Threshold fauve post-impressionist style acrylic original art • Louisiana landscape painting • early spring trees • colorful winter southern landscape illustration by Louisiana artist

Threshold  © 2012 by Karen Mathison Schmidt, artist

12 x 16 inches • acrylic on archival, museum-quality cradled GessobordTM

Ensconced IV: Blue pop fauve post-impressionist style painting of a Redbone Coonhound Mix Hound Dog ensconced in comfy blankets • acrylic painting technique • pet portrait • animal illustration

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Ensconced IV: Blue  © 2012 by Karen Mathison Schmidt

7 x 5 inches • acrylic on archival, museum quality GessobordTM

private collection • Norrköping, Sweden

Backward Glance colorist fauve painting of a gray tabby cat • pop cat art illustration • fauvist acrylic painting by Louisiana artist

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Backward Glance  © 2012 by Karen Mathison Schmidt

6 x 6 inches • acrylic on GessobordTM

private collection • Poway, California

Heirlooms II post-impressionist style painting of daffodils and paperwhites in a glass vase • yellow daffodil art • spring flowers illustration • flower painting acrylic • Daffodil art • glazing with acrylics • Louisiana artist still life • floral illustration

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Heirlooms II  © 2012 Karen Mathison Schmidt, artist

7 x 5 inches • acrylic on GessobordTM

private collection • Salem, Oregon

Squirrel Watchers fauve impressionist painting of a Redbone Coonhound and a Catahoula / Spotted Great Dane mix watching squirrels under an old oak tree in the dappled light of early morning acrylic painting dog illustration art daily painting by Louisiana artist KMSCHMIDT

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Squirrel Watchers  © 2012 by Karen Mathison Schmidt

6 x 6 inches • acrylic on archival, museum-quality GessobordTM

private collection • Scottsdale, Arizona

Jo post-impressionist fauve cat painting • whimsical illustration of a tortoise-shell tabby kitten with comfy cottage pillow and plush blankets • acrylic pet portrait art

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Jo  © 2012 by Karen Mathison Schmidt

6 x 6 inches • acrylic on GessobordTM

private collection • Poway, California

Tabasco: A Long Winter’s Nap acrylic painting of a chihuahua sleeping on comfy blankets • fauve impressionist pet portrait dog art • comfy cozy cottage chihuahua illustration

Tabasco: A Long Winter’s Nap © 2012 Karen Mathison Schmidt

8 x 8 inches • acrylic on cradled GessobordTM

Commission • Norrköping, Sweden

Summer Light fauve post-impressionist style landscape painting • acrylic painting of Colorado valley mountains river trees • summer landscape illustration American west

Summer Light  © 2012 by Karen Mathison Schmidt

24 x 18 x 7/8 inches • acrylic on archival, museum-quality, cradled GessobordTM

private collection • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Her Function Is To Sit and Be Admired fauve post-impressionist colorist cat art • acrylic kitty painting • illustration of a fluffy tortoise shell cat

Her Function Is To Sit and Be Admired*  © 2012 by Karen Mathison Schmidt

6 x 6 inches • acrylic on GessobordTM

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*Title taken from a quote by Georgina Strickland Gates

Favorite Chair fauve colorist impressionist dog art illustration • original redbone coonhound dog painting • acrylic painting technique: big dog on a quilt

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Favorite Chair  © 2012 by Karen Mathison Schmidt

6 x 6 inches • acrylic on archival, museum-quality GessobordTM

private collection • Poway, California

Napscape II: Buster post-impressionist style original painting of a sleeping dog • Redbone Coonhound hound dog art • acrylic painting technique • fauve pet portrait by Louisiana artist

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Napscape II: Buster  © 2012 by Karen Mathison Schmidt

6 x 6 inches • acrylic on archival, museum quality GessobordTM

private collection • Bozeman, Montana

Tea for Three post-impressionist style illustration art • acrylic painting of white & orange tabby cat with tea cups • whimsical tea time cottage cat art by Louisiana artist illustrator

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Tea for Three  © 2012 by Karen Mathison Schmidt

10 x 8 inches • acrylic on cradled GessobordTM

private collection • Chimcum, Washington

Tabasco fauve impressionist tabby & white garden cat art • acrylic painting by Louisiana artist • green-eyed cat illustration art

Tabasco  © 2012 Karen Mathison Schmidt

8 x 10 inches • acrylic on cradled museum-quality, archival GessobordTM

commission • Shreveport, Louisiana

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Ensconced III: Buster neo fauve painting: redbone coonhound hound dog with comfy multicolor fringed blanket • impressionist illustration dog art • professional artist pet portrait in stained glass style • acrylic painting

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Ensconced III: Buster  © 2012 Karen Mathison Schmidt, artist

6 x 6 inches • acrylic on archival, museum-quality GessobordTM

private collection • Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Mountain Lavender fauve post-impressionist contemporary oil painting • Colorado mountain ranch landscape • wild lavender and wildflowers art illustration

Mountain Lavender  © 2012 Karen Mathison Schmidt, artist

12 x 12 x 7/8 inches • oil on archival, museum quality cradled GessobordTM

gloss varnish for UV protection • cradling allows for hanging flush against the wall

sides painted dark umber • can be beautifully displayed with or without a frame

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Welcome to Colorado impressionist mountain landscape art • road trip oil painting Colorado & New Mexico • colorist trees & mountain road illustration

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Welcome to Colorado  © 2012 Karen Mathison Schmidt, artist

5 x 7 inches • oil on archival, museum quality GessobordTM

private collection • Shreveport, Louisiana

Sitting Pretty colorist impressionist acrylic cat painting • fauve illustration cat sitting in cottage window art by Louisiana cat artist

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Sitting Pretty  © 2012 Karen Mathison Schmidt, artist

8 x 10 x 7/8 inches • acrylic on cradled GessobordTM

private collection • Whittier, California

Nantucket Dreamin’ impressionist fluffy cat acrylic painting • colorist fauve illustration art • post-impressionist style cat with books and artist supplies

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Nantucket Dreamin’  © 2012 Karen Mathison Schmidt

8 x 8 x 7/8 inches • acrylic on cradled GessobordTM

private collection • Salem, Massachusetts

Morning Light impressionist acrylic painting: still life interior with antique chair, book, flowers and sunlight through window • post-impressionist style illustration • original art for published illustration by collected Louisiana artist and illustrator

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Morning Light  © 2009 by Karen Mathison Schmidt

20 x 16 inches • acrylic on archival, museum-quality GessobordTM

private collection • Puyallup, Washington

This original painting was the illustration for one of my step-by-step demos in UK author/artist Gill Barron’s Acrylic Secrets book, distributed in the US by Reader’s Digest Books. I’ve decided it’s time to send it out into the world, but don’t worry about me ... I love it so much that I’ve already made a canvas print of it to keep for my very own.

Perseveranceimpressionist acrylic painting white irises • stained glass style illustration • garden iris art • Louisiana floral artist

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Perseverance  © 2012 by Karen Mathison Schmidt, artist

12 x 12 inches • acrylic on museum quality, archival cradled GessobordTM

private collection • Salem, Massachusetts