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NEW PAINTING Heartpine

 

"Heartpine," 15"x30"x1-1/2", acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, from the "Forest for the Trees" series. She carries a yellow feather painted on the right side edge, a symbol of hope, which matches the yellow heart glow on the face of the canvas. She is $1500 plus s&h. This piece, along with some sister fox-trees, will be available in the near future. However, if you simply cannot wait to make her yours (and I completely get it!), let me know. We will work something out. And thanks so much for your interest in my artwork.

   

(Pictured above, Sacred and Crabapple, shared with you earlier this week) I mentioned earlier that I have many of these "Forest for the Trees" pieces going on at the moment. They take deliberate, slow marks, with plenty of drying time in between. This is a little contrary to my usual pace, which is much like an excited toddlers "more, more, more!" yet I am enjoying the quieter process immensely. The paintings feel like a prayer or important ritual to me. I am still figuring them out and losing myself in the process.

Tomorrow my online students (the Real Time tier) will have front row virtual seats to my easel as I show them the collection thus far and walk through my process. I expect our session to run about 2 hours; we are beginning at noon eastern. The demo will be recorded and streamable after the fact. A seat in the Real Time class is $25 - care to join us? (please note that access to the demonstration is already posted in the Real Time tier, and once you are enrolled, you will have unlocked that information - along with my prior year's worth of content - on the patreon site)

Thanks for taking the time to look at my work,
Be well and be inspired, Kim

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