Karen
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Karen Cougan
Australia
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Karen Cook
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Karen Tillotson
Canada
1273 creative works found
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check out….. MY WEBSITE For a Quick Look click / Gorgeous Gods & Goddesses, / Flowers, / Beautiful Places and Things, / Weddings / Pregnancy and Babies
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MY WEBSITE For a Quick Look click / Gorgeous Gods & Goddesses, / Flowers, / Beautiful Places and Things, / Weddings / Pregnancy and Babies
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THIS PIECE IS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AS A: / • Card / • Canvas Print / • Framed Print / • Laminated Print / • Matted Print / • Mounted Print / • Poster
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Imagine being born again. Only this time your mother is the earth and you come fully equipped with memories, knowledge and a belief system. What raw emotions are evoked when the first thing you are confronted with is an environment completely foreign to what you were expecting? / Fear, confusion, doubt and loneliness. / Or because of the new environment one may lose their inhibitions, feel joy or perhaps discover inner strength and courage. Maybe the nine images are a true metaphorical reflection of the artists soul? / His background and love for the stage and theatre. / His longing to find true love and a wanting audience. / The ongoing battle of time and money between industry and creative / fulfilment. Born from this earth, the series, everyone deserves a new beginning, a chance to start over. / / / Was priviledged to work with the beautiful Bronwen Hyde during the Aradale weekend and thank her greatly for her time, acceptence of my crazy ideas and her near perfect contortionist act to get into the metal duct! :D / This and another 2 images will be on display at the BSG Picture This exhibition that begins this Friday. / Much thanks also goes to Karen who mastered the art of throwing props in an instant! :) / / The weekend was a huge success and I thouroughly enjoyed spending time with like-minded souls. / Massive thanks to the following for your muse, inspiration and collaboration… / Kara Rasmanis / Jenny Hall / John Robb / Matt Allan from Disenchanted / Melissa Kirkham / Jo O’Brien / James Price / Michael Alesich / Lucky Vegetable / khelltic / Bronwen Hyde / Karen / / Art Folders… / / Entire Portfolio / Born From This Earth – Series / Hearts At War / Vehicular works / Architecture / Travel / B&W Photography / Transitional Industrial Utopian Series / Abstract / Models and Fashion Photography
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sales so far – 1 sale :) / / A recent drawing, coloured in Photoshop / This little miss is sipping on a cup of tea, enjoying her brand new hairdo!! Her pet bird sits atop singing sweet tunes…and other birds have come to rest upon her pinky finger and on her shoulder A sweet card or print for your girlfriends’ birthdays and special occasions.
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Sales of this design so far = 3 sales / / / / original drawing / Two little japanese kokeshi’s contemplating life in the garden. Perhaps the older girl is the little one’s mother or sister, perhaps she is sensei passing down instructions on how to tend the flowers. The little one wears a floral kimono in keeping with the theme. A pencil drawing on paper coloured digitally.
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/ / / original pencil drawing ...stayed up very late drawing “Nature’s Child”... you know when it’s time for a baby to be born, i think it’s very similar with art… the inspiration just comes when it’s ready…and sometimes that means drawing til 3am like i did with this one. ...the drawing took about 3 hours, and the digital colouring took about 5 hours today. ...inspired by some fantastic eyes i’ve seen lately, (drawn by people on RB) and the dear little willy wagtails…they are so cheeky…they aren’t authentic in colour here, because they are always black and white with little markings above the eye…but i have put their essence into the work hopefully. I think this is my favourite so far :) /
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4×6 inch OSWOA (original small works of art) done with graphite pencil on drafting film. The reference photo for this artwork was taken my Ainhoa Pcb http://www.flickr.com/photos/ainhoap/355192326/ – this is my favourite little model Neska again.
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Sales of this design so far – 1 / / / Drawing of Moon Guitar available here / Calendar available here / / Ling Ling sits quietly observing nature by the light of the moon, so softly she strums her little moon guitar (yueqin) and as she does, the moon seems brighter, the fish jump in the pond, and all hearts combined quicken to the sound of little Ling’s songs…. Pencil on A3 Cartridge Paper (acid free) – Drawing 4 hours / Coloured digitally – Colouring 8 hours / Total time spent on piece – 12 hours
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/ / “Beach Picnic” is a pencil drawing which I’ve coloured digitally, I hope you like this image with mother and daughter in similar sundresses. As a child we enjoyed beach picnics all the time, mum would make us special fried chicken (better than Kentucky Fried) and we would go out on the boat to a little island, where i would play with soldier crabs for hours on end, while dad fished and mum sunbaked… they were wonderful times. We also went on the annual Beach Picnic to Bonny Hills with the church and we were great friends with the priest back in those days who was a top water skier.. We would see so many things at Bonny Hills, sea snakes slithered past in the creek where we were swimming and there were amazing white clay deposits in the sand….hours of fun were had by all… not to mention we even had a little mass there… top fun :)
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Summer Breeze a beautiful poem by the same title by a dear friend of mine Anne Van Alkemade / Inspired by the song Summer Breeze / by Seals and Croft Also inspired by myself and my experience of having bugs and insects come to try and take up residence in my ears… scrabbling around in there, getting all comfy…while I’m going crazy…click beetles, houseflies and spiders so far have all tried this… lol This is a girl who has an affinity with nature, and as the summer breezes begin to blow here in Australia…....the animals are drawn to live in her hair thinking that it must be branches of a tree… yes, my hair’s that dry… :) I thought it a fitting one for summer, hope you like her… Pencil drawing took me about 3 hours / Digital colouring – 10 hours / Total time 13 hours
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/ / / Original pencil drawing “Topiary Teapot” About the Art / A pencil drawing coloured digitally, an elegant geisha enjoys the simple pleasure of her garden. The teapot topiary is also a fountain, you can see water pouring out of the spout and a sprinkler at the tippy top.. :) Inspiration / The inspiration came through my parents, who have a topiary teapot and a topiary sugar bowl in their own backyard, the also told me of an amazing topiary garden they visited in Tassie recently. / / Here is the “teapot topiary” in my parents’ backyard, they are sculpting teapots and sugar bowls….there are lots of fun things in my mum and dad’s garden !! Even the Cheshire Cat and Tinman have a spot in the sun there :)
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/ Half coloured, thank you to gottheshot friend and fellow bubbler for the idea! / I have also a softer pink version, I would really appreciate some feedback as to which version you like the best, thank you :) / / / Original drawing, please note the actual rainbow that appeared on the drawing from light coming in through the trees outside the window of my studio, hence her name…. Bramble Rainbowtree…. she throws her arms skyward reaching to the heavens above… spots, stripes, flowers and streamers are added to convey the celebration and joyfulness in her spontaneous gesture…. ...Little Bramble Rainbowtree began as a little pencil drawing inspired by my beautiful niece Maya, who has the longest hair ever! This so reminds me of her, except that Maya’s hair is much more beautiful and much darker in colour. ...I have coloured Bramble Rainbowtree digitally, I hope you like this special fairy :) ...a great little vintage design for big and little girls, friends, birthdays, gifts, bedroom decor, nursery walls, etc.
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/ / I was thinking about when I was around 9 years of age see me at 9 / / ....and I was reminiscing about our pet Blue-ringed Octopus we kept in the fishtank…. he was only tiny, but provided hours of entertainment…when he got riled up, he would put on a fantastic colour show for us…but it occurred to me how hard it must be to be a venomous creature… because you wouldn’t get many hugs, even if you wanted them! / / We spent a lot of our days at Shelley Beach, Port Macquarie and dad caught many strange and wonderful things, which we kept in our saltwater tanks… we also lived at the police lockup, so we had the human variety locked up beside us…and mum would cook meals for them, i would dance for them while they had their exercise break out on the front step, with nothing at all to stop them wandering off…cept me doing a little dance… i must have been riveting as none of them ever tried to escape…and we were kinda friends with the prisoners back in those days… some even sketched and drew pictures of myself and siblings, after getting my mum to go and buy them a little pack of coloured pencils… those were very interesting days :) / / Anyway, we have a bit of a history with capturing wild things in our family, a bit like Steve and Bindi I guess…. so here’s a little drawing, digitally painted, inspired by those days I remember with such fondness… a little girl in her bikini at the beach with a little ‘brunch coat’ as we used to call them over the top…..hosting a dear little Blue-ringed Octopus on her head.. / / There is a funny story I have to share with you too, which is possibly why i put the occy on her head… my father used to catch occy’s for fishing bait (with his bare hands) and stick ‘em in a bucket… his method of killing the poor darlings, was to bite their heads, in the eye area, i kid you not…he believed it the most humane way…. / / To cut the long of it short….. Dad was driving his little truck along after a catch in the Creek at Kingy…when he felt something very strange on the back of his head….the occy he’d caught had crawled out of the bucket….. and where do you think he was…? lol I do miss our menagerie of animals friends, back then i had no idea they were very unusual creatures to keep, including a baby crocodile, a turkey running around the courtyard… and all manner of other strange and wonderful things.
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/ image showing the drawing half painted, thank you to my friend and fellow bubbler gottheshot for the great idea! / / Original Drawing version here / detail / / My spiritual self portrait, this will be entered into the Happy Challenge once cropped to fit the template I think there are around 164 affirmations in all here… i thought of every single word and hope and dream i could / Here is the cropped version i created to fit the template, and it’s now been entered in the Happy Project Challenge I have been affirmed today by my sister Missy…. the importance of this cannot be estimated… I believe… I believe…I am today a 10/10 on the Happiness Scale / original pencil drawing (was later coloured digitally) This is for you…Missy, my affirmation of you… I love you, I love my family, I love my friends here on Red Bubble and elsewhere, I love all the staff…..this is my thank you…. all these wishes I wish for you, all these affirmations are my heart for you… my prayer for you, be bold, be strong…. perservere, be you cos i want you all to know that I see the Light Surrounding You and I thank the ones who’ve been there to Watch Over Me you know well who you are :) This self portrait is purely spiritual. This bears no resemblance to me on the outside…..but it’s who I am on the inside. Affirmation by Savage Garden Savage Garden I believe the sun should never set upon an argument / I believe we place our happiness in other people’s hands / I believe that junk food tastes so good because it’s bad for you / I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do / I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem / I believe I’m loved when I’m completely by myself alone I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned / I believe you can’t appreciate real love until you’ve been burned / I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side / I believe you don’t know what you’ve got until you say goodbye I believe you can’t control or choose your sexuality / I believe that trust is more important than monogamy / I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul / I believe that family is worth more than money or gold I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair / I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned / I believe you can’t appreciate real love until you’ve been burned / I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side / I believe you don’t know what you’ve got until you say goodbye I believe forgiveness is the key to your own happiness / I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed / I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists / I believe in love surviving death into eternity I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned / I believe you can’t appreciate real love until you’ve been burned / I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side / I believe you don’t know what you’ve got until you say goodbye The Affirmations / peace, joy, prosper, love tranquility, respect, kindness, tolerance, beauty, forebearance, insight, abundance, hope, energy, generosity, success, inspiration, creativity, miracles, perserverance, popularity, flair, fortitude, sensitivity, pizzazz, contentment, freedom, confidence, compassion, dedication, vitality, healing, clarity, harmony, music, cleansing, colour awe, laughter, blue skies, delight determination, forgiveness, excitement, nurture, patience, refreshing, openness, purpose, release, warmth, zest, fullness, new awareness, friends, flexibility, strength, spontaneity, trust, encouragement, magic, practicality, hugs, whimsy, new possibilities, guidance, resilience, community, honour, character, contrast, daydreams, desire, nobility, fullness, simplicity, enrichment, enjoyment, humour, affirmation, rainbows, perserverance, blessings, understanding, acceptance, reassurance, courage, serenity, longevity, wisdom, heart, health happiness, goodness, friends, steadiness, satisfaction, plenty, refreshing, relaxation, passion, possitivity, purity, loyalty, comfort, sunshine, wonder, enjoyment, goodness, knowledge, positivity, mindfulness, voyages, fun, calm, radiance, appreciation, awareness, earnestness, consciousness, help, enthusiasm, equality, fatith, grace, flowers, bounty, humility, light, renewal, sincerity, simplicity, wellness, worth, gentleness, centred, balance, charm, gratefulness, adventure, enlightment, growth, spirit, truth, humility, family, rest, bliss, romance, motivation, positivity, praise, loveliness, poetry, favour, life, intuition, honesty, acknowledgement, recognition, tenderness
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/ / Original pencil drawing on Aquarelle Arches paper 56×76cm / Drawing 15 hours/painting 12 hours = 27 hours total A digitally painted hand drawn artwork… the inspiration for this is “Meeting Places”... As a child one of the most frequent things we did together as a family was to attend church on Sundays, I went to a Catholic School and the church I remember best was St Agnes’ at Port Macquarie… the nuns would come over for morning tea sometimes, and the priests would come for dinner occasionally…they were the days of fun parish picnics and life that wasn’t so hurried..when we took time to socialise, meeting and enjoying one another’s company. Mum was/is a great cook and host…and although this picture isn’t authentic as a portrait of her and myself…it’s representative. It’s also representative of new life and hope for the future, as the mother figure is with child….. and the child herself nurtures the wildlife…perhaps she is taking them to church for a blessing… perhaps the joey has lost his mother and needs nursing til he can fend for himself. The kookaburra is all seeing and all knowing….. the wise overseer of the bush… in this case, he stands in as the owl figure.
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/ / There’s an Elephant in my Garden / a drawing on catridge from my Art Diary / digitally coloured I hope that the grownups who look at this painting will remember something special from their childhood, some hopeful feeling, which will help them through today’s difficulties. There are all the colours of the rainbow in this piece, to remind us that there is always hope, no matter how hopeless it seems sometimes. The rainbow is a sign of hope. Children See/Children Do powerful message for grownups I hope that all the children who look at this painting will drift off into a faraway place in their imagination and feel wonderful for a while, especially if things are getting them down…and if life is wonderful, may this little picture add to the wonder and spark the imagination. Big hello to Maya!! :) / There’s an Elephant in my Garden – Sepia Drawing also available (click here) A sepia drawing before I colour this work…. “there’s an elephant in my garden” Inspired by my parents talk of topiary gardens in Tassie and their topiary teapot in the backyard and my little girl with the curl Sarah, who’s all growed up now (but this reminds me of her when she was a littlun)...thanx Nenek and Poppy….luv ya
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You’ve Got a Friend by James Taylor comes to mind… / half coloured to show before and after – thanks to my friend and fellow bubbler gottheshot for this great idea!! / a little drawing / digitally coloured / i hope you like it
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