“Among her greatest joys was her 33 years of involvement with Young Audiences of Virginia! She served on the Board of Directors for numerous years and as President. She loved Young Audiences’ creative offerings annually to involve children in the arts.” Obituary for Jean Hogge Shackelford Arts for Learning mourns the loss while celebrating the […]
About Me
A lifelong artist, Karen Spaulding specializes in “plein air” art, the act of painting outside, and especially loves painting botanicals. Her work has been exhibited and sold in several galleries along the Gulf Coast and Virginia. After earning her BFA at the University of Michigan’s School of Art & Design, she ran her own freelance graphic design business for more than 20 years. Karen is a member of the Virginia Watercolor Society, the American Society of Botanical Artists, Virginia Plein Air Painters, Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists and currently instructs plein air courses at the Charles Taylor Visual Arts Center in Hampton.