Biography
Born in Brighton, England in 1967, Karen soon learnt to draw and paint. First it was her mums lipsticks on the walls, moving up to crayons. You know the kind with the 1 silver or gold crayola in the pack. The sharpener at the back! Then moving up to t-shirt paints and painting on leather jackets. After years of not doing anything what so ever, well except for travelling the world, delving into things she shouldn't have. Which led her to the dark side and back again. She finally settled down and started a family. The peace and serenity inspired her to paint again, But not the naive cartoons she once cherished. Seeing what her children have to face when they grow up has opened her eyes to the paths of horror which are out of her hands. Here she hopes to envoke curiousity with the naive creatures she paints. Still trying to keep a sense of humour, she is exploring new boundries all the time. She reagards Frida Kahlo as her main inspiration, along with anime, Keane, and day to day life. She still listens to vinyl and probably the only person in the world without an IPOD. She prefers vintage clothing and loathes boutiques. There is something to be said about finding a beautiful item that you have to work for rather than entering into a shop with fifty of the same garments on the rack. Her paintings have been exhibited and sold worldwide. Karen lives on the edge of the downs , in the south of England. Where the fog links the underworld and reality. On a foggy night you can hear the dead whisper, and see them dancing on the common,beckoning you to join them. Just once maybe she has.............