Frame: 39 in L x 32 in H -Painting Size: 27 1/2 x 22 1/2 Success is no stranger to Karen Brueggemann. She has been selling her creative works since junior high school. Now Brueggemann is showcasing a 50-year retrospective of her diverse art forms at the Starr Family Gallery at Grand Mesa Arts & Events Center (GMAEC).Brueggemann and husband Ted moved to Cedaredge 13 years ago after living in New Mexico. Mostly self-taught, her career took off when she began painting and selling oils at age 20.Years later she took up serigraph, a form of silkscreen printing, with her daughter. When Brueggeman developed allergies to oil paints she taught herself to use watercolor. Today it is her medium of choice.