Karin Jurick

            Karin Jurick is a painter known for her works of patrons viewing artwork in galleries. She paints many other different subjects as well such as people reading, still life, and animals. Jurick originally wanted to become an illustrator. However, after both of her parents’ deaths she had the weight of owning their shop. She stopped doing art for about 15 years until recently in 2004 when she began painting and selling her work on eBay. This has helped her to own her own gallery.

            Her paintings are based off of photographs of people in moments of time. She is self taught and did not attend school because of her parents’ shop. Jurick is part of the Daily Painting Movement where she posts daily, small, and affordable paintings on a blog.

            I love her work because she is able to capture beauty in something so simple in daily life, like a person drinking wine at a restaurant or a couple admiring a work of art. It is a reminder that the people in her paintings are everyday folk that you could see just about anywhere. She is able to take an ordinary moment and give it more life.