Paintings With Soul

check her out, make her yours 24”x30”, acrylic on a cradled wood panel with 1-1/2” profile (no pressing need to frame), $2250 to the first asking nicely, includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Snowcapped can ship at the end of April 2026. I tried a number of new things with this one: restricting my palette to four blues, one red and two yellows working with large value shapes, feeling my way into Bear’s pose and weight distribution use of glazes to unify and soften passages You can see her progression   here . I learned quite a bit and am eager to roll it into another piece. Stay tuned. The link above will take you to my website for direct purchasing, along with viewing in a room or right up close. Payment plans are also available - see below for terms. I am so grateful for your interest in my work Thank you so much for your support. Big Mountain Bear Love, Kim. PS Payment plans on request for purchases great...

check her out, make her yours 24”x36”, acrylic on a cradled wood panel with 1-1/2” profile (no pressing need to frame), $3000 to the first asking nicely, includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Painting will arrive ready to hang. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Heliocentric can ship mid April 2026. Heliocentric is named for Copernicus’ cosmological theory, as this Bear believes herself to be the center of the universe. My initial concept was a   girl-with-pearl-earring   sort of Bear, filled with flowers. I added sunflowers, and they were super fun but also very demanding - their faces competed with Bear. She asked for the petals to become little licks of flame, and things grew from there. Heliocentric was   worked with permission**   from a photo taken by wildlife photographer Allie Swafford. Thank you, Allie, for allowing me to paint Felicia’s coquettish gaze (Grizzly Bear 863 from Yellowstone). Allie offers prints of her am...

check her out, make her yours 24x36, acrylic on gallery wrapped panel with 1” profile, sides painted so no need to frame, $3000 to the first asking nicely. This includes s&h inside the contiguous US. Hawaiian, Alaskan and Canadian shipping available at additional cost. Revolution can ship as early as April 2026. In the book   Art as Therapy , Alain de Botton and John Armstrong propose that what we are stimulated by in art is a reflection of what we are lacking or longing for. So if I am making art filled with landscapes and skies alongside ethereal animals that see me but don’t require anything from me, what might that mean? I may be wishing for a protector. Nothing is more omnipotent than   a mother bear blocking the sun (or moon) . Or a savior -   a silvery mare pregnant with prayer . Or stillness as I sit beside   a marigold filled fox in the garden . If you wish for any of these things, too, you’re in luck. The art continues to show up. Available work is list...