Original oil painting Summer Fishing by Karen Tarlton

Summer Fishing Early Morning Light

24x36

close up below

"Write it on your heart that everyday is the best day of the year." ~Emerson

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Original oil paintings Roses and Fishing Morning Light

Here are two new favorites!

I'm enjoying my little paintings but these larger works are so much fun!

Today in my studio I worked on a very large new abstract listing soon :)

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 20x20

Sitting Pretty

Oil/palette knife

Fishing by Early Morning Light

24x36

Oil/palette knife

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Original oil painting Sunrise Fishing palette knife fine art by Karen

Sunrise Fishing

24x30

Oil

Luscious Fall colors in this painting to light up the room.

I'm not much of a fisherman (woman) myself but I understand the desire to fish.

I like the symbolism don't you?

I'm moving my studio this week....making more room

Cleaning out and cleaning up!

Trying to get all my knives and large paint tubes organized and neat for tomorrow so I can dive into painting first thing in the morning!

Fall Fly Fishing by Karen Tarlton

Fall Fly Fishing
16x20
Oil

"There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind". ~Washington Irving



"Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl. " ~Ernest Hemingway

I don't fish myself but have many relatives and friends that do and I love to watch them fish. It's quite an art! I also love to eat the fish they catch......fresh with a little lemon, butter and dill! Of course I love to paint them most of all.

Holidays are coming before you know it, so if you need the perfect gift...look me up soon.

Sunrise Fishing

Fall Fly Fishing

20x24

Oil

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These are two of my favorite fisherman paintings. It's amazing how light can change a scene and it's always challenging and so much fun to paint reflective water in varying light. Lots of drags of rich oil in each of these, and vibrant color!

Fly Fishing by Early Light

16x20

Oil

Still wet but available for purchase!

"It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming."--John Steinbeck

Fisherman at Sunrise

Another completed commission! I love painting water and beach scenes. I think this one turned out real lovely. I can't wait to send it off to be hung up for the holidays! I've enjoyed every moment painting these special commissions for my collectors. I'm delighted to create special moments in time for you all to enjoy.

Title: Fisherman at Sunrise

Size: 20 X 24

OIL

SOLD

Brilliant hues of blue and highlights of gold make this painting glow....I hope you enjoy this peaceful scene! Thanks for checking in!

The Art of Fishing

Title: The Art of Fishing
Size: 20" x 24"
Medium: Oil on gallery wrapped canvas

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PAINTING:
I began this composition slowly from some old photos I took of my Uncle Fishing along the Truckee River near our house in Floriston, a small town in California where I grew up. I drew with a brush and cobalt blue, then adding dark purples and winsor greens for shadowed areas. When the paint is thinned it dries quickly and then I have my underpainting complete. The fun part is laying it thick with the knife, in bright blues and greens and rich frosting-like white highlights.

INSPIRATION:
I always loved watching fly fishing. I'm not so good at it myself, but I used to sit and sketch while my uncle fished in the the summers of my youth. Seems like a really long time ago.