by Karen Bowers | Feb 26, 2017 | 2016, 2017, NATURE, RECENT WORK, SEASONS, TUITION, WORK IN PROGRESS
These kind words below are from the ladies that came to my 3 day workshop in the Winter … here are a couple of images of their gorgeous work that they made over the 3 days ….some very quick charcoal drawings…to get ‘the eye in’ ‘I...
by Karen Bowers | Nov 27, 2016 | 2016, NATURE, TUITION, WORK IN PROGRESS
These lovely ladies are making their preliminary sketches for a still life painting. We have been using a variety of different techniques and materials to draw fluidly and quickly, referring and looking carefully at the scale and placement of objects within the still...
by Karen Bowers | Nov 24, 2016 | 2016, ARTISTS, EXHIBITIONS, EXHIBITIONS VISITED, LANDSCAPE PAINTING, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHS, RECENT WORK
Fantastic to have my paintings in the distance, in this lovely photograph from the website of the Royal West of Englands Autumn Show 2016…they are the two panoramic landscapes on the right hand side…and another photo in City Am newspaper…I had an...
by Karen Bowers | Nov 9, 2016 | 2016, NATURE, PHOTOGRAPHS, RECENT WORK, SEASONS, SMALL DETAILS
My morning walk with the dogs or my family when they are free is one of the pleasures of the day…..its time to look closely at the details in nature that can be easily passed by. I take hundreds of photographs – this in itself, slows me down and is totally...
by Karen Bowers | Oct 31, 2016 | 2016, NATURE, PHOTOGRAPHS, SEASONS, SMALL DETAILS
These Autumn colours are an inspiration – I feel this year nature has been more dramatic than ever…the berries are in abundance – looking like jewels cascading and the delicate leaves are holding on and showing the tracery of the branches...
by Karen Bowers | Oct 9, 2016 | 2016, ARTISTS, EXHIBITIONS, EXHIBITIONS VISITED, LANDSCAPE PAINTING, NEWS, RECENT WORK
Arrived on time for the private view – and found ourselves at the end of a very long queue…decided to go and have a cider and go later. What a good call that was, because when we turned up we virtually had the show to ourselves…..plenty of room to...