• Canadian born artist residing in the Riverina area for 30 years
• Visual Art tutor and educator with TAFE NSW for 10 years, currently at Wagga Wagga Campus
• Visual Art tutor and educator providing workshops and classes in Wagga Wagga, Temora and Cootamundra
• Karen’s creative artworks includes mediums such as pastels, oils, acrylics, inks, and watercolours. She often combines both drawing and painting together in large works for a fresh and impressionistic look. She is most passionate about drawing and the creative expression of mixed media. Karen is drawn to working on site as she explores the places she lives, and visits on holidays. A sketchbook is always in hand when travelling.
• Karen’s achievements include awards and prizes in local/regional exhibitions and has works in public, corporate, and private collections in Australia, Canada, China and England
• For Karen, everything is a subject. “The greatest happiness is to reveal this to others, to study one self and to paint oneself continually in one’s work. It is within yourself that you must look”. Anonymous
