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Expressionist painter and printmaker, Karon Leigh resides in Southeastern Arizona where she exhibits her work, teaches printmaking and mixed media/encaustic classes and is involved in a number of art organizations.

Her bold painting style is clearly and powerfully influenced by place, light and time. The landscapes of her surroundings are evidenced as transitory thoughts, feelings or memories that speak, through her layered and textural encaustics, of the lush, wet and sensual Pacific Northwest – or the hauntingly arid deserts of the Southwest. Drenched in the colors and almost ethereal qualities of light and depth that are so unique to the encaustic method.

Karon is fluent in a variety of mediums – often choosing to work in one or more at a given time as their inherent sensibilities reflect and embody her intent. In a body of work that continues to evolve, encompass deeper dimensions, and touch thinkers and collectors world-wide. Visti her art presentation website for samples of her work in encaustic painting, mixed media art, printmaking and photography.

"Interested in how our surroundings affect us, I am drawn to landscapes and influenced by time of day or weather, my paintings are intuitively created and often dictated by the painting itself as it evolves and develops through the building of numerous layers of encaustic, oil pastels, oil paint and other mixed media as needed.  The finished work invites the viewer to experience a moment in time, a memory or a place long forgotten."

Karon’s work has been exhibited in the US, and is currently available at A Gallery of Dreams in Arizona. She teaches in the US and abroad and can be contacted for teaching via email by clicking here.