Studio –   Onancock, Virginia

About the Artist – A native of Germany, she came to the Eastern Shore in 1966.  She and her family settled in Onancock. Always interested in the Arts, she entered the “Undiscovered Artists Show” in 1979, sponsored be the Eastern Shore Art League, and won Best in Show with her textured oil painting.  In 1980 she helped promote Onancock’s 300 year anniversary by designing and marketing a t-shirt and bumper sticker.  In the late 80’s she helped design and create costumes and sets for the Madrigal Singers, the Trawler Dinner Theater, Eastern Shore’s Own Theater Group, and the ESO logo.  When not painting oil or watercolor, Karen devotes much of her free time now to create her own unique style of hand built, award winning pottery.  Mostly self-taught, credits for guidance belong to art teachers, Jack Johnson, Glen Linton and especially to the Shore’s resident potter, Elizabeth Hunt.