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Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals, drawing animals, imaginary animals, Karen O'Brien, Oaxacan Dotted Elephant, painting animals
Today I’d like to introduce you to Oregon-based Karen O’Brien, a very talented artist and a very nice person to boot! UPDATE: Karen’s winner was Gill W.
(Photos used by permission from Karen’s website and blog.)
A retired nurse, Karen is very prolific and paints richly layered mixed-media paintings, mostly with unique figures, “often with oddly distorted features and eyes that mirror their soulful, quirky nature.”
When I took a class from Karen last fall, I was able to take a peek inside some of her sketchbooks. There was one in particular that I just loved; she had limited her supplies to just black ink, red conte crayon, and pencil (I think!).
Karen has three pieces in “Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals,” including this wonderful drawing of her dog, “Max,” somewhat inspired (I’m pretty sure) by the Oaxacan Dotted Elephant Tutorial:
Thank you, Karen, for agreeing to be in Imaginary Animals!
Book Giveaway!
Today Karen is hosting a book giveaway over at her blog, so head on over and leave a comment (at HER blog) for a chance to win a signed copy!
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This post is part of a Two-Week Book Release Celebration for my new book, “Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals: A Mixed-Media Workshop with Carla Sonheim.” For the schedule, which includes book and art giveaways, contributing artists features, tutorials, and assignments, click here.
Rinda said:
I love her dog; still planning to give that technique a try.
Rinda
Linda Park said:
unbelievably inspiring. love the work being shared!
Antoinette said:
Wow, Carla, this blog celebration is wonderful! I love your work and now it’s so nice to see the work of these other wonderful artists! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing what else you have in store over the next week!
debra valoff said:
Thanks for introducing me to this amazing artist!
Serena Mira Asta said:
I love how you’re running your Book Release Blog Celebration. Just cheerleading. I know it’s a LOT of work! :-> -Serena
Tammie said:
thank you for sharing your friend and artist with us. her art and her art in your style is wonderful! I can see that you have inspired many. so glad to meet you and your art through your blog.
biola said:
Max fits just so well to the overdressed dog. Where i come from, everyone calls his mini-dog Max. loving this caricature especially.
Melva Bates said:
Am I too late to be entered????????