Karen Howard (BFA Saint Lawrence University, Master of Architecture Columbia University) practiced architecture in New York and Massachusetts, and landscape design in the greater Boston area before refocusing on painting.  Her creative work includes: drawing, oil and acrylic painting, water color, sculpture, ceramics, apparel design, gardening, landscape design and architecture.  She is currently working with oil, and oil with cold wax, creating representational paintings on canvas and wood panels. .