Blue Abyss

ABOUT THE ARTIST Karen Iwachow was born in Prague, Czech Republic, before immigrating to Canada with her family at a young age. She attended the creative photography program at Humber College in Toronto and continued to work in the commercial portrait industry there for several years. After traveling extensively throughout India and Europe, she returned to Canada's west coast where she continues to live in her wooden cabin photographing landscapes and still lifes. "I was 20 years old the first time I saw the ocean. I grew up hearing stories and myths and tales about the lakes and rivers I grew up around and they always had that sense of familiarity every time I would walk by one: the colour, the smell, the distant glimpse of whatever was on the other side.  "When I saw the ocean I was taken aback; the feeling was not at all like the lakes and ponds I was used to. I was intrigued by the massive size of it, and not being able to see what lies on the other side. It sparked my cur