Karen Jo Whittlesey

Jennifer Arnouville   October 31, 2011
You are so very talented!! I especially liked "Odd Bird #4, Odd Birds (the pair), Runway Zinnias and Rock Path to Gate. VERY impressed!

Jeannie   April 28, 2011
Havent known Karen long, but it feels like I have. Her art is so delightful and refreshing !!! Love this woman !!!

Kwanita Varra   March 08, 2011
Nice word!!! Really Beautiful!!

Dee   January 11, 2011
Havent been on here in awhile, thought I'd stop by to see if you added anything new :)
Love the new paintings! Keep up the fabulous job KarenJo

Paula Holder   July 13, 2010
Just a little note, to tell you how much I love you, you have been a true friend of mine for a very long time now, and a very valued friend as well.

Your talent in your art, your personality,your love for all of God's creations showes that you are a very special person. Till I see you again, I love you, friend.

Maria M. - Georgia   June 28, 2010
You're super talented. My favorite is "If Lilies Could Laugh."

Linda   August 31, 2009
I have saw your work many times and now I would like to compliment you. I can relate to you with your being a pet owner and also how great it feels and to sell some of your work. I have had some bad days where I can't do anything but on good days I go into another world designing and creating things. GOD BLESS YOU! Your paintings are so cute and a joy to view. Linda

philip micheal miles - 2010 village oaks, waco   December 04, 2008
this is your nephew and i adore your paintings. they give me piece of mind. i have been maditating through the art of Tie chi and putting the images in my mind as i meditate give me great satisfaction and it has a good effect. i know we dont talk or get to see each other so i want to say i love you and think you for your art.

Dee Robertson - Irving, TX   February 05, 2008
Karen Jo,

I love the new paintings they go along well with your wonderful sense of humor.

subhi - fort worth   October 18, 2007
hi karen..thanks for the painting pictures...very beautiful..it's a great work..will be looking to see soon you at the pharmacy. your friend, subhi

Janie/possomcat - Roswell, Ga   September 22, 2007
Arrrrrrrrrrr.....those birdies look like a pirates friend. I adore your art, it's so full of imagination. Keep it coming, Janie

Sean - SoCal   September 16, 2007
Guess who's back... back again... The Flolan Addict is back... tell a friend!

Awesome paintings, and as for what you said in your email of course I will. I may have to give you a different addy though lol, I check my work one more than my yaho0 one :-)

Jeannine - Indiana   September 04, 2007
How can anybody so crazy have so much talent? It's a c-r-azy talent, kid! I love your work, and although your birds make me sneeze and my eyes water just thinking about them, I do enjoy the stories. Amazing stuff, girlfriend. The only thing I can draw is flies, and then only if I haven't bathed for a couple of days. Keep it up. I want to see the next installment.

Elizabeth B. - Irvinton, AL. 36544   March 02, 2007
What beautiful paintings. You are a wonderful artist. Liz

Babysflock - Suburban Chicagoland   January 15, 2007
Mattie and Peco's Momma...you sure are talented! WE of course like the birdie paintings, and Mommy loves your flowers. And we'll be able to say "we knew her when..."!!!

Jill du Plessis - Ft. Worth, Tx.   December 26, 2006
Hi Karen Jo!!!
Just got a chance to look at the Creative Corner for the first time ever and saw your name. You do beautiful work! My neice and I made Christmas trees this year for presents out of upside down tomato cages and now I wish I had taken a picture of them to post. I am still making ornaments using sequins and beads (they are kits) and plan to start more of my arts and crafts this next year. Anyways...just wanted to let you know how beautiful your artwork is.

June - Massachusetts   October 04, 2006
Karen, your watercolors are so beautiful. I love the softness of watercolors and I'm envious of your talent! Mattie is such a cutie and I'm sure - very adored!

Rick Perry - New Port Richey Florida   September 25, 2006
A wonderful natural talent! I am very jealous Karen Jo. I love art and can't draw a straight line with a ruler. Anyway, keep it up!

jim gossage - augusta, GA   September 25, 2006
wonderful paintings. i enjoy the sailboat picture you gave me everyday, and occasionally i do "call in sick"!

Gail Howard - Ft. Worth, Texas   September 20, 2006
Karen Jo
I really enjoyed your artwork, especially since I've had the opportunity to see more of it. Thank you again for all of your help! Let's get together soon so I can meet the "kids"
love,
-gail-

Dee - Dallas   September 20, 2006
Karen Jo,

Your paintings are beautiful, thank you so much for sharing them with us.

Isn't it amazing how our animal family takes care of us? Hope to meet your parrots one day : )

Dee

Sheila Williams - Ft Worth, TX   September 19, 2006
KJ,
You are just MARVELOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the paintings.....they are wonderful.
I did not know how great your art work was.
We must get together so I can see the rest.....and of course the pets.....lol

Lynn Bradley - Stephenville Texas   September 14, 2006
Karen, loved seeing your paintings. This is such a neat page--Love you Aunt Lynn

Cindy Costantinou - Omaha, Nebraska   September 11, 2006
Hi Karen Jo, Just wanted to say "Hi" to your 2 African Greys from MY 2 African Greys, Jake & Casey! Ain't they fun??

Michelle Smith - USA   September 02, 2006
Karen,
Birds make such great pets, don't they? I didn't ever have a parot but I've had several Parakeets over the years. My first one had a vocabulary of over 10 words and some phrases. The last Parakeet I had played fetch with a tiny little ball. They really do have a lot of personality. Your Rainbow Lorikeet painting is very nice and colorful.

Patti Marzano - Colorado   September 02, 2006
Hello Karen, I lived with an African Gray for 2 years. Buddy was his name, and when I moved in he spoke with a mans voice. When I moved out, he spoke with a womans voice. I got to see him a year ago and now he speaks with the man's voice again, but I swear he remembered me!
I love your art. I come to Fort Worth every November and would love to meet you. We can exchange bird tales and appreciate each others art.

Cindy - Arizona   September 01, 2006
KJ! What a great talent you have, I am very impressed!

Helen Forrest - Colorado Springs, Colorado   August 29, 2006
I am just amazed at your talent.(with painting I mean. You already know I think you are talented in so many other ways) I was truly enchanted with your work. The only thing I ever drew, that reasonably resembled what I was supposed to be painting was a grasshopper for my 6th grade science class. Other than that, stick figures are pretty much my forte.

I love your birds! Pecos is such a sweetheart and Mattie is beautiful....
I totally agree with your portrayal of laughing lilies....they get such a bum rap normally but, I think they are one of the prettiest varietys of flowers.
You keep painting girlfriend..you have a lot to say with your talent....

Jeannie DiMauro - Texas   August 27, 2006
Karen, I love your work... and was doubly impressed when I read you use watercolors... they're not an easy medium to master.

Also love your subject matter! A friend of mine has a yellow crest cockatoo and a red lorikeet (can't remember if I spelled that correctly). Anyhow, both have large vocabularies and are they ever a pair. It is like watching a circus when they're both on a roll! The lori was purchased from a Spanish household where there was apparently a lot of swearing and domestic abuse. He cusses like a sailor... in English AND Spanish! The first time I "met" him the owner gave me a piece of peach to offer him. As I held it out for him he said, "BITCH" ...really loud! I thought... 'hey, guy, gimme a chance'... turns out that was, at the time, his standard greeting. Bird trainers told her the best way to get rid of the bad language was to ignore it, replace it with lots of "good" words, and to follow every "good" phrase with lots of praise. I dunno... seems like he was still cussing a blue streak several years later. But... he was still funny as heck. (specially when he sat on his litle perch and did his version of 'projectile pooping' as only a lori can do... yuck! He fell in "love" with a small can of varnish left on top of his play cage. It was hilarious to watch him flirt with the varnish can... he would spend absolutely hours pushing that can around.... this went on for years and years... persistent little fellow. (as far as I know he & his paint can never managed to reproduce... the can's virginity was intact as it had never been opened). The cockatoo was another clown... and so pretty... and kinda affectionate... and very active. She had a great vocabulary and was amazingly easy to teach new words/phrases, but nothing like the African Grey can learn. Given a choice I would have an African Grey.

But... I digress (however... I know it is okay with you because you just LOVE birdies!). Again... your paintings are fabulous... I don't know which I like best... the loris are beautiful, but the calla lily painting is enchanting... I've collected calla lily items for a while. (Wanna sell the painting???) I love your reference to flowers laughing... it is true, isn't it? But one tends to think of the calla with sadness and sympathy... wonder why when it is obvious (now that you've pointed it out) they are laughing their little heads off?

Thanks for sharing your work. JeannieTX

Cheryl Switzer - San Francisco   August 27, 2006
One of my hair cutters along the way had a gray parrot and I swear I liked her bird tales more than I liked her cuts. I thought long and hard about taking on a bird over the years, but decided it was not for me.

That is not to say I am not a fan. I met a cockatoo when we visited a friend in Melbourne Australia in 1994 that I wished I could have taken home. Mas had the most intelligent eyes. I could tell he knew everything I did about living and probably more.

I think you have a talent. Your artwork is wonderful. And I do envy your kinship with not one but two African grays. Please send me an email now and then telling me a parrot story. I don't see that hair cutter anymore!!!