Equine artist to exhibit work in Wooster
Paintings by equine artist Karen Brenner will be on display at the Wayne County Library Gallery in Wooster.
Paintings by equine artist Karen Brenner will be on display July 3-30 at the Wayne County Library Gallery in Wooster. The exhibit will feature Brenner’s recent equine oil paintings along with some of her favorites from the past 18 years. Meet the artist at the opening reception on Thursday, July 5 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the library.
Based in Wooster, Brenner has traveled to a dozen states, gathering reference material for her “Beautiful Horses of ... “ series. She’s visited farms and ranches as well as rodeos, breed exhibits, auctions, the World Equestrian Games and cowboy mounted-shooting events, all of which have been featured in her work. Many of these paintings will be on display.
Paintings from Brenner’s ongoing series, “White Horses of the Camargue,” in Southern France also will be on display. Les guardians (French cowboys) galloping horses through the region’s wetlands are captured in this series, which will eventually include up to 100 paintings.
The Wayne County Library is located at 220 W. Liberty St. in Wooster.
The exhibit will be open during library hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed Sundays and July 4.
Learn more at www.karenbrenner.com.