Paintings With Soul

Chick in Space i (far right) Chick in Space ii (on left) Chick in Space iii (the middle child) Each 6”x6”, acrylic on a cradled wood panel with 3/4” profile (no pressing need to frame), sides painted a sparkley tootsie roll brown, $350 each to the first asking nicely, includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. These girls   will launch can ship at the end of April 2026. This week started out pretty heavy. I didn’t have the motivation to begin another large Bear painting, but I knew that pushing paint would be good for me. I decided to try something light and playful after Facebook served up some good memories of chick paintings from years passed. Initially I thought the paintings would be like the others, lighthearted, lifesized chicks in pastel-ish spring colors. Instead I found myself drawn to the girls’ personalities, imagining fantastical narratives for each, and they became scaled up VIP (Very Important Poul...

check her out, make her yours 24”x36”, acrylic on a cradled wood panel with 1-1/2” profile (no pressing need to frame), $3000 to the first asking nicely, includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Cumulonimbus can ship at the end of April 2026. I signed two paintings on Friday, which is uncommon, but also a bit overdue as I’ve not finished anything (other than Mona’s posthumous portrait) in a couple of weeks. I’m still painting daily - even Tuesday after the studio flooded, although it wasn’t for long. Painting is one of the few ways I escape all the noise of The Real World, and I’m finding my daily studio routine to be a life saver anymore. There is always an element of current events in my work, although it’s not super obvious. In this one it is the feel of a roiling storm building. The pixellated edges are my way of saying how unreal current situations feel (I actually quite like this effect and will be leaning in...

check her out, make her yours 24”x30”, acrylic on a cradled wood panel with 1-1/2” profile (no pressing need to frame), $2250 to the first asking nicely, includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Snowcapped can ship at the end of April 2026. I tried a number of new things with this one: restricting my palette to four blues, one red and two yellows working with large value shapes, feeling my way into Bear’s pose and weight distribution use of glazes to unify and soften passages You can see her progression   here . I learned quite a bit and am eager to roll it into another piece. Stay tuned. The link above will take you to my website for direct purchasing, along with viewing in a room or right up close. Payment plans are also available - see below for terms. I am so grateful for your interest in my work Thank you so much for your support. Big Mountain Bear Love, Kim. PS Payment plans on request for purchases great...

This is a hard one to hit "send" on. Many of you have been part of this community since Mo joined our family 16 years ago, latching onto to one of The Caped Crusader's hoodie strings at the shelter, then climbing onto his shoulder and refusing to let go. That's how she moved through the world - hooking onto what she wanted, and manifesting it. I am so grateful the kids got to grow up with her sweetness in the household - along with her tenacity. And that she was such a willing muse, as well   We said goodbye to   our little Bug   on Friday. What a treat it was to love on her all these years, although we would’ve gladly taken a few more. She ruled this roost, equally bossing the cattle dog about while curling up with the corgi. She was a beautiful muse and studio companion, the loveliest violet tabby with a penchant for sunshine, watching Animal Cops, sleeping in Sals dog bed (she never budged), and helping tuck the kids in. She loved a good book, voraciously reading a...

check her out, make her yours 24”x36”, acrylic on a cradled wood panel with 1-1/2” profile (no pressing need to frame), $3000 to the first asking nicely, includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Painting will arrive ready to hang. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Heliocentric can ship mid April 2026. Heliocentric is named for Copernicus’ cosmological theory, as this Bear believes herself to be the center of the universe. My initial concept was a   girl-with-pearl-earring   sort of Bear, filled with flowers. I added sunflowers, and they were super fun but also very demanding - their faces competed with Bear. She asked for the petals to become little licks of flame, and things grew from there. Heliocentric was   worked with permission**   from a photo taken by wildlife photographer Allie Swafford. Thank you, Allie, for allowing me to paint Felicia’s coquettish gaze (Grizzly Bear 863 from Yellowstone). Allie offers prints of her am...

check her out, make her yours 12x12, acrylic on panel, private collection (thank you so much).   I don’t often take on commissions, but this one ticked all the boxes for me. Also, I told my collectors that I was approaching their concept of Fox in the woodland like a gentle suggestion as opposed to a static list of bullet points that, for me, can stifle the joy of the painting process. After over a decade of nearly daily pet portraiture, I got a burned out on painting for others and guess I still am a bit tender. Nevertheless, Service Berry showed up as Fox Kit, initially dancing in a wreath of oak leaves collected from the back yard, before settling into her painted space. I made a reel of her progression and shared it to   my instagram . Available work is always listed on my website - I have   acrylic paintings , oil paintings ( animal centric   and   sky and floral ) and   smaller works on paper. I am so grateful for your interest in my art. Thank you so...