Artists' Open House Friday, November 8, 2019

Village Arts Framing and Gallery
Sawgrass Village
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Artists' Open House
4 to 8 PM

You are invited to the Village Arts Framing and Gallery Artists' Open House Meet and Greet.  Come chat with artists in the gallery and enjoy light refreshments Friday, November 8 from 4 to 8pm.
Many paintings will be offered at a 20% discount which is a once a year event.

Now you know that wall leading to the kitchen could use a delightful painting,
so put the date on your calendar and join us.

Here are a few
paintings I will have on exhibit

Sunset Invitation
Karen F. Rose
oil on canvas
6 x 6"

In the Distance
Karen F. Rose
oil on canvas
20 x 20"

Karen F. Rose
original oil and pastel paintings
October Artist of the Month

There is plenty of FREE parking in Sawgrass Village right in front of the gallery.
And to make your TGIF evening complete you have a great selection of restaurants just a 5 minute walk from the gallery.

Trasca & Co Eatery
Nona Blue,
Caffe Andiamo
Aqua Grill

Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach Dine with the Artists- Sept.13, 2019

Dine With the Artists
Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach
Friday, September 13 6 to 8 pm

Join us tomorrow evening for Dine With the Artists

"Dine with the Artists is a quarterly program held at the Cultural Center and features a guest artist talk, a featured exhibit, and of course, dinner! September's spotlight is on local artists Bruce Carr, Jeanne Hollington, Vicky Lennon, and Karen F. Rose and their current exhibition "Curatorial Choice," which is on display at the Cultural Center August 8 - September 21, 2019. Guests will delight in the experience of eating dinner with the artists amongst their creations.

Dinner with an Artist will be held on Friday, September 13 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. This event is open to the public. The ticket cost is $90 per person and includes a full dinner. Donations are requested for adult beverages. Tickets can be purchased at ccpvb.org or by calling 904.280.0614. Proceeds from Dinner with an Artist help to grow the Cultural Center's expanding exhibition calendar."

I have special ticket pricing for you if you wish to attend. Just email me at KFRose352@gmail.com

Look forward to seeing you at this casual fun evening in support of the Center's many art programs.

Giving Thanks

Harvest Moon
© Karen F. Rose
pastel on paper
6 x 6" (12 x 12) Framed
available
Gallery 26 in Melrose, FL
Dec 2 - 30, 2013

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and I always reflect on how grateful I am to have family, friends and patrons who encourage me in my artistic journey.

To those who have selected a painting and made it part of your collection...what an honor for me. Thank you. I so appreciate your kindness. To hear you say that one of my paintings has special meaning for you touches my heart.

To the fantastic workshop instructors and artist friends who have helped me stretch and grow as an artist this year..thank you.

Art shared between friends is such a blessing.

As the year will draw to a close, I am pleased to be showing work with some very talented pastel artists in the First Coast Pastel Society's Holiday Exhibit at Gallery 26 in Melrose, FL. I've had a sneak peek at some of the 48 paintings that will be in the exhibit and I guarantee that if you stop by the exhibit you will be delighted.
I do hope you can join us for First Friday Melrose Art Walk on December 6 from 6 to 9 pm. Should be a fun and festive evening.
That night be sure to stop into Melrose Bay Art Gallery for their Holiday Invitational Show.
Beach Melody is my oil painting on exhibit there. In fact you don't want to miss any of the galleries in town that night, so enjoy your evening.

Oh, there is a great place to purchase your freshly cut and fragrant holiday tree. Greathouse Butterfly Farm in Earleton just on the west side of Melrose
I have such great memories of heading out to a tree farm in Connecticut when our children were young and selecting our tree...but getting it into the tree stand when we got home..now that's a story for another day.

Happy Thanksgiving.

High Springs Art Co-op Guest Artist September 2013

Hope you will save the date.

I am so honored to be the Guest Artist for the month of September at High Springs Art Co-op! Working away on paintings that will be part of the show.
Will keep you posted. Come on out on Friday, September 6 for a fun evening.

Karen F. Rose Paintings at Gainesville Eye Physicians Tioga Town Center

Gainesville Eye Physicians
Tioga Town Center
Newberry, FL
Karen F. Rose Featured Artist Exhibit
June and July 2013

Happy to have six of my paintings on display. Stop by and tell them I sent you! They will be happy to help you select just the perfect eyeglass frame for you.

Melrose Open Air Arts 2013 - Painting the Town

Melrose Bay Art Gallery
Melrose, Florida

Spring Forward. Now that you have set your clocks ahead hope you will mark your calendar for Open Air Arts. Pleased to be participating for the fourth year in this festival which invites artists to paint this artsy little town.
I'll setting up my plein air easel, painting all day Saturday, March 16th along with over forty other artists.
Please join us on Saturday, March 23 for the Gala and Art Sale from 5 to 9.
For a complete list of activities click on this link

Karen F. Rose Gainesville, Fl Artist at Melrose Bay Art Gallery

Very excited about the opening of my art show
Karen F. Rose -The View From the Easel
painting a poetic vision in oil and pastel this Sunday, Jan 13 from 2 to 5 pm
at the Melrose Bay Art Gallery, Melrose, Fl.
The show dates are Jan. 12 to Feb 24. The gallery is open on the weekends. Click on the link for more details.
My exhibit includes landscapes and figurative work. Whew 31 paintings in all.
I am delighted to be the guest artist at this gallery and look forward to seeing you at the opening reception. With work from all the gallery artists on display you are sure to find  something just perfect for your home or office.
AND this weekend the weather should be just grand.
Melrose is an artsy little town located on Lake Santa Fe, a great Sunday afternoon drive from Jacksonville, Gainesville or just about anywhere.

Melrose Bay Art Gallery - Karen F. Rose Art Opening

We Are Not in Kansas Anymore 2013
6x6" pastel
© Karen F. Rose
available

          Very pleased to be invited to be the featured artist kicking off the New Year at the Melrose Bay Art Gallery in Melrose, FL. 

                      

                                  Karen F. Rose  The View From the Easel

                                    painting a poetic vision in oil and pastel

                                               

                                                Opening Reception          

                                           Sunday, January 13, 2013

                                                       2 - 5 PM

                                          Melrose Bay Art Gallery

                                          SR 26

                                          Melrose, FL

                                   Exhibit dates Jan.12 to Feb. 24, 2013 

Hope to see you there.                        

Follow Me on a Paris and Beyond Art Adventure

I'm excited to begin a Paris and Beyond art adventure and hope you will join me by subscribing to my blog. In the next couple weeks, I will post art, food, and history related questions about Paris and Provence. And we will do a little 
sightseeing.

Who painted this portrait of Marie Antoinette and where is it hanging now?

Who designed the Louvre Pyramid?

The building housing the Musee d"Orsay was what before it was an art museum?

If you subscribe to my blog, make a comment on these Paris and Beyond Posts... ooooh la la ...you just might be the winner of a gift from France. 

How do you subscribe? Just click on the blue "join this site button" or the "follow this blog" button on the right hand side of the blog.
Have your passport?  
Got your bags packed? 
Ok lets go on an adventure. 
Check the next post for answers to the Paris and Beyond Art Adventure questions.

Melrose Open Air Arts- What's in Your Pocket?

© 2011 Karen F. Rose    Melrose Memory, oil on canvas, 6x6"
sold

Remember the moment.
Sweet spring air and a glow, a kindness that warms my heart.
Painting in Melrose...a pocketful of memories.

Discovering Monet at the Grand Palais

Exhibition poster outside Grand Palais in Paris appropriate for this landmark exhibition.

Long lines for admission. The exhibit runs until Jan. 24, 2011.

Monet exhibition bookstore
Can you say...bring your Visa!

More than 70 museums from around the world loaned paintings to the Monet exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. Included are more than 200 works covering 60 years of Claude Monet's career. It is the largest retrospective to be organized in his native France in 30 years. more than 83,000 tickets have already been sold and lines are long if you have not prearranged for your ticket. 

The painting, Impression, Soleil Levant which gave Impressionism it's name is missing from this exhibit and is on display at Musée Marmottan Monet that is a former hunting lodge in the 16th arrondissement district. There is an interesting Wall Street Journal article about the feud over the inclusion of that painting in the exhibit. Google the article if you want some behind the scenes drama.

This amazing exhibit has an interactive web site  

http://www.monet2010.com/en#/home/
But be patient because it takes a while for all the information to load.
Must say I was overwhelmed. I had severe jet lag and I kept pinching myself knowing this is a once in a lifetime exhibit and I was seeing paintings I will never again see in person.
The rooms were darkly lit and the deep jewel tones of the exhibition walls made the light in the paintings radiate their glow....very captivating. As Liz Lemon says, I want to go there....again.
I invite you to subscribe to my blog and please share my link with friends who might find it interesting. Thanks.

In Flight Thoughts - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Airplane In Flight Map
Over the Guernsey Island 

Just returned from a (vacation/birthday celebration) adventure in Paris, France and Italy.  I cherish the moments with family, old and new friends and the opportunity to see art and architecture in Florence, Cortona, Siena, and Paris, previously I had only studied in college art textbooks.
The enchanting Tuscan landscapes and my Paris adventure will be inspiration for pastel and oil paintings in the days ahead....so stay tuned.
However, back to the plane... on flights over "the big pond" I always love to view the map in progress. Seeing where you are at 35,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of the night always gives one pause. As we inched closer to France on the moving map, the Guernsey Island in the English Channel was highlighted. My thoughts immediately turned from, "gee, I hope we have enough fuel to make it to Paris CDG cause I can't swim", to the... oh so charming book I listened to last summer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I say listened to, because many times when I am painting in the studio I listen to audio versions of books and this has superb actors. Kinda wished we weren't flying over Guernsey but were popping in for a visit with the locals.
Amazon has a wonderful clip about the book http://www.amazon.com/Guernsey-Literary-Potato-Peel-Society/dp/0385340990
Time to unpack the suitcase and read the mail. Subscribe to my blog if you want to join me on my colorful art adventure to Tuscany and Paris.

New Landscapes at Ice House Art Gallery in McIntosh, FL

Twilight Glow Remembered

oil on canvas

24x48"

© 2009 Karen F Rose

I am delighted four of my oil paintings are included in the new summer landscape exhibit at the Ice House Art Gallery and Studios in McIntosh, FL. Owner of the gallery George Ferreria creates and displays exquisite handcrafted Florida furniture and sculpture from natural and found objects. He has transformed a former ice house into a beautiful art gallery and studio space.

After delivering my paintings to the gallery, I had dinner with my parents both very young at 89 and 90. They told me stories of how when they were children in a small town in Wisconsin they would race after the ice truck to catch shavings off those big blocks of ice that had come from the ice house in their town.

The Ice House Gallery in McIntosh, FL a very "cool" 

artistic retreat.

Vam York Theater Solo Exhibit

Prairie Meditation

Karen F. Rose

oil on canvas

30x40"

available

My solo exhibit at the Vam York theater is March 18 - April 11. Several of my oil and  pastel paintings will be on display in the lobby gallery during the musical  A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. 

There will be a Special Event Honoring Stephen Sondheim's 80th Birthday and Benefitting The Child Advocacy Center on March 20, starting at 6 p.m. The evening will kick off at 6 p.m. with a buffet dinner. Tickets $50 per person, which includes dinner and tickets to the show. Click Here for more details.

Tickets Available at Book Gallery West in the Millhopper Shopping Center, 4121 NW 16th Blvd., next to Publix and the Vam York Theater.

Spring Promenade, Gainesville Sun Article

My oil painting on canvas, Alachua Blue is shown in an article about the Spring Promenade Tour of Homes that takes place in Gainesville, Florida March 5th and 6th. 
The Spring Pomenade is a tour of seven historic homes in Gainesville's Duckpond Neighborhood. 
The painting is hanging above the fireplace in the great room of the Morrison-Richardson House which is owned by Lauren Groff and Clay Kallman. Their home is one of many featured in the 2010 Spring Promenade in the Duck Pond neighborhood in Gainesville. To find out more information about the event here's a link,  click... here.

Vasari Classic Artist Oil Colors

I had the pleasure of visiting Vasari Classic Oil Colors

on a recent trip to New York City.

On my to do list was visiting their retail store located

in Manhattan on the 6th floor of the

Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Center.

I arrived around 11:00, Gail greeted me with some

ice cold water (she could tell I hiked over instead

of taking a cab from my hotel).

And there on a table in the center of a

large room were colors, colors, and more colors

-all their handmade artist oil colors with

a glass palette for mixing and experimenting.

Gail couldn't have been nicer. I'd pick a color

and we'd mix it with others.

I chose several colors and she carefully put

them in a beautiful gift box, then printed out a

materials list for me to include with the paints

for their journey on the plane in my checked luggage.

I paint with several brands of professional artist

oil paints -Gamblin, Williamsburg, Rembrandt,

Old Holland, Windsor Newton,

Holbein and Utrecht.

Vasari artist colors are handmade and do not include

fillers. Beautiful paint.

For artists it's fast and easy to order

paints online, but to meet and talk

with the people who make them...

we'll that is the rest and best of the story.