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Karen Hollingsworth is known for her dream like arrangements of subject matter. Through the artist’s careful selection her subjects”speak”to one another, and to the viewer, in unique and  unusual ways. In many of her painted interior spaces, she includes open windows that act as portals into an imagined world. These airy “windowscapes” beckon viewers with the  implied movement of air between a tranquil domestic interior and the beauty of beguiling landscapes (and creatures) that exist just beyond the window. For Hollingsworth, a painting is about the feeling it  evokes. Although there are no figures present in her paintings, it is difficult to deny the implications of vacant chairs and beds (or open windows).These entities suggest a human presence that often makes the experience personal for viewers. Karen currently lives and paints in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and fellow painter, James Neil Hollingsworth.

The exhibition will take place on Friday, April 7th, from 5:00p.m. – 8:00p.m.