Karen is a Shrewsbury-based artist and printmaker.
Brought up with a love for nature and particularly the bird life around her, her work easily follows this theme.
Karen looks to capture the character of her subject through her observation of colour and form with a particular interest in the surrounding negative space. She aims to create clean, multi-layered linocut prints, looking for a balance between realism and simplicity and uses many layers of thinly applied ink to build up her prints. For a bit more spontaneity, Karen also enjoys working with monotypes and a good play with other ‘non-printmaking’ media.
Karen’s original prints, and greetings cards based on her work, will be available for purchase from her shared studio space at the English Bridge Studios – alongside the unique opportunity to see how and where the work is created.
