Paintings With Soul

  Transformation, 18"x24" original painting, acrylic on panel, sold (thank you so much to my returning collector!).   Please reach out  with any questions. This one in particular has special meaning to me, being completed on winter solstice. She’s about breaking cycles, starting anew, beginning to heal. As the days lengthen (in the northern hemisphere at least), may we allow light to creep in and illuminate those places that need growth and change. I suppose you could also say that she sets up intentions for a new year as well. Transformation can be viewed up close and in a room setting right  here .   Don't forget, too, that I offer payment plans on any pieces over $500. You can shop available paintings at the link bearing the same name below. Additionally, there are pieces available from the Fox show I hung in November   here . A 30% non refundable deposit reserves the painting, with the balance plus shipping and handling satisfied within 1...

  Foxscape V, 6"x6" original painting, acrylic on panel,   $200,   plus s&h.  This is one of my favorite of the foxscape paintings - the little fox is caught at the edge of a rainstorm. She is just sitting, waiting for it to pass, holding her head high. She knows that she is the sky, the rest is just weather (one of my fav Pema Chodron quotes).  Please reach out  with any questions.  The end of year is in sight, which means many things to all of us. I no longer see the holidays like I did as a child. That comes with both pros and cons, but they are my own to navigate. My wish for   you   these next 10 days (or however long things stretch out) is the agency to practice self love in whatever form feels authentic. Without guilt too. We have to put our own oxygen masks on first, right? So keep your mask at hand, just in case. Know where the nearest dog is who could use a good belly rub. Have dessert first if that helps. Look at the stars. Thi...

  Coexist, 36"x48"x1-1/2" original painting, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas (image painted around the sides so no pressing need to frame), $5000, plus s&h. This painting (canvas only) will ship rolled and require restretching at the collector's end, which is easily coordinated with a quality framer.   Please reach out  with any questions. Coexist is my response to the inhumanity that we seem so hell bent inflicting upon each other. I started her within days of the Israeli-Palestinian war, but it would be unfair to say that she also wasn't informed by other world events and political unrest. This painting is dense with texture and infused with prayer. The surface is scarred, as are the fox and rabbit, as are the cultures at war. I hope to have conveyed an acceptance or reconciliation, the hope of a new era, despite decades of ignorance. I realized that my paintings have been prayers for a long time. And when I acknowledged that, I felt a wee bit empowered. ...

  Orchard, 30" in diameter by approx 1-1/2" deep, acrylic on a handbuilt cradled wood panel ( Bara Woodshaping   makes utterly gorgeous surfaces to paint upon!), image painted around the sides (no need to frame), $2300 plus s&h to   the first asking nicely . Questions may come   to me .   OMG, Orchard. Inspired by walks last fall past a neighbor's fruit laden tree, I was overwhelmed with a desire to paint more than just the tree itself. I thought about how every fall the tree offered up it's bounty. I thought about the entirety of the seasons providing sunshine and nutrients for the tree to grow and the wildlife that may have napped in her shade. The apples inside the fox seem to spill from a portal rent in the sky and fade like the memory of each season's first bite as they tumble to the edge.  Orchard was part of my recent  Fox exhibition   and is now ready to grace your home. The only drawback is that you may find yourself craving fresh app...

  Remnant IV, 16"x20" original painting, acrylic on panel, $850 plus s&h to the first asking nicely.  Link to purchase is below.   Please reach out   with any questions. So this one had an interesting progression. FIrst she was just the rainbow fox, built up over the course of several weeks from blind memory drawing (no reference photo, no looking at the painting while drawing her). She felt lonely - I thought it had to do with what her eyes were locked on. Then I realized that she needed some drama - value changes - on the bottom half. So I pulled out a drawing with a little chickadee that I particularly loved, and redrew the bird and a few branches while looking at the drawing and not the painting. It was exactly what she needed!! I then added glasses to Fox (because I'm starting to think she might be me and not a separate entity), played with softening some edges, and signed her. Remnant VI can be viewed up close, in a room setting, and even...

  Metamorphosis, 30x40x1-1/2, acrylic on a cradled wood panel, image painted around the sides (no pressing need to frame), $4200 plus s&h to   t he first asking nicely . Questions may come to me.   This painting is all about change - embracing evolution and shifts, personal growth, societal change, aging - whatever "change" means to you. There is a belly filled with sunrise, a pathway leading into a lush forest, angel wings made up of sky, the ginko tree (did you know this species is over 200 billion years old?!), butterflies (of course!) and the cunning of the fox to guide you. She was part of my recent  Fox exhibition   and came home to me, along with her sister paintings, yesterday. She's ready to grace your home with possibility and light. Metamorphosis can be viewed up close, in a room setting, and even purchased right  here .   I do offer payment plans. A 30% non refundable deposit reserves the painting, with the balance plus shipping and han...

  CoExist, 36"x48" acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas with the image painted around the sides (so no need to frame). CoExist is one of 7 large paintings anchoring my solo show Fox. And you can attend the virtual opening to see her and the other pieces, hear a little about my journey with Fox, and ask questions about the work.   The opening will happen via zoom at 7pm eastern, Thursday, December 14th. Your link to join is   here . The artwork can also be purchased at that time through   my website . Prices start at $200. There will be an album devoted to the Fox show listed under "Paintings" in the navigation bar of my website. Inside this album will be the option to scroll through the entirety of the work, zoom in to the surface (it's pretty yummy!), and see the pieces installed in a room. It's the next best thing to sitting with me in the studio, talking about it. Which you will get to do. I've prepped a slideshow and am really looking forth to sharing t...

  Remnant II (Fox), 16x20, $850 plus s&h to   the first asking nicely . Questions may come to me.   There's been lots of drawing happening in the studio. Particularly memory drawing, much of it blind (meaning I do not have a reference at hand). Some of the drawings feel like they need color and swooshy paint, and those ones get invited to the easel for a bit more attention. I'm calling them Remnants. With this Remnant series I draw with my eyes closed, both hands on the surface of the painting and feel my way into Fox. Then I lay out earthy colors and fill her with wisps of landscape. This one is sky and sand and wind-wizened trees. The paint application is lush, the color nuanced. She will be glorious in your home or office space. Remnant II can be viewed up close, in a room setting, and even purchased right  here.  She will bring a calm, joyous energy to your space. I am happy to offer payment plans, simply ask. A 30% non refu...

  My newest art journaling lesson is a drawing based one, which should come as no surprise given my current obsession with it. In this session I share how to take a full color image - whether it be your own artwork or a photograph - and convert it into a 2 value design which you can then easily draw (err, trace). I even provide copies of the full color image (my painting Snowshoe , which happens to also be available for purchase) and my modified value scale for you to work from (and there are complete instructions on taking one of your own photos/artworks and doing the same with it). You know art journaling requires zero prior art experience, right? just clarifying in case you forgot. And if that isn't enough, I then walk you through how to take that drawing and add symmetry or mirrored sections to it. creating something entirely new. Yup, entirely new. This lesson does not require any special materials - the image shown was created with a singular colored pencil, some glue, and d...

  Fox Remnant I, 16"x20" original painting, acrylic on panel, $850 plus s&h to the first asking nicely.  Link to purchase is below.  Please reach out  with any questions.   In a nutshell, I start the majority of my paintings with a contour drawing. I particularly appreciate the tracery of linework that results from delineating the shapes that build the form. Then I add some painted marks (think about form), return to draw the shapes again (the lines are a wee bit different this time), and continue to go back and forth for the most part until I feel as though the piece is finished. With this Remnant series I am drawing with my eyes closed, both hands on the surface of the painting. I am feeling my way into a form - Fox - that I have drawn hundreds of time. I imagine her, how my hands might cup her cheek or stroke her shoulder (Fox isn't tame, but she allows gentle contact), and I roll my tool through my fingers and across the surface ...

  It doesn't seem right that the holidays are here. I keep looking at the calendar, thinking it's not true, but here we are, mid November. Along with every other small business owner, today I began executing holiday centric marketing, putting together a schedule for upcoming newsletters and gift giving, and I had a Big Serious Realization. I don't want any excess messages to deal with at the busiest time of year. I just spent my morning deleting far too many from my own inbox. So why am I assuming that my community wants more noise, more emails, more things to wade through when life is so very very busy already?! So here you go - consider this singular pre-Thanksgiving email my gift to you. I will summarize the various offerings I have that you might appreciate knowing about as you begin your own holiday preparations. And then I will duck away (well, you will hear from me when I have a new painting or something exciting to share, I do promise that! but no more blatant self ...

  Trust, 20"x24" original painting, acrylic on panel, $1000 plus s&h to the first asking nicely.  Link to purchase is below.  Please reach out  with any questions. Trust is a tough thing to hold anymore. In a world with so many broken systems, a world where dynamics and truths shift and rewrite themselves on a moment, trust takes a beating. I consciously continue to reach for it though, not because I am a glutton for punishment, but because I believe that it is one of the most critical components of a balanced life. I have to lean in and believe that I have the means to build what's important in the space I have been given. (Take note Anxiety - I am inviting Trust over, which means less room for you!) Trust in the vastness of the sky - she wraps us all in her embrace no matter the time of day. Trust in the ancient wisdom of the trees. They grow in whatever direction is available to them, no matter what storm (or human designed ravages) is at hand. Trust...

  Koi, 18"x24" original painting, acrylic on panel, $1000 plus s&h to the first asking nicely.  Link to purchase is below.   Please reach out   with any questions. Did you know that the animals in my paintings come from my dreams? and that I dream of foxes several times a week? This time around I was walking my dogs at The Biltmore Estate. We were mostly alone - nobody else physically present, but I could feel a palpable energy swirling about. If I squinted really hard, I could see faint silhouettes of people in the sky, murmering to each other. Their voices harmonized with birdsong and the fountain. And there was a little fox walking with us - she was dancing about with the three dogs, teaching them how to disapparate with a little head movement and tail flick. Oddly enough I wasn't worried about them running off or disappearing altogether. There was something so pleasant about being there in the gardens, wrapped up in sky. It was a rare and welcome mo...

  Coexist, 36"x48" original painting, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. Coexist will be available through   University Liggett Schools   as part of my upcoming exhibition Fox, which runs November 10 - December 13. Coexist is $5000, with the purchaser collecting her in person at the end of the exhibition (Liggett does not offer shipping). And, yes, if she ends up coming back to the studio, I will offer her (along with other Fox inventory) to collectors requesting shipment.  Please reach out  with any questions. I don't think I have ever gone a full two weeks without a newsletter before! Typically I send them out when I have new work to offer, and I currently have a good amount of that at the moment, as I am putting together the final touches for my next solo show. But the thing with exhibitions is that the work has to be available for purchase. Which means I ceased sending newsletters out because I did not want to tease you by sharing paintings th...

  The Source, 24"x30" original painting, acrylic on panel, framed with beautiful custom molding, $1300 plus s&h to the first asking nicely.  Link to purchase is below.  Please reach out  with any questions. These petunias are swimming in a maelstrom of light, leaves, and a little cabbage moth. Because why not? one of my favorite things about working abstractly (or with loose represenation) is creating fantastical designs out of the of moments that move me. Here there are those delicate flowers but also a bit of sunshine, a moonlt sky, sand, remnants of a sweetheart rose, a peek of a sunset...... ahhh, it's all the things that give me goosies!!! Meanwhile, please check The Source out in greater detail  here ,  viewed up close (you'll get a better sense of the paint quality) and in a room setting, and find a link to purchase. Let me know if you would like to see her framed or want to set up a payment plan (30% non refundable deposit with the balance ...

  At left, Coleas, 8x10, acrylic on flat panel, $300 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. On right, Dahlia, 6x6, acrylic on flat panel, $200 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. Link to purchase is below.  Please reach out  with any questions. September in  my online classroom  was all about color, with a two day live demo last weekend. These two paintings were my demonstration pieces, which was held via zoom. I worked on them in real time, talking about how to mix bold saturated color in the dahlia piece and then, conversely, how to handle a backlit subject with muted tones. The live content circled back to touch on all the bits of color theory and behavior we had been learning all month. I finished both pieces later in the week, recording additional footage on how I tied things up. Dahlia has sold (thank you so very much) and Coleas remains available. You can see her in greater detail  here ,  viewed up close, in a room setting, and find a li...

  Otis Lane Farm, (4) 6"x6" original paintings, acrylic on panel, done plein air. Through 9-24 these 4 are available as a curated collection with special pricing of $560 plus s&h. After 9-24 they will be available individually for $200 plus s&h. Individual pieces are titled "Red Roof," "Pole Barn," "Tree Line" and "Goldenrod."  Link to purchase is below.   Please reach out   with any questions. These pieces were part of my plein air painting adventure last week. Our rental house nestled into the arms of a working farm, which provided some rather bucolic views. I delighted in shifting my easel every so slightly and settling in to study an entirely new vista. Most of the farm studies I did were of this small 6"x6" size, but I have a couple 8"x10"s too that you'll get to see later this week. Meanwhile, these four can be seen in greater detail   here ,  viewed up close (you'll get a better sense of the pa...

  Dune, 12x12, acrylic on cradled panel with approximately a 3/4" profile, image painted around the sides so no need to frame, $800 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. Link to purchase is below and questions can always come  to me. I created this painting in the studio a few weeks back.  I spent this last week on a painting retreat smack dab IN dune country painting them from life. There is something about this color palette that is so soothing to me - and to be honest, I think it is in part because I have so many pivotal life experiences that happened to involve exactly these colors. I think it merits mentioning, too, that while I could paint the landscape representationally (and did so last week via   little pieces full of color notes  which are available here ), I prefer (at least at this moment in time) to paint more of an experiential landscape. I want to paint an image that speaks to how I recall or soak up the elements of a particular space without o...

  McIntosh, 11x14, acrylic on flat panel, private collection (thank you and congratulations to my new collector). Link to purchase is below and questions can always come  to me. McIntosh started out last winter as a demo painting.  She was packed with organic linework and rich earthy color. Last week I wandered past several apple trees and became enchanted with the sinuous, tangled pattern of branches. They had something in common with the linework in this bear, so of course I needed to marry the two. You can see McIntosh in greater detail  here,  view her up close (you'll get a better sense of the paint quality) and in a room setting, and find a link to purchase. Let me know if you would like a payment plan on any of my work (30% non refundable deposit with the balance plus s&h paid off within a year) - those are set up on an individual basis and not processed through my website. Thanks so much for your interest in my artwork, All my best, warmly, Kim

  Hibiscus, 23x30, acrylic on flat panel, $1300 plus s&h. Link to purchase is below and questions can always come  to me. This painting was stubborn (which is entirely on brand for a Shetland Pony).   She showed up back in May as a demonstration piece for my online classroom. During the demo she grew wings, and during subsequent paint sessions I got so hung up on the idea of Pegasus that I stopped listening to the painting. As a result, the piece was overworked and boring. Ultimately I stripped her of her wings and set her on the shelf. I bemoaned the loss of her spark while she oversaw what played out on my easel for three months. Yesterday I decided to give her another try. The stars were aligned properly or maybe it was just that she was waiting for the hibiscus to be fully in bloom. Whatever it was, the magic came back over the course of the painting session.  I brought some of what I learned in my summer workshop to play - thick, painterly marks, broken and ...