"Contemporary Landscapes" by Kari Feuer

River Sunset - 30x24

Kari Feuer's response to the beauty of the landscape is to try for a fusion of atmosphere and solidity to reflect the serenity she feels being in nature.

"In order to avoid being sentimental or manipulative, I find myself focussing more on the painting process than on a realistic portrayal. I let the paint itself stand in for the subject. It could be the dry brushing of the particles, to indicate the frailty of the image in the atmosphere. Or slathering, scraping, eroding the lost color buried in layers. The focal point shifts, sometimes looking for the microscopic beauty in nature, or perhaps flying out to aerial views.

Although striving for a distillation of my initial responses to the mystery of a scene, I often begin a painting with a representational sketch or photo reference, then let the dream, the light and the season give their direction to the conceptualization of the painting process."

Kari has a B. A. in design, University of Washington and has studied at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, Art Students League, Barrett Art Center, Woodstock School of Art, Bard College, and National Academy of Design. Some of the artists that she has studied under include
Elizabeth Mowry, Wolf Kahn, Christie Scheele, Christine Debrosky, Karen O'Neil, Pam Sheehan Kuliche, Jenny Nelson and Laura Battle.

Water Murmur - 30 x 34

Summer Clouds 20 x 24	Edge of Lake - 24 x 30
Dune Trek 32 x 32	Dune Path 20 x 24

Marshlands - oil on canvas 30 x 34

Orchards and Wildflower - 34 x 30

Pond and Trees - 11 x 14

Northern Marsh - 30x40

Stream in the Woods - 24x24

Tivoli Bays Clouds - 24x30