About Karen

“The relationship of line, shape, color and balance, giving rise to distinct qualities, has a subtler manifestation: the interplay between light, sound, space and time.”


Karen Kelly portrait

Karen Neff Kelly

I’ve been painting yantras for over 17 years. It began as a curiosity and has now become a spiritual journey — a delightful meditation and an adventure of painting subtle energies and discovering these energies in myself, others and everywhere.


In 2005, I began studying with Dr. V Ganapati Sthapati. This has inspired me to look into the underlying principles of aesthetics, visual arts and yantras.

I serve on the Board of Directors of the American University of Mayonic Science.

I have a Masters Degree in Human Communication which I’ve taught at the college level.

I am on the Board of Directors of Each One Teach One, No More Gap, an educational organization dedicated to enriching the language environments of children, promoting self-confidence, curiosity and the motivation to learn.

For 18 years I owned a popular art school. Having the privilege of creating and teaching art to others inspired my own journey as an artist.

I am the art teacher at St Elizabeth’s School of Denver.

I’ve practiced eastern meditation for many years, and I’ve taught meditation to over 1,000 people.


Stone carved sacred hands sculpture

Contact me at

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