Karen Raukko Ruberry

This watercolor and ink painting is done on Masa paper. It involves many steps: wetting and crinkling the paper, layering a glaze on the stretched out damp paper, and letting it dry. Then gluing the masa to a heavier watercolor paper or board then adding subsequent glazes and details. This is the valley and church in Emmittsburg, MD USA where…[Read more]

“Kudzu Triptych” is a group of three watercolor and watercolor pencil paintings in different color temperatures. Kudzu is a vine that had been growing wild in forests of the U.S. since Catching a ride on cargo from Japan. Although the berries are beautiful, the vine climbs trees and bushes in forests and chokes them out. The middle painting is wat…[Read more]

Watercolor of our cat, Fatsy. F4B29F56-5049-4692-89A8-DCAE2C573EDB