Artist Statement: Biblical Birds is a series that explores the spaces between temporality and spirituality, between that which is passing and that which is lasting. The birds in this work stand in for man, as arbiters between the material and spiritual worlds. The abstracted botanical imagery and stitched twigs remind us of that which is fragile and we cannot hold on to. Scriptural passages in both English and Hebrew reference man’s efforts to understand and be guided through the present time with eternity in mind.
Bio: Karen received a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting and drawing from Texas Womans University in 1992, where she received honors, including Liquitex Excellence in Art University Award and Nomination for Outstanding University Graduate Student. She has taught studio art as well as art history at Texas Womans University, Mountain View College in Dallas and at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Her work has been exhibited in one and two-person shows at The Art Museum of Southeast, TX, the Old Jail Art Museum in Albany, TX, Texas Wesleyan University, Tennessee Tech. University, Sam Houston State University, Texas State University, University of Dallas, Southern Methodist University, Brookhaven College, Eastfield College, Glance Gallery in Raleigh, Rock Hill Center for the Arts as well as many private galleries. The Handley Hicks Gallery in Fort Worth, TX, represented her work for over 10 years.
After moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2001, her work was shown in exhibits at the Mint Museum of Art, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Target Gallery in Alexandria, VA, Gallery 5 and The Dalton Gallery in Rock Hill, SC, Blowing Rock Gallery, Blowing Rock, NC, Raleigh Contemporary Gallery and Glance Gallery, Raleigh, NC, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA, Blue Spiral 1 in Asheville, NC, Providence Gallery and Christ Church Gallery in Charlotte, Atherton Mill in Charlotte for Carolinas Got Art with selected work traveling throughout the Carolinas, and Elder Gallery in Charlotte for Carolina's Got Art. Since moving to Florida, her work has been jurored into the Valdosta National Exhibition at Valdosta State University, Georgia, and the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern University.
Karen has served as juror for organizations in Texas and in North Carolina, including city art programs, art associations, leagues and guilds, national college programs, and private business concerns. She has curated exhibits in both college and private gallery settings, held offices in art organizations, such as the National Women's Caucus for Art, and received regional acclaim for her work in Texas publications.
Karen moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016, where she works from her home studio.
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