Maria Karla Watson

Eternal Branches, Original Painting

2025

Artist Comments
Sunrise cast diagonal rays on the sunflower field, offering a taste of a bright summer. The rich yellow light and flowers against the purple mountain range crea...

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Exotic foliage frames a serene waterscape. The sky casts a soft glow on the water embedded with ephemera. Subtle hues of blue and green evoke serenity, encourag...

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Prismatic light glows, casting sun rays over a peaceful path. Trees arch overhead, forming a cathedral-like portal to another realm. Mosaic striations offer a s...

Artist Comments
This painting is a contemporary interpretation of a rural country farmhouse. The surface is heavily textured with acrylic paints and texture mediums. Orange and gold dominate the scene with touches of aqua peaking through. The edges of the painting are black.

About the Artist
Nancy Merkle;s process begins with a glimpse of color, a flicker of light, a pattern, or a texture. Elements swirl in her mind for hours, sometimes days, sometimes weeks before a design clicks and is transferred to canvas. With the canvas in front of her, she works intuitively -- a mark here, a mark there, a little touch of color, a bit of texture -- until she is satisfied and declares the work finished. Currently Nancy;s work leans toward abstraction; she doesn't paint the world as it is, but as she wishes it were. Bold colors and loose brush strokes are her goal. When she;s not making art, Nancy travels the Pacific Coast with a bicycle strapped to the car and curiosity in my back pocket. Fun Fact: Nancy lived in Alaska until she was five. She had bison in the backyard, bears at the landfill, and a moose who stopped by once in a while to look for sweet grass...