Artist Statement 

Karen is a printmaker working in linocut, woodcut and mono print. Her abstract imagery draws on reflections of domesticity, relationships, memory and story-telling. Each print is unique, with color, pattern, process and mark-making, all playing an integral role. Her intent is to create a situational space that contains a sense of natural beauty and intuitive balance where the eye can rest.

Bio

Karen was born in Buffalo, New York in 1966. She received a BA in Sculpture and Anthropology at Marlboro College in Vermont and later attended Brandies University in Massachusetts to study painting. In 1998, she graduated from the Yale School of Art with an MFA in painting and printmaking. While at Yale, Karen became very interested in Josef and Anni Albers and immediately began teaching Color and Design at Southern CT State University. This experience solidified her interest in this area and has remained a major influence in her painting and prints. Karen has exhibited her work in New England and Germany, most notably at Alpha Gallery in Boston, Bellwether gallery, the Armory Show, DC Moore in NY, and Giampietro Gallery in CT. She was the recipient of a Fine Arts Work Fellowship in Provincetown MA and won a Joan Mitchell Career Enhancement Grant in 2006. She enjoys traveling and teaching and exhibits her work locally and internationally.  Currently, she teaches Printmaking and 2D design and Color at The Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven and Southern CT State University. She resides in Hamden, Ct with her two children and Leo the studio dog/assistant.