Karen Blacklock
Life has taken me through many twists, turns and shifts, from a 20+ year career with BT to 6 years as a ski instructor then to a stint of property development and more recently running a successful holiday let business. My creative passion has ebbed and flowed but never faded.
The last 5 years has seen my definitive return to art. Following an introduction to mixed media in the summer of 2018 I enrolled on a six month diploma course in 2018/19 at the Anteros Arts Foundation in Norwich. This exceptional and wide ranging course served as a springboard to try mediums I would not have otherwise considered, such as using watercolour with different materials, unconventional fusion art and graffiti.
I discovered the endless possibilities of painting with mixed media through additional short courses under some inspirational artists such as Lewis Noble, Robert Dutton, Sally Hirst, Louise Balaam and Tracey Ross. I followed this up in September 2019 with an in-depth 18 month Oil Painting Diploma run by the internationally renowned artist, Martin Kinnear at his Norfolk Painting School
During the Covid-19 pandemic, I also used the nation’s lockdown as an opportunity to take some great online art courses from the UK and Nicholas Wilton’s Creative Visionary Programme based in the USA
I moved to North Yorkshire in June 2021 where after an extensive search found the perfect site to set up an art venue and retreat in the striking landscape of the Nidderdale AONB. The property required extensive work, which was an artistic pursuit in its own right, but is now ready to welcome like-minded creatives in search of peaceful inspiration.
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Connection to Yorkshire
I live very remotely at the top of Nidderdale -n 1/2 mile down a track from Stean
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Mini Art residency in beautiful Upper Nidderdale this August
Quick Description
Join other creatives for a art retreat/ mini-residency in beautiful and secluded Upper Nidderdale. Well House Haven is set in 6 acres of farmland 1/2 mile from Stean Village. Set on the banks of the How Stean Gorge and with views of Upper Nidderdale and the adjacent grouse moors providing plenty of...more
Date:
From 01/08/2024 To 31/08/2024
Nidd Art trail 2024
Quick Description
Studio in Well House Annexe showing paintings by Karen Blacklock and pastels by Andrew Moodie. Also sculpture in garden in from of the Annexe. 11am-4pm 17th, 18th, 24th,25th & 26th August. Studio at ground floor level. Take single track road past How Stean Gorge to Stean village. After sharp lef...more
Date:
From 17/08/2024 To 26/08/2024
Interview for Escape to the Country with Nicki Chapman
Quick Description
Due to be on TV around April/May 2025 a 5 minute feature on Well House Haven Art Retreat at Stean, Upper Nidderdale and Karen Blacklock, Contemporary Artist who moved to North Yorkshire in June 2021 and has been working on the location to provide a large barn studio for visiting artists and accommod...more
Date posted:
17/06/2024