I love doing anything arty/crafty but my passion is painting and drawing. I paint mainly in acrylic and draw in coloured pencil. I also love to experiment with mixed media. I naturally gravitate towards bright colour and texture and think this is reflected in my work. I am fascinated by how the play of light can completely alter the mood of a place, object or animal and it is my aim to try and capture this. After spending a number of years in London I now live within easy reach of the amazing Gower coastline and I find that this, and my love of animals and the natural world, gives me endless inspiration.

Self-taught, I picked up a paintbrush for the first time in years when my twins were small to paint murals in their rooms and haven't stopped since.

As a young child, I was always creating something but life has had a tendency to get in the way and time for art has often been the first thing to go. I am fortunate enough to have rediscovered something that I can lose myself in, and I like the way that I now take more notice of the little things when I am trying to capture an image.

After those initial murals for my children, I continued to paint them for a number of years and still love the challenge of creating on a grand scale but now concentrate on painting and drawing smaller works so it's easier to fit around caring for my daughter who has ME.

I hope you enjoy having a look around.

If you are looking for prints rather than originals, these are available through Etsy as I offer 'open' rather than 'limited' editions and only limited editions can be sold through Artfinder.

Please do get in touch if you have any questions.

Karen Elaine Evans

Artworks by Karen Elaine Evans

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Wild pink roses by Karen Elaine Evans

Pencil drawing

Hiding in plain sight (toad and daisies) by Karen Elaine Evans

Pencil drawing

Spring mousies by Karen Elaine Evans

Pencil drawing

Hiding from Mr Bumble by Karen Elaine Evans

Acrylic painting

Sylvia’s Celebration (snail) by Karen Elaine Evans

Pencil drawing

Sylvia and the 'shrooms by Karen Elaine Evans

Mixed-media painting

Under the Waves, Yellow Jellies by Karen Elaine Evans

Acrylic painting

Starlit unicorn by Karen Elaine Evans

Acrylic painting

Bluetit by Karen Elaine Evans

Mixed-media painting

British Garden Birds series - Wren by Karen Elaine Evans

Mixed-media painting

Magnolia by Karen Elaine Evans

Mixed-media painting

Puffin by Karen Elaine Evans

Mixed-media painting