Something always brings me back to figurative work.
A ballerina is beautiful, and I love to paint beauty in brilliant color!
10x20
Ballerina at the Studio
Oil
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Original oil painting Regal Rooster palette knife fine art impressionism by Karen Tarlton
So much personality in these barnyard birds!
Check out the close up below and you can see, I don't skimp on the paint :)
Regal Rooster
12x12
Oil
close- up
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Original oil painting Spring Seaside sunshine palette knife fine art impressionism by Karen Tarlton
If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall.~ Nadine Stair
I'm doing my very best effort to make for lost time!
Spring Seaside Sunshine
12x12
Oil
Friday, March 11, 2016
Original oil painting Owl Whimsy palette knife fine art by Karen Tarlton
A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer
It sings because it has a song.
~ Maya Angelou
It sings because it has a song.
~ Maya Angelou
Sometimes I paint angels,
sometimes birds, and tomorrow whoooo knows.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Original oil paintings by Karen Tarlton - Italy Sunshine
Two 18x18 favorite Sunshine landscapes
"When you feel a peaceful joy, that is when you are near truth". -Rumi
Hope you all have a peaceful joy kind of day.
"Garden Sunshine"
Hope you all have a peaceful joy kind of day.
"Garden Sunshine"
Palette knife and oil is all I use for my
paintings. This is the best way to get clean, bright, rich color.
The secret to real vibrant paintings I believe.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Original oil painting Coy Fish Japan palette knife fine art by Karen Tarlton
I just recently returned from Tokyo where I had quite
an interesting adventure.
I have a series of paintings I'll be listing, and this is the first.
"Coy Pond Serenity"
20x24
Japan's gardens are so beautiful and tranquil.
It's a peaceful experience to walk through one, so very different
from the busy rush of the train station and city.
More to come....
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Original oil painting Paris Eiffel Tower romance palette knife fine art impressionism by Karen Tarlton
“in
the cold you wrap me. in my uncertainty you listen. in all my joys you
celebrate. at every turn you meet me with competence and grace. what a fine
dance we have together.” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher
This is one of my favorite latest Paris paintings.
20x24
Paris Twilight Romance