In choosing a subject to paint I often find I’m drawn to water. Of all the elements we find in the landscape it is the one that pulls at my creative heart. Perhaps it is because it is life-giving. Or maybe it’s the ever-changing ... Read More...
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Karen Philpott graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, emphasis in graphic design and illustration. She enjoyed a long career as a graphic designer. Clients included Andy Griffith, Charlie Daniels, Aaron Neville and CeCe Winans to name a few. Then by chance a client asked her to create a series of paintings…that one project re-ignited her original love of painting. Now retired from computers and client meetings to pasture’s and tubes of oil paint! Capturing the beautiful Tennessee landscape is her passion. Her studio is located at OnTrack Studios in beautiful, historic Franklin TN.
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