Karen Noll Schaaf is an internationally award-winning artist and instructor, known for her transparent watercolors that express the beauty of the human experience and capture the unique life moments of her portrait subjects.
Her most recent works have won awards in the 2021/2022 exhibitions of the National Watercolor Society, the Southern Watercolor Society, the North Carolina Watercolor Society, and the Georgia Watercolor Society. Her work is currently featured in “Splash 23 – The Best of Watercolor Art.”
She is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the Southern Watercolor Society, the Georgia Watercolor Society, and the Watercolor Society of North Carolina.
Karen resides in New Bern, North Carolina.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of Maryland, 1990
Masters of Education
Instructional Technologies
Virginia Tech, 2006
AWARDS & HONORS
2022
Transparent Watercolor Society of America– 46th Annual Exhibition
Women of Watercolor – 3rd Annual International Juried Exhbition
Watercolor Society of North Carolina – Annual Juried Exhibition
5th Place Award from juror Don Andrews
Southern Watercolor Society – 45th Annual Juried Exhibition
Georgia Watercolor Society – GWS National Exhibition
“Silence of Flight” sold on opening night
2021
Publication: “Splash 23 – The Best of Watercolor Art” on newstands mid-2022.
National Watercolor Society – 101st International Open Exhibition
Signature status acquired. Honor Society Combined Donor Award.
Watercolor Society of North Carolina – Annual Juried Exhibition
Signature status acquired
Southern Watercolor Society – 44th Annual Juried Exhibition
Honorable Mention awarded by juror David Smith
Georgia Watercolor Society – GWS National Exhibition
Honorable Mention awarded by juror John Salminen
