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Karen Noles |
 Painting
out of her home studio located on the Flathead Indian Reservation in
Montana, Karen Noles has access to more than 30,000 acres of land both
for recreation and artistic backdrop. Karen rates horseback riding as
her number one recreational activity.
Karen Noles` oil paintings feature the domestic life of the 1800`s Native American, especially the early reservation time period. For accuracys sake and in order to convey realism, Karen spends weeks and sometimes months researching each painting by collecting reference materials and museum books on early Native American life. Karen also visits museums to photograph their exhibits. Karen then incorporates the "realism" of her research with her inner images. One of the aspects Noles enjoys most about painting this time period is the depiction of the bead and quill work for which the Native Americans are so well known. "I find that not only can I try to portray a situation of that time but I can also give honor to their works of art," says Noles. Another detail that adds realism to Noles` work is her effort to use Native American models and wild animals in the photo shoots for her paintings. "The children that Im working with now Ive been working with for a few years; their parents know and trust me. Children have such a wonderful imagination and do such spontaneous things - some great paintings come out of it all." Karen often relies on a friend who rehabilitates injured or abandoned animals who will bring over a fawn, fox pups, young lynx or perhaps a bobcat who are tame enough to be used in a photo shoot with her child models. |
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