Karen Sperling’s Art, Photography and Prose
Testimonials: Commissioned Paintings
Paintings by Karen Sperling based on photos by Raymond Moy, M.D.
Karen Sperling Is a Skilled Portrait Artist
I fear that my words will not do justice to Karen Sperling’s artistic talents.
I have taken thousands of pictures of my children as they were growing up. Most of them were terrible. A few were good enough to keep. Almost none of them were good enough to spend extra money on to enlarge.
When I learned about Karen’s portrait painting, I chose two photos I liked. However, each picture had technical faults. One was poorly cropped. The other was slightly out of focus. And let us not forget the plastic cups each child had in their hands and the fluorescent wrist bands. These extra “props” further distracted from the important subject of the picture, the children.
Karen Sperling’s skillful portrait artistry was able to better reveal my son’s boyish impishness and my daughter’s youthful elegance. Karen was able to eliminate or replace the unneeded props. She was able to create a magical background showpiece for my children. Everyone who sees the painted portraits loves them.
Raymond Moy, M.D.
Painting by Karen Sperling based on a photo by Scott Stulberg
Karen Sperling Has Amazing Talents
I’ve known Karen Sperling for a very long time and I have always been in awe of her amazing talents. She can take any kind of photograph and turn it magically into an unbelievable work of art.
I love seeing what she does to portrait photos that I have taken. They are often so breathtaking that I can’t believe she is capable of making such one-of-a-kind pieces of art.
Karen is definitely one of a kind.
Scott Stulberg
Painting by Karen Sperling based on her photo
Client is Ecstatic
As the benefactor of this, I'm ecstatic about it. You’re very talented, Karen, and I truly appreciate it.
Thank you for sharing your talent with me for what's going to be a lifetime.
Kenny Lombino
Karen Sperling is Talented and Nice
I attended an Artistry Retreat taught by Karen Sperling and she is an amazing teacher. Her class was organized, relaxed and thorough. I went from a total novice to being able to create wonderful paintings from my photographs.
However, when my granddaughters were to be flower girls at my son’s wedding, I knew I had to go to the Master to get stunning results.
Karen Sperling has surpassed all expectations!
She sorted through all of the wedding photos and chose two. We discussed (via email) which to use and the basic look I was hoping for.
The result is a treasured portrait that will make me smile for the rest of my life.
I have a picture of the portrait on my cell phone and share it with everybody I see!
I highly recommend Karen’s work—you will not be disappointed.
In addition to being a very talented painter, she is also a very nice lady.
Carolyn Johnson
Painting by Karen Sperling based on a client-submitted photo
Karen Sperling's Artistic Style, Detail and Color Selections Are Amazing
“Lilacs, Karen, I need lilacs!”
That’s what I told you several weeks ago, when I called to ask you to create a very special birthday present for my girlfriend.
She loves lilacs!
I didn’t have a picture for you to transfer to canvas. I commissioned you to paint an original creation.
We talked about the project at length. You asked many, many questions about her tastes, color and art style preferences…even questions about the décor in her home. We settled on a direction, and you went to work.
The result was fantastic!
Your artistic style, detail and color selections were amazing. I loved it. More importantly, she has an original Karen Sperling…and she loves it!
Thank you!
Joseph Edward
Painting by Karen Sperling from imagination
About this painting
I enjoyed painting this oil painting for this client's girlfriend's birthday and loved the romantic gesture. It was 20" x 24" on stretched canvas and I painted it from scratch without a reference photo. I had painted flowers in vases from photos before, so I just kind of applied what I knew from experience. I also looked at traditional art with flowers and vases and also photos of lilacs to get an idea of highlights and shadows. I'd love to do more like this.
Karen Sperling Is an Incredible Painter
Karen, you did such a phenomenal job capturing the image and the day in exactly the way we imagined and we can't thank you enough.
Thanks so much! We couldn't be happier with how amazing this looks and functions.
The art is up on the wall and it looks BEAUTIFUL!!! The painting looks even better in the large size. Really, it's stunning.
Thank you so much for making such an awesome product and for being such an incredible painter!
Tim Poore
About this painting
Behind this painting was a beautiful story that I enjoyed being able to capture for this couple. The now husband and wife were out on a hike as just friends. They came to this clearing and ultimately wound up deciding overlooking this vista that they were more than just friends. It was my pleasure to help them to capture this memory as a painting.
Karen Sperling's Work Is Amazing
Hello Karen:
Wow, this is the most amazing thing ever. Thank you!
I shared it with my contractor and designer and all agreed it is really amazing and will be such a show piece in our new home.
My deepest thank you. You memorialized such a memory for my family and for me with my boys!
Jennifer Sadr
About this painting
I loved the thought behind this painting that I painted for this client. On the one hand, I imagined that this was a beautiful day the family spent out in the great outdoors. But it also occurred to me that the family would have this moment in time captured in this painting forever, long after the boys were grown and out of the house.