Art Rays

"Portals"-Painting as Meditation

Painting as a Path to Higher Consciousness    I'd like to describe how painting serves as a living, breathing meditation for me.  Painting allows one to access truth through slowing the mind down and enabling one to perceive reality through the immediacy of the materials and tools one…(continue reading)

Kara Snyder ExhibitsTwo Abstract Paintings in "Halo" at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

 Halo: An Exhibit of Things Solar and Sacred, a show at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, opens on Friday, April 8.  I will have two abstract paintings in the juried show sponsored by the Pittsburgh Society of Artists. The two paintings are pictured below:       "Chicken" acrylic...(continue reading)

Kara Ruth Snyder Talks about Two New Abstract Paintings

"Chicken" - A New Abstract Painting I had so much fun creating this painting!  First of all, I love working with this larger size (this one is 40 x 40").  Because of my vision impairment I have absolutely no peripheral vision, thus when faced with a canvas of that size I literally see only...(continue reading)