Karen Nell McKean was born in Chicago in 1948 and currently lives in Oregon Wisconsin. She is a lifelong artist and she was considered a child prodigy in the Chicago area winning many competitions and selling paintings before the age of 16. One of these early works is on permanent display in the Boy Scout Hall of Fame in Pennsylvania. She also painted an illustration of the parable of 'The Elephant and the Blind Men' for the well known theologian, Paul Tillich. She studied art with private instructors and at the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Illinois and University...more