Palette Knife Primer

Palette Knife is an Acquired Touch—A Primer to Oil Painting

Painting in the luminous abstracted style, Karen Weihs walks the line. She teeters between abstraction and landscape and shares the familiar without divulging the whole story. Painting for over 3 decades, much of that with palette knives, Karen showcases her skill at mark making and texture with her ability to paint ANYTHING—from plein air realism to abstract to special commissions. Each painting she completes is borne from the joy that grows from abandoning fear and preconceived ideas. Though her early paintings were impressionistic in style, her palette knife and design sense soon pushed her landscape work into the abstract.

“I am a poster child of art exploration, and defend any artist that explores deeply and continues to grow and delve completely. There is always room for you. No one can do it with your moves, your experience, your insight. You have to make and continue your own moves.” —Karen