KarenSheridan

Ms. Sheridan received a BFA from the prestigious Boston Museum School, renown as one of the top 10 fine arts school in the U.S.

She is highly influenced by expressionism, conceptualism and the German expressionist. Her focus is on large format contemporary work of the sea and houses, primarily of Key West. Landscape of Florida influenced color in her work: a great influence during the three and ½ years she has spent on the island. Proficiency in draftsmanship and back and forth, loose tight descriptions of the subject is what she is aiming for. “It’s just about color and form.” She relates.

Ms. Sheridan was born in Warren, RI and began seriously working at her art at the age of 14. She learned drawing, and painting at school, where they taught watercolors, in the typical Irish Catholic school manner. The school also taught that she should be a mother not an artist.

An art career is difficult, especially for women. Intuitively, she always knew that she had to master painting and didn’t want to worry about making a living as a fine artist within the structure of the competitive art system. She wanted to be confident as a painter for herself, first. Working as at odd jobs, painting murals in bars and restaurants and doing visual backdrops, and window displays for department stores in Boston, supported her early career. The department stores and small boutiques started her off in with figurative work.

Karen has been showing in Key West for four years. This is her first year at the Gallery on Greene. As Director Nance Frank noted, “Karen Sheridan is the real thing. She has a style and palette of her own and knows how to draw people into th e quiet all important corners of Key West life.