Karen Warshal is a classical artist living and working in Baltimore City.  She received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and her Master of Fine Arts from Tufts University in conjunction with the Boston Museum School.  She studied classical art at the Schuler School, at the Parker School of Structural Sculpture, and she has drawn extensively from antique sculptures in museums throughout Europe.  

She has been the recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, a finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon, and a finalist in the National Portrait Society Members Only competition. Her work has appeared in American Artist: Drawing and in International Artist magazine.  Most recently, Karen was one of five artists chosen to paint the last five mayors of Baltimore. Her portrait of Mayor Bernard Jack Young will hang in the Board of Estimates Room in City Hall.

Karen teaches “Portrait Drawing” and “Anatomy for Artists” at the Maryland Institute College of Art where she is known for her classical approach. She does portraits upon commission, and her paintings are represented in many private collections. In addition to her work as an artist, Karen conducts annual art historical tours of Italy under the auspices of her company “Perspective Tours, LLC.”