Karen Stiehl Osborn is a Nebraska textile artist, whose current work features her own dyed and painted cloth. She has artwork in corporate and private collections, and she exhibits in art galleries, museums, and national and international exhibitions. Several of her pieces are currently on tour in the United States, and she has work in the permanent collections of Museo de Collage in Cuernavaca, Mexico and The Learning Connexion in Wellington, New Zealand.

“Color and texture attracted me to the art quilt movement. I am inspired by the tactile, alterable quality of textiles. For me, the process of transforming white cloth into layers of color and texture is as important as the finished work of art. Each layer --- cloth, dye, paint, stitching, embellishment --- adds another dimension to the poetry of the piece."