Karen Cooper Studio

05/23/2025

Good morning! Yes, of course I am painting! But I am ceasing with the FB studio page. Your painting observation opportunities are now at the following:
my website, https://www.karencooperpaintings.com/works
or my instagram page, https://www.instagram.com/karencooperstudio

Can't part this space without a visual though, right?!

02/07/2025

Packing up some paintings to take to Beckman Gallery & Gifts for tonight's "The Sweet Stroll". Stop by and say hi!

01/29/2025

Karen was born and raised in Nebraska, and then moved across the river to live in Iowa. From 2013 thru 2018, Karen lived in Lipetsk, Russia - long enough for the power and beauty of Russian impressionist art to make a potent impact. Study with a talented figurative artist while in Lipetsk, increased the desire/need to draw with substance and clarity, as part of the painting process.
Karen has now returned to live, and paint in Grinnell, Iowa.
Medium of choice continues to be oil, applied with thick loose brush work.
karencooperpaintings.com

01/19/2025

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🍾 Exclusive Champagne & Wine Preview Night (Feb 21).
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Stephen M. Bailey Auditorium @ Plumbers Hall, West Loop

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01/18/2025

I DO get to go south this winter!
March 8-15.
https://www.cityofnewiberia.com/pleinair

11/20/2024

10/23/2024

I knew at the time, I had borderline too much fun painting this one!
Pumphouse Patio, Longmont.
8x10 oil on panel.
AND one of the top 100 Plein Air Salon entries, September 2024.
Category - plein air oil painting.
Pretty exciting, huh?

10/08/2024

Watching The Game With A Guinness.
12x12 oil on panel interior on location.
Painted for Bluff Strokes Plein Air!

https://www.karencooperpaintings.com/workszoom/5818646/watching-the-game-with-a-guiness #/

10/04/2024

1st And Main update.
12x12 oil on panel.
Watching The Game With A Guinness.

10/04/2024

Working lunch :)
Bluff Strokes Patron Party & Art Sale
Bluff Strokes.
1st And Main, Dubuque
Best p&j burger ever.

10/02/2024

Paint Out artists have 2.5 hours to start and finish a painting today! One is at Sacred Heart this morning. Bluff Strokes Art Sale - Free Admission

09/24/2024

The second one was a fun one :) Barbette.
Then I walked over and had a Watermelon Chevre Salad.
Highly recommend.