Original oil painting Autumn Serenity palette knife fine art impressionism by Karen Tarlton

The wind is quiet and the sun is streaming in between the trees dappling the path with light and long shadows in the morning.

"Autumn Serenity"

20x24

Oil

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Original oil painting Sun Dappled Path by Karen Tarlton

This is a new favorite large work.

Working on some new landscapes this week filled with rich

color and light.

Sun Dappled Path

36x36

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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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Karen Tarlton Original oil painting Sunlit Meadow Palette knife art

Sunlit Meadow
20x24
Oil

I am very pleased with this one.  I have an art show coming up and have been painting as many of my favorite type of landscapes as possible in the last few weeks.  this particular painting might be a bit large for the show so I'll need to work on a few smaller paintings!

The art show is in Boulder City on a real train!  It's called the art train and the proceeds are to benefit the Silver Sage Foundation for high school students in the Visual arts!

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”


Mark Twain

Fall Romance

Title: Fall Romance

Medium: oil on stretched canvas

Size: 16 x20

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." --Henry David Thoreau

I am very much imagining a cool crisp fall right now! We are having another heat spell and our airconditioner broke again! I have to stop painting by noon when it get close to 95 degrees!!! Too hot!

This painting cools me down just looking at it:

I use lighter colors next to warm tones in thick paint to make the colors more vibrant. Lots of warm cad yellow to make it glow and a variety of different colors against eachother.

I hope you enjoy this colorful bit of Autumn!

Big Bad Rooster and Aspen Lined Path

Title: Aspen Lined Path in Morning Light
Size: 12 x 24
Medium: oil on stretched canvas

SOLD

When we moved across the country we stopped at my Uncle's house a few days up in the most beautiful mountain town...Evergreen. Beautiful Aspens surrounded my uncle's house, a stand of Aspens, they are called, when in a cluster. I love the way the leaves shimmer in the light when there is light breeze and the sculptural quality of the bark and trunk. I hope you enjoy this one!

SOLD
Title:Big Bad Barnyard Bird
Size: LARGE...20 x 24
Medium: oil on stretched canvas
I couldn't resist painting another colorful bird! Larger for more impact. Very thick and chunky, impasto rich and dynamic. I hope he makes you smile!

Thoughts:
I'm trying to teach my teenage daughter to drive on the freeways here and it is soooo stressful. I think some people are natural drivers and some just are not meant to ever do it. I wish I could get her a driver, like in "Driving Miss Daisy", for the rest of her life!

Autumn Radiance

Title: Autumn Radiance
Size: 16x 20
Medium: oil on stretched canvas
PAINTING:
THIS PAINTING IS SOLD
This painting is extra thick with oil. I wanted to draw the eye to the golden tree in the forground, so it has at least three layers of reds, ochers and yellow/golds, which is a wonderful contrast to the complementary lavenders of the distant forest background. It is my favorite landscape of the month, just love it!
INSPIRED by all the trees and parks of Virginia that surround me.
Click to enlarge and don't miss the auction for more details! Thanks for checking in!

Birch Tree Path in Radiant Light

This is the invitation to my next show....La Femme. I won third place in this juried show and we put the show up tonight. It looks great. If you live in the area stop by it should be fun. Cassatt's always makes some great food too.

Me and a great friend and artist at the gallery reception last night. Lot of fun and a lot of people showed and purchased art.

A new landscape for eBay auction:

Title: Birch Tree Path in Radiant Light

Size: 20 x 24

Medium: oil on stretched canvas

ABOUT THE PAINTING:

It's hard not to paint a landscape this time of year. The weather is phenomenal here! I did some serious Spring cleaning this weekend and with the windows open I could feel the breeze and see the leaves rustling from every window. I walk my dog several times a day on the beautiful tree lined paths and park near our house. I have to take some photos because the azaleas are blooming right now and everything is full color. This piece I completed after one of those walks, drawing from my memory and painting with brush and knife in reds and greens and bits of golden rich oils.

Aspen Fall Path in Dappled Light

Title: Aspen Fall Path in Dappled Light
Size: 20 x 24
Medium: oil on stretched canvas

THIS PAINTING IS SOLD

ABOUT THIS PAINTING:
Rich thick oil and lots of vivid autumn colors....one of my favorites. There's something about a path that welcomes you into the painting.
I haven't been able to paint as much as I like to the last few days....lots of Spring cleaning lately, even though it is still winter. As soon as we get a new assignment, I get into moving mode and start going through closets and eliminating. We move to Las Vegas end of June. I think it will be exciting. All the way from one coast to the other!


Titled: Florida Sunset
One of my recent commissions....just completed!