• Haywood Arts Council Art Show

    Haywood Arts Council Art Show

    Now exhibiting in the Arts Council art show in downtown Waynesville.
    82 N Main st. Waynesville NC
    Sept 1-Oct 1st.

  • Transylvania Arts Council Art Show

    Transylvania Arts Council Art Show

    Now exhibiting in the Arts Council Show
    Aug26-October 1st in Brevard NC.

  • WELL GALLERY IN KIAWAH SC

    WELL GALLERY IN KIAWAH SC

    WELLS GALLERY IN THE SANCTUARY HOTEL ON KIAWAH HOTEL
    7TH ANNUAL JURIED SHOW

    OPENING JANUARY 18, 2015

  • Art Show at Ananda Ethreal Landscapes

    Art Show at Ananda   Ethreal Landscapes

    NEW ART SHOW

    June 10 -Aug 10th Ananda West, Asheville PAYNE ST

    OPENING RECEPTION JUNE 20TH SATURDAY 7-9 PM

    NEW WORK FROM KAREN KEIL BROWN

    PLEASE STOP BY AND VIEW THE SHOW..

    THANK YOU

  • Art Show at Ananda Ethreal Landscapes

    NEW ART SHOW

    June 10 -Aug 10th Ananda West, Asheville PAYNE ST

    OPENING RECEPTION JUNE 20TH SATURDAY 7-9 PM

    NEW WORK FROM KAREN KEIL BROWN

    PLEASE STOP BY AND VIEW THE SHOW..

    THANK YOU

  • ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS.COUNCIL 2014

    Karen k.brown Is on.the Arts Council board the starting 2014

  • Artist of the Month at the Asheville Gallery of Art.

    Asheville Gallery of Art featuring artist KAREN KEIL BROWN as
    ARTIST of the MONTH in MARCH 2014
    Landscapes in Abstraction
    March 1st - March 30th 2014

    OPENING RECEPTION
    Friday March 7th. 5:30-7:30 pm 2014

    All are welcome

  • AGORA GALLERY , Chelsea, NYC, NY

    KAREN KEIL BROWN

    AGORA GALLERY in Chelsea, NYC , NY is representing 9 original oil/acrylic paintings. Karen will be exhibiting in a group show on

    March 28th, 2014 - April 17th, 2014
    The OPENING ART RECEPTION will be
    Thursday April 3rd, 2014 6-pm-8;00pm

    Everyone is welcome to attend!

    Visit the AGORA ARTIST website for more information AT
    ART-MINE.COM

    The Artist After party is being planned at the Standard Hotel.

  • Shuptrine Gallery, Chattanooga TN

    The Shuptrine Gallery and Gold Leaf Designs
    will be showing new works by Karen Keil Brown
    in Janauray , 2014

  • 2nd Saturday River Arts District

    The RIVER ARTS DISTRICT
    EVERY 2ND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH ARE OPEN STUDIOS

    PLEASE STOP BY PIN DOG CREATIVE STUDIOS
    342 DEPOT ST, ASHEVILLE NC

    #160

  • Art and Culture Magazine

    Karen Keil Brown is featured in an artlcle
    in the November Arts and Culture Magazine
    www.rapidrivermagazine.com

  • BREVARD ART SHOW - ELEMENT SPA

    ELEMENT SPA,
    South French Broad St. Brevard, NC
    will be featuring Artist
    KAREN KEIL BROWN
    "FALL IS IN THE AIR"
    8 ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART ON DISPLAY
    OCTOBER 12th- JANUARY 12, 2014

  • NC Artists of 2013 Raleigh

    The Raleigh Society of Fine Art sponsored the NC Artists of 2013
    at the Progress Energy Center for Performing Arts

    450 art pieces were juried and 70 works of art were selected
    Karen Keil Brown's " Morning Glow" was accepted to the show and
    will exhibited in Raleigh from March 10 - May 3rd

    Congratulations Karen

  • WE ARE MOVING! in the River ARTS district

    Karen K Brown and Larry Turner
    are moving from the Warehouse to

    PINK DOG CREATIVE,,,,,just around the corner in the
    River Arts District...
    342 Depot St, Asheville NC 28801

    Please come by to see our recent works

  • OPEN HOUSE 2ND SATURDAY RIVER ARTS DISTRICT WAREHOUSE STUIOS

    All studios are open at the River Arts District on the
    2nd SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH

    RIVER ARTS DISTRICT
    TURNER BROWN STUDIO GALLERY

    Pink Dog Creative SUITE 160
    342 Depot St
    ASHEVILLE, NC 28801

  • BEST OF WNC ARTIST 2012 ART SHOW

    Karen Keil Brown has been accepted into the juried show
    "Best of WNC Artist 2012
    opening:
    SEPTEMBER 1ST,2012
    RIVER STATION ART GALLERY
    IN THE RIVER ARTS DISTRICT

    Press release coming soon...

  • Artist of the Month at the Asheville Gallery of Art

    Asheville Gallery of Art
    Opening Reception July 6th 5-8pm
    The show 'On the Edge" will be exhibited from
    July 1st to July 31st.

    16 College St, Downtown Asheville NC

  • Asheville Gallery of Art...Karen Keil Brown


    Asheville artist Karen Keil Brown would not do anything else, but she admits that practicing her craft can be a very isolated process. Hours and days on end spent in a studio with little to no human interaction can be both physically and mentally draining.
    The opportunity to bond with other artists is one of the reasons she was drawn to the Asheville Gallery of Art, downtown’s oldest gallery.

    It is a co-op featuring 28 regional artists and a diversified and extensive collection of original paintings, reproductions and notecards.

    While a co-op usually conjures up images of farmers and produce stands, Brown said an cooperation of artists pays dividends for both the artist and the customer.

    “I find it all exciting. I love to be surrounded by other artists. I get energized by other people’s work,” Brown, the organization’s current president, said. “But this approach also allows us to have good prices on our work.”

    Because the participating artists pay dues to cover operating expenses, they take only a small percentage of sales, allowing for reasonably priced art, according to Hendersonville artist John Anderson.

    Lifelong member Cathy Searle began the Asheville Art League in the early 1980s with five other artists. In 1988, they found the gallery’s current location at 16 College St. near Tupelo Honey Café during downtown’s revitalization.

    The group created bylaws that consisted of having rotating committees as well as a set percentage of the space designated for each artist. Artist space in rotated through a lottery system, and each month, a new artist is featured in the window, said Brown.

    The democratic process makes for a pleasant, communal spirit amongst the artist, she said.

    “We are promoting each other. We are all responsible for taking on the tasks of keeping the gallery going. You have to be that way,” she remarked.

    The gallery has openings on the first Friday of each month, two juried shows a year and a healthy waiting list.

    Anderson, who’s been a participant for about four years, said a jury will evaluate whether an artist’s work is accepted, but they look to have varying visions and techniques amongst the 28 participants because it allows for healthy promotion of each artist and no one is cannibalizing each other.

    “So we get good quality art, but it’s not all the same,” he said.

    For more on the gallery, go to ashevillegallery-of-art.com or call 251-5796. Hours are 10-5 Tuesday through Saturday currently, but hours expand during the spring, summer and fall months.

  • Artist Mission Statement


    Creating art for me is a form of meditation. When a landscape painting is going well, It is not so much about the end image for me; it is about being with the painting, inside the painting space. I often get lost in my work, losing a sense of time and specific place. While painting nature: the large open skies, the warm encroaching mountains or the impending storm, I sense calmness, and the action becomes a prayer of gratitude for life. I can only hope that the people who see my work share in some of the feelings I get from painting and find their place of peace. – Karen Keil Brown

  • Karen Keil Brown Rapid River Magazine

    October 2011 — Rapid RiveR aRtS & CULtURe Magazine — Vol. 15, No. 2
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    RAPID RIVER ARTS
    Asheville Artist ....
    inteRvieW With
    Rapid River Magazine: When did you first realize you were an artist?

    Karen Keil Brown: My first aware- ness of creating art was when I was about 7 years old, competing
    in a school art contest. I was so excited when my parents gave me a set of acrylic paints for Christmas at 12 years old and I was hooked! In high school I earned a few dollars for my artistic abilities too, but I knew I was on my way after receiving my BA in Fine Arts from UNC Asheville and awarded the Best in Show of the Senior Art Exhibition. So, somewhere between 7 years old and now, I realized I loved expressing myself through art!
    RRM: Where do you go or what do you do to find inspiration for your work?

    KKB: Life inspires me and I take lots of pho- tographs to capture all the beauty out there! We are a family of photographers/artists!
    My husband and I love to ride bikes on the parkway or downtown for dinner and a sunset! When we travel, I take lots of photos of the sky/ground relationships in different atmospheric moods and incorporate them into my paintings. You don’t need to look too far to find inspira- tion in Asheville!

    RRM: Could you tell us some more about your work?

    KKB: My creative time starts in the evening in my studio at home, music playing in the background and maybe a glass of wine! I work in acrylic and oil paint on canvas. I have a passion for color, form and move- ment. I would describe my style as ethereal, (light and airy), with warm colors that wash over the rolling landscape. Sometimes it’s
    a spontaneous composition with a spiritual peace that transcends the viewer to a restful space or the blue ridge mountains set in a morning light with a misty fog ascending with the day.
    RRM: How do you see that thread in terms of time from when you first started creating art to today? Are there sudden shifts in your style or material?
    KKB: After college, married and raising 3 lovely artistic daughters, I made it a chal- lenge to paint in between nap times, but I continued to paint and teach art to our children and in the school system. I am in- fluenced by modern art and the impression-

    Artist Karen Keil Brown creates fine art original paintings.
    istic artists: Monet, Renoir, Manet, and Van Gogh. Some people say my work reminds them of J.M. William Turner, a late 1800’s landscape artist. That’s cool!
    After using acrylic paint for many years, I have recently changed to oil water soluble
    interviewed by denniS rAy
    Karen Keil Brown
    paint because I needed a smoother softer effect the oil lends to my landscapes. I don’t set out to conform to a specific style; rather I use my own experiences to create a way of seeing and a style of my own.
    RRM: What inspires you to keep creating art and how do you keep motivated when things get tough ‘in the studio?
    KKB: Four years ago, I joined a co-op gallery, the Asheville Gallery of Art. I love to create art and sell/share my work with others which motivates me to keep painting. I keep
    inspired and encouraged by my family and friends who support me through my creative process. Especially when I reach a point of saturation and I am unable to come up with anything new! Yikes!
    Just getting away from my work for even a couple of hours can do wonders for my creative juices. Just chill. Turn up the music and relax my mind and body and the rest will take care of itself. By the grace of God, I have been privileged to create and sell my work. I try to keep humble as I know I have a long way to go. If people like my art work, great. If they don’t, well, maybe they will next year! Life is a journey of discovery, so bring it on!
    Painting by Karen K. Brown
    Karen K. Brown, KB art Studio 10 Beaver Creek Lane, asheville, nC (828) 231-0617, kcaabrown@gmail.com www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com