“Standing in her studio the first time, I felt much as I did when I worked at the beginning of the Bayhead Cultural Center. Being privileged to hang the works of Winslow Homer, Norman Rockwell, as well as both father and son Wyeths, my knowledge of art was enhanced. In Karen’s studio I saw many skills, in all media, from lithographs, oils, palette knife, and watercolors. Her exciting color combinations, yet soft emotional paintings are truly exceptionally skillful. I feel privileged to display such a painting on the cover of my new national field guide.”

“What guides artist Karen Ricciuti [from] Bridgeton is a keen sense of nature. A prolific painter with an affinity for exploration, Mrs. Ricciuti is comfortable with most paint media, but the works that capture my attention are her watercolors, particularly those that speak of her appreciation of nature’s subjects.”