BRIEF BACKGROUND

I was introduced to painting back in 2000 when I participated in an art class for mothers and their children held by the artist Anna Toresdotter. The classes were held on a monthly basis and when my daughter Anna left in 2005 I stayed on as a student.
I guess you can say that I found the passion for painting thanks to my daughter.

I am mostly self-educated and I have been painting actively for the past 13 years. Nowadays I mostly paint in oil and acrylic but I have continuously participated in classes on oil painting, croquis, aquarell and acrylic. Two teachers who have meant a lot to me are Anna Toresdotter and Bo Wetteryd.

In addition to the classes I have also participated in different painting trips.
In 2006 a group of painters traveled to Vence in Provence and in 2007, 2008 and 2010 we went to the Greek island Zachynthos.

My main occupation is in the Bioenergy field and I am a civil engineer specialized in chemical technology. I have lived in Stockholm since 1975 but I grew up in a small village called Kukkola in Tornedalen located in the very north of Sweden.

For me, painting is a very pleasurable experience and I enjoy the challenges I am being faced with while depicting something. It can be a plant pot, a shadow or maybe even something calling from other realms or times.

Stockholm in March 2015

Karin Haara

EXHIBITIONS

2014 Åkersberga Bibliotek, Åkersberga
2014 Kukkolaforsens Restaurang, Kukkola, Haparanda
2013 Office in Stockholm
2010 Galleri Hagman i Stockholm
2010 Åkersberga Bibliotek, Åkersberga
2009 Snabbköp i Grändal, Stockholm
2008 Levelius Galleri på Södermalm i Stockholm
2008 Åkersberga Bibliotek, Åkersberga
2006 Åkersberga Bibliotek, Åkersberga