Blog – Page 45 – Katie Jeanne Wood

On the easel today and moving my studio..

New white and gray abstract painting
I took it off the easel, and hung it above my desk.
I’ll live with it for a few days, and see if I want to make any changes.

I’m moving my studio..again.
It seems like I do this a lot.
I hope this time will be more permanent
because it’s all going upstairs.
We’re turning the entire upstairs into a
HUGE studio,
and moving the bedroom downstairs,
into what is now my studio.
That way, we will live downstairs,
and work upstairs
instead of having it spread out all over the place.
It will be great,
once it’s all done. haha
In the meantime,
I’ll be busy.
If I’m not around much,
you can guess what I’ll be doing. 🙂

I have abundance

my large collection of heart rocks
that my husband finds for me.
New ones every week!
Who knew Kansas was so full of love!!

You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.

~Sarah Ban Breathnach

First You Cry

Wordless Wednesday – daisies and a short video

Daisies
Wordless Wednesday

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the ocean

Fresh off the easel are these new acrylic abstract mini paintings. Most of my artwork is vibrant, so I wanted to mute the color on this series. I’ve been wanting to do a black and white series forever..like at least 2 years, maybe three? I have no idea what took me so long. I guess I’ve been afraid of not using color. Like, what can you really do with just black and white?

The funny thing is when I picked up the palette knife, I had nooo idea what I was going to do with it, but it all came together quickly. Once I started, I couldn’t stop.

I was thinking of stark, white, grey, snow, ice, winter. And huge snow banks that I haven’t seen for nearly 14 years. When I moved to Kansas in March 1999, there was snow piled well over my head in Maine. Here, there was bright green grass (which I found out later is actually winter wheat), and it was 85F in March.

Winter Lake

I also kept in mind what the ocean must look like in the winter on the east coast, as I made these. It’s been a long long time since I’ve seen the ocean.

Keep an eye on my Etsy shop if you’re interested in this new series. I started listing them two days ago, and within minutes, one was in a new treasury by Lesglass. Yesterday, another treasury made by Budpnq, so I’m thinking this is going to be a popular series.

I also have some 6x6s that I’ll be listing over the next few weeks.