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Pastel Drawing. Handsigned and dated. Comes from the collection of the municipality of The Hague, The Netherlands. Karen Persson Karen tell us a brief bit about who you are and how did you end up in HOLLAND? At age 19-1/2 I left Palo Alto, California, to study art in The Hague, the Netherlands. Studying art in Europe was always a dream of mine and it was more a challenge to go where I had to learn a new language. The only thing I was certain of was that I was accepted at the Royal Academy of Art for the 5 year study. Besides that I didn’t know the language, didn’t know a soul, where I’d live and had only my own savings. I learned the language on my own, using comic books in the beginning. After a year I met my now ex who I later married. To make a long story short, I’ve been in the Netherlands now 49 years working as a professional artist with a most amazing large studio in the old city center. My specialties are portraits and illustrations in oil or watercolor. My free work is a bit more abstract. Originally from California. Drawing on paper in pastel, 80 x 100 cm, by the American artist Karen Persson, living in The Hague.