cm painting which I will always treasure, as this made me fall in love with this style of abstract art and its technique.

    Art has become my daily therapy. I look forward to going into my studio with my dogs and creating something beautiful, getting messy, feeling the paint on my hands and it’s odour, what an awesome feeling!. That is my happy place, but also being at home in my beautiful garden, whether alone with my dogs, entertaining friends or with my special ones, My Family.

    Please contact me on Kally@strand.com.mt for any commission request or any further details.

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