Tuesday, May 3, 2016

"Fancy Dance" by Karla Nolan, watercolor and ink

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Okay, I'll be up front.  I do not plan to sell this painting.  It was extremely time consuming to paint, full of detail, which is n...
Saturday, April 16, 2016

"Southwest Panorama in Reds" by Karla Nolan, watercolor on paper

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There is something about the colors of the cliffs, hills, mesas, and mountains in the Southwest United States that is so intriguing to...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

"Vernazza Below the Cinque Terre Trail" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

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This painting isn't for sale.  It's my gift to my husband for his birthday.  He took me to this fabulous place a few years back...
Thursday, April 7, 2016

"Viewing Vernazza From the Cinque Terre Trail" by Karla Nolan, watercolor and ink painting

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 Hiking along the Cinque Terre trail in Italy was quite the adventure, especially since I had not anticipated this activity and di...
Monday, April 4, 2016

"Spring Has Sprung" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

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This is a bit of reva mp of an earlier painting.  We have very little luck with for sythias in our yard, neve r have figured out ...
Friday, April 1, 2016

"Solo Act: Red Indian Paintbrush" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

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You may have noticed that I love the color red, the energy, the vibrancy, the fire.  And so on.  I painted this Indian Paintbrush a...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

"My Iris" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

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Okay, I'm jumping the gu n on spring, I admit it.  I n fa ct, it is snowing again as I type, heading into April.  The green fol...
Friday, March 25, 2016

"Nestled In the Italian Hills" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

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 Amazing to me but true, this is my 600th b log post.  That is simply incredible, I didn't realize I had been writing and showing...
Monday, March 21, 2016

"Mighty Masada (Israel)" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

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 It was a on ce in a lifetime trip for me, I'd always wanted to go to Israel and "see the sights", see old friend...
Friday, March 18, 2016

"Poppies Among the Greek Ruins at Paestum" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

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 Sev eral years ago we travelled to Italy and visited a more southern region.  It took a while to reach Paestum, but the drive was w...
Saturday, March 12, 2016

"Coalescence" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

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I enjoy the lat e part of the day, jus t before dusk, especially when viewing a nything relating to water (reservoir, lake, ri ver, s...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

"Dusk In The Forest" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

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The most evocative time of the day for me, I love the sometime quietly colorful skies at dusk.  Imagine walking up the road in the fores...
Thursday, March 3, 2016

"Sorbet Sunset" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

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 The dark silhouette of the foothills and mountains, the warmth leaving the skies, nightfall is ahead.  What does any of this have to...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

"Golden Hour" by Karla Nolan, watercolor painting on paper

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 So me people say don't use metallic gold in your paintings, but I disagree with that notion.  Rarely is it my go to, but in this...
Saturday, February 20, 2016

"Poppy Dawn" by Karla Nolan, matted watercolor and ink painting

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Something lighthearted and sweet, ready for your 8"x10" frame.   Happy little red poppies at sunrise, welcoming you to the ...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

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

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Anyone who has followed me on-line knows how I am fascinated by the skies, especially at sunset.  I had painted this particular scene...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

"Memories of Maui" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting on canvas

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It has been some years since we went to Hawaii and I was interested in viewing the sunset.  What a sunset it was, the sky on fire, the i...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

"Crimson Fields" by Karla Nolan, watercolor and ink painting

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Af ter a sm all hiatus, I am back.  Life can get pretty busy sometimes, but I have a bright outlook!  This painting is just a senti...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

"Quartet" by Karla Nolan, original watercolor and ink painting on paper

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I feel that you can see the past, present and future in this poppy painting.  Fitting for the season, eh?  The seeds have formed...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

"Poppies Times Eight" by Karla Nolan, original framed and matted watercolor and ink painting

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Here's another original watercolor and ink painting to show you from my recent show at the sweetest shop in town here in Fort C...
Saturday, December 12, 2015

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

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Inspired by looking out my northern Colorado windows!  This is what has been happening all day, snow, snow, and more snow on the wa...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

"One Poppy" by Karla Nolan, framed and matted original watercolor painting

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 Just a single red poppy on the background of happy dots, this original watercolor and ink painting on paper is already framed and...
Sunday, December 6, 2015

"Happy Fields" by Karla Nolan, original framed and matted watercolor and ink painting

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This is a wonderfully priced framed and matted artwork available at EsScentuals in Fort Collins, Colorado, owned by beautifully desi...
Saturday, December 5, 2015

"Orange Skies, Yellow Moon" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

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  A full moon in orange skies with mountains in the foreground, this is a small palette kn ife oil painting that was a deli ght to p ain...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

"Poppy Field Near Trevi, Italy" by Karla Nolan, original watercolor and ink painting on paper

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 From the moon to the poppy fields again (my last b log was a lunar blog) -- we were near this field but above it when we first saw i...
Monday, November 23, 2015

"Flying to The Moon" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas

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Some more lunar fun.  This is a sizeable painting, perfect for over that sofa that needs freshening.  And who says a moon can't b...
Friday, November 20, 2015

"Poppies at Paestum (Italy)" by Karla Nolan, original watercolor and ink painting

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 Located in the southern part of Italy are ancient Greek ruins and, what else, poppies growing near them!  They are a marvelous site...
Friday, November 6, 2015

"Carmine Hills" by Karla Nolan, original watercolor painting on paper

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 You know, sometimes simpler just seems to be better and in the case of this watercolor painting, it seems to work!  Almost pure color...
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

"Vermilion Hills" by Karla Nolan, watercolor on paper

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This painting is something of a compilation of the many poppy fields I've seen in both Italy and France.  Lots of red, wouldn'...
Friday, October 30, 2015

"Poppies for D" by Karla Nolan, watercolor and ink painting on paper

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Yes, more poppies!  Experimental for me, as watercolor always is and will be (hard to c ontrol the water part of it!), I started t...