flower paintings – Page 27 – Katie Jeanne Wood

Strawberry shortcake

Flower Series No 155

Spring has sprung in the midwest. We went from cold, and snow to 75F overnight, it seems. It always amazes me how that happens. Sweet Pea has been enjoying time on the back porch. We haven’t introduced the kittens to the porch yet, and we’re thinking we probably won’t. It’s one thing that Sweet Pea has all to herself to enjoy without interruption. She puts up with so much from them as it is. They are quite pesky, and get on her nerves, since she’s a big cat and all.

These little 4×4 mini paintings look so great blooming in my studio, I hate to part with them. I don’t know why, but when I look at them it reminds me of strawberry shortcake. This new little floral series is available directly through me here. March special – buy 3 4×4 mini paintings, and get one free!!

Keep grinding

When we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen… Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose. Steven Pressfield

5×7 acrylic still life floral painting
Flower Series No 154
Available directly through me here

pink sheep

Acrylic still life floral painting
Flower Series No 153
Fine art giclee prints available here

I’m the pink sheep in the family.
Alexander McQueen
🙂

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
Available for purchase here
SOLD!!

hidden time sinks

Acrylic still life floral painting
Blue abstract flowers with pink and blue background
Flower Series 152
Fine art giclee prints are available here

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 100 hardboard

This is what 100 hardboard panels look like. On one hand, it’s exciting to have all these blank slates staring back at me. On the other hand, I think the worst part about getting new substrate is all the time it takes to prep them. So, right after I receive a new order from Blick, I know it’s going to take me 2 or 3 days to do all the prep work. Each side of the panel gets two coats of gesso. I like to protect the wood, and I think it lasts longer/looks nicer if the back is painted, also. I have fans setup in my studio year round, so it keeps drying time to a minimum, but still..it’s A LOT of work. These are hidden time sinks. Three days is a looong time to go without pay, so I have to keep it in mind when I price my paintings. Are you giving yourself an hourly wage?

Katherine Jeanne Wood - blue paint

Katherine Jeanne Wood - Hanging Harold

Harold said to wish you a happy weekend. 🙂

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.