Country road painting finished!

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The Road Home © 2016 Karen Mathison Schmidt

16 x 20 inches • acrylic on ¾" cradled museum quality GessobordTM

private collection • Shreveport, Louisiana

More painting progress ...

Almost done!

Untitled work in progress • 16 x 20 inches • acrylic on Gessobord

New painting in progress

I'm crazy for color. Color embraces you.

It wakes you up and keeps you present.

TRACY REESE, fashion designer

Untitled WORK IN PROGRESS

16 x 20 inches • acrylic on cradled GessobordTM

Here's the view down the road from the end of our driveway. We're high and dry, right at the top of a hill, but our highways to Shreveport have been blocked due to flooding for almost a week. Not being able to go anywhere (except the local small town grocery store) has done wonders for my productivity!

Woodland Walk

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Woodland Walk  © Karen Mathison Schmidt

24 x 18 inches • acrylic on museum quality ¾" cradled GessobordTM

private collection • Three Rivers, California

Woods painting in progress ...

Few things are as enjoyable to me 

as a walk in the woods on a fine spring day.

untitled painting in progress

24 x 18 inches • acrylic on cradled GessobordTM

Ellie cat painting finished!

Ellie  © Karen Mathison Schmidt

12 x 16 • oil on Gessobord

commission • Pennsylvania

What a joy to get to paint this one of Ellie, who lives in Pennsylvania, loves to hang out on the patio and chase butterflies.

I have been taking progress photos along the way, so will post a step-by-step on Monday.

Don’t forget to “spring forward” tonight, so you’ll be right in tune with Daylight Savings Time starting tomorrow.

Sweet Dreams!

Daisies for a rainy day

I love this window by uber-talented mosaic artist Stacie Walls. 

Stacie traded it to me for one of my paintings a couple of years ago. 

It was the perfect trade, because each of us feels we got the better part of the deal. 

It makes me happy to have it in our house. 

Especially on Day Number Four in a run of stormy, rainy weather.