Mill River Glowcontemporary impressionist landscape artsunrise sunset dusk dawn river illustrationromantic mysterious landscape artLouisiana daily painter

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Mill River Glow © 2011 Karen Mathison Schmidt
6 x 6 inches • oil on museum-quality, archival Gessobord
private collection • Saint Paul, Minnesota 

Though My Heart Is Tornabstract symbolism stormy heart paintingpraise Him in this storm art

Though My Heart Is Torn © 2011 Karen Mathison Schmidt
5 x 7 inches • oil on museum quality, archival Gessobord

private collection • Shreveport, Louisiana

Inspiration for this painting

By Moonlightabstract impressionist landscape paintingmysterious moonlight river art

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By Moonlight © 2011 Karen Mathison Schmidt
7 x 5 • oil on museum quality, archival Gessobord

private collection • Houston, Texas

This Side Upimpressionist cat in box paintingstill life with cat, chair, books, rosescolorist cat books illustrationLouisiana daily artist

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This Side Up © 2011 Karen Mathison Schmidt
12 x 12 x 3/4 inches • oil on 3/4" cradled artist panel

private collection • Jacksonville, Florida

Every Blessingimpressionist Louisiana landscape paintingcolorist sunny trees illustrationromantic southern landscape artLouisiana daily artist

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Every Blessing © 2011 Karen Mathison Schmidt
30 x 40 x 2 inches • oil on 2" cradled Gessobord
SOLD • private collection, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

I posted this one some time ago, and I had it in my studio where I could see it every day. After a while I decided it wasn’t really finished after all, so I took it out of circulation, but just kept kind of studying it off and on. Well, today I finally tackled it, changing it just a little, adding some texture, brightening some of the colors and changing some tree shapes, and NOW it feels much more complete to me.

Pleasant Surpriseswhite & red gift roses floral paintingmodern post-impressionist birthday artcolorist gift flowers illustrationLouisiana daily artist

Pleasant Surprises © 2011 Karen Mathison Schmidt
5 x 7 • oil on Gessobord
gloss varnish for UV protection

$65

Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby!redbone coonhound dog & puppy paintinghound dog mother & baby illustrationLouisiana daily artist

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Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby! © 2011 Karen Mathison Schmidt
8 x 8 inches • oil on cradled Gessobord

private collection • Stamford, Connecticut

See work-in-progress photos

I Brake for Pecanscolorful impressionist Louisiana landscape artred truck farm road paintingLouisiana daily artist

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I Brake for Pecans © 2011 Karen Mathison Schmidt
7 x 5 inches • oil painting on Gessobord

private collection • Shreveport, Louisiana 

Dreaming in Color IIimpressionist sleeping cat paintingstill life with art supplies paint tubescolorist artistic cat illustrationLouisiana daily artist

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Dreaming in Color II © Karen Mathison Schmidt
16 x 12 • oil on 3/4" cradled Gessobord

private collection • Conyers, Georgia

Poppies and Pansiesred yellow poppy floral paintingmodern post-impressionist pansy artcolorist garden flowers illustrationLouisiana daily artist

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Poppies and Pansies © Karen Mathison Schmidt
5 x 7 • oil on 1/8" Gessobord 

private collection • Leonding, Austria

Poppy Gardenred poppy floral paintingmodern post-impressionist poppies artcolorist garden flowers illustrationLouisiana daily artist

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Poppy Garden © Karen Mathison Schmidt
5 x 7 • oil on Gessobord

private collection • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada

Original Morning Light art for published illustrationnow available for purchaseinterior / still life with chair, flowers, book

Morning Light © 2009 Karen Mathison Schmidt
16 x 20 • acrylic on 3/4" cradled Gessobord
sides painted dark umber
can be beautifully displayed with or without a frame
gloss varnish for UV protection and easy cleaning

$1,250

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I’m honored to be one of several contributing artists in a book on painting techniques by UK author/artist Gill Barron. Several of my finished paintings are used as illustrations; I’ve decided to make my ORIGINAL “Morning Light” still life/interior painting, which is one of two multi-page step-by-step projects I have in the book, available for purchase in my eBay store.

The step-by-step demo for this painting, along with a full-page image of the finished piece, appear in the book, entitled Acrylic Secrets: 300 Tips and Techniques for Painting the Easy Way, distributed by Reader’s Digest world-wide. You can find a link to the book on Amazon in the sidebar to the right.