Kara Lockmiller: POP Music

June 3-25, 2022
Kara Lockmiller: POP Music
Opening reception: Friday, June 3, 5:00-9:00 PM
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Saturday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed on Monday, June 20.

Kara Lockmiller is a native Knoxvillian and artist. She is a married mother of three children living in East Knox County. She began painting for others in 2017 as an outlet to share the mesmerizing colors she sees. While she can remember the lyrics to almost any song she has ever heard, she is most fascinated by the people who pen them. Working for more than ten years as a journalist and graphic artist left her with a great understanding of design principles as they relate to color. She will showcase a mixture of musician portraits with a heavy emphasis on Dolly Parton; all artwork has been newly produced in 2022.

I am a chromesthete which means I see a vast array of real colors in my mind when I listen to music. I like to think of it as my own personal light show. My goal for each portrait is to let you glimpse music and musicians the way I do. There is a kinship between color and music – both can say what words cannot. I paint in shadowed hues using the grisaille technique. After drawing out my musician in a grayscale underpainting, I add opaque and translucent acrylic colors according to what I see when I listen to their music. They come together like puzzle pieces on my canvas. I do not use editing software to produce my portraits. They are hand drawn according to their highlights and shadows. I’ve recently started to branch out into multimedia collages and varying subject matter – though musicians are still closest to my heart.

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