The Art of Karen Curran
Reflective art, storytelling and more amidst quiet wonder
You are so much more than you imagine!
Latest painting
Fantastical Flow
- the sea dragon that leads us into quiet wonder.
Acrylics, inks, metallics on canvas.
I created this as an entry to an upcoming exhibition.
I personally love the feeling of flow and wonder.
The picture has a story - about the sea dragon that leads us into quiet wonder.
The sea dragon spiritually reminds us to 'go with the flow', embodying and encouraging a slower pace of life, adaptability and peace.
It can be a mystical and protective force bridging the subconscious with the conscious and in this painting I have felt into the 'flow of imagination'.
The bubbles are quiet possibilities and calm.
The sea dragon also can remind us to embrace stillness and notice the quiet and magical wonder around us.
Fixed in a floating frame painted in a light gold colour. This painting will also be available as a print or print and framed in the eShop.
Art and story Copyright Karen Curran 2026
My art of the past decade
My current paintings over the past 10 years focus on the spiritual and interpretation of dreaming/magical/ethereal and elementals. My paintings often tell a story or inspire imagination.
Some of them are will be available as prints.
Click for larger view. Also, see PORTRAITS page here
© Illustrations and Art by Karen Curran
Earlier paintings throughout my life from teen, to young adult, to middle years are featured on
other pages.
Calendar 2025 'An Enchanted Garden' self published featured my (Karen Curran) illustrations and garden photos throughout.
'Evolving' is a recent Sunday afternoon watercolour painting where I went for a walk, picked up a leaf and painted my impressions afterwards.
A mini pictorial journey of my new illustration 'A New Beginning'.
Watercolours, metallics, archival brown ink pen.
All my illustrations tell a story.
This one is encouraging the viewer to look forward ... encourage someone to look forward. It depicts transitions, symbolised by a fresh green shoot emerging from a seed planted long ago. This shoot has now grown into a flourishing tree, brimming with love, healing, blessings, and endless possibilities.
This video is an example of my process of developing an illustration for a full design project I created some years ago. The lyrebird is a favourite illustration for me.