About the Artist

Karla hall is an award winning artist who has been teaching studio art for over 30 years, both private and at all levels in the private and public school sector. she is currently teaching AP classes, high school studio art classes, and is a certified instructor for Grumbacher paints.

Her love of wildlife carries over into her paints. As a hunter, she utilizes her art in many ways including taxidermy. She has worked with the Humane Society in their wildlife rehab and also raising bears, wolves, mountain lions, and may other animals. These broad experiences have given her the knowledge and understanding of how to paint animals.

Working in many mediums, Karla works primarily in oils and acrylic paints. She enjoys the challenge of commissions; painting animals, pets, and portraits of people. She has show her art in numerous galleries and is currently showing at the Stillwater Artists Guild Gallery.

Karla studied commercial art at the University of Northwestern St. Paul for several years. From there she studies in an Atelier learning the masters for 3 years.

Karla currently lives on a hobby farm in Stillwater MN where she raised two boys with her husband John.