Karen Mangold Art
Campton SheffordKaren Mangold Art
‘Capturing the energy of beautiful moments’
Welcome to Karen Mangold Art. I’m a Bedfordshire born artist with a passion for wildlife & all things related to our natural world! I like to capture the energy and moments from this in the art I create!
Artistic background
About meKaren Mangold
Hi I’m Karen! I have lived in the same village in rural Bedfordshire my whole life. The countryside around me has instilled a love for nature, and this sparks my creativity through my art. There is nothing I love better than a brisk walk through the country with my dog, coming home to a cup of tea and a blank canvas.
I am a self-taught artist with over 25 years experience. After exploring many different mediums including watercolour, acrylic ink and pastels, I have now discovered a joy in being able to capture the energy using acrylics on canvas.
For the past 5 years I have enjoyed exploring this medium, and developing an impressionistic style. I begin with a brightly coloured canvas and use large brushes and strokes to give a painterly expressionistic feel to my art. As you will see from my portfolio, I also enjoy mixed media & collage, often combining the two. With a love of colour and large expressive brush-marks I love capturing the energy of beautiful moments; stormy skies, hares jumping, or sheep just grazing on a hot summer’s day.
I am a member of Herts Visual Arts, a qualified tutor offering private tuition and workshops locally, and exhibiting in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. I was delighted when one of my of works “Harold”, was voted by the public as being in the top twenty artworks for the ‘Best in Show’ at Cambridge Open Arts (2019). I also received an Honourable mention in an international art competition with the Contemporary Art Room for my work “Foraging”. In 2019 I was commissioned to do a piece of artwork to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Kit Williams book “Masquerade”, and the painting “Close by Catherine’s Cross” was mentioned in an article on the BBC website. There were 50 limited edition prints which were sold to Australia, Canada, USA and all over UK.
2022 was an extremely successful year for me with a solo exhibition at Art & Soul Gallery, St Neots and my work “A World on Fire” won an award at Cambridge Open Arts exhibition in October.