Karen Margulis is an award-winning pastel artist who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida. She lives in Marietta, Georgia, USA. After graduation, she went on to Florida Atlantic University to study for her masters in Art Education. However, it wasn’t until 2005 that Karen began painting seriously. She’s a productive daily painter and has a blog where she posts daily. In the course of her work, she estimates that she has completed more than a mile of paper. Karen has studied with Margaret Dyer, Anita Louise West, Albert Handell, Stan Sperlak and Terry Ludwig. And she continues to study with Savage Marsha. Her art hangs in corporate and private collections around the world including Gorgas Library of the University of Alabama, and the caneel Bay Resort located on St. John, USVI. The artist traveled extensively with her family throughout Caribbean and the US and many of her paintings are inspired by her photos and memories of her travels.
In the Southeast, she’s represented by the following fine art galleries: Georgia, High Country Art in Blue Ridge, Frameworks Gallery in Marietta, Georgia, and Bella Vista Fine Art in Asheville, North Carolina. She’s also represented by Primary Elements Gallery in Cannon Beach, Oregon. She’s had work juried into international and regional shows receiving positive reviews and awards. Karen is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America. She’s also a member of the Southeastern Pastel Society. Her medium of choice is pastel and her subjects are mainly landscapes. She’s very Karen is passionate about plein air painting in the Impressionistic style.
