Paintings With Soul

  Spector, 24x30x1-1/2, acrylic on a spectacular handmade Bara Woodworking panel, no need to frame, $2000 plus s&h to   the first asking nicely . And of course, questions can always come   to me. a ghost of a past painting This is a rework of a piece from last August. Hindsight and fresh eyes enabled me to see potential in repainting some of the passages of the older piece. While I loved what she was, because of the creative growth I've made the past six months, I was able so envision - and manifest - significant change. The piece is all the stronger for it, too. She feels more mysterious and possesses greater power. She will be utterly gorgeous hanging in your home. Can't you picture it? You can view a larger image of Spector  here , check out the details, even see her installed in a room.  And if you are curious about the changes I made, I created two lessons on this piece for my online students.   Come join my online classroom The Magic Space   ...

  Gray, 20"x24", acrylic on flat panel, $1100 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. Gray can be yours right   here . And of course,   inquiries are always welcome . her name is Gray  but nothing about her is neutral. Her eyes follow you while the gentle swell of shapes around her (inspired by falling leaves) carry a calm and sweet variety of hues. Including one hazel and one golden eye with a field of green between them, hinting at spring. Gray will be a beautiful addition to your space. As always, I welcome questions or thoughts about my work. Thanks so much for following along with - and supporting - my art journey, warmly, Kim

  "Rabbit, Rabbit," a new Talisman painting, 36"x36"x1-1/2", acrylic mixed media on a gallery wrapped canvas. This piece will be available to purchase, along with a handful of sister paintings, at a future date. In the meanwhile, inquiries may always come   to me. Did you know that a wild rabbit crossing your path is meant to be good luck? And that if you say "rabbit rabbit" on the first of the month, you are bound to have good luck for the next 30 days? So how lucky would it be to have a larger than life sized painting of a wild rabbit, titled "Rabbit Rabbit," in your home?! asking for a friend....... No rabbits were harmed - or chased - in the making of this painting. But I have been practicing yoga in the mornings with Gertie, my pet bunny, this month. And we were gifted the company of a wee little wild one several evenings in a row. Studying from life is a key piece of understanding their nature and being able to create something that ca...

  "Ladybug," 24"x30"x1-1/2", acrylic and water solubles on a cradled wooden panel. This piece is $999 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. And thank you so much for your interest in my artwork. Returning collectors receive 10% off original artwork purchases. I accept paypal, personal checks and payment plans. Inquiries my always come   to me . A ladybug somehow got in my car a couple weeks back, and was crawling up my arm. I pulled over to let her go safely. I've been hiding her in paintings ever since, but today she declared that she wanted to be the star. Who am I to argue with a good luck omen? Thanks, as always, for following along on my painting journey, Be well, Fondly, Kim

  "Equinox," 30"x24", acrylic and water solubles on panel, This piece is $899 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. And thank you so much for your interest in my artwork. Returning collectors receive 10% off original artwork purchases. I accept paypal, personal checks and payment plans. Inquiries my always come   to me . There's lucky rabbit's feet tucked into this painting for a mild winter (I sure hope I haven't jinxed us!).  Thanks, as always, for following along on my painting journey, Be well, Fondly, Kim

  "Red," 24x36x1-1/2, acrylics on cradled panel, image painted around the side, $1899 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, personal checks, and payment plans, and collectors always receive a 10% discount. Inquiries may come  to me . I am particularly fascinated with a fox's ability to dissolve into their surroundings. I imagine that is much how Native Americans moved through the woods, too, silently, without being noticed. It seems to me that the less intrusive one is to their surroundings in nature, the more deeply one can be connected. And that's what this painting is about - how, through the centuries of time on earth, we are all bits of each other. We are literally connected via the most basic shared building blocks - the elements on this earth - simply recycled and reborn in other cells. I also really dig the idea that my spirit guide (the fox) is made up of sky, earth and fire. That makes her even more powerful, her ability t...

"Too Much to Hold," 24x20x1-1/2, acrylics on cradled panel, image painted around the side, $999 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, personal checks, and payment plans, and collectors always receive a 10% discount. Please note that there will be a delay in shipping this painting, as I wish to spend some quality time with her, learning and developing new works. Inquiries may come  to me .   When you dream all night about finishing a remarkable painting, and then get to wake up and actually do so, while still in your jammies. Yup, perfect day. This is “Too Much to Hold.” I borrowed her title from  Sarah Morris ’ song   Between Here and There . I love to listen to music while I paint - it helps me fall into my flow and keeps me physically moving (I paint standing up). My playlist has over 1000 songs, randomly shuffled, and every so often the lyrics or melody to something connects deeply with what’s on my easel, like this song did....

  "Bloom," 24"x30", acrylics and graphite on panel, Not currently for sale. Inquiries may always come  to me . I can't decide what my favorite bit of this painting is - the orange flower blooming above her left eye? the way her whiskers twist together into the negative space on the right side of the painting? her wry smile and half shut eyes? that purple flower just past her prime with petals dancing off into oblivion? There's so much to look at and process here, it makes me giddy. My Magic Space (online) students are getting a video short about the making of this painting. There's also nuggets of info in there about finding your own artists' style.  If you are curious yourself,   please join us ! Be well, Fondly, Kim

  "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

  "Wildflower," 18"x24", acrylics and graphite on panel, $799 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, personal checks and payment plans. Inquiries may always come  to me . Raccoons kept popping into my brain for no apparent reason the last week or so, so I decided yesterday afternoon to give one a try. She got drawn in overtop an older painting, which immediately contributed to the blue palette. The feverfew is from my yard, and the peonies are inspired by artificial ones I set up for another painting (now long abandoned/something else, but the flowers were so pretty I left them out. Translation: I'm lazy.) I'll share what I posted on Facebook about this one:  Paintings don't always come together this easily, but when they do I attribute it to the last 21 years of working every single day. So grateful to be able to passionately work on my art and make a living doing so. Don't believe the myth of the starving artist - show up, do the...

  Kimberly Kelly Santini   paintings with soul because our world needs more beauty   "Emerald," 24"x30"x1-1/2", acrylics and graphite on cradled panel, sides painted for a beautiful contemporary look, $1299 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. I accept paypal, personal checks and payment plans. Inquiries may always come  to me . Emerald has been magical from the start. A painting overtop a painting overtop a painting overtop a painting - each rendition taking my breath away, but also becoming too precious to take any risks with. So the panel sat there, patiently waiting for me to jump back in, over the period of several years. I love working overtop another piece - the two paintings, the previous incarnation and the one emerging, have a conversation with each other. Bits are salvaged, ideas spark, something entirely new is born. With Emerald it is that glowing chest. That wasn't part of my original concept, but once I saw the fox, began p...

  "Mother Time," 18" x 24", acrylics and graphite on flat panel, $799 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. Returning collectors get 10% off. I accept Paypal, personal checks and payment plans.   Please message me.   As the snow literally flies, a polar bear materialized on my easel. She has a blue eye, representing the night, and a gold one for the dawn. HInts of pink, green, orange and purple speak to the seasons that will reveal themselves (sooner, rather than later, I hopw). This is Mother Time. My   online students  are getting a video-ed lesson on the creation of this painting. You are always welcome to join us, and watch how these sorts of things come to life. Thanks for following along on my painting journey. Meanwhile, stay out of this miserable weather and pour yourself something warm. Stay well, Fondly, Kim

  Kimberly Kelly Santini   paintings with soul because our world needs more beauty   "Foxy" 18" x 24" x 1-1/2", acrylics and graphite on a lovely, deep, gallery stretched canvas, painting wrapped around the sides, $899 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. Returning collectors get 10% off. I accept Paypal, personal checks and payment plans.   Please message me.   So this fox showed up in an earlier painting ( Rabbit and Fox) , and I knew she wasn't done with me. Sure enough, last week she got drawn overtop an unresolved ballerina/dance/siren painting, and ever since then, she has had me beguiled. What is the message she's sending? I think I figured out what she was trying to tell me - to stop overthinking and questioning too much, and to just do. What do you suppose she's telling you, though? Thanks for following along on my painting journey. Stay well, Fondly, Kim

"Endangered (Snow Leopard)," 24" x 30", acrylics on panel, $699 + s&h to the first asking nicely. Inquiries may come to me . This painting came about due to the challenge this week on DailyPaintworks - to paint a cat. I wanted to keep this piece in the same vein as the polar bear and snowshoe hare from last week, so decided on a big cat. Snow leopards are endangered, which inspired me to take advantage of the drooping tulips from last week's pieces. And I added dried roses, daisies, heather and alyssum to the mix. Perhaps it was today's gray weather that encouraged me to bring more color into this piece, too. Now let's find her a home - feel free to share and pass this one along! Thanks for following along with my artwork, Kim ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com    Shop Reproductions Here

"Chippie II," 6-1/4" x 6", a repeat of yesterday's chipmunk, but this time acrylics on copper. Chippie II is $599, which includes shipping and handling to a US address. Message me if you are interested. You need to experience Chippie II in person - sections of the surface are exposed copper, and the metal reflects and absorbs the light as the viewer moves about. Here's a video short of the piece in process. You ARE Seeing Double! And I'm seeing a mess of chipmunks, too. We built a flagstone patio this summer, and it's coaxed them out into the sunshine. I've enjoyed watching their antics from all sorts of different angles inside and out. I think there might be more paintings to come. But meanwhile, continuing to think about the differences between painting on a panel vs painting on copper, I took yesterday's composition and gave it a whirl.  I also worked out a way to add more glint/reflec...

"Chippie," 8" x 8", acrylics on museum quality panel, depicting a tiny little chipmunk, packing his cheeks, $399 includes shipping and handling to a US address, going home with the first one asking nicely. SOLD (thank you very much!) Working out ideas on light and form today - I spent a significant amount of time sipping tea and watching the early morning sun travel through our brilliantly yellow maple. I might have figured a few things out about value and light.  I'll let you know - gonna try my hand at another chipmunk. Thanks, as always, for following along with my artwork, Warmly, Kim   ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com

NOTATION 9-5-15:  "Fox Kit" completed after paint dried (this humidity!). There was some sandpaper involved, a few glazes, more sandpaper, and then the painting got scanned. Any digital image suffers in comparison to the original, but the above image is a fair representation of the color, value and texture in this painting. In process, "Fox Kit," 10" x 10", acrylics on panel, a painting a young fox inspired by a photo found on morguefile.com . This piece is nearly finished, but I ran into the challenge of an extended paint drying time due to our hight humidity. This piece has been wet for nearly 4 hours now! I would like to take sandpaper to some areas (so as to soften edges and color transitions), but cannot do that until the paint cures. Meanwhile, this painting and all it's color and delight can be yours for $499, which include s&h inside the US. All inquiries may  come to me . SOLD (THANK YOU!) Please note this is an iPho...

Jack, 6" x 8", depicting a wild rabbit, painted in acrylics on museum quality panel, $329 to the first one saying "please!" Pleases may come  to me  - along with inquiries about commissioning your own special portrait. But make it quick, becaue I am really tempted to keep this one for myself!!     My challenge today was to paint the light more so than the object. To make the light tangible and real and the primary focus of the painting.   It was much harder than it looks. Much, much harder.   In process pics on  the studio Facebook page .   Thanks so much for following along with my work, Kim ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com   PS  Thank you to my friend Lisa from  Team Husar Photography  for sharing bunny photos and granting me permission to paint from them!