Spring Birds and Pink Magnolias and Beach Stroll painting by Karen Tarlton

Spring inspired paintings with many shades of blue.

Birds and Pink Magnolias

12x24

"Beach Stroll"

8x10

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Love Birds and Blooms original oil painting by Karen Tarlton palette knife fine art impression

Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order.
~ Samuel Beckett
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Original oil paintings Hummingbird Dance and Colorful Owl by Karen Tarlton

A few more of my favorite feathered friends.

Whimsy, color and texture.....so much fun!

Hope you enjoy :)

 12x12

Hummingbird Dance
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8x10

Colorful Owl

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Original oil paintings and colorful prints by Karen Tarlton

 Prints like these and many more are available for the holidays!

Original new oil paintings list almost daily as well.

Working on loads of commissions for you all as well.

Happy November!

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Original oil paintings The Birds and the Bees by Karen Tarlton

12x12

Birds and Bees

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Oh Summer time, I get so distracted by it !

I have been working, I promise but just forget to post everyday

and of course the coast to coast move is keeping busy as well.

Much unpacking to do but paintings will be a welcome reprieve from the boxes :)

Original oil painting Birds, and more birds, Rooster and Owl by Karen Tarlton

 6x6

Little Racy Rooster

Oil

I'm loving painting animals lately, especially birds.

We have birds all over our yard and they are amazing to watch.

These two list tomorrow!

10x10

Wise One

Oil

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Original oil painting Spring Birds and Blooms and Rain Dance by Karen Tarlton

 18x18

Spring Birds and Blooms

Oil

There is a story line for these paintings actually.

Today I woke up to birds chirping outside my window and the loud rain from the night before

seemingly coming to an end....

then the downpour and then it actually snowed again.

So here they are.

I'm just no longer buying it :)

Rain Dance

11x14

Oil

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Original oil paintings by Karen Tarlton Birds and Boats

 Birds nd BLOOMS

18X18

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Three Waiting

10x10

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Well I'm working a tiny bit less this month, although still painting a few hours a day at least.

Our youngest daughter goes off to college soon

and we have just two weeks left to enjoy her.

I hope she thinks " I miss my dearest mother; I now no longer find her half so bothersome as she was -but remember her so careful and so kind."

 But I know she won't give

me much of a thought as her life begins to bloom

and friendships grow. 

She will hear my voice though, throughout her time away

and maybe miss

my smile and hugs - I know it! But not as much as I'll miss hers :)

Original oil painting spring birds and blooms by Karen Tarlton

10x20

Spring Birds and Blooms

  I'm planning on doing some plein air painting this week!

We're up in the mountains of California

weather is perfect and sunny

Wildflowers and singing birds everywhere!

My internet is sporatic at best but I'll do my best to post some of the latest!

Original oil painting Spring Birds and Blooms by Karen Tarlton

20x24

Spring Birds and Blooms

Oil

It is most definitely spring time around here.

The pollen is fierce though and I've been sneezing all day.

I love to see all the nesting birds

and flowers blooming though.

It's worth every sneeze :)

Spring Birds Original oil painting by Karen Tarlton

Spring Birds

10x20

Oil

Ready for Spring?

Here's a little burst of color to liven up your gloomy winter's day.

“I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older.”

~Virginia Woolf

I've been busy loading images on FINE ART AMERICA

My favorites are now available in prints and giclees in all sizes:

check it out:

Fineartamerica.com and search me! 

Original oil painting Hummingbird Dance by Karen Tarlton

9x12

Hummingbird Dance of Two

Oil
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Dancing away the weekend!

We put up our tree this day and lots of festive color. I love this time of year.

I love doing my holiday cards, decorating, baking and most of all, shipping out all of the paintings 

I've been so busy working on all month for you all! They are almost all dry in time for the holiday!

Roosters and Birds - Original oil paintings by Karen Tarlton

 Bad Barnyard Bird

11x14

Oil

Birds and Blooms

16x20

Oil

"A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires."

Hedy Lamarr

The holiday season is here for sure and a unique oil painting has to be the perfect gift.

Especially for someone that has everything.

I'm working like one of Santa's elves painting special holiday gifts for your loved ones

And  that gives me joy!

The Gathering Original oil painting by Karen

12x12

The Gathering

Oil

Whimsical birds and expressive palette knife work on this new one. My kids always laugh at me because I love to tell them what an animal is "saying" or would say if he could talk. This painting makes me smile because I think I managed to make these three "talk" as well. 

This is a new favorite!

The Birds and the Bees Original oil paintings by Karen Tarlton

 Bees and Blooms

12x12

Oil

Spring Birds and Blooms

12x24

Oil

I have a passion for flowers and when I lived in Virginia, California, Alabama and Florida, I had amazing, beautiful gardens full of local varieties of plants and flowers. I have to say I miss that living here in the desert, where water is rationed and the soil like concrete. In Vegas people grow very little or have rock and cactus gardens. I miss my flowers.....so I paint them!

I have to say, I still miss the scent of my lavender plants, the buzz of the bees and cutting my lovely roses and peonies fresh for a vase.  ;)

I'm in the mood to paint some sunflowers next and maybe my favorite Hydrangea!

Original oil painting Birds and Blooms

Birds and Blooms

24x30

Oil

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination."

Albert Einstein

Loaded my knife thick with oil using vertical drags of rich blues and greens amongst brilliant rose colored blooms. I've been painting mostly winter scenes lately so here's a bit of Spring

Royal Peacock - impressionism impasto by Karen Tarlton

Royal Peacock
16x20
Oil

I love these teal blue colors set against a soft silvery background.  I layered thick oil, impasto style and this beauty is almost dry.

A very lovely and ostentatious, bird but very noisy! 

Original oil painting by Karen Tarlton Birds painting impasto fine art

Spring Birds and Blooms
12x36
Oil

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
Hedy Lamarr

Painted with a palette knife in colorful oils!  While I was painting today,  a of birds are darting in and out among the blooms outside my studio window.  I love to watch them interact. Even with the wind blowing on this hot summer day and the flowers bobbing up and down, these little birds are as agile as a fighter pilot- they can maneuver in so many directions while the trees and flowers blow in the wind.

Spring Bird Song by Karen Tarlton - original bird painting in oil

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Spring Bird Song
24x24
Oil

Love the play of yellow/gold and pale blue/greens....soft and romantic.  Like sculpture on the canvas....this painting is very textural and rich.  I love the tactile, sculptural quality I can achieve, when I use my little palette knife to apply each buttery stroke to the canvas!
Hope you enjoy!

Karen Tarlton Original oil painting Spring Birds and Blooms - impasto palette knife

20x20

Oil

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It's getting warmer around here and the birds are out and about making lots of nests and lots of noise and I love it!  Flowers are blooming and everything is turning green. 
This painting is influenced by nature and has unique texture and design.  Available soon....it's almost dry!