Smoke II Painting

After a long hiatus, Kären Blumenthal has picked up her brushes and is happily at work in Loving Art Studios in Florida (lovingartstudios.org). Inspired by the dazzling light of Napoli and her native state of Florida, Kären works with vibrant Japanese and French inks on thick watercolor paper. Creating unique colors with dashes of metallic gold or silver, Kären's latest works are homages to the great 17th-century Neapolitan artists whom she greatly admires. Kären's other influences include Japanese-American artist Makoto Fujimura's profound expressions of faith, Helen Frankenthaler's staining techniques, and the 1950s French Tachisme painters.