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Karen Bettencourt

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http://www.karenbettencourt.com

I am a native born Californian currently living and working in Massachusetts. I have been an artist most of my life, mentored for many years by her father who was an architect and an artist. My early art included watercolors, tapestry weaving and contemporary quilts. Today I am working on mixed media, encaustic and art quilts.  I also create and manage websites for artistic clients.

I have always been truly fond of that which is old, weathered, rusted or distressed. I search endlessly for old handwritten letters, paper, tickets, photographs, hotel bills, rusted metal, and aged or distressed wood. Some of these treasures I scan to help me create my digital collage work. Then, everything gets sorted into boxes for use in my material collage and assemblage