Artist's Statement
My shift to painting solely with a palette-knife was born out of frustration. The widening gap between my art "vision" and
my art "reality" compelled me to re-think my process. The knife approach liberated me from my fixation on minuscule details and ultimately, resulted in the impressionistic style of my current work. The bands of color the palette-knife pulls through to the surface add variation and an energy to my paintings I was unable to achieve with a brush.
As a native Montanan, my favorite subjects include bison, pheasants, and rural landscapes.
There's a unique quality in every artist's markings, they are like signatures themselves.
-Kara Tripp
My shift to painting solely with a palette-knife was born out of frustration. The widening gap between my art "vision" and
my art "reality" compelled me to re-think my process. The knife approach liberated me from my fixation on minuscule details and ultimately, resulted in the impressionistic style of my current work. The bands of color the palette-knife pulls through to the surface add variation and an energy to my paintings I was unable to achieve with a brush.
As a native Montanan, my favorite subjects include bison, pheasants, and rural landscapes.
There's a unique quality in every artist's markings, they are like signatures themselves.
-Kara Tripp
Gallery Representation
Tripp Studio - Bozeman, MT
Persimmon Gallery - Big Fork, MT
Two Rivers Gallery - Big Timber, MT
The Frame Hut - Billings, MT
Frame of Reference - Whitefish, MT
The Trove - Big Sky, MT
Stephano's West - Virginia City, MT
Kindred Spirits - Sheridan, MT
Sola Cafe - Bozeman, MT
Tripp Studio - Bozeman, MT
Persimmon Gallery - Big Fork, MT
Two Rivers Gallery - Big Timber, MT
The Frame Hut - Billings, MT
Frame of Reference - Whitefish, MT
The Trove - Big Sky, MT
Stephano's West - Virginia City, MT
Kindred Spirits - Sheridan, MT
Sola Cafe - Bozeman, MT