Paintings With Soul

check her out, make her yours Metanoia, 12x12, acrylic on panel, $800, available exclusively through my website. S&H inside the contiguous US is on me. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Metanoia is ancient Greek meaning profound transformation. Something I am really aching to see in our world. This little one was borne from studying, extracting, and weaving together passages from past paintings and drawings. I am so enjoying the review of prior pieces, building little puzzles from their bits and filling my new sketchbook with possibilities. Metanoia is available for purchase on my website where you can also view her in a room setting or get your nose right up into the marks. In addition to the two new Bear paintings released in August, I completed a number of pet portrait commissions. I opened up six months of my calendar year to these and have one single spot remaining. Is it yours? message me for details and get started collecting your ph...

check her out, make her yours 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 ...

make her yours 20”x20”, acrylic on a cradled wood panel with 3/4” profile (no pressing need to frame). $1900 to the first asking nicely, shipping inside the contiguous US is on me. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Masquerade can ship mid June 2026. Anyone remember the drawings I created years ago featuring totems made of Butterfly, Fox, Bear and Deer? I exhibited a dozen of the pieces in a group show, then tucked them away into my flat files. A pile of unresolved drawings still sits here, rather hopefully, on my drafting table. I also painted a number of Fox pieces featuring Butterfly in unexpected ways - most recently, Kitsune , featuring Fox spliced with a Butterfly totem. At the time I had tried a number of approaches with Bear and Butterfly, but wasn’t satisfied with what showed up. I figured it simply wasn’t meant to be and moved onto other concepts. Last weekend, after spotting the first swallowtail of the season, I saw a Bear Butterfly compos...

  Swallowtail view her on my website Swallowtail, original acrylic on flat panel, 16”x20”, $850 plus s&h. I welcome your questions (yes, I offer payment plans - details below). Just  reach out . Swallowtail is part of a recent experiment where I start out with a random and chaotic drawing that then is gently teased into a recognizable shape. I discovered this process while playing one morning with one of  my favorite new drawing tools . Play is such an important part of my art practice. My most successful paintings are rooted in some aspect of play - play is where the best ideas show up, unexpectedly, enthusiastically. Then I get to work figuring out what the play based approach provides and how to leverage that. I play in my journals and sketchbooks, but also as part of my daily warmups and even inside paintings already on my easel. I think play should be a legit piece of every single day, no matter one’s age. You can zoom in to Swallowtail over  on my website ...

  Subliminate, 24"x24" original painting, acrylic on flat panel, private collection (THANK YOU!).    Link to order reproductions.   Please reach out  with any questions. More fox-butterfly-paint play going on here. Sublimate can be viewed up close and in a room setting  on my website. Ask  if you'de like a payment plan on one of my originals. A 30% non refundable deposit reserves the painting, with the balance plus shipping and handling satisfied within 12 months.  Also, returning collectors can use the coupon code "COLLECTOR10" for 10% off new purchases. Thanks so much for your interest in my artwork, All my best, warmly, Kim

  Papilionidae, 24"x24" original painting, acrylic on flat panel, $1200 plus s&h to the first asking nicely.  Link to purchase is below.   Please reach out   with any questions. Guess who felt pulled to the easel this week (yes, I admit, I've been a bit obsessed with drawing lately and not picked up my brushes for a hot second)?  I am looking for ways to initiating a shift in how I paint my animals, specifically Fox. Do you remember the saying "If you love something set it free. If it comes back, it's yours. If it does not, it was never meant to be." With that idea in mind I set about creating a series of pieces giving Fox permission to walk away, thinking that if she did return, she would be transformed into something different and fresh. In the meanwhile, Butterfly showed up. Or maybe this is Fox channeling her inner Butterfly as the metamorphosis occurs. Whatever it is, I have goosebumps when I'm in her presence. Papilio...

  Swallowtail (working title), roughly 10"x12", ink and gouache on watercolor paper, from my new series of drawings, pieces which are pulling me into some powerful places. Last fall I had two pivotal experiences. I took a drawing workshop with   Stuart Shils   and I joined a mentoring group led by   Anne Siems . Stuart's teaching (Reframing the Ordinary) ignited a desire to work in black and white. He showed me how to pare down what I see into exciting compositions without the need of color (I know, life changing and so unexpected!) and encouraged risk taking via drawing exercises. Anne's leadership sparked a volley of ideas based on using drawing as a gateway to break open new ideas. I had worked with Anne in the past and knew she would push me into some exciting territory, but I underestimated the exponential power of the group. I imagine our sessions are much like graduate school, with deep conversations about ideas, methods and materials, as we each search for th...

  Day 1 of the 2024 100 Day Project. My source drawing on the left and a monotype pulled from it on the right, mixed media on watercolor paper 5"x7".  Not for sale - yet.... stay tuned! The 100 Day Project   is a global challenge to be creative for 100 days straight. It can be anything you desire - write a poem, learn to play or sing a song, try a new recipe, whatever floats your boat. I'm choosing to do more drawings - yes, I have been drawing every day (well, 5-6 days'/week) for the last year plus, so this shouldn't be too far of a stretch. And I won't beat myself up over missing a day or two. It's the idea of committing to a series that I find so appealing. Butterflies have been featured in many of my drawings lately, and I have an idea for a large scale project with multitudes of them. So why not take on this project as a mechanism to get the groundwork done? 100 days of little butterfly drawings. By the time I'm done, it may even be warm enough he...

  Speciman I, 6-1/2"x9", mixed media on Fabriano paper, collection of the artist. please tell me more about Speciman The onset of a new year is when I love to burrow in with books, blankets and new ideas. The fireplace beckons and the dogs circle, waiting to snuggle in alongside. This year there's been lots of great reads (I am really enjoying my new Kindle) and reflecting (I've filled 2 notebooks already!). This always results in a good amount of new ideas bouncing around. And oddly enough, they have to do with ink and paper. My daily drawing habit has hooked me in - drawing as a warm up for the easel leaves me hungry for more. I found myself lingering at the drawing table longer each day. So I decided to indulge my muse and let her play at the drawing table. This is ok - part of the ebb and flow of being creative. It's an important reminder that not everything I make has to be for sale. When I reflect 2023, I spent too much time focused on deadlines and lost tou...

  Transformation, 18"x24" original painting, acrylic on panel, sold (thank you so much to my returning collector!).   Please reach out  with any questions. This one in particular has special meaning to me, being completed on winter solstice. She’s about breaking cycles, starting anew, beginning to heal. As the days lengthen (in the northern hemisphere at least), may we allow light to creep in and illuminate those places that need growth and change. I suppose you could also say that she sets up intentions for a new year as well. Transformation can be viewed up close and in a room setting right  here .   Don't forget, too, that I offer payment plans on any pieces over $500. You can shop available paintings at the link bearing the same name below. Additionally, there are pieces available from the Fox show I hung in November   here . A 30% non refundable deposit reserves the painting, with the balance plus shipping and handling satisfied within 1...

  Metamorphosis, 30x40x1-1/2, acrylic on a cradled wood panel, image painted around the sides (no pressing need to frame), $4200 plus s&h to   t he first asking nicely . Questions may come to me.   This painting is all about change - embracing evolution and shifts, personal growth, societal change, aging - whatever "change" means to you. There is a belly filled with sunrise, a pathway leading into a lush forest, angel wings made up of sky, the ginko tree (did you know this species is over 200 billion years old?!), butterflies (of course!) and the cunning of the fox to guide you. She was part of my recent  Fox exhibition   and came home to me, along with her sister paintings, yesterday. She's ready to grace your home with possibility and light. Metamorphosis can be viewed up close, in a room setting, and even purchased right  here .   I do offer payment plans. A 30% non refundable deposit reserves the painting, with the balance plus shipping and han...

  "Kaleidoscope," 18"x24"x1", acrylics and water solubles on cradled wood panel, image wrapped around the sides for a beautiful presentation, $899 plus s&h to the first to raise their hand. I accept Paypal, personal checks and payment plans. Inquiries may always come  to me . Did you know that a group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope? I love the gentle flurry of butterflies, and that the fox, an agent for navigating new pathways, is manifesting them. This is a powerful painting with a calm presence. She would add a lovely grace to your home or office.  Thanks for following along on my painting journey, Be well, Fondly, Kim

Kimberly Kelly Santini   paintings with soul because our world needs more beauty Please note that yesterday's post listed incorrect size and pricing information, I guess because I'm human. I apologize for any confusion this might have caused.   "Contessa," 16"x20", acrylics and graphite on a flat panel, $599 plus s&h. I accept paypal, venmo, personal checks and payment plans. Inquiries may always come  to me . SOLD (TY and congratulations to returning collector AK) I have been busy letting beauty into my day, via the easel. Have you welcomed any into yours? (Also, online students got an analysis of the impetus behind the last 5 bunny paintings -   are you over there ?) (Also, did you vote? I was #110 in my precinct this morning.) Thanks, as always, for following along with my artwork journey, Warmly, Kim

"Specimen 25," 12x12x1 cradeled panel, acrylics and graphite, image painted around the sides so no need to frame, varnished and ready to fly into your home. $449 plus $20 s&h. I accept paypel, venmo and payment plans. Inquiries may always come   to me . Here is another butterfly-in-flight inspired original painting. There is such an infinite variety to their wing shapes, patterning, and bodies. I may never run out of subject matter! Thanks, as always, for following along with my artwork journey, Warmly, Kim