tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5800460574367245672024-03-11T23:19:24.312-05:00Louisiana Edgewood Art Paintings by Louisiana artist Karen Mathison SchmidtAN ARTIST JOURNAL showing art work in progress of Louisiana artist Karen Mathison Schmidt: Louisiana landscapes, landscape paintings, animal paintings, pet paintings, floral paintings, flower paintings, garden paintings, still life paintings; including acrylic painting techniques, oil painting techniques, colorist art, impressionist art, and color glazing.Karen M Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11200238677148531314noreply@blogger.comBlogger859125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580046057436724567.post-62055068857254409472017-04-08T12:05:00.001-05:002017-04-08T12:15:51.571-05:00Blessings galore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A couple of weeks ago I enjoyed a wonderful drive down to Lafayette to deliver this commissioned painting to its new home. After weeks of emailing and texting it was fun finally meeting Annie in person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She and her husband collect Louisiana artists, and it's an honor to have one of my paintings in their beautiful home. And a double honor that they had me to this painting on the occasion of the birth of their second son. So cool to think that growing up, he'll think of this lion as his very own painting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’ll be delivering this painting to its new home in Shreveport on Monday. The new owner says she was drawn to it because it reminds her of her childhood home, which, as it turns out, is just about ten miles up the road from us!</span><br />
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<br />Karen M Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11200238677148531314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580046057436724567.post-84198042973334711032017-03-14T13:01:00.002-05:002017-03-14T17:56:56.547-05:00Mishaps before coffee<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Meet Madyson, one of my collectors. Last year she got a big horse picture, and here she is with this year’s acquisition, “Birdwatching,” which she has renamed “Darla” because of the resemblance to their family’s barn cat. We had a very nice conversation about pets and art (she’s an artist, too) while I signed her art card. We also discussed horses, and she told me that for her recent fourth birthday she had a horse party. (I’m not sure whether it was a party with her friends that was horse-themed, or a party where horses were actually invited. Either one sounds fun.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of my favorite things about the Revel: </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meeting new artist friends. Ana Maria Andricain, who designs and makes beautiful jewelry, was one of our “tent-mates” this year. We really enjoyed getting to know her and her Dad, who was there helping her all week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My reference photo for this painting was a composite of about three photos I took one day on the way to town. (And before you start yelling at me for taking photos while driving, it just so happens that – this time! – Paul was behind the wheel whilst I wielded my trusty Canon EOS 7D Mark II.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lot of fun this morning painting the shadows with fauve-a-fistic colors. And now that my color-loving juices are flowing, it’s back to the easel to work on something a bit larger ...</span>Karen M Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11200238677148531314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580046057436724567.post-67102310161193603222016-09-13T23:22:00.002-05:002016-12-26T14:35:46.098-06:00Tabby cat painting, plus step by step photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our Bailey, sometimes grumpy, but always as beautiful as a southern belle. Really she’s hanging out on the back porch, but I imagine she would refer to it as “lounging on the veranda.”</span></div>
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First I transferred my drawing to my panel with graphite transfer paper. A hint to keep the drawing from smudging and graying my paint: I paint over the entire drawing with a mixture of titanium white acrylic and acrylic glazing medium. The medium makes the white transparent so I can still see my drawing, and after it dries, that pesky graphite is sealed in place under a layer of paint. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(1) sometimes I find things I didn’t know I had, but I can really use, like the half-full bottle of Turpenoid Natural I just found in back of some bubble wrap on a top shelf (don’t ask me how it got there, but now I can cross “Turpenoid” off my shopping list!), or the twenty-three dollars stashed in last year’s Revel pouch (now I can get that tube of Vasari Indian Yellow I’ve had my eye on, which just happens to be on sale right now – yay!)</span></div>
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Karen M Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11200238677148531314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580046057436724567.post-34689722960019025292016-09-02T14:32:00.001-05:002016-09-02T17:42:24.138-05:00NEW Original ACEO painting!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ACEO size: 3½ x 2½ inches • oil on Ampersand (archival) Encausticbord<span style="font-size: xx-small;">TM</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '"helvetica neue"', '"arial"', '"helvetica"', sans-serif;">I’m not quite sure when Ampersand started making these in this size; they may have been around for a while but I just found that these sustainably-produced, archival hardboard panels (with the smooth white gessoed finish that I love to paint on) are now available in ACEO (Art Cards Editions & Originals) size, so now I can start making ORIGINAL paintings available for all my ACEO collectors! Not to mention that collecting ACEO originals is an affordable way to own original art by lots of different artists. </span><span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I thought I finished this one of Pontoufle earlier in the week, but I let it sit on a shelf in my studio for a couple of days and then this morning I saw just a few finishing touches that I wanted to make. Nothing major, but adding just the tiniest touches of bright orange, yellow and pink highlights made him a little more “glow-y,” heightening the feeling of early morning sun on his fur.</span></div>
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<br />Karen M Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11200238677148531314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580046057436724567.post-55459226056340539872016-08-27T00:05:00.000-05:002016-08-27T00:05:39.524-05:00Dogs in cars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for them to bark violently </i><i style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">at nothing right in your ear.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s Sam, all ready to go! He’s not exactly sure where they’re going – maybe to the park, maybe swimming, or to get ice cream, or maybe PetSmart – but wherever it is, he’s READY!</span>Karen M Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11200238677148531314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580046057436724567.post-25500906011187744112016-08-25T23:26:00.000-05:002016-08-25T23:26:33.285-05:00Golden lab painting in progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here’s Sam! He’s happy because he’s going to get ice cream. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What a joy to paint these sunny flowers after a slew or overcast, rainy days. And if you look closely, a fun surprise: the words “HERE COMES THE SUN” painted every-so-subtly in the sky!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>BY LEX TALAMO of THE SHREVEPORT TIMES – August 19, 2016</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday morning, Caddo Juvenile Service Administrator Ted Cox got a telephone call from AMIKids Acadiana, a group home for teen boys. Thirty-five juvenile offenders in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Justice needed immediate placement; could Caddo Parish Juvenile Services help?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The youth arrived the next evening to a welcome their director said he never could have expected. Williams said the response from the Shreveport community was “unbelievable.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“They had taken the time to make up the 50 cots [cots, bedding, and “hospitality bags” were provided by the local Red Cross chapter] and give it a home touch. It’s amazing what Broadmoor Baptist Church did for us,” Williams said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“That entire afternoon, people were buying supplies,” Cox said. “One lady even went around and put chocolates on every pillow to make them feel welcome. They really opened their arms.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Broadmoor Baptist Church members and staff partnered with Broadmoor Methodist Church to help keep the youth engaged once they arrived. Staff chaperones watched while the youth played basketball in the morning at Broadmoor Methodist and then transferred to Broadmoor Baptist’s second floor youth department to play pingpong and video games or watch movies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One Broadmoor Baptist church member bought enough pizza to feed all 35 teens. Another paid for the boys to attend a movie in the community, while seven more chaperoned the outing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The Word of God tells us to take care of our neighbors,” Harrison said. “Our pastor has asked everyone to be a missionary, and this gave them an opportunity to be missionaries in their own city. People were crazy enthusiastic to help.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The youth returned to their group home on Wednesday, after the waters had receded. Cox said almost every young man thanked him and shook his hand before leaving. Flood waters had reached the home’s threshold without creating any lasting damage, Williams said. The experience, however, made an impact on several of the youth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’m VERY excited about being half of this two-artist show in conjunction with the beginning of John Kemp’s book signing tour for his new book, <i>Expressionist of Place: The Contemporary Louisiana Landscape.</i> And I’m super excited and honored to be one of the artists whose work is included in the book!</span>Karen M Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11200238677148531314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580046057436724567.post-69466210116689227332016-08-18T15:05:00.001-05:002016-08-18T20:16:31.923-05:00"Rainy Day" orange tabby cat painting COMPLETE!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After adding glazes of naphthol crimson, I went back in and added another layers or two of ultramarine glaze in some places, and now the acrylic underpainting is finished!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tomorrow I’ll finish with oils. Can hardly wait until morning! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Okay. You have now done approximately seventy gazillion paintings of Jo. Don’t you think it’s about time you did another one of MOI?? My fans, they grow restless!</i></span></div>
<br />Karen M Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11200238677148531314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580046057436724567.post-25969143866887853382016-08-09T22:28:00.001-05:002016-08-09T22:28:57.736-05:00Doggy dinner creativity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Creativity doesn’t happen only in the studio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning after scooping out the last of the Benefuls from the dog food bin for their breakfast, I made a mental note to drive to town and get more food for the dogs before suppertime.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It totally slipped my mind that my brain’s mental noting capability has been on the fritz since about 2002. So at suppertime (keeping in mind that cat food is way too protein-rich for dogs to make an entire meal of it) I whipped up a doggy dinner – times 5 – of a couple of tablespoons of cat chow mixed with a generous portion of plain Ramen noodles, topped with morsels of Tyson chicken tender strips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Woof!</span></div>
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