Karrie Evenson is a professional artist from Northwest Arkansas. She is known for her bright, bold colors and loose, free style of painting. Her vibrant colors and passion for life really come through in every stroke. Painting for her is not a thinking process but a feeling process. She believes, that for her, this is the only way to paint.     While she primarily works with acrylic paints on canvas, she also enjoys using mixed mediums to create texture and interest to her work. As an emotional painter, Karrie uses everyday experiences to tell a story with paint, brush and canvas. It is her hope to draw the viewer in and allow them to walk away with a sense of connection to her art. “For me, the only way to paint is by being true to my self, emotionally and passionately, this allows me to be free and to let go”.     As an emotional painter, Karrie finds solace when expressing herself with her art. She refers to it as more of a therapy for her. Painting has helped her to find peace when she learned that her youngest daughter was diagnosed with a common neurological disease called Neurofibromatosis. This disease causes tumors to grow anywhere inside or outside the body along the nerve endings and there is no cure. “When I am troubled with the not knowing of what will happen to her and our family, I find peace and feel centered from painting”, she says. Karrie works with the Children’s Tumor Foundation to help fight for a cure.

You can find her work on display at Art Emporium in Fayetteville and Eureka Springs Fine Art in Eureka Springs and Poor Richard’s Fine Art in Rogers, AR. She is the host of the television show “Karrie On Canvas” which features painting how to’s and airs on Jones Television, Channel 22.