Karen Abbott – July 2020 Building 7 Featured Artist

Karen Abbott is our July Featured Artist for Building 7! Learn more about her and her work below. Artist Statement Since the time when I could follow my Grandmother around in her garden, selecting flowers to cut, I have had an obsession with flowers. This grouping reflects that obsession. I challenged my self to created life size replicas of selected flowers using powders and frit. In all but a couple exceptions, I actually worked with live flowers to achieve my ends. The two exception are the pansies and the pussywillow. Although full-size , the actual flowers themselves did not lend […]