For most of her life, Karen has been making art in various forms: weaving, pottery, painting, jewelry, and sewing.  But her love of color and texture won and after being introduced to quilting, she decided to focus on textile art, and it has become a passion.  She collects fabrics in all of her travels and also dyes her own silks and cotton. Her work has been in major national and international shows as well as in corporate & private collections, books, magazines, and calendars.

She also has been teaching art, quilting, and beading to local guilds and on cruise ships for over 15 years, most notably as an artist in residence on an around-the-world cruise on Crystal Serenity.     

While she likes to use hand-dyed and batik fabrics to make bright abstract images, she has trended lately to making quilts featuring people & pets.  It’s very satisfying to capture the spirit of a family member or friend in fabric, or the personality of a cherished pet.