Gallery With A Cause • Located in the New Mexico Cancer Center • Benefitting the NMCC Foundation
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Biography
Karen Benelli has been an artist most of her life. She has lived in many parts of the world and began her formal training as a teenager living in Turkey. She attended classes in art from the University of Rome and continued her art education while living in San Antonio, Texas and Los Alamos, NM. Karen has remained an active artist, working creatively over the last 20 + years.
While living in San Antonio her paintings were represented by the gallery, Art Inc. Upon moving to Los Alamos, NM in 1994, Karen was the owner of Cafe Allegro, where she displayed her work, along with supporting many other local artists. She has sold her pieces at art shows and fairs, and she has been the recipient of numerous awards. Karen now resides in Bernalillo, NM and is certified as a New Mexico True Artist.
Karen's paintings are both intricately detailed and abstract. Her subject matter ranges from the natural world to landscapes and reflections on the cosmos. Karen seeks to tell a story of dreams and fantasies, a serene world with a love of color and shapes. She invites the viewer to focus on certain details while exploring the succession of shapes and images on the same plane. Karen's paintings carry a personal message that conveys a work that is restful, festive and ordinary, beautiful, and mysterious.