Karen Latham is an American
painter
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, residing in
Hastings, Minnesota
Hastings ( ) is a city mostly in Dakota County, Minnesota, Dakota County, Minnesota, of which it is the county seat, with a portion in Washington County, Minnesota, Washington County, Minnesota, United States. It is near the confluence of the M ...
.
[Karen Latham Biography](_blank)
Artists for Conservation Organization. Retrieved October 23, 2008 Latham is most known for her
realistic miniature paintings of wildlife. Latham is the mother of Bonnie and Rebecca Latham, also painters in the same style.
Biography
Karen Latham began painting portraits at the age of 10. As a child she painted with watercolors and acrylics. She has owned the Nature's Palette Gallery in
Hastings, Minnesota
Hastings ( ) is a city mostly in Dakota County, Minnesota, Dakota County, Minnesota, of which it is the county seat, with a portion in Washington County, Minnesota, Washington County, Minnesota, United States. It is near the confluence of the M ...
, where she has held art classes.
She is married to Ken Latham, a chemical engineer at
3M. Latham homeschooled her artistic daughters,
Bonnie,
[Bonnie Latham Biography](_blank)
. Latham Official Website. Retrieved October 23, 2008 and Rebecca, who also live in Hastings.
[Rebecca Latham Biography](_blank)
Artists for Conservation Organization. Retrieved October 23, 2008[Bonnie Latham Biography](_blank)
Artists for Conservation Organization. Retrieved October 23, 2008
Latham paints wildlife, using acrylics, in
naturalist
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, realist, representationism and realism styles. She also makes portraits. Latham and her daughter, Rebecca, illustrated the ''V is for Viking'' (2003) children's book,
and their work was included in the ''P is for Passport'' (2003) book.
Karen won an Award of Excellence for ''In the Light'' at a
Society of Animal Artists
The Society of Animal Artists is an international organization for artists who paint, sculpt, or draw animals and wildlife, founded in 1960.
The Society holds an annual exhibition, "Art & the Animal", which premieres at museum venues. A portion ...
exhibition in 2004. Latham was an award winner at the national 2004 and 2005 Arts for the Parks contests. One of Karen's paintings was selected for the 2008 Illinois Conservation Stamp.
[Karen Latham](_blank)
. Latham Official Website. Retrieved October 23, 2008
Latham women
Latham exhibits with her daughters, all of whom make
realist paintings of wildlife in miniature.
The girls started to paint in earnest about the age of 12 and their works were shown in the family's art gallery, by or before 2000.
Bonnie's painting of a
pintail duck was selected for the 2000 Federal
Junior duck stamp,
[Bonnie is the second girl to win the contest since it began in 1993. Rebecca finished 10th in the adult Federal Duck Stamp competition in 1999 and 2nd in 1998.] The winning stamp was sold for $5 as a collectible stamp.
Rebecca's paintings have been selected for the 2009 Illinois Conservation Stamp
and 2003
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
Turkey Stamp.
[Rebecca Latham Biography](_blank)
. Latham Official Website. Retrieved October 23, 2008
The Latham women's paintings have been shown in the
Smithsonian,
Nature in Art
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museum (UK),
Hiram Blauvelt museum, and the
Gilcrease Museum
Gilcrease Museum, also known as the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, is a museum northwest of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma housing the world's largest, most comprehensive collection of art of the American West, as well as a gr ...
.
In 2007, all three exhibited their work at Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head, North Carolina for the 16th International Miniature Art Show. Their artwork has been featured in numerous art publications
including Wildlife Art magazine and Wildscape Magazine.
[Wildscape Magazine 2006, UK Ken Stroud.] All three women have each been named "artist of the year" by conservation organizations,
[Bonnie Latham.](_blank)
Hadley Art Licensing Company. Retrieved October 23, 2008[Karen Latham.](_blank)
Hadley Art Licensing Company. Retrieved October 23, 2008[Rebecca Latham.](_blank)
Hadley Art Licensing Company. Retrieved October 23, 2008 are members of many
art
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and wildlife societies,
and are signature members of the
Society of Animal Artists
The Society of Animal Artists is an international organization for artists who paint, sculpt, or draw animals and wildlife, founded in 1960.
The Society holds an annual exhibition, "Art & the Animal", which premieres at museum venues. A portion ...
, which means that they participated in 15 or more annual exhibitions.
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External links
Official website
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Hastings, Minnesota
Painters from Minnesota
Artist families
American bird artists
21st-century American women painters
21st-century American painters