Karin Jurick is a self-taught artist based in Atlanta whose work is held in private collections across the United States. She was influenced by her mother, also an artist, and spent parts of her childhood living abroad. After her parents' unexpected deaths, she continued running their family picture framing shop and art gallery. Several years ago, she began seriously studying painting, observing the works of other artists. Her paintings depict ordinary people in candid moments and everyday settings. She enjoys painting a variety of subjects and aims for a realistic style with expressive brushwork and vivid colors.

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2. The Mother Load

3. Cornucopia

4. Sole Man

5. Big Boned

6. Star Gazers

7. Mother Superior

8. Groovin on a Sunday Afternoon

9. Corner Bakery

10. X

11. Seeing Red

12. Wise One

13. Summer Time

14. French Dip

15. The Blue

16. Tiny Dancers

17. Back in the Day

18. Walk Through

19. Dead Head

20. Coupling

21. The Art of Romance

22. The Sari

23. Alone With Nature

24. Level With Me

25. Vested Interest

26. Bay Breakfast

27. Peaciful Read

28. Eiter Way

29. A Federal Case

30. Under The Impression

31. A Date With Art

32. Left Holding the Bag

33. Glory Be

34. Blue Blood Denim

35. Daily News

36. Chant

37. Astretch

38. DC.Madam

39. A Word in Edgewise

40. Seeing Red

41. Two of a kind

42. Barely Visible

43. White Satin

44. Old Hat

45. Karin Jurick is a self-taught, Atlanta-based artist whose work is held in private collections from Atlanta to California. She attributes her talent and exposure to different mediums to her mother, Lee, an artist who sold her works at traveling art shows in the Northeast. As a child, Karin’s family traveled to many countries, living in Thailand, Philadelphia, and Chicago, before settling in Atlanta in 1979, where her parents opened a picture-framing shop and art gallery. It was Karin’s intention to pursue a career as an illustrator, but the unexpected deaths of her parents led her to continue running the family business. Not until several years ago, did she begin studying and learning painting on a serious scale - observing works done by such artists as Wayne Thiebaud, Lucian Freud, Burton Silverman, Ken Auster and Ben Aronson as a starting point for her pursuit to paint with courage and skill. Karin's work is most recently featured in the February 2008 "American Art Collector" magazine. I enjoy observing and painting the daily events of ordinary people - whether it’s a glimpse into someone’s private moment viewing a work of art, commuting to work, cooking in a restaurant kitchen, relaxing on a park bench - I find people, in their most candid moments, my greatest inspiration. I find myself interested in painting everything really - from food to landscapes to still-lifes ... I would really like to paint it all. I am an avid fan of realism - but strive to paint with loose, expressive brush strokes, use daring, vivid colors - to achieve paintings with life and spontaneity.

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