Paintings With Soul

  Levitate make her yours Levitate, original acrylic on a cradled wood panel, natural exposed wood grain on the sides eliminating need to frame, 24”x18”x1”, $1400 plus s&h. I always welcome your questions (yes, I offer payment plans - details below) or  just reach out  to share some love. This one started as a playful sketch overtop an older piece. The sketch was first inspired by the little calla plant on my kitchen table, then of course I had to add some chickadees overtop. I drew them in using another in process bird painting as my resource. Then it was a matter of playing with the shard of blue sky and that rich violet shadows. Finally, I opted to add in silhouettes/leaf patterns from my roses. You can view - or purchase - Levitate  on my website .  Let me know  if you would like a payment plan (30% non refundable deposit with the balance plus shipping paid in full inside 12 months time). Repeat offenders, i.e. returning collectors, please use “COLL...

  Opening Reception:  Saturday, July 27th, 4-6pm Exhibition: July 27th - August 25th   We're really excited about Mirada's newest exhibition:  WILD THINGS!  In 2009,   Mirada Fine Art   opened its doors with an artist that immediately grabbed the attention of all the new gallery’s patrons:   Jill Shwaiko . Her charming bronze critters (and oil paintings) brought smiles and laughter to all who encountered them. Her artwork is a whimsical contemporary take on ancient petroglyphs. Each figure tells a story. 15 years after joining Mirada, Jill continues to be a favorite for all those who walk through our doors. This will be Jill's first appearance in the gallery in the last five years. For this exhibition, Jill is being paired with Mirada’s newest artist,   Kimberly Santini . Kimberly is a master of capturing the allure and spirit of wildlife in an expressive and imaginative way. Her enticing wildlife paintings are unlike anything we've eve...

  Strawberry Moon, original acrylic on a handmade cradled panel, image painted around the sides makes framing optional, 30”x24”x1-1/2”, $2000 plus s&h. Questions can always come  to me , or just reach out to share some love. This painting was finished, then not, then finished again, then not - a constant back and forth. I think this happens when I cannot settle into my flow state. Distractions, right, so very many squirrels at the moment….. there’s a certain point where I can no longer control what filters in - it’s like the dam has broken and the floodwaters are encroaching. I feel this in my bones. And yet, I still pick up my brushes. Ironically, my go to when the world feels out of control is the studio. Painting is my safe zone, a space where I can lose myself in the process and check out from the world at large.  Except that’s not happening with consistency any more. There have been some really good winks the past few days that have me itching to paint. Calla lil...

  Goldfinch, Goldfish make her yours Goldfinch, Goldfish, original acrylic on a deeply cradled panel, image painted around the sides makes framing optional, 30”x30”x2-1/2”, $2100 plus s&h. Link to purchase is below. Questions can always come  to me , or just reach out to share some love. I snuck off on vacation last week and found myself mostly unplugged, in a tropical setting, with absolutely no agenda. I allowed my head and my feet to wander, and soaked up all sorts of new textures and experiences to bring home. Goldfinch, Goldfish is the first piece since my return. She started as a drawing experiment overtop an older painting. Something about that first pass with the graphite hooked me, and I continued onward, working intuitively, repeatedly drawing, painting overtop, and then redrawing the birds. Create-destroy-rebuild is a key part of my process - it builds complex problems for me to solve at the easel while mirroring the insanity of the world at large. Essentially i...