Karen Kristin was born and grew up in Los Angeles, California. The youngest of four children in a musical family, she knew from the start that she wanted to be a visual artist. Always a dreamer, she spent hours lying on the ground looking up at the sky, imagining animals in the changing shapes of the clouds above.

Educated at UCLA, Karen has lived her entire life as an artist, drawing, painting, and sculpting. In the 70's and 80's, she took an interest in handwritten forms. She learned to analyze the symbols contained in the shapes, taught Graphology at UCLA, wrote and published three books, and continues to speak on the subject to this day. In 1978, Karen began working in Hollywood as a scenic artist, painting backdrops for film and television and developing a reputation as "The Sky Lady."

Upon leaving Hollywood, Karen established SKY ART Karen Kristin, Inc. and stepped into the Las Vegas arena to paint the overhead skies (92,000 square feet of them!) at the Forum Shops at Caesars. In 1998, at another high profile project in Las Vegas, The Venetian Grand Canal Shoppes, she and the SKY ART team designed and painted 105,000 feet of overhead skies.

Upon completion of The Venetian, Karen journeyed to China and Tibet. In years since, sky painting has taken her to South Africa and India to provide murals for museums and temples. Karen has been widely recognized for her work and honored by several organizations.

Karen can be reached at skyartkk@aol.com.