She has owned the Nature's Palette Gallery in Hastings, Minnesota, where she has held art classes.
[4][5] Latham paints wildlife, using acrylics, in naturalist, realist, representationism and realism styles.
[8][9] Karen won an Award of Excellence for In the Light at a Society of Animal Artists exhibition in 2004.
[1][4][5] The girls started to paint in earnest about the age of 12 and their works were shown in the family's art gallery, by or before 2000.
[23] All three women have each been named "artist of the year" by conservation organizations,[18][19][20][non-primary source needed] are members of many art and wildlife societies,[1][4][5] and are signature members of the Society of Animal Artists, which means that they participated in 15 or more annual exhibitions.