CURRENT/RECENT SHOWS

I just had 5 small acryic wash paintings on wood of San Francisco islands before settlement accepted to the Tiny Show at Studio Gallery and 4 of my large scale paintings were accepted to a pop up at the Embarcadero benefitting Drawbridge Arts for children of the Tenderloin. These will include the 8 foot piece, Marine Layers, from the Mill Valley installation. I am very proud to be showing work in San Francisco, my hometown. These will all be on view through December.

10 of my large scale, Mexican border and North Carolina paintings have been selected by the Durham Arts Council to show at the Durham Convention Center July-December 2025! I painted Prickly Pear and Yucca especially for this show.

MARINE LAYERS, chosen by the Mill Valley Arts Commission reproduced and installed 8 x 4’ outside the Mill Valley Depot June - September of 2025. Original painting at the Drawing Room San Francisco through September:

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30th FALC Annual Juried Exhibition, juried by Adam Cave. Page-Walker Arts and History Center, Cary, NC through Sept. 5.

February/March/April 2025 (16 works at Gallery Route One and 43 works at DACC):
https://galleryrouteone.org/2025/02/karen-rose-border-paintings/

Thrilled to have this oil painting accepted by North Carolina Opera, in collaboration with Diamante Arts & Cultural Center, to be exhibited along with the magical opera Florencia en el Amazonas by Mexican composer Daniel Catán. A beautiful story, filled with love, transformation, and the wonder of the Amazon, will come to the stage January 31 & February 2, 2025 at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium:

Recently shown at Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, won 2nd place mixed media GOLDEN GATE: