Katie Jeanne Wood

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

Bringing back my older “Miz Katie” portraits

Bella
Little girl portrait 
Prints available here

It’s been a while since I’ve offered these “Miz Katie” portraits as prints. They’re back for now, but probably only for a limited time. I haven’t decided yet. We’ll see how it goes. 

5 O’clock Shadow
Prints available here

All these paintings have been sold, and print sizes are on the smallish side. I didn’t have the scanner back then that I do now, and I no longer have the paintings in my possession. I can’t make bigger prints of them, unfortunately. 

Lay Your Weary Head To Rest No 4

Lay Your Weary Head To Rest No 4
Prints are available here

Precious Child
Prints available here

Icy Environment
Prints available here

I hope you have a lovely Friday, and upcoming weekend. I’ll see you next week. 

Revising a floral painting

Katie Jeanne Wood - 9x12 Bowl of cherries & cherry blossoms painting No 88

BEFORE

I think this is the third or fourth time I’ve revised this painting. The listing recently expired on Etsy, so I figured it was the perfect time to bring it back to my work table and fix it. 

At first, I thought all I was going to change was the pink background. As much as I like the color pink, I didn’t think it went well with this painting. Turns out, I changed everything about the painting, including the flowers. 

I started with the background, and made it light green, which I liked but it needed something more. I ended up using the green paint on the table, which I like better than the b&w in the before pic. As I was working on the background, the skinny vase started to bug me, so that also had to go. 

The new larger vase went through a few color changes – bright blue, black, then white, and finally back to black again. As I’m looking at these photos, I like the white vase better, but yesterday, the white vase didn’t appeal to me. hm..I might have to change it back, and take another look. 

The cherries mostly stayed the same, other than adding a few more to the bowl. I decided to keep the wonky shaped bowl after trying to “fix” it, and not liking the results. 

This is as far as I got yesterday, and it took me most of the day. It felt good to work on a larger painting for a change. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything except work in my art journals lately, which is a post I need to write about soon. Stay tuned. 

Hope you have a peaceful, happy weekend. I’ll see you next week.  

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Pastel abstract painting

Katie Jeanne Wood - Light pastel farmhouse style abstract No 110

This light colored abstract painting
has countless layers of paint,
and collage,
which gives it lots of texture. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - Light pastel farmhouse style abstract No 110

Katie Jeanne Wood - Light pastel farmhouse style abstract No 110

I made this painting with gesso, acrylic paint, collage papers, gel medium, pastels, markers, chalk and whatever else I could get my hands on in the moment. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - Light pastel farmhouse style abstract No 110

The sides of the canvas have been painted white to cover up any drips and drops that might have spilled over the edges while I was working on this piece. It’s ready to frame or hang as is on a nail or screw. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - Light pastel farmhouse style abstract No 110

Katie Jeanne Wood - Light pastel farmhouse style abstract No 110Abstract No 110
Available for purchase here

 

Daily practice

Something to think about and consider…

No matter what your age or your life path, whether making art is your career or your hobby or your dream, it is not too late or too egotistical or too selfish or too silly to work on your creativity.

Julia Cameron

Have a lovely weekend, everyone. xo

 

Celebrating Buddhamas & Winter Break

Katie Jeanne Wood - Relaxation & Rejuvenation Green & yellow abstract prints

Relaxation & Rejuvenation
PRINTS

I hope you take some time this holiday season for some “relaxation and rejuvenation”. I don’t know about you, but I’m more than ready for winter break.  

Katie Jeanne Wood - Level of Drama green abstract painting print

© Katie Jeanne Wood
Level of Drama
PRINTS

I’ll be celebrating Buddhamas again this year, which means I’ll be enjoying a most lovely Buddhist retreat with one of my favorite monk teachers.  

Katie Jeanne Wood - OFC green & red abstract printRed & green abstract painting print
OFC
PRINTS

This will be my last post until next month. Unlike last year, I am going to be unplugging from the internet during this 6 day retreat. I want to be fully present, and enjoy every second of it.

If you order anything from my Etsy, eBay or here on my site, shipping will be delayed until I return to work. I have tentatively set the date of my return to be January 10th. If I come back sooner, I’ll let you know. 

I wish you happiness, peace (of mind & body), and freedom from suffering. Sadhu! 

Final update – Flowers in Her Hair WIP

Flowers in Her Hair WIP

Flowers in Her Hair
Final WIP update
Moved her eye downward.
This was quite an easy fix, and didn’t take much time. 

Flowers in Her Hair WIP

This will be the final update for this painting. I’m getting bored with it, and need to move on. 

Flowers in Her Hair WIP

I still need to work on her mouth, maybe decrease the size of it? I decided I’m not going to change the shape of her head or face. It is what it is, and I’ve got other things I need to do today, so I’m calling it done. It will be up for sale sometime next month..unless I decide to paint over it completely, and make an abstract out of it. If you want this painting, make me an offer. Painting has been sold.

I hope you have a lovely weekend. xo 

Golf Series available

Katie Jeanne Wood - Teen Golfing palette knife figure paintingTeen Girl
playing golf
sport art
Bid HERE

I know I said back in August that I was going to paint over these golf paintings, but I decided there are a few that I’d rather offer for sale instead. These are all available on ebay. If you are a golfer or have a loved one who golfs, these would make fabulous birthday or holiday gifts. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - Sunday Afternoon man golfing palette knife figure paintingSunday Afternoon
man golfing
Bid HERE

These original paintings of a golfers are from a golf series I created to be featured in a book titled Golf Sayings by Bradford Gordon Wheler back in 2013. I’ve revised some of them since then. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - Man putting golf palette knife figure paintingPutting
Bid HERE

These were painted impasto with palette knives on chipboard. The paint is thick, and the knife marks can be seen throughout the painting. They’ve all been varnished to protect from fingerprints and dust. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - Two Girls Golfing palette knife figure paintingTwo Girls Playing Golf
Bid HERE

Bid early! As with most of my eBay auctions, I start the bidding at 50 to 75% off of what I normally charge. However, if I don’t get bids, I increase the prices as the listings near the ending date to discourage last second snipers. 

6 months of painting daily – how’s it going? Any new developments?

Katie Jeanne Wood - Beginning of The Dream blue abstract print© Katie Jeanne Wood 
Beginning of The Dream
PRINTS

I just slid into the 7th month of my daily painting practice, so I thought I’d write a quick update about what the first 6 months has been like. Other than experiencing exhaustion after painting 66 abstract paintings in one weekend, the painting part is going extremely well for me. Ah, man..that weekend was rough to say the least. I’m still trying to recover. Painting every day is a piece of cake compared to that. lol 

Katie Jeanne Wood - Soft Blue Edges blue abstract printSoft Blue Edges
blue abstract print
PRINTS

I haven’t had a problem with artist block or getting myself into the studio during the past 6 months. I knew when I painted for 365 days in 2017 that keeping track of my progress was the most difficult part of the challenge for me, and that hasn’t changed. I have a HUGE backlog of photos to go through.

Katie Jeanne Wood - Evening Love Song abstract painting printEvening Love Song
Abstract painting print
PRINTS

So, no big discoveries lately. This is all stuff I already knew..my strengths and weaknesses haven’t changed over time, which is fine because I wasn’t looking to change. My goal for painting daily this time around is to paint every day – nothing more. I’m happy with the results I’m getting – hundreds of paintings and art journal pages have been created, and that’s all that matters to me. Here’s to month 7! I’m ready, let’s go! 

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