tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19397125057389757712024-03-19T02:51:05.351-07:00Karen AppletonKaren Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-77766203110793096912018-11-29T12:49:00.000-08:002018-11-29T12:49:47.374-08:00Over The Rainbow<a href="https://skidmorecontemporaryart.com/contact/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Available</span></a><br />
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with excitement to tell you that several of my paintings are now available through </div>
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This brand new painting, </div>
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"Over The Rainbow"</div>
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and possibly the most colorful EVER of my present series paintings!</div>
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Skidmore Contemporary Art is a gallery in Santa Monica, CA that I have known and respected for a long time, so to have my paintings there is a dream come true! </div>
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Of course, I had to straight away attempt to capture this feeling of exploding from the inside out with joy!</div>
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excitement that can't be contained and</div>
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bursting with color!</div>
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Exploding out and gushing over </div>
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color so intense it's bouncing into the colors beside it.</div>
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even trying to burst out of the canvas itself!</div>
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Then I</div>
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gave it a kiss 💋 goodbye,</div>
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and sent it on it's way!</div>
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I have joy to share! I hope it brightens your day! </div>
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Thank you to everyone out there who has been following my progress for so long!</div>
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💕XOXO 💕 </div>
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This chocolaty nuggety ribbon could easily be about a candy bar. It’s close to Valentine’s Day and it looks yummy</div>
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that's not the entire story :)</div>
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I recently read an article <a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/milky-way-galaxy-facts-black-hole-stars-space-science/" target="_blank">HERE</a> about Milky Ways, the outer space kind ;-) and how they are actually shaped like RIBBONS (!!!!) that wind tightly around (!!!!) :D</div>
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The article says that on a <b><i>really dark</i></b> night, that ribbon so brightly shines with stars it makes it possible to see what is normally hidden from view…the dark center of the Milky Way! </div>
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So, of course, I HAD to paint that!!</div>
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Like the night sky, I have a BIG obsession with staring into the <b>darkest</b> dark of what I'm painting, and putting that dark in first.</div>
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I find that the dark helps me see a tremendous variety of color I would not see otherwise.</div>
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When I'm painting, I know I will eventually find my way out of the dark. However, the concept of our universe is like a vapor in my mind I can't quiet make out. A puzzle I'm suppose to figure out. </div>
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I feel if I could only focus my mind in just the right way I might discover understanding of creation itself! </div>
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Or see that there is an analogy I should be grasping about my own darkness showing me the light.</div>
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Making a cloud of gold and platinum!</div>
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gazillions of particles and colors colliding to make gold! :D</div>
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The same particles apparently that make up our world and even us!</div>
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the wonders of creation!</div>
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drop by Chastain Art Center this coming Friday, June 24th, 6-8pm!</div>
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I will be showing my latest series of garnishes, and several other paintings, including this 30x30 study (that I am over the moon delighted was used for the show announcement!)</div>
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It makes it SPECIAL!!</div>
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All will be in an exhibit here in Atlanta at the end of the month, more info to follow.</div>
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My Beginning Oil Painting Class at Chastain Art Center starts tomorrow, 3/22.</div>
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This is a 10 week course</div>
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Tuesday evenings from 6:30-9:30.</div>
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We will work from still life to learn basic techniques used in oil painting.</div>
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since I'm a color nerd</div>
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PS: This big guy is finished and, thanks to these two strong men, safely traveled to its new home!! :D</div>
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Detail and in-progress photos will be posted soon!!</div>
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Thank you as always from the bottom of my heart for being there!</div>
<br />Karen Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-90229636603464849182016-02-08T15:16:00.000-08:002016-02-08T15:16:15.689-08:00Out of Bounds<a href="http://www.karenappleton.bigcartel.com/product/out-of-bounds" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Sold</span></a><br />
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This little guy is quite the rebel!</div>
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Weighing in at only 5" x 5"</div>
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he packs a mighty punch </div>
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a little too colorful for his own good. :)</div>
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"Out of Bounds"</div>
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is one of my favorite little guys and he found a home today.</div>
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Another one leaves the nest… </div>
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and my heart is forever grateful!</div>
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Okay okay I admit it, I'm a color nerd. </div>
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I am<i><b> ever</b></i> so fascinated with how our brains perceive color.</div>
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Color is a lightwave, or some such other thing, </div>
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traveling to our eyes (rods and cones) and then<i> interpreted</i> by our brains into what we recognize as gray, silver, pink, etc. </div>
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isn't in the light spectrum, </div>
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not a wavelength, </div>
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and not in rainbows! </div>
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Vision is this curious created world in our heads!</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">we're told dogs can't see color.</span></div>
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SO s<span style="text-align: start;">ince dogs can't see color they can't see rainbows.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">But that doesn't mean the rainbow isn't there. </span></div>
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Maybe ghosts, possibly fairies, definitely angels :D</div>
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Maybe dogs <b>can't</b> see color but <b>can</b> see awesome stuff we can't!</div>
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We see a rainbow - they see a band of angels in the sky!</div>
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Maybe it's close to Christmas and I'm full of joy and spirit(s)</div>
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I live in a hopeful world that blobs of color magically transform inside your rods and cones and you see silver beads ...</div>
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In a Make-Believe world of pink that isn't there!<br />
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I'm hanging on to the original painting of "Pink" until I paint the larger version.<br />
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Archival Ink Reproductions of "Pink" are available<br />
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I hope your Holiday Season is starting off magical!<br />
Love, joy, peace, pink,<br />
AND angels to you and yours!! :D<br />
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It took a leap of faith</div>
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I could NOT have gotten luckier to score this awesome new studio space!</div>
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It usually takes me a while to break in a new studio, </div>
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A GINORMOUS 72"x72" sandwich painting commission</div>
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Karen Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-29483084590784192282014-11-23T12:35:00.000-08:002016-04-16T20:43:31.183-07:00Rise and Shine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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lots and lots of change in my life has kept me from posting and painting</div>
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except to say a new studio and new day job are part of this mix.</div>
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"First Bloom"</div>
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<span style="color: #6c6c6c;">I can't imagine a crowd gathering in the south </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>or</i> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6c6c6c;">the all time classic version:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6c6c6c;">sack-lunch-camp-tailgate-ham-sandwich-on-the-go</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6c6c6c;">I decided to paint the classic</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6c6c6c;">just in time for all your Memorial Day Weekend gatherings!</span></div>
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2- 6"x6" oil on cradled panel</div>
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Karen Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-2668085839933052832014-01-14T15:53:00.000-08:002016-04-16T21:07:57.669-07:00"Blast"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Fifth"<br />
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Happy 2014!!<br />
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Karen Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-62174397847254818162013-12-08T13:41:00.001-08:002016-04-16T21:09:03.572-07:00OMGosh! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Karen Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-21543765937774921112013-12-03T10:01:00.000-08:002016-04-16T21:12:05.427-07:00"Social Club"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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20 x 20</div>
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grateful<br />
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another early red dot before</div>
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Reception Dec. 6th 6-9pm</div>
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I can't find the right words to say how grateful and lucky I feel<br />
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Karen Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-33144877290738069442013-11-13T11:16:00.000-08:002016-04-16T21:14:45.340-07:00"Fall"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fall (the season) is just an excuse to amp up my palette</div>
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This past winter I had the strangest transition</div>
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to full time substitute high school art teacher.</div>
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This almost killed me :)</div>
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creatively spent</div>
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and ZERO painting for months.</div>
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I didn't realize this would end up being a major creative incubator</div>
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to the hum of hundreds of voices, rap music, and vending machines</div>
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unexpectedly...</div>
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questions about being from the South</div>
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The entire world has food traditions,</div>
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What's going on with this unseasonably cold summer??</div>
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Okay ....<i> maybe</i> a tiny exaggeration :)</div>
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However...</div>
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it's never too early for a pretend stroll in Paris ...</div>
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in a furry hat! </div>
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"Oscar Grays"</div>
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So many thanks and kissing my lucky stars!!</div>
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XOXO</div>
<br />Karen Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-58544952796250571372013-08-05T14:04:00.000-07:002013-08-05T14:04:20.894-07:00Color Color Color!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm organizing the supply list for my <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://theartschoolinsandysprings.com/Home_Page.html" target="_blank">workshop</a></span></div>
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I don't use <i>every</i> color for <i>every</i> painting ...</div>
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just thought it might be fun/useful to see all the possible contenders </div>
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It will be a "suggested" list</div>
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But color is a biggie for me.</div>
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~Swoon~</div>
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Could not be happier :)</div>
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non-glare filter for camera asap :)</div>
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September 14th and 15th</div>
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I will give a short demo of my process, instruction will focus on painting in oils from life</div>
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props will be bows and presents not headless dolls :)</div>
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Click <a href="http://theartschoolinsandysprings.com/Home_Page.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">HERE</span></a> for more info</div>
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or email any questions my way.</div>
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Many thanks to all who have encouraged me on during this painting!</div>
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