After delivering all those paintings, I found myself in Okoboji, WITH paint and an easel! 8x16 oil on panel Test Drive Boat Day, Oak Hill.       ..read more

In the past, my daily study practice of the human face - well, in two's and three's, they go visit the world from whence they came. Currently 12 of them are showing at SNW Gallery in Manhattan, Kansas, and that was the biggest showing of them to date. Until now. But! Brace yourself! 165, yes, onehundredsixtyfive!!! of them will soon be at the Clear Lakes Art Center, in Clear Lake Iowa. We are calling it    One Day At A Time, The Faces I've Seen.   A daily study practice based on the world's most looked at entity, the human face. It might be grand. I am hoping for a sea of faces ..read more

I painted in Iowa City today. Aaaargh, the wind! There was no wind in the coffee shop :) and the results follow:     I will get a good photo and put it in the portfolio one of these days ..read more

Today is regrouping day. OPA 2024 was excellent - so much learning! Next on the agenda - varnish the remainder of the paintings going somewhere this month - send a studio news to share all the comings and goings (here's the link to make sure you get that  link  ) - get started packing for the France painting pilgrimage!! - get a decent photo of my OPA wet paint wall painting     Later, Karen     ..read more

Got today's study done, just barely. Too much time spent on this one - need to start setting an alarm again. 7x5 oil on panel Knows Fun.   ..read more

Yes, I am one day behind in sharing the daily study face. (But, wow, you should see my stack of paintings that have yet to meet the good camera, that's really impressive.) One of these days I will be caught up. And it'd probably happen SOONER if I quit wondering about crazy things like this: What happens if I paint it in gouache? Oh boy.  I had watched one of the art school live videos about turning the ref image upside down and painting it that way.  I had done the oil study in the afternoon, and then had a few spare minutes last night, so just added another panel. And went at it u ..read more

Happy Friday! The daily study did NOT happen in the desired thirty minutes today. In fact it took a LONG time. Some interruptions, some backtracking, a coffee break  :) Let's call this one most of two hours.   Into The Sun. 7x5 inches oil on panel   ..read more

Today's study. When the panel isn't big enough. I rest my case. 5x7 inches oil on panel Scheming X Two.   ..read more

The sun was shining and so what's to do but paint it? With emphasis! Or should we call that exaggeration? Maybe, but I like it that way.   Saturday Sun. 7x5 oil on panel about 45 min. And as they all say, a good/better photo coming soon....   ..read more

Ultramarine and carmine make a wonderful color blend, but ohhhh, that easel shot. Shiny shiny glare glare. I will give you a rough idea of what happened at the easel yesterday, but then you will need to wait a bit for the shine to dissipate for the quality photo to happen. We spent an evening in a 500 year old bistro/tavern in Bruges in October, and so a fun revisit:   Barkeep With Catsup, Bistro Zwart Huis. 5x7 oil on panel         ..read more