Oh yeah...

go visit my new website (karenklassen.com) -
If you happen to be on a pc and are using Firefox 3 as your browser, you may have issues when trying to view my image galleries. Until I get that figured out, you can always check out my altpick page....

Hey, thanks American Illustration!

They've included me as one of their picks for their awards annual.... AI27.

Hey, thanks Comm Arts!

See me on pages 24 and 25 of this year's annual...

Hey, thanks 3x3!

3x3 Illustration Magazine awarded me a silver medal for one of my editorial illustrations.
Thank you!!

ICON 5

I just got back from New York city where I attended ICON 5 - an illustration conference that bounces around the US every couple of years. It was great, and it did what I was hoping it would do. Lately I feel like I've been on a bit of a hamster wheel in terms of my work life, and the passion was waning. Being at ICON and meeting other illustrators was a great reminder that I'm really lucky to be doing what I'm doing, and that I love love creating stuff. I think I was just a little burnt out.

But now I'm back and ready to go!
And, as an extra special bonus, while I was away I missed half of the Craptastic Calgary Stampede! Does life get any better? I think not.

Here are some of the great illustrators I met at the conference, along with some I already knew and had the chance to catch up with.

Raymond Biesinger
Joe Cepeda
Doug Fraser
Doug Jones
Ted McGrath
Andrew Mitchell
Chris Silas Neal
Nathan Santistevan
Terry Shoffner
Marcos Sorensen
Riccardo Stampatori
Jillian Tamaki
Sam Weber

Cabin Fever Press

Thank you to Shelley Boettcher at the Calgary Herald for this write-up and photo op of the upcoming Portobello Show. The sale is only two weeks away - mark your calendar!
-K

New Craft Collective SPRING SALE

Yep, it's that time again. Time for another sale with the NCC girls - I have all new Cabin Fever designs and illustrations...Come check it out!

Applied Arts illustration awards

Applied Arts chose some of my work for their illustration annual again this year, thanks Applied Arts!

Hey! That's me in Snowboard Canada Magazine.

Big thanks to SBC!

t n 'eh

back to figure drawing...

on the 'easel'

work in progress...

New Screenprint - Knit Won, Purl Too

Snowboards

Here are a few sketches for some snowboard designs I've been working on...

Canadian Business portrait

...of Mr. Leonard Asper. Now on newsstands

Orchard Park Mall

This past summer/fall I did some work for Orchard Park Mall in
Kelowna. It consisted of ad illustrations for bus kings and in-mall banners as well as a paper doll direct mailer. I also did the hand lettering.

screenprinty fun time

i'm taking a screenprinting class right now and it is sooooo fun. here's some stuff i made.

more press more press

Press!

Some nice press for my Cabin Fever line...

New Craft Collective - Fall Sale!

Same location as last time. Stop by and say hi! I have some new designs in my Cabin Fever line.

figure drawing