Where ART Lives Magazine Volume 3 Number 4 | Page 60

Karen Sako
July 2017
What is your first memory of creating art?
I was creating a paper teepee around Thanksgiving in kindergarten and was decorating it with
lots of symbols and colors. My creativity was ignited. When I brought it home my Mom pulled out
the same project my sister completed three years prior. I immediately bust out
crying because her teepee was so unimaginative. That is when I first realized I loved art. I began
drawing on everything within my reach and refused to do any activities because I just wanted to
stay home and draw.
Do you have a favorite piece that you have created? What makes it special to you?
My favorite painting is my first oil painting. I was instructed to copy a master’s work so I
painted a copy of Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer. I was reading the book as I painted it and just
fell in love with his work. It is hanging ove