Katie Jeanne Wood

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

Blue flower painting No 142

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 5x7 Flower Series No 142 01
acrylic on panel, 7×5, floral
Available here
Small to large prints available here

 katie jeanne wood - sunrise 01
Beautiful sunrise this morning out my studio window.

I freed up my schedule yesterday when I refused to sign a contract. I won’t be creating a series for the city of Wichita because I have turned down their offer. Instead, I am working on a new product line. Same kind of crazy busy with slightly less pressure. Why didn’t I sign the contract, and what should you look for when signing a contract? I hope to find time to write a post about that soon. Maybe after the holidays?  

Cottage Chic Chickadee bird No 21

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 4x4 Bird Series No 21 01
acrylic on panel, 4×4
Available here
Small to large prints of this painting available here

Had to take some downtime last night, and get away from the studio. It’s simply not possible to work around the clock, no matter how much you love your job or how much of a time crunch you’re facing. It’s still work, and I’m human. 

We watched Ray Donovan on Showtime..3rd episode. I was starting to really dislike the series. When Greg agreed with me, we decided to stop watching about 3/4 of the way through. The show’s topics aren’t working out for us..at all. I’m very sensitive, I guess, but on top of that, it wasn’t interesting. Yawn. I wanted to like the show because Katherine Moenning is in it, but they gave her such a non-existing role. I had to wonder why she took it. Blah. Life is too short. I felt like watching Empire instead, which is a much better show, hands down. Love Cookie!! Greg had never seen it, so we started on Season 1. He loved it, so we have ourselves a new series to watch. 

Red and white floral painting No 140

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 5x7 Flower Series No 140 01
Acrylic on panel, 5×7, floral
Available here
Small to large prints of this painting available here

Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul — and you answer.
Terri Guillemets

I’ve avoided discussing this publicly, but there’s been something weighing heavily on my mind, and it’s causing me a great deal of stress, and anxiety. In two weeks, I’m shutting down my businesses for an unknown amount of time. It could be for a day or it could be for 6 months. I wish I could be more specific, but at the moment, I can’t because I have no idea myself.

All I can tell you is I’ve been summoned for jury duty from January 8th until June 20 something..I don’t have the paperwork in front of me at the moment. From what I understand, you’re not allowed to work while you’re serving because they want your full attention on the case at hand. That will mean shutting down all FIVE of my online shops – two Etsy shops, my Daily Paintworks shop, my new Made Urban shop, and the one I have here on my site. Plus, I won’t be updating my blog for 6 months. 

I know this will sound selfish, but putting aside that it’s my civic duty, and all..I’m seriously worried what that kind of absence will do to my business. I don’t have a normal job with a normal paycheck to go back to when this is over. I’ve had to work day and night, for years, hustling and sacrificing to build my business up to what it is today. Poof! It will all be gone soon..all 2000+ listings. I don’t want to think of the thousands of dollars I’ll lose in that timespan..or how I’ll pay my bills or eat. That, and I honestly have no idea how I can go that long without painting, without being creative. It seems impossible to me because I live and breathe art. I can’t fathom not being allowed to work. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’m a workaholic..it’s all I do. Six months without touching a palette knife?? It will be absolute hell. 

So, yeah..my mind is racing with all these thoughts and concerns. In the meantime, I have custom orders that I need to get done, and I feel very rushed at this point. I’ll definitely be working through the holidays with little or no family time. I just got a contract in my inbox to sign for a local business, haven’t had time to read it yet, but it’s for work I haven’t started yet. So yeah..S T R E S S E D to the max. I have no idea if I can pull all this off in two weeks. The thought of leaving things undone until June doesn’t sit well with me in the least. :/ 

Soooo, I thought it’s time to let you guys know what’s going on. I will continue to blog everyday until January 7th, but my posts will probably be very short from here on out. I won’t have time to write. 

Pink cottage chic roses painting No 138

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 6x6 Flower Series No 138 01
acrylic on panel, 6×6, floral
Available here
Small to large prints of this painting available here

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. Maya Angelou 

🙂 Couldn’t resist.  

 

Pink and yellow cottage chic roses painting No 137

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 5x7 Flower Series No 137 01
acrylic on panel, 5×7, floral
Available on here
Small to large prints of this painting available here

Another busy day..not much time to write. I’m dealing with computer color issues, again, and my finger is on the buy now button on a Mac. I don’t really want to spend that much money, but I’m sooooo tired of Windoze problems. I’m ready for a real, grownup computer, so I can spend my time doing other things, like working. The only thing I worry about with a Macbook Pro is how thin, and light it is..if I drop it, will it shatter into a million pieces? hm..

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