Golden Birch Forest by Karin Frenay

Golden Birch Forest - The pure and fresh look of this painting will illuminate your space. Like looking out the window and the forest is nearby.

This painting was created with the aim of creating a strong composition of light and dark, warm and cold colours, light and shadow and depth.
It is a combination between realistic painting and creating a certain degree of abstraction; recognisable and intertwined with the expression of my own feelings I get when I am in the forest.

I paint with acrylic on canvas and embellish details with oil pastel. My aim is to make the artwork interesting from a distance and up close.

By looking at my art, I would like to reconnect you with nature. Experience the richness that is around us and take it into your home. It will continue to enrich you there.

Do you recognise this, can't see the forest for the trees? When I am tired, stressed or overwhelmed, the forest is the best remedy. A walk among the trees allows me to let go of everything, brings peace and order to my mind and makes me enjoy my day again.

Created by Karin Frenay.

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Hello I’m Karin Frenay-Meyer
Since 2000 I have been living in Haarlem, the Netherlands, originally from Switzerland. I share my life with my husband Jules and my two teenage daughters.
Art and creativity have always been important in my life and my natural self-expression.
I had the luck to get trained by different, very talented artists in the past thirty years. But mostly I’m a self-taught artist. The longer I paint the closer I come to my own style and self-expression. My style is colorful and expressive, with a hint of abstraction.
My design:
In my work I discover and highlight the essential forms, color combinations and contrasts of nature in new compositions, to inspire and recharge you with nature's beautiful and abundant energy. All paintings are based on an abstract background, and I work up to the subject in different layers. My trees and flowers bring color in the abstract setting, they are surrounded by moving lines; like the auras of nature. Catching the essence of nature - the forms, colors, and contrasts - is all part of my art.
I love to work with high-quality acrylic paint. The vibrant colors and smoothness of the paint are fantastic to work with. An important side note, it’s a non-toxic material.
My inspiration:
In my paintings I love to explore themes of nature, like birch trees from all kind perspectives (many other themes inspired by nature will follow). Nature is versatile, beautiful and nurturing.
It’s the simple things, like a walk in

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