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Art Gallery

An online art gallery of original art by Karolina Szablewska, a Canadian artist. This gallery contains artwork of many subjects: figure drawing, watercolor painting, landscapes and cityscape, en plein air paintings. Pick a medium & subject to filter the images and enjoy!

Christmas Cactus Collage
Watercolor on watercolor paper. 12"x17.5". Observational collage of sketches from my Christmas cactus. ~2015 | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Man Reclining From Behind
19.75"x26", conte, sharpie on paper, figuring drawing from live model. Featured in "Emboss Magazine - Vibrance Issue 2". ~2010 | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

The Bay Urban Sketch
9"x12", watercolor on 140lb watercolor paper. En plein air painting of The Bay store from across the street in a park full of street vendors in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ~2016 | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Renaissance 2
9"x12". Watercolor on watercolor paper ~2014 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Birch Forest at Grands-Jardins National Park Quebec
19.5"x22", watercolor on paper - Fabriano paper, 2019. A portrait of the raw earth at the national park in the autumn with yellow fall foliage.

Slumbering
30"x48". Acrylic on canvas. ~ 2007

Bone Study
19.75"x12.5", acrylic on paper, 2010. Study of unidentified bones. | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

The New Shirt
Comic based on a shirt. Watercolour & ink, 9x13.5" page layout on rag paper. ~2014 |BUY THE ARTWORK

Inktober Cyborgs No. 002 - Mindless
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. A cyborg with its brain taken out. Inspired by the Sophie robot.

Sunset in Cheticamp
6"x6" watercolor on watercolor paper, painted en plein air on-location in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia during sunset. ~2019

Bear and Bee Eating Honey Together
9"x12". Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. Commissioned piece. ~2017 | ORIGINAL IS SOLD.

Metallic Taste - Episode 1, Page 5
5"x13". Ink, watercolour on rag paper. Panel from personal comic book project, called: Metallic Taste. ~ 2013 |BUY THE ARTWORK

Welding in the Fantastic Sea
24"x18", watercolour on Arches 300lb watercolor paper. ~2016 A diver welds repairs onto a rig, which is covered by coral, sponges, starfish, and crabs. Colourful fish swim around him cascading air bubbles through the water. The ocean is deep with darkness, but full of vitality and life. The piece is based on photographic references of real organisms, however the composition is entirely fictional fantasy.PRINTS | GREETING CARDS | ORIGINAL IS SOLD.

Inktober Cyborgs No. 024 - Dizzy
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. A cyborg man huffing server fumes in a dizzy state. This dark drawing uses 3D stereoscopic effects with 2 colors of ink.

Running Together
11"x15". Watercolor on 140lb watercolor rag paper. Series of two paintings with quote from customer on the theme of running together and friendship. ~2017

Bisexual Unicorn
9"x5.5". Watercolor on paper. ~2016 | PRINTS & OTHER MERCH (Redbubble)

Verdun Quebec River
5"x7", oil painting on canvas paper. En plein air painting of the Verdun waterfront showing bike paths, gentle cloudy skies, and a condo building. ~2019

Inktober Cyborgs No. 029 - Injured
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. Inverted x-ray of a hip replacement for "Injured" prompt.

Cafe Saint-Henri on Watercolour Ground
9"x7" watercolor pencil sketch on watercolor ground on poster board. En plein air painting. ~2019

Fae Mermaid
6"x4", watercolor on 140lbs watercolor paper, 2016. | PRINTS | GREETING CARDS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Day 4 - Figure Drawing with Croquis Cafe
Day 4 since it was raining. I kept getting sucked into each figure which tells me I really need to go to a life drawing session soon. The poses are from Croquis Café, which you all should check out if you're not familiar - great resource! All drawings are digital. I spent an hour making some custom brushes and colour palettes to play with. I'm at 49/100 so far I think.

Abandoned Factory on Canal
9"x12", watercolor on 140lbs watercolor paper, painted en plein air. ~2018

Circle of Life
20"x30". Acrylic on canvas. Comissioned piece: Story of trees representing the ups and downs of life. ~ 2008SOLD

Jessica 10min
9"x12" ink & watercolour, figure drawing, 2013. | BUY THE ARTWORK

Undesired Legs
11"x14". Gauche, ink, gel pens on bristol paper. ~2010 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Jacobin Pigeon
Painting of a Jacobin Pigeon based on the Vancouver Poultry & Pigeon Association show winner for 2012. Acrylic on birch board. 20"x16". ~2015 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Black Cake 2 Poster (Full Format with Graphic Elements)
Illustration in guache, ink, watercolour on Stonehenge paper composed for 20"x30" poster and album art crop. ~2013 | HEXSYSTEM Music

Inktober Cyborgs No. 027 - Coat
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. A robot painting their nails for the prompt "Coat".

The Reach
11"x15". Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor paper. A variety of hands of different gender and age, grasping and reaching, as some suggest, for life force from the blood running through the scene. The finger tips on some hands are frost bitten. The colours for the skin tone are taken from the bi flag, but the background is complementary and revitalizing. The artwork is signed in the corner with pencil.~2016 | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Okapi Sketch
6"x3" watercolor on paper. ~2018

Fox Skull Study
16″x12″. Acrylic on canvas board. Painted from sketches and memory. ~2009 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Parked Motorcycles near de Maisonneuve
9"x12" ink and watercolor painting created en plein air / as an urban sketch in downtown Montreal. The image is a composite of motorcycles parked in front of a cafe and buildings a bit further down the street to create a more pleasant and real feel of the area. ~2019

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Red House and Weeping Willow, Verdun Waterfront
9"x12", watercolor on watercolor rag hot press. Painted en plein air on-location at the Verdun waterfront in Montreal, Canada. ~2019

Heat
A mixed media drawing, approximately 8"x10", 2008.

Renaissance 3
9"x12". Watercolor on watercolor paper. ~2014 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Inktober Cyborgs No. 001 - Ring
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. A nude female cyborg in a ring-like pose in a ring.

July 25C Verdun Waterfront
9"x12" en plein air painting of Verdun waterfront. Verdun citizens enjoying the shade on a 25C day in July, a Verdun neighbourhood painting created on location. -2019

Inktober 2016 Inside Pomegranate
7"x9", ink, 2016. Drawing of pomegranate for Inktober 2016. | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

004 APRIL2020 - Three Red Robins 11x12 sml
11"x12" mixed media on Fabriano watercolor paper. Watercolor painting with ink & acrylic lineart. ~2020

Painted Turtle at the Butterfly Conservatory
18"x24". Watercolor on 140lbs Fabriano watercolor paper. A painted turtle at the Niagara Falls Butterfly Conservatory sitting on decorative driftwood and rocks. Painted from a photo reference taken by the artist. ~2018 | PRINTS

Bridge and Floating Cars
18"x24". Charcoal on paper. Scene from an animation, animated by re-drawing every frame on the same paper. ~2009

Montreal from Mont Royal through Winter Trees
Partner image to Montreal from Mont Royal during Sunset. Watercolor on watercolor paper. 12"x17.5". ~2015Featured in "Emboss Magazine - Vibrance Issue 2". | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Jaded Angel on the Moon
8.6"x13.5". Figure drawing done with Sharpie markers on cartridge paper. ~ 2011 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Metempsychosis Poster (Full Format with Graphic Elements)
Watercolour and ink illustration on 10"x15" paper created for poster and album art crop. Full poster is 20"x30" digitally composed. ~2014 | HEXSYSTEM Music

Urban Country
24"x18". Willow charcoal, prisma colour pencil, white watercolour paint on acid free pastel paper. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 2 - landscape, where a feature is replaced by popcorn. ~ 2008 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Montreal Fall Wind
9"x12". Watercolour & ink on 140lbs watercolour paper. Image originally used for Montreal World Film Festival Poster Contest. ~2014 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Swift
A small sketch with ink, gauche on top of a streak of acrylic paint. Inktober 2017 - Swift

Todd the Fox
15"x15" mixed media watercolor painting - ink, watercolor, acrylic on Fabriano paper. ~2020

Inktober Crab
6"x8", ink, 2016. Drawing of crab for Inktober 2016. | PRINTS

Inktober Cyborgs No. 025 - Tasty
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. Tasty synthetic food in the future for robots.

Burdened Angel on the Sun
8"x14.5". Figure drawing done with Sharpie markers on cartridge paper. ~ 2011 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Memory Sunset Over Nova Scotia
5"x5" watercolor and ink sketch on 140lb watercolor paper. Inktober Prompt for 2017 - Teeming, as in teeming with trees in the wilderness of Nova Scotia. | BUY THE ORIGINAL

Inktober Cyborgs No. 022 - Ghost
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. Cyborg woman that is like a ghost with lantern-like insides.

Inktober Cyborgs No. 004 - Freeze
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. When it's freezing in the winter, your impulse is not to ice skate in shorts but a cyborg can.

Dual Model 15min Life Drawing
9"x12". Watercolor, marker. ~2013 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Verdun Sky July 22 2017 8 PM
18"x12". Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor paper. A cluster of clouds during a sunset on the waterfront of Verdun, painted from photo. reference taken at exact date and time. ~2017 | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

La Belle Province, Verdun
9"x12" en plein air painting in watercolor of La Belle Province in Verdun, created in 2019.

Setup Still Life Meaningful Objects
Oil paint on hand built canvas. For Intro Paint. ~ 2010 SOLD

Dorchester Park Tree in May
9"x12", watercolor and ink pen, en plein air painting 2016. | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Cedar Moth Beetle
30"x11". Ink, coffee, prisma colour on Arches watercolour paper. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 5 - Invent a beetle, emphasizing volume. (Note: Fake Latin.) ~ 2008 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Guitar Player at Place d'Armes
9"x12", watercolor and ink on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. If you look closely, you will find the guitar player who plays for the whole square. It was a scorching hot day with many tourists and weddings passing through Places d'Armes right in front of the Basilica. The white paper left behind and the bright red lines give a sense of the temperature. A busy moment in Old Montreal. ~2018 | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Moonlight Flight
16"x16" animal watercolor painting with acrylgauche lineart. A barn owl flying past a full moon in the night sky. ~2020

White Knight 2
11"x8.5". Pencil on paper. My original dragon character striking a pose.~ 2007

Alley in Verdun Quebec -9C
8"x10", watercolor and ink on paper, en plein air painting. ~2018

Winter Moonrise
19"x11.5". Gauche and ink on Academia paper. Imaginary trees and sunset based on the real sunsets in January. Experimental ink drawing. ~2017

023 AUG2019 Nova Scotia Trees 8x10 sml
8"x10" watercolor on watercolor ground on birch wood panel. A fall landscape of a Nova Scotia forest. ~2019 BUY THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK

July 25C Verdun Waterfront
9"x12", watercolor on hot press watercolor rag paper. Painted en plein air on-location at the Verdun Waterfront in Montreal, Canada. ~2019

Montreal from Mont Royal During Sunset
13"x17". Watercolor on watercolor paper. ~2015 Created for and shown in the Draw Me A Mountain Exhibition at the Smith House on top of Mont Royal, May 2015.PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Red House and Weeping Willow
9"x12" en plein air painting of a red house and weeping willow on the Verdun waterfront. Watercolor on paper, 2019.

Cabbage Dragon
9"x12", watercolor and ink on 140lbs watercolor paper. Dragon design inspired by a cabbage-like plant. ~2018

Kazren injured against an oak
7"x10". Pencil on paper. An image of one of my original characters, Kazren, sitting injured against an mystical, old oak. ~2015

Friends on a Rainy Day at Santropol Cafe
9"x12", watercolor and ink on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. Painting created inside the bustling Santropol Café. Guests flowed in and out, but these two were in a long conversation, staying for a couple hours. This is the corner of the café, with the shady and colourful terasse visible through the windows. Unlike most of my watercolours of this type, this image does not have cropped sides. En plein air painting. ~2018

Westmount Greenhouse
Watercolor & pencil on watercolor paper. 9"x12". Watercolor sketch created at the Westmount Library Greenhouse in Montreal during USK: MTL. ~2015 | PRINTS | GREETING CARDS | ORIGINAL IS SOLD.

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Make It Work
30"x36", oil on 1" canvas ~2019

Verdun Bridge on September 2018
9"x12", watercolor on watercolor rag paper. Painted en plein air on-location on a bridge in Verdun, Quebec, Canada. ~2019

Pirates
9"x12". Watercolor & Sharpie marker. ~2013 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Tomato Stands at Atwater Market
9"x12", watercolor and ink on 140lbs watercolor paper, painted en plein air. ~2018

Rock at Prospect, Nova Scotia
9"x12". Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. The ragged coastlines of Nova Scotia, featuring a prominent rock painted entirely on-location. The painting aims to be accurate while being loose and gestural. En plein air painting. ~2017 | PRINTS | BUY THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK

Theo
11.5"x11". Conté on crash bristol paper. ~2007

Study of Skulls, Hips, and Spines
18"x24". Indigo paste, conte, Sharpie marker on soft paper. ~ 2011 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Okapi Pencil Sketch
7"x7", pencil on bristol paper. ~2018

First Verdun - Montreal Jazz Festival
10"x15" en plein air painting in watercolor, ink, and pastel created during the first Montreal Jazz Festival hosted in Verdun, 2019.

Cloud on the Mountain from Cafe Santropol
9"x12". Watercolor on 140lb watercolor rag paper. A memory of a cloud encircling Mont Royal on a rainy day near Cafe Santropol. Drawing based on Google Maps photo and memory, atmosphere based on memory. ~2017 | PRINTS

Justin's Valentine's Day Roses
12"x18". Watercolor and dry pastel on 140lbs Fabriano watercolor paper. A still life balancing focused detail with abstracted shapes, painting from live roses received on Valentine's Day. ~2018 | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Parc National des Grands-Jardins No 1
10"x10", oil painting on 1" thick wood canvas, ready to hand with a hanging wire and varnished for protection & shine. ~2018

024 2018 Wellington Street 9x12 sml
9"x12" watercolor on watercolor paper, en plein air painting of tabagie on Wellington Street in Verdun, Montreal, Quebec. ~2018

3Me
24"x18". Oil pastel, acrylic, yarn and string on manilla paper. Representing each of the 3 different people I am. ~ 2007 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Unconcious Desire
Oil/acrylic painting from 2007.

Inktober Pepper
9"x5.5". Ink on bristol paper. Suggestive cross-section of a yellow banana pepper drawn during Inktober.~2016

Hippoglossus Hippoglossus
7"x10" ink, watercolor on bristol paper. Comic about the confusing existence of a Halibut. Inktober 2017.

September Sunflowers #1
12"x18" watercolor on 140lb Fabriano paper. Sunflowers from a balcony garden, flowering late in September. ~2016 | PRINTS

Inktober Cyborgs No. 021 - Treasure
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. Robots will treasure designer boots.

Renaissance 4
9"x12". Conte on Fabriano paper. ~2014 | BUY THE ARTWORK

3Me
24"x18". Oil pastel, acrylic, yarn and string on manilla paper. Representing each of the 3 different people I am. ~ 2007

Inktober Cyborgs No. 028 - Motorcycle Ride
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. Motorcycle ride speeding downhill.

Murder of Crows with Lupins
15"x19.5" watercolor and ink on academia mixed media paper, 2020.

Crossing Downtown Toronto
9"x12" watercolor and ink drawing on watercolor paper, based on a photograph taken by Karolina. ~2020

Context Photo of Wool Self Portrait
24"x24". Coffee-dyed watercolour paper, ink, acrylic paint Fabriano paper, acrylic yarn. ~2008

September 22 32C Old Montreal
9"x12". Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. A building on an extremely hot dog day in September in Old Montreal, drawn on-location and painted from photo reference. ~2017 | PRINTS

Athos and Rafale
Commissioned pet portrait. Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. 9"x12". SOLD ~2015 | Get your own here!

Eska
Commissioned pet portrait. Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor paper. 9"x12". SOLD ~2015 | Get your own here!

Astronomy Walkers Prop - Baby Carriage
11"x14". Charcoal in sketchbook. Film prop - sketchpad with drawing for an indie film called Astronomy Walkers.~2014SOLD

Rice Cabbage Girl
17"x16.5". Toasted paper, vellum, oil pastel, onion skin, masking tape, Sharpie marker. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 6 - Figure drawing using objects to compose figure. Reaction to my allergy-influenced diet. ~ 2008SOLD

The Hopeful People and The Bridge to Nowhere
30"x22". Ink on Arches watercolour rag paper. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 4 - Perspective in a fantasy landscape. Modeled after the granary elevators by the ViaRail station in Halifax. ~ 2008

September Sunflowers #2
8"x8". Watercolour and ink pen on 140lbs watercolour rag paper. Sunflowers from the artist's balcony painted as a still life indoors after being damaged by squirrels. This was an experiment in using different colour ink for line work. ~2017

Atwater Market Flowers
8"x10", watercolor on birch board prepared with watercolor ground, painted en plein air on-location at the Atwater Market in Montreal and later finished in studio. ~2019

Fourth of July, Verdun
11"x11", watercolor painting created based on a photo of a beautiful sunset in Verdun, Quebec. ~2019

Snowy Stairway on Rue Galt
9"x12". Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. En plein air painting in Verdun, a townhouse lightly covered in fresh snow in February. ~2017 | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Veronica and Juan the Hobbits
16"x20". Watercolor on 140lbs Fabriano watercolor rag paper. Portrait of a couple, Veronica & Juan, who are Hobbit fans.

Wellington Street Balcony
5"x5". Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor rag. En plein air painting. ~2017

Friends on a Rainy Day at Santropol Cafe
9"x12" watercolor painting with ink drawing on watercolor paper. Sketch of people talking at the Santropol Cafe in Mont Royal / Plateau in Montreal, Quebec. Urban sketch created in the cafe. ~2018

Blue Dual Model 25min Life Drawing
Blue version. 9"x12". Watercolor, marker. ~2013 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Life Model 3 Hrs UQAM
9"x12", pencil & watercolor on watercolor paper. ~2014 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Inktober 2016 Outside Pomegranate
7"x7", ink, 2016. Drawing of pomegranate for Inktober 2016. | PRINTS

Metallic Taste - Episode 1, Page 1
11"x17". Ink, watercolor on watercolor paper & digital. Full page panel from personal comic book project, called: Metallic Taste. ~2012 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Inktober Cyborgs No. 003 - Bait
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. A robot fish.

Snowmen Filming Interview
6"x4". Watercolour comic panel, drawn for a postcard design. ~2014

Bruce and Izzi
SOLD. 16"x20" watercolor portrait of Bruce & Izzi, two dogs, on 140lbs Frabiano rag paper. ~2016

Swaying Trees on Verdun Waterfront
9"x12", watercolor on 140lbs watercolor paper, painted en plein air. ~2018

Incoming Rain, Peggy's Cove
6"x9", watercolor on watercolor paper painted en plein air at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia. The cloud looks exactly how the real cloud did! ~2019

Pax and Gatsby
Commissioned pet portrait. Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. 9"x12". SOLD ~2016 | Get your own here!

Video Game Logic - Gerald & Imlerith
Two page satire comic about the video game Witcher 3, which allows you to heal your player by letting you consume food in potentially unreasonably large amounts and at unreasonable times. Watercolour, ink on watercolour paper. Each original page: 15"x10", formatted for small scale. ~2015

Mottled Rose
5"x7", watercolor on Yupo paper. ~2019

Cafe Saint-Henri
8"x10", watercolor on wood, en plein air painting. ~2019

First Felting Project
8"x10", wool. Based on project in Moy Mackay's book. ~2019

Inktober Cyborgs No. 031 - Ripe
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. A robot hand handling ripe grapes.

Metallic Taste EP001 PG008 PN003
8"x10". Ink, watercolor on rag paper. Panel from personal comic book project, called: Metallic Taste. ~ 2013 | BUY THE ARTWORK

20min Matador Life Drawing
9"x12". 20 min life drawing. Watercolour & pencil. ~2013 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Ginko Cafe, Montreal Feb 2018
7"x10". Small urban sketch made at the Ginko Cafe in Montreal, interior of cafe. Painted on live stream with Pigma Micron pens and watercolor on paper. ~2018 | PRINTS

Repainted Ballerina in Spotlight
22"x28". Acrylic on stretched canvas, no frame, with mounting wire. Ballerina based on photo references and based an idea from my very first commissioned painting of a ballerina. Surface is speckled, copper paint is used for a shine at different angles. ~2014 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Day 3 - Figure Drawing 1 Hour Pose
Day 3 since it was raining. I kept getting sucked into each figure which tells me I really need to go to a life drawing session soon. The poses are from Croquis Café, which you all should check out if you're not familiar - great resource! All drawings are digital. I spent an hour making some custom brushes and colour palettes to play with. I'm at 49/100 so far I think.

Kami as Hindu God
9"x12", pencil on paper. Kami from Interface web series. ~2019

Inktober Cyborgs No. 30 - Catch
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. Robot hands handing a wasp hive with ease.

Protection
24"x15.5" Watercolor on watercolor paper. ~ 2007 | BUY THE ARTWORK

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Tree Changing Colour in Dorchester Park
9"x12". Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. A tree in mid-transition from green to yellow, painted on-location. ~2017 | PRINTS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Boulevard Lasalle on a Humid June Day
9"x12", watercolour and ink on 140lbs watercolour rag paper. Off the loud, beaten main roads and large institutional buildings, a quiet and quaint street hides with the beautiful, spiralling staircases and balconies typical to Montreal and Verdun. I painted this on location, sitting under a tree on a hill overlooking the corner. It was a humid June day, but the weather was perfect when settled into this spot. En plein air painting. ~2018

35000 Feet Above #1
Impressionistic landscape based on photos the artist took while on the plane of clouds, atmosphere, farm fields, and rivers and lakes. 18"x24" acrylic on birch board. ~2016 | PRINTS | GREETING CARDS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Self Portrait Pastel
Draw on Self Portrait Day. 9"x12". Pastel on Fabriano pastel paper. ~2015

Lamentation of Gaia
Oil on 1" canvas. 36"x24". Another painting part of the new cybernetic oil painting series. ~2018

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Hirtle's Beach
9"x12". Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. The ragged coastlines of Nova Scotia, featuring a prominent cliff painted entirely on-location. The painting uses loose, diagonal life to capture the texture of the cliff face. En plein air painting. ~2017 | PRINTS | BUY THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK

Pair of Pigeons
SOLD. 5"x5". Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. Drawn on-location, pigeons nesting in a nook on an anchor, on a boat, in the old port of Montreal. ~2017 | PRINTS | ORIGINAL IS SOLD.

Monarch
9"x12". Oil pastel on hand-made paper from New York. A butterfly found on the sidewalk; its crinkly, faded body is beautiful alongside the stillness. ~ 2007 | PRINTS | GREETING CARDS | BUY THE ARTWORK

Orange Dual Model 25min Life Drawing
Orange version. 9"x12". Watercolor, marker. ~2013 | BUY THE ARTWORK

The Devil - Kaltenburg Knight Festival

Valentine's Daisy
8"x10", acrylic on wood canvas, still life painting. ~2019

Guess at Saint Catherine Street
7.5"x9". SOLD. Watercolor and ink brush pen on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. En plein air painting in downtown Montreal. ~2016 | PRINTS | ORIGINAL SOLD.

Reclining Woman in Primary Colours
15 min pose. 9"x12". Watercolor, ink. ~2013 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Inktober Cyborgs No. 023 - Ancient (Robotic Arm)
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. One day, our current robotic arm technologies as seen in car factories will be ancient.

Inktober Cyborgs No. 026 - Dark
5"x5" ink drawing on hand-torn bristol paper, part of the Inktober Cyborgs book made for Inktober 2019. Using the darkness of ink to create an omnious dark feel.

Self Portrait on Red
18"x19.5". Charcoal and chalk on coloured paper. ~2008 | BUY THE ARTWORK

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Cheerio
Commissioned pet portrait. Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor paper. 9"x12". SOLD ~2015 | Get your own here!

Renaissance 1
9"x12". Watercolor on watercolor paper. ~2014 | BUY THE ARTWORK

Cast Iron Frying Pan Man Makes Breakfast
Watercolour and ink on 140lbs watercolour rag paper. Original comic illustrated by Karolina, and jointly written by her and Justin Tomchuk. Printed in Sass #1. ~2013 | PRINTED COMIC | DIGITAL COPY

Sunflower
8"x8". Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. Sunflower in vase, still life painting. ~2017

Building in Poznań Town Square
9"x12". Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor rag paper. A building in Poznań town center, en plein air painting finished from photo. reference. It was one of the lesser colourful buildings, but had an interest roof decoration and lighting. ~2017

Dairy Farms in Mabou, Nova Scotia
9"x12" en plein air watercolor painting of dairy farms in Mabou, Nova Scotia painted from the AirBNB Karolina stayed at. The sparkling sky is created by rain drops. ~2019 PRINTS

Heavy Shoulders in Sunset
30"x40", oil on 1" canvas, 2017. First painting from a oil series exploring the use of bionic technology and disability, and how it relates to the human experience. | PRINTS

Ross Memorial Hospital Mural in Rehabilitation Room
36 feet x 4 feet. Acrylic on masonite hard board, mounted on drywall on 3 of 4 walls in the exercise room at the rehabilitation centre in Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. The scene is fictional. Mural commissioned in 2006.

Okapi Embroidered
11"x15". Mixed medium: watercolor, dry pastel, embroidery. Okapi, a type of giraffe. ~2018

Leaning Tree, Nova Scotia
6"x9" en plein air watercolor painting of a leaning tree in the Hubley, Nova Scotia area. ~2019

One Week 100 People Day 2: Barb & Rick Anderson
A 5"x5" watercolour and ink portrait on Fabriano paper done based on a photograph for One Week 100 People Drawing Challenge.~2017