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Mark Making IV DXB

Mark Making IV DXB:

Expressive lines of mark making on white, a painterly drawing on canvas.
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Mark Making I DXB

Mark Making I DXB:

Expressive lines of mark making on white, a painterly drawing on canvas.
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Mark Making II DXB

Mark Making II DXB:

Expressive lines of mark making on white, a painterly drawing on canvas.
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Mark Making III DXB

Mark Making III DXB:

Expressive lines of mark making on white, a painterly drawing on canvas.
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Copper Storm

Copper Storm:

Returning from a trip to Taiwan, inspired this series of crisp clean Canadian Skies. The beginning of my contemporary landscapes, layered in fragile, matte tempera. Following Copper Storm was: Prairie Storm, Gentle Skies, Copper Trees and Red Squamish Trees. These were the few done in this medium as I transition to layered gloss instead for further exploration of light through clouds and trees.

Stormy coastal drama combined with the peaceful windswept prairies. This gentle blue sky shows the beauty and depth of the prairie landscape. Subtle details on the horizon line include trees, farms and buildings. Giclee prints distributed internationally through CasaPublishing.com.
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Fire Tree

Fire Tree:

Corporate commission for B3 communications -- a modern hip marketing company in the heart of Vancouver. This 9x6 foot gestural stormy tree has deep rich autumn tones and lens glare type highlights with an organic loose feel of random color.
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Tuscany Cypress

Tuscany Cypress:

Nothing compares to the bright, vivid blue skies in Tuscany. Dark roasted espresso on the terracotta decks of your favorite vacation, as you remember the famous cluster of cypress trees. Long gestural grass and floating red poppies in this large six foot landscape.
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A Tuscan View

A Tuscan View:

Cypress trees overlooking the breezy valleys and hills of Tuscany. Featured at GMP Private Client at 885 West Georgia Vancouver.
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Storm at Maple Lake DXB

Storm at Maple Lake DXB:

Stormy winds blow young Maple trees, in this traditional landscape composition. Inspired by Tom Thomson's work of Algonquin Park. A place I'd love to go in Autumn.
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Autumn Hill

Autumn Hill:

Stormy tree on a hillside above the wildflowers. The fences are a reminder of rural Canada, but also a personal symbol of protecting nature.
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Copper Stones II

Copper Stones II:

The strength, determination and will to survive is what it means to be alive. As thin, scraggly trees face the challenge of growing through rock, their leaves dance in loose brushstrokes. As a visual statement of will, they manage to find nutrients high amongst the rocky cliffs.

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Gem Stone Pond II

Gem Stone Pond II:

Tranquil serene refraction of light in a pond with lily. Featured at Lamberts Gallery, South Granville Vancouver.
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Frenetic Beach

Frenetic Beach:

Rich bronze skies in turbulence above the emerald blue sea of waves amisdt sand and sky of bronze.
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Frenetic Storm II

Frenetic Storm II:

Deep dark skies in turbulence above a field of trees expressed in gestural lines.
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FW190- FockeWulf Airplane

FW190- FockeWulf Airplane:

Last of the piston powered aircraft before the jet age. German plane used during the second world war.
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Seaplane Hamilton Standard

Seaplane Hamilton Standard:

Sketch of a float plane designed to market the Hamilton-Standard pitch propellor as a coffee label for Malibu Beach Resort. Final line art designed to market a brand of coffee.
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Russian Jet 11-4

Russian Jet 11-4:

Russian Constructivism style expresses this 11-4 aircraft in bold graphic colors.
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1945 Spitfire Storm

1945 Spitfire Storm:

Dark stormy clouds breakaway for the lone Spitfire over the white cliffs of Dover, painted by artist Karen Parker.
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Dan McIvors Martin Mars

Dan McIvors Martin Mars:

Public Art, Sea Island #4 Firehall, Richmond BC.

Dan McIvor, an senior Burkeville resident passed away at 94, after being awarded the Order of Canada in 2003 during the Kelowna Fires. His determination and ingenuity made the Martin Mars a "Water Bomber" when planes were just firespotters.

From Burkeville to Kelowna the pleasant-ville spirit has not changed since the Sea Island Community began with employees from the Boeing Plant in the 50s. Home to over 300 residents; most of whom had the pleasure of knowing Dan McIvor and his contribution to the neighborhood.

Donated to the Sea Island #4 Firehall in Burkeville. May this piece be a reminder of what great things come from those with curious minds and the perseverance to make ideas real.

Click on PRESS or DOWNLOADS to see articles and press on this incredible visionary and the capabilities of this incredible airplane.

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Dan McIvors Martin Mars

Dan McIvors Martin Mars:

Public Art, Sea Island #4 Firehall, Richmond BC.

Dan McIvor, an senior Burkeville resident passed away at 94, after being awarded the Order of Canada in 2003 during the Kelowna Fires. His determination and ingenuity made the Martin Mars a "Water Bomber" when planes were just firespotters.

From Burkeville to Kelowna the pleasant-ville spirit has not changed since the Sea Island Community began with employees from the Boeing Plant in the 50s. Home to over 300 residents; most of whom had the pleasure of knowing Dan McIvor and his contribution to the neighborhood.

Donated to the Sea Island #4 Firehall in Burkeville. May this piece be a reminder of what great things come from those with curious minds and the perseverance to make ideas real.

Click on PRESS or DOWNLOADS to see articles and press on this incredible visionary and the capabilities of this incredible airplane.

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Prairie Storm

Prairie Storm:

Golden prairie fields are graphically flat beneath a stormy copper sky. Brewing clouds and layers of color highlight the beauty of the prairies. A very fragile technique of layering tempera paint for a matte, fragile finish. Giclee prints distributed through CasaPublishing.com
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Tuscany Poppies DXB

Tuscany Poppies DXB:

Tuscany wildflowers in full bloom on a hot day. Clouds billowing and cypress trees in the background of this whimsical memory. Featured at DayBreak Langley, collection of the artist.
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Jericho Beach DXB

Jericho Beach DXB:

Jericho beach in Vancouver from an aerial view. Contemplative, a place to get married, play volleyball or sit in the city sand and watch the clouds after the storms. Featured at Rendezvous Art Gallery on Howe Street.
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Jericho Beach DXB

Jericho Beach DXB:

Jericho beach in Vancouver from an aerial view. Contemplative, a place to get married, play volleyball or sit in the city sand and watch the clouds after the storms. Featured at Rendezvous Art Gallery on Howe Street, sold in Dubai.
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TumbleClouds

TumbleClouds:

Stormy coastal drama combined with the peaceful windswept prairies. The beginning of the Cloudscape collection.
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Red Sky windowsill

Red Sky windowsill:

Bold red sky and landscape with a bright bouquet of gold exotic florals in the windowsill. Graphic, dramatic, this ornately decadent piece has deep luscious red and golds.
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Canada Poppies

Canada Poppies:

Bright, bold, graphic red poppies in a Canada paneled theme.
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Reflections of a Garden Party

Reflections of a Garden Party:

Whimsical bouquet of flowers at a garden party. Leaves and petals dance on the table and stems streak for the sky. The incorporation of my gestural trees, and light from trees into a still life format. Featured at Daybreak Showhome in Langley.
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Art Deco Tulip

Art Deco Tulip:

Art deco floral with wrought iron background. Set of two paintings by Karen Parker including tulip and poppy on a crisp fresh green high contrast setting.
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Art Deco Tulip

Art Deco Tulip:

Art deco floral with wrought iron background. Set of two paintings by Karen Parker including tulip and poppy on a crisp fresh green high contrast setting.
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Aqua Stained Glass DXB

Aqua Stained Glass DXB:

Capturing the shadows of a dense garden, with a whimsical bouquet as the illustrative subject. Line quality and drawing emphasized with a soft shadowy background of aquas. Featured at Enigma Restaurant 2007.
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Art Deco Poppy

Art Deco Poppy:

Bright, vivid Art Deco florals with wrought iron details.
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Calla Lilies Still Life

Calla Lilies Still Life:

Bold black brushstrokes outline a bouquet of calla lilies in this dramatic still life. Hint of aqua and cool tones against shades of grey.
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Sunflower Mosaic_Detail

Sunflower Mosaic_Detail:

Sunflower in a mosaic pattern of square tipped brushstrokes. Colorful in bright hues of golden yellows, and contrasting shades of blue. Featured on the cover of the Vancouver Sun (At Home Section 2005).
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Sunflower Mosaic

Sunflower Mosaic:

Sunflower in a mosaic pattern of square tipped brushstrokes. Colorful in bright hues of golden yellows, and contrasting shades of blue. Featured on the cover of the Vancouver Sun (At Home Section 2005).
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Sun_flower

Sun_flower:

Bright, backlit sunflower in a halo ethereal style as I continue my interest in light through translucent subjects.
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Aqua Forest First Snowfall

Aqua Forest First Snowfall:

Light, airy and soft forest of trees in shimmering aqua and silver against the first snowfall.
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Nocturne IV

Nocturne IV:

A deep melodic sky as you travel along the night, following the everlasting sunset. Night skies, twilight and the beginning of new days in soft blurred strokes.
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Sage Skies Giclee 2/10

Sage Skies Giclee 2/10:

Stormy sage skies with dark distant mountains. This westcoast landscape has high contrast, in warm blacks, sunlit creams, sage and umbers with a hint of aqua. Mixed media painted Giclee, limited edition 2/10 stretched on heavy bars.
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Trees in the Breeze

Trees in the Breeze:

Whimsical brightly colored row of trees caught up in a breeze in a long narrow format. A combination of my red storm tree series and the night skies of the Aurora Borealis.
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Nocturne I

Nocturne I:

A deep melodic sky as you travel along the night, following the everlasting sunset. Reminiscent of the Aurora Borealis we witness in Canadian skies. Featured at Novo Furniture Gallery.
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ravegirl blue

ravegirl blue:

My first ravegirl created in college 1996, inspired the full series in 2002. Ravegirl Blue was inspired by a portrait of David Gahn illustrated in Rolling Stone magazine.
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Ravegirl Anna

Ravegirl Anna:

Anna teaches english in Japan, degree in computer science and is concerend about sustainability. Loves David Suzuki. See the entire collection of ravegirls, including Danika, Taniesa, Teresina, Maya, Gail, Sarah and the DJs that spin for them.
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Ravegirl Danika

Ravegirl Danika:

Danika drives a red alpha romeo convertible with top down even in the winter. Has a red spider at the small of her back. Independent thinker. See the entire ravegirl collection, including Taniesa, Teresina, Gail, Anna, Maya and the DJs that spin for them.

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RaveGirl_Taniesa

RaveGirl_Taniesa:

Funky hip hop illustrations of Ravegirls. Featured at the ScotiaDance Center, Fluevog Shoes, DV8, Nevermind and in the Georgia Straight 2002 Vancouver BC Canada.
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Afrika Gates

Afrika Gates:

A peep into an exotic place, a worldly color palette of golds, bronze and browns with charcoal blue metallic lines.
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Red Petals

Red Petals:

Deep red classical roses in full bloom against a warm tuscan sky in layers of varnish. Warm romantic reds, pink and cream, the subtle movement of petals and stems; this cozy couple are framed by leaves. Featured at Mondo ARte Gallery 2009
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View Karen Parker's most complete collection of paintings online
(1994-present). View New Work,
view by collection, what's available
in Dubai or search by subject.

Exhibiting at:
MONDO ARTE GALLERY Dubai
ART SOURCE GALLERY Dubai
NOVO FURNITURE Vancouver


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View Karen Parker's most complete collection of paintings online
(1994-present). View New Work,
view by collection, what's available in Dubai or search by subject.

Exhibiting at:
MONDO ARTE GALLERY Dubai
ART SOURCE GALLERY Dubai
NOVO FURNITURE Vancouver


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Dubai Memoirs II

Dubai Memoirs II:

An evolution from my original Organic patterns, I have sought out graphic elements that remind me of Dubai. The floral patterns seen in architectural grates and iron work are overlaid onto colorful bright spots of organic color.
Dubai Memoirs II featured at Mondo Arte Gallery, Mall of Emirates June 2009.
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StrataShore Diptych

StrataShore Diptych:

Morning light reflections in shimmery aquas against a stable layer of cloud. Sold in Vancouver.
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Romantic Shore

Romantic Shore:

Romantic waves and soft whimsical cloudscape in a square format. Painted in my first Dubai summer, this piece shows my transition from landscape to organic patterns of light. Sold in Vancouver.
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