Karen Jenson began painting in 1972 -- taking classes in the Norwegian folk art called Rosemaling at Vesterheim Museum, Decorah, Iowa.

In 1979 she won the Vesterheim's Gold Medal in their National Rosemaling competion, and later won several best of show awards.

Her work has been featured in several books and has traveled to Norway twice for exhibit at Hammar and Oslo, Norway.

It has also been exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the American Swedish Institute, and the University of Minnesota Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, the White House in Washington, D.C. and numerous other places.

It can also be seen in her gallery and studio in Milan, Minnesota.