Author name: Karen Waltermire

I recently started a new series.  The subject matter is still life; some are flowers only and some have flowers and a person.  I have wanted to paint still lifes for a few years and finally decided to do it.  Before these two paintings I think I made about 8 paintings to decide if I wanted to keep going and if I could create interesting compositions.  It has been frustrating and very difficult to switch from faces to flowers but so nice to challenge myself.  Just as when I paint faces, I approach my still life paintings by thinking of an inner life they might have and create based on that.  Flowers are dramatic and expressive and I hope to capture that even though my compositions are from my imagination.

My painting, Internal Blooming, is part of an exhibit at the Dunedin Fine Art Center in Dunedin, Florida showing work from students, members, and faculty.  The show will be on display from now through May.

My painting, Green Focus, is a part of this great show and will be on exhibit until June 4, 2023.  The gallery is located in Dunedin, Florida and was named the best co-op gallery in the Tampa Bay area in 2022.  There is a lot of great work in this show and is not to be missed.