Ever since the beginning, our societies force efficiency, systems, compliance with cultural rules, laws, and likes to see that every human or thing fits into a certain category where it belongs. As much as this is a result of human behavior, it also goes against our individuality and need for freedom.

This inspires me to paint surrealistically, as it comes natural to include elements of imagination, irony, humor and elements that are out of place. A sense of isolation is often dominant in my pantings. Although the figure usually finds its way into the composition in a recognizable form, it  becomes more and more omnipresent in my recent paintings.

                                                                                                Kari Brinck

For the most part Kari is autodidact. She received her BA from George Washington University in 1987, studied briefly at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris and came to live in the Bay Area in 2001. Currently living in France, she maintains close ties to the Bay Area art community.