Kitchel installing "Rose Parade Confidential"
installed at Claremont Museum of Art
2021
each panel 10”x10”, mixed media/canvas
Visitors at opening of "Furious Garden"
installed at Claremont Museum of Art
2021
pictured: “Three Sisters” by Karen Kitchel
Karen Kitchel
2021 Ventura, CA
Artist's Ventura studio
2021
Looking for Water in Patagonia, #1-12
2021; 12”x12”each, oil/wood
installed in artist’s Ventura studio
work in progress
Ventura studio 2018
Terra Incognita
Kitchel putting finishing touches on this group of 5 monumental landscape details.
Horizonlines #6, 7, 8
2016; 40”x 20” each
asphalt emulsion, tar, oil, wax, powdered pigments, shellac/canvas
in Ventura Studio 2016
Riverside Art Museum, "Land/Sky"November 2016
American Grasslands; Prairie, Pasture, Grass and Lawn
collection the Palm Springs Art Museum
1998-2000; 20 of 112 panels total
oil/wood, 12"x12" each
Train Track Walk
2000-2001; oil on mdf panel, 96 panels, 16" high, 2"-8" varying widths
Photo shows installation at Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Permanent collection of U.S. State Department, American Embassy, Yerevan, Armenia
American Grasslands; Prairie, Pasture, Crop and Lawn
collection the Denver Art Museum; funds provided by the Contemporary Realism Group
1998-2000; 20 of 112 panels total
oil/wood, 12"x12" each
Natural Order
Solo exhibition at Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO 2007
oil/wood, variable dimensions
Jacobs' Fig
1990; oil & acrylic/canvas; 96"x72"
collection the Palm Springs Art Museum;
acquisition 2013, gift of John and Linda Seiter
Seasonal Overture
Installation part of "Beneath Grass and Sky" 2008, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
40 oil/wood panels, each 12"x12"
Various private and public collections
Hiss
12 oil/wood panels, each 9"x23"; part of exhibition "Southwest Anthems; Landscapes of a Region" 2014
permanent collection the Tucson Art Museum; acquisition made possible with museum funds
Work In Context