Original artwork, 420 x 594mm (approx A2), coloured pencil on paper.

Words from Karen; “A study of an elderly lady leaning heavily on her walking stick. The use of a green hue on her face symbolised the feeling of being out of sorts and unwell. At the time of drawing this image I was going through a phase of using green as simplistic symbolism – the colour representing feelings of being unwell, sad and having suffered. This lady's features are expressing a sense of perseverance against the hardship of a hard life lived.”

Karen Wilcox is an artist living in Eastwood, Southend-on-sea. ‘The Waiting Room’ exhibition was presented at The TOMA Project Space in March 2020, it contained a beautiful collection of previously un exhibited paintings and drawings by Karen from when she was drawing people with long standing mental health problems in a day centre in Southend-on-Sea.

artfinder.com/karen-wilcox / @karenelizabethwilcox

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