ABOUT
Karen found her love of art in elementary school by copying detailed photos of objects in books. But it wasn't until she got married that her husband encouraged her to start painting. Even working full time and then raising her daughters, she still found ways of pursuing her art. When her children were young, she ran a successful needlepoint business that resulted in her designs being featured in stores as well as a national needlepoint catalog. Now with fewer demands on her time, Karen is able to devote every day to her love of painting. She improves her skills through workshops with internationally known visiting artists and weekly classes. Her work has been accepted into scores of juried group and solo shows, garnered top prizes at regional exhibitions, and made their way into numerous private collections.
RESUME
EDUCATION
2013-2022: Weekly art classes with Glen Kessler, Yellow Barn Studio, Glen Echo; Washington Artworks, Rockville, MD; Artists and Makers, Rockville, MD; Elizabeth Floyd, Art League, Alexandria, VA
2013-2022 Art Workshops: Walt Bartman, Nancy Tankersley, Christine Lashley; Easton and Tilghman Island, MD; Alyssa Monks, Cindy Procious, Rockville, MD; Matthew Hillier, Easton, MD; Deb Keirce, Ashburn, VA; Trish Coonrod, Ithaca, NY; Richard Murdock, Online
MEd Special Education, teaching the deaf, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
BS Elementary Education, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
EXHIBITIONS
2024 - 2025 Artists In Middleburg, “GASP” (Great Art, Small Prices) Juried art exhibit, Middleburg, VA
2024 American Women Artists, “Expanding Horizons”, Juried Museum Exhibition, Loveland Museum, CO
2024 Montgomery Art Association, Windridge Vineyard, “Local Inspiration”, Juried art exhibit, Darnestown, MD
2024 Compass Art Center Gallery, “For Love of Kensington Show”. Kensington MD
2024 Montgomery Art Association, Paint The Town Kensington, Labor Day Show, Kensington, MD
2024 Artists In Middleburg, Juried “Trees Please” Exhibition, Middleburg, VA
2024 International Guild of Realism Juried Fall Salon Online Exhibition
2024 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition, Centerpiece Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2024 Artists in Middleburg, Juried “Three” Exhibition, Middleburg, VA
2024 NOAPS Best of America Small Works Show, Juried, Sugarman-Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2024 Compass Atelier Invitational Juried Exhibition, Kensington, MD
2024 Rockville Art League, Juried “Water, Water Everywhere” Exhibit, Rockville, MD
2024 Montgomery Art Association, Juried, Windridge Vineyards Spring and Summer Exhibitions, Darnestown, MD
2024 Artists In Middleburg, Juried “Nature’s Beauty in Focus”, Middleburg, VA
2024 Oxford Fine Arts 40th Annual Exhibition, Oxford, MD
2024 Local Color, Working Artists Forum, Easton, MD
2024 Strathmore 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Prism: Connection in Color, Bethesda, MD
2024 Artists In Middleburg, Juried “Light and Shadows” Exhibition, Middleburg, VA
2024 Glave Kocen Petite Gallery, “Size Doesn’t Matter” exhibit, Richmond, VA
2024 Artists In Middleburg, Juried member exhibit, Middleburg, VA
2023 NOAPS Juried Fall Online Exhibition
2023 Artists In Middleburg, Juried “Great Art, Small Prices Exhibit”, Middleburg, VA
2023 Tidewater Inn Library monthly wall display, Easton, MD
2023 Academy Art Museum member exhibition, Easton, MD
2023 International Guild of Realism Juried Fall Salon Online Exhibition
2023 Artists In Middleburg, Juried “Inspired By…” Exhibition, Middleburg, VA
2023 District Arts, Juried “Humor” Exhibition, Frederick, MD
2023 Oil Painters of America, Juried Eastern Regional Exhibition, Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2023 Tish Fine Art Plus, “Summer Sensations”, Chestertown, MD, First Place Award
2023 Artists In Middleburg Juried “Summer Dreams” Exhibition, Middleburg, VA
2023 The Delaplaine Art Center, “Over 70 Show”, Frederick, MD
2023 Artists In Middleburg Juried “Red, White, and/or Blue” Exhibition, Middleburg, VA, Best In Show Award
2023 NOAPS Best of America Small Works International Juried Exhibition, Mary Williams Fine Art Gallery, Boulder, CO.
2023 Local Color, Working Artists Forum, Juried exhibit, Easton, MD
2023 Artists In Middleburg, Juried “Focal Point” Exhibition, Middleburg, VA, Best In Show Award
2023 Glave Kocen Petite Gallery and Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
2023 Oxford Fine Arts Annual Juried Show, Oxford, MD, Award for Best Representation of Village Life
2023 Artists In Middleburg Juried Member Exhibition, Middleburg, VA
2022-2023 Rockville Art League, Juried Member Winter Show, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD
2022 NOAPS Fall International Online Exhibition
2022 Yellow Barn Juried Members Show, Glen Echo, MD
2022 Artists In Middleburg, GASP (Great Art Small Prices), Middleburg, VA, Honorable Mention Award
2022 Artists In Middleburg, For Every Season, Middleburg, VA
2022 International Guild of Realism Fall Salon Online Exhibition
2022 Grosse Pointe Artists Association Gallery, Cars and Trucks Exhibition, Grosse Pointe, MI, Honorable Mention Award
2022 Paint The Town, Kensington Labor Day Exhibit, Kensington, MD, Honorable Mention, Portraits
2022 NOAPS 2022 Best of America Small Works National Juried Exhibition; Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
2022 Oxford Fine Arts, Juried Art Show, Oxford, MD
2022 Artists In Middleburg, Juried Member Exhibition, Middleburg, VA
2022 Women’s Club of Chevy Chase Art Show, Chevy Chase, MD, Honorable Mention, Oils
2022 Artists In Middleburg Juried Exhibition “Anything Goes”, Middleburg, VA
2021 American Artists Professional League, Juried 93rd Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY
2021 International Guild of Realism, Juried Fall Online Exhibition
2021 NOAPS Fall International Online Exhibition, Juried Competition
2021 Fusion Art 4th Annual Women Artists Juried Competition, Online
2021 Academy Art Museum, Member Exhibition, Easton, MD
2021 Paint The Town, Kensington Labor Day Exhibition, Kensington, MD
2021 Artists In Middleburg Juried Still Life Exhibition, Middleburg, VA
2021 Strathmore 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, “Touch” Juried Exhibit, Bethesda, MD
2021 The Artists Gallery, Le Salon Exhibition, Frederick, MD
2021 Grosse Pointe Artists Association, American Roadtrip Exhibition, Honorable Mention Award, Grosse Pointe, MI
2021 Camelback Gallery, “Artists’ Choice”, Juried Online Exhibition, Bronze Award
2021 Camelback Gallery, “Land and Sea”, Juried Online Exhibition, Bronze Award
2021 NOAPS Spring International Online Exhibition
2021 NOAPS Best of America Small Works National Juried Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC
2021 Featured Artist of the month, Associate Artist Spotlight, The Artists’ Gallery, Chestertown, MD
2021 District Arts “Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Times” Exhibition, Frederick, MD
2021 Art Alliance of Monmouth County, 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ
2021 Grosse Pointe Artists Association, “Celebrating Home: the art of domesticity”, Grosse Pointe, MI, Third Place Award
2021 Woking Artists Forum, 40th Anniversary Show, Strathmore Mansion, Rockville, MD
2021 Women’s Club of Chevy Chase, Visual Art Show and Sale, Chevy Chase, MD
2021 Artists In Middleburg, “Spring is in the Air”, Juried Exhibition
2021 Arts of Great Falls, “Planes, Trains, Automobiles and More”, Juried Exhibit, Great Falls, VA, Fan Favorite Award
2021 International Guild of Realism, 2021 Spring Salon Online Exhibition
2021 Artists In Middleburg, “Reset, Refresh, Restart”, Juried Exhibition
2021 Camelback Gallery, “My Best Work of 2020”, Juried Online Exhibition, Bronze Award
2020 National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS), Fall International Online Exhibition
2020 Camelback Gallery, “Still Life”, Juried Online Exhibition, Finalist Award
2020 Camelback Gallery, “Autumn”, Juried Online Exhibition, Merit Award
2020 Montgomery Art Association, Still Life Online Exhibition, 1st Place Award
2020 GASP (Great Art Small Prices), Artists In Middleburg, Juried Exhibit, Middleburg, VA
2020 Rockville Art League Winter Member Show, Juried entry, Rockville, MD
2020 Camelback Gallery, “Open Theme”, Juried Online Exhibition, “Best In Show” and Finalist Awards
2020 “Red Rules! The Power of Color”, Artists of Middleburg, Middleburg,, VA
2020 Camelback Gallery, “Shades of Red”, Juried Visual Arts Competition, Finalist Award
2020 Roux & Cyr International Gallery, Juried Exhibit, Portland, ME
2020 “Urban Landscapes”, Montgomery Art Association, online exhibit.
2020 Small Works Exhibit, Friends of Yellow Barn, online exhibition.
2020 “Martha’s Vineyard: The Way We See It”, online gallery.
2020 Oxford Fine Arts 2020, Juried Exhibit, Oxford, MD
2020 International Guild of Realism Spring Salon Online Exhibition, juried entry
2020 “Cars In Art”, juried exhibit, 1st Place and People’s Choice Award, The Arts of Great Falls, Great Falls, VA
2020 Connie Morella Library Solo Exhibit, Bethesda, MD
2020 “Local Color Juried Exhibit”, Artists’ Gallery, Elliott City, MD
2020 “All Things Considered” and “More Things Considered”, Juried Exhibit, Artists In Middleburg, Middleburg, VA
2020 Glave Kocen Invitational Exhibit, “Size Doesn't Matter”, Richmond, VA
2019 Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Portland, ME
2019 Local Color Exhibition (Juried Entry), Easton, MD
2019 Women’s Club of Chevy Chase Art Show, 2 Honorable Mention awards, Chevy Chase, MD
2019 Glave Kocen Gallery “Hung Juried Exhibition”, Richmond, VA
2019 Laurel Art Guild Open Juried Exhibition, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD
2019 International Guild of Realism juried online exhibition
2019 “Joy and Wonder Show” (Juried Entry), Grosse Pointe Artists Association, Grosse Pointe, MI
2019 Academy Art Museum Member Show, Easton, MD
2019 Hill Center Show (Juried Entry), Washington, DC
2018 “Cars And Trucks Exhibition”, Honorable Mention award, Grosse Pointe, MI
2018 "Paint the Town Kensington", Honorable Mention award, Kensington, MD
2018 Local Color Exhibition (Juried Entry), Easton, MD
2018 Art At The Mill Spring Show (Juried Entry), Millwood, VA
2018 RiverArts Gallery Exhibition, Chestertown, MD
2018 5th Annual South-Atlantic Juried Exhibition, Montpelier, VA
2018 Women's Club of Chevy Chase, Two Honorable Mention awards, Chevy Chase, MD
2018 Small Works Show at Gallery North (Juried Entry), Edmonds, WA
2018 Laurel Art Guild Open Juried Exhibition, Laurel, MD
2017 Yellow Barn members show (Juried entry), Glen Echo, MD
2017 Rockville Art League winter show (Juried entry), Rockville, MD
2017 Compass Atelier 12 x12 Art Show and Auction, Rockville, MD
2017 "Paint the Town Labor Day Show", Kensington, MD
2017 - 2018 Art at the Mill, (Juried entry), Berryville, VA
2017 "Cars And Trucks Exhibition" (Juried entry) Grosse Pointe Artists Association, MI
2017 Local Color Exhibition, (Juried entry), Easton, MD
2017 The Backdoor Gallery, solo exhibit, Fredericksburg, VA
2017 Garrett Park Invitational Exhibition (Juried entry), Garrett Park, MD
2017 Art Muse Contest, finalist in Emerging Artist category, on line
2017 Chosen as Featured Artist, Artsy Shark on line
2017 Chestertown RiverArts Gallery Exhibition, (Juried entry), Chestertown, MD
2017 Strathmore Artist Member Show, La Vie en Bleu (Juried entry), Rockville, MD
2016 Rockville Art League Winter Member Show (Juried entry), Honorable Mention Oils
2016 Art Academy of Easton Members Show, Easton, MD
2016 Paint-the-Town Kensington Labor Day Show, Kensington, MD, 3rd Place Kensington award
2016 The Art League of Alexandria member show (Juried entry), Alexandria, VA
2016 Rockville Art League Spring Member Show, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD, 2nd Place Oils
2016 Woman's Club of Chevy Chase, Chevy Chase, MD, 1st Place and 2 Honorable Mention awards
2016 Baked Desert Cafe & Gallery, Featured Artist, Berlin, MD
2016 Garrett Park Invitational Exhibition (Juried entry), Garrett Park, MD
2015 Glen Echo Labor Day Show, Glen Echo, Maryland
2015 Hill Center Galleries Juried Exhibition, Washington, DC
2015 Delaplaine Annual Juried Art Show (Juried entry), Frederick, Maryland
2015 "Miniature Masterworks" and "Garden Party" Art Shows (Juried entry), Live An Artful Life Art Gallery, The Plains, Virginia
2015 Woman's Club of Chevy Chase, Chevy Chase, MD, 2 Honorable Mention awards
2015 Solo Exhibit, Rockville City Hall, Mayor and City Manager Offices, Rockville, MD
2014 Women's Club of Potomac, 1st Place Portraits, Potomac, MD
PROMOTIONS AND PUBLICITY
My images have been used for advertisements, publicity, and posters for:
Town of Kensington
Oxford Fine Arts
American Women Artists, “Expanding Horizons” Exhibit
AFFILIATIONS
Juried associate member, Oil Painters of America
Juried member, International Guild of Realism
Artist member, The National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society
Associate Artist, American Artists Professional League
Associate Artist, American Women Artists
Associate Artist, Backdoor Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA
Working Artists Forum (Juried membership) Easton, MD
Artists In Middleburg, artist member, Middleburg, VA
Montgomery Art Association member, Montgomery County, MD
Yellow Barn Studio member, Glen Echo, MD
Rockville Art League member, Rockville, MD
Strathmore Artists member, Rockville, MD
The Academy Art Museum of Easton, artist member, Easton, MD
Classic Car Museum member, St. Michaels, MD
Owls Head Transportation Museum, prints in gift shop, Owls Head, ME
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