[10][15] As second lady, Pence intends to raise awareness of art therapy, to which she was first exposed when visiting a Washington hospital during her husband's tenure as a congressman. Courtesy the artist and Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York Pence told the Indy Star that she studied art at Butler, where she majored in teaching and minored in art. [11][12] Pence has lived most of her life in Indiana, though the entire family moved to Washington, D.C. for the twelve years that husband Mike was a congressman from Indiana before his election as governor of Indiana. You stand there and take the criticism from fellow students; and then you improve, hopefully. 321 Karen Pence pictures. Karen Pence is an American educator, teacher, and painter. in elementary education from Butler University. She has thus been the Second Lady of the United States, since 2017. “We were right. Steven Spielberg’s latest film is a penetrating and affecting consideration of the Cold War, based on ... 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I voted for Hillary but I don’t like to see mean spirited comments about any persons artwork. Pence was born as Karen Sue Batten[1] at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas[2][3][4] on January 1, 1957,[5] the daughter of Lillian (née Hacker; 1931–2004)[6] and John M. Batten (1931/1932–1988), a United Airlines official. The school, where Pence taught full-time for twelve years when her husband was in Congress, openly bans gay students, employees, and parents. Saying you’re a “watercolourist” is meaningless. This after insulting our allies, attacking his own party, firing so much of his own staff… and threatening judges, his own AG, and multiple Generals. If it also pleases others, that’s even better, though not essential. She is the wife of Mike Pence, the vice president of United States. “Then what happened was, I realized, I can paint.” Her mother-in-law asked her to paint the lake house. Oil on linen. I paint and her stuff is Kinkade-esque crap. Dude her paintings really do suck. So the ugly comments are coming from what point of view. Article continues below advertisement. I don’t think you have much to worry about. However, she has not disclosed any information regarding her net worth, salary, and payrolls which solely depends upon her recent endeavours and projects. Suck a Dick loser. Just before Karen Pence visited Indianapolis, some art therapists at a convention debated whether to embrace her as an advocate for their profession. Remember how the Nazis called modern art “degenerate” and banned it on the grounds that it was un-German? The couple shares three children including Charlotte. Just to be clear. The foundation offers grants and scholarships to these individuals and organizations, and the foundation first benefited Riley’s Art Therapy Initiative, an art therapy program for hospitalized children.”. Commercial art is what I want, but I just don’t understand how she made it. Maybe they’ll give us cheap studio space in the Gulag. Prior to marrying Pence, Karen was married to her high school sweetheart John Steven Whitaker.The pair married in 1978 and divorced shortly after. Clearly you need to take an art appreciation course or two. He is the younger brother of U.S. representative, Gregory Joseph Pence. Watercolor technique is not that difficult a medium and I speak as someone who paints in it (and oil) and has taught it to well over 1000 students over nearly 30 years. MIKE Pence’s wife, Karen Pence has been spotted looking thinner claiming it took her six months to a year to shed the weight loss. And friends who urged us to tone it down, to make our peace with him, to stop saying as loudly as we could “this is abnormal,” to accommodate him, to show loyalty to the Republican Party, to think that he and his advisers could be tamed, were wrong. This year they donated $52,500 to 57 Indiana organizations and charities. Why not value Karen’s contribution to children as a teacher… I am a teacher, elementary, too… a value contribution to society! I wonder what your paintings look like Mr Brand. Really makes me disillusioned with the fine arts. Courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. “I thought, gosh, ‘I’d like to learn more about art.’ I pulled it out of the air.” She graduated with BA and MA degrees in elementary education, taught art in Indiana grammar schools for many years, and sold her paintings at local art fairs. Why post such a comment, is your intention to be just hateful and hurtful? [22], While in high school, she met her first husband, John Steven Whitaker. Or if you like, support REP to DEM conversion therapy…after all, so many feel that what they are doing is evil and wrong. Karen Pence is the wife of Vice President Mike Pence and the second lady of the US. Karen Pence is adding a little color to her life; the second lady returned to the classroom as an art teacher Tuesday. One looks like a careful copy of Bob Newhart’s inn on the TV show; another looks most definitely like it was copied from a Christmas card from about the 60s or so. Karen Sue Pence (née Batten, formerly Whitaker; born January 1, 1957) is an American schoolteacher, painter, and the current second lady of the United States since 2017. You laugh when he makes a gaffe that underscores he knows nothing, (See recent transcripts of phone calls with the Mexican President Pena Nieto and Australian Prime Minister Turnbull). She'll be known as "Mrs. Pence" to her students, not as the second lady of the United States, per her office. The 63-year-old was the First Lady of Indiana from 2013 to 2017 and was also a school teacher and painter. Contributed by Sharon Butler / Yes, Indiana’s First Lady Karen Pence likes to paint. Not a scrap of feeling. Yeah, as an art student that struggles with imposter syndrome, I really struggle with worrying about if I have enough time to develop my technical skill alongside my style fast enough to make it professionally. The busy-ness of most of the paintings made the eye wander to the point where I had to look away to have a pause…similar to clearing the palate of overly rich food, without being able to take it in at one time. I find it awful when one artist bashes another artists work…Isn’t art supposed to be about expressing oneself in what ever form feels good to that artist? Trump and Pence are a sociAL abomination and her artwork is less skilled than Adolf Hitler’s watercolor doodling. While some people like muted hues, others like bright, and some like traditional and others prefer like the above…a reminder of the work of Charles Wysocki. Karen Pence talks about her illustrated children's book "Marlon Bundo's Day in the Life of the Vice President" at the vice president's residence on March 9, 2018. There’s no art that will come out of that stunted thinking. When you consider that Trump, Putin, and Pence lost the popular vote, it seems likely that protests will continue throughout their (let’s call it what it is) reign. Mike Pence’s height is 1.78 meters or 5 feet and 8 inches, or just about the same height as Melania Trump, the First Lady of the United States. That doesn’t even go into the President ending “video” of the WH Press Conferences, refusing to explain his hundreds of lies (See: Washington Post’s interactive page: “100 Days of Trump Claims,”) and his war on the Press –– who is only trying to figure out what he’s up to, as he hasn’t given a Press Conference (where he answers questions) in months. What they don’t seem to understand is that art is a very personal thing. December 2020 has finally arrived -- the last month of a year that seemed as though it would never end.