Karen Sistek
Karen, a self-taught artist, is as infatuated with silk painting today as she was the first time she touched her brush to silk over 16 years ago. The Sistek specialty is flowers, mostly from an "insect's point of view". Karen zooms in on a certain aspect of the flower and brings it closer to the viewer. Karen was chosen as one of only nine artists, to paint a 3 foot 9 foot silk banner to hang at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington D.C., in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution. This group of selected artists has joined together to form Synergy Silk. You will find their banners hanging at Orchid Society Conventions throughout the United States.

Through years of practicing, she is continuing to perfect her own technique using various stop flow methods, aside from the "Serti"technique using water based resists and gutta, and the free flow technique, embellishing with salt crystals and alcohol. She uses "Procion H" Fiber reactive steam set dyes. Once the dyes have been steamed and rinsed for her wall art, they are mounted onto gessoed or natural canvas, using a mat medium varnish. This art may be hung with our without a frame. This coating protects the silk from the environments, and may be washed with a clean damp towel

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