The Children's Garden Canvas Print

This little one was painted during a Plein Air event through the Arts Council of Lake Oswego in Oregon. It is at Luscher Farms, a beautiful farmhouse and community gardens. This is the Children's Garden where they are encouraged to dig in the dirt and plant things :)

Color. Rich, deep, vibrant color. I translate the ordinary world around me into a fantasy world. My world. Houses, streets, yards, rivers, trees, people, birds, animals. I paint them “as if”. As if their pure clear nature was shining through. To me, that is about color. Simple forms and layers of color. Ordinary everyday images from my life, but not muffled by reality. Not complicated by the grimy detail of life. I paint until I feel I could dive in to the image. Swim around in lakes of color. Comfortable, familiar, light. Check out my teaching website: www.paintwithkarenilari.com for free complete acrylic landscape painting demo videos and tutorials! My available originals can be purchased through my Etsy shop at:...