Thank you for stopping by my website! I’m currently embracing a transformative journey of downsizing and simplifying my life. To truly experience my art, join me on Instagram, where you can see my latest creations. If you spot something you’d like to own, just send me a DM, and I’ll be delighted to help you. You can also find my work showcased at RiverSea Gallery in Astoria, PAM Rental Sales Gallery in Portland, and occasionally at Brassworks Gallery, (check for various shows.) Your support means everything to me as I pour my heart and soul into my craft. Creating art is my greatest joy, and I’m thrilled to share it with you!
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Strange Days: A Pandemic JourneyWhile spaced miles apart, artist Karen Wippich and writer Tom Vandel have worked closely together to create an off-the-wall art book that attempts to capture the experience of our current pandemic – as seen from different perspectives. Somewhat in the style of a journal, “Strange Days: A Pandemic Journey” combines 48 of Wippich’s original, reality-altered paintings matched with Vandel’s prose-poem ponderings that chronicle these life-changing times. This is their second collaboration. Their first joint effort was the art book “Driving Strangers: Diary of an Uber Driver” which is also on Amazon.
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“Okay Fine Whatever” – Animated book trailer
I recently worked on illustrations/paintings for an animated trailer promoting Courtenay Hameister’s new book. Video features music by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk of Wonderly, editing and animation by Nick Wichman, all lead by the amazing Marie Murphy, Producer/Director/cat herder extraordinaire. This book is in the words of Cheryl Strayed – A “hilarious and poignant” story of one chronically anxious woman’s quest to become braver by seeking out the kinds of experiences she’s spent her life avoiding.
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Rental Sales Gallery
Ongoing representation at the Rental Sales Gallery in Portland, Oregon.
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RiverSea Gallery, Astoria, Oregon
On going representation. Now offering prints of selected works.
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Cover artist for the 2017/18 Artslandia magazine
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Oregon Art Beat 10.20.2016
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Collaboration with the weirdly talented Portland writer Tom Vandel. It’s titled “Driving Strangers: Diary of an Uber Driver.”
The book combines pithy musings about people Tom has ferried around Portland as an Uber driver. It also features 25 of my portrait paintings.
