Caren Washkewicz' Painting Style is displayed here as illustration with, sometimes, elements of a fanciful storybook quality. When not commissioned as an illustrator, her fine art consists of imagery that borrows from abstract, and mutates this formless wash of color with sections of realism painted here and there on the canvas. Many times there is a loose drip-dribble texture splashed throughout.

There is an element of simple line drawing to her realism which stems from her unique sketch style, an almost cartoonist approach to fine art. Much of her work depicts gesture-laden figures, architecture and vegetation. She finds great satisfaction painting in a portrait-quality, or revealing the close intimate encounter of things. This can especially be seen in her old world figures, garden floral's and dimly-lit grapevines. She is drawn to depicting figures both of refinement and destitution. Many are nostalgic remembrances of the vanished Jewish world and other ethnic stereotypes. She is drawn to depicting the extreme, heightened moments of ecstasy in a person's days, and equally to their quiet sufferings. She habitually canvasses various neighborhoods from within New York City and the surrounding ethnic neighborhoods in order to sketch figures of humanity. These figures, seen throughout the city, appear to the artist as an endless stream of soundless forms costumed in both finery and unusual salvage... all seemingly exist to play out their roles on the artist's canvas.