Hummingbird Dance palette knife fine art impressionism by Karen Tarlton

My favorite bird is this little guy. He's agile and lightening fast, but delicate and beautiful too. 

An amazing creature.  You have to use your imagination quite a bit when you paint them. When I watch them in my yard all I see is a brief blur of color and motion, and this is the energy I try to capture here.

Bold, expressive palette knife movements and energizing color

Hummingbird Dance

6x6 oil on canvas

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New 6x6 whimsical animal oil paintings by Karen Tarlton

I love to paint these gift size, desk or small space sized oil paintings.

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Bird paintings rooster and hummingbird palette knife fine art impressionism by Karen Tarlton

Time seems to fly lately,

is it a sign?

Well here are two new flights of fancy

                                                                            Rooster

12x12

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 Hummingbird Dance

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Original oil paintings and Holiday sized gifts by Karen Tarlton

Just a few of my latest 6x6 painting offered framed or not!

(But I love these frames and offered at my cost prices because I love my collectors :)

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Original oil painting Hummingbird Dance by Karen Tarlton

" ~In nature, there are few sharp lines" ~Ammons

I think this is true of some are as well, 

and certainly the hummingbird flies circles around

any other bird.

Hummingbird Dance 

12x12

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Original oil painting Hummingbird and Peacock by Karen Tarlton

Bird are everywhere in San Diego, all kinds.

Here are a few favorites!

Birds of a feather.....

 8X8 Hummingbird Flight

and

10x20 Pretty as a Peacock

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"Sphinx Hummingbird Moths" Original Oil Painting by Hallie Kohn Art

This is the second time I've painted this amazing memory, this time with brush. Two summers ago the hummingbird moths were all over our zinnias. We would sit and watch them and I was able to capture about 20 photos, tough to do since they move so fast!

6x6 on 1/8" Museum Quality Panel

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Original oil painting Hummingbird Dance and Blue Heron by Karen Tarlton

 12x16

Hummingbird Dance

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Blue Heron

Some of my favorite new birds in thick impasto.

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"Rufous Hummingbird" Oil Palette Knife Painting by Hallie Kohn Art

I just love the colors on this tiny little hummingbird. Though they are very small, they are apparently pretty ruthless while pursuing nectar. Funny, I never think of hummingbirds as aggressive!

6x6 Oil Palette Knife Painting

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Original oil painting Hummingbird Dance by Karen Tarlton

 All set up and back to painting some colorful animals!

I must be extremely right brained 

because I love to paint with my left hand behind my back,

completely out of the way :)

 Finished up the latest Longhorn which needs some time to dry.

But this one is ready!

6x6

Hummingbird Dance

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Original oil paintings by Karen Tarlton - Owl - Hummingbird

Both bird paintings are dry and ready.

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How inspiring the wonderful creatures

of the earth are.

Always a joy and a pleasure to paint them

Original oil paintings by Karen Tarlton - California landscape and Hummingbird Dance

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This painting has been reserved for a collector

but there are many more to choose from!

Like this one for example ;)

Original oil painting Horse equine abstract and Hummingbird Dance by Karen Tarlton

 Two brand new 6x6 Oil paintings!

I saw another a hummingbird today while I was trimming the salvia plant our new garden that has grown unruly. Always a good omen a hummingbird. I hesitated cutting the blossoms because the bird loves them but the bush was too large.

I bought tomatoes, strawberries, peas, peppers, a bunch of herbs and even a rasberry plant and I'll take some photos when I get them in the ground tomorrow.

I'm so excited about finally having a a spot to grow some vegies!

Original oil painting Hummingbird Dance Spring Flowers by Karen Tarlton

Hummingbird Dance of Three

12x36

Oil

"The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life." ~William Faulkner

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Galleries: City Lights Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

The Arlington Arts Gallery, Arlington Virginia

Galerie Severn, New Orleans Louisiana

The Stonehenge Gallery, Montgomery Alabama, SAC's Gallery, Montgomery Alabama,

Hummingbird Dance Original oil painting by Karen Tarlton modern impressionist

Hummingbird Dance

10x12

Oil

Flowers and birds are two of my favorite things to paint, especially these agile hummingbirds. You have to use your imagination quite a bit when you paint them. When I watch them in my yard all I see is a brief blur of color and motion, and this is the energy I try to capture here.

Bold, expressive palette knife movements and energizing color!

"Dance as though no one is watching you. Love as though you have never been hurt before. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth."

- Souza

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Galleries: City Lights Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

The Arlington Arts Gallery, Arlington Virginia

Galerie Severn, New Orleans Louisiana

SAC's Gallery, Montgomery Alabama,