Karin Richter
MASTER ARTIST
Unlock Your Artistic Potential
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MEDIUMS: Watercolor | Acrylic | Oil | Pastel | Mixed Media
SPECIALTY: 
Technique Business
I’m here to support your unique journey, helping you create work that truly reflects your vision. Through encouraging feedback and tailored advice on the technical aspects of painting, I’ll provide the insights you need to take your work to its highest potential.
Beyond technique, I’ll work with you to explore meaningful ways to apply your talents, so that each piece resonates deeply and feels authentically you.
Karin’s EXPERTISE
Listed below are this Mentor’s specialty skills. Join this group if you want to grow in these areas.
Specialty: Technique Business
Technique:
Composition & Color
Technique Demos
Providing Art Critiques
Teaching How to Self Critique
Studio Setup for Art Production
MARKETING:
Artist Statement & CV
Shows & Exhibits
Marketing & Branding
Business:
Approaching Galleries
Pricing Artwork
Running Your Art Business, the day-to-day
“Mastrius is a perfect balance of accountability, community and fun.
It feels like family. Family that makes you a better you.”
~ Elizabeth, Emerging Artist
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MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
ARTIST STATEMENT
Being an artist is the best of lives! To get up in the morning and create is a privilege indeed! From early childhood, art has been a passion for me. Painting is the way I choose to express myself. The process of creation is forever interesting and exciting: the first flash of an idea, the research of a subject, and the struggle of how to commit it to paper or canvas! Over a lifetime of making art, I have become proficient in many mediums and appreciate their special qualities.
Sharing my knowledge of painting is a joy to me. Seeing the variety of artistic expression keeps inspiring me to keep learning and help and encourage others to achieve their potential.
ARTIST BIO
Born in Germany into an artistic family, Karin has had a passion for painting since she was a child. She has been a professional artist for 35years with a style that can be described as impressionistic. Her subjects are varied and she enjoys working in watercolour, oils, acrylics, pastels as well as digital photography.
Karin completed her professional training in foreign languages, worked as a translator and interpreter in France and Germany and moved to Montreal in 1973. Calgary has been home to Karin and her family since 1977. She draws inspiration not only from the western landscape and the Canadian Rockies close at hand but also from international destinations she travels to on a regular basis. Throughout the years, Karin’s paintings have been featured in solo and group shows in many prominent locations and private and public galleries locally, nationally and internationally. Sharing her knowledge of painting has been a joy to Karin for many years. She is an enthusiastic art instructor to many aspiring artists in classes and workshops in Calgary and across Canada. She has become known as the traveling artist and leads groups on painting holidays on land and at sea inCanada, Europe and Africa. She is a sought-after juror, critic and organizer of art events.
An elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor (CSPWC), the Alberta Society of Artists (ASA), the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA-Hon.) and Pastel Artists Canada (MPAC-EP) with a Master and Eminent Pastelist designation, Karin has received many awards including the Immigrant of Distinction Award in 2010 for her contributions in the art community. She is the author of “Make Your Mark in Pastels” and “Success Every Time in Acrylics”, both art instructional books. Her work and writing have appeared in several trade publications including the Pastel Journal, Arabella Magazine and in Canadian Artists at Auction. She is featured in the book entitled “How Did You Paint That – Seascapes, Rivers and Lakes” published by the International Artist Magazine. In 2014 her work was featured in Ducks Unlimited Canada’s National Arts Portfolio. Her paintings can be found in corporate and private collections all over the world.
