Paintings

Whisper (6°) captures the sun six degrees above the horizon — a moment when light softens the boundary between night and day. A meditation on perception, atmosphere, and quiet illumination.

Karen Sewell’s paintings explore the meeting of light, matter, and consciousness. Each work is made from pigments she prepares by hand — combining local (e.g. Whakatū Nelson) soil, thousand-year-old spring water, powdered marble, and binder medium. Layered and luminous, these surfaces become contemplative fields of colour where landscape, memory, and spirit quietly converge.