During the last 45 years Becker has experimented with abstraction and realism using water soluble oils, pastels, transparent watercolor, acrylics, and mixed media mono-prints. 

My purely acrylic Geometric Paintings, of the mid 1980s, were my reaction to living in busy NYC. After moving to Vermont in 1983, nature became my muse and exquisite European pastels were my preferred medium. Switching to watercolors, I achieved portability and durable surfaces, unlike pastels which require special handling.  I began my mixed media mono-prints in the early 1990s. These mono prints incorporate careful drafting and pay tribute to birds and animals that are presently witness to the global climate crisis. My experiments with water-soluble oil paints on sheets of Japanese Yupo, led to purely abstract paintings that “compress time,” as observed by a visiting critic who I met at the Vermont Studio Center. 

                                                                             - Karen Becker