Karen Fields; an artist in the naive style

Whilst browsing through Etsy's vast and varied shelves, Karen Fields's work caught my eye, she's a painter from the US who paints in a very bold and confident manner, the canvasses are alive with attitude and colour.  The result is very striking, I think 'Autumn Garden 'is my fave.
I wanted to feature her work here on my blog and share her fantastic pieces with you.

Karen says:

All of my original style contemporary artwork is created with a unique color palette on gallery wrapped stretched canvas. My colorful, bold flowers, landscapes, and abstract paintings are collected internationally.

My background is in graphic design and fine art. Graduate of Ringling College of Art.

As a little girl I would watch my dad at his drafting table in the semi-finished attic where his little studio was. Later, when he wasn't looking, I would play with his shape templates at the drafting table and create drawings of my own. I have always loved art and am blessed with the talent that I have been given.

Go and visit Karen's shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/karenfieldsgallery and see her striking collection.

Blog: www.karenfieldsgallery.blogspot.com
Portfolio: www.ebsqart.com/Artists/cmd_9445_profile.htm
Twitter: www.twitter.com/kfieldsdesign

Showing off again!

How lucky am I?

All of a sudden I find my work in four Etsy treasuries at the same time, which beats my previous personal best by two.

You may think that my head is starting to swell from all the adulation, but it comes at a time when morale is at low ebb-when all the viewings in my shop are up by 23% but no sales.

There may be various reasons why no-one feels like buying at the moment, including the obvious one that my work stinks,

or maybe it's all happening since I stopped advertising with Google Adwords. It was a decision that I made after receiving six bills in the space of 24 hours. It spooked me.

Or my favourite excuse to myself is that it's the lull before the Christmas rush. Sounds feasible to me.

Is anyone else experiencing a seasonal lull?

Anyway , to change the subject back to something a little more heart warming (for me at least)

Take a look at these treasuries. I love the orange tones reminiscent of autumn leaves, pumpkins, sunsets and the new laptop I would have liked....

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=69014

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=83250

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=82928

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=69107

OMG I'm in a treasury!!

Fantastic news, I got an email today from a fellow etsian bearing the wonderful news that she had selected my frog enamel dish to be in her treasury. I am so thrilled.

I was in the forums at Etsy the other day and left my shop details on a thread asking if anyone was interested in being featured.

There were 105 posts on that thread, all wanting to be the proud owner of one of the 12 items included.

Check out the link, it will be there until Wednesday.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=57494