Karyn McDonald is an Australian artist, based in Queensland, Australia, specializing in painting and ceramics.
Karyn has over 35 years experience as an Artist across several different mediums including painting (oils, acrylic, gouache and watercolour), ceramics, sculpture, drawing, jewellery making and printmaking.
Karyn has embraced her creative talents to become a prolific artist, producing a vast and diverse array of artworks covering multiple genres and styles, using a multitude of artistic mediums. Using a combination of her natural talents and formal education, Karyn has created numerous one-off, original pieces, some of which have sold to private collectors from all over the world. Karyn was also commissioned for multiple pieces within the private sector tailoring artwork to suit the needs of the client and has exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions.
Karyn holds a Bachelor of Fine Art, a Diploma in Visual Art and Contemporary Craft as well as a Bachelor of Teaching and is available for commission work and private tuition to individuals or group classes.
Karyn spends her time balancing a teaching career, scuba diving career and creating fine art. With her skill sets honed and her passions thriving, Karyn's recent focus has been a combination of her passions as a scuba diving instructor and artistic creativity, resulting in the evolution of multiple works to capture the beauty of the marine environment and bring awareness to its fragility and vulnerabilities.
" Art is my life, rather than being part of it.
I enjoy painting just as much as creating ceramics and sculpture.
Having travelled extensively around the world, landscapes and natural forms have greatly influenced my work. Also, having lived by the sea most of my life, water plays a very important part in my being and in my work and is a constant source of inspiration, pleasure and amazement.
As a passionate scuba diver and environmentalist, my more recent work focuses on marine life under the microscope and the impact global warming is having, or will have on marine ecosystems, particularly on the Great Barrier Reef.
The underwater and coastal environments and their associated marine creatures and aerial and Australian landscapes continue to be themes which I enjoy exploring in painting and ceramics. However, I also thoroughly enjoy branching sideways for a change and getting up close and personal with portraiture.
I prefer to paint in a photo-realistic style, closely imitating the natural beauty of the landscape, plant, animal, person or theme.
Colour continues to be a theme in my work, which together with organic forms, I feel will excite and capture the imagination of my audience.
I hope my works will inspire viewers to fully appreciate Mother Nature’s magnificence and will urge more people to take care of our beautiful Earth.
I hope you, the viewer, have as much joy in viewing my work as I have had in creating them.
Thank you for showing an interest in my work. "
​Karyn x