Karen Werner will demonstrate her oil painting style at our October 12th meeting. All TAL meetings are held at 7:00 in the TUSD boardroom (300 South C Street Tustin, CA )
To see her work, visit her blog: www.karenwernerart.blogspot.com
KAREN WERNER artist biography
Art has always been a part of Karen's life, having grown up
around paint. Her parents owned a sign company in Orange County
where as a young child she tagged along, watching her father design and hand
letter billboards, showcards and vehicles. The smell of paint and
sawn wood was in the air, and a deep wooden drawer full of Prismacolor pencils
would keep her drawing for hours on the floor of her father’s office.
With the goal of teaching High School art, she completed her
studio work as an art major with a drawing and painting emphasis at California
State University, Fullerton. Meanwhile,
she had begun her own family and teaching younger children appealed to
her. She earned her Bachelors in Liberal Studies, and Masters in Education at Claremont Graduate
University. After teaching elementary school for sixteen years she retired
early to start painting again. She soon dedicated herself to painting
daily, convinced that practice is the key to steady growth as an artist. Karen
launched her blog in 2010 as a way to make her work visible to the public, joining
a vibrant and growing online arts community.
Working in oil and occasionally watercolor, Karen paints a
wide range of subject matter. She enjoys variety and challenge, striving to
paint with versatility whatever inspires her, from the simple to complex.
Her goal is to paint realistically, but in a loose, poetic way. In her home studio she paints from life and occasionally
her photo references. Her plein air work
has taken her to various locations throughout Southern California and the West.
In addition to painting, Karen teaches two day oil workshops
in her home studio. Her teaching ability makes her a sought after demonstrator and
instructor for various Southern California art associations.
Karen has received instruction from accomplished
artists such as: Milford Zornes, Chris Van Winkle, Ratindra Das,
Greg La Rock, Carol Marine, Joseph Todorovitch, Jennifer McChristian, Qiang
Huang and Kim English.
Her paintings have won numerous awards in juried shows and
are held in private collections throughout the United States and
abroad. Karen and her husband live in Upland. She has three grown
children and seven grandchildren.
