From the time she was five and won her first art competition, Karen was hooked on art. She grew up in South Florida and spent summers in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Both places have fostered her love of the mountains and the seashore, which she expresses in her paintings. After receiving he Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida, she went on to study for her masters in Art Education at Florida Atlantic University. Although she spent the next 18 years raising her two children, she continued to find a creative outlet with...more
