Karen Baker Thumm: Featured Pencil Artist 2-9-10
Karen Baker Thumm doesn’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be an artist or love horses. Like so many little girls of her generation, she grew up drawing horses constantly (when she wasn’t running around like a horse, whinnying and pawing the ground). Early artistic influences were famous horse illustrators Paul Brown, Wesley Dennis and particularly C. W. Anderson whose style she strived to emulate.
Karen set aside art for many years to start a family but returned to college and received a degree in commercial art in 1984. For ten years she did pet portraits and then horse portraits and is now concentrating on fine art. Sporting art and english riding are her particular favorites. Although she also paints, pencil remains a favorite medium. She is an associate member of The American Academy of Equine Art and an award winning artist.
Karen has been a horse owner for many years. She is learning classical dressage and likes to trail ride on her special horse, Scottie. To see more of her work, visit her website, Alpha Mare Equine Art or follow her blog, Drawing on Life; The Art of Karen Baker Thumm.
Great works ! Karen …
Thanks, Mani!
Karen,
Lovely drawings! Iparticularly love the foal.
Gorgeous work.. Brilliant details… Drawing horses is hard.. so hard that i have never really tried..
Thank you, Sue and Bobby!