Painting by Karolina Larusdottir from Red Rag Gallery

A Happy New Year from all at Red Rag Gallery

For our first post of the new year we feature the art work of Karolina Larusdottir . Karolina was born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1944. However she has lived and worked in the British Isles since the 1960’s and today is very a much a British Artist in terms of style and approach.

Karolina Larudottir studied contemporary art at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford. She is an elected member of: the Royal Society of Painter–Printmakers; the Royal Watercolour Society and is also an elected member of The New English Art Club which includes other Red Rag artist members David Cobley, Charles Hardaker, Ken Howard, Peter Kelly , Andrew Macara and William Selby.

Karolina Larusdottir's unique vision of both her homeland and England has won her a deservedly high reputation in the fields of contemporary painting. Many Larusdottir contemporary paintings are rooted in her upbringing in Iceland. Her Grandfather was the owner of the first grand hotel in Reykjavik. Glimpses of this busy environment, scenes of chambermaids, chefs and waitresses in the kitchen are engagingly evident.

In some paintings Karolina Larusdottir creates a world of her own, with imaginary people in strange situations, often floating, carrying rainbows or being visited by angels. Often Karolina’s contemporary paintings contain a wry humour that enhances the surreal and timeless qualities she creates when dealing with her favourite subject - people.

Karolina Larusdotir successes include many solo and mixed art shows in the most prestigious exhibitions of modern art in Britain, Europe, Africa and USA. In 1993 and again in 1997 the Royal Academy used her paintings to advertise the Summer exhibition.

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