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The inspiration “The Adventures of Piratess Tilly”, written by Elizabeth Lorayne, illustrated by myself (Karen Watson) and published by White Wave Press recently hit book store shelves and is the inspiration behind my most recent art show. While creating the artwork for this enchanting story, a “call of artists” came through my in box announcing thatRead more

Christmas 2009 Each illustration was created using watercolour and pen and ink. They were then scanned into the computer where I took the time to fix any little flaws that may have been in the original. “Killarney Lake Ice Skaters” Of course now a days the lake doesn’t freeze enough to skate on which isRead more

My Modern Met wrote a sweet little blog post about me, and some of the illustrations I did for “Drawn from Words”, click here to read.Read more

After our Art Show “Drawn from Words”, I was commissioned to do two illustrations inspired by the Mother Goose Rhyme: Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Backed in a pie. When the pie was opened The birds began to sing; Wasn’t that a dainty dish To setRead more

Draw from words, an illustrated show featuring three Bowen Island artists opened June 22nd and ran through July 17th. Since then I’ve been wanting to write and share my experience, what was involved, and the steps I took to bring it to fruition. I’d exhibited a piece here and there in galleries before, and contributed to a friend’s show with photography yearsRead more

As the Opening reception creeps ever closer and the artwork is almost ready to hang. It’s time to invite the world to come and enjoy the fun and whimsical art inspired from words. Poster design: Adrien DegganRead more

This book is a compilation of 15 illustrations created for an upcoming Art show at The Gallery@Artisan Square Drawn From Words an Illustrated show The show features 3 Bowen Island Artists; Ron Woodall, Adrien Deggan, and myself, Karen Watson. All of my illustrations were inspired by classical Children’s stories, such as Princess and the Pea,Read more