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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The stars in his eyes by Karen Elaine Evans

Pencil drawing

Circling the cliffs by Karen Elaine Evans

Pencil drawing

Golden light by Karen Elaine Evans

Pencil drawing

Daisy cottage by Karen Elaine Evans

Pencil drawing

Sheep (the camera’s that way Mavis!) by Karen Elaine Evans

Pencil drawing

Little piglet by Karen Elaine Evans

Pencil drawing

Swan lake by Karen Elaine Evans

Pencil drawing

Swimming through the rainbow waters by Karen Elaine Evans

Mixed-media painting

A moment of calm by Karen Elaine Evans

Mixed-media painting

Basking frog by Karen Elaine Evans

Mixed-media painting

'Octavia’ by Karen Elaine Evans

Mixed-media painting

Bumble on pink by Karen Elaine Evans

Mixed-media painting