Karen Mortensen is a retired fashion designer born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since a very early age Karen has always had a profound interest in creating fine art, and in 1990 became a full time artist. In 1999, she moved from Santa Barbara, California to make her home on the Big Island of Hawaii, where she now resides in the Puna district. Her art is a reflection of her diverse studies and experiences from a lifetime of travel and living among many cultures and countries throughout the world. Karen has studied fine art at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles.