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The landscape paintings of Karen Mathis portray the interplay of land and
water, often featuring shoreline gardens and boat reflections. Living on one of
the coves off the Tred Avon River on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, she has had
a first hand opportunity to experience the ever-changing personalities of
shoreline during all seasons of the year and times of the day. From the special
quality of light at dawn and dusk to the exciting sparkle of water at
midday-all appear in her paintings. In recent years she has spent most of her
time painting out of doors on location in such varied settings as Connecticut,
Texas, Vermont, and the southwest region of France, (summer, 2005.)
Karen has received awards in both watercolor and oil from such notable judges
as the curator of The Phillips Gallery, Professor of the Corcoran School of
Art, and the Chairman of the Art Department of George Washington University,
all of Washington D.C.
Karen Mathis is an Artist Member of the American Society of Marine Artists,
Plein Air Painters of the Eastern Shore, Oil Painters of America, and is an
Artist Member of the Northwest Watercolor Society. Her works have been
published in numerous books such as The Collected Best of Watercolor and
appeared on the cover of Art Calendar, Tidewater Times, an American Bar
Association meeting brochure, and the American Psychologist journal. Karen
received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Design from George Washington University
in Washington D.C. and a minor in Art History from Southern Methodist
University in Dallas, Texas.
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