Karen is an artist living in the Texas hill country. She is inspired to paint mainly cattle, horses, buffalo, and western figures. Her work has been shown in galleries and museum shows, and is in many private collections.

Her painting style is realism with a dash of impressionism, especially within the use of color. She says, “I love to use glazing techniques because it brings my oil paintings to life with luminosity. But I’ve recently been inspired to push a stylized quality into my paintings. There are so many contemporary western artists who have paved the way, and my absolute favorite artist right now is Thomas Blackshear, II. His work just blows me away!”

Karen is also a naturally gifted sculptor and regularly creates jewelry with sculpted or painted pendants.