Palette Knife Painters, International

"Life is an onion and one peels it crying."--French proverb Escapism. Defying time. Serenity and solace. Reliving treasured moments...the reasons I paint and make artwork. The creative acts are surely the most pleasant and yet difficult of all. Color and form are special friends. The challenge of perfecting artwork is monumental and exhilarating. This effort has grown to be both friend and family, which are the two most important aspects of my life. Judaica is my most challenging art...Hebrew and I don't always get along! I'm mainly self-taught in art, relying on intuition, experimentation, benefiting from studying books, visiting museums, galleries and learning painting techniques from other artist friends/relatives. I've studied pastels with Clive Tyler, taken oils with Daniel Edmondson. My newest medium is painting on glass, inspired by an Italian master, bringing this art technique home and applying my own topics. My oils are mainly with palette knife. This art style might be called "abstract realism", an oxymoron in its own right. Favorite contemporary artists include Cruciani, L Horowitz, Berberian, S Stork, C Tyler, D Edmondson. "Life is short, use color!"

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

"Coral Moon Behind Mountains" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

Wow! Talk about synchronicity and timing and such! The blood moon that occurred in recent days is all over the media and, amazingly, I am still in my lunar-tique phase, as you may have noticed from recent posts. This painting is especially experimental, with the unusual lower mountains. Challenging to paint, I'll say, but I am enjoying the final result. What do you think?

"Coral Moon Behind Mountains", 11"14" palette knife oil painting on gessoed panel, Paypal accepted, contact me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com

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Monday, September 14, 2015

"Moonrise" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas

Several months ago I was contacted by a woman who had located my artworks on-line. She had looked for some time for an artist to fulfill her vision of a moon rising over mountains and she found me! Well, to be honest, I was a bit skeptical, as she informed me that she didn't want a lot of color in this painting. I wasn't sure I could go without a lot of color, as that is sort of my trademark, but I thought about it and decided to stretch my boundaries. We stayed in touch and gradually worked through quite the process, as it was also the largest painting I have done. It was thrilling to have this experience and you might have noticed, if you read my blogs, that I am still in the throes of being obsessed by moons rising over the horizon! Thank you, Deborah, this has been such a worthwhile and fun effort!

"Moonrise", 36"x48" palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas, sold, commissions accepted me, Paypal, contact me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com

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Friday, August 28, 2015

"Golden Moon" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting on linen panel

Another in my "Lunar"tique series, this is the golden moon we see in our Rocky Mountain skies on occasion. Of course, no two moonrises are the same and we are due for a full moon this weekend. Perhaps it will look something like this painting!

"Golden Moon", 8"x10" palette knife oil painting on linen panel, contact me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information, Paypal accepted

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Monday, August 24, 2015

"Lady Moon" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

Another painting in my "Lunar" Series, this has a more feminine quality to it, hence the name "Lady Moon". I'm experimenting with different colors and palette knife styles, in addition to playing with various media to hasten drying or remove paint. Isn't life just one big experiment, in some sense? Not to get too heavy here....

"Lady Moon", 11"x14" palette knife oil painting on gessoed panel, contact me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information, Paypal accepted

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Friday, August 21, 2015

"My Very Own Moonrise" by Karla Nolan, gallery wrapped oil painting

Well, it has been quite the summer, most unusual. I'll spare you the details. I have returned to painting finally and am writing my first blog since late May.

A client contacted me a number of months ago to ask if I would paint a three foot by four foot moonrise painting. I was astonished, as I have never painted such a large work, but gathered steam and enthusiasm and completed the chore at hand with great delight. It was a wonderful experience stepping out of my comfort zone, as much of the painting was different hues and toes of grays. I'm the color lady, normally! Suffice it to say, I learned a lot! I'll be posting a jpeg of that painting soon. (This is the first of the "Lunar Series" I'm showing.)

I was so happy with the result that my husband and I decided that we needed a moonrise painting, also. It's been quite a while since I attempted anything for our own house, but here is the result. I'm happy! No, it's not for sale. Sorry!

"My Very Own Moonrise", 24"x36" gallery wrapped canvas oil painting, primarily palette knife

Friday, January 16, 2015

Round Up, New Contemporary Western Painting by Sheri Jones

Round Up

24x30 Acrylic Gallery Wrapped Canvas

I am excited to introduce a new series of western themed paintings. This was the first and took some time to evolve. It is a collage of paint, paper, and patterns on canvas. It is part of an invitational show "Texas and the West" at the Ft. Worth Library. We installed the show on Saturday and it will hang until end of February.
The reception is Sunday, February 15, 2014. 2:00 - 4:00. Please make plans to attend.
500 W. Third St.
Ft. Worth, Tx 76102
817-392-7323
Hours vary each day

Artist, Doug Clark, Olivette Huber, T.K. Riddle, Claudia Davis, Maryann Brummer, Nancy Bozeman, Steve Ott , Linnea McKinney and Janice Weaver. Please stop by and check it out.

This is available for purchase. $950.00

Sheri Jones

Sheri@sheriart.net

http://www.sheriart.net

http://www.sheriart.blogspot.com

Friday, December 5, 2014

"Red Skies" by Karla Nolan, framed painting on glass

I like red and I like drama in skies. Hence the above painting (bottom photo is the close up). Sunsets are my favorite genre to paint and you never see or paint the same one twice! I usually have mountains involved in these art works, as I live right by them and sometimes it's almost as if there is a bounce back in the colors. Paintings on glass are nerve wracking because it is so easy to get overly enthusiastic and mess it all up but I'm pleased with this outcome. And it comes already framed (in a basic black frame), ready for the nail in your wall!

"Red Skies", 8"x10" (measured edge to edge glass) in frame shown, $240 includes s/h in continental U.S., Paypal accepted, click button on my blogspot listed below or write me for more information at KarlaNolan@gmail.com

Thanks for viewing my art! Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado

www.artforconservation.org/artists/karlanolan

Thursday, October 9, 2014

"Gold in Those Red Hills", original watercolor painting by Karla Nolan

A little more experimentation on the old watercolor paper! I really enjoyed painting this one -- "gold in them thar hills" sounds a bit tacky but -- it just reminded me so much of the southwestern part of the U.S., part Colorado, Utah, Arizona and so on. You just never know what lies in the red rocks, hills, cliffs, with the turquoise skies overhead. To me these are the quintessential Western colors of our terrain out here. Happy, happy!

"Gold in Those Red Hills", original watercolor painting, 5"x8.5", $65 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button on my blogspot listed below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

Thanks for viewing my art! Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado

www.artforconservation.org/artists/karlanolan