A Forest Painting Evolves

Fall: An Etsy Treasury of Color and Sound

The color and splendor of autumn, accompanying my original song, "Fall"...

The Etsy shop owners featured have given me permission, as well as much-appreciated enthusiasm and kindness, to use their artwork in this movie. 

Autumn Tree

by JulieMagersSoulen

Tree Love - Rustic Orange Sunshine through Tree Tops

by NomadicNotebook

Colorful Fall Day

by reniebritenbucher

Fall Maple Cave

by NirvanPhoto

A Walk in the Park

by KimbersFineArt

Miles of Gold

by SimplyLodge

Awakening

by ara133photography

Awaking in the Woods 

by woodenpalette

Saying Goodbye Is Never Easy

by Maximonstertje

Autumn Light

by GeorgiannaLane

Threadleaf Japanese Maple Tree in Autumn

by JoshFriedmanPhoto

Green Hill Country

by matejcadil

Autumn (fall) Colors, Glen Clova, Scotland

by MArthurPhotography

Autumn Landscape

by SharonFosterArt

Autumn Sunset 

by 7venTen

Autumn Ablaze 

by DesignsbyEmpwr

Dark Blood Red Leaves with Gothic Grunge Texture

by SylviaCPhotography

Embracing Autumn 

by srzimmartist

View the treasury on Etsy.

View the treasury on Etsy.

Fresh Paint

 "Secret Grove" and "Secret Grove II"  


I love it when I get the urge to paint (and I actually have a window of time to satisfy that urge)!  Lately I seem to be on a white tree theme.  

Forests or Trees

Lately I am into forests.  Of course, I have always been into forests, but I seem to be painting more forests now than just... trees.

Forest paintings seem to take over the canvas... I never know exactly where we (the painting and I) will end up and sometimes it could take weeks to get where we are going!

I have also gotten into altering my forest photographs to give them a dreamier effect (they are already dreamy... but it is not my nature to stop at mild or even slightly moderate levels of dreamy).

Several sellers have made generous contributions to the "Help the Gulf Coast" shop on Etsy.  A quote from the shop's announcement...

"This is a collective etsy shop to help the gulf coast recover from the massive BP oil spill. Etsy sellers have donated their items so that 100% of the proceeds can be given to charity.  We've set up a separate paypal account for this shop. 100% of the proceeds (after etsy & paypal fees) will be donated to OxFam America and the National Wildlife Federation. Both organizations have given us permission to fundraise on their behalf."

I have donated prints of my original painting, "Fairy Tale Forest" and 5 CDs of my album, "The World Beyond" to this shop.   If they sell quickly, I will probably contribute more.  Even though it seems small in the face of something so huge, it makes me happy to be a part of a larger effort that is working to make positive changes!

The print is 8.5" x 11" and comes sealed in a protective sleeve.  I sign and date all of my prints on the back, and they are printed with a professional Epson printer on heavyweight paper.  

The CD includes Oblivion, Firefly Rendezvous, Fairy Story, A Waltz in the Woods, Nocturnal Sonata, The Arrival, Midsummer Muse, Nereides, First Snow, Timeless, Majestic, Mirabella, The World Beyond, La Vie en Roslyn, and Fall.  (53.3 minutes)

And So It Begins...

It's about time I actually posted something here. I like the idea of "blogging," but for some reason it intimidates me to just write about whatever is on my mind, for all the world to see! Anyway, I will start by talking about the image above. This is "The World Beyond," and it is one of my favorite paintings to date. It's 24" x 30," acrylic on stretched canvas, and I just got lost in it while painting. After some tweaking on the computer, I managed to get a digital version that makes a gorgeous 8.5" x 11" print! It's not always easy getting a digital version to look like the original, but I enjoy adding lighting and playing around in Corel Painter and/or iPhoto.

By the way, my name is Karen and I own Twig Studio. Everything I display and sell under the name Twig Studio has been painted or created by me. Twig Studio started in April 2009 and I also opened an Etsy store the same month. The studio is basically our dining room, which has lovely windows overlooking majestic hardwoods and usually a squirrel or two.

My favorite artistic interest is acrylic painting. I sell my original paintings, digital paintings, prints of my original paintings, bookmarks, painted birdhouses, greeting cards, gift tags, painted gift boxes, and jewelry. I would love to learn how to make paper and incorporate my artwork into handmade stationery and journals. For now, I am focusing on making holiday items and... I can't believe it's December!!!