Karen Lynn Link Fine Art

Sometimes the most compelling part of a landscape is the feeling of how far you can see. [...]

Two paintings from the same stretch of river can take surprisingly different directions. [...]

Returning to a familiar subject doesn't always take you back to the same place. [...]

Some paintings come together quickly, while others ask you to stay with them for a while. This one took a long time. [...]

Some photographs seem to contain a painting almost from the beginning. [...]

Some paintings take you somewhere you didn't expect to go. [...]

There was a point when I realized I was at a painting crossroads. [...]

This painting began with two massive cottonwood trees at Standley Lake Reservoir. I was drawn to their size and presence, and to the way they seemed to frame the landscape beyond them. [...]

The hillside rose and fell in gentle undulations, covered with clusters of junipers. There were no dramatic rock formations or towering trees competing for attention. [...]

At first, it wasn’t the water that caught my attention. It was the relationship between the river, the trees, and the rocks. [...]