Born the fourth of seven children and raised on a farm near Barrhead,
Alberta. Karoll's fascination with her rural environment, was the source of
inspiration for much of her artwork. She began honing her skills from the time
she was nine. Competing against adults in all creative endeavors, winning
numerous competitions and prize money. She enrolled in adult art classes at the
age of twelve. As a teenager, she enrolled in a landscape course and life
drawing courses through the University of Alberta's extended programs.
By the time she was in her early twenties, she had successfully conducted her
own shows. Selling most of her creations this way. She has been successful
marketing and selling her paintings and sketches to clients in Australia,
Europe, North and Central America, and Asia.
Due to the demands of time in researching and creating her paintings, she
chooses very carefully, gallery representation. One of the few galleries she has
worked with is Picture This gallery in Sherwood Park, Alberta. They have a very
positive attitude and excellent staff. As of August 2001, Picture This gallery
showed and sold Karoll's paintings in six of the eight shows. Selling a total of
eight originals.
Karoll has sold over sixteen original paintings and pencil drawings to private
and corporate collectors just in the last two years. Considering she does only
original creations, this is phenomenal. That's an average of one painting sold
per month.
She has also sold her originals through the prestigious Western Art Gallery at
the Calgary Stampede.
She has done portraits of people, (including children), feline, canine, and her
favorite, horses.
However, it's her incredible landscapes that seem to capture the admiration of
her clients. She has a distinctive style and subject matter that has collectors
anxiously awaiting the next piece. Thus, most of her paintings sell shortly
after they are completed.
Karoll's passion for North America's incredible beauty will indeed inspire more
and greater landscape paintings for her growing list of admiring collectors.
Picture This
framing & gallery is an authorized representative for:
The Greenwich Workshop, Millpond Press, Somerset House,
The Western Lights Artists Group,
The Artist's Garden, Clearwater Publishing and other Fine Art publishers
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