Karen is an international award-winning enthusiastic creative who practices as an artist, designer and educator. From working as a project manager to being an artist in residence, she explores art as a means to empower others. She has created gardens with schools and is interested in recalled and outdoor art works. Her artistic practice includes watercolour, acrylics, mixed media and photography. Karen's local and international travel photography documents genus loci of landscape and memory. As a member of Artist Rendering Tales Collective Inc, her practice finds expression in working collaboratively on community based public arts projects.