CURRENT/RECENT SHOWS

Several of my large scale SF Bay 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. The show was curated by Evelisa Genova - Curator, & Executive Director of Drawbridge and Dorka Keehn - Curator, Independent Art Consultant, & Founder of Keehn on Art. Tickets are free (rsvp link), donations allowed. 50% of works purchased will be donated to @drawbridge.youth.arts and tax deductible.

I had 5 small acrylic wash paintings on wood of San Francisco islands before settlement accepted to the Tiny Show at Studio Gallery! The show will run from Friday, November 7th - Monday, December 22nd. There will be 2 receptions:  Sunday, Nov 9th, 12-6 and a second reception to celebrate the gallery's 22nd anniversary on Sunday, Dec 7th, 12-6.  STUDIO Gallery 1641 Pacific Avenue (between Polk & Van Ness) San Francisco, CA 94109 * 415.931.3130 www.STUDIOGallerySF.com Thursday - Monday 12-6

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: