Monday, October 19, 2009

Farm Road (sold)

painting of a Louisiana country dirt road
on a perfect autumn day


©2009 by Karen Mathison Schmidt


5 x 7 • acrylic on Gessobord
private collection • Petawawa, Ontario, Canada

see WORK-IN-PROGRESS and BRUSHWORK DETAILS

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Royal Pair (sold)

monarch butterflies on their way to sunny Mexico
for the winter


© 2009 Karen Mathison Schmidt


Royal Pair © 2009 Karen Mathison Schmidt
6 x 6 • acrylic on Gessobord

private collection • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

see THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS PAINTING

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Birdwatching


by Karen Mathison Schmidt
18 x 24 • acrylic on cradled Gessobord
collection the artist

I finished this one in February for Acrylic Secrets. You can see my step by step process in the book; the editors gave me a six-page spread for this one!

Click here for a little extra fun on this one.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Oak Tree on a September Morning (sold)

when the spider lilies are in bloom

© 2009 Karen Mathison Schmidt


20 x 16 x 1 • acrylic on cradled Gessobord
sides painted dark umber

private collection • Germantown, Tennessee