Karen Lembo

Together. We may not be perfect, but we're getting it done, and we're still standing...together. In this painting, strength and stability...

Soaring spaces. Stained glass filtering ordinary daylight into an other-worldly display of color, bringing ancient stories to life. A...

**Note: Hover over each image to see its title. Click the image for more information. When I began this series of 6 mixed media pieces, I...

You know the feeling: wearily hiking along, the path grows longer than you expected, pines, leaves, stones and needles all merging into a...

In the first of five mixed media paintings in the "Hearts Set Free" series, I revisited the memory of the farm field painted previously...

One evening, on a recent trip to Gwangju, South Korea to visit my daughter and her family, we visited an art café and stopped to take in...

I never imagined I would visit a land so distant as Korea. I was raised in a typical suburban environment in upstate New York, on...

The title of my latest painting comes from a poem called "Land of Enchantment" by poet, Marisa Longo. We were recently paired for an...

During the pandemic, I began to experiment with monoprinting, layering, mixed media and collage, eventually leading to several of the...

I want to tell you the story of how this painting came to be. You see, it is a story of transformation, much like my own personal...

This tree is thriving on a gorgeous sunny day on Assateague Island here on the Eastern Shore, but its shape records the battles it has...

Living in a world that tries to paint every situation black or white, right or wrong, everyone feels pressured to choose sides. This...

A major storm this past Christmas impacted thousands of travelers and the loved ones waiting to share the holidays with them. Thankfully...

I've spent a lot of time this past year chasing light, trying to capture in my work the glory of what I see in the midst of my everyday,...

I think most artists are insecure like me. No matter how much we've grown and accomplished, we're always wondering, "is this good...

I live on the east coast, where the highest vantage point you'll have looking out towards the ocean is a sand dune. I was so intrigued by...

Well, it's taking a little longer for me than for some others--my children are a bit widely spaced. But one by one they are flying the...

I recently won first place for this painting in the Salisbury Art Space's April show "New Beginnings." The judge told me her eye was ...

Trying something new. This time around, I painted the darkness first--painted most of the canvas black, then I added the light. I worked...

At first I thought this painting was about the trees, but as I worked, it was about the path...and so much more. It's about the process:...