Karen lives and works in Newburyport, Ma. She is an award-winning watercolorist that holds Signature memberships in Philadelphia Water Color Society, Watercolor USA Honor Society, the North East Watercolor Society and The Rhode Island Watercolor Society. Karen was selected to exhibit online with the American Watercolor Society’s Associate Show, 2023. She was also awarded membership to the selective Academic Artists Association of Traditional Realism. A master Artist of the Newburyport Art Association, she has been a featured artist for the National Women’s Association, NY. Karen is also an accomplished photographer exhibiting her pieces regionally and with NAWA. She is a member of both NAWA chapters, NY and MA. Her work reflects her, emotional experiences, observations and connections with her surroundings of the landscape and the individuals she encounters.