The Art of Elena Karavodin

I love playing around with movement and depth in my paintings.  My intention in this painting is to make the viewer feel dizzy and drunk, in the best sort of way.  There is a lot going on in this piece, and for me, well, I just want to dive right in! “Strange Brew” by Elena [...]

Here is another piece from my orchid series.  For each of my flower paintings I usually go the local farmer market and grab the most interesting flowers I can find.  I was drawn to the contrast in color with these orchids.  This was a fun piece to create and I always smile when I see [...]

With the amount of bright and brilliant paintings that I have created of flowers, I wanted to experiment in another direction.  After using some beautiful roses as a reference for another painting, I let them sit around my house for a very long time.  Inevitably, they started to wilt and die.  I wanted to try [...]

Back in 2011, I was part of a 24 hour Art-A-Thon.  I stayed awake for 24 hours to paint.  I focused on a series of cabbages.  I was able to finish two paintings, but I never got around to finishing this last piece.  Recently, I decided to do some Spring Cleaning and finish any partially [...]

Living on the coast, means that I get to see some amazing sunsets once in a while.  I happen to be driving down the coast one evening after a big storm.  I looked up in the sky and saw the most amazing jewel colors shining right at me.  I quickly pulled over and grabbed several [...]

Sometimes the most beautiful things are the smallest.  Every time I open my jewelry box I see a dazzling display of colors and sparkles.  This is just a little vignette of the colors I see. Above, are a string of blue pearls and below are pieces of a shell necklace. Jewel Box by Elena Karavodin [...]

As you may know I already own an original painting by N.C. Winters, but when we had a group exhibition roll through Distinction Gallery, which featured a few of N.C. Winters’ work, I knew I could not pass up this opportunity.  N.C. Winters made available these limited edition prints for the show.  This piece really [...]

I love collecting art by other artists, and I’ve been meaning to update my blog about all the pieces that I have been collecting.  Well, I have finally carved out sometime to show you all what I’ve got!  This is a print by Kelly Vivanco that I actually picked up several years ago.  I love [...]

Since joining the Distinction Studio Artists collective several years ago, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting many artists.  I have been incredibly impressed with one of our artists, Victor Roman.  Being such a young artist, he has already proved that he can hold his own with the best of him.  I like to say that [...]

Starting in December 2012, I have been taking part of a newly formed Painters Critique Group.  This group was started by my fellow artist and friend Cedar Lee.  The objective of this group was to bring together other professional and local artists to receive and provide feedback on their current art projects.  This group has [...]