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Sacrosanct

 

Sacrosanct

 

24"x30", acrylic on panel, $1300 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. Clicking on the image above or here teleports you to my website to view the painting in a room setting, zoom in up close to the image, and perhaps even make her all yours. This piece is available to ship at the end of September 2025. Questions? just reach out.

 

I have been hiding out in the studio. It's in the basement of my home which means I can come to work without having to go out into the real world. When I'm here, I have no idea of time of day or what's happening weatherwise. I can lose myself with my art materials and my processes. And if I can find flow state while I'm working, that's added respite too.

The studio is where I lay out what is weighing heavy on my heart, examine it thoroughly, and then work through it by making art. I've got a lot of shit laid out down here as of late, but nevertheless I continue to lean into creativity as a means to be able to go up those stairs at the end of the day and return to the real world.

I wish love was enough to fix our woes, you know, something simple and direct (although lately even the idea of love seems to have been politicized). I have been thinking a lot about the many ways that love shows up to heal and how I might be able to scatter more of it into the world and kind of help things along. The best idea I've come up with is to continue escaping to the studio and making paintings about beauty, determination, bearing witness, sitting amongst chaos with an open heart, refusing to back down, whatever bubbles to the top of the shit I've been piling up down here.

So this is what Sacrosanct is about - processing all these complex feels inside the incessant tumult, and holding things together even if it isn't seamless. She's also a bit of a self portrait, watching things unravel, holding onto remnants of blue sky and grace and hope (pink roses), reminding me of what is truly precious.

Thanks so much for your interest in my artwork,
Love you, Kim.

PS  Returning collectors please use "COLLECTOR10" at checkout for your repeat offender discount. If you would like a payment plan, reach out directly. A 30% non refundable deposit reserves the painting, with balance due inside 12 months. The painting ships once all payments are complete.

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