Being an illustrator is a fabulous excuse to explore the world around you.

Karen’s interests include bicycling, skydiving, gardening and horrible puns, though not necessarily in that order, and certainly not all at once!

She’s ridden a camel, climbed a few mountains, jumped out of an airplane, seen a blue whale and traveled in a jeep through Mongolia. She can bake a pretty great batch of scones, and finally learned to hula-hoop. She lives in Seattle with her husband and one kid, 3 cats and 9 chickens.

Karen shares her studio with a pair of cockatiels, who – as it turns out – are pretty good art critics.

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