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Propellant

 


24"x30", acrylic on flat panel, $1700* to the first asking nicely. View her in a room setting, get your nose right up into her business, or make her your own right here. Propellant is available to ship mid February. Payment plans on request - 30% non refundable deposit reserves the painting, with 6 months to pay off balance plus s&h. Returning collectors - don't forget to use "COLLECTOR10" discount at checkout for 10% off acquisitions. Questions can always come my way.

Propellant was birthed at the end of January, in response to the murders of Renee Good, Alex Pretti and others in ICE custody along with the kidnapping and detainment of children (I am not green lighting a political debate, I am merely sharing the origin of this painting). The challenge was this - how could I create a painting that spoke to the whiplash of rage and despondence I saw fellow humans experiencing?

Fox stepped up for that role. She came to me in my dreams, quiet footed and sure. Her eyes were dark with fury, simultaneously pinholes and black holes and tidal pools steeped with humanity's collective ache. I collected feathers while walking at her side, more than my arms could carry, varieties I have never seen before.

When I invited her to my easel, she initially peered angrily from a dark night sky, with just a sliver of light picking out her silhouette. Gradually that light took on the glow of a hungry fire, while the landscape of her body, initially filled with line drawings of a multitude of Foxes, filled with smoke and embers (some of that linework remains visible). I swept the warmth of truth and discernment across her brows, added embers, and made her eyes less judgmental. 

She is resilient, unmoving, canny, poised to lead.

As a First Dibber, you have preferential purchasing on my paintings as they come off my easel. Take advantage of this - Propellant needs a home base. 

Thank you so much for your interest in and support of my artwork.
Big love, Kim

*Price includes s&h for domestic addresses. Due to cost increases and tariffs, I have suspended international shipping to all but Canadian addresses, which will be billed separately from the painting purchase.
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