Karen Wheeler
Digital Originals
Artist Statement
My recent pieces combine traditional & digital methods to create hybrid images that could exist no other way. My mixed media drawings are scanned and used as raw material in Photoshop. A 2D drawing may assume a 3D appearance in an imaginary environment where the floor and walls are also iterations of the original drawing. I enjoy the playful irreverence regarding the ‘role’ of art by repurposing my ‘analog’ work in this way.
Karen Wheeler is a professional artist, designer and educator.
With a BFA from Indiana University and an MFA from Ohio University, Karen has over 25 years of extensive exhibition and teaching experience. She was Associate Professor of Art at Wingate University in North Carolina for 11 years until her move to New Haven, CT in 2009. Karen currently serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of Bridgeport Shintaro Akatsu School of Design.
