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Chesapeake Day at the Races: Enlightened Artist Blog

Live Painting Of Chesapeake Day At The Races One spectacular evening at my event called A Taste of Georgetown I painted live in front of my audience while answering questions that they had about my technique and inspiration. Everyone was surprised at how quickly the sky came to life. This piece was named by my son Sebastian as he was …

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Painting a Sunflower Field Video

Painting a sunflower field 1 is the first of many videos where expressionist artist Caroline Karp walks you through her process of inspiration and adding elements to the painting.

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Enlightened Artist Blog: En Plein Air Painting in NYC…

Keep your eyes to yourself! It was the first thing I noticed when I hopped on the subway in Manhattan. Why did everyone all the sudden turn into this collective person who stared blankly into the distance? So much hustle and bustle… so noisy and so hectic. Such a mixture of people from all over the globe with the same …

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The Pathway to Artist: Enlightened Artist Blog

The Pathway to Artist is a journey that I have been on for the past 48 years or so. It began when I was 2 and I started to paint my version of sunflowers. Big blobs of yellow paint on large pieces of art paper the size of me. Well, maybe I was 3. I am often asked the question …

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Georgetown Experience: Enlightened Artist Blog – Part 1

What a spectacular show in the heart of Georgetown. I couldn’t have asked for more engaging guests and such a gracious host. Since my show was about A Slice of Life, this blog will show a slice of Life: My Georgetown Show which features an intimate look at my Georgetown experience and the audience at my show. It will be …

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Georgetown Experience: Enlightened Artist Blog – part 3

My Artist Talk I’d like to share some of the discussion from the show   Slice of Life: The Pantone Candy Cane Pink Florist- There is just something that is unique and attractive about The Greenworks Florist – Georgetown location. If you are on social media it pops up everywhere and is the backdrop for many photo opportunities. The building, …

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What Moves Me: Enlightened Artist Blog

What moves me to paint scenes of Georgetown and Sailboats. When I journey through the world I notice natural beauty around me. I notice the way that color and light communicate with one another. When the weather is cooperative I set up an easel and paint Plein Aire style. Other times I capture these moments through photography and go further …

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Ask the Artist x 5 : An Enlightened Artist Blog

Ask the Artist x 5 – What would you ask? Have you ever seen a gorgeous painting and wanted to ask the artist so many questions about her inspiration, her life? I know that I wonder that all the time! That is why I have written Ask the Artist x 5 – enjoy! Recently while standing in front of a …

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Word of Intention Art : An Enlightened Artist Blog

Art + Intention = Change, my story (well part of it) Can we have a word about WORD OF INTENTION ART? Are you a New Year’s Resolution person? How is that going so far for you? Or Are you a Word of Intention person? Have you chosen one yet? When I look at Facebook I see that everyone, everywhere is …