Katie Jeanne Wood

Mixed Media Artist - daily painter of portraits, flowers, abstracts and birds

Just another way of keeping a diary

March 13th, 2014

Katherine Jeanne Wood - abstract Picasso quote
art journal page

I’m smiling.
The music is loud.
Listening to Songs That Make me Happy Sometimes

Shutting out the light
Shutting Out the Light
Revised!
Available for purchase here

art journal abstract
art journal abstract painting

Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Stephen Covey

Little Pea catching some rays
Little Pea catching some rays
It was 80F on the back porch a couple days ago,
and then it got sooooo cold and windy yesterday.
I had to close the windows.
brrrr!!

Short video of my completed paintings January and February 2014

Masked Girl, All is Well, Sweet Pea video

March 11th, 2014

Masked Girl
8×10 inch digital print
Available here

This is an older art journal page that I’ve decided to offer as a print. I went through a stage where I painted a lot of masquerade masked people.

6x6 All is Well Series #2
All is Well No 2
Revised!
Available for purchase here

Blind cat Sweet Pea on the pet couch

This little girl is going to turn 3 years old in a couple weeks. I don’t know if I can find a present as good as the one she got last year.

 

 

That dog is no dummy, girl and bird paintings

March 10th, 2014

Grief
I painted this art journal page the day my dog Lola passed away in January.
Grief
8×12 inch print available here

bare tree branches

Re-examine all you have been told…
Dismiss what insults your Soul.
Walt Whitman

Original Acrylic Portrait Painting Girl, black bird, hand, snow, winter, blue sky, pink coat - Sweet Bird of Youth IISweet Bird of Youth II
SOLD! 

This wintry vision I have in my head comes from a vivid memory I have of my Mom, and how she would tell me to stand outside in the snow with a tiny piece of bread on my hand. She said if I was quiet and still enough, a bird would land on me, and I would get to feed him. aw! How I wanted that to happen!!

This painting sold on March 6th, which was my Mom’s birthday. 🙂

be still child soft landing Let me fly away

 Hope is the Thing with Feathers snow bird Cold Winter Day

 sweet bird of youth I It's Your Turn to Fly Sweet Bird of Youth II

I’ve painted nine of these over the past 3 years, and I thought I was done with the series. However, now that I only have one left, I think I will be painting another one soon. I can’t let my mother’s memory die, just because she did, and painting these make me feel close to her. How can I ever stop painting them? 

Freddy all tucked inThe Pet Couch

I put the pillows on the back of the couch, and he pulled them off. I was tugging on one end, and him on the other. He was determined. I gave up, and let him have the pillow before we ended up ripping it. Next thing I know, he’s snoring so loudly, I couldn’t hear myself think. I looked over, and he was sleeping with his head on the pillow. lol That dog is no dummy.

nobody knows but you

art journal page

 

A peek into my old studio, painting video

March 7th, 2014

All is Well Series #1
All is Well No 1 in series
Revised!
Available for purchase here

Old Studio Pic

I wrote about my studio being in the walk-in closet when we first moved into this house. I couldn’t find a photo of it at that time, but look what I just found. It was so tight in there, I couldn’t easily sit in the chair without it being up against the wall, literally. But, where there’s a will, there’s a way, as the old saying goes. I made lots of art in this tiny space. Mostly book art, like art journals and altered books. I also made handmade books. I hadn’t bought any canvas at this point, yet, which was probably a good thing. Where would I have put the easel? lol

No matter where you’re making art, keep making it! It’s important.

Commitment is an act, not a word.
Jean-Paul Sartre

published Feb 27th Sandie Reader

I had to take a screenshot of this. 🙂

In case you didn’t see it, my painting was published on the cover of the San Diego Reader last week.

Singing the Blues
Singing the Blues
SOLD! 
prints are available here
Watch me paint her..

  Singing the Blues painting video0

Blind cat Sweet Pea curled up

Aw, wook at that sweet wittle gurl.

Listening to: Cage the Elephant (full album)

Let’s Pretend, art journal, Fred and his lazy ear, water jars

March 6th, 2014

Abstract Acrylic Painting 20x16 Original Contemporary Modern Wrapped Canvas Red Blue White

Let’s Pretend 20×16 inch blue and red landscape abstract painting Available for purchase here

art journal pages

art journal pages

Freddy and his ear

freddy and his lazy ear

water jars

water jars

Today marks the 4th year my mother isn’t here to celebrate her birthday. It’s hard to know what to do on days like this. How to pass the time? I will probably bake a cake. I usually do. It’s sorta a new tradition now. Instead of being sad that she’s not here, I try to celebrate her life, and be happy for everything she gave me. Eating birthday cake, and being thankful sure beats sitting around being sad. Yeah?

Happy Birthday, Mom. I love you. xo

ps: if you substitute unsweetened applesauce for the eggs or butter, it makes the recipe lower calorie, and healthier. I never use eggs when baking something sweet.

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