Hello, I'm Karen, an artist, illustrator and designer based in beautiful West Sussex.  For as long as I can remember I have always loved art.  Doodling, drawing, painting and illustrating pictures, and often creating stories in my mind to go with them.  


I feel immensely grateful that I get to do what I love everyday. Creating colourful and detailed illustrations of things people love, to spark a little joy and happiness.  


I am an animal lover and am inspired by nature, wildlife, colour, light and detail; beautiful landscapes, books and music, and can be found most days illustrating, more often than not with a coffee, and listening to an audio book...    

Hark is a culmination of all the things I have learnt on my journey so far, and brings together a wide ranging breadth of experience since my Uni days. From Graphic and Magazine design, to most recently creating and publishing a range of bestselling, award nominated greetings cards under my own business, Sirocco Design, in High Street stores.

Now is the perfect time for a return to what I love most, creating thoughtful, beautiful pieces of artwork with heart.