Artwork of Karen Lynn Ingalls: Paintings

Paintings

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of
suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere
rest on pure joy! -- Louse Bogan

Colors speak all languages. --Josef Albers

The California Landscape Series

"In 2002, I returned to Sonoma County in California, to live at
Hummingbird Creek Art Studio, not far from the valley in which I
grew up. Surrounded again by oak and bay trees and golden
meadows - a different landscape than the wetlands I had been
painting in the Monterey Bay Area - the colors in my palette
began to change, and I found myself drawn (no pun intended) to
paint them in vibrantly charged yellows and oranges, blues and
greens. It seemed to me then - and does still - that they contain
a kind of visual vitamin C.

"I continue to paint landscapes. I am mostly interested in painting
places which are relatively untouched, or which present a picture
of a rural California that is, unfortunately, rapidly disappearing. My
intention is to invite something of the spirit of the places which I
paint into each painting.

"Most of the paintings here were painted on two northern
California ranches homesteaded in the 1890s, and still owned and
worked by the same families, who consider preservation of the
land an important part of their heritage. Another painting is from
the last forty acres remaining of a once-large ranch, also
homesteaded in the nineteenth century by the family that still
lives there, one of whom has worked tirelessly in the cause of
thoughtful caretaking of the land."
-- Karen Lynn Ingalls

All paintings are © Karen Lynn Ingalls

Please contact her at kli@sonic.net for any information
regarding them.

The colors you see may differ from the actual paintings, due to
the differences in individual monitors.

This page was last updated August 2007. New paintings coming to the web soon!

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass
springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple
things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice,
for your soul is alive. -- Eleonora Duse

All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.
-- Robert Henri

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss
by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are
going and why.
-- Eddie Cantor

Colors speak all languages. -- Josef Albers

Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden
behind the veil of appearance. We look for and paint this inner,
spiritual side of nature. -- Franz Marc

I would like to paint the way a bird sings. -- Claude Monet

Nature is not only what is visible to the eye - it also shows
the inner images of the soul - the images on the back side of
the eyes. -- Edvard Munch

				Paintings I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy! -- Louse Bogan Colors speak all languages. --Josef Albers





































				The California Landscape Series "In 2002, I returned to Sonoma County in California, to live at Hummingbird Creek Art Studio, not far from the valley in which I grew up. Surrounded again by oak and bay trees and golden meadows - a different landscape than the wetlands I had been painting in the Monterey Bay Area - the colors in my palette began to change, and I found myself drawn (no pun intended) to paint them in vibrantly charged yellows and oranges, blues and greens. It seemed to me then - and does still - that they contain a kind of visual vitamin C. "I continue to paint landscapes. I am mostly interested in painting places which are relatively untouched, or which present a picture of a rural California that is, unfortunately, rapidly disappearing. My intention is to invite something of the spirit of the places which I paint into each painting. "Most of the paintings here were painted on two northern California ranches homesteaded in the 1890s, and still owned and worked by the same families, who consider preservation of the land an important part of their heritage. Another painting is from the last forty acres remaining of a once-large ranch, also homesteaded in the nineteenth century by the family that still lives there, one of whom has worked tirelessly in the cause of thoughtful caretaking of the land." -- Karen Lynn Ingalls All paintings are © Karen Lynn Ingalls Please contact her at kli@sonic.net for any information regarding them. The colors you see may differ from the actual paintings, due to the differences in individual monitors. This page was last updated August 2007. New paintings coming to the web soon! If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. -- Eleonora Duse All real works of art look as though they were done in joy. -- Robert Henri Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why. -- Eddie Cantor Colors speak all languages. -- Josef Albers Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden behind the veil of appearance. We look for and paint this inner, spiritual side of nature. -- Franz Marc I would like to paint the way a bird sings. -- Claude Monet Nature is not only what is visible to the eye - it also shows the inner images of the soul - the images on the back side of the eyes. -- Edvard Munch