Karen Kennedy
lllustrator (North Melbourne, VIC)

Karen is a self taught artist who has been drawing since childhood. Her work focuses on the human form and portraiture. Her desire is to capture the character within the person, this is often acheived by her skillful use of charcoal and pastel.

Many of her portraits are large scale charcoal drawings framing the face in close up and drawing the spectator right into the subject. As powerful as the work is there is also a subtlety in the line work and tones.

Karen's life drawing are equally as strong, and celebrate the beauty of the human form beyond the stereotypical images depicted in glossy magazines.

As well as using charcoal, Karen often varies the work to include pastel, watercolors and ink. She has exhibited at numerous community art exhibitions and recently won first prize for one of her portraits.

If you like the examples of the work shown here commissions are welcome. A charcoal portrait (one person) is $250 for a 77 x 57cm drawing. All work is done on 100% cotton Velin arches acid free French paper. A collection of life drawings are also available for sale.

Please email your specifications to Karen by clicking on the link below. Drawings take up to two weeks to complete and can be posted in a cardboard tube anywhere in Australia for $10.

Contact Karen Kennedy