About the Artist

Karen Durishin of Waterfall Acrylics, LLC is a northern Virginia-based mixed-media entrepreneur and artist who works with fluid acrylic paint and epoxy resin. Karen is self-taught and has been dabbling with mixed mediums, in one form or another, since 2014, and became a full-time artist in 2019. Karen’s work has been shown in multiple art galleries in the Washington DC area, and she is the recipient of several awards from juried shows. She is a member of the League of Reston Artists, and her work is displayed throughout the Washington DC metropolitan area as part of the Art In Public Places initiative. Karen was the substantive expert judge for the TV show “Meet Your Maker” airing on Discovery+. Karen is well known for her use of color and has a keen eye for composition. She is also a founder of the Fluid Art Boutique; a consortium of artists who provide art workshops throughout the US. Karen teaches regularly from her art studio in northern Virginia; and is an internationally recognized fluid artist with a large social media presence including her YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers. Karens is married with a teenage daughter, a cat named Bella, and a Golden Retriever named Finnegan. Commissions and lesson requests are welcome; please use the contact form to get in touch.