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Karlene Ellsworth brings botanical insight and fascination with how light brings excitement to the worlds she creates in her still life paintings. The magic of art enables her to break free from the bonds of her Multiple Sclerosis and express her spirituality through the medium of oil paint. Her husband's Alzheimer's required her to take care of him since 2000. Recently she has been able to return to her artwork. She received a USArtists Special Needs scholarship to PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS in 1998-99 She studies privately following the methods of David A. Leffel. Her mentors have included Gregg Kruetz, Joe Anna Arnette and Frank Arcuri of the Art Student’s League. Currently she studies with Daniel Edmondson of Colorado Previously she was represented by the Lambertville Gallery of Fine Art. Her works have appeared in many juried shows. These included juried shows with the New Hope, Doylestown Art League, Main Line and Abington Art Center, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1999 Student Shows snd the Philadelphia Sketch Club Small Oil Painting Shows in 1998 and 1999.

Saturday, January 19, 2019

2019-1001 Autumn Joys

This is the first work from 2018 that I've added to this blog.
I'm busily trying to get the set up the way I'd like to interact with a blog myself.

Let me know how this looks to you.

A questions I often get asked is: How does your painting help?
This is my answer:

I paint to ease the pain of living with a spouse suffering from Alzheimer's dementia.
These colors help me to see the joys in the small things, like the colors of Autumn

Autumn Joys
Price = $99

Oil on Canvas panel
8x10 inches


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