Daily Painters Abstract Gallery: Colorado

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

"Dusk Quietly Approaches" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

Anyone who has followed me on-line knows how I am fascinated by the skies, especially at sunset. I had painted this particular scene many years ago from a reference photo with a bit of a different composition. Ten years later or so, here it is once again in a larger format, some different hues, and I find myself just as fascinated as ever as the sun goes down.

"Dusk Quietly Approaches", 12"x15.25" palette knife oil painting on gessoed panel, $325 includes s/h in continental U.S., Paypal accepted, contact me for more information at KarlaNolan@gmail.com

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Saturday, December 12, 2015

"Mountain Forecast" by Karla Nolan palette knife oil painting on canvas

Inspired by looking out my northern Colorado windows! This is what has been happening all day, snow, snow, and more snow on the way. I guess it's winter!

"Mountain Forecast" 18"x24" palette knife oil painting on canvas, $750 includes s/h in continental U.S., Paypal accepted, contact me for more information at KarlaNolan@gmail.com

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

KMD2333 North Park Vista by Colorado artist Kit Hevron Mahoney (6x8 oil landscape North Park, CO)

It has been such a busy year that I haven't posted in months. I have been spending a lot of time experimenting with abstraction. I will start posting those in the New Year but meanwhile, here is a fun expression of a summer scene in North Park. This piece is 6"x8" with expressive, less detailed brushwork. 6”x8” unframed original oil
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Friday, May 8, 2015

"Vibrance" by Karla Nolan, unframed palette knife oil painting

Another Colorado Rocky Mountain sunset, this with particularly vibrant colors, hence the name! This one is big enough, once framed, for a fireplace mantel! More of my "I Love Colorado!" series.

"Vibrance", 18"x24" unframed palette knife oil painting on panel, write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

Saturday, May 2, 2015

"Another Look at Red Mountain" by Karla Nolan, unframed oil pastel painting

My first attempt at painting with oil pastels. A repeat subject. Red Mountain the southwestern part of the state of Colorado. I painted with soft pastels for years and occasionally yearn to return to them. However, oil pastels beckoned because we were going on vacation and they were easier to haul. Yet another experiment for me. And since I am crazy over this particular subject, it was a fun and very educational experience. I just love Colorado!

"Another Look at Red Mountain", 12"x9" unframed oil pastel painting on sanded paper, write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

Friday, May 1, 2015

"Twilight Over the Rocky Mountains" by Karla Nolan, miniature unframed palette knife oil painting

A little gem of a painting, miniature, actually, this is to me the quintessential Rocky Mountain/Colorado sunset. I have always been struck at how the mountains are a dark silhouette while the remains of the sun and the successive colors over that, then the various blues of the skies are layered. I love Colorado!

"Twilight Over the Rocky Mountains", 5"x7" unframed palette knife oil painting on panel, write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

Thursday, April 2, 2015

"Clouds of Coral" by Karla Nolan, unframed palette knife oil painting

Being a sunset fan, I have found that there are so many colors in the clouds and they change so quickly, sometimes one has to make choices in what to represent. Coral colors in the clouds seem to move through the skies fast, they're hard to catch with a camera for a reference photograph. So, what does an artist do? She uses her artistic license, of course! If you can, enlarge this painting, as you'll see many colors in it that could be missed at first glance.

"Clouds of Coral", 8"x10" unframed palette knife oil painting on canvas, write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

Friday, March 6, 2015

"Aurora Borealis Over the Mountains" by Karla Nolan, unframed miniature palette knife oil painting

A disclaimer here, this is not the real aurora borealis, it's my imagination! I had fun with this one, mixing colors in and out, deepening the silhouette of the mountain range with trees in view. A little bit of artistic license, possibly, but a whole lot of fun to paint!

"Aurora Borealis Over the Mountains", 5"x7" unframed miniature palette knife oil painting on panel, $70 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

Saturday, February 28, 2015

"Sparkly Western Sunset" by Karla Nolan, unframed miniature palette knife oil painting

I painted this sunset a while back with my handy palette knives and couldn't decide on a name for it. Looking at it in different lighting situations, I kept notice how sparkly it was, a high gloss varnish added to the colors greatly. Thus the name was born: "Sparkly Western Sunset" -- because that is what it is, full of life and color! A sweet miniature...

"Sparkly Western Sunset", 5"x7" unframed miniature palette knife oil painting on canvas, $70 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

Thursday, February 26, 2015

"Rocky Mountain Dusk" by Karla Nolan unframed palette knife oil painting

This is a larger painting, 16"x20" unframed. It is the quintessential Rocky Mountain scene, so typically Colorado. If you want to get an idea of what it is like to live near the mountains, just look at this painting, I think you'll get the hang of it! It really can be dramatic as the last rays of the sun appear over the forthcoming mountain silhouette.

"Rocky Mountain Dusk", 16"x20" unframed palette knife oil painting on canvas, $640 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

Saturday, February 21, 2015

"Daybreak!", by Karla Nolan, 18"x24" unframed palette knife oil painting

I love painting the skies. I don't like early morning, however, and have missed many a pretty dawn here in Colorado. Silhouettes of bushes and trees have always intrigued me. So I thought I'd bite the bullet and put together an early morning scene. Maybe I'll reconsider and start rising earlier. (I doubt it!)

"Daybreak!", 18"x24" unframed palette knife oil painting on canvas, $700 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

Saturday, February 14, 2015

"Moonlight Mountain Triptych" by Karla Nolan, framed painting on glass

Quite a task, this painting on glass. It took forever to compose and then execute but I'm very satisfied, happy, with the results. The photos don't do it just but then this is the sort of artwork best seen in person, I guess.

"Moonlight Mountain Triptych",10"x22" painting on glass (measured edge to edge glass) in frame shown, $675 includes s/h in continental U.S., Paypal accepted, click button below or write me for more information at KarlaNolan@gmail.com

Thursday, February 12, 2015

"I Want to Live Here!" by Karla Nolan, unframed palette knife oil painting

Colorado is my favorite state in this country. Not only was I born here but I plan to die here. Fort Collins, here in the northern part of the state, is my "little slice of paradise". Life here is good. We have the plains, the high prairie, the mountains, the rugged and rocky terrain of the western part of the state, also. I feel very fortunate. The paintings says it all.

"I Want to Live Here!", 4"x6" unframed palette knife oil painting on canvas, $48 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

Thanks for viewing my art! Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado

Thursday, February 5, 2015

"Mysterious Rocky Mountain Sunset" by Karla Nolan framed painting on glass

Well, this is a mysterious art post! I haven't quite decided what exactly is occurring in the sky of this painting on glass, so decided to "go with the flow, the mystery of it all". I see many things happening in this sunset and I hope that you do, also. I see no sense in defining everything that happens with these crazy glass paints!

"Mysterious Rocky Mountain Sunset", 11"x"14" framed painting on glass (measured edge to edge glass), $450 includes s/h in continental U.S., Paypal accepted, click button below or write me for more information at KarlaNolan@gmail.com