https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/schwarzwei daily 0.75 2019-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513011536823-0KFYFY2UBWK5DQAIAT8U/image-asset.jpeg Drawing is Lifeblood - Drawing from Sketchbook Madrid, Spain has the most amazing statues on top of their buildings. This one was fortunately easy to draw since it was across from the hotel where I was staying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1573757006690-LO3F5R4OQ0SAGKIXD1TP/7TLtDakHTayUmARqNVlcOw.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood - Pointed to the Obvious A direction with drawing with which I want to continue to experiment. Gold leaf, acrylic and charcoal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1572410357029-708YB5YVBTQ5PYITM135/image-asset.jpeg Drawing is Lifeblood - If a Frog Kisses a Barr Thanks to Durr, a drawing from 1503. Currently an inspiration for a political statement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1572410347398-SIGJCGBTQJ07V83ISD88/image-asset.jpeg Drawing is Lifeblood - Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510417032627-ETYAGT0IE71KKPDFRCOD/DrawingsMixed.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513012897831-35GRFMO7SBCJL6S6F7DT/Drawing-MadridArchitectualDetailTopper.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood - Drawing from Sketchbook Madrid, Spain has the most amazing statues on top of their buildings. This one was fortunately easy to draw since it was across from the hotel where I was staying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510416405154-68ZSRCYT2HZ4NTRSWPKW/Drawing-MadridArchitectualDetailTopper.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood - Drawing from Sketchbook Madrid, Spain has the most amazing statues on top of their buildings. This one was fortunately easy to draw since it was across from the hotel where I was staying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513012981149-0IZWS9PWW8ELT9DEILYM/Drawing%3ACharcoal-Luci1.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood - Luci-Liu to the Rescue A friend's basset/beagle mix came to them while they visited Arkansas one year. She showed up to their cabin skinny and dirty. She surely lucked out finding them. Now she has a forever home and she is my model!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513013046101-J0RQKC4B4SDX3YYIX72N/Drawing%3ACharcoal-Luci2.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood - Luci-Liu has "moo" spotting Never-ending positions from which to draw interesting black and white designs. I love her "cow" camo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513011392193-R8OCD625BZWS3DQC5CA1/Drawing%3ACharcoal-Luci2.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood - Luci-Liu has "moo" spotting Never-ending positions from which to draw interesting black and white designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513013089129-XBZSX4OQLGLCMU51NFH3/Drawing%3ACharcoal-Luci3.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood - A Birthday Gift Most dog owners love artwork of their pups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513012302393-8RD5LYY3G8NIY093E0ZR/Drawing-RedConte-NudeHip.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood - Life Drawing in Conte Drawing nudes from life from very short, quick poses is one of the most exciting processes in making art. Long poses absolutely bore me. Given a long pose I get it down in about a minute or two and I'm done. Sometimes I roam about the studio and get the pose from different angles, but usually I just go for coffee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510417069073-67URQNJHFFODF2HI7DFK/DrawingsMixed3.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513017113894-GD3DE143FCALTW3855NB/KaiserArtDrawing2.jpeg Drawing is Lifeblood - Cherubs in the Universe Drawings from the sketchbook that sort of survived the flood! I keep them as reference for new ideas, but the wrinkled pages have a charm of their own and remind me of impermanence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513012943394-8OBSM4OSMFE87CZ4J92E/KaiserArtGraphiteMach.jpeg Drawing is Lifeblood - Musings about Macharaviaya I drew this while in the air on the way to Spain while other passengers slept. It was an image of the village where we were going to be visiting for several weeks. The light emanating from the tower was a total fantasy. I don't even know why I drew it, but it was powerful for me. When we arrived at the village we were greeted by an architect from Argentina who was in charge of refurbishing the village church (which I had drawn). He invited us to go up into the attic of the church, an enormous cavern with rounded concrete shapes under scaffolding. I had had a dream about such a place weeks before, not knowing anything about this place. We carefully made our way to one end where we climbed up a stone wall to peer into a sunlit tower...it was the area above the church altar! Pure magic. This was the actualization of my drawing done days before on the airplane! Synchronicity for sure! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513013478795-0P64QADI470OCJLN3NQP/KaiserArtSymbolism.jpeg Drawing is Lifeblood - The Messenger This is about the passing of mystical information from one being to another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513017715500-G4G10JF9JPBNQGJUEW3U/KaiserArtWC2.jpeg Drawing is Lifeblood - Cherub Trio Just a little watercolor on a drawing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511910544670-DFDZJJO7S9XAAEYZSA1M/KaiserArtSBOpen.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood - Warped Sketchbook! My biggest sketchbook was damaged in a flood from a broken water pipe. The water gave it a lot of character! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511910544669-4945LYNKDA8OB6PUVX4F/KaiserArtSBWarp.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood - Canvas covered sketchbook I started an oil painting on the canvas cover. Not sure I will finish it now that the cover has warped and the canvas has lifted in places. Maybe one day I will mess with it, maybe not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511910545283-TYDC6BCL0KHRXAMB6IBI/KaiserArtSketchbook1.jpg Drawing is Lifeblood - The Ally Formation Theme for sketchbook cover in oil, so far unfinished. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/5a071fa971c10b6a45ec0ea2/5dcde20dbf31d40814d86fd0/1573773837620/ Drawing is Lifeblood https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/5a071fa971c10b6a45ec0ea2/5dcde27cf1e6464ac4f65b30/1573773948316/ Drawing is Lifeblood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1556833241700-EF9QCPRSQ1T3YVPXMRR8/KimsChicken.JPG Drawing is Lifeblood - A Chicken for Kim My daughter’s best friend loves chickens. She raises them from chicks and treats them like princesses. I love to draw cartoonish things so I did this one for Kim. This chicken’s egg is on a precipice. The occupant of the egg is a bit nervous! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/5a071fa971c10b6a45ec0ea2/5dcde2f47f360e745dfdf2e2/1573774068796/ Drawing is Lifeblood https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/acrylic-painting daily 0.75 2021-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1600018373568-SWMI70W4PB7KO4DKW1US/Acrylic-MeandMyShadow.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia - The Better Half of Me There is the sunny child, occupied in exploring everything on the sunny slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Alongside her is her magical side. She was allowed full expression through creative expression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1600018373568-SWMI70W4PB7KO4DKW1US/Acrylic-MeandMyShadow.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia - The Better Half of Me There is the sunny child, occupied in exploring everything on the sunny slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Alongside her is her magical side. She was allowed full expression through creative expression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1600019168020-JP7AARROOBOCU7V44RFN/Ignatia5.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia - Note to Self (Refuse to be the Muse) This painting has gone through several modifications over time. It started out as a floral painting when I was at the end of my “floral” stage back in the 1980’s. I wanted to start a new phase with the addition of some of my figures. I had added other materials, but decided later to basically just use the figures to represent a certain feeling. As I look back the feeling in the painting has not changed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1600019206341-UEKSGG35EZGQ9B84POMV/AGentleIronJohn.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512425927683-8F7KS6P1LP6UBJZF6SHJ/BlueRose.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510357809361-NR5B0CYVQ9KI45A9OPS6/Acrylic-MermaidSeaGoddessCOTL-Version+7.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia - Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510357943685-VZQM2NM2O08H3THVDQSO/Acrylic-Detail-2Shrine.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia - Detail One of the crows has a pearl in it's beak. It represents the potential that my heart hopes lies in the human heart to stop the mis-treatment of the innocents of the planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510357852779-HBVHORPOWD0BSYNHW6DX/Acrylic-AShrinetoHarumbe-Detail.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia - Detail After Harambe was killed while I was working on this painting in Kevin Sloan's Atelier at ASLD I added the detail from the photo of the incident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510415558836-KPS9PMKDDIC9T5BGJUYA/Acrylic-TOHR-Detail2.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510359917503-IXQ5IK9BE28XN7K9IY7B/Acrylic-ThiefonHisRight.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia - The Thief on His Right It was told that Christ was crucified with two thieves. This one represents the inferior function of the psyche which in this case is on the right side ( rational, linear, balanced, light). However there is a possibility of an enantiodromia happening between the two psyches. The four flowers represent the four functions of the psyche; thinking, feeling, intuitive and sensate. This is a painting of the movement between all of these psychological parts. Nothing has become concrete quite yet so this is possibly an alchemical phase just before coagulatio where the process reaches a more solid point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510360002574-OV0Y2P7M83KHA3B1Y5Y4/Acrylic-ThiefonHisRight-Detail1.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511984446966-9SDTAI87KEYYRK8RJHL9/AndSheShallDance4.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511984450195-P3X5KY6TZXK8I5FGWVUZ/AndSheShallDance5.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511984453484-SEF48TPPCXYAICRZ9MP9/AndSheShallDance6.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510356916697-UUP7DGSDJ93JDD1D6SDZ/Acrylic-MermaidSeaGoddess.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia - Ocean Governess/Prima Materia Out of prima materia, a mermaid/sea creature earth goddess interacts with the creation of archetypes and their conceptual attributes awaiting formation through imagery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510356915106-RCEW1ZKLTMWXMSX53DFM/Acrylic-MermaidSeaGoddess-Detail.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510356916699-JMSB9ZDRA3NCV3B4I8EP/Acrylic-MermaidSeaGoddess-Detail4.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510356915249-ZLL1D3O1HV8ZBG9AM3NK/Acrylic-MermaidSeaGoddess-Detail2.jpg Oceanic Prima Materia https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/work daily 0.75 2023-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1543975121270-44CRIQ6YALKXKLHYWGV7/20180130_150500.jpg Bio https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/photography daily 0.75 2021-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512006467655-FYXAKTTKBQ83VK331ST8/Last+12+Months-660.jpg Photography - St. Vincent's Hospital I was born here October 6, 1945. Leadville once had several large brick structures like this, many of which were lost to fires throughout my lifetime. Luckily this one survived demolition. Others were demolished to be replaced by distasteful "modern" buildings or just empty lots. Historical buildings in architecture are the struggling, disrespected minorities of modern life. Luckily this one is now condos that have amazing views! ….And I get to drive by to see where I was born. Other memories in this little town have been renovated beyond recognition or are totally missing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512006467655-FYXAKTTKBQ83VK331ST8/Last+12+Months-660.jpg Photography - St. Vincent's Hospital I was born here October 6, 1945. Leadville once had several large brick structures like this, many of which were lost to fires throughout my lifetime. Luckily this one survived demolition. Others were demolished to be replaced by distasteful "modern" buildings or just empty lots. Historical buildings in architecture are the struggling, disrespected minorities of modern life. Luckily this one is now condos that have amazing views! ….And I get to drive by to see where I was born. Other memories in this little town have been renovated beyond recognition or are totally missing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511908792821-KTTKFALH768037MG8H0X/Last+12+Months-807.jpg Photography - Mt. Elbert Through the Wires No electrical wires are buried in Leadville! One learns to ignore them. There is not a big enough economy even with the huge molybdenum mine nearby to fix a lot of infrastructure here. In the 1950's the Climax Mine provided good funding that enabled Leadville to build good schools. Here is a typical snow-covered roof struggling to hold the weight of winter. This is a metaphor for how the town struggles to hold the weight of decline and soon the cold eye of the developer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511907926002-L58VND94306YEJNF0APE/Last+12+Months-536.jpg Photography - Full Moon Rising Every full moon is a "super moon" in Leadville. It must be the altitude! No one who has grown up there has missed loving the moon. My High School prom theme was "Moon River"! We celebrated it fifty years later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511907980558-U3G7SKYBU89NDY6IXKLW/Last+12+Months-421.jpg Photography - Harrison Avenue at Night On cold winter evenings the lighting along Harrison Avenue warms the heart. It is the lighted soul of my little town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511908250898-LOWKFZK9WK85JYBJT62A/Last+12+Months-590.jpg Photography - Warm Inside Recalling the warmth of being inside while a blizzard raged outside. This filled me with excitement as a child. I spent hours watching the little town bustle even in these weather conditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511908425443-WGU6Z2WJFEL5UOUIRTQW/Last+12+Months-541.jpg Photography - Cold Moon Night Recollections of High School nights around the "Loop". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511908590294-1PCNSK49FDCS4R7UBVX1/Last+12+Months-660.jpg Photography - St. Vincent's Hospital I was born here October 6, 1945. Leadville once had several large brick structures like this, many of which were lost to fires throughout my lifetime. Luckily this one survived demolition. Others were demolished to be replaced by distasteful "modern" buildings or just empty lots. Historical buildings are the struggling, disrespected minorities of modern life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511907837694-V1DQW2JKRKF0DZ2JKMUR/Last+12+Months-290.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511909015203-T5FW6HD0TV4H75L338YP/Last+12+Months-812.jpg Photography - The Cold Colors of Winter's Sunset Leadville This is a very typical winter scene. I recall walking home from school on days like this. This is probably about 4:30 p.m.! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1518308536211-NBM41FCB242M3OEFDQ81/Speaking+of+%2522Cheese-cake%2522.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1518308613042-S3JS5IVG0KF4MC8I8CN4/DSC02608.JPG Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1518308711528-T105F0ZYY54V7FNOZKGJ/DSC02546.JPG Photography - Grands in Central Park What a wonderful thing that I have gotten to spend wonderful time with them as they are growing up. I know one day they will be quite away...but I treasure every moment with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1518308839457-5BYO75OIX61E15ODDKC4/DSC02289.JPG Photography - Winnie who was Winston I inherited this amazing bird from a woman who had developed Alzheimers and could no longer keep “him”. When I got “him” I immediately took “him” to be “sexed” and found out that Winston was a girl. I re-named him “Winnie”. She had been with the previous owner for 23 years. I had her for another 15 or so years. She was totally amazing. She “argued” with us, mostly sounding like an angry old lady and nestled in my neck for naps on the couch. We started traveling and i just felt she needed another stable environment and I had met a really official “bird-lover” to whom I offered Winnie. She went on to another owner. I miss her so much but this is better for her long life…as birds tend to have. I love you Winnie-bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1518308764160-BSKHY5DKM0NMHYCZ7HPF/DSC02297.JPG Photography - Friends and Pasta Good friends even help one make home-made pasta. We have done this a couple of times with Steven and Brian...always a good time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1518308879851-K5B7M2UJRG2ELVA1QEL4/DSC02194.JPG Photography - "The Dude" our Manx The Dude was found through a rescue site as a kitten who needed a home. I wanted a Manx and here were two kittens! I would have taken them both, but his sister did not make it. They had been on the streets. A happy ending though, because I convinced my friends to take the mother cat. They have given her an amazing home to live out her years. Good story. The Dude is a masterpiece and loved our bird Winnie and would spar with her. Animals are the very best part of my life in some ways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1518308966627-GUWV6RGWS5H0LKK113AR/20110713_0057.JPG Photography - Crystal Ball, Library and Orange Skull My library is one of my favorite places. This one had to be renovated since we had a major leak and ceiling damage. We took the opportunity to make it even more wonderful. This was my crystal ball waiting for the new setting...it was very quiet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1518309090039-7FDSPIYVMQTXZFA0NKS2/TiledTubMosaic.jpg Photography - Mosaic Tub In Leadville, our old tub was pitted, but still functional. I really didn't care for a new one. I decided to mosaic the bottom. I tried it, the mosaic feels fine because it is smooth enough to sit on, and it isn't slick! Voila! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1518310002308-A3DBY44CDGONL0MWMWA7/IMG_0560.JPG Photography - My Protector and Companion Anubis, or Nubis, or NooBee was a dog I rescued from the shelter. He was wonderful from day one. I had him for about 11 years. Like a sweet black wolf, he would do anything to protect and love me. This was his last day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1573772145028-MOS5XDYD4OWQQD0X8LKN/177FD5CD-579C-4E0F-AFE2-AFFE51A81893.jpg Photography - Festive with Friends Nothing like a friend who can do special fold napkins for holiday festivities! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1573772646120-P572OYWD49DUMSBEV9X3/103.jpg Photography - Top of the World Leadville, where I was born, third generation…is over two miles high. If one goes up to the mining district it is even higher and the views are totally amazing. My parents’ ashes are somewhere in this vicinity, one of them from a grandson’s airplane! Way to go Dad!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1603212325475-7XY1MT7BHW0B3K4N7LNQ/image-asset.jpeg Photography - Ducks in a Row Photographing my personal “installations” is a way to document them without having to keep them! I truly enjoy grouping images with various meanings as an installation, assemblage or for a photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1603212590486-9PNIN53Z4EI93CL17NKS/image-asset.jpeg Photography - Stored for the Season Photographing my personal “installations” is a way to document them without having to keep them! I truly enjoy grouping images with various meanings as an installation, assemblage or for a photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1603212727875-83VE81X6CZJXZ06SCVLP/image-asset.jpeg Photography - Burrrrr Bird Sometimes a scene just makes itself available at odd times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1603212926153-CARWPL9BJUS6KXACFSDH/image-asset.jpeg Photography - American as Apple Pie Scene in airport while patiently waiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1603213115557-9POPAPJLY64YHZGIV4VF/image-asset.jpeg Photography - Attic Vault Photographing my personal “installations” is a way to document them without having to keep them! I truly enjoy grouping images with various meanings as an installation, assemblage or for a photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1603213252559-T0J8EKDEPNZIYUUBJILW/image-asset.jpeg Photography - Last Supper on the Lake A grouping of items that will eventually become a permanent assemblage containing broken Last Supper Platter, puzzle pieces, old frames, knick-Knacks, etc. All it takes is good glue! https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/oil-painting daily 0.75 2023-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1539808511783-GD4CMFOIL0OIETTH4RYJ/fullsizeoutput_4c6e.jpeg Oil Painting - The Temptation of St. Jerome This is a pastiche of a painting my parents kept hidden away in their room. They felt it was too risque for children’s eyes. That made it even more intriguing. I always wanted to be an artist and this early exposure to such painting gave me inspiration, in spite of the subject matter! It was fascinating and gave me the urge to be a good painter. So I started painting at about 11 years with oil paint after trying my hand at “paint by numbers” which I found quite enjoyable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1539808511783-GD4CMFOIL0OIETTH4RYJ/fullsizeoutput_4c6e.jpeg Oil Painting - The Temptation of St. Jerome This is a pastiche of a painting my parents kept hidden away in their room. They felt it was too risque for children’s eyes. That made it even more intriguing. I always wanted to be an artist and this early exposure to such painting gave me inspiration, in spite of the subject matter! It was fascinating and gave me the urge to be a good painter. So I started painting at about 11 years with oil paint after trying my hand at “paint by numbers” which I found quite enjoyable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1541538996713-TGGYJY1ESK0Q7QG4DADQ/IMG_8866.JPG Oil Painting - Modern Stance Still on the easel, this is one of the first “traditional” figurative paintings I have done in a long while. It was refreshing to just paint! WIP 26 x 36 oil on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1543864192977-X0SM8RHHD9WTJ18KPBSG/IMG_9144.JPG Oil Painting - Wired In! Oil, 14 x 16. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1543864257855-YGH1PADQ037QECA43ZZ9/IMG_9148.JPG Oil Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1539808855484-C3H2C0YKFLJP7IBVE2NW/Oil-Calla+Lily+Ladies.jpg Oil Painting - The Calla Girls I saw these lilies as a group of ladies with their exotic and stylish high collard wraps conversing on a windy day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510414857915-Y70OYDT8NCZKOV4XHGL3/Oil+-+CallasinTheWindow.jpg Oil Painting - Callas in the Doorway For years I painted Calla Lilies because they were so exotic to me, having grown up in Colorado and New Mexico. Now we have a place where I love to spend winter months in California where they grow everywhere. I still think of them as exotic, though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512438797437-XKUG4YS7Y6Q4XTO5ZNNY/Cloudsand+Landscape.jpeg Oil Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1539809088492-AJ8XZAO069J6UNM983N1/fullsizeoutput_4c9a.jpeg Oil Painting - Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Part one of a tryptich done as a commission. I wanted to paint clouds, but the idea of being out on the prairie kept coming to me since the cloud photo I had was taken toward the East where huge thunderheads often form. I imagine the landscape below them and the “Salt of the Earth” people who farm there. I though of their prayers and the constant threat of storms or lack there of. Here it is at the end of a hard-working day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1539809020599-Y4SY06TZR4RP9PF0K4T0/fullsizeoutput_4c9c.jpeg Oil Painting - Give Us This Day part three of tryptich Part twp of a tryptich done as a commission. I wanted to paint clouds, but the idea of being out on the prairie kept coming to me since the cloud photo I had was taken toward the East where huge thunderheads often form. I imagine the landscape below them and the “Sald of the Earth” people who farm there. I though of their prayers and the constant threat of storms or lack there of. A tiny green line of verdant landscape is shown at the bottom of this painting of huge storm clouds showing the mid-western sky in a storm and how enormous compared to the life below. Weather is a huge part of life in the Mid-west. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1539808335599-XUQNN2Z8EPYS0YTCSHJW/fullsizeoutput_4c9b.jpeg Oil Painting - Our Daily Bread, section two of three Part three of a tryptich done as a commission. I wanted to paint clouds, but the idea of being out on the prairie kept coming to me since the cloud photo I had was taken toward the East where huge thunderheads often form. I imagine the landscape below them and the “Sald of the Earth” people who farm there. I though of their prayers and the constant threat of storms or lack there of. “Give Us This Day, Our Daily Bread”…the prayer that suggests the wheat that grows there and provides us our daily bread… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1539810111820-BZ3Y48GQZMT1GU33XUWH/fullsizeoutput_4cb9.jpeg Oil Painting - Earth and Spirit Uniting As in Alchemical Processes the intent in some cases is to unite the opposites. Here spirit is symbolized by the dove and air (consciousness) while the earth is symbolized by the serpent and depth of the ocean (unconscious) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1539808767856-8X98LCXXZECRI129RH3B/SlideShowGestationUniverse.jpg Oil Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1539808556346-IF1EKJN0H21QEI3D2KXV/Oil-Floral-Jaime.jpg Oil Painting - The Virus Behind the Iris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510414708369-MQSUW1BFNCVRMPLA6B8C/Oil-OriginalforShells.jpg Oil Painting - Sea Bird The original painting which is now underneath the Shell Numph covered with sea shells on the order of Giocometti’s fruit and vegetable faces. This comparison only came after I added the shells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510414655641-0IKKJWOV9QVNPKUK507D/MixedMedia-MermaidofttheLake.jpg Oil Painting - Sea Nymph and Mermaid WIP Still working on this image painted years ago when this female figure played a large role in a lot of my oil paintings. The mermaid is part of another painting I did at the same time, but never quite felt good about it. they are coming together as a unit and we’ll see where that goes. Oil with collage and added beading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1526308864100-DRG0UTHD9T01ZD29FFTG/Tomato+002.jpg Oil Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1526309017006-I5L9U3DARNU6TBUPWQD5/TomatoSize.JPG Oil Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1684079935959-CPGX30WXEDPNMTBLWQI8/E0DD280E-F728-4564-805C-449DC7FB6493_1_105_c.jpeg Oil Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1684079935959-CPGX30WXEDPNMTBLWQI8/image-asset.jpeg Oil Painting - Illumination My granddaughter with her sweet face glowing in the light of her phone portends a future of technology-tinged life. So far she is well-balanced and aware and very bright in other ways as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1615850566958-ZQB71YCXLZOWAFQOZUG6/fullsizeoutput_5f13.jpeg Oil Painting https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/blog daily 0.75 2017-11-27 https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/blog/2017/11/27/la-huerta-rincon-del-diablo monthly 0.5 2023-11-11 https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/artonline daily 1.0 2023-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1573756318209-BFH5QWV8SBA0JBRXCIJ8/fullsizeoutput_5568.jpeg Examples of my artwork - After Bocklin's "Island of the Dead" As a part of an artist’s education it has been common to copy artists’ work that one admires or finds exciting, sometimes over and over and see where it takes one’s own artistic style. I have always loved the eerieness of this work. There is more than one of this subject by Bocklin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1573756318209-BFH5QWV8SBA0JBRXCIJ8/fullsizeoutput_5568.jpeg Examples of my artwork - After Bocklin's "Island of the Dead" As a part of an artist’s education it has been common to copy artists’ work that one admires or finds exciting, sometimes over and over and see where it takes one’s own artistic style. I have always loved the eerieness of this work. There is more than one of this subject by Bocklin. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/5a25b25d652deaed1df2b800/5dcda0f2e7d2e60a1a47d100/1684186655703/Qw6yjQKLRjWSmlbgryOZCg.jpg Examples of my artwork - Levitation of a Pear Part of Michael Dowling’s workshop. Oil painting still life. My solution for a pear that just wouldn’t sit down in the bowl was to just give it wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1615850807993-R3K9D2F3EQ5W22E8548V/image-asset.jpeg Examples of my artwork - The Flying Pear Escapes the Fruit Bowl Worked during a workshop with Michael Dowling. I couldn’t make that pear settle down so I gave it wings to fly. Oil on board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1573333527455-WUU371XKNYM0A3BHQU5V/image-asset.jpeg Examples of my artwork - The Convent I love the fact that I never have to stop learning and experimenting with new styles and media. I am taking a workshop with Michael Dowling right now and learning what he learned from studying in Florence, Italy. It is very exciting. I have also been doing drawing workshops with him and find it exciting to see how other artists utilize drawing in their studios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1573757006690-LO3F5R4OQ0SAGKIXD1TP/7TLtDakHTayUmARqNVlcOw.jpg Examples of my artwork - Pointing out the Obvious “When I am here, you are not. When you are here, I am not.” (Death) Gold leaf and acrylic with charcoal drawing. This direction is where I hope to take future artwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1543864013396-E926QG6UAMDF7Q9PIUU2/IMG_9144.JPG Examples of my artwork - Wired In! This child has been using an ipad ever since he could stand at the coffee table and poke at it…learning to play kid games, etc. He is still at it, but his parents won’t allow it except at certain times. This generation will be tech geniuses! Oil painting done after attending FACE Figurative Art Convention in Miami. 14 x 16. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421435125-LTB0BG9F706SQH5H73F3/IMG_5154.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512420115109-X141759JY456SF3GQ3FF/UrbanLandscapes.jpg Examples of my artwork - Urban Landscape A commissioned work. Acrylic 63" x 66". Living in Los Angeles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421145703-7PFSRE0LSLYT2F51RNZH/UrbanLandscape2.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421745505-ATR0179R06H7TEVDRE8X/UrbanLandscapeDetail4.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421078843-UGXX2LCIOOV9LNNVVHC2/Ape+for+LAP.JPG Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512420940942-HW08BH2O52NHGZT60X5F/Version+7.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512420855681-H5347XUOWJOAJB7T1BKF/IMG_4369.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512419954083-M4WUHCTX72Z01ZUT5FKF/Acrylic-AShrinetoH-Detail.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512419997076-IARHJHOFNX19WV72L88Z/Acrylic-TOHR-Detail2.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512420542684-2SGN1N6OLZ2RA2GG48YT/IMG_4689.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512420598286-ETK2O02RAPP0QLK000P4/IMG_4686.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512420653710-OZM2AL6IID9FRPJQCQ4E/AndSheShallDance4.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421581192-V7JTR0BQ9RO40BEPYMBF/AndSheShallDancetutu.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512420698469-P6KKHYT94RGLH9DMQ6BN/AndSheShallDance6.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512420667737-HOD7RC7UO4UEQ4A66HLY/AndSheShallDance5.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512420624558-BUJ76S08YEKE98XQ8143/AndSheShallDance.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421549283-91C1OJPN65Q8TNZFMXTB/IMG_5160.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512419977809-LW7BIQALBR51JPZQ0DGI/Acrylic-MermaidSeaGoddess-Detail.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421497272-TSHLZ8XLGA49A4A7VP8K/IMG_5159.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421472382-J1G97KYEX87JGSQOJ7ON/IMG_5156.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512422032354-0K2UFX2R1M9MJGJV2QZP/IMG_3388.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421778775-N047I0XHAIRV8G9T45N1/King+of+Hearts+in+a+Glass+Dome.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512422471939-U64Z20T4Q6FC81Y0ZEWC/Ignatia5.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512422189273-Z8E8OTH2ZH8Z10BP9T0N/MoonOvertheMosquitos.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421999038-0YUA0SLIW6VC09GYNB73/MoonOvertheMosquitosDetail3.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512422138052-UEK4YJ603IL5JDHKTNSF/MoonOvertheMosquitos4.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512422121610-KXUWO13EX3ZU39QJU68R/MoonOvertheMosquitosDetail.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512422401478-X3FSBC5ERERHVM6VDHB9/Bird+of+Paradise+Series.png Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421644020-3UQKYRVRKREGURHQZTC1/IMG_0638.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421612466-8QCH1A7TGTOL73F1RHCW/DSC_0044.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421703247-ED4KMJHOL3E2IX0DXDJE/LightNoLongerbyCandle.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1684186382898-8MDRC0XKCKUSGSD50JNM/5ofCupsAngel.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512422892066-YK4FVZPUEO0LOQV9CM6Q/5ofCupsCross.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512422900622-7EQOJT1QR5GZOEUE9S9T/5ofCupsFish.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512422911659-XG7RRLI4X4J8MZ172A80/5ofCupsinRoom.jpg Examples of my artwork - Five of Cups As a kid my only art museum was the graveyard outside our small town. I would bike there in the summers to look at the statues which interested me. I liked the crosses and flowers on the graves. It seemed like another world. I also studied Tarot for years. This assemblage just happened one day in my studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512422568847-OV2ZPJ5NXU8YN36V87OS/DoorComplete4.jpg Examples of my artwork - Witness Repurposing paintings found at thrift stores. These two by "Duellrig" or "Duellring" not sure what the signature says. I have several by this artist who obviously was painting for the sheer joy of it and then they were given over times to the same thrift store. I have about ten of them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512422935965-L11DDJ52SVKIG86BEFUI/Door4.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512422958553-JL4LIXLMGME3ZPTPB4ZW/DoorDetail.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512423129324-IDTDQSEDDAO6GWM1OGMM/DoorWitness%26Innocence.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512421938944-EQ2VTAZI4R69364E0PDD/IMG_3376.jpg Examples of my artwork - Through a Glass Darkley I did a portrait of a long time friend with whom I spent a lot of time growing up. The painting depicts something of her personality, dark, quiet with a love of pets and collection of antiques. I decided to make the piece into a crazy lamp with a vintage mid-century lamp and crinoline skirt shade. I'm pretty sure the lamp is worth more than the whole piece, therefore priced accordingly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512423240558-4XFK733XW4PIUTLYP1FE/FrigDoor20031.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513018807570-1OK77DZNLMFECOLMGQCM/AScream+in+Venice.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513018807551-FWGLMGSLX79GB2719ARE/AScream2.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513018814351-N3NLQLOBTE2U8A0RN3IE/AScream3.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513018813438-MN4A2SONPNQ2RN00ZBM2/AScream5.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513018818993-9CQTYMIO8J3YLWU4DOW6/AScream6.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513018820073-WKW4KL1TRRNLJ1GV5Q24/AScream7.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513018961839-W7SBE3X5JDQVMPLALBRU/ASCurse1.JPG Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513019232450-AFNARLHDL880NJWQCCH3/DSC02131.JPG Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513019232580-WB940FL4B5R2KZPMDNMW/DSC02132.JPG Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513019235664-E4XTY7P6KDURJ9BKVM58/Mt%3AValley1.JPG Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1526307427526-OUUI5JIIS5D10S4IX7M9/web.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1526307429896-525KQ8FFVGEBF8YYX53O/web.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1526307431299-SXQBHC7AZCF1TXA2CRF4/web.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1575804731853-622I6CM07BKEKIK4Z521/IMG_0820.jpeg Examples of my artwork - The Desruptor Trump as he disrupts everything, money is at the base of all he does. The bull bleeds but still stands. Melania admires herself while wearing “I really don’t care, do you”? jacket. The boys Bevis and Butthead stand at the ready and Ivanka poses. Statesmen remain silent in their places while Trump is the puppeteer of the Maga hats as he himself is the puppet of Putin’s gloved hand. Trump uses the flag to fool everyone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1575804737293-RB2GQKRNRFW0OLS0ICVD/IMG_0823.jpeg Examples of my artwork - Destruction of the Feminine The polluted waters wash over the goddesses of the Earth as they gasp for air surrounded by human detritus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1575804740960-UGYDMUPFOVQ70HKMYX70/IMG_0812.jpeg Examples of my artwork - The Bee Started when I was painting the iris over and over. This one came back to me after being discarded by its owner. I had to re-do the stretching and remove dirt and water damage but the painting had remained fine. I added the large bee since they are damaged as well and I hope for their resurrectiion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1575804745354-DRKEO8YGAWXD6BGZBQ7I/IMG_0813.jpeg Examples of my artwork - Peonies and Roses Just wanted to paint these lovely flowers. I did two paintings like this. This one is in oil and the other in acrylic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1684187891735-EIR1JLX55OUSYKPKSLQO/image-asset.jpeg Examples of my artwork - Skinny Bird I drew this white bird on black paper with chalk. It was just for fun as I love the skeletal suggestion, almost human. I find this bird to be slightly funny and very assertive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1684186791797-UO49XJR8K99141QF2T98/image-asset.jpg Examples of my artwork - Barn Dance - Wonderbound Dress Rehearsal A friend invited me to a dress rehearsal of a local dance troupe. We got to see the whole performance and it was wonderful. The presentation was “Sandman” with great music. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/5a25b25d652deaed1df2b800/5ff0bf5fefa5e06e3c1953a0/1609614295363/ Examples of my artwork https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/5a25b25d652deaed1df2b800/604fce71aaf23e15f30f6334/1615850781083/ Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1615850205202-JGD2PZFL31UPJ44MZED3/image-asset.jpeg Examples of my artwork - The Explorer Re-worked images from old books are an inspiration for new art. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/5a25b25d652deaed1df2b800/604febe92b61541f63a94481/1615850781078/ Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1615850566958-ZQB71YCXLZOWAFQOZUG6/image-asset.jpeg Examples of my artwork - The Green Trojan Giraffe and the Flower Girls Acrylic, done as a commission for a young woman by her parents. Completed during the time of COVID, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512542133385-06ZGJ5TGF4GRG7NHY0P0/AftertheWeddingDress.jpg Examples of my artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1673491820633-INKCEXEAJH6QLSTXLMT8/image-asset.jpeg Examples of my artwork - "Sceam" saved driftwood from 1975 One of those pieces that came with me for years. I always wanted to use it for something. I love The Scream, so that is how it came about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1603213252559-T0J8EKDEPNZIYUUBJILW/image-asset.jpeg Examples of my artwork - Fishers of Men I get ideas for assemblage by keeping objects around me and setting them up in different ways on shelves around my studio. Some end up as art pieces, some do not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1673491820633-INKCEXEAJH6QLSTXLMT8/image-asset.jpeg Examples of my artwork - Scream I found this piece of driftwood in California in the 1970’s. It went with me through two marriages and several moves. It finally became an assemblage for an exhibit in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1603212590486-9PNIN53Z4EI93CL17NKS/image-asset.jpeg Examples of my artwork - Studio Loft Dress-forms Image Looking up into the loft at my Quince house studio, these dress forms had obviously been watching me as I worked. I photographed the so I wouldn’t forget the image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1603213115557-9POPAPJLY64YHZGIV4VF/image-asset.jpeg Examples of my artwork - Storage Image Another image from my storage loft in my studio photographed to save the image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1603212325475-7XY1MT7BHW0B3K4N7LNQ/image-asset.jpeg Examples of my artwork - Marilyn as Mama Duck Image Marilyn intrigued my Dad while I was growing up. My older sister was a brunette but beautiful like Marilyn. This was in the 1950’s. She became an icon in my mind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1603212590486-9PNIN53Z4EI93CL17NKS/IMG_3344.jpg Examples of my artwork https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/assemblage daily 0.75 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1543867822773-PZ3YX1UL1VWYO0WS436O/IMG_8580.JPG Assemblage - Demeter's Open Heart Fabric, antlers, mask, found objects. Life-sized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1543867822773-PZ3YX1UL1VWYO0WS436O/IMG_8580.JPG Assemblage - Demeter's Open Heart Fabric, antlers, mask, found objects. Life-sized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1543868043800-VGXQ4FZ7OXPP7IH45A8U/IMG_8578.JPG Assemblage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510600119222-DKC2J7J3R0PF6FF5NP36/fullsizeoutput_4425.jpeg Assemblage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510600118730-JTNNLWVKOKX48EEAII3J/fullsizeoutput_4427.jpeg Assemblage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510600181042-6WVOQBQWKEK1IV5YM66I/fullsizeoutput_4428.jpeg Assemblage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510600180938-TQ7AH3V6MTO5599ZRXB8/fullsizeoutput_4429.jpeg Assemblage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510600215674-T523DTBAZFUT0SW1927Y/fullsizeoutput_441f.jpeg Assemblage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510600250605-CTLL7MFNZEM81K9HRZGS/fullsizeoutput_4420.jpeg Assemblage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510600277672-QPKPTYK7BRUFTCBDVZEF/fullsizeoutput_4420.jpeg Assemblage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510600305924-17OAI6QY7GKU1GJI8TAQ/fullsizeoutput_4423.jpeg Assemblage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510600302913-K4EY5HMPX25SZZLT0UPW/fullsizeoutput_4424.jpeg Assemblage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510600333405-LOWR75V56H4IMMXW2LAJ/fullsizeoutput_4421.jpeg Assemblage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1510600435252-BCIZWS8RMLJUJAM0AX5U/fullsizeoutput_4431.jpeg Assemblage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511737414845-IICN6NSMVHBUV0KVBKHR/Assemblage-ChristOverTime.jpg Assemblage - Cross Over Time-Time to Cross Over? The word Crucifix from ecclesiastical Latin crucifixus, and Latin cruci fixus ‘fixed to a cross’ describes a powerful image in the Christian culture with the Christ figure fixed there. But a cross, itself is meaningful in many cultures and comes in many forms. For many years I was almost obsessed with circles and circular canvases until a mentor pointed out that most of his (very powerful) paintings were the opposite of my circles and curves...they were more "masculine" in that they often formed a criss-cross or cross shape. This was only an observation, not criticism, and I then became very interested in crosses, and trying to work in more angular styles. This felt rather liberating in some manner. I collected crosses (and still do) I also came to own a lot of wrist watches which I hardly ever wear. The metaphor occurred to me "fixed in time" as the crucifix, and several other phrases, "crossing over time", etc. So the "time pieces" went on the aluminum mandala with the crosses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511743258343-7IT6GW570O2DM6KN17T6/Assemblage-COT-Detail.jpg Assemblage - Cross... Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511743308593-8JNKYN80O81NB2J46TOY/Assemblage-COT-Detail2.jpg Assemblage - Cross Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511743342910-SBOB2QO0QYXSOLC1Y2U0/Assemblage-COT-Detail3.jpg Assemblage - Cross.. Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511743384061-5O2UGSRETZ07FNPGNQJM/Assemblage-COT-Detail4.jpg Assemblage - Cross Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511743438744-XYOLF9J38EONBXFXAIEK/DarkArt.jpg Assemblage - Death Deuce Mummies or Deuces are Wild Deuce Duos. Two creatures, pretty much mummified were discovered at different times after we purchased our "huerta" in SoCal. Sergio, our care-keeper and friend was told by Thach, "Don't show those to Karen" but somehow I did see them and they ended up in one of my "Dark Art" pieces. There wasn't a lot I had to do to get the picture across. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511743680263-FU2CP3TBA1YUW8ZOQAFM/DarkArt-Duet-bl%3Awt.jpg Assemblage - Deuces are Wild black and white I like o photograph some of my assemblage in black and white because it gives me some ideas for drawings and two-dimensional art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1543891817793-6DR3LUFOARX5420JLWN9/ShoeShaman.jpg Assemblage - Shoe Shaman Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1543891903027-2AXZYP7IX294NYPV6S0S/IMG_9176.JPG Assemblage - Searching for Refugia This was my alter for this year’s Day of the Dead festival. My own great grandmother was of Native American decent. I knew very little about her, but I fantacize about her life and would so love to know more about her…this is my search and my alter is to those to whom I am related, yet know very little. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1543892091626-MAU3PTMFX3RK70DHYEW6/IMG_9179.JPG Assemblage - Searching for Refugia, Detail Assemblage with brass instrument, leatherized skull, shadow box, faux flowers, assorted found objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1603213911631-H5DKM36QEZR0YFH6QB9E/1460689509465.jpg Assemblage https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/fabric-wearables daily 0.75 2018-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511632026057-TKP9YFSLWDXHORYD2PMZ/Jewels%26Gems-GreenBracelet.jpg Gems, Fabric & Wearables https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511632026057-TKP9YFSLWDXHORYD2PMZ/Jewels%26Gems-GreenBracelet.jpg Gems, Fabric & Wearables https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511632026821-ZA9EID9SLYZY0EERCP00/Jewels%26Gems-GreenBraceletDetail.jpg Gems, Fabric & Wearables https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511632025386-PPMA2M33XS1G7KJ1DBKY/Jewels%26Gems-Caging-FallingCupidBrooch.jpg Gems, Fabric & Wearables https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512542133385-06ZGJ5TGF4GRG7NHY0P0/AftertheWeddingDress.jpg Gems, Fabric & Wearables https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1511632067170-BKMQXBZX66G88UV334C7/FabaricArt-WearableVest%26BowTie.jpg Gems, Fabric & Wearables - Vest for Steven I enjoy taking manufactured wearables and remaking into something different by adding and subtracting elements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512542168859-NVX9XAZ9HI4DJ8FWQW06/IMG_1385.jpg Gems, Fabric & Wearables https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512542220811-ZBGQF5L4ORFFHOFNJ7UA/Miner%27sPrincessCoronation.jpg Gems, Fabric & Wearables - Forgotten Costume Renewal process The beginning of a design for a tiara? necklace? I am grateful for the remnants given to me by friends and family for these enjoyable pastimes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512542287649-PGZ4Y2H8PL2V2KYGDHND/SimpleGems.jpg Gems, Fabric & Wearables - Forgotten Costume Renewal People give me the dregs from the bottom of forgotten costume jewelry boxes and junk drawers. I love making something new and even adding something more precious quite often hidden amongst the busy surfaces. https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/sculptural-works daily 0.75 2018-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513022849219-RPSTBIT3LETZN4U73RQQ/Vanity+thy+name.jpg Constructions, Shadowboxes, Installations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1513022849219-RPSTBIT3LETZN4U73RQQ/Vanity+thy+name.jpg Constructions, Shadowboxes, Installations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512547158912-B8VKY3SD2K99GA1MHW0K/Egg5.jpg Constructions, Shadowboxes, Installations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512547131629-9D61ITAJFVNVUI3Y8HUE/Egg4SnakeHead.jpg Constructions, Shadowboxes, Installations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512547144512-9KCEVBLL9RNCX1W4I745/Egg4Detail2.jpg Constructions, Shadowboxes, 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https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/new-events/2019/6/8/art-students-league-summer-art-market-sam monthly 0.5 2019-05-02 https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/new-events/2019/6/28/black-and-white-show-community-gallery-at-next monthly 0.5 2019-07-24 https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/new-events/2019/11/14/the-ides-of-dystopia-a-grandmothers-musings-about-the-state-of-our-world monthly 0.5 2020-09-13 https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/new-events/2020/7/1/opening-of-artist-spaces-william-thach-studios-on-17th-avenue monthly 0.5 2021-03-14 https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/new-events/2020/9/13/off-the-wall-denver monthly 0.5 2020-09-13 https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/new-events/2020/10/20/el-dia-del-muertos monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/about daily 0.75 2023-05-13 https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/introduction daily 0.75 2023-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1600017478779-M6TXU2N8MLYLZW81JF45/fullsizeoutput_5b8b.jpg Introduction I have many places to create my ideas, some formal studio space, sometimes it’s the kitchen or garage. https://www.karenfkaiserstudio.com/bio daily 0.75 2019-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a04be44b7411cd98970f197/1512546941640-LV44DYT3YKKJLXPO4P9C/image-asset.jpeg About the Artist