Karen Bezuidenhout

Karen Bezuidenhout lives and works in Santa Barbara, California. Her paintings have a rich, earthy palette of chocolate browns, olive, crimson, and ochre, drawn from her life in Africa, are now complimented with vibrant blues and greens from the ocean, reflecting her California lifestyle. Her subject matter ranges from elephants, horses, trees, birds, and landscapes, to lovers, beaches and sailboats and is a tapestry of her experiences and imagination.

Bezuidenhout was born and raised in the wine country of Stellenbosch, South Africa. It was there that her lifelong love of nature, riding horses and sense of adventure began to serve as inspiration for her sketches and drawings. After being consumed by a desire to paint, she joined a small art school in 1996. In 1999, Karen relocated with her family to California, where she attended a course in color and painting at the College of Marin, and soon after, moved to Santa Barbara. Since 2007, Bezuidenhout’s work has been represented by Wilde Meyer.

Karen’s work is represented in Arizona by Wilde Meyer Galleries. Click on any piece to enlarge it.