Original oil painting Calm, Bright Journey palette knife landscape by Karen Tarlton

So one of my favorite poems by Robert Frost

is the "Road Less Traveled" and this is how I see it.....

A warm glow guiding the way and colorful trees and reflections

to inspire and tell the story.

Calm and Bright Journey

20x24

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Warm Glow of Night - Original oil painting by Karen Tarlton

20x24

Oil

Bold, chunky paint and radiant color light this one up! Getting ready for another weekend trip to California. Going to beautiful Big Sur! My husband is running the Big Sur marathon. He's excited. I'm just going to soak in the beauty, take snapshots and maybe paint a few pochades while he runs like a mad dog.

Soon I'll list some finished beach scenes. I have San Diego surfers and Santa Barbara coast scenes already in the works from last weeks trip!

Thanks for checking in and come back soon!

Lights in the City

Title: Lights in the City

Size: 9 x 12

Medium: Oil on stretched canvas

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ABOUT THIS PAINTING:

I love painting these little cityscapes! This one has very expressive and impressionistic brushwork, and a little knife too. It's not as heavy with the paint, except on the brights of the lights and taxi cabs, making them really pop out, literally. Lots of fun to paint and I'll be painting more night cityscapes for February! This painting is small enough to fit about anywhere, and I might take it over to the gallery soon....I hope you enjoy it!

Manhattan, New York City

Title: Manhattan, New York City
Size: 16 x 20
Medium: Oil on stretched canvas

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ABOUT THIS PAINTING:
I think I really hit home on this New York scene. Sometimes everything just falls into place quickly and easily when I paint, and other days it's more of a struggle. Everything from the composition to the color was fluid and smooth on this painting and based on photos from a recent trip. I used large swipes of palette knife and soft brushwork. It glows with vivid golds and reds and really has a New York night time feel.
I love this painting in a wide black frame!