World Octopus Day Kraken Up, oil painting on panel for my sister. 48x24"

Roses Grow. Oil painting on panel. I started with a red under painting and was going to paint the background a dark color, but the red grew on me

Mama is talking to herself. #birds #swan #photography #nature #reflection #Rochester #NY

A couple of anemones are in progress. A few days into oil paints on canvas. Details develop as I add layers.

Thanks to @meidastouch.com for airing this week's MSW Media UnJustified podcast with me and Andy McCabe tomorrow. You can watch it using the link below, or listen to the audio pod wherever you get your podcasts. Andy will be breaking some news.

Amazing golden light in the countryside of Minnesota 🌅 #Photography #Photographers #BlueSkyArt #Sunset #Nature #Minnesota #Sunscape

This got complicated. The two wood ducks in a water scene. (WIP) work in progress, details develop as I add layers. I usually start with a base color and rough sketch, then dry between the next coat of oil paints.

Framed a little bee and anemone. 12x9" oil on paper.

Hermit Crab Walk, 14.5x13.5 oil paints on panel. I'm thinking of using a white frame to bring out highlights.

Airy Anemones, 48x24" oil paints on panel.

Tulips oil painting I did from last year. Panel 27x27"

I painted a dragonfly in oil paints over a really bad, depressing acrylic painting. :) Learning process

Flower of the Day - these Dahlias for #SunnySaturday #BloomScrolling

Really needed this today. Maybe you do too

Felt like a good day to post flowers. My peonies outside are gone, but I can look at flowers every day. 51x39" oil painting on panel and frame.

National Wildlife Day 13.5x14.5 " oil paints on panel. Bison Survivor

Covid and nyquil caused some weird dreams. When I got Covid in 2021, I seemed better after a week but ended up worse coughing for over a month. Followed by f_king seizure. Get vaccinated.

Moon flower doing it's thing.

Mornings are getting a little bit chilly

“The judge gave both branches of the government 60 days to move out existing detainees and begin to remove fencing, lighting, power generators and other materials. The order also prohibits any new construction at the site.” (🎁 link)

Goat Cheese is going to a new home. 20x16 oil paints on canvas. Evelyn and Pepsi when they were young.

A Ruddy Duck 24x18" oil paints on canvas. A calm visitor at Brookgreen Gardens, SC.

Bee Anemone oil paints on paper. 12.25x9" Drying outside in the sun.

What a long week.

World Lizard Day. Iguana Rave, 36x24" oil painting on panel. Painted 4 years ago

Cherry Blossoms 51x27 oil paints on panel and frame. I enjoy continuing painting over the frame. I found it helpful to wire frame first to help maneuver wet paint. I also rotate painting on the easel to get each side equally. Touch-ups are done over a flat table that I can walk around.

World Lion Day. Lion Red Sky 30x30" oil painting on canvas

A black cat in the green grass in my garden looks at me with her big green eyes. Find my hand painted acrylic painting here: karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/bla... #art #painting #artist #TraditionalArt #kunst #cats #caturday #cat #CatLovers #pets #animals #kittens #BlackCats

Relaxed,48x24 " oil on panel of Zsa Zsa and Bijuju. Zsa Zsa has a FAFO attitude, but she also mothered my dachshund and taught her the important skills. Outside bathroom, wait and walk on a leash.

Grand Haven lighthouse in Michigan. 20x30 watercolor for an old friend.

Every psychologist, psychiatrist, dementia specialist, mental health professional, behaviorist, social worker, nurse, and nursing home orderly should incessantly volunteer honest appraisals of the relative mental state of our president. Table timidity, screw shyness, and f*ck the Goldwater Rule.

Kingfishers are composed to face each other. 24x36" oil painting on board. Collected by a friend.

Flowers and shadows #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling #photography

Oskar and Tunia 36x24" oil painting on panel gifted to Happy Chickster. His photography reminded me there is beauty even if our country is run by a narcissist sociopath.

The Coral Muse #Arch #CGoilpainting #NeoclassicalRevival #RomanticFantasy #BlushRose #Verdigris #MossGreen #Academicfinedrawing

Ballet of the Abyss #Art #Painting #Expressionism #DreamlikeNaturalism #Floatingrhythm #Risingarrangement #Blockbrushstrokes #Localbrushing #

Sunflowers As everyone is posting their garden sunflowers here are mine since I am not a gardener. Part of a larger portrait I am working on. #sunflowers #art #OilPainting #NotAi #BluskyArtist

My idea is serenity. 24x18" oil paints on panel. Sun drying on this lovely day.

Serene Eyes #Art #Painting #Digitaloilpainting #Nature #Pet #Cat

I once let a painting sit for 10 years before going back to finish it. I started because I had a commission with the same mountains. This is another reason why I work on 7 or more paintings at a time. Focus is hard for me, except when I am actually painting. Then, the art has my complete focus.

When you try to brighten a high school class. 48x36 oil paints on panel and frame.

Meringue inspired some beige paints. Oil on panel 36x24 for a friend

Butterflies on the flower #Art #Painting #Oilpainting #Nature #Flowers #Iris #Butterfly

A little bee and yellow hibiscus bloom. Oil paint on paper for my SIL.

Zeb Red 48x48 oil paints on panel. Sometimes, my graphic design background creeps into my imagination and need for red skies.

Remember US Attorney Alex Acosta declined to prosecute Epstein in 2017, so that Epstein avoided all federal charges, and also failed to notify the girls and young women who alleged abuse about the decision to not prosecute, and then Alex Acosta later became Trump's Labor Secretary? Remember?

Buck moon tonight

Zebra Blues 30x30" oil paints on canvas.

White-browed tit-warbler: Isn't it a stunning burst of colorful fluff?!