Karen Lembo
Together (2024)
Together. We may not be perfect, but we're getting it done, and we're still standing...together. In this painting, strength and stability...
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Karen Lembo
May 162 min
Cathedral (2024)
Soaring spaces. Stained glass filtering ordinary daylight into an other-worldly display of color, bringing ancient stories to life. A...
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Karen Lembo
May 12 min
Hearts Set Free (2024)
**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...
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Karen Lembo
Apr 31 min
Sanctuary (2024)
You know the feeling: wearily hiking along, the path grows longer than you expected, pines, leaves, stones and needles all merging into a...
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Karen Lembo
Mar 12 min
Blown Away (2024)
In the first of five mixed media paintings in the "Hearts Set Free" series, I revisited the memory of the farm field painted previously...
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Karen Lembo
Feb 12 min
Gwangju Night Alley (2024)
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...
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Karen Lembo
Jan 112 min
I Dreamed I Saw You in Gwangju (2023)
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...
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Karen Lembo
Jan 12 min
Come On, Hope (2023)
The title of my latest painting comes from a poem called "Land of Enchantment" by poet, Marisa Longo. We were recently paired for an...
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Karen Lembo
Aug 29, 20232 min
Me, Age 6 (2023)
During the pandemic, I began to experiment with monoprinting, layering, mixed media and collage, eventually leading to several of the...
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Karen Lembo
May 24, 20232 min
"Emmaus" Walks (2023)
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...
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Karen Lembo
Apr 24, 20232 min
Perseverance, 2023
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...
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Karen Lembo
Apr 3, 20231 min
Beneath the Surface, 2023
Living in a world that tries to paint every situation black or white, right or wrong, everyone feels pressured to choose sides. This...
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Karen Lembo
Jan 30, 20232 min
Reflections After the Storm (2023)
A major storm this past Christmas impacted thousands of travelers and the loved ones waiting to share the holidays with them. Thankfully...
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Karen Lembo
Oct 3, 20222 min
Trinity, 2022
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,...
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Karen Lembo
Aug 30, 20221 min
No Perfect Path (Into the Light, 2022)
I think most artists are insecure like me. No matter how much we've grown and accomplished, we're always wondering, "is this good...
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Karen Lembo
May 2, 20222 min
Change Your Perspective (Torrey Pines, 2021)
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...
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Karen Lembo
Apr 25, 20222 min
The Empty Nest
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...
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Karen Lembo
Apr 18, 20222 min
Two Are Better Than One
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 ...
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Karen Lembo
Apr 11, 20221 min
Lift Up Your Head
Trying something new. This time around, I painted the darkness first--painted most of the canvas black, then I added the light. I worked...
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Karen Lembo
Apr 5, 20222 min
New Beginnings
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:...
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