These are commissioned portraits.

Each one arises from a lived relationship, with memory, love, loss, or continuity.
Some hold remembrance. Some honour a parent or a beloved presence.

Portraiture, for me, is not about representation alone, but about witnessing,
painting the invisible visible, and allowing what matters to endure.

Karin Merx, 2024, Mark & Chelvan Eternal Love, Oil on Gallery Stretched Linen, 60 x 80 cm, Private Collection
Karin Merx, 2023, Arthur, Oil on Gessoboard, 30.5x30.5cm, Sarah Pagdin
Karin Merx 2023, Arthur, Oil on Gesso Board, 30 x 30 cm, Private Collection
Karin Merx, 2022, Daisy, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm, Private Collection

Reflections

I can raise my hand to the painting and gently cup his face to mine.
The portrait holds his presence and the love between us as something that endures.
— Commissioned portrait, 2024

What a wonderful journey it was to have Karin paint someone dear to me.
She listened, involved me throughout, and captured everything I love about them in this portrait.
— Commissioned portrait, 2023

Karin Merx, 2021, Jessica Agudelo, charcoal on paper, Private Collection
Karin Merx, 2021, Portrait Giselle, oil on canvas, 21x30cm
Karin Merx, 2021, Portrait Kat, oil on canvas, 21×30 cm
Karin Merx, 2021, IBK, oil on canvas, 21×30 cm, Private Collection
Water colour Inga & Christopher - Imagination
Karin Merx, 2019, Inga and Christopher, watercolour, 30x40cm, Private Collection
Karin Merx, 2019, portrait of Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, 50 x 50 cm, oil on Canvas, Private Collection

I never saw a picture of my brother.
When I saw Karin’s portrait, my heart skipped a beat.
— Commissioned portrait, 2019

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