Paintings With Soul

  Isis   24"x36", acrylic on cradled panel (no pressing need to frame), private collection (thank you so much to my returning collector!). Click on the image  or here  to be transported to my website where you can view the painting in a room setting and zoom in up close to the image. Questions? just  reach out . Domestic cats have been showing up  everywhere for me lately, and while I don't often paint their larger cousins, I was pulled to do so this week, so that's what I've been doing -  Plenty  from a few days back, now  Isis , and I have a couple other ideas but am not quite sure how to even start them yet, so they are going to simmer for a bit. That's one of the most challenging parts of my job, harboring patience while an idea solidifies. I tend to want to jump in and chase the adrenaline rush of the unknown. But I've learned to temper it just a bit - enough so that I'm not entirely blind to what I'm signin...

  "Exhale," 24"x20", acrylic and water solubles on a flat panel, $849 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal and personal checks - please   reach out directly   with your questions. This piece will forever be known to me as the lion who became a lioness. Or maybe she was a lioness all along, and I was merely confused at the onset. More to ponder as I set off to stretch a new big canvas and think about the paintings Exhale is already inspiring. I also want to mention that next year I will be changing how I offer work for sale. I will be offering small collections, maybe 5-6 related paintings, at the same time (instead of piecemeal, like how I do things now, a habit left over from my daily painting days), and they will be available to purchase directly through my website or via gallery representation. I will continue to share and announce new works as they come off my easel, but for a predictable and fair acquisition experience, I will schedule a...

  "Crowned," 24" x 30" x 1-1/2" diameter, acrylics and graphite on cradled panel, painted around the sides, $1299 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. Returning collectors always get 10% off. I accept Paypal, personal checks and payment plans.   Please message me.   I am asked all the time where the ideas for my paintings come from. I work intuitively, approaching the painting with a general idea and allowing it to Become. I try to think open endedly, meaning I brainstorm possible directions, then go with the one which feels the truest to the piece that's evolving. There's often a good amount of tripping and back tracking and repainting, and sometimes a piece will just stall, for no reason other than I can't get out of my own way. This painting was influenced by   Untamed , the cheetah piece I did last month. That piece was titled for   Glennon Doyle's book   of the same name (which has been akin to a Bible for me during the pandemic). Untam...

"Endangered (Snow Leopard)," 24" x 30", acrylics on panel, $699 + s&h to the first asking nicely. Inquiries may come to me . This painting came about due to the challenge this week on DailyPaintworks - to paint a cat. I wanted to keep this piece in the same vein as the polar bear and snowshoe hare from last week, so decided on a big cat. Snow leopards are endangered, which inspired me to take advantage of the drooping tulips from last week's pieces. And I added dried roses, daisies, heather and alyssum to the mix. Perhaps it was today's gray weather that encouraged me to bring more color into this piece, too. Now let's find her a home - feel free to share and pass this one along! Thanks for following along with my artwork, Kim ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com    Shop Reproductions Here