Impossible, original acrylic on cradled wood panel, 36”x36”x1-1/2”, $2900 plus s&h. I welcome your questions (yes, I offer payment plans - details below). Just reach out.
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” Nelson Mandela
Impossible was so titled for that reason. She came from a well of seemingly impossible circumstances that brought me to my knees the last few weeks.
There are so many bits inspiring her - the revelation of difficult truths, the rending and destruction of things held precious, the healing power of a hug, uncertain diagnoses… all just a snippet of what was on my mind as I painted.
I envisioned this painting as a pile of birds inside a pile of blooms, a metaphor of mother-daughter relationships borne of a vision that arrived while at a memorial surrounded by the ancillary moms who helped raise my own now adult kids. That idea, though, apparently is for another painting - this piece started out in that direction but took a left hand turn shortly in.
So who is that bird and what does she represent? she seems rather committed to that precarious perch. what is happening to this branch floating in space with alien, mismatched blooms - how can it be rootless, twisted and broken, yet still bloom? is the blue sky actually rent in two - and is it pushing through that veil or being wrapped and stuffed away?
I don’t need the answers to the questions. I just need to ask them, then spend time pondering possibilities. Living in the possibility is how I find the ending to this painting and how I invite the next one in.
You can get a good look at Impossible over on my website. You’ll find links to zoom in close to her surface or view in a room setting. Purchasing is simple - add her to your cart and checkout and boom, she’s all yours!
Let me know if you would like a payment plan (30% non refundable deposit with the balance plus shipping paid in full inside 12 months time). Repeat offenders, i.e. returning collectors, use “COLLECTOR10” at checkout for 10% off the acquisition of original artwork.
And if you are still reading, tell those in your life you love them while you can. I don’t wish to sound morbid, but we all deserve to know what we mean to each other, and we never know when that time together will end.
Thanks so much for your interest in my artwork.
Love you, Kim
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