“Landscapes” by Karen Lee Crenshaw opening June 12 @ ArtExposure.

You are invited to an Opening at ArtExposure!
Featuring:
“Landscapes” by Karen Lee Crenshaw
June 12, 2009

6:00-8:00PM
22527 Highway 17, Hampstead, NC

(1/2 mile south of the intersection of Hwy210 and Hwy17)
http://www.artexposure50.com/
910-330-4077

"Autumn Marsh II”
16” x 20”

Karen Lee Crenshaw 2009

To see more work by Karen Lee Crenshaw go to http://www.karenleecrenshaw.com/

Surf City Paint Out Comp Top Notch... Karen and Bernie win top awards...

The Surf City Art Guild did a GREAT job of putting on their first "Art in the Park" Paint Out competition. OOPS artists, Karen Crenshaw and Bernie Rosage, fared well in the competition placing 1st and 2nd respectively.



Kathy of the SFAG awards Olivia Rosage her art kit for her participation in the event.


Susan Cheatham having a great time painting. She placed third.


Below Raleigh artist, Wyn Easton, is pictured with Bernie. Wyn and Bernie have been cyber friends for years as moderators at the online artist community of Wet Canvas. It was great to finally meet in person.



Day One Part One proved windy and rainy... Wyn pictured below cleaning up after his easel took a tumble. Karen spent the first part of the day painting from inside her car. Day One Part Two... the wind shifted, the rain blew out, and the rest of the day was nice with the mix of sun and clouds.


Day Two... Olivia joined the fun and painted several works. There was a playground located at the park to occupy here non-painting time!... how convenient!



A great time had by all!

Then around noon Dean Remington and Mitchell Morton of OOPS showed up to join Karen, Bernie, and Olivia to paint some more for the OOPS October Paint Out... photos coming soon.

Karen Crenshaw Artist Reception this Sunday at 2:30 PM.

Our own OOPS member and friend, Karen Crenshaw, is having a solo art show at the Council for the Arts for the month of October. The exhibit is a collection of oil paintings titled "Coastal Images Revisted" and will run from October 5 through the 31st.

Make sure you plan to attend the opening artist reception this Sunday, October 5, at 2:30 PM at the Council for the Arts at 826 New Bridge St, Jacksonville NC .

Congrats Karen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Orton Plantation" plein air by Karen Crenshaw

Karen won't be able to make the "Paint Out" tomorrow but she did get a chance to paint some beautiful azaleas. Karen did this one last weekend at Orton Plantation.

Meet OOPS Artist... Karen Crenshaw

photo by Thomas Brock

Artist ~ Karen Lee Crenshaw

Karen Lee Crenshaw has been drawing “since she used to scribble on the walls as a child.” As the wife of LtCol Bill Crenshaw, USMCR Ret, she has been a part of the military life for 18 years. She has fourteen-year-old twins, Tom and Kristen, who share her creativity and have also done their share of wall scribbling. The family has lived in Jacksonville for the last eight years where Karen maintains Crenshaw Art Studio in their home at 708 Ireland Court.

Karen has been accepting portrait commissions for a number of years and specializes in portraits of women and children. Her work is traditional and lifelike, yet it maintains a painterly quality. She enjoys providing her clients with an heirloom that will last for many generations. “ I especially love working with children and capturing that innocence that seems to pass so quickly,” the artist says.

When she is not working on portraits, you can find her painting landscapes. “Coastal Images,” her recent one-person show at UNCW, featured scenes from Topsail Island painted from photographs and studies done before the devastation of recent hurricanes. “I am particularly intrigued by the pinkish-blue tones of the early morning light and the amber light of late afternoon. When the sun is low on the horizon, it creates wonderful contrasts of forms and oblique angles and shapes. I’m always looking for a dynamic abstract pattern on which to base the composition,” she explains.

Karen was born in South Dakota and grew up in West Virginia where she obtained a B.S. in Art Education from Concord College. After teaching in Rockbridge County, VA, she returned to her studies at George Washington University in Washington, DC, receiving a Master of Fine Arts in Painting. Her paintings have been exhibited and have won awards in New York City, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and DC.

Karen has a working studio and exhibits her work at ArtExposure in Hampstead, NC. She also has available a number of small watercolors and landscape paintings in her studio. In addition, she has self-published two limited edition lithograph reproductions. “World War II Memorial, Virginia Tech” has been published in a limited edition of 1000 prints and is available for $65.00. “Potomac Sunset,” a water scene near Washington, DC, was published as a limited edition of 400 prints and is available for $50.00.

To commission a portrait, purchase a print, or schedule a studio visit, call her at home, (910) 353-8684, or contact her by email at kcrenshaw@ec.rr.com.

Vist Karen's webpage at http://karenleecrenshaw.com/

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KAREN LEE CRENSHAW
708 Ireland Court

Jacksonville, NC 28546

(910)-353-8684
kcrenshaw@ec.rr.com