Biography
Karla Brady Massingill is an Oklahoma native, now living in Texas. Her subjects are most often rural life and landscapes. Karla is drawn to the diversity and expanse of the western landscape, and uses any excuse to escape to those wide open spaces.
Painting in plein air and in the studio, she works in oils and watercolors.
Professional Affiliations
Outdoor Painters Society
Recent Exhibitions and Shows
2025
Annual Juried Art Show & Competition, Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, Breckenridge, TX
Plein Visions in Miniature, Outdoor Painters Society, Corsicana, TX
Red River Valley International Juried Art Exhibition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX
Texas Invitational Art Show, Pearce Museum at Navarro College, Corsicana, TX
2024
Fresh off the Easel, Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
For the Beauty of the Earth, Solo Exhibition, Corsicana, TX
Annual Juried Art Show & Competition, Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, Breckenridge, TX
Plein Visions in Miniature, Outdoor Painters Society, Corsicana, TX, Award of Merit
Red River Valley International Juried Art Exhibition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX
Texas Invitational Art Show, Pearce Museum at Navarro College, Corsicana, TX
Statement
Small towns and rural communities remind me of home, but the expanse of the western landscape always brings me great peace, reminding me of the refuge and rest that God provides.
Wherever my work takes you, I hope you feel at home.