Karen hand throws earthenware ceramics, decorated with vivid, vibrant coloured slips in a unique figurative style.

Karen's pots are vividly coloured and decorated with flowing mainly female figurative nudes and faces wrapped around a diverse range of vases, bowls, cups/saucers and plates.

Karen's unique style portrays curvy fleshy figures influenced by Greek antiquity and the colours of the Impressionists. She uses bright ceramic slips painted onto white earthenware and glazed with transparent glaze to give a lustrous finish. Originally a hand builder but now working with thrown shapes Karen's main aim is to produce a decorative object that has a practical use as well as eye catching and good to look at.

Transfers are used playfully and create a strong sense of fun. Colours show a Mediterranean influence with painterly references to Mattise, Dufy and Picasso. Karen studied ceramics at Camberwell College of Arts and Crafts. Her tutors included Colin Pearson and Janet Tchalenko. Karen has exhibited widely at home and overseas. Her work has been shown alongside that of Sir Hugh Casson and Anita Klein.

The colour and design of Karen's work is both uplifting and eye catching.

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