Windswept Canvas Print

I painted this on location during a plein air event in Hood River, Oregon. Mt Hood rising over this very windy ranch. I was inside the back of my car for this one it was so windy! The original is currently available at the Columbia Arts Center in Hood River.

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:...