Karina Tarin OAS – portfolio

Contact the artist

https://www.karinatarin.co.uk
07980 766796
me[at]karinatarin.co.uk

Exhibition information

My work is a celebration of resilience, beauty and the magic that is an intangible part of our everyday lives.

I am drawn to the age-old stories that are told to make sense of life and the powerful natural world around us – the myths, fables, folklore and symbolism that are woven into our collective understanding of the world and our place in it.

In my paintings I re-claim or re-write these ancient stories, or use their age-old symbolism to weave brand new ones. I’m particularly interested in creating narratives that re-balance power and re-claim joy: an antidote to fear and loathing and a call to freedom and wonder.

Artist information

I’m a figurative artist based in Oxford, UK, where I work from my garden studio, painting in oils.

I’ve been drawing and painting from an early age, encouraged by my artist grandmother, who taught me to sketch and bought me my first paints.

I am largely self-taught, but bring influences from my psychology degree, my short time at the Académie des Beaux Artes in Grasse, my love of colour and opulence, and my longstanding fascination with medieval and Renaissance art.

For most of my adult life I worked in marketing, until a serious illness reminded me that life is short, and caused me to re-evaluate my priorities. As a result I left my desk job and returned to painting in 2021.

Since then, I’ve exhibited a number of times in the UK, including in Oxford, Brighton and London, and my paintings have found homes in the UK, Europe and America.

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