Friends of Baxter State Park

The Friends of Baxter State Park are organizing a Plein Air Paint Out on July 24th, and I have been juried in to participate.  Also, the selected artists have been asked to submit one painting to be sold at an online auction prior to the paint out.  This little 9x12 bear picture is my entry.

Information regarding the auction may be obtained from Suzanne Brewer at suzbrew@roadrunner.com.

Now in Four Downeast Galleries!

After a month of focused marketing efforts, my work is now represented by four downeast art galleries, the Schooner Gallery in Milbridge, Tunk Mountain Arts and Crafts on Blacks Woods Road (Rt. 182) in Cherryfield, the Woodwind Gallery in Machias, and the ARTWORKSOFMAINE Gallery in Lubec.  Here is one of my paintings hanging in my latest gallery, Tunk Mountain Arts and Crafts:

Go see them, and tell them Karsten sent you!

Special thanks to the gallery proprietor, Cynthia Huntington, and the members of the art jury, who graciously accepted my work!

Dull to Colorful!

Something about this painting seemed dull - it was lacking in color.



So I dry-brushed some yellow-green, orange, purple in appropriate areas around the canvas - it seemed to bring the scene to life again - more like it was when I was there.

This is a 9x12 oil on canvasboard and will soon be in a local gallery priced at $400, framed.

Bear with Birches

I like the little sketch of this scene, so I decided to paint it again, in a larger format.

Call me for price and availability.  12x16 oil on convasboard.

Bear with Birches - a Sketch

Just off Stud Mill Road, this logging road leads through a stand of birches and around and to the back of Little Musquatch Lake.  This is where I ran across this bear.

Call me for price and availability.  9x12 oil on canvasboard.