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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 that I could not ship out.

It's been a little bit of a struggle though. I am so very proud of what's been coming off my easel, a marriage of landscape and talisman (fox) woven with my own personal response to our unsettled world. It feels significant, what I am painting. Important in some way. I realized that I absolutely SHOULD be sharing these pieces with you. That I am dong them a disservice by limiting the number of hearts they can touch.

So this is me, checking in and sharing one of my breakthrough recent works. Coexist is my response to the inhumanity that we seem so hell bent on inflicting on each other. It is dense with texture and infused with prayer.

I've recently realized that my paintings have been prayers for a long time. And when I acknowledged that, I felt a wee bit empowered. These pieces will go out into the world (literally next month and digitally via this note) and hopefully inspire more of the same, along with beautiful intentions and inspiration.

Thanks so much for your interest in my artwork,
All my best, warmly, Kim
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