Karleen Loughran

"The foundation of my work begins with the marks I make on the surface, whether on canvas or plate. From these initial gestures, the painting or print evolves organically—textures emerge, colors interact, and movement and depth take shape. My process is intuitive, guided not by a specific image or concept, but by a feeling or emotion that gradually unfolds as meaning begins to surface.

Working with color brings me profound joy. I delight in its manipulation, blending it with lines and textures, and coaxing shapes and forms to emerge within the layered, entangled atmospheres. Through this interplay of timeless formal elements, I find endless possibilities and the deep pleasure of creating works that resonate with both spontaneity and emotion."

BFA Michigan State University, 1979
London Arts Program, London 1979
MFA School of Visual Arts, 1985

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Bristol Art Museum, RI 2025
Transformation, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA 2025
Why Cape Cod, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA 2025
Members Juried, PAAM, Provincetown, MA
Spring Mix, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
Abstract Visions, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Summer Salon 2020, Silvermine Art Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Five Points Small Works, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT 2020
Solar Impressions, Southampton Art Center, Southampton, NY 2019
New Members 2019, Silvermine Art Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Summer Salon 2019, Silvermine Art Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Paper 2019, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT 2019
6 x 6 Invitational, City Gallery, New Haven, CT 2019
89th Annual Open Juried, Barnes Franklin Gallery, Farmington, CT 2018
What's now-What's new / Spectrum
Carriage Barn, 2018
Maple & Main Gallery, Cheshter, CT 2018
MANIAC 5, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, CT 2017
“Under the Influence, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, 2016
“Going Big”; Central Booking, NYC, 2015
New Haven Lawn Club, New Haven, CT 2013
The Painting Center, NYC 2010
Da Silva Gallery, New Haven, CT 2009
Art for Aids, Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, CA 2009
Art of the Northeast, Sil...