Karen is an Artist and Storyteller, bringing heartfelt narratives to life
Karen Curran is an Australian Artist and Storyteller who uses pen and ink, watercolour, metallic paints and inks, and gold leaf to create her unusual paintings and designs. Her work often explores ethereal and unseen worlds, fantasy, nature, and the quiet wonder woven through life.
Karen has decades of experience in Art, Graphic Design, Teaching, and Art Therapy/Counselling. During her later years as a Transpersonal Creative Therapist, she became increasingly drawn to the symbolic, reflective, and transpersonal elements within art and storytelling.
Karen's workshops and courses embody elements of all of these with joy.
Karen believes that “you are so much more than you imagine” and hopes to gently inspire those who connect with her art, stories, courses, and creative offerings.
Her work is created with the intention of inspiring wonder, joy, hope, and gentle reflection and often invites reflection on the deeper and often unseen layers of life.
With over 50 years of experience in art, design, teaching and then as a transpersonal therapist/counsellor.
Art and Design from December 1974, Creative therapy services from December 2017.
I have worked as a sole trader since December 1987.
I semi-retired in December 2024 and now offer products, workshops and courses from time to time and still partake in regular professional development.
MY PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE
Dip Clinical and Educational Art Therapy CECAT
Dip in Counselling AIPC
Major Study Grief Counselling Cert AIPC
Practitioner Sandplay incl. Master Subjects SANDPLAY AUSTRALIA
Practitioner Shamanism & Transformational Mask CIRCALORE
Cert Art Life Coach - EFFICIENT COACH
Advanced Practitioner Australian Bush Flower Essences
Cert Trauma Informed Coach - THE CENTRE FOR HEALING
Cert Trauma-Informed Manifestation Coach - THE CENTRE FOR HEALING
Cert The Root Cause Practice Full Program - Tracey Stevens - THE HEALING POINT
Dip in Visual Art, Graphic Arts, Typography & Communication SCHOOL OF VISUAL ART East Sydney
Matriculated HSC 1974 ST GEORGE GIRLS HIGH
Other
Cert IV Training and Assessment TAFE
BMI Teaching Certificate TAFE
Cert CAREER AS A JOURNEY OF SOUL
(An Introduction to the Depth Psychology of Vocation) - Dr SUZANNE CREMEN
Professional Development Studies in Grief and Trauma, Root Cause
and the connection to the Emotions include (not in order)
Cert The Root Cause Practice Full Program - Tracey Stevens - THE HEALING POINT
Certificate Level I/II Reconnective Healing - ERIC PEARL
Certificate Healing With the Arts MARY ROCKFORD LANE
Sandra Ingerman Shamanic Studies
Michael Stone - WELL OF LIGHT
Jane Burns ~ Celtic Shamanism - THE SHIFT NETWORK
Gabby Bernstein
Marie Forleo - B-SCHOOL
Dr Edith Eger - Unlocking Your Potential - YOUR SOUL SEARCH
Dr Edith Eger - Forgiveness - YOUR SOUL SEARCH
Dr Hayley Kelly - THERAPISTS RISING
WWWC (Working With Children) Approval
FAVOURITE AUTHORS include
John O’Donohue
Mary Oliver
David Whyte
Gabby Bernstein
Dr Edith Eger
Cathy Malchiodi
Mary Rockford Lane
Peter A Levine
Richard C Schwartz
Louise L Hay
David Michie
Robert Moss
Sandra Ingerman
Jane Burns
Lise Borbeau