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NEW PAINTING Crowned

 

"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). Untamed is all about being our truest selves, which was one of the concepts I brought to this piece.

The painting was also shaped by the change of season, an armful of leaves and organic material collected from my yard, my grandmother's beautiful blue eyes (she always spoke the truth), the circular painting "Crocus" that I did earlier this week, an Anthropologie garland that I am utterly obsessed with and ceramacist Susannah Montague (I did a zoom workshop with her today).

All of the above are things that thrill me, to the core. Add them to the process I've cultivated over the last 2 decades of line and color, also things that thrill me, and you have the basis of my particular style.

We'll be talking about this in a 3pm eastern zoom session tomorrow with my Real Time Patreon students. How to dig into one's identity and extract the seeds which will lead to developing one's own unique voice. You are welcome to join us - access to the call is unlocked once you join the Real Time tier (it's the most recent Announcements post). Would love to have you sit down and contribute to the conversation.

Thanks for following along on my painting journey.
Be well,
Fondly, Kim

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