Paintings With Soul

check her out, she can be all yours 18”x24”, acrylic on a cradled wood panel, $1900 to the first asking nicely, includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Hellebore can ship at the end of May 2026. This little fox started over a month ago with   a very simple drawing   derived from two other paintings of mine. I had no idea where she was going, just that I wanted a focus on basic value shapes and a young silhouette. Finished yesterday, she was inspired by violets and her namesake, both growing voraciously in my garden despite the mixed weather here in the midwest. I looked it up after signing her - I did not know that hellebore is in the buttercup family and highly toxic (don’t worry - it’s planted in a section of the yard our dogs have no access to). I had no idea it represented calamity - but also, because it blooms in snow, it also represents hope. Here I was thinking I wanted to fill Fox with hellebore b...

check him out, he can be all yours 12”x12”, acrylic on a flat panel. $725 to the first asking nicely, includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Charming can ship at the end of May 2026. I am continuing to push paint every day, working small, keeping things light hearted. There’s enough serious stuff going on elsewhere. While with my students the other day, we talked about energetic footprints. Much like a carbon footprint which measures use of natural resources, an energetic footprint would measure the energy infused in a piece, energy that off-gases or triggers other responses, as it travels about. I like thinking about the energetic footprint of my artwork. It lights me up to think that they might be a bright moment in someone’s day. The button above will take you to my website for direct purchasing, along with viewing in a room or right up close. Payment plans are also available - see below for terms. If you miss...

check him out, he can be all yours 12”x12”, acrylic on a cradled wood panel with 3/4” profile (no pressing need to frame). Edges painted a mica filled tootsie roll brown. $950 to the first asking nicely, includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Charming can ship at the end of May 2026. Keeping things light in the studio these days, allowing my littler friends like the chicks and toads to show up. Working on these pieces keeps me smiling, which is a wonderful respite from other things. I imagine them leaving a trail of smiles and glitter as I send them out into the world as well. The link above will take you to my website for direct purchasing, along with viewing in a room or right up close. Payment plans are also available - see below for terms. Also, in case you missed it, I am teaching an i n person workshop this October at Slow River Studio   outside Boston. It’s a three day blitz on how to build paintings o...

Chick in Space i (far right) Chick in Space ii (on left) Chick in Space iii (the middle child) Each 6”x6”, acrylic on a cradled wood panel with 3/4” profile (no pressing need to frame), sides painted a sparkley tootsie roll brown, $350 each to the first asking nicely, includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. These girls   will launch can ship at the end of April 2026. This week started out pretty heavy. I didn’t have the motivation to begin another large Bear painting, but I knew that pushing paint would be good for me. I decided to try something light and playful after Facebook served up some good memories of chick paintings from years passed. Initially I thought the paintings would be like the others, lighthearted, lifesized chicks in pastel-ish spring colors. Instead I found myself drawn to the girls’ personalities, imagining fantastical narratives for each, and they became scaled up VIP (Very Important Poul...

check her out, make her yours 24”x36”, acrylic on a cradled wood panel with 1-1/2” profile (no pressing need to frame), $3000 to the first asking nicely, includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Cumulonimbus can ship at the end of April 2026. I signed two paintings on Friday, which is uncommon, but also a bit overdue as I’ve not finished anything (other than Mona’s posthumous portrait) in a couple of weeks. I’m still painting daily - even Tuesday after the studio flooded, although it wasn’t for long. Painting is one of the few ways I escape all the noise of The Real World, and I’m finding my daily studio routine to be a life saver anymore. There is always an element of current events in my work, although it’s not super obvious. In this one it is the feel of a roiling storm building. The pixellated edges are my way of saying how unreal current situations feel (I actually quite like this effect and will be leaning in...

check her out, make her yours 24”x30”, acrylic on a cradled wood panel with 1-1/2” profile (no pressing need to frame), $2250 to the first asking nicely, includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Snowcapped can ship at the end of April 2026. I tried a number of new things with this one: restricting my palette to four blues, one red and two yellows working with large value shapes, feeling my way into Bear’s pose and weight distribution use of glazes to unify and soften passages You can see her progression   here . I learned quite a bit and am eager to roll it into another piece. Stay tuned. The link above will take you to my website for direct purchasing, along with viewing in a room or right up close. Payment plans are also available - see below for terms. I am so grateful for your interest in my work Thank you so much for your support. Big Mountain Bear Love, Kim. PS Payment plans on request for purchases great...