Paintings With Soul

  "Northern Lights," 24"x30", acrylic on flat panel, not yet for sale. However,   all of these paintings are ..... I would love to wrap one up for you!!   Reach out   with any questions and thanks so much for your interest in my artwork. I thought her name was Vincent, as a nod to his Starry Night, but all of her companion pieces have titles tied to the space they are birthed from. So then My Better Half suggested Full Moon, which I loved, but I have used before. Then after I photographed and cropped the painting, I really got to appreciate her inner glow and it came to us: Northern Lights. Such is the complicated decision making involved in titling a painting. Thanks, as always, for following along with me and my artwork. Be well, Fondly, Kim

  "Spruce," 24"x30", acrylic on flat panel, not yet for sale. However,   all of these paintings are ..... I would love to wrap one up for you!!   Reach out   with any questions and thanks so much for your interest in my artwork.   Today this showed up on my easel. Well, actually, she began arriving yesterday, and swept in full force during today's painting session, during which I was thinking of the spirit of the landscape. Specifically, the little wooded area behind my neighborhood drugstore where these twisted pines grow, and wondering what sort of wildlife called it home before the road was carved through. This is an idea that has gripped me for a couple years now. The history of a space - whether it's an internal landscape or a legit one that I can go visit. This idea wasn't so obviously included in my work as it is here, but I am learning how better to express it. How did I get to this point? well, if you have been one of my online ...

  Kimberly Kelly Santini   artist, instructor, daydreamer "Winterberry," 24"x30", acrylic on flat panel, not yet for sale. However,   all of these paintings are ..... I would love to wrap one up for you!!   Reach out   with any questions and thanks so much for your interest in my artwork. It's been a couple weeks since my last newsletter, which is a sad oversight on my part. I've been so caught up in my easel time and making all sorts of other connections with respect to my work and studies (yes, I am always learning!) that I've not prioritized writing. But I have: shoveled and chipped ice and snow until my body ached updated the   offerings on Fine Art America   (prints and reproductions), including all of the Talisman pieces that have found new homes been honored with a second place award at Starkweather Arts Center in their annual membership AND earned an honorable mention in the International Society of Experimental Artists members' show ...

  "Snowglobe," 24"x18", acrylic on flat panel, not currently for sale. However,   all of these paintings are ..... I would love to wrap one up for you!!   Reach out   with any questions and thanks so much for your interest in my artwork. It seems fitting that I finished this piece today, in the midst of a huge storm system that is stretched across the US (we've gotten about 8" of snow since this morning and it's still coming down hard and furious). And when you factor in as well that the groundhog has predicted another 6 weeks of winter, well, 2-2-22 seemed like the perfect birthday for this girl. This is an idea I've had for a long time, inspired by a glass rabbit paperweight I picked up at a flea market a decade ago. Part crystal ball, part forest spirit, Snowglobe carries the promise of spring inside her. She's also the latest lesson painting in my online classroom. I've had a camera set up in front of the easel the last 3 days, filming t...