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Also working under the name ARTSSTAR, I am an illustrator and designer with over 35 years of experience in the world of illustration, graphic design and Fine Art.
My work resides in private and public art collections and I have exhibited in New York, the Houses of Parliament and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Karen Jones studied Illustration and Graphic Design at the London College of Printing part of the renowned group of London art schools known as the University of the Arts.
After leaving arts school Karen became an 'in-house' illustrator, a freelance children's book illustrator, a decorative arts shop owner, set up an artist's studio and mum to Georgia and Aidan.
Karen's first love is gouache, a rich dense watercolour which creates her beautiful trademark velvety flat illustrations.
In recent times Karen has discovered the world of digital, embracing technology to create powerful, beautiful new images for the Fine Art world, design, fashion, textiles and advertising.
"Finding a new way of working i
Karen's first love is gouache, a rich dense watercolour which creates her beautiful trademark velvety flat illustrations.
In recent times Karen has discovered the world of digital, embracing technology to create powerful, beautiful new images for the Fine Art world, design, fashion, textiles and advertising.
"Finding a new way of working in a digital format hasn't opened windows, it's opened worlds and allowed me to grow whilst keeping my authenticity - truth is everything."
Karen Jones
With inspiration from literature, history and the natural world, Karen is inspired by artists as diverse as Caxton and Caulfield, Rossetti and Ravilious.
In recent times Jones has looked to religious iconography and the ideas of myth, hero worship and all the stuff that humans do!
2025 will be Jones most honest, unadulterated version of herself - the gloves are off!