Art – Page 93 – Katie Jeanne Wood

a minute part of reality

Mom, kids, and Dad

I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It’s cloud’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know clouds at all
Joni Mitchell

a box full of Harold

Miss Maude

The photograph itself doesn’t interest me.
I want only to capture a minute part of reality.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci

What I’m reading: The people who want artists to work for free

Ryan Estrada

I’d wave goodbye, as I’m making my way to the exit, and I’d yell back over my shoulder, “Have a great time in Japan. I’d love to say I’ll see you when you get back, but I won’t be because boy, BYE! I don’t work for free.”

The Wanderers – Throwback Thursday

Wandering No 1
Throwback Thursday
2010
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I used to paint a lot of these women wandering away from their homes. It wasn’t until a couple months ago that I realized that I have a lot in common with these ladies, which is probably why I painted so many of them.

Wandering No 2
Throwback Thursday
2011ish
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By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering.
Roger Ascham

Wanderlust No 3
2017
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Wandering Gypsy
2007
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The world belongs to no one. There are very few people who fit into the world. And part of the struggle of every human life is to somehow claim a place on the planet, but it’s at the forefront of the experience of the wandering race. The wandering people.

Deborah Eisenberg

Wandering Gypsy No 2
2007
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Wanderlust No 2
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

Anatole France

Wandering Gypsy No 1
2003ish
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I’ve always found a cure for the blues is wandering into something unknown, and resting there, before coming back to whatever weight you were carrying.

Diane Sawyer

Wayback Wednesday – Digital Photo Story Time

Hideaway

Since I’ve been stepping back in time, and going through folders full of my old paintings for WBW and TBT, I’ve found myself going down a deep rabbit hole. I’ve discovered years of buried, and long forgotten digital art, photos, poems, and personal essays.

I used to write on my photos in Photoshop. I wonder why I stopped, and if I should start again?

skull
I brought this home
to honor his or her life,
and probably still have it somewhere.

Cool painted building in Wichita, KS
Sadly, it doesn’t look like this anymore.
If I remember right, it used to be a playhouse.
It’s a title company now.

#waybackWednesday
2006ish
This one reminds me of Mortified Nation,
which is hilarious.
You should check it out on Netflix.

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Choose Joy Art Journal Page

Choose Joy
Art journal page

I didn’t have a lot of time to work in my art journal last week, so I went with a quick pink background, and a quote. I was wrestling with making a decision, and couldn’t make up my mind which direction to take. Choosing joy ended up being the answer I was looking for. Choose joy, well, of course! So simple, right? Once I figured that was the perfect outcome I was seeking, I was able to stop overthinking it, and move forward.

Show up

Happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend, and you’re ready to start another week in your studio. I’m raring to go!! Let’s do this!!

Something motivational to listen to while you’re working..
Mark Sisson video: It’s never too late to start with Lewis Howes

Blue floral painting video

Blue floral painting No 342
Acrylic mixed media on flat panel
Available here

This video of me painting this floral painting went up on my YT channel this morning. Right now, my upload schedule is Wednesday and Saturday on youtube. Be sure to subscribe, so you don’t miss out.

Never Hurts to Laugh – bald man laughing portrait painting

Never Hurts to Laugh
On sale now
Reduced price
Acrylic portrait painting
bald man laughing
#Throwback Thursday

This is the portrait I painted when I needed a bit of humor in my life. Hopefully it will bring someone a smile every time they see it hanging on their wall. 🙂

Happy Throwback Thursday, and August 1st, y’all! I’m hoping that by the time this posts it’s pouring rain here. We could use it to cool things down. It was 101F last night at 9pm, which is just so unacceptable. If I was in charge of the weather that never would happen. lol 😉

I got my two custom portraits finished, and mailed off. I’m thinking I need a break because it was pretty stressful working under a short deadline. So, to relax I’m gonna kick back, and watch something tonight on Netflix..which means, I’ll be taking a nap on the couch if you need me.

Saturday or Sunday, I’m going to show you what the lovely and talented Mrs Miller (aka my bestie) sent me in the mail, so stay tuned for that. Omgosh, I cried when I opened the box. While I was being all emotional, Miss Sweet Pea kitten stole it from me because she LOVES when her auntie sends her lovely handmade items..that little stinker. 😀 This is why I can’t ever have nice things. 😉

Have a great evening. I’m off to go get into some trouble, and by that I mean, paint for a few minutes before I end this workday.

PS: Sheila, your website is down completely for me now. I keep trying to visit you, but can’t. 😢🥺 I keep wondering how things went with your surgery.