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Flower Series No 151

16×20 Acrylic still life painting
Bouquet of pink and white roses in a white vase
Bright pink and green background.
Flower Series No 151
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When you’re not happy with a painting change it

Katherine-Jeanne-Wood- Before and after Flower-Series No 148

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
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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

Katherine Jeanne Wood 9x12 Beckon 01

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
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Acrylic floral painting – Flower Series No 146

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
George Santayana

This is an acrylic floral painting on canvas panel. It was painted impasto style with palette knives. Blue and white flowers. Pink and white background. Flower Series No 146 is available for purchase here.

And, a cute, short video of the kittens.