Maiden Voyage

Alyson Pearson, 8 months ago

love this one, great colours and again I love her hair!

Karin Taylor in reply to Alyson Pearson’s comment, 8 months ago

thanks Alyson! A friend of mine also looked at your website today, and loved everything she saw…. :)

Michael Gatch, 8 months ago

i like your style. really great work.

frozenfa, 8 months ago

I really like the asian look in your drawings.. where did you get the beautiful inspirations from? do you travel?

Karin Taylor in reply to frozenfa’s comment, 8 months ago

Hi frozenfa, and thank you for your lovely comment.

In answer to your question it all started with my kids learning Judo would you believe (but I secretly always love asian babies) I made a card to thank sensai and then I was sorta hooked on the subject of sweet little asian characters. I am of irish and jewish decent and we don’t have asians in our family, but we do have some indonesians and I haven’t travelled far….but I love to read ancient folklore and stories of intrepidly brave warriors from other lands, I love to learn about other cultures, in that regard I am like a sponge. I have lots of books in my library, and pictorials about chinese and japanese culture, history and folklore, and I get absorbed and mesmerised by the information until there’s nowhere else for it to go, but to come out in a painting…. I’m also very caught up with the tahitian/polynesian history…I guess it comes from a voracious apetite to understand people from other cultures….I have this idealistic philosopy of everyone in the world all getting along together, lol

Damian, 8 months ago

Lovely image, cool to read of your inspirations. The water is cool in that stylised way :)

Jonicool, 8 months ago

Precious art work!

frozenfa, 8 months ago

wow.. it’s amazing! Thanks for sharing Karin! From your gallery, one would think that you’re actually living in asia.. =D

Karin Taylor, 8 months ago

thanks, your comments are much appreciated everyone!

Anthony Begovic, 8 months ago

Bloody fantastic! I just love your style.

Karin Taylor in reply to Anthony Begovic’s comment, 8 months ago

Thanks Anthony, I love your photography too!

The InnerNorth..., 5 months ago

very refined multi-layed piece

Karin Taylor in reply to The InnerNortherns .’s comment, 5 months ago

many thanx :)

Jonicool, 5 months ago

fantastic work!

Karin Taylor in reply to Jonicool’s comment, 5 months ago

many thanx!

georgiegirl, 4 months ago

this is incredible work!!! Were you hiding this one? I didn’t see it before!!! Love it lots!!!

Karin Taylor in reply to georgiegirl’s comment, 4 months ago

thanx very much, it was an early one, before I had any friends on RB!!! lol
so a lot of people don’t seem to have seen all my asia ones!

Von McKnelly, 4 months ago

Enchanting and peaceful artwork…just plain fun to look at and have myself a daydream.

Karin Taylor in reply to Von McKnelly’s comment, 4 months ago

oh thank you Von, such a lovely comment on my work :D

Patricia Anne ..., 3 months ago

damned adorable

Karin Taylor in reply to Patricia Anne McCarty’s comment, 3 months ago

thank you so much Patricia Anne!!!

Samantha Goode, about 1 month ago

beautiful!

Ujean1974, about 1 month ago

Awww, I love illustrations that have got stories!! This is simply fabulous, Karin! Again, I would have to say the colors you use capture viewers’ eyes right away!!
Haha, look at the gesture of the “humble” boy!!!! Surely unforgettable~~^-

Karin Taylor in reply to Samantha Goode’s comment, about 1 month ago

thank you so much Samantha!

Karin Taylor in reply to Ujean1974’s comment, about 1 month ago

thank you ujean, i love the stories/fables where there is a princess who’s meant to marry into royalty, but she falls for a humble boy, or farmhand or fisherman, and although forbidden they decide to runaway and make a life together, sacrificing everything else for their love…i am so happy you like it!! it’s a romantic notion i’ve always loved to dwell on