Women in Art 278 Magazine February 2014 | Page 34

website website ii american artist Karen Fleschler watercolor on paper I’m a watercolor artist because I love how the paint can be manipulated on paper. I enjoy the process from start to finish - from deciding what to paint, why I want to paint it, how I’m going to compose it and what colors and perspective do I want to apply and emphasize. ART My style of paint application is bright, loose under-painting with tight, textural brush strokes for the final layer. I’m very much into color and fancy myself a colorist. The most important part of the process for me is what I call my “stare time.” It may be a day or a week, but I always find things to fine tune and improve my painting. wom en