Rest Stop View

"Rest Stop View"
8" x 10" Oil on canvas board
#20003219

This painting is based on a photo I took at a road side pull over. I had to climb over the rock fence and down a bit to get this view. The town of Banff would be out of the picture plane on the left. I love the colours and sunny feel with the Rocky Mountains overseeing the warm view. Another painting celebrating our varied Canadian landscapes.

My art sale is only until Feb 14 so email me if you see something on my website you are interested in. https://www.karenoliversfineart.com/ 

Heart Filled Journey

Heart Filled Journey
Oil on canvas with thick 1 1/2" painted sides (no framing needed)
24" x 30"       #20012119


The painting reference is from one of the many hikes I do with my ladies hiking group annual get away. Our time together is always filled with laughter, a lot of talking and sharing, good food, wine and beautiful vistas.

Worth The Hike

This was a fun painting to do with our beautiful Rocky Mountain range in the background. This was painted in acrylic and I really had fun with the colours in every part of this painting.

This painting was sold in Gallery 150 in Sicamous, B.C.


"Worth The Hike"
SOLD

Alberta View

"Alberta View"
16" x 20" Oil
on 3/4" canvas with painted sides
#20119117

This is a very familiar view if you travel around Alberta. The big open land with the beautiful Rocky Mountains within view. There is just something about the majestic Rockies that makes my eyes sing at the first mountain glimpse when travelling. The big open sky is a given. 

Roadside Attraction A & B

As I was driving back to Calgary from Sicamous, I finally stopped at a view point I admire every time I drive that way. The parking lot is just off the highway and is usually quite full and chaotic so I don't stop.

I painted Roadside Attraction below but felt like I was struggling with the values. I am happy with the final result but took a break and started all over again only this time with a palette knife, chunky and not detailed (left). What the camera doesn't pick up is how textural it is. They both have a different feel and look.


"Roadside Attraction 2"
16" x 20" Oil on canvas
#20114117B

"Roadside Attraction"

16" x 20" Oil on canvas

#20114117A

Ski Memories - a gift for a friend

This is a painting on a canvas my friend gave me after she attended a "paint along". She was not happy with the painting she did and had it unhappily in her office. I painted over it with a scene reminiscent of Rocky Mountain views seen on cross country ski trips when she was a Beaver/Cub/Scout leader. If the light lands on the painting a certain way, you can see some of the acrylic textural paint underneath, a reminder of our shared artistic endeavors. Happy Belated Birthday Karen H.!

"Ski Memories"

16" x 20" Oil on canvas

#20001317

Heading West

This painting is a view of the fertile Canadian prairie with the Rocky Mountains in the background. It was painted from a photo Doug let me use in class.

 "Heading West"

 Oil on canvas board 10" x 8"

#20025217

Rocky View

Above is the original photo taken by Doug Swinton with the added tape and drawing to get the size and shapes I wanted to add.

This is the point I stopped painting, checked with my resource photo and refined the painting to the finished state below.

Rocky View

9" x 21" oil on board

#20016916 $190 unframed 

Rocky Mountain Bloom

This painting just flowed. I was following some workshop advice - paint what you love! This painting is of wild flowers with the beautiful Rocky Mountains as a backdrop, a hiking dream. It is the first time I have painted on a linen board panel, a very rough texture.

"Rocky Mountain Bloom"

8" x 8"

Oil on Linen Panel

Whidbey Island Workshop - Day 3

This was our final workshop day and had to head to the ferry then the airport to go home. Dreama Tolle Perry talked about the "business" of art and how she manages her own art business. It was very interesting in how she grew and what she did as well as talk about self promotion which is hard for most artists. After that we worked on a small painting 8" x 8". Dreama handed out about 5 different pictures (the yellow icing cupcake picture was painted upside down). We started on our painting and blocked it in then she had us move to the next easel and continue painting on that one with whatever paints the artist had on her palette. We moved to 6 easels with an unknown time frame at each.

It was interesting moving on to the next easel and look at what others had painted, deciding what you liked, what you didn't and what you were going to paint on it. For tight painters it was mortifying to follow a loose painter and vice versa. Here is my cupcake painting that I arrived back to. We were allowed 5 paint strokes then had to quit. I am still hoping to work on it at home and make it mine. I really enjoyed this challenge and learnt a lot from it.

Dreama just put her photos of the weekend on her website. My blue vase painting is in the second row on the left and the bottom photo is of Deb and I painting at our easels.

dreamatolleperry.com

 

Mt. Rundle

"Mt Rundle"

Oil on board 12" x 16"

Click on painting for a larger view

This is a view of the top of Mt. Rundle that I get to admire from afar and then up closer as we drive on the highway from B.C back to Alberta. You can see it from quite a distance and it keeps coming in and out of view as you go around corners. I love the jagged top and the long lines of rock, gullies and trees. I find that it is a very striking view from any angle and love the peek a boo quality from the highway.

Deb and I enjoyed painting in Rick Berg's class and I worked on this one there. I needed his help to get the depth and was happy with the final painting.

Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings to all!

We have snow on the ground, but a sunny warm winter day for Christmas Day. Looking forward to enjoying the day with friends and family...in and out.

Water colour, matted and framed to 16 x 20 - Sold

 Above is a water colour picture of our majestic Rockies with their first blanket of snow.

Warm wishes for a healthy, prosperous, fun filled 2012! And to my fellow artist, may your brushes stay wet throughout the new year!