Jazz Cafe | Commissioned Paintings | Ceramics | Watercolor Paintings Oil Paintings | Acrylic Painting | Still Life | Fine Art Bio Oil Painting 2005--- Karen is back in the studio and oil painting again. Some of her latest works are paintings of musicians , portraits, still life and Tuscany. Click here for a full bio. While attending college in Switzerland in 1986 and painting in Monet's gardens, Karen also became greatly influenced by the Impressionist and Post Impressionist movements. She was drawn to the bright colors and large strokes of Monet and Van Gough, therefore they became her favorite artists.

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