Karin Weston is a Columbus, Ohio based artist, writer, and illustrator who works predominantly with watercolor, acrylic paints, textiles and natural dyes. For her textiles, she creates designs on the fabric using Japanese Shibori stitching and clamping techniques and eco printing, a process in which an image from plant material is steamed and contact printed on the fabric. Additionally, she is working on three children’s picture books and designing the illustrations in two different styles, one in patterned paper cut into shapes and the other two in watercolor. Her art has been influenced by her study under watercolorist Ellen Elmes, the style of art nouveau and Alphonse Mucha, the illustrations of David Wiesner, Jan Brett, and the early illustrations of Mercer Mayer.
Her work was exhibited at the 2019 International Steampunk Symposium in Cincinnati, Ohio and at Westgate Salon in 2019 and 2021, at 3060 Gallery (previously 3060 Artworks) in 2019, 2020, 2021, and at Emergent Art + Craft in 2022 in Columbus, Ohio. She currently has artwork on display in the Ohio Art League’s 2022 Spring Juried Exhibition and the Dublin Area Art League’s Riffe Lobby Juried Show in Columbus. Her illustration work was shown in the 2019 SCBWI MidSouth Conference’s juried illustration portfolio showcase, the Austin 2020 Writers and Illustrators Conference’s Portfolio Showcase, and the SCBWI Summer Conference 2021 Portfolio Showcase online. She has created artwork for the non profit Highland Youth Garden in the Hilltop community of Columbus, Ohio and her seasonal design work has been purchased by Pippa.com. She was a recipient of the Greater Columbus Arts Council Artists in the Community grant in 2019 and 2021. Karin is a member of the Ohio Art League, the Dublin Area Art League, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She hopes to enrich people's lives with works of art evoking beauty drawn from the natural world. Additionally, she loves the idea of making art available to the public through the medium of picture books and through wearable art, such as with her hand dyed textiles. Karin believes art should be accessible to everyone, especially children, and hopes that her fine art, illustration, and writing will help inspire others as much as the art she saw and books she read as a child inspired her. |