Quiet Wonder with Karen Curran - Artist, Storyteller

01/02/2026

Portrait series: Newborn.
The quiet wonder of and within a newborn.
Pencil and watercolours on 300gsm.

Artist: Karen Curran
www.quietwonder.au

Other site
www.theheartofus.au

25/01/2026

'Chakra Dance'. It is presently a heat wave, and I am making the most of the cool inside with lots of painting, and experimenting allowing flow. Here is one of them.
Artist: Karen Curran, Watercolours and inks on 300gsm, small 120 x 160mm.

19/01/2026

STAGE 3 - A Portrait in the making titled 'Still Me'. This is a detail from Day 3. So many more layers to do. It comprises 2 portraits within one, so this one could take a while.
With my portraits I look for the inner child, the inner essence.
This is to find the 'Still Me' within the person.
Acrylics and watercolour on canvas.
Karen Curran
www.quietwonder.au

18/01/2026

STAGE 2 - A Portrait in the making titled 'Still Me'. This is a detail from Day 2 after another 2 hours. So many more layers to do. It comprises 2 portraits within one, so this one could take a while.

With my portraits I look for the inner child, the inner essence.
This is to find the 'Still Me' within the person.
Acrylics and watercolour on canvas.

Karen Curran
www.quietwonder.au

17/01/2026

A Portrait in the making titled 'Still Me'. This is a detail of the groundwork layers over 2 hours. So much more to create.

With current portraits I look for the inner child, the inner essence.
This is to find the 'Still Me' within the person.
Acrylics and watercolour on canvas.

Karen Curran
www.quietwonder.au

11/01/2026

Transformation. Once upon a time there was a woman who felt to overcome her fears and step into an unknown journey ... New blog post

Transformation. Once upon a time there was a woman who felt to overcome her fears and step into an unknown journey.

06/01/2026

Portrait of 'Jess' circa 2012.
This was when I was first experimenting with a large Wacom monitor tablet drawing directly into Adobe Photoshop.
Nowadays I prefer to use actual watercolours and acrylics.
But it is interesting to see how I was experimenting with media back then.

More at www.quietwonder.au
Art © Karen Curran

06/01/2026

Portrait of 'John' circa 2012.
This was when I was first experimenting with a large Wacom monitor tablet drawing directly into Adobe Photoshop.
Nowadays I prefer to use actual watercolours and acrylics.
But it is interesting to see how I was experimenting with media back then.

More at www.quietwonder.au
Art © Karen Curran

06/01/2026

Fantasy Bird - small watercolour illustration imagined on 'mark' of 6 black lines.
Less than 30 minutes.
This was part of a 30 day challenge conducted by
and great fun to do.

More at www.quietwonder.au
Art © Karen Curran



Original size 11.5cm (4.5") square page.

03/01/2026

Dear readers, I am in a new Chapter of my life, so this page is changing focus. I am renaming it Quiet Wonder and will focus on art and stories to inspire. So you may notice a different emphasis. Thank you for Following - Karen.