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Sarasota News Leader April 19, 2013 Page 87 BOTANIST/ARTIST FEATURED AT ART UPTOWN ON EARTH DAY Art Uptown, Sarasota's oldest, continuously operating fine art cooperative gallery, will host artist and botanist Karen J. Schunk in a special Earth Day Awareness exhibit on April 22 from 6 to 8 p.m., the gallery has announced. Schunk's paintings will be featured in the gallery's front window during that week. conservation efforts with which she has been involved over the years, the release says. "She looks forward to discussing her work with attendees," it adds. Her recent botanical images were inspired by her work with the plant collections at Sarasota's Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, the release continues. "Since moving to Sarasota in 2000, Karen has assisted with herbarium projects at Selby, as a staff member and longtime volunteer," it notes. Schunk holds a master's degree in botany from Miami University in Oxford, OH, and she attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati, a news release notes. "Her expressive botanical paintings reflect her intense interest in both A Signature Member of the Ohio Watercolart and botanical conservation," it adds. or Society and Cincinnati Art Club, Schunk's Schunk will display literature, photos and works are in corporate and private collecpaintings that relate to local and global plant tions, the release says. Karen Schunk's painting of a Florida Clamshell Orchid, which is on the Endangered Species list, will be part of her exhibit at Art Uptown gallery on April 22. Contributed photo