Karen Hackenberg
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Karen Hackenberg
@khackenberg.bsky.social
Getting ready to pack up my painting for London’s Rebecca Hossack Gallery at Seattle Art Fair, and Linda stopped by to have a look!
Ask to see it at RHG, Booth C01! Opens Thursday!
#seattleartfair #rebeccahossackgallery
July 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In honor of International Museum Day, here’s a look back at my walkthrough for@ my recent Tacoma Art Museum Sea Change exhibition!
May 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Look what washed up on the easel last night!
So odd how painting beach trash can make me smile.
#wip Not yet titled
oil on canvas
16 x 16 inches
May 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Earth Day, Every Day!

TRASH DANCE
oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches
2013
Private Collection
April 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Happy to hear that another of my paintings has found a new home with a collector, with many thanks to Patricia Rovzar Gallery!
PLASTICINE PETE, oil on canvas, 24” x 24”
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April 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Four more days until closing 5:00 pm April 6th.
SEA CHANGE: THE ART OF KAREN HACKENBERG, Tacoma Art Museum.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
REALIST REBELS at Patricia Rovzar Gallery, diving into the nomenclature of "Realism." This movement is widely acknowledged as being coined in 1800’s France, rejecting the dominance of Romanticism. Surprisingly enough, Realists of the time were known as rebellious painters.
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Realist Rebels
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March 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM

Wow, wow, wow!
Much gratitude to Tacoma Art Museum, Peter Berkley, and Rachel Ervin.

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Sea Change studio visit TAM - YouTube
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March 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What a great time I had today at Tacoma Art Museum, talking about the works in my Sea Change exhibition with an engaged audience of 30 people followed by a book and poster signing!
And to top it all off…I could was able to walk around very easily post hip-surgery!
Much gratitude to museum staff!
March 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Pyramid Lake, Nevada

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Reservation (Northern Paiute: kuyuuiba)[4][5] is a United States reservation in northwestern Nevada, approximately 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Reno, in Washoe, Storey, and Lyon counties.

3.16.25, 1:10 pm
March 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Palm Springs here we come!☀️
By for now, Mount Tahoma. ☁️
(Mount Rainier)

3.16.25, 12:10 pm
March 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My Spring Newsletter hot off the press! ☀️
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March 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Paintings in my Sea Change show at Tacoma Art Museum for sale through Patricia Rovzar Gallery. Hope you can see them in Tacoma before April 6th!
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Greenwash; Amphorae ca. 2023, Flood Tide, Arctic Home
Plastic Wood, Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
March 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
So…this happened today!
March 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
“Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth.” - David R. Brower
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SEA CHANGE: THE ART OF KAREN HACKENBERG, Tacoma Art Museum, through April 6th!
February 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
BACK IN STOCK at Tacoma Art Museum!
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Karen Hackenberg: Monograph
YouTube video by Karen Hackenberg
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February 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Patricia Rovzar kindly loaned many of the paintings in my Tacoma Art Museum Sea Change show that can be purchased at her gallery! rovzargallery.com/artists/kare...
Greenwash; Amphorae ca. 2023
oil on canvas
30 x 60 inches
February 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Picking up where I left off after an hip surgery, I had my first sessions in the studio today!
#wip oil on canvas 60” x 30”
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#plasticpollution #ecoart #beachtrash #marinedebris #kunst #environmentalart #oceanpollution #popart @patricia_rovzar_gallery @rebeccahossackartgallery
February 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Good morning!

2.1.25, 8:20 am
February 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Check it out at the You Tube link below!
My talk about the early influences on my work in my Sea Change show at Tacoma Art Museum.
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January 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
2024 ended on a high note with two painting sales, including this one to an important collector thanks to Patricia Rovzar Gallery! 🙏
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SEA STACK II (mini)
oil on canvas
30 x 15 inches
2024
January 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Good morning friends!
Delighted to say Patricia Rovzar Gallery has found a new home for my painting over the holidays!
MOTHER EARTH WILL SWALLOW YOU
oil on canvas
40 x 30 inches
#balloonsblow #patriciarovzargallery #artsale #motherearth
December 28, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Wow, wow, wow!
I’m thrilled to see this crowd of kids and parents so engaged with my Sea Change show at TAM!
Thank you, Tacoma Public Library, Pineapple Friends, and Tacoma Art Museum!
December 23, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Hanging out with Paul Drinkwine, who loaned my painting Holy Water, at the opening of Sea Change: The Art of Karen Hackenberg at Tacoma Art Museum last night!
And little Liwane at his usual best in the gallery!❤️
December 13, 2024 at 3:36 PM