Karen Harper

My name is Karen Harper and I live in a remote, mountainous area of Washington State where the deer and the antelope play - along with wild turkeys, bear, and rattlesnakes.

My father and his many brothers and sisters were all artistic, so I grew up with an abundance of art materials, was encouraged to use them and to take art classes as often as I wished.

As an adult, I continue to participate in art workshops and classes, but believe that I learn best by just getting busy and "pushing the paint around".

I truly love all forms of art and if there were more hours in the day, I would want to be creating art in every medium possible. However, lately I have been trying to focus on just a couple areas -- sculpting, mixed media, and fiber art.

Halloween, and in particular witches and pumpkins, are a favorite subject of mine.

The scale I prefer to work in is small - usually about 8 to 10 inches for sculptures, and ACEO size for drawings.

I work very slowly, spending many hours just thinking-up an idea and how to create it.

I enjoy the process of creating, spending many happy days or weeks on each piece and frequently working on more than one creation at a time.

I have a real art studio where I am free to play, make messes, and have all my art materials handy. For me, that is the most important art "tool" in the world -- creative space.

I am also grateful that I am able to spend time in the studio nearly every day.

 

I sell my creations on eBay under the seller name idrawpix, and have a blog www.hopeintheheartofdarkness.blogspot.com .

Email Karen.