A newcomer to this year’s LBI Artist Studio Tour – the self-guided exploration of the studio and gallery spaces of working artists on Long Beach Island, scheduled for Aug. 8 and 9 – is artist and Barnegat Light homeowner Karen Tighe, who works primarily in pastels. Tighe will participate on Saturday, Aug. 8 at the home of her friend and fellow artist Jenn Malone in Harvey Cedars.
“I fell in love with pastels because of their immediacy, freshness and portability,” she said.
A lifelong artist, Tighe grew up drawing and painting. Her father was an artist, too, and similarly drawn to the beach.
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