Karen Maria Grotto is a mixed-media artist whose work reflects the twists, turns, highs, and lows of everyday life while seeking to cultivate joy along the way. Karen has been making art since childhood and earned a BFA in graphic design, but it wasn’t until 2022 that she fully embraced her identity as an artist. Since then, she has continued exploring what being an artist means to her, experimenting across artistic mediums, and developing her own creative voice.