Hooked on a Feeling, 40" x 30"

Mixed media on Canvas.

"This lake scene was inspired by an early spring boat ride on Kawagama Lake near Dorset, Ontario. I know the lake is always there and Waiting for Me! When I sit by the water, I see the sparkle and feel the clam. Using my process of layering colour and texture I have created the subtle colourful sparkle from the sun and layered with blues from the sky. I hope this gives you the calm I feel when by the water.

I work with acrylics and my love of abstract has evolved into creating and combining abstract and realism. I really love distressed textures, colour and working big! I use a unique method of texturizing my canvas before I start applying the layers of colour which gives an added dimension to the finished piece."

Canadian artist Kareen Hague has painted her entire life and has been exposed to the creative arts as long as she can remember. 

Her initial love of abstracts evolved into combining abstract with realism. These days, she has a hard time leaving an abstract as it is. The flowers or landscape shout and pull to emerge. Years of family time in cottage country inspires many of Hague's works. A love of the water and sitting by the glistening lake. Birch trees that I see in the forest and by the roadside.