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Makenna Karp

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illustrator + plein air artist
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We are thrilled to welcome a new cohort of local artists to Frankie's gallery cafe! Here's a sneak peek at their new displays.

Stop in during our regular business hours, Tuesday through Sunday 730am-2pm, to take a closer look at these stunning works of art. Every art purchase directly supports a local #humboldtcounty creator!

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Steve Buccellato has chosen the winners of this year's art prize, and we'd like to start the announcements with the artists who didn't make the top prizes, but Steve felt deserved an acknowledgement.

Our next shout out goes to Makenna Karp @makennu, congrats Makenna! Steve picked out your piece "The Blacksmith's Daughter" as one that made him wonder what was going to happen next.

From Steve:

"Wow, this was a tough assignment! The volume of entries was intimidating enough, but comparing works from such varied genres, styles and mediums was quite a challenge. It almost doesn’t seem fair to compare some of the more divergent works with one another!

That being said, I approached the task by deciding on some universal criteria that could apply to all styles and genres, so I could judge each on their own merits. Those criteria included elements of craft, such as composition, anatomy, color theory, but also more intangible or subjective criteria like “overall feels,” individuality, and storytelling– which, to me, is one of the most important elements of a successful illustration."

#artprize #illustration #narrativeart #figurativeart #fantasyart #bookillustration

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*Insta flagged this as AI content but I promise that NO AI WAS USED. This is all art done by real artists and I do not use any of Canva’s AI tools. I HATE AI, I’m very vocal about how much I hate it, and I will never use it!*

I decided to turn my favorite books into classic covers that look like @penguinclassics books. I LOOOVE the Penguin classic book covers 😂 I wish I knew how to book bind/had the tools to do paperback rebinds so I could make some of these but for now I’ll just continue having fun designing them in Canva!😂

Some of the art is classic art from hundreds of years ago, but for the modern art I’ve watermarked and tagged the artists if their settings allow them to be tagged! (And if you don’t want your art included please let me know and I will delete that slide!🫶🏼)

This post was Inspired by not only Penguin Classics, but also Nina (@fireboundbooks) who makes the most stunning “Firebound Classics” rebinds of the ACOTAR series, and she also made me a Firebound Classics bind of The Assassin’s Blade which is one of my most treasured books🥹🫶🏼

#acotarseries #throneofglass #acomaf #fourthwing #thehungergames
Key words: ACOTAR, ACOMAF, ACOWAR, ACOFAS, ACOSF, throne of glass, crown of midnight, the assassins blade, heir of fire, queen of shadows, empire of storms, tower of dawn, kingdom of ash, the hunger games, catching fire, mockingjay, the maze runner, the scorch trials, the death cure, fourth wing, iron flame, onyx Storm, dystopian, dystopian books, fantasy books, romantasy books, classic books,

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My friends from the Representational Art League and I are having a show at the Redwood Art Association through October, come check it out! Our show is in the upstairs personal galleries. I love being a part of such a fun and talented group of artists! #oilpainting #pleinairpainting

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This is your sign to join the Crowns of Nyaxia Fandom with us!

#crownsofnyaxia #carissabroadbent #theserpentandthewingsofnight #litjoycrate

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Thanks to @mapbrewing for hosting our first paint out event for Plein Air MT! 🖼️🖌️🎨

Keep an eye out for the artists around town this week and catch our next Paint out event on Wednesday July 22nd from 7:30-9:30 to catch the sunset from the top of Peet’s Hill! BAM will be set up near the Knolls at Hillcrest park entrance to the trail (top of Peet’s hill and down the trail a bit). All work will be for sale at the opening this Saturday from 6-8pm!

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Three more entries for our annual art prize! Submissions are open until the end of July, so keep 'em coming, submission guidelines can be found on our website.

In this post:
Makenna Karp @makennu
Lyss Menold @lyssmenold
Eren Angiolini @erenangiolini

#narrativeart #illustration #figurativeart #smarterartschool #artprize #fantasyart #SciFiArt #gamingart #ImaginativeRealism

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This is a Sun Ra appreciation post 📯💖✨🪽

Have u seen ur Spirit Team before?

If ur curious to connect and meet ur team, hmu! As a medium, I'm able to channel all different types of beings and entities and it's honestly one of the most fun parts of my job. Every being is so magical and unique, and indicates something about ur soul too!

Credit to some amazing creators for channeling accurate depictions of the other realms:
@billsafi @evatydoll @makennu @juliancallos

#spiritguides #spiritguides101 #channeledmessage #spiritualtok #mediumship

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Woohoo! I got an award for my painting, “Campfire for Two,” at the Humboldt Open Paint Out!! I’m so stoked! The day that I painted this piece, I had been running around all day working, doing errands, and meeting a group for dinner so I didn’t have time to paint all day! I had a goal to do at least one painting a day, though, so when I got home from dinner I wheelbarrowed a bunch of rocks and wood from my parents house (two doors down) to make the fire pit, found some camp chairs, and set this sweet little scene up! During the whole painting I kept stoking the fire to try to keep the lighting consistent, but every once and a while would be so focused on putting paint on the canvas that my fire almost went out a couple times, so I had to jump up and rush to save it 😂. I ended up staying up until 1:30 that night to finish painting! This week has been a ton of fun, and a ton of hard work! There were so many incredible pieces of art created over the last week in Humboldt, it’s just amazing! If you’re a painter, definitely come join us next year! It’s an incredible event!! #pleinairpainting #oilpainting #camping

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part two🩷 some more of my favourite female characters for international womens day!

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#barbie #throneofglass #littlewomen #shallandavar #zoyanazyalensky #yrenetowers #aelingalathynius #prioryoftheorangetree #hermionegranger #brycequinlan #crescentcity #evangelinefox #onceuponabrokenheart #assistanttothevillain #rapunzel #sorceryofthorns #thelunarchronicles

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So I’ve been back from IX con for a few days now… and holy moly 🤯 I dont think any other event has been as impactful as this one was for me in terms of how I think about art.

I’ve been doing art for a while, since before I can remember and I always thought I knew what I wanted to do in the art world. But after these past few months of experiencing burnout and, sad to say, falling out of love with art for a while, my flame for art has been reignited. New goals and inspiration to study 😤

Wanted to say a big thank you to everyone I met and talked to, such a friendly vibe the whole week and some invaluable advice 👏

Gotta take some time to study up now 😤
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#illuxcon

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Vibrant visions galore at the annual Imaginative Realism Convention at GoggleWorks in Reading, PA! Hundreds of amazing paintings, prints, sculptures and MTG cards to be autographed by artists from around the US. .
. #illuxcon #imaginativerealism #ix_imagine_this
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