Get to Know Figure Skater and Author Karen Chen Ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics

When the Olympian does get a break in her busy schedule, she finds solace in her favorite childhood pastime, painting. "[Painting is] something I used to do all the time. I would go to an art class once a week growing up," she recalled to US Figure Skating. "After I got really dedicated to skating, that kind of died a little bit. But when I do have time, I love drawing, sketching, painting, and working with oil pastels." Chen's art portfolio mostly includes abstract paintings, but every now and then, she turns to nature for inspiration.