Karen Lynn IngallsKaren Lynn Ingalls is a working Napa Valley artist and California credentialed teacher whose artwork, including paintings, drawings, collages, and life-sized painted sculptures, have been exhibited, and can be found in collections, on both west and east coasts of the United States.
Karen lives and paints in the mountains near Calistoga, California. She began as a figure drawer and painter, but began painting endangered landscapes – places threatened by development – as she worked with others to save a threatened wetlands area in Monterey County. Enchanted by the land, its colors, and its spirit, she continues painting colorist landscapes of rural California. Artist's StatementSkies cloud up; the clouds bring rain to a thirsty earth. The roots of trees, vines, and grasses search for the water and draw it up and in. The trees, the vines, the grasses turn to the sky, hungry for light, breathing in the sun's benediction. Everywhere you turn, there is more than meets the eye. The world is alive. It breathes; it grows, in all seasons. Everywhere you turn, everything is alive - it is all alive.
My mission as a painter is to see the life and paint it. It is that simple, and that challenging. The magic happens when you see the life, too. When my paint on the canvas stirs recognition in you, when life calls to life, when color stirs memory, when shapes of light and dark call up the joy, the spirit, the deepest sense of the sacred in you - that is the magic of art. ResumeSelected Exhibitions
2013 Ekphrasis, Calistoga, California. Group show. Yountville Arts Presents Napa Valley Open Studios Artists, Yountville, California. Invitational. 2012 Miniatures Show, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, California. Juried show. The Sketchbook Project 2012 World Tour, Brooklyn Art Library. Traveling exhibition in places including Brooklyn, NY; Chicago, IL; Portland, OR; Vancouver, Canada; Los Angeles, CA; Oakland, CA; Lynn, MA; Portland, ME; Toronto, Canada; Philadelphia, PA; and Atlanta, GA. |
 Karen Lynn Ingalls with detail of "Knights Valley Autumn" • photo © 2010 Nathan Ingalls  Karen Lynn Ingalls painting "Sunset Meadow" • photo © 2009 Karen Lynn Ingalls
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2011–2012
Calistoga Art Center presents Calistoga Artists. Calistoga Visitors' Center, Calistoga, California. Group show.
Napa Valley Open Studios, St. Helena, California. Juried.
Yountville Arts Presents Napa Valley Open Studios Artists, Yountville, California. Invitational.
2011 Yountville Autumn Invitational Show and Sale, Yountville, California. Invitational.
Simple Pleasures, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
Land, Trees, Skies, Vines, Westin Hotel, Napa, Solo show.
Calistoga Paintout, Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, California.
2009–2010 Simple Pleasures, Napa Senior Center, Napa, California. Solo show.
2009 Land, Trees, Skies, Vines, Arrowood Winery, Glen Ellen, California. Solo show.
2008–2010 Napa Valley Artists’ Open Studios Show, Rutherford, California. Group show.
2008 Five by Eight, Calistoga, California. Invitational photography show.
2007–2010 Paintings of Karen Lynn Ingalls and Molly Corbett Kruse, Offices of State Senator Pat Wiggins,
Sacramento, California. Duo show.
2007 The Gates of Heaven, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
Peanuts on Parade: Snoopy’s “Joe Cool” Summer, Santa Rosa, California. Group public art exhibition.
2006 Peanuts on Parade: The Summer of Woodstock, Santa Rosa, California. Group public art exhibition.
Land, Trees, Sky, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
2005–2006 Napa Valley Artists’ Open Studios Show, Rutherford, California. Group show.
2005 Peanuts on Parade: It’s Your Town, Charlie Brown, Santa Rosa, California. Group public art exhibition.
Land, Trees, Sky, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
Flying Fish of the Napa River, various locations, including Copia, Napa, and the Napa Valley Museum,
Yountville. Invitational show.
2004 California Landscapes, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
2003 Celebration, Healdsburg, California. Juried show.
Fortune, Santa Rosa, California. Juried show.
Portraits, Sebastopol, California. Juried show.
Moved by the Land, Santa Rosa, California. Juried show.
2002 Endangered Landscapes III, at An Evening with Barry Lopez, Monterey, California. Group show.
2001–2004 Focus on Elkhorn Slough, CTB/McGraw-Hill, Monterey, California. Invitational.
2001 Three Americas, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York City, New York. Juried show.
Artists Equity Coast to Coast, Harmony Hall, Fort Washington, Maryland. Juried show.
Three Americas, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey. Juried show.
Endangered Landscapes II, Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, California. Group show.
The Romance of Books, Carmel, California. Solo show.
2000 Endangered Landscapes, Elkhorn Slough Foundation Online Art Gallery, www.elkhornslough.org.
Monterey County Artists Studio Tour 2000, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California. Group show.
Endangered Landscapes, Monterey County Courthouse, Salinas, California. Group show.
Artwork of Karen Lynn Ingalls, Mary Cayce, and Richard Houston, Seaside, California. Group show.
1999–2001 Artists Equity Group Show, Sunset Center, Carmel, California. Group show.
33rd, 34th, and 35th Annual Juried Competitives, Seaside City Hall, Seaside, California. Juried show.
Local Essence: SCAL Members Show, Santa Cruz Members Show, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz,
California. Group show.
1999 Santa Cruz Art League 69th Annual Statewide Exhibit, Santa Cruz, California. Juried show.
Los Gatos Art Association Annual Open Juried Show, Los Gatos, California. Juried show.
Art of the Ordinary, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California. Juried show.
Art as Healing: Icons of Transformation, Salinas, California. Solo show.
1998 Food Glorious Food, Sebastopol, California. Juried show.
1976 Artrium. Santa Rosa, California. Juried show.
Selected Awards
2008 People’s Choice Award for Best Yellows, Mustard Art Fete, Calistoga, California.
2001 Second place award, Painting, 34th Annual Juried Competitive, Seaside City Hall, Seaside, California.
Juror: Richard Bennett.
1999 First Place award, Traditional Wine Label Design, Sonoma County Harvest Fair, Santa Rosa, California.
Juror: Darrell Perry.
Second place award, Oils and Acrylics category, Los Gatos Art Association Annual Open Juried Show,
Seaside City Hall, Seaside, California. Jurors: Diane Wallace and Michael Linstrom.
1976 Dorothy K. Fish Memorial Scholarship for Art, awarded by Art Department, Santa Rosa Junior College,
Santa Rosa, California.
Education
Teaching Credential in Art and English, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, 1988.
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 1984.
B.A., magna cum laude, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, 1984.
A.A., summa cum laude, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California, 1976.
Selected Bibliography
2008 Chick Harrity. "The Women of Open Studios" (photograph), Calistoga Tribune, September 2008.
2007 Snoopy’s “Joe Cool” Summer: Santa Rosa’s Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, City of Santa Rosa
and The Charles M. Schulz Museum, July 2007.
2006 Summer of Woodstock: Santa Rosa’s Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, City of Santa Rosa
and The Charles M. Schulz Museum, July 2006, p. 51, p. 53.
Harrity, Chick. (photograph) Calistoga Tribune, August 2006.
2005 Napa Valley Artists’ Open Studios Map and Artist Directory for 2005, Arts Council Napa Valley, 2005,
cover painting.
It’s Your Town, Charlie Brown: Santa Rosa’s Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, City of Santa Rosa
and The Charles M. Schulz Museum, July 2005.
2004 Lynch, Mike. “When landscapes come to life: The story of a now thriving artist,” The Weekly Calistogan,
January 8, 2004, pp. A1–A3.
2001 Wirt, Linda. “An Interview with Karen Lynn Ingalls,” AOL Creative Arts Newsletter, February, March, April, 2001.
2000 Sappington, Lynda. “Endangered Landscapes: Exhibit Calls Attention to Land Threatened by Development,”
Art Voices, www.artfaces.com, November/December 2000.
Givens, Sarah. “North County’s Colors,” Monterey County Coast Weekly, September 21–27, 200, p. 48.
Nichols, Kathryn McKenzie. “Endangered Landscapes,” Monterey County Herald, September 8, 2000,
pp. D1–D4.
Nordstrand, Dave. “A slough of scenes,” Salinas Californian, September 2, 2000, pp. 1E–2E.
1999 Givens, Sarah. “Artists unite to preserve slough,” San Jose Mercury News, December 20, 1999, pp. 1B–2B.
Givens, Sarah. “Painting in protest: Elkhorn Slough artists hope their canvases can help stem development,”
Monterey County Coast Weekly, October 14–20, 1999, pp. 38–39.
Peterson, Diane. “Amateur winemakers’ labels reflect their humorous, humble origins,” Santa Rosa Press
Democrat.
Other
2008–2010 Radio interviews on “Kellie in the Morning,” on KVYN 99.3 FM and KVON 1440 AM.
Interviewed by Kellie Fuller.
2008–2010 Artist-in-residence at Graeser Winery, Calistoga, California
2001– present Taught classes and workshops in acrylic painting, landscape painting, abstract landscape painting,
drawing and sketching, block printing, collage painting, mixed media, portrait painting, relief printing,
and other art forms.
2001–2011 Gave demonstrations of landscape painting, block printing, and mixed media, in Carmel, Santa Rosa,
Calistoga, and Napa, California, including at Napa County Fair.
2000 Visiting Artist, “Elkhorn Slough,” CTB/McGraw-Hill’s Art in the Schools program,
North Monterey County High School, Castroville, California.
Radio interview on “Art After Lunch,” on KAZU 90.3 FM. Interviewed by John McNally, November 20, 2000.
Calistoga Art Center presents Calistoga Artists. Calistoga Visitors' Center, Calistoga, California. Group show.
Napa Valley Open Studios, St. Helena, California. Juried.
Yountville Arts Presents Napa Valley Open Studios Artists, Yountville, California. Invitational.
2011 Yountville Autumn Invitational Show and Sale, Yountville, California. Invitational.
Simple Pleasures, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
Land, Trees, Skies, Vines, Westin Hotel, Napa, Solo show.
Calistoga Paintout, Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, California.
2009–2010 Simple Pleasures, Napa Senior Center, Napa, California. Solo show.
2009 Land, Trees, Skies, Vines, Arrowood Winery, Glen Ellen, California. Solo show.
2008–2010 Napa Valley Artists’ Open Studios Show, Rutherford, California. Group show.
2008 Five by Eight, Calistoga, California. Invitational photography show.
2007–2010 Paintings of Karen Lynn Ingalls and Molly Corbett Kruse, Offices of State Senator Pat Wiggins,
Sacramento, California. Duo show.
2007 The Gates of Heaven, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
Peanuts on Parade: Snoopy’s “Joe Cool” Summer, Santa Rosa, California. Group public art exhibition.
2006 Peanuts on Parade: The Summer of Woodstock, Santa Rosa, California. Group public art exhibition.
Land, Trees, Sky, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
2005–2006 Napa Valley Artists’ Open Studios Show, Rutherford, California. Group show.
2005 Peanuts on Parade: It’s Your Town, Charlie Brown, Santa Rosa, California. Group public art exhibition.
Land, Trees, Sky, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
Flying Fish of the Napa River, various locations, including Copia, Napa, and the Napa Valley Museum,
Yountville. Invitational show.
2004 California Landscapes, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
2003 Celebration, Healdsburg, California. Juried show.
Fortune, Santa Rosa, California. Juried show.
Portraits, Sebastopol, California. Juried show.
Moved by the Land, Santa Rosa, California. Juried show.
2002 Endangered Landscapes III, at An Evening with Barry Lopez, Monterey, California. Group show.
2001–2004 Focus on Elkhorn Slough, CTB/McGraw-Hill, Monterey, California. Invitational.
2001 Three Americas, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York City, New York. Juried show.
Artists Equity Coast to Coast, Harmony Hall, Fort Washington, Maryland. Juried show.
Three Americas, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey. Juried show.
Endangered Landscapes II, Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, California. Group show.
The Romance of Books, Carmel, California. Solo show.
2000 Endangered Landscapes, Elkhorn Slough Foundation Online Art Gallery, www.elkhornslough.org.
Monterey County Artists Studio Tour 2000, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California. Group show.
Endangered Landscapes, Monterey County Courthouse, Salinas, California. Group show.
Artwork of Karen Lynn Ingalls, Mary Cayce, and Richard Houston, Seaside, California. Group show.
1999–2001 Artists Equity Group Show, Sunset Center, Carmel, California. Group show.
33rd, 34th, and 35th Annual Juried Competitives, Seaside City Hall, Seaside, California. Juried show.
Local Essence: SCAL Members Show, Santa Cruz Members Show, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz,
California. Group show.
1999 Santa Cruz Art League 69th Annual Statewide Exhibit, Santa Cruz, California. Juried show.
Los Gatos Art Association Annual Open Juried Show, Los Gatos, California. Juried show.
Art of the Ordinary, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California. Juried show.
Art as Healing: Icons of Transformation, Salinas, California. Solo show.
1998 Food Glorious Food, Sebastopol, California. Juried show.
1976 Artrium. Santa Rosa, California. Juried show.
Selected Awards
2008 People’s Choice Award for Best Yellows, Mustard Art Fete, Calistoga, California.
2001 Second place award, Painting, 34th Annual Juried Competitive, Seaside City Hall, Seaside, California.
Juror: Richard Bennett.
1999 First Place award, Traditional Wine Label Design, Sonoma County Harvest Fair, Santa Rosa, California.
Juror: Darrell Perry.
Second place award, Oils and Acrylics category, Los Gatos Art Association Annual Open Juried Show,
Seaside City Hall, Seaside, California. Jurors: Diane Wallace and Michael Linstrom.
1976 Dorothy K. Fish Memorial Scholarship for Art, awarded by Art Department, Santa Rosa Junior College,
Santa Rosa, California.
Education
Teaching Credential in Art and English, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, 1988.
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 1984.
B.A., magna cum laude, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, 1984.
A.A., summa cum laude, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California, 1976.
Selected Bibliography
2008 Chick Harrity. "The Women of Open Studios" (photograph), Calistoga Tribune, September 2008.
2007 Snoopy’s “Joe Cool” Summer: Santa Rosa’s Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, City of Santa Rosa
and The Charles M. Schulz Museum, July 2007.
2006 Summer of Woodstock: Santa Rosa’s Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, City of Santa Rosa
and The Charles M. Schulz Museum, July 2006, p. 51, p. 53.
Harrity, Chick. (photograph) Calistoga Tribune, August 2006.
2005 Napa Valley Artists’ Open Studios Map and Artist Directory for 2005, Arts Council Napa Valley, 2005,
cover painting.
It’s Your Town, Charlie Brown: Santa Rosa’s Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, City of Santa Rosa
and The Charles M. Schulz Museum, July 2005.
2004 Lynch, Mike. “When landscapes come to life: The story of a now thriving artist,” The Weekly Calistogan,
January 8, 2004, pp. A1–A3.
2001 Wirt, Linda. “An Interview with Karen Lynn Ingalls,” AOL Creative Arts Newsletter, February, March, April, 2001.
2000 Sappington, Lynda. “Endangered Landscapes: Exhibit Calls Attention to Land Threatened by Development,”
Art Voices, www.artfaces.com, November/December 2000.
Givens, Sarah. “North County’s Colors,” Monterey County Coast Weekly, September 21–27, 200, p. 48.
Nichols, Kathryn McKenzie. “Endangered Landscapes,” Monterey County Herald, September 8, 2000,
pp. D1–D4.
Nordstrand, Dave. “A slough of scenes,” Salinas Californian, September 2, 2000, pp. 1E–2E.
1999 Givens, Sarah. “Artists unite to preserve slough,” San Jose Mercury News, December 20, 1999, pp. 1B–2B.
Givens, Sarah. “Painting in protest: Elkhorn Slough artists hope their canvases can help stem development,”
Monterey County Coast Weekly, October 14–20, 1999, pp. 38–39.
Peterson, Diane. “Amateur winemakers’ labels reflect their humorous, humble origins,” Santa Rosa Press
Democrat.
Other
2008–2010 Radio interviews on “Kellie in the Morning,” on KVYN 99.3 FM and KVON 1440 AM.
Interviewed by Kellie Fuller.
2008–2010 Artist-in-residence at Graeser Winery, Calistoga, California
2001– present Taught classes and workshops in acrylic painting, landscape painting, abstract landscape painting,
drawing and sketching, block printing, collage painting, mixed media, portrait painting, relief printing,
and other art forms.
2001–2011 Gave demonstrations of landscape painting, block printing, and mixed media, in Carmel, Santa Rosa,
Calistoga, and Napa, California, including at Napa County Fair.
2000 Visiting Artist, “Elkhorn Slough,” CTB/McGraw-Hill’s Art in the Schools program,
North Monterey County High School, Castroville, California.
Radio interview on “Art After Lunch,” on KAZU 90.3 FM. Interviewed by John McNally, November 20, 2000.
