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Karen Killian

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A changing gallery of people portraits, often with animals... my favorite way to paint them. Always inspired by the bond!!

Featured
"Guy 'n Gus"
"Guy 'n Gus"

Oil on Belgian linen; 29 x 38”
Collection Mitchell
Roaring Gap, NC
©2023 Karen Killian

Harriet
Harriet

~ his beautiful girl with the pearl earring
Oil on Belgian linen; 16 x 20”
Collection Mayor J. Alan Peoples
Tryon, North Carolina
©2021 Karen Killian

Rowan Kelly Robinson
Rowan Kelly Robinson

~ at the Rice Farm
Winchester, Virginia
Oil on Belgian linen; 14 x 16”
Collection Mr. & Mrs. J. K. Robinson, Jr.
©2019 Karen Killian

“The Sailor”
“The Sailor”

Oil on Belgian linen; 16 x 20”
Collection Alexander Killian Rudkin
©2018 Karen Killian

So exactly how embarrassing is it for a young man to see portraits of himself on-line 😳and to know that they’re painted by his mother? 🙄
Diabolically,
the Mother

Mary-Edens
Mary-Edens

Oil on linen; 24 x 32"
Collection McAbee
©2017 Karen Killian

"The Two Redheads"
"The Two Redheads"

Gracie & Zeus
Duxbury, MA
Oil on Linen; 18 x 24″

Collection Geupel
©2005 Karen Killian

Abby
Abby

Oil on Linen; 16 x 21
Greenwich, CT
Private Collection
©2004 Karen Killian

"MilkBone Moment"
"MilkBone Moment"

Mozie and Sophie. Mozie, a Bantam Bulldog, was the most patient dog! No, I didn’t make her wait while I painted, but we took a lot of photos: she deserved that Milkbone!!
Hobe Sound, FL
Oil on Belgian Linen; 24 x 32″
Private Collection
© 2009 Karen Killian

"A Dog & His Boy"
"A Dog & His Boy"

Paint and Alex, the artist’s family in the Berkshires, late summer ’01
Oil on Belgian linen; 22 x 30″
Collection of the Artist
© 2002 Karen Killian & The Orvis Company

Ella Grace
Ella Grace

“Summertime and the livin’ is easy…”
Oil; 12 x 16″
Collection Thompson
© 2014 Karen Killian

Andrew
Andrew

Oil, 25 x 19″
Greenwich, CT
Private Collection
© 2010 Karen Killian

Brian
Brian

Oil on Belgian linen; 9 x 11″
Watch Hill, RI
Collection Nelson
©2011 Karen Killian

"Early Every Morning"
"Early Every Morning"

Oil; 21 x 25″
Collection Geupel
Hobe Sound, FL
© 2013 Karen Killian

"Duxbury Kids"
"Duxbury Kids"

Oil on Linen; 11 x 8″
Collection Geupel
Duxbury, MA
©2004 Karen Killian

"Cody & His Girls"
"Cody & His Girls"

Oil on Belgian linen; 30 x 36”
Columbus, Ohio
Collection Hamilton
©2014 Karen Killian

Alexandra & Mully
Alexandra & Mully

Oil on Belgian Linen; 9 x 12"
Collection Gourlay
©2008 Karen Killian