Desert Moon and Jar of Flowers painting palette knife fine art impressionism by Karen Tarlton

When your heart speaks, take good notes.
~ Judith Campbell

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Garden Gems

Desert Moon

11x14

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Sunset Night paintings by Karen Tarlton palette knife fine art impressionism

             It is the painters of color who hold in their            hands the destiny of light” ~ Yves Bonefoy

 9x12

When the Sun Goes Down

16x16

A Kiss in the Rain

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Glory in the Sky and Sunset Cliffs Sunrise painting palette knife fine art impressionism by Karen Tarlton

so many spectacular skies to paint lately.

12x12

Glory in the Sky

11x14

Sunset Cliffs Sunrise

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Original Sunset Romance oil paintings by Karen Tarlton

 18x18

Sunset Romance

Oil

12x16

Sunset Love

Oil

Oh yes I'm just a romantic and love all the color of a sunset.

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Original oil paintings Sunset Sailing by Karen Tarlton

 New nautical works!

Above:

Sunset Sailing in 8x10

Below:

Sailing into Serenity

24x30

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It's super cold here so I'm in the studio painting away!

Dreaming of somewhere where it's 75 and sunny!

Original oil painting Sunset Harbor Boats by Karen Tarlton

Harbor Sunset Sailboats

12x16

Oil

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Colorful water and sky

It's Fall and all the colors of Autumn

deliciously swirled into

the sky and reflective ocean.

Missing the beach a bit :)

Original oil painting Come Sail Away by Karen Tarlton

Come Sail Away

8x8

Oil

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sold

Listing tomorrow,

Last Lazy days of Summer

and one of my favorite memories of the ocean.

Original oil painting Sunset Starry Winter by Karen Tarlton

Sunset Starry Winter

12x16

Oil

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Sunsets are dazzling

and let us know we are alive

life is good

A new day will come

"Strive not to be a success

but rather to be of value"

-Albert Einstein

(I love that guy)

Sunset on the water original oil painting by Karen Tarlton

12x24

Sunset on the Water

Oil

And fire in the sky right?

I love to paint light on a stream 

rolling toward the sun.

 It was wonderful to have an interview with a blogger 

from Tomilson Photography and design.

Here is a lovely post from her:

http://tomlinsonphotographyanddesign.blogspot.com/2013/02/palette-knife-painter-creating-abstract.html 

Original oil painting Sunset Sailing by Karen Tarlton

Sunset Sailing

16x20

Oil

We live in southern California on the beach right now.

It's not too shabby. Nice weather and lots to do.

In the past 20 years we've moved 17 times and lived in many different states

This painting is part, California, part Florida and little bit Samoa.

All places I've lived so each painting is a memory of so

many places.

I hope helps you remember a special place and time in your life as well.

Beach Sunset Romance by Karen Tarlton

Beach Sunset Romance

18x36

Oil

For the LOVE of beaches, sunsets and romance.....I painted this last week and it's just dry!

Lots of my favorite blues and pops of gold highlight are one of my favorite combinations.

There's something magical about a beach a sunset, especially if you're arm in arm with the one you adore.

Love this one!

Oil painting by Karen Tarlton - Evening Harbor Boats

20x24
Sunset Harbor

Calming and colorful.....rich thick oil paint!  Available for purchase .....   thanks for checking in!

Sunset in Paradise

Title: Sunset in Paradise

Size: 20 x 24

Medium: oil on stretched canvas

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Here's another brand new painting that's still wet! One of my favorite tropical inspired paintings from memories of my childhood and youth. I actually lived in American Samoa for a couple years when I was a teenager, where I learned to scuba dive.

I dove at least 3 days a week while living there. I've been diving all over the world since...Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Honduras and the Caribean, to name a few, and all of those places sort of merge in my mind.

So many beautiful beaches and spectacular oceans. Now, when I want to travel back to a beach, I just paint it and in doing so revisit for the time it takes to complete. This painting took awhile, and has several layers of paint, which I let dry imbetween so it glows with luminous glazes of color. I hope you enjoy!

Sunset Pond Fishing

Title:Sunset Pond Fishing

Medium: oil on stretched canvas

Size: 24 x 30

ABOUT THIS PAINTING:

I love how this painting turned out. It is rich and glowing, serene and textural all at the same time. Many glazes of color over color over time brought this piece to life, palette knife and brush.

Going for way too low a price on my eBay auction tonight....I do feel like I'm giving these away but I sure do enjoy painting them for you all! Enjoy!

Sunset and Wind in the Sails

Titled: Time to Relax
size: 16 x 20
Available for purchase from me on my blog.
Medium: oil on stretched canvas, staples in the sides.
I am a huge wine lover and I also love to paint wine bottles and glasses. I have been working on this one for a long time, so long in fact it's on one of my older canvases where the staples are in the sides instead of the back so it does require a frame. It looks fantastic in a deep dark frame and simply glows with layers of glazed oils.

Available on ebay auction tonight!

Title: Sunset and Wind in the Sails

Size: 12 x 16

Medium: oil on stretched gallery wrapped canvas, sides are painted

Bright, and painted thick and chunky with big pulls of rich Winsor Newton artist oils and my favorite knife. Cadmium blues, reds and yellows bring movement and color and this has a great Summer feel, windy and warm.