Loved Her
Acrylic mixed media portrait painting
Available for purchase here
Flowers in Her Hair
These peaceful moments
work table
Sweet Pea has the biggest crush on Harold, and Harold can’t get enough of Sweet Pea, but they bicker and fight alllllll the time, still. It’s a power struggle, I think. Sweet Pea lived here first, and has seniority, but Harold is male. They still haven’t worked out who’s in charge yet. It’s quite stressful at times, so I cherish these peaceful moments with them together. At the end of a long day of scratching each others eyes out, they like to hold paws. It’s the cutest thing evah! Except when they start fighting over whose paw should be where..arrrggh. 🙂
La La La Spring
A couple weeks ago, I had the urge to paint with brushes again. I made mixed media bird paintings, some with collage. There are only ten, and they’re all different. I called it my Funky Bird Series, and you can find them in my Miz Katie shop.
My new favorite
Feeling a bit grungy today
Harold and Maudie kittens
Sweet Dreams
sold
Prints are available here
Sunrise
paint palette
Feeling a bit grungy today, and listening to Nirvana. Come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be, as a friend, as an old enemy. Ah..it never gets old.
Time Tested
When you’re not happy with a painting change it
Before and after
The painting on the left was okay, but I didn’t like it. I put it online about a week ago, and took it down the next day to revise it. I photographed it again, and relisted it. The photo above on the left was taken after the first revision I made. I thought I could live with it the way it was, but it kept gnawing at me. I still didn’t like it, but I had already revised it once. I kept asking myself if I really wanted to go through all that again. It’s a lot of work to pull something down that’s already online. Still, the thought of this painting hanging on someone’s wall nearly drove me crazy. I couldn’t stop thinking about how much I disliked it. I knew I couldn’t let it go out the door like this, so I changed it. Boy, did I, huh?
Whoa, right?!
The only thing I left the same was the vase. I changed the flowers, and background. Now, I like it..finally. No, actually I LOVE it. I think it might be my new favorite.
This painting took me about a month to paint, but it taught me a good lesson. If I’m not happy with a painting, I need to keep working on it until I am. Otherwise, it’s going to cost me much more time and energy. I’ve photographed and edited photos of this painting 3 times. If I had just listened to the little voice inside my head telling me to slow down, and keep painting, it would have saved me a ton of work.
Flower Series 148
16×20 Still life floral painting
Impasto palette knife painting
Mixed media collage art
Available for purchase here
Beckon
In Japan, employees occasionally work themselves to death. It’s called Karoshi. I don’t want that to happen to anybody in my department. The trick is to take a break as soon as you see a bright light and hear dead relatives beckon.
Scott Adams
I found the quote after titling the painting. There’s is something about the center of the painting that makes me want to walk closer to it to get a better look, so I named it Beckon. The quote struck me quite funny because that’s how I feel about painting..I’ll still be doing it on my deathbed. I suppose I am working myself to death because I never plan on retiring. I have the best job in the world. Why would I want to stop?
The painting can be hung either side up. I keep going back and forth on which way I like better, so you’ll have to decide for yourself.
Deets..
9×12 stretched canvas
Acrylic impasto palette knife painting
Mixed media collage
Available for purchase here
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