Art Access Show

Bexley, Ohio

Art Access Gallery

“Materials Matter”
New Works through September 10, 2022

This was a group show that I participated in at the Art Access Gallery in Bexley, Ohio.

A shout-out to Ann, Judy, Paula and Ricki ~ I was honored to hang on the same walls!

http://www.artaccessgallery.com/

Gallery Hours Wednesday – Saturday

September 5, 2022

“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
~ Mary Oliver

My paintings showing in “Materials Matter” are new encaustic paintings utilizing collage and burnt surfaces as details throughout.

The process of melting the encaustic surface typically involves torching the surface in a controlled manner to create and image that moves gently and untamed. But I wanted to drive the energy of the torch into something more committed, so I reversed the additive process and literally burned the surface. These shapes are dark, reductive masses that possess strong, solemn moments.
The silent and singular shapes are the focal points of these pieces – a suggestion of the memories of those separated and left standing alone after natural disasters, war, grief and disease.

Using old phone books and maps, I assembled patterns and messages within the paintings. The white pages provided a lineal pattern of the surname “Wood” to build the textures of a forest, messages of real estate properties for sale create a horizon line of a scorned landscape, and torn maps and homemade papers suggest land masses and broken communities that have been overcome by divisiveness and natures furies.

From destruction emerged something new.

A big “thank you” to all those who attended the show!

Art Access Gallery

“Passage Between Cliffs” – Process Photo

“Passage Between Cliffs”
36″ x 48″
Encaustic

“Last Standing-Silvanus Saved the Woods”
48″ x 60″
Encaustic

“Remembering”
36″ x 48″
Encaustic

“Remembering” – Detail

“Red Phone Book Woods”
24″ x 24″
Encaustic

Art for Life 2021

Columbus Museum of Art

“Summer Storm”, 24′ x 24″, encaustic

Artist: Karen Rumora

October 23, 2021

Thank you and congratulations to the individuals who bid and won my painting “Summer Storm” at the Columbus Museum of Art!

Art for Life is a biennial art auction, started in 1989, that has helped raise awareness and approximately $6 million in funding for HIV/AIDS medical care, prevention, education, testing and advocacy services. The event is not only a celebration of the arts community and Equitas Health’s life-saving work, but also a celebration of life and the artists who enrich it. The 2018 Art for Life raised over one million dollars and more than 1,000 attendees, continuing its legacy as the most successful charity art auction fundraiser in Ohio.

Encaustic has been chosen for Art for Life 2016

I am very pleased to announce that I will be represented by the Sharon Weiss Gallery for the upcoming Art for Life event(s) at the Columbus Museum of Art. The encaustic painting entitled “Transitions” was selected to be included in this year’s fundraising event. This piece is one in a series of new experimental works that explore various uses of strong colorful marks and shifts from dark to light. It continues my references and reverence to natural themes and layers in space. Please consider attending; it is a fabulous fundraiser that supports the health and wellbeing of individuals in our central Ohio community. (http://www.sharonweissgallery.com/)

Art for Life is a biennial art auction gala fundraiser benefiting Equitas Health (AIDS Resource Center Ohio [ARC Ohio]). The 2016 Art for Life event will take place September 24, 2016 at the newly opened Margaret M. Walter Wing of the Columbus Museum of Art. This will be the inaugural Art for Life in the new 50,000 square foot modern art annex. The first Art for Life event was held August 5, 1989 at the Battleship Building in the Short North to raise awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS services in the Columbus community. The event is currently the largest charity art auction in central Ohio. (http://artforlife.arcohio.org/)

Karen Rumora

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