What happens when you stop shrinking yourself to fit?
Karen Turner is an award-winning figurative artist whose oil paintings challenge societal bias against larger bodies, exploring how cultural expectations limit identity and ambition.
She makes a powerful statement about how society attempts to contain and diminish women’s presence, while simultaneously creating works of striking beauty and emotional impact.
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Karen’s work challenges the ways we are conditioned to stay small - physically, socially, and emotionally. Her paintings celebrate defiance, inviting viewers to rethink the limits placed on self-expression and personal freedom.
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Her realistic depictions of women are produced on smaller canvases, to symbolise how society often boxes them in. The work seeks to celebrate and uplift, and to provoke introspection, encouraging the viewer to consider themselves and others without judgement.