Karen Noles Karen Noles Karen Noles Noted for her pastel and oil paintings of Indian children, Karen Noles first studied commercial art and began a career in illustration with Hallmark Cards. Her work has been published by Leanin' Tree and the Bradford Exchange and has been featured in the Art of the West magazine and the Appaloosa Journal. Noles earned the 1998 Viewers Favorite Award at the Spirit of the Great Plains show at the Museum of Nebraska Art and the 1999 Peoples Choice Award at the C.M. Russell Show in Great Falls, Montana, as well as honors from the Pastel Society of the West Coast and the New York Society of Illustrators. She has shown with the May Galleries in Scottsdale, Arizona and the Pastel Society of America in New York City.

Karen Noles

NEW ! This Giclee canvas transfer won the Peoples Choice Award for 2003 at the CM Russel Museum. Limited edition of 250. The exquisite and intricate blue beadwork and colorful red blanket make this piece look like an original. Giclee Canvas Transfer: Size 30" high x 20" wide Limited Edition Print: 250 Price: $625.00

Karen Noles Giclee on Canvas 20x20 "War and Peace" Available in our gallery now! $710.00 Framed 395.00 Unframed Canvas Reproduction 250 Signed and numbered H 20 x W 20 inches Depicts a Sioux girl. The dress is authentic from a private collection. The background is a Sioux painted hide depicting a war scene.

"Pompey's Feather" Karen Noles

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Quiet Reflection's Paper or Canvas Painting out of her home studio located on the edge of the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, overlooking the southern end of the Flathead Lake, Noles has access to more than 30,000 acres of land both for recreation and artistic backdrop. Noles 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 accuracy’s sake and in order to convey realism, Noles spends hours researching each painting, collecting reference and museum books on early Native American life and visiting museums to photograph their exhibits. She 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 which 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 I’m working with now I’ve been working with for a few years; the parents know and trust me. Children have such a wonderful imagination and do such spontaneous things - some great paintings come out of it all.” She 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. “Tepee Tender” is a warm-hearted example.

TeePee Tender Paper or Canvas by Karen Noles

Wind Whispers 18x23 Giclee by Karen Noles 400.00 unframed $700.00 framed

Little Wildflower 18x23 Giclee by Karen Noles 400.00 unframed $700.00 framed

Autum Reflections 18x24 Image Size 125.00 by Karen Noles Contact "Inspirations Gallery 165 N. Main Street, Lakeport Ca 95453 707-263-4366 OR Email us at salituri@inreach.com