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.
