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Karen Remsen
@karenremsenart.bsky.social
Mixed-media painter
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Hello friends, I'm doing a huge ⭐5-year sale⭐ in one week. Originals will be 10-60% off. Make sure you're on my mailing list: www.karenremsenart.com/inside-scoop
Only folks on the list will receive the link for the sale!
May 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If you see this post a #dragon !

(One of the stranger things I've made; a dragon-themed #chess board)
March 12, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Digital sketch vs. final (oil).
Originally thought I was going to paint this on natural canvas with clear gesso, but I took a stab at it and didn't like it. So ended up painting on white gessoed canvas. Sometimes you gotta change up your idea 🤷‍♀️
#oilpainting #painting #figurativeart
March 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Happy to be exhibiting at The Other Art Fair Chicago in a few weeks. Debuting this piece as well as many others 🧡
#mixedmediaart #painting #chicagoartscene
March 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"Eve Through the Trees" - oil and glass beads on panel. Currently living at @nannygoatgallery.bsky.social
#mixedmediaart #mixedmedia #oilpainting
March 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
In progress. Love exploring with unusual colors 🧡💛💙
#oilpainting #mixedmedia #painting
March 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
In progress. If there's one thing I'm gonna do, it's colorful and slightly weird skin tones #oilpainting #figurativepainting
February 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
If you see this, post something RED 🎈
February 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I worked full-time in tech for many years before rediscovering art in my 30s. I still do some freelancing.

QRP with your artwork and share what other passions/jobs/hobbies you have? ✨
February 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
If you see this QRP with your portrait art 💕
February 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In progress. Trying to find a balance between loose drawing and rendering with paint.
This one will debut at The Other Art Fair Chicago in March.
#oilpaiting #mixedmedia #art #painting
February 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Progress pic from a while ago (still in the "ugly" phase). This triptych I made for Starbucks was so large that the three panels didn't fit side-by-side in my little studio... 😂
#art #painting #muralart #mermaid
January 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Happy to share that this original sold recently. I loved painting the skin tones ❤️ Oil, gold leaf, and platinum leaf.
#oilpainting #mixedmedia #beautifulbizarre
January 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
When I showed my 6-year-old niece this painting, she said, "Aunt Karen, I think you forgot to color in some parts." 😂
#painting #art #oilpainting
(original sold, prints available)
January 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
QRT with your sketch and final

I often do large "sketches" to plan out everything before I get started. For some reason, I just gotta see it at full size to really get a sense of the composition.
January 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
~*~Traditional painters~*~ (oil, acrylic, watercolor, etc.): let's find each other! Quote repost with a detail from one of your paintings.
January 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Quote your portraits ❤️
January 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In progress. Experimenting with using acrylic marker as a type of sketch/underpainting.
#painting #oilpainting #mixedmediaart
January 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you.
January 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hi #PortfolioDay :)

I am a traditional artist who is constantly experimenting with combining oil paint with other media (sometimes weird stuff like glass beads and crushed semi-precious stone!)

My art celebrates the multifaceted nature of female power and identity ❤️
January 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Progress pic from a 13 x 8 foot painting (triptych technically) I made for Starbucks. It now hangs at 120 S. Riverside in the heart of downtown Chicago 💚
#muralart #painting
January 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
A progress pic from Undercurrent, about a year ago. Art is the only thing for which I have this amount of patience and focus 😂

Full piece here: www.karenremsenart.com/shop/p/under...
#mixedmediaart #mixedmedia
January 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It's so satisfying to paint people. I feel, without a drop of cynicism, that we are beautiful creatures and a manifestation of the glory of nature.

#painting #oilpainting #figurativeart
(Reference photo from @howardlyonart.bsky.social)
January 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Very proud that my painting "Sylvan" will be making an appearance in the @beautifulbizarre.bsky.social March 2025 edition. They are truly the best resource for imaginative realism by living artists! 💚

The link to preorder is in their bio 😘
#beautifulbizarre #imaginativerealism #mixedmediaart
January 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Currently on my easel. Marker phase is done, just starting oil paint on top... #art #painting #floralart
December 28, 2024 at 7:27 PM