Karuna Abe

“To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter -” ben shahn

Each individual experiences a conversation with abstraction.

It is with great pleasure, that I represent Artist Chad Greedy. Chad’s art reflects his love for movement, motion, and nature. Through his climbing, skate boarding, yoga and other forms of movement, Chad’s art is informed by his lifestyle of motion and flow. The nephew of Abstract artist Katherine Porter, Chad continues a legacy of abstraction that plays in boldness. How is/are objects or gender abstracted? Who are we when no one is watching? Some questions that come to mind when I view Chad’ work. Chad’s art displays the emotions, connections, and memories of his life- kinetic and boundless.

Abstraction reflects a lot about the observer. Is poetry better performed or read off the page? Each individual experiences a conversation with abstraction. To learn about that experiences provides a reflection of the observer. In emotion, thought process, and memory.

What is the urge to name and describe when we encounter abstraction? Like children looking at clouds our brain clammers to identify. We get older, we learn terms like pareidolia, but it does not change or negate the experience of sensation, of experiencing the emotion or art. Art moves us.

What does one feel or fear upon contact with the abstract?

I have always been fond of words, but possessed a deeper affection for art.

After College I worked in the corporate and non profit sectors in museums, theater, fashion, and higher education. Now I currently serve as a private consultant for marketing and design. I am also a Pre-law Student.

Well aren’t we just replicating the sensation of the painting with words? Why not enjoy the painting with my senses rather than describe it? The effort is fun nonetheless. -Karuna on ekphrastic Poetry

Karuna graduated with a B.A from Colorado College in applied Literary Theory and Creative Writing, Poetry. Her favorite writers and artists include Henri Matisse, Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, Virginia Woolf, Louis Armstrong, Amy Winehouse and Gustav Klimt.