Highland Beauty

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Just love it, all that colour and movement!!

Posted by Jennifer Brown on Wed 22 Mar 07:53:00

Fabulous

Posted by Aisling Kiernan on Wed 22 Mar 08:12:37

Brill!

Posted by Linda Wilson on Wed 22 Mar 09:07:29

Thank you everyone! There's some gorgeous work flowing through the main gallery - I'm in esteemed company here on this site I see

Posted by Karen Thomas on Wed 22 Mar 09:14:19

Great Bull, loads of character beautifully painted. Hope you weren't in the field with him, but then perhaps he's a softy.Thanks for the painting.

Posted by BARBARA DONOVAN on Wed 22 Mar 11:00:29

Beautiful painting, Karen.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Wed 22 Mar 11:37:18

Fabulous work Karen, beautifully painted.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Wed 22 Mar 15:23:50

Yes it is a beauty Karen, you've described the textures wonderfully.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 22 Mar 16:37:46

Loose and expressive! love all the marks and spatter, and texture throughout.

Posted by Nancy Farrar Coughlin on Thu 23 Mar 05:22:51

Well fancy seeing you here!!! As usual lovely animal painting with character, good colour combinations and great expressive marks.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Fri 24 Mar 05:54:52

Some exceptional dry brush work. You have created a lovely loose painting but the illustration cannot be ignored either. Brilliant!

Posted by Phil Rogers on Thu 13 Apr 20:40:44

He's gorgeous. I love this.

Posted by Jeannie Pakenham on Tue 09 May 09:42:25

It's good that you didn't listen to those who told you to get a proper job. Then again, being an artist is a proper job too. You demonstrated your skills in this one so well.

Posted on Fri 16 Jun 10:43:59

Hang on Studio Wall

22/03/2017

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Highland cows have become such a popular subject to paint. Here, I wanted to find a new way (for me) of suggesting texture without getting sucked into the 'detail' trap!

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Karen Thomas

After a promising early start I was told (as so many artists are) to get a ‘proper job’! Fast forward more years than I care to mention, and a move to Devon it all came flooding back out. After a period of experimentation and a stint of formal learning, I quickly became mesmerised by my own…

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