Artist Karen Garnett makes it a point to paint her landscapes while outdoors.
Though born in Bexar County, Texas and raised in Pennsylvania, she finds endless subject matter in the majestic scenery of the California landscape.
Most of Garnett’s paintings are done onsite, which allows her to “absorb the small details that photographs fail to depict, but that do so much to capture the sense of place.”
Garnett chooses to paint on gessoed panels using a palette knife. To ensure she captures a spontaneous and highly textured image, she works quickly and finishes the first underpainting in one sitting.
A resident of Morgan Hill, Garnett’s art training includes Carnegie Museum and Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Penn. She received a bachelor’s degree from Ohio State and a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
When not painting, she is a technical writer for a graphics IP company.
For more information, visit ksgarnett.com.
Art Around Town
Morgan Hill
• Maurizio’s, 25 E. First St.
• Noah’s Bistro, 17500 Monterey Road
• Sinaloa Café, 17320 Monterey Road
• Fast Frame, 17505 Monterey Road
• Happy Spatula, 17415 Monterey Road
• Betto’s Bistro, 17385 Monterey Road
• Bubbles, 17105 Monterey Road
• Rosy’s at the Beach, 17320 Monterey Road
• The Good Fork, 17340 Monterey Road
• The Hill Bar & Grill, 17330 Monterey Road
• 88 Keys Cafe, 1295 E. Dunne Ave., No. 100
• People & Planet Store, 15750 Vineyard Ave.
Gilroy
• First Street Coffee, 1211 First St.
• Solis Winery, 3920 Hecker Pass Road
