By
Kari Souders
Piece description from the artist
Global warming is even happening at microscopic levels undetectable to the human eye. Flowers are altering ultraviolet pigments in their petals to compensate for the declining ozone and rising temperatures. In turn, some pigment changes in flowers have made them less attractive to pollinators which has a devastating reproductive effect to their ecosystem.
My Cracked Earth series aims to express love and loss. It conveys a romantic nostalgia for the natural world as it transforms into otherness due to global warming. Its wonder and beauty is enchanting even as it breaks down and adapts. It depicts a gradual transformation and longing. A sort of in-betweenness and otherness as that’s the best we can hope for.
This is a TurningArt exclusive limited edition print available in editions of 100.
Born in NY, Kari Souders has been an abstract painter for over 40 years. She received her BFA from Syracuse University and MFA from the University of Maryland on a full teaching scholarship.
Kari has taught as an adjunct teacher at institutions such as Drexel University, Trenton State College, and Hussian College. Her work has been exhibited and is in public and private collections around the country. Professional highlights include:
"Folk Is Art” 2021: Womenswork.art, Poughkeepsie, NY
Americas COVID-19 Memorial: The Biennial of the Americas Denver, CO
Packard Group National Exhibition 2021: No. 7 Center, Vermillion, SD
When She Rises, We All Rise: 118 Art Gallery, an online exhibition due to COVID 19
“One in a Year”: The Painting Center, New York, NY
Blurred Boundaries: Fabrications Retreat, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Body Quilting: Solo Show, Walton Gallery, George School, Newtown, PA
New Narratives: Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
6th Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition, Promoting the ideals of Experimentation and Pushing Boundaries: Main Line Art Center, Haverford
Maryland Federation of Art Merit Award: Work on Paper
Artstsavaganza award winner: Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Residency Fellowship: Painting residency, Woodstock School of Art
Itzhak Sankowsky Award: Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Organic Relief: Bockrath Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Contemporary Artwork Exhibition: Erector Square Gallery, New Haven
Art Now, Emerging Artists Exhibition: Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Curatorial Review Exhibition: Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Art on Paper: Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Ancient Fragments in a New Light: Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Contemporary Art Exhibition: Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster, MD
VIRIDIAN 7th National Exhibition: Viridian Artists Inc., New York, NY
Resurgam's National Exhibition: Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Elizabethtown College Juried Art Exhibit: Elizabethtown, PA
Art Under The Influence: Vincent's Gallery, Mansfield, OH
Intrinsic Visions: Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY
National Small Works Exhibition: An Art Place, Inc., Chicago, IL
The Friends of The Tim Mark Endowment Exhibit: Penn State, Media, PA
Venus: I.O. Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Obsessions & Reflections: ArtsBridge, Riverrun Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
Small Matters of Great Importance: Hopper House Art Center, Reston, VA
Divine Visions: Sea Cliff Gallery, Sea Cliff, NY
Venus, Art at the Powerhouse: E. I. O. Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Four-Person Finalist Show: Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
Color Now: Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Images '95: HUB Gallery, Penn State University, PA
Adjunct Teacher: Rosemont College, Bryn Mawr, PA
Gods and Saints: Artscape ‘93, Baltimore, MD
Women in Art, Statements of Self: Setting the Stage Gallery, Alexandria, VA
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