Material
Acrylic
About
Yellow, orange, and purple expressionist painting in the style of Mark Rothko. The work is from the artist's series Spirit Suite - Series Three. The work is signed on the front of the canvas and on the back it is signed, titled and dated. The canvas is not framed.
Artist Biography
Karen Lastre was born in St. Paul, MN in 1940. She moved to Texas in 1965 where she began to work as a painter in 1969. She has been influenced by the color field abstract expressionist works like Mark Rothko. Her work has been purchased by private collectors throughout the United States and Europe. In 1994 she was a Merit Award at the Cheekwood Museum of Art in Nashville. She worked in a studio in Mid-Town at Art Square Studios. She showed her work in Dallas at the Mary Tomas Gallery where she had a individual show in 2011. She has recently passed in 2018.
Dimensions
H 54 in. x W 42 in. x D 1.5 in.
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