Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Impressionist Oil Painting Oak Tree Art
Vintage Style Louisiana Landscape
In the Morning II


In the Morning II © 2010 by Karen Mathison Schmidt
30 x 30 inches • oil on 2" cradled Gessobord

SOLD • private collection, Shreveport, Louisiana

7 comments:

Susan Roux said...

So fun! I really like the journey this painting takes me on. Its like a stained glass window! Beautiful energizing piece!

Vicente Herrero said...

Karen, you know a lot about color, I like how you use it.
Regards.

Anonymous said...

this is wonderful Karen: it delights the eye, feeds the mind and calms the soul. and not kidding either:)

Karen M Schmidt said...

Susan, thanks! I get a lot of inspiration from stained glass ... I love the colors and the way the medium kind of compels a simplification of the subject matter.

Vincente, thank you ... I really appreciate your comment! I love color, and I used be very undisciplined about it, just going wild with not a very good result. I've learned quite a bit by studying artists like Susan Sarback and Hongnian Zhang.

Rahina, thank you for your lovely comment ... "calms the soul" is just what I was trying for with this one!

Gary Keimig said...

wonderful blog Karen. I definitely see the influence from some of the illustrators you mentioned in your intro. You have some wonderful paintings posted and some really great ones.
God bless and keep up the great work

Connie Michael said...

Karen, this is stunning! Love your blog.

SKIZO said...

I enjoyed your
work very much