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Flutter, 12x12, acrylic on cradled panel (no need to frame, painting will arrive wired and ready to hang), $950, available exclusively through my website.S&H inside the contiguous US is on me. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. NOTE: I have a 20” similar (unfinished) painting, along with a 6” square piece. Neither of these are currently available.
I first painted Butterfly Masks on Bear this last spring. The results were intriguing to me, but I was particularly challenged by my treatment of Bear and Butterfly as two separate living beings. That prevented me from allowing the collision to become something new and evocative. I switched out Butterfly with florals and sky, knowing I could take artistic license with those forms and not have a mutilated life on my hands, and had multiple goes at various iterations.
I also was inspired by the varied life forms in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series of books (which I just finished last month and highly, highly recommend). Matt Dinneman gets 10/10 points for the utterly creative and vast collection of species he invented. One of the characters, Big Tina, a young bear who mutates into a dinosaur infected with vampirism, wears a tutu fused to her midriff, her ballerina tiara grown into her skin. She sparked a change in how I began to visualize mask - and clothing in general - they do not have to literally be something we wear or a separate layer/object. Thanks, Matt!
Now I’m onto the next problem - diaphonous form, veiled shapes, and heightened mystery. And also going larger with this one!
Flutter is available for purchase on my website where you can an also view her in a room setting or get your nose right up into the marks.
As always, I am so grateful for your interest in my work.
Thank you so much for your support.
Big Bear Love, Kim.
PS Payment plans on request for purchases greater than $500 - 30% non refundable deposit reserves the painting, with 6 months to pay off balance plus any s&h (my current pieces include s&h - paintings done prior to 2026 are at my old prices and s&h is a separate line item). Returning collectors - don’t forget to use “COLLECTOR10” discount at checkout for 10% off acquisitions. Questions can always come my way.
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