Had there been no pandemic, Beach Haven’s Karen Beals would have been featured at the Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Science’s weekend art show and sale. But with the event canceled, she took matters into her own creative hands and held her own exhibit in her Sixth Street backyard July 18.

“All through my life, I liked to dabble in artwork, particularly oils,” Beals said. “I seriously picked up the brush about five years ago.