About Commissions
Collections where my oil paintings reside are healthcare settings, hospitals, offices, boardrooms, colleges, and residential settings across the country. All pieces including the sold work below, can be commissioned in customized sizes that fit your environment, each possessing unique qualities tailored to individual collectors.  They are elegant alone or flow beautifully in groupings to develop a unique design that is just right for your space.​

PONDERING SERIES​
​Sold Paintings Available for Commission

​"My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of  nature."   Claude Monet

Enchanted pondering painting,, SOLD, $5000, 36", Oil on round panel, Three Rivers Community College Collection, "Pondering Series", "The Magic Hour", oil on 36" round birch panel

DETAIL of Pondering Series, "The Magic Hour" and many marks, small brush on 36" round birch panel, oil paint.

Honored my work is in the Art Collection of Three Rivers Community College office of the president of TRCC

Pondering lotus flowers and lilly pads on the waterside in the sacred woods, SOLD, private collection, $5000.00, oil on panel, 36", Karen Bartone

Me painting on the edge of the waterside, SOLD, $3000.00, 31", Painting and Pondering at the pond, where I live.

Installed looking perfect in it's new home, so pretty over the round table. Happy owners of this 36" round oil painting..

Abstract Expressionist Pondering Reflections , SOLD, $5000.00, 48" round panel, Eastern Connecticut State University Art Collection

Oil and 24 k Gold gilding detail of the layered makes reminds me a little of Jackson Pollack but I use a brush..

Installation view at Stillman Gallery, Old Lyme, CT

A little detail of the homage to Jackson Pollock here, although, he would never use a tiny brush like me.

Installation view at AKUS Gallery, Willimantic, CT, featured with Robert Greene's Sculpture on Frenetic Energy, 2014

Pondering Monet today and gold leaf gilding while painting on the edge of paradise, 31" SOLD, Prvate Collection, $5000.00, Available for commision. Karen Bartone

IT'S ABOUT TIME FROM MY KITCHEN WINDOW SERIES
​Sold Paintings Available for Commission

"Like people, trees are individuals."   David Hockney

SOLD, $500, available for commission, Oil on panel, 8" x 10", private collection

SOLD, $500, available for commission, Oil on panel, 10" x 12", Sold, private collection

SOLD, $500, available for commission, Oil on panel, 10" x 12", private collection

SOLD, $500, available for commission, Oil on panel, 8" x 10", private collection

SOLD, $400, available for commission, Cooly Gallery, Old Lyme Connecticut, Oil on panel, 6" x 8", private collection

TWILIGHT SERIES
​​Sold Paintings Available for Commission

"There are no rules, let the picture lead you were it must go."   Helen Frankenthaler

SOLD, $1200.00, Oil on panel, 24" x 30", private collection

SOLD, $500.00, 8" x 10", oil on panel

SOLD, $500.00, 8" x 10", oil on panel

SOLD, $500.00, 8" x 10", oil on panel

SOLD, $500, Oil on panel, 10" x 12", private collection

SOLD, $500, Oil on panel, 10" x 12" private collection

THE LITTLE SERIES
​Sold Paintings Available for Commission

"The Little Series", is under 12 inches. 

"Big things come in small packages." Proverbs 

Installation view, Three Rivers Community College Gallery

Sold, $300.00, Private Collection

Sold, $300.00, Private Collection

Sold, $300.00, Private Collection

Summer studio at the pond, where I live.

Sold, $300.00, Private Collection

Sold $300.00, 9" oil on panel

Sold, $300.00, Private Collection

Installation view, Three Rivers Community College Gallery

Karen Bartone
Art Studio: 54 Brickyard Road, Clinton, CT 06413
Cell: 860-575-4380, Email: [email protected]

Experience the splendor of nature with my enchanting landscape oil paintings. Each piece is unique, offering a glimpse into awe-inspiring scenes. Should you discover a painting that resonates with you, it can be customized to fit seamlessly into your space. Let my art elevate your surroundings to a personalized haven of tranquility.

The natural surroundings of where I live inspire me to create contemporary paintings.  I can customizes your natural surrounds if you desire a commission of where you live.

I am a professional artist. In addition to selling my work, I also teach classes in painting and drawing. My studio is located in Southern New England on the Connecticut shoreline. I am situated less than two hours from New York City and Boston near U.S. Route 1 and I-95.