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Karen Brenner specializes in painting beautiful moments in the lives of horses. She enjoys traveling to horse farms and equine events to photograph horses of every breed. Capturing horses at work and rest, and -- their favorite -- grazing, Karen creates intimate compositions with vibrant, realistic, colors. She recently completed a coffee table book, Beautiful Moments in the Lives of Horses, which features many of her favorite paintings and photographs.

With the goal of traveling to every state in the USA to photograph horses, Karen is working on her third "Beautiful Horses of...," focusing on Michigan in 2008. You will find photos from her first two state series, Texas and Ohio, on her website. She also does commissions for people who would like a painting of their own horse.

Karen is included in Pony Boy's book, Of Women and Horses--More Expressions of the Magical Bond. Her painting, Parallel Pair - Two from Casa Lusitana, was featured in Dressage Today magazine. Her work has also been included in Equine Vision Magazine and on the covers of Horseman's Corral and Horse Lover's Gifts and Chamisa Ridge's catalogs.

Karen's paintings have been displayed in the Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit and in the American Academy of Equine Art's Fall Show. She is a member of the Equine Art Guild.

As a member of the Ohio Horsemen's Council, Karen enjoys trail riding with her three quarter horses and training her young Andalusian mare. She lives in Wooster, Ohio with her husband, Will.

Karen has a BFA and a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.