Hand painted gourds
Karenlee, gourd artist and designer, has spent her whole life
"doodling," as she calls it. Winning art contests and art camp
scholarships at her native suburban Chicago high school, she
went on to study art at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
Her dream of "being an artist in a cottage in the woods" came
true in 1984 when she married Chuck...who was indeed living
in a cottage in the woods. They began growing and painting
gourds...selling them as fast as they could make them...and have
been doing so ever since. They now have two children and live
rather simply in the middle of a 130 acre forest in east central
Illinois...without plumbing or running water. Their home's
electricity is derived from sun. Karen's work has been featured in
national magazines and has been shown and sold in galleries and
museum shops in the U.S.A. and abroad. Her gourd characters
convey a sense of serenity, although there is a large dose of
whimsy thrown in for good measure.
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254.947.3277 ~ 800.473.1494
~ 254.780.2003 fax
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