tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post1452110693030249534..comments2024-03-09T20:12:31.469-08:00Comments on Karen Appleton: "Bags"Karen Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-61603189529971274532011-09-28T21:23:58.814-07:002011-09-28T21:23:58.814-07:00I love these paintings. Such fabulous colors in th...I love these paintings. Such fabulous colors in the (not) brown bags!!Mary Sheehan Winnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739304038978908921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-92021393105636629642011-08-30T14:39:00.886-07:002011-08-30T14:39:00.886-07:00Karen! I love this! :) LOVE it!Karen! I love this! :) LOVE it!Helen Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04744993088363570713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-17951943418519970942011-08-28T20:26:09.878-07:002011-08-28T20:26:09.878-07:00I absolutely adore your work, (and have for quite ...I absolutely adore your work, (and have for quite some time) but I just discovered your blog! I'm so happy to have found it! If you get a moment, I did a little feature on you over at our art guild's blog. You can check it out here - http://lemleyhouseartguild.blogspot.com/2011/08/artist-spotlight-karen-appleton.html. Can't wait to see what wonderful paintings you come up with in the future!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868510036296706521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-21765677808042851172011-08-23T05:00:00.215-07:002011-08-23T05:00:00.215-07:00Love. It.
Nuff said. :)Love. It. <br /><br />Nuff said. :)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231744174759800033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-78817439215814564202011-08-22T20:57:48.095-07:002011-08-22T20:57:48.095-07:00Stunning! You are simply amazing!Stunning! You are simply amazing!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356547482539451434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-41767786654107067532011-08-21T10:17:11.976-07:002011-08-21T10:17:11.976-07:00Hi Don, thank you so much! I really appreciate it...Hi Don, thank you so much! I really appreciate it!!<br /><br />Kayce I don't know how you do it!!! :) Thanks for commenting!<br /><br />Hi Simon, thank you! And WOW I've just spent all morning on your blog and LOVE the figure painting you've been doing! <br /><br />Hi Maryann! Thank you so much! Who knew all those colors could be in a paper bag! :)Karen Appletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-65907041539313691512011-08-20T18:19:34.948-07:002011-08-20T18:19:34.948-07:00So much unexpected beauty in all those folds.So much unexpected beauty in all those folds.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723283201643351567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-48696023657363955332011-08-20T16:06:37.177-07:002011-08-20T16:06:37.177-07:00pretty darn sweet painting!!pretty darn sweet painting!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-85520281666778969882011-08-19T20:52:52.970-07:002011-08-19T20:52:52.970-07:00So fun. Looks like lunch for my family...well hal...So fun. Looks like lunch for my family...well half of it.kayce hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05898907642085430188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-43159781973212500042011-08-16T02:55:53.329-07:002011-08-16T02:55:53.329-07:00So fabulous, Karen--love it!So fabulous, Karen--love it!Don Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-82302219358968402392011-08-15T19:21:51.060-07:002011-08-15T19:21:51.060-07:00Hey Kim!! Thank you so much!! I have been obsessed...Hey Kim!! Thank you so much!! I have been obsessed with this painting for weeks :) I really appreciate your feedback!<br /><br />Silvina!!!! I am blushing! I'm the one at a loss for words to express how much I appreciate your enormous compliment! You are tooooo much!! Thank you my friend!<br /><br />Ski I am very very flattered! Thank you so much! And truly all these colors were actually there, I just maybe enhanced them a tiny bit :)<br /><br />Kate!!! I can't wait for you to see it too! I'm so excited, I can tell I'm being inspired by your wonderful brushwork!Karen Appletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-61820079718919733162011-08-15T17:37:23.775-07:002011-08-15T17:37:23.775-07:00karen, this painting is stunning. i can't wait...karen, this painting is stunning. i can't wait to see it in person!!Kate Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321622355408151115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-6411308898578362282011-08-15T15:25:02.674-07:002011-08-15T15:25:02.674-07:00Hi Karen,
I hope you don't mind but the next t...Hi Karen,<br />I hope you don't mind but the next time that I ask one of my students what color they see when they look at a paper bag and they shrug and say "I don't know. Brown?" I'll show them THIS. Well done.ski holmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140309272243462111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-84099144464743860742011-08-15T14:03:44.963-07:002011-08-15T14:03:44.963-07:00I feel at a loss for words to describe how I feel ...I feel at a loss for words to describe how I feel about this latest painting of yours. It's just so cool.<br /><br />I can imagine people working in offices all across this country, asking each other at 11 a.m.; "watcha doin' for lunch?" The reply: "I'm brown bagging it today".<br /><br />This painting is an American classic!! Iconic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-87579563850188314382011-08-15T11:09:48.383-07:002011-08-15T11:09:48.383-07:00Karen - stunning!!! I just love this painting!Karen - stunning!!! I just love this painting!Kim Rempelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010163424578410675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-63446066544881879822011-08-15T10:16:37.252-07:002011-08-15T10:16:37.252-07:00Hi Michel, I'm sure bows are somewhere close b...Hi Michel, I'm sure bows are somewhere close by! :) That is so much the attraction for me to this subject matter too, I love that unknown interior!<br /><br />Thank you Audrey!! This was so much fun!<br /><br />OH Mary Anne, how exciting! Please email me and let me know! Thanks so much!<br /><br />Thank you Christine!!! I really loved pushing all these colors next to each other :)<br /><br />Thank you Poet Whale! And you are right, this was very difficult, I had to totally think about this as a jigsaw puzzle or I wouldn't have been able to pull it off. So many changing directions and light. <br /><br />Hi That Girl Designs! Thank you!! It really was a treat for me to discover all these hidden colors, and most were really really there! So fun! Thank you!!Karen Appletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-53241692666577814752011-08-15T08:26:26.546-07:002011-08-15T08:26:26.546-07:00Wow! Wonderful painting. It never ceases to amaze...Wow! Wonderful painting. It never ceases to amaze me how an artist can take something that is mundane and lackluster and render it beautiful.Ann Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08634889119185791464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-65673448464362601812011-08-15T07:38:26.975-07:002011-08-15T07:38:26.975-07:00Beautiful paintings!
I remember a drawing class e...Beautiful paintings!<br /><br />I remember a drawing class exercise where we had to draw one paper bag. It was quite a challenge as they are not as simple as they may seem.Poet Whale Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10950079072914519227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-40670278525155796842011-08-15T07:15:54.622-07:002011-08-15T07:15:54.622-07:00Your amazing Karen!!!!!!!! I love the bags with t...Your amazing Karen!!!!!!!! I love the bags with the colors. BeautifulChristine Brayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303903450648268044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-16835139354041324582011-08-15T06:29:12.025-07:002011-08-15T06:29:12.025-07:00Karen: I have always loved your paintings and now...Karen: I have always loved your paintings and now a blogsite I can visit I am now a follower. AND you tell me you live in the Chicago area. . . . I am starting to plan a local blogger event. . . . I will email you!<br /><br />LOVE LOVE those brown paper bags!!!<br /><br />Mary AnneMary Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230352010711244710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-91155526843890452012011-08-15T06:13:08.032-07:002011-08-15T06:13:08.032-07:00Who knew that bags could be so beautiful. Another...Who knew that bags could be so beautiful. Another stunning painting!Audrey Hackmanhttp://audreyhackman.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939712505738975771.post-47601391830008314442011-08-15T05:54:30.542-07:002011-08-15T05:54:30.542-07:00I guessing there are bows inside the bags! : ) ...I guessing there are bows inside the bags! : ) Nice painting!Michel McNinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819693817601404538noreply@blogger.com