Karen Jones is a freelance children's book illustrator and Artist in Residence at Hylands Stables Studios, Chelmsford, Essex.
As an established children's book illustrator Karen Jones is concentrating on perfecting her individual illustration style. Though book illustration plays a large role in her career, Karen is expanding her repertoire to include landscape, portrait and miniatures.
A graphic influence remains in the illustrations. 15th century woodcuts, Russian icons, artists such as Aubrey Beardsley, William Morris, Rossetti and Patrick Caulfield, all have affected her work.
Working in the medium of gouache and acrylic on watercolour paper and birch wood and using a rich colour palette inspired by nature and the dark and beautiful images in fairytales, Karen's story telling illustrations are small objects of desire. |
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