Karen Black, Artist

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Karen Black, Artist

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2024 Mural project: Dushore Fire-Rescue to be installed in 2025

    Mural Gallery

    Thinking big

    Murals are really just large scale paintings. Although some of the logistics of attaching the murals in their places may take a bit of a think. Painting is just as easy as a smaller canvas, it just takes longer. I always include a shot of the brushes used during painting to show they are just normal 1/4" to 2" brushes.


    It has been my great pleasure to paint for the 150th celebration of Dushore's incorporation, 2009 and to paint a mural for the Sullivan County Courthouse during renovations in  2015.

    Dushore mural 2009

    Designing the layout sketch for the mural with Bobbycat who inspected every painting I did during her lifetime

      Sullivan County Courthouse Mural 2015

      The first stroke. This mural was designed to be wallpapered up. Clair built a special roller system so I had two sheets up at all times

        Matter of perspective

        What the eye sees

        My vision with murals is to allow the viewer to enjoy the detail. The larger the work more detail you can put in. 

            If you get to visit the courthouse my mural is the backdrop to a collection of preserved local wildlife. My mural also contains local animals which are not on display. Can you find them all?

           For the Dushore mural, look for the small details ..like the dog chasing the cat to represent Doc Shoemaker. How many horses can you find ? As a part of the agreement to hang the mural on the Dushore Market I had to include so many horse and carriages ( even the car is a Mustang).  There's also a story to the man riding the tractor representing the local farming community.  What else can you see?


        Murals gain recognition

        Dushore Mural featured

        https://endlessmountains.org/small-towns-big-art-murals-of-the-endless-mountains/

        Sullivan County courthouse mural recognition

        https://endlessmountains.org/small-towns-big-art-murals-of-the-endless-mountains/

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