/Karin D. Cloutier
@karin.vanart www.karinvanart.com
Karin Cloutier
City View
Inspired by: Harold Edgerton, Milkdrop Coronet Kenji Nakahashi, A Cut in the Sky
acrylic on canva-paper
8″ x 10″
2024
City Life explores the relationship between structure and openness, isolation and connection in urban life. The monochrome brick-like red palette pulses with the energy of the city, while black lines suggest walls and divisions—some complete, others left open to possibility. The unseen inhabitants, echo Kenji Nakahashi’s “A Cut in the Sky,” where deep blues transform buildings into negative space. Like Harold Edgerton’s “Milkdrop Coronet,” where red enhances contrast, this piece uses a singular hue to expose hidden forces—whether the movement within walls or the reshaped reality of familiar spaces. In monochrome, simplicity reveals what is often unseen.
@karin.vanart
Karin Cloutier
Morgan Tartakoff
World of Acceptance
mixed media: carved wood, ink, acrylic paint, string
11″ x 36″
2024
Karin Cloutier
Morgan Tartakoff
Where Are We Now?
mixed media: acrylic paint, carved wood, chain
21″ x 12″
2024
Karin Cloutier
Morgan Tartakoff
Echoes of Perception
mixed media: acrylic paint, linoleum print, carved wood, paper
1′ x 3′ , 3′ x 5′, 5′ x 3′
2024
Karin Cloutier
Morgan Tartakoff
Expectations
mixed media: carved wood, watercolor, marble and ink, acrylic paint
13″ x 36″
2024
Karin Cloutier
Morgan Tartakoff
Sci Fi
mixed media: linoleum print, acrylic paint, wood
42″ x 42″
2024
Karin Cloutier
Morgan Tartakoff
Ceaseless
mixed media: marble and ink, acrylic paint, linoleum print
11″ x 13.5″ each
2024
Karin Cloutier
Morgan Tartakoff
The Motion of Thought
mixed media: carved wood, acrylic, and wire
44″ x 12″
2024
Karin Cloutier
Online Dating
collage on mat board
14″ x 14″
2014 with modifications in 2020
Karin’s art revolves around the concept of the “other,” internal and external. Delving into the complexities of the self, she attempt to unravel the threads of identity, exposing the complexities with the internal other- fragments of emotion and unexplored thoughts that shape individuality. Simultaneously, her work extends beyond introspection to explore the external other—the diverse tapestry of humanity and our relationship to each other. This interplay between self-discovery and communal understanding explores boundaries, fostering unity, empathy and forgiveness of ourselves and others . Karin is a self taught artist with a B.S. in Computer Science and a M.Ed in Curriculum.
@karin.vanart www.karinvanart.com
Karin Cloutier
All in Season, for Some
Inspired by: Matt Siber, McDonalds Henry George Todd, Study of Strawberries
acrylic and ink on canva-paper
12″ x 16″ (unframed), 16″ x 20″ (framed)
January 2024
Food can elicit very different emotions depending on your economic status. From the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder, the daily stress to feed yourself and your family, within your financial means, leaves little time for consideration about what is healthy. Those higher up the ladder possess the means to equate food with health and opulence, often to the point of gluttony and waste; they obtain whatever they want, whenever they want, simply discarding their excess. Todd’s “Study of Strawberries” and Siber’s “McDonald’s” represent these extremes – the surplus of fresh food for some while others only have McDonald’s quality options.