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How the Light Gets In

 

How the Light Gets In

 


Pictured above, How the Light Gets In, acrylic on panel, 24”x30”, $1300 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. The link above will take you directly to my website where you can make her yours. Questions? Just reach out.


This one is pure magic. She’s a fusion of the landscape centric Talisman (acrylic) paintings and the broken sky oil studies I have been obsessed with the last couple weeks (they have been shared on FB and Insta). She’s also got bits of my mixed media drawings in her - not literally, but the gems I discovered while making the mixed media drawings (last year) definitely informed her progression.


She oozes serenity, which apparently I needed a good dose of, because my entire mood improved once she hit my easel.


I’ve defined some takeaways and new what if’s to explore next. Excited to see where she takes me.


A full in process lesson will get added to my Patreon classroom shortly as well.


Meanwhile, you can get a close up look at her on my website, see the painting installed in a room, and make a purchase. Returning collectors please use “COLLECTOR10” at checkout for your repeat offender discount.


If you would like a payment plan, reach out directly. A 30% non refundable deposit reserves the painting with balance due inside 12 months. The painting ships home once all payments are complete.


Thanks so much for your interest in my artwork. 

Love you, Kim


PS Shout out to my Patreon subscribers who make the creating of this work and the educational facets of my business possible through their financial support. Whether they are donating (“buying Blue treats”) or enrolled in a tier with instructional benefits, their support allows me to paint organically in response to my experiences, and then speak to that via socials, this newsletter, video content and in other ways. Supporting the arts is critically important to preserve and document our voices. I am so grateful for your contributions, whether they be through Patreon, the purchase of artwork or engagement in other ways. Thank you!


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