Karen has been creating illustrations and painting murals for over 25 years as a published illustrator of children’s books, magazine illustrations and a line of coloring and note cards. Her murals can be viewed around Bellingham, WA: outside back of Pepper Sisters, inside the restaurant EAT plus the Mc Donald’s Play Places in Whatcom County to name a few, plus all the numerous residential murals in this area, Seattle and around the country. She is inspired by the different elements of our environment such as form, texture, nature and color. The love of experimentation with different styles, mediums and subjects is an integral part of her work. For 12 years she painted murals in model homes for a developer in Seattle. Each new housing development had multiple homes built near the sales office, all with different themes and color schemes. It was in this environment that the love of various styles and ways to work was born and nurtured. She believes that it’s the variety in art and the different ways to “see” things that keeps her artistic fires going.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

  • 2016 Jansen Art Center Late Summer Group Show, August 4-30th, Lynden, Washington
  • 2016 Whatcom Artists Studio Tour, October 1, 2 & 8, 9, Bellingham, Washington
  • 2017 Bellewood Acres – July & August – Solo Show, Lynden, Washington

EXHIBITIONS

  • 2015 Whatcom Artists Studio Tour, October 3, 4 & 10, 11, Bellingham, Washington
  • 2015 Jansen Art Center, October – Group show for Whatcom Artists Studio Tour, Lynden, Washington
  • 2015 Dakota Gallery, October – Group show for Whatcom Artists Studio Tour, Bellingham, Washington
  • 2015 Book Fare Cafe – Group show for Whatcom Artists Studio Tour, Bellingham, Washington
  • 2015 Bellewood Acres – Group show for Whatcom Artists Studio Tour, Lynden, Washington
  • 2014 Jansen Art Center – Group Summer Show, Lynden, Washington
  • 2013 Jansen Art Center – Group Summer Show, Lynden, Washington
  • 2011 Fate of the Forest, – Group show at Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington

EDUCATION

  • BFA 1988 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
  • AAA 2001 Art Institute of Design, Seattle, Washington
  • Project Management Certificate, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA