Dogs make the headlines, and headlines make the dogs in Karen Dupré’s “Paper Trained IV,” part of a whimsically clever series of six canine portraits. A self-taught artist, Dupré began painting at age 9. She initially painted images of horses and wildlife, and later broadened her creative scope to include haute-couture figures, abstracts, cityscapes and entertainment scenes. Dupré is particularly gifted in her ability to portray the play of light in both nature and man-made objects. Influenced by 19th-century painters who redefined artistic norms, Dupré challenges herself to do the same in her versatile artworks.

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