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I am an illustrator 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 and a 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 started to write and also work more in a digital format, embracing technology to create powerful, beautiful new images for children's book publishing, design and advertising.
With inspiration from literature, history and the natural world, Karen creates images with a vibrant colour palette inspired by artists as diverse as Caxton and Caulfield, Rossetti and Ravilious.
Her heroes in children's book illustration?:
Korky Paul, David McKee, Oliver Jeffers, Maurice Sendak, the list goes on and on ...........
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