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“Evolving”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/evolving.jpg" alt="“Evolving”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Evolving”</h3> <h6>Acrylic on canvas<br /> 48 x 36 inches</h6> <p>Our greatest strength is our inner strength. Our resilience and our ability to adapt. We have the capacity to shift and allow an evolution to occur.<br /> Change isn’t easy.<br /> We worry. We wonder. We think deeply about consequences.<br /> Ultimately life must be a bright colorful journey. We have to be brave enough to fail at something new. There are no guarantees. We don’t need them.</p> </div>
“Living”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/living500.jpg" alt="“Living”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Living”</h3> <h6>Acrylic on canvas<br /> 48 x 36 inches</h6> <p>Our inherent and overwhelming desire to be free. Our passion and instinct to explore. We are born with an insatiable curiosity and from our first step to our last breath life is a constant leap of faith. So plunge in. Ignore the naysayers and go for it. With everything you have…</p> <p>Dedication: “Living” is a painting of my dear friend Graham Johnston. Graham died in July of 2019 at the age of 88. He was my dear friend. In the moment of my greatest need and when my world was crumbling, he was there for me. He was always there for me. Graham was an Olympian (Helsinki 1952), a world record holder in the Masters Swimming program and an inductee into the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame. He was also so much more. A true friend who loved life, Graham took a bold and giant leap of faith every day. He loved life. I miss you Graham. Rest In Peace.</p> </div>
“Open”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/open.jpg" alt="“Open”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Open”</h3> <h6>Acrylic on canvas<br /> 36 x 48 inches</h6> <p>The ecstasy of being momentarily alone. A brief interlude of silent reciprocity between what was… and what is still to come. I feel joy. I feel sadness. Never in equal amounts. To be alive is to be vulnerable. To risk. I draw my courage from the power and pull of the ocean’s pulse. I blissfully absorb the perpetual warmth of the sun. I am calm. At peace. Confident. And ready to risk everything. Again.</p> </div>
“Pause”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/pause.jpg" alt="“Pause”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Pause”</h3> <h6>Acrylic on canvas<br /> 36 x 48 inches</h6> <p>Life’s pause. The moment when you stop everything and stand silent and still. Sometimes our deepest reflections are by choice. Sometimes the choice is made for us. My intermission was unexpected. A pivotal moment when I realized that there are no certain paths for any of us; simply a vast ocean expanse and a warm sun. My moment of courage. I can remain still or put my face back in the water and swim on. That is the only real choice we ever make. To move forward or slide back. To go on or to give up. I will swim. Forever.</p> </div>
“Swimming”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/swimming-500.png" alt="“Swimming”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Swimming”</h3> <h6>Acrylic on canvas<br /> 36 x 48 inches</h6> <p>SOLD</p> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div> <p>Swimming rejuvenates me. It restores my essence, invigorates my soul. As I pull smoothly through the water I exchange cacophony for calm; the turbulence of everyday life is transformed. I swim hard, rewarded with a quiet mind and a connection to like-minded strangers who become lifelong friends. Swimmers bond, water is a way of life, our source of joy.</p> <p>Dedication: When I look at my painting titled Swimming I think of my friend Taryn. It is actually a painting of her. Great friendships are impossible to define. Words simply aren’t equal to the task, and in the end actions always speak loudest.</p> </div> </div> </div>
“Rising”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/rising.jpg" alt="“Rising”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Rising”</h3> <h6>Acrylic on canvas<br /> 40 x 40 inches</h6> <p>SOLD</p> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div>Life is a whisper in the wind, the soft sounds of the ocean shore where I emerge alone, silent, unseen and yet…still a part of everything. Breathe, I remind myself. Just breathe.</div> </div> </div>
“Vivid”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/vivid-1200x1200.jpg" alt="“Vivid”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Vivid”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 40 x 40 inches</h6> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div>As a young girl I was told I had a vivid imagination. I was encouraged to see things in a bright, intense, saturated way. Image, color, detail, reflection, the simplest objects can always be seen in their own distinct way. Vivid–imagine colors as sounds, edges as cliffs, glass as cold as Arctic ice…our vivid tapestry is at play.</div> </div> </div>
“Flying”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/flying1200.jpg" alt="“Flying”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Flying”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 40 x 40 inches</h6> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div>I have to push hard to get what I want out of my life. We all do. So with my toes dug into the sand I thrust up and out of the water in my determination to soar. I love my ocean it’s where I dream but sometimes I want to touch the sky. Sometimes I want to fly.</div> </div> </div>
“Persevering”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/perservering.jpg" alt="“Persevering”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Persevering”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 24 x 48 inches</h6> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div>When the challenges come and they will, as we wade deeper into our lives and confront the forces of defeat, there comes a moment when our spirit rallies and we push back with everything we have. I push back, l shoulder the weight of my struggle with few regrets and I am not afraid. And beneath a smile, knowing that I lived my life with joy and resilience, I persevere.</div> </div> </div>
“Seeking”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/seeking.jpg" alt="“Seeking”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Seeking”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 24 x 48 inches</h6> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div>Life challenges us to endure hardship and pain, often unseen and invisible. To live bravely one must push against the boundaries. In the ocean I seek peace and joy and I find meaning and exhaustion. I find myself.</div> </div> </div>
“Soaring”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Soaring.jpg" alt="“Soaring”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Soaring”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 36 x 48 inches</h6> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <p>Swimming for me is pure joy. It transcends my sadness and it lifts my soul.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>
“Emerging”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Emerging-1200.jpg" alt="“Emerging”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Emerging”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 48 x 40 inches</h6> <p>SOLD</p> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <p>Water is my refuge. When the world is still I can hear it, when I close my eyes I can feel it. I return to water again and again and always emerge renewed.</p> </div> </div>
“Standing”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Standing.jpg" alt="“Standing”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Standing”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 48 x 24 inches</h6> <p>SOLD</p> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <p>I stand. Defiant, alone, all of nature about to storm. I stand in water and I fear naught.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>
“Roaring”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Roaring.jpg" alt="“Roaring”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Roaring”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 36 x 48 inches</h6> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <p>The ocean’s unconquerable roar. It excites me and I hear the words of Invictus*—“I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>
“Moving”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/moving.jpg" alt="“Moving”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Moving”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 36 x 48 inches</h6> <p>SOLD</p> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <p>Life comes at me in waves. It overwhelms me. Their force stops me momentarily. Then I face it, pivot and joyfully ride high the crest. The ocean is an expression of my outpouring emotion–sometimes turbulent, sometimes completely still.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>
“Breathing”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Breathing.jpg" alt="“Breathing”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Breathing”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 36 x 48 inches</h6> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <p>Suffocated by fury, drowning in my recovery, I burst through the surface of the sea and in this moment I escape. I am free.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>
“Fleeting”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Fleeting.jpg" alt="“Fleeting”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Fleeting”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 48 x 30 inches</h6> <p>Waves are infinite, but life is temporary. In this moment I am the rock—strong, indifferent, unyielding.</p> </div>
“Drifting”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Drifting.jpg" alt="“Drifting”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Drifting”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 36 x 12 inches</h6> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <p>We plunge rapidly through air and we often solidly stand our ground, but only in water do we drift. Unmoored, free from desire, the ocean tempts me to dream and drift away.</p> </div> </div>
“Longing”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Longing.jpg" alt="“Longing”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Longing”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 36 x 12 inches</h6> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <p>Longing is the undertow of our emotions. It pulls us back to simpler times. The ocean pulls on me and I long to laugh in love.</p> </div> </div> </div>
“Floating”
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.karenlandrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Floating.jpg" alt="“Floating”"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>“Floating”</h3> <h6>Acrylic<br /> 36 x 48 inches</h6> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <div class="col-md-6 col-sm-12 mb-2 col-lg-12"> <p>On land gravity pulls us down. In the ocean I’m buoyant. When I float I’m free.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>
