Tuesday, March 13, 2018. In the last post I shared a very meaningful and magical Venetian moment that I experienced so many years ago. I still play classical music and Canadian folk while I paint. Both continue to add inspiration and elevate my creative senses and mood. I will spare you the details surrounding how this occurred.

Bringing interest to life around me. small oil paintings to share a way of seeing and feeling. Sunday, 19 November 2017. This marsh grass is along the waters edge of a big Estuary across the road from where we are camping in Australia. The mud is an interesting red earth color. Still not much time for painting but I do what I can! Karen Johnston Daily Paintings. Friday, 27 October 2017.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016. One in the group was so dedicated to improving their work. My intention was to get looser and more interpretive but. Learning to paint figures was a challenge in itself.

Friday, August 14, 2015. For a period of time I worked a great deal in pastel. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Sunday, August 09, 2015. This is one of my larger gallery pieces. I really enjoyed painting the reflections in and on the wine bottles, as well as the varying light that danced through the rich dark grapes.

Paintings, musings, and occasional rants and raves. A friend of mine showed up on my doorstep with these two bottles a while back thinking I might want to paint them. She was right! She spotted them in a recycle bin and dove in to fish them out for me. I knew it was time when I saw the Daily Paintworks Glass Challenge. 6 x 6 acrylic on gessoboard.