Louisiana Edgewood Art Paintings by Louisiana artist Karen Mathison Schmidt

Majesty  © Karen Mathison Schmidt 48 x 36 inches • acrylic & oil on cradled GessobordTM Commission • Lafayette, Louisiana A couple of weeks ago I enjoyed a wonderful drive d...

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Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it. Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for jo...

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The sun be warm and kind To you, The darkest night, some star Shine through, The dullest morn A radiance brew, And when dusk comes – God’s hand To you. by ELEANOR POWERS ...

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A cheerful heart is good medicine ... PROVERBS 17:22a My husband wanted spaghetti for breakfast today (I know; we’ve never had a very strict definition for the term “breakfast food...

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SOLD Midwinter Hope II  © 2017 Karen Mathison Schmidt 12 x 12 inches • acrylic on deep cradled GessobordTM private collection • Duaringa, Queensland, Australia Experimenting wi...

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Burning Bright  ©2016 Karen Mathison Schmidt 16 x 16 inches • oil on 1 ½ deep cradled GessobordTM gloss varnish (UV protective) • sides painted dark umber $695 (FREE SHIPPING IN...

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... for what’s on my easel right now. And yes, I’m painting this as a shameless and not-at-all-subtle marketing ploy targeting any LSU or Grambling (or Auburn perhaps?) alum and/or fa...

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Early morning sun on my studio door. A visual poem. Hallelujah.

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Scattered Showers  ©2016 Karen Mathison Schmidt 16 x 16 inches (approx. 40x40 cm) • oil on 2" deep cradled (archival) GessobordTM gloss varnish (UV protective) sides painted dark um...

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Sun Drop  ©2016 Karen Mathison Schmidt 3½ x 2½ inches (ACEO) • oil on ⅛" (archival) Ampersand EncausticbordTM gloss varnish (UV protective) NOTE: Fresh off the easel! Will be dr...

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SOLD On the Veranda  ©2016 Karen Mathison Schmidt 6 x 6 inches • oil on ⅛" Ampersand Museum Series (archival) GessobordTM private collection • Shreveport, Louisiana Our Bai...

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SOLD Rhapsody in Red  ©2016 Karen Mathison Schmidt 3½ x 2½ inches • oil on archival Ampersand EncausticbordTM private collection • Shreveport, Louisiana I love doing these l...

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This morning I’m doing some deep housekeeping and organizing in my studio. The “deep” in front of the “housekeeping” means it involves pulling EVERYTHING out of drawers, boxes and s...

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 I love fishing.  You put that line in the water and  you don’t know what’s on the other end.  Your imagination is under there. ROBERT ALTMAN Togetherness in Solitude  ©...

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SOLD Good Morning, Sunshine  © Karen Mathison Schmidt ACEO size: 3½ x 2½ inches • oil on Ampersand (archival) EncausticbordTM private collection • Athens, Texas I’m not q...

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Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise  for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear. DAVE BARRY Ready to ...

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WORK-IN-PROGRESS • 6 x 6 inches • oil on Gessobord Here’s Sam! He’s happy because he’s going to get ice cream.  Check back tomorrow for the finished painting. 

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SOLD Anticipating Autumn  ©2016 Karen Mathison Schmidt 10 x 10 inches • oil on ⅛" Ampersand Museum Series (archival) GessobordTM private collection  •  Keene, New Hampshire ...

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I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. CLAUDE MONET Here Comes the Sun  ©2016 Karen Mathison Schmidt 16 x 12 inches • oil on ⅛" Ampersand Museum Series (archival) Ges...

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An article by Lex Talamo in The Shreveport Times tells how our church extended a helping hand for some displaced youth during last week’s flooding down south. At the end of this post I put...

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SOLD Morning Glory  ©2016 Karen Mathison Schmidt 9 x 12 inches • oil on ⅛" Museum Series (archival) GessobordTM private collection • Lindale, Texas Love the early morning li...

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I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person  by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day,  lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. MAYA ANGELOU Rain...

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Rose Queen III: A Morning to Remember  ©2016 Karen Mathison Schmidt 6 x 6 inches • oil on archival Museum Series Gessobord gloss varnish (UV protective) $145 (FREE SHIPPING IN US) ...

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The beginnings of a new cat painting: I drew the initial sketch in pencil on my Gessobord, then went over it with ultramarine blue acrylic, mixing it with Liquitex matte medium to make it tra...

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Creativity doesn’t happen only in the studio. This morning after scooping out the last of the Benefuls from the dog food bin for their breakfast, I made a mental note to drive to town a...

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