Karen has always been passionate about art. From her earliest creations as a child, she has enjoyed expressing herself in a variety of media. When the long hours and commute as a Goldman Sachs executive made it difficult to take art instruction and paint, she became a collector, traveler, and photographer, storing up images and ideas for when she would have time to paint. Now happily into her second career as an artist, Karen enjoys capturing the world as she sees it, working with different media to best convey the subject and to create an inner light. She never ceases to be thrilled when a three dimensional form begins to emerge from the flat canvas.
Art Instruction / Memberships:
Parsons School of Design - New York, NY, Atelier - Madison, NJ, Gallery 900 - Beaufort, SC, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey - Summit, NJ, Millburn- Short Hills Art Association, Millburn, NJ, Pastel Society of New Jersey, Madison Arts and Culture
Awards
Honorable Mention-Landscapes, Tewksbury Historical Society, Oldwick , NJ , October 2006
Honorable Mention, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit , NJ , June 2007
Best in Show, Millburn-Short Hills Art Association, Summit , NJ , July 2007
Exhibitions:
Solo show, A Certain Light, Drip Café, June-July 2010
Beaumont Pottery and Gallery, Phoenix, MD, In House Artist, 2010
Showstoppers, Group Show, Art Upstairs Gallery, Community Theatre, Dec,. 2009
Small Gems: The Art of Giving, Group Show, Wallflowers Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ, December 2009
Cathedral Arts Festival, Juried Show, November 2009
"From Table to Trail: Still Life to Landscape", 3 Artist Show, Wallflowers Gallery, Bernardsville NJ 2009
Solo Show, "Along The Way", Drip Coffeehouse and Gallery, Madison, NJ 6/2009
Wilson School Art Exhibition, Mountain Lakes, NJ, 4/2009
Visual Arts Center, Allyn Schaefer Exhibition, Summit, NJ 3 / 2009
Rivergarden Gallery, "Works On Paper" Juried Exhibition, Denville, NJ 3/ 2009,
Rivergarden Gallery, "LoveArt" Juried Exhibition, Denville, NJ 2/2009
Re-Vision, Four Artists, Art Upstairs,The Community Theatre, Morristown, 2008
Paper Mill Theatre Gallery, MSHAC Juried Show, Millburn, NJ 2008
Ridgewood Art Exhibition, Juried Show, NJ 2008, 2009
Dupre Framing and Gallery, Montclair, NJ 2007, 2008
Tewksbury Historical Society Juried Show, Oldwick, NJ 2006, Honorable Mention 2007, 2008, 2009
Mountain Arts Show, St John of the Mountain, Bernardsville, NJ 2007, 2009
Millburn-Short Hills Art Association, Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ, Best in Show Award 2007, 2009, 2010
Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ Members Show, 2006, Honorable Mention Award, 2007
St Mark's Art Exhibition, Juried Show, Mendham, NJ 2007, 2008
MAST, Chase Gallery, Madison Public Library, Madison, NJ, 5/2007, 6/2010
Art Upstairs Gallery, The Community Theatre, Morristown, NJ, M-SHAC Juried Shows 2007, 2008, 2009
1978 Gallery, Maplewood, NJ, December 2006
Make a Wish Foundation Benefit, November 2006, Short Hills, NJ
Lamington Presbyterian Church, Annual Art Show, Lamington, NJ 2006
Chase Gallery, Shared Enthusiasm, Madison Public Library, Madison, NJ 2006
Art Upstairs Gallery, The Community Theatre, Shared Enthusiasm, Morristown, NJ 2006, 2007
East Street Framing and Gallery, Columbus, NJ
Ferry House Gallery and Restaurant, Princeton, NJ, 2005
Atrium Gallery, Shared Enthusiasm. Morristown, NJ Records Building, 2005
Morristown Memorial Hospital, Shared Enthusiasm, Morristown, NJ 2004
Law Offices, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, 2004, 2005, 2007-8
Collections:
Karen's work is part of private collections in California, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Washington, DC, Maryland, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Florida, and Toronto, Canada.
