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About Ruth Karp
 Ruth
Karp enjoys painting from life, which allows her transparent watercolors
to be spontaneous and creative. Her artwork depicts varying images,
including flowers, models, or even a scene she has witnessed while
traveling. Ruth also utilizes acrylic paints, both on paper and canvas.
Fellow artists call her work "painterly," due to the "loose
and juicy" way in which she applies her colors.
Not only has
Ruth won "Best in Show" from The American Artists Professional
League, The Miami Watercolor Society, and The Florida Professional
Artists Guild, but she is also the recipient of over one hundred other
awards from groups such as The Florida Watercolor Society, Goldcoast
Watercolor Society, and The Miami Art League.
 Ruth
has served as president, vice president, and board member of many
art groups and continually involves herself in matters that help to
promote the arts. She is always happy to perform demonstrations, which
she has done for her peers, as well as students ranging from the earliest
grade level to the University of Miami.
Many of Ruth's works are in collections around the world, and
have been published in Rockport Publishers Best of Watercolor:
Painting Light and Shadow and A Gallery of Marine Art.
She is proud to be a signature member of many prestigous art groups
such as the National Watercolor Society, and The Florida Watercolor
Society.
South Florida is home to Ruth and her husband. Their daughter, son, daughter-in-law and
five grandsons live nearby. She has also found time away from her art to be involved
in her community as a member of the Bal Harbour Civic Association, the Miami Beach
Beautification Board, and the Miami Beach Recreation Department Committee. She was
a staff member of the Miami Beach Recreation Department where she coached girls in
sports, and also taught a Pre-K program. Ruth was a Brownie Leader, Den mother for
Cub-Scouts, President of the University of Miami Hurricane Club (the first woman to
ever hold that position), University of Miami Hall of Fame member and a President of
the P.T.A. On the college level, she became president of Phi-Lambda-Pi, a female
Fraternity. Ruth enjoys wearing many hats, which she feels contributes to the way
she sees the world around her and influences the way she creates her paintings.
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