Flowers in Jar paintings by Karen Tarlton palette knife fine art impressionism

 8x10

Summer Gold
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12x12

Pretty in Pink

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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"

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.

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Poppy Field Forever by Karen Tarlton - Original oil painting

FOR THE LOVE of FLOWERS!

It is 

with great pleasure

 that I painted red poppies

 dressed up

 in my favorite smock

 with a flower tucked

 just so

 behind my ear.

  We just moved to our new home and the first thing I did after we finished unpacking is....... 

PAINT a few new paintings.

The second thing was go to the beach.

And the third thing was begin planting in my garden!

The bed above has the brand new hydrangeas I hope get big one day.

 This is the beginning of the hummingbird garden.

 This is the brand new herb  garden!

And the Italian inspired path.....California and Italian seem to go together nicely don't you think?

Today's painting! I finished it after I finished working in the yard. I think I need to add much more red to my garden to attract more hummingbirds.  Maybe next week.

This painting is still very wet so won't list for awhile, but contact me if you are interested.

SOLD

20x24

Poppy Field Forever

Oil

Blue Iris and Bees - original oil painting by Karen Tarlton

Iris and Bees
16x20
Oil

"Every artist dips his own brush
Into his soul
And paints his own nature into his pictures." ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Garden inspired art and a bit Van Gogh inspired I must admit.  He has always been one of my favorite impressionist painters.  The first whimsical artist of his time.  Hope this makes you smile......

Karen Tarlton Original oil painting Bees and Flowers of Spring

Spring Bees and Flowers
12x12
Oil

Bright blue background and swirls of thick buttery paint....so much fun to paint buzzing, energetic bees, which are my favorite insect, besides butterflies, which I also love to paint!  Some of those coming soon as well.

New Commissions

 Blue Iris      Painted on commission
20x24
Oil
and a close up

More in the works!
Love this Van Goghish painting!  Painted for one of my favorite collectors!!!  Can't wait for you to see it!

Summer Flowers Garden Series

Blue Hydrangeas painted from my garden to the canvas!

SOLD!!!
Title: Roses Overflow

Sizes: 9 x 12 on gallery wrapped stretched canvas

Both of these are available for purchase from me and are part of my new garden series. I am working on many smaller flower paintings available for purchase on my blog.

Inspired by all the flowers in my garden which is a labor of love, and painted in thick chunky palette knife for a unique 3-D effect!

Impressionist Garden

Oh....how I love Italy......and Italian wine! I didn't have too much, really.

Title: Impressionist Garden

Size: 20 x 24
Medium: Oil on gallery wrapped canvas

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PAINTING:

This painting took a long time to finally complete, but I can say that I am now finished. I ended up adding more glazes of color, which only makes the painting richer and deeper. It has much broken color, which is indicitive of impressionism, and expressive brush and palette knife work. And lots of texture!

INSPIRATION:

I took hundreds of photos on my last trip to Italy a few months ago, and I think I could paint only Italy paintings forever, it was so beautiful. This painting was inspired by the Villa Carlotta gardens, on Lake Como, in northern Italy. I hope to go back there one day and stay longer.