Paintings With Soul

"Figment 5," 16" x 20", acrylics and graphite on panel, $599 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans.  Inquiries may always come   to me . So this one doesn't "feel" as mushroomey as   yesterday's painting, Figment 4,   but trust me, it's there. Can you see the stem extending off the underside of the cap on the right, above my watermark? As can sometimes happen when I power ahead without a clear direction, this one got painfully overworked, particularly the lower left section. So I introduced a bit of collage (cut from one of the Cornflower Dream sketches), and that inspired the rework, bringing some beautiful and much needed value jumps into the design.. Thanks so very much for following along on my art journey, Warmly, Kim

"Figment 4," 16" x 20", acrylics and graphite on panel, $599 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans.  Inquiries may always come   to me . Remember   the red mushrooms   I discovered last week? well, they are inspiring some pretty cool paintings. Something about the color of the mushroom, plus the ribbing (??I don't know what it's called??) underneath is utterly fascinating to me. Thanks so very much for following along on my art journey, Warmly, Kim

"Daydream 12," 12" x 12", acrylics and graphite on panel, $499 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans.  Inquiries may always come   to me . Purple clover are one of my favorites. they are muppets nodding on sinewy stems leaves a flouncy tulle You would think, because I loved them so much, that painting them would be easy peasy. Not in the least. This painting has been a troublemaker since the very beginning. But I FINALLY figured her out. It was well worth it. Also, in last week's journaling class, we had great fun writing haikus. Thanks so very much for following along on my art journey, Warmly, Kim

"Daydream 26 Figment 1," 18" x 24", acrylics and graphite on panel, $799 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans.  Inquiries may always come   to me . This one   started weeks ago as a Daydream,   and I struggled to hear her message.  Last week I added a bit of collage (cut from an original sketch on paper), and still nothing spoke to me. Today I heard her voice, loud and clear. Funny how that can happen, eh? Thanks so very much for following along on my art journey, Warmly, Kim

"Daydream 28," 24" x 30", acrylics and graphite on panel, $899 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans. Inquiries may always come   to me . This Daydream is inspired by an oyster shell, this wonderously magical creature that turns an irritant (grain of sand) into something precious (a pearl). A total life lesson for today's world. Get out there and change what you don't like. You are wonderously magical too. Thanks so very much for following along on my art journey, Warmly, Kim

Figment 3," 18" x 24", acrylics and graphite on panel, $799 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans. Inquiries may always come   to me . I am thinking about the elements, and wondering aloud (and with my paints) as to whether I can paint something that contains all of them. Spirit. Fire. Air. Water. Earth. This one is a step closer in that direction. Thanks so very much for following along on my art journey, Warmly, Kim

"Daydream 27," 18" x 24", acrylics and graphite on panel, $799 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans.  Inquiries may always come   to me . This painting is inspired by a conch shell, one that I secreted out of The Princess's empty bedroom and brought into the studio last week. It's got a story, as does this painting. The Princess is named for my Grandmother, whom I called Gompie but was christened Anna. Gompie was my best friend on pretty much every level for my entire life. As my Anna grew up, I was delighted to see so much of Gompie in her. It was a heartwarming reminder to recognize facets of the woman I aspired to be growing up in my own home. So when we planned a drive down the east coast last summer, it was important to me that I introduce Anna to Assateague Island, where Gompie took me when I was about her same age. Assateague is one of those places that is raw and vulnerabl...

With "Untitled (Pigtails)," at the opening of the Artists' Choice Show at The Anton Art Center this past Saturday. Photo courtesy of The Anton Art Center.  Studio Newsletter, September 2019 Remember last month when I told you about all the exhibition rejection letters I was bracing for? well, to my surprise, they did not arrive. I was juried into 4 different shows, which delighted me to no end. Which means you can now see my paintings in the 59th Annual Thumb Area Art Exhibition at   Starkweather Gallery   (Romeo, Michigan), as part of the   Detroit Society of Women Painters & Sculptors   annual show (Grosse Pointe, Michigan) and at the   Anton Art Center   (Mt. Clemens, Michigan). At the end of this month, the   Greater Michigan Art Exhibition   will open at the Aldon Dow Museum of Science and Art (Midland, Michigan), and I'll have work there as well. I've included links to each of the shows so that you may see...

"Daydream 13," 24" x 30", acrylics and graphite on panel, $899 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans.  Inquiries may always come   to me . This painting is a very personal one. The figure is myself, as a child, inspired by a school photo. I was so lost (and not because the photographer made me take off my glasses for the picture) - aware that I was different and convinced (wrongly so, I might add) that this was very much not ok. If I could go back to Little Kim, I would tell her to own her story and let her heart shine more brightly. I would teach her about spirit guides, tell her that intuition is a fabulous navigator, and being 4 eyed was not a curse. And I'd whisper in her ear that she was, and will continue to be, an artist with every breath she takes. Thanks so very much for following along on my art journey, Warmly, Kim 9/11 changed Americans forever in so many ways. It saddens me...

"Figment 2," 16" x 20", acrylics and graphite on panel, $599 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans.  Inquiries may always come   to me . The Daydreams have become multi-faceted. Original Daydreams included a representational object as the starting point, like a bit of clover or a daisy. They were about that moment when lucidity dissolves and imagination steps up to the plate. Some of my recent pieces, though, are complete abstractions, even though they started (just like the others) with a snippet of something from The Real World (this one was milk weed pods). Today's painting was not about the moment a Daydream began. Instead, it was all about the dream's journey and how it made me feel. So that inherent difference meant that I had to somehow classify this painting (and similar ones) as being separate from the others. Which means there's now a new ki...

"Daydream 25 (Glory)," 18" x 24", acrylics and graphite media on panel, $799 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans.  Inquiries may always come   to me . I'm staring at this painting, reaching for words, but I just can't. I have a gut level connection to these Daydream paintings, and each one pulls me more deeply into a space I simply can't articulate. Which I suppose means they are successful, but it's hard for me to truly and objectively assess that because they are meant to be an emotional response, not a representational painting. I know how to measure the success of a representational painting. But measuring an emotional response? that's still a bit hazy to me. Thanks so very much for following along on my art journey, Warmly, Kim

"Daydream 24," which, ironically and synchroniously is also 24" x 24", acrylics, collage and water based media on panel, $899 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans. Inquiries may always come   to me . Yes, this is a painting in a painting. One of the Cornflower Dream paintings (remember those sketches on paper I did a couple weeks back?) sacrificed herself to be a part of this larger daydream. She's pretty pleased with her decision, too. There's plenty more where this came from. The paintings are pushing and shoving, rushing to get out of my head. I'm trying to keep them calm and somewhat organized, but it's an awful lot like herding cats. Which Blue tries to do quite frequently to Mona and DaVinci, with great enthusiasm and always unsuccessfully. I'm hoping for a better outcome. Meanwhile, the Daydream paintings are being well received as they venture out into the world. There...