"Chain" by Karen Sarrow, Acrylic and Paper on Linen

DETAILS: 17" X 17" Acrylic and Paper on Linen Original Art Work 2005 Description: Chain is focused on the position of Sarrow as a new mom, feeling that society held the ideals of corporations, religion, energy and chemical exploitation, higher than the health of families, children, and the environment. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Karen Sarrow (b.1969 Coventry, England) immigrated to the United States as a young child with her family in 1973. Living in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons, the artist has been widely exhibited in the USA and abroad. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Truman State University in Missouri (1991), and a Master of Arts degree from Ohio State University, where she studied American, Contemporary, and Medieval art history (1994). Sarrow earned a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the Pratt Institute graduate program in New York (2003). She has continuing education in Graphic Design from OTIS, and illustration from the Pasadena Art Center. While her environmen