Hello,
My name is Karen Dawson (doing business as KT Merriman) and I have spent my
adult years raising 5 children and working as a nurse and special
educator. I recently retired after a full career, and have started
painting in acrylics at 69 years of age. I had wanted to paint pictures
for many years but never had the opportunity. I am a self-taught painter,
never having had any formal or informal art training. I don't consider
myself artistic at all, but I'm enjoying the process of learning,
exploring, and creating artwork "outside my box". The field o...

Hello,
My name is Karen Dawson (doing business as KT Merriman) and I have spent my
adult years raising 5 children and working as a nurse and special
educator. I recently retired after a full career, and have started
painting in acrylics at 69 years of age. I had wanted to paint pictures
for many years but never had the opportunity. I am a self-taught painter,
never having had any formal or informal art training. I don't consider
myself artistic at all, but I'm enjoying the process of learning,
exploring, and creating artwork "outside my box". The field of medicine is
very prescribed and this is my first opportunity to get a little
innovative. Since I consider myself a life-long learner, I may take formal
are lessons in the future. I also decided to branch out to photography
since that was a previous interest of mine as well. I recently discovered
apps that I can use to digitally enhance my paintings and photographs, so
you may find multiple selections of a painting or photo that has been
enhanced and thus altered to create a variety of presentations.
I hope you find something that excites you or delights you, that reminds
you or defines you!! Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be adding
more work from time to time so please stop in again soon.
Thank you, Karen