Paintings With Soul

  Kimberly Kelly Santini   paintings with soul because our world needs more beauty   "Glory," 24x36x1-1/2, acrylics on a gallery wrapped canvas, image painted around the sides so there is no need to frame. Glory is $1899 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. Collectors always receive a 10% discount. Inquiries may come  to me . The deep plums in here sing alongside the ocher-y yellows. This painting grabs your attention from across the room and reels you in until your nose is mere inches away from the surface. And the best part of this? there's no museum guard who's going to ask you to step back. Glory would be glorious in any setting that invites joy and delight. Thanks for following along on my painting journey, Be well, Fondly, Kim

  "Corsage," 20x30x1-1/2, acrylics and water solubles (sealed behind varnish) on a gallery wrapped canvas, priced at $999 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. Collectors always receive a 10% discount. Inquiries may come  to me . After many years of being told I should be more proactive in using drawing applications to inform my paintings, I am finally testing the waters. It's been fun to digitize ideas as resources. I've also enjoyed building new digital concepts overtop images of other paintings, which is pretty much what I've been literally doing with paint recently, too, but with less of a commitment, because I can always hit the "undo" button. And I've not used up $20 worth of paint in the process. Making digital art* doesn't enthrall me as much as the actual painting process does, but I can see now how much of an utterly fantastic tool digital drawing is. Yup, I'm late to the party. I'd like to think I am fashionably late, lol! T...

  After summering at The Anton Art Center as part of the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors exhibition "Here Comes the Sun," "Daisy" is back in the studio and available for purchase. She is generously sized 30"x30"x2-1/2 and a little larger than life (as should any creature with a powerful inner glow and veils of fresh flowers), acrylics and water solubles (sealed behind varnish) on museum quality panel, priced at $1899 plus s&h. Collectors always receive a 10% discount. Inquiries may come  to me . And "Daisy" is accompanied by "Bare Branches," "Confidante" and "The Torch Bearer." These four paintings were enjoyed by Detroit area gallery goers this summer, and now they are ready to settle into a more permanent setting. Scroll down for the details - and photos - for these lovelies looking for permanent homes. "Bare Branches," (bear)  24"x36"x1-1/2", acrylics and water solubles...

  "Trillium," 24"x30"x1-1/2, acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas, sides painted so there is no need to frame, $999 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. Inquiries may always come  to me . This painting was a long time coming - I started her back in March, and she went through several renditions before I was able to figure things out. But she was patient, and I finally was able to tune out the rest of the world (including myself) and let her show up. I have been thinking a lot lately about how we all are interconnected. How all the organisms in the world are literally just remixes of older stuff, of all that's come before us. The line work - the roots, if you want to call them that - in my paintings are a nod to this vein of thought. We can't always see those pathways, but they are there on so very many levels. Thanks so much for following along with my art journey!! I'm off now to connect myself to some dinner! Be well, Fondly, Kim

  "Chrysanthemum," 24"x30", acrylics and graphite on panel, $899 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. Inquiries may always come  to me . So after  Bloom , I wanted to try a painting that had a greater concentration of darker values. Sort of flip the formula inside out and see what came of things. So I started on a really dark ground. What came of things was that I constantly kept lightening areas of the painting as I worked. My natural inclination is to make things bright and colorful. I didn't realize how much of an effort would be involved in working the opposite way.  I'll continue challenging myself in this regard with the next painting. Wanna get in on how she's going to come together? I 'm doing a live demonstration with my online students this Saturday at 1pm eastern. I'm going to talk about the two artists that have inspired my new venture in building intriguing design, how they build their own studies and reference materials, and the...

  "Bloom," 24"x30", acrylics and graphite on panel, Not currently for sale. Inquiries may always come  to me . I can't decide what my favorite bit of this painting is - the orange flower blooming above her left eye? the way her whiskers twist together into the negative space on the right side of the painting? her wry smile and half shut eyes? that purple flower just past her prime with petals dancing off into oblivion? There's so much to look at and process here, it makes me giddy. My Magic Space (online) students are getting a video short about the making of this painting. There's also nuggets of info in there about finding your own artists' style.  If you are curious yourself,   please join us ! Be well, Fondly, Kim