Your Destiny Will Keep You Warm (Medicine Hat #10)

Above, full painting, below a detail. "Your Destiny Will Keep You Warm (Medicine Hat #10)," 22" x 30", acrylics on panel, $999 plus s&h to the first one asking nicely. Inquire directly to me - I take personal checks, paypal, venmo and will arrange payment plans.

SOLD (TY!)

Seems like the paint has been flying in these parts, due to no lack of inspiration as I spend time reflecting upon and painting these magical horses. Each Medicine Hat piece has gotten stronger than the one prior - or maybe it's that collectively they are gathering more power. There's so much magic in these pieces, I can't stand it.

I am feeling the need for some sort of restoration, but also fearing to take a break and potentially interrupt the flow. So perhaps it is convenient that tomorrow I have to leave the studio and go out into The Real World to deliver several paintings across town, then attend a gallery opening and cheer on good friends who's work will be gracing the walls.

However, I may be able to keep things moving along, since I play this game in my head where I'm still painting. Actually, this game is going on all of the time, it's just that sometimes I have a brush in my hand and I'm truly painting, and other times I'm posing as a normal person (well, as normal as I can come off, I suppose) while breaking things down into color and brushwork in my head.

Thanks, as always, for following along with my art journey,
Warmly, Kim

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