Karen Phillips-Curren

Like most of us, I painted and drew from an early age. A facility with the pencil garnered me a place in a high

school dedicated to art education. There, drawing and painting were only the beginning; studies included art

history, life drawing, drafting, illustration and typography, ceramics and printmaking.

Armed with a boatload of skills, I have been able to make my living with art. I worked as a pasteup artist, a

PMT operator, a graphic artist, draftsman’

, cartoonist and technical illustrator. Then I taught art to children in

my rural studio. For over 17 years, I was the Head Scenic Artist, at Canada’s National Arts Centre, painting their

seasonal theatre production sets for both English Theatre and Theatre Francais.