The Mixed Media Art of Nagib Karsan

Nagib Karson is one of my favourite Artists at the moment. I have a great appreciation for his trademark mixed media style, which is a combination of paint and collage, using card, paper, magazines and print. The use of different texture overlayed with colour gives his work a wonderful depth and texture and I find myself wanting to touch and feel the paintings as well as enjoy them visually. I often lose myself in wondering where he got the each paper cutting from. What made him decide on that particular texture? Does the newspaper text mean anything and is it relavant to the picture or place itself?

Day Trippers, St Ives ~ Mixed Media by Nagib Karsan

I haven’t found much information on the internet for Nagib Karsan. It seems he was born in Tanzania in 1955, and spent his childhood years in Africa and in boarding school in the UK. Nagim is said to have been inspired by the watercolours of Frank Webb and impressionism and influences can certainly be seen in his current works. Nagib currently resides in Surrey and is a member of the Dorking Group of Artists and the Guildford Art Society, amongst others. His works commonly depict harbour scenes, sea side towns and city scapes.

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