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Chickadee Confetti



Chickadee Confetti, original acrylic on panel, 24”x18”, $1000 plus s&h. I always welcome your questions (yes, I offer payment plans - details below). Feel free to reach out and share some love.


A continuation of the exploration of layering drawings overtop last summer’s abstract painting, Chickadee Confetti is definitely a product of cross-pollination. She is fed by what I learned painting Floret (my most recent piece) and Levitate (from a few weeks ago) and the scads of drawings I’ve been making nonstop since last fall.


When one shows up and does the work, over and over again, with the intention of learning and playing (as opposed to making something intended to hang on the wall), fantastic things happen. Ideas bubble forth, connections are made, skills are honed. And then when it’s time to try and make something intended to hang on the wall, there is a freshness and palpably unique feel to what emerges.


Daily painting (or drawing or sculpting or photographing or writing) is where the magic starts. I have been showing up daily for myself since 2006 - closing in on 20 years!!


The lesson in my online classroom next week will be all about cross-pollination as I show my students how to set themselves up for similar explorations and successes.


Meanwhile, you can view - or purchase - Chickadee Confetti right off 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 “COLLECTOR10” at checkout for 10% off the acquisition of original artwork.


Thanks so much for your interest in my artwork.

Love you, Kim

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