About

Life & work

Karen has been an artist for 25 years.

For the last 8 years her work has been primarily linked with science . Using the amazing processes of the body and cells as inspiration .She has also worked in collaboration with a number of scientists , visualising the processes and discoveries they are making . She believes that the link between science and art is much closer than we think . We are both using similar processes to find out about the world around us .

Karen started her career in Cambridge as a ceramicist and followed her heart into the theatre designing stage sets. This love of dramatic themes is evident in the bold use of colour and materials; see “Renovation” series. A move into a design agency in London enabled Karen to travel and exposed her to a wide range of architectural styles, artistic influences and techniques. In particular, travels across North Africa and India inspired the vibrancy of the “Zrabia” and “Indian Summer” series and aims to celebrate the free-flowing and unstructured approach to life in these continents. English works such as “Sea Stories”, “Autumn” and “Jay” evoke the relative calmness and serenity of life back home.

Exhibitions & collections

Karen’s work has wide appeal with private collectors as well as large corporate clients such as John Lewis Partnership, British Airways, GVA Grimley, Bank of England and Regus. Karen often works closely with interior designers and property developers and has supplied collections for major hotels and leisure complexes across the UK. Locally, her most recent work has been taken by Muset restaurant in Clifton Village and Picture House in Whiteladies Road.

Karen has exhibited widely including the DFL Galleries in New York, Barbican Print Show in London, Contemporary Art Holdings in Cheltenham, Wet Paint in Cirencester, Strode Theatre as well as the RWA, the Manchester institute of biotechnology , Exeter university,  Innocent Fine Art and the River-station restaurant in Bristol. Karen has appeared on television including BBC Breakfast, been interviewed several times on national and local radio and featured in several national and local periodicals and magazines. Karen has work in the Newhall College Cambridge Art Collection, the largest collection of women’s art Europe. Karens next exhibition is at Bristol university.

During her career, Karen has travelled to over 70 countries and more recently has set up a studio in Clifton Village, Bristol to support up and coming young artists. From animators, graffiti artists, photographers, model makers for film and Tv and also a screen printing workshop called  Blue Door studio