About

Kara Maria Artist’s Statement "Unspecified Involvements":

My work is a visual dialogue between abstraction and representation in paintings, drawings, and prints. A wide variety of subjects - from the personal to the political - influence my art making.

The Unspecified Involvements series was developed during my time at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program (Woodside, CA) in 2003. At the time, I was using a lot of war imagery in my artwork as a meditation on power dynamics and the military-industrial complex. While living in the majestic landscape at Djerassi, I chose to contrast …