When water falls

I walk to this waterfall and feel so fortunate to have such a wonderful natural landscape so close to home. There are so many things about this place that inspire and inform my work; the edges of rocks, the face of rocks worn smooth from time and years of falling water, deep colours that vary with the daylight, the lush greenery of tropical plants and then there is the contrasting dry bush nearby.
This painting is prepared for hanging with a double wire screwed across the back of the artwork.

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Emerging Artist painting from the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
Landscapes painted in oil en plein air
Still Life oil paintings - Floral Still Life and Floral Interiors
Figure Studies
Recent Works:-
2022 - Karen's sensitive depiction of local Swamp Gum trees as they appeared in silhouette, with a stormy sky backdrop was selected by the Michael Reid curator Amber-Creswell Bell for her ACB Selects Online Exhibition. Other works in this series are now available here with the Bluethumb Gallery. These paintings depict the unique tree canopy shapes of the dominant Australian tree species occurring in the Narrabeen Lake area  - the Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus Robusta) and Swamp She-Oak (Casuarina Glauca). 
2021 - A collection of Karen's Floral Still Life oil paintings were exhibited as part of a Still Life Group Show at Diversarty Gallery, Cromer
2021 - From time spent emersed in the natural landscape at Eramboo artist environment, Karen completed a series of plein air oil studies of the bush understory with the native flannel flowers and the pampas grass nestled amongst the upright Spotted Gum trees. Some of these works are available here with the Bluethumb Gallery.

Karen continues to develop her artistic practice, working with an experienced art teacher/mentor and is devoted to a lifelong creative journey within the arts.