About Karma

Karma describes her painting style as Abstract Impressionism. She strives to capture movement
and story in her imagery. What makes her work unique is her ability to portray energy and
emotion, even in still lives. “I want you to glide on broad strokes and bask in the lush colours
and organic rhythms.”
Karma is mostly a studio artist and her themes include nature, figures, still lives and abstracts.
She is also a summer time plein air enthusiast. A sense of of joyfulness is imparted by her loose
broad strokes and heightened colours.
She constantly challenges her understanding of ‘painting’ and explores ways that paint, strokes
and marks can represent effects such as light, movement and emotion. Karma works with a
strong underpainting then works with various ways to interrupt it. “I want the viewer’s eye to
dance and work rather than to offer a perfect image.”
Karma Vance is a long time Prince George resident. She has been an artist and educator for 30
years. Karma was adept at incorporating art skills as the core of all subject areas. She has
developed, published and taught workshops on ‘Sketchbook Phonics’. Karma has led art
workshops throughout District 57, Two Rivers Gallery and Studio 2880.
Karma is a graduate of the Visual and Performing Arts in the Ed. faculty of UBC, Double Arts
Major. Here she studied with professors such as Gordon Smith, Sam Black and James
Mcdonald and participated in many group exhibitions. Karma worked with James Macdonald,
Professor Emeritus, at the Jericho School For the Blind devising an art program based on
personal imagery for the visually impaired.