Karen Silver Bloom: gets magazine spotlight. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) photo � Mary Engelbreit’s Home CompanionWestport artist Karen Silver Bloom is featured in the June/July 2005 issue of Mary Engelbreit�s Home Companion magazine.
The six-page feature, �Bloom where you�re Planted,� showcases Bloom’s whimsical shadow boxes, created by arranging unusual vintage toys and collectibles, often enhanced with her own pen and ink or watercolor illustrations. The magazine notes that her boxes are reflected in the decorating style of her home.
Bloom’s work is currently on display at Frank J. Miele�s Contemporary Folk Art Gallery,1086 Madison Ave., New York, as well as at Zoe and Floyd Gallery, 23 Bank St., Seymour, Conn., through June 26 as part of its Garden Art Show. The shadow boxes will soon be available at the Westport Historical Society gift shop.
Her work can be viewed on her Web site www.karensilverbloom.com.
