Karen received her formal training from the Ringling School of Art & Design where she earned a BFA focusing on oils and sculpture. Karen moved on to other areas of insterest for many years but has returned to art for inspiration and joy.

Short Bio

Karen was raised in the Finger Lakes but relocated to Sarasota, Florida to learn the practice of art at the Ringling School of Art. After traveling and living in multiple states and Canada over the years, Karen and family returned to the area in 2008. The return to home in the Finger Lakes inspired Karen to reboot her painting career.

Statement

Life is beautiful but fragile. The outdoors and nature, alive or not - also beautiful and fragile.  I am inspired by the light, color, and the emotion found outside.  I use oil paint and occassionaly add in cold wax in an attempt to capture these points to share a time; a mutually engaging moment, between the environment and the viewer.