Yes, now this is thistles! This one is smaller than some of the other recent photos: it’s 8 x 8 inches. Painted with acrylic paint and ink on paper. Mounted on 1-1/2 inch deep gallery wrapped canvas.
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Thistles
Author: Karen Koch
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Lavender
I started to title this one “Thistles” but decided that no, it reminds me more of lavender. Have you seen how lavender grows with the flowers on those long spiky branches? 12 x 12 inches, acrylic paint and ink on scrapbooking paper. Mounted on 1-1/2 inch deep gallery-wrapped canvas.
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Summer Heat
Washes of warm colors and drips of acrylic ink and dots of alcohol inks. Painted, as usual, on scrapbooking paper though the pattern really doesn’t show through much here. 12 x 12 inches, mounted on gallery wrap canvas. The photo below shows what I mean by “mounted on gallery-wrap canvas”. The painting is done on […]
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Breezy Point
Sweeping greens and purples and blacks, painted on scrapbooking paper. You can see some of the pattern from the paper especially around the edges. 12 x 12 inches, acrylic paint and ink. Mounted on gallery-wrap canvas.
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Pastel Colors
I have been waiting to post photos of so many new paintings until I come up with just the perfect titles. It bugs me to name things #1 or Untitled or Green because I believe in the value of a good title to lead the viewer through my thought process. But sometimes the words just […]
The National Collage Society’s postcard show is such a cool show. It’s exactly what it sounds like; all entries are postcard-sized: 4×6 inches, no bigger, no smaller. Dozens and dozens of them line the walls, each one a tiny gem. My entry, “Red Sky At Morning”, is pictured at right. We’re fortunate this year to […]
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Tall Trees and Swings
A smaller abstract painting done on paper with acrylic paints and inks. 8 x 8 inches. Paper is mounted on 1-1/2 inch deep gallery wrapped canvas.
A smaller abstract painting, done with acrylic paints and acrylic inks on paper. 8 x 8 inches. Mounted on 1-1/2 inch deep gallery wrap canvas, so needs no matting or framing.
Acrylic paint and india ink on scrapbooking paper. 12 x 12 inches Matted and framed under glass.
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One More Postcard
This is a delightful surprise! One more postcard from the swap JUST arrived in my mailbox. When the swap ended, I knew I was one postcard short – you send in 5, get 5 cards back from participants, plus one from Kat (the organizer). Doing the math, that’s 6 total. I only received 5 (see […]