Karen is an American forensic and portrait artist with a depth of experience going back several decades. She has contributed to thousands of criminal investigations and historical projects across the globe with her drawings and sculptures. In addition to portrait commissions, she teaches workshops and consults on assorted media projects. She is the author of Forensic Art and Illustration, an in-depth textbook for her field.
May the good guys always win.
- Karen T. Taylor
CSI: Vegas
S2 E17: “The Promise”
featuring Karen’s sculptural props
THE PLOT: When the skeletal body of a young girl who was killed over 40 years ago is discovered in a barrel at the bottom of Lake Mead, the effort to identify her involves a forensic facial reconstruction. After the sculpture is identified, Max Roby promises the child’s mother, Raquel Williams, that the CSI team will finally find justice for her daughter.
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Fine Art Portraiture
COMMISSIONED PORTRAITS:
- Drawings
- Bas Relief Sculptures
- Life-size Busts -
Forensic Art
COMMISSIONED FORENSIC ART:
- Composite Images
from Descriptions
- Child Age Progressions
- Adult Age Progressions
- Postmortem Depictions
- 2D Facial Reconstructions
- Forensic Sculpture -
Workshops
FORENSIC ART WORKSHOPS:
- Drawing to Depict the Deceased
for Identification
- Basic Forensic Facial Reconstruction Sculpture
- Master Forensic Facial Reconstruction SculptureLOCATION:
Forensic Anthropology Center
at Texas State University
in San Marcos, Texas. -
Forensic Art and Illustration Textbook
The first-ever in-depth text for the field, this book documents the history of forensic art, and then proceeds logically through explanations of facial anatomy, practical methodologies and techniques showing multiple actual case examples.
