Kaaren Lundeen

Kaaren Lundeen is a key assistant animator who worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios from 1982 - 2004.
Born from Swedish descent, her childhood in the Pennsylvania highlands instilled a lasting love of nature and open air that has remained throughout her life in California and North Carolina. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Center College of Design in Pasadena. After illustrating for a few years, she joined Disney, where she worked for 22 years. She was supervising artist on Disney characters that include, but are not limited to Belle, Aladdin, John Smith, and Adult Simba. Kaaren resides in Brevard, North Carolina and is a member of OPA. She travels extensively and paints in Plein Air.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position
1985	The Black Cauldron 	Breakdown Artist
1986	The Great Mouse Detective 	Assistant Animator
1987	Sport Goofy in Soccermania 	Assistant Animator
1988	Oliver & Company 	Assistant Animator
1989	The Little Mermaid 	Assistant Animator
1990	The Rescuers Down Under 	Character Lead
1991	Beauty and the Beast 	Key Assistant Animator: Belle
1992	Aladdin 	Key Assistant Animator: Aladdin
1994	The Lion King 	Key Assistant Animator: Adult Simba
1995	Pocahontas 	Associate Character Lead: John Smith
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Key Assistant: Additional Clean-Up Animation
1997	Hercules 	Lead Key Assistant Animator: Amphitryon and Alcmene
1998	Mulan 	Additional Key Assistant Clean-Up Animator
1999	Tarzan 	Additional Clean-Up Artist
2000	Fantasia 2000 	Key Assistant Animator
2000	The Emperor's New Groove 	Co-Lead Key Assistant Animator: Pacha
2002	Treasure Planet 	Co-Lead Key Assistant Animator: John Silver
2004	Home on the Range 	Associate Lead Key Assistant Animator: Willies and Horses
==Gallery==
File:Beauty-and-the-beast-disneyscreencaps.com-160.jpg|Belle
File:Aladdin-disneyscreencaps.com-742.jpg|Aladdin
File:Simba grown up.jpg|Adult Simba
File:Pocahontas-disneyscreencaps.com-2202.jpg|John Smith
File:Hercules-br-disneyscreencaps.com-2310.jpg|Amphitryon and Alcmene
File:Emperors-new-groove-disneyscreencaps.com-8455.jpg|Pacha
File:Treasure-planet-disneyscreencaps.com-3985.jpg|John Silver
File:Home-disneyscreencaps com-5580.jpg|Willies
==External links==
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*Kaaren Lundeen Fine Art
Category:Females
Category:People from Pennsylvania
Category:Animators
Category:Clean-up animation
Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios
Category:Disney Renaissance
Category:The Black Cauldron
Category:The Great Mouse Detective
Category:Oliver & Company
Category:The Little Mermaid
Category:The Rescuers
Category:Beauty and the Beast
Category:Aladdin
Category:The Lion King
Category:Pocahontas
Category:The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Category:Hercules
Category:Mulan
Category:Tarzan
Category:Fantasia
Category:The Emperor's New Groove
Category:Treasure Planet
Category:Home on the Range