My art reflects my faith in imagination and intuition, and my fascination with the natural world. Painting provides the pathway for my ideas and visions to travel from the realm of imagination and spirit to the world of the tangible. When I begin a work, I don't know how it will end, but everything I have seen and experienced flows into the outcome. I see each piece as an interaction -- a conversation -- between the evolving painting and myself. This approach to creating art is extremely personal -- each piece is a unique result of who I am and how I relate to the world around me.

Although I was born to artist parents, and showed some early interest in drawing and painting, I did not give in to the urge to paint seriously until the mid-1980s. I graduated from the University of Montana with a degree in forestry, a reflection of the love of the outdoors that I learned from my father at an early age. In 1976, a job with the Forest Service took me from Montana to Boise, Idaho where, daunted by the prospects of having to move to Washington D.C. for a promotion, I eventually went to work for IBM. I started as a systems engineer, but quickly realized I was more interested in working with people than machines, and switched to being a sales rep. In 1985, I married my husband Al, and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I began to paint. After only a couple of years I started showing and selling my work. In 1991, Al and I moved to Colorado. Finally, in 1997, after 17 very educational years, I left IBM to devote my time to my art.

Today, I live and work outside Castle Rock, Colorado where my studio is surrounded by open space and inspirational views. From my windows I can see from Pike's Peak to Long's Peak, a 90-mile stretch of the Colorado Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. It's a good life, and I am truly grateful to be living it this way.

Karen’s artwork is in both private and corporate collections. She is exclusively
represented in North America by:

West Bay Fine Art
PO Box 1059
Missouri City, Texas 77459-1059
westbayfineart@verizon.net