Katie Jeanne Wood

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

White and Gray Landscape No 24

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 6x6 Landscape No 24 01
acrylic on panel, 6×6, landscape
Available here
Small to large prints available here

I’ve been reading a lot of Julia Cameron quotes lately. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - Maudie kitten

Miss Maudie woke me up this morning at 6 am after 5 hours sleep. 5 hours is better than 3 hours, which I’ve averaged every night this week, so I’ll take 5 hours. I’m still feeling a little under the weather, so I’d prefer to sleep more. What can you do when you’re a light sleeper, and you share space with 3 restless, noisy cats, and a snoring husband, tho? You steal a ten minute nap here and there at your desk is what you do!! So many times I’ve woken up with my hand on the mouse, and lots of gibberish on my screen.

Well, Miss Sweet Pea has arrived upstairs in my office, and she’s quite vocal, which means only one thing – it’s BREAKFAST TIME. She’s insisting I get myself downstairs NOW, so off I go. Have a great Saturday! 

Things I like cont.

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 5x7 Flower Series No 154 01 
acrylic on panel, floral, 7×5, price $60
Floral painting no 154
Available here
Small to large prints available here
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things i like
list continues..

  • cameras, especially toys ♥♥
  • lace tablecloths ♥
  • sun
  • studying Buddhism
  • thunderstorms
  • water beds
  • blogging ♥
  • espresso
  • dick blick
  • alternative music
  • painting portraits
  • the idea of a really good book – hard to find, tho
  • traditional style houses ♥
  • vegetables ♥♥♥
  • HGTV
  • large canvas
  • Bigelow vanilla caramel tea ♥
  • meditating
  • hypnosis
  • wedding cake without the wedding
  • babies ♥♥♥
  • hoodies
  • email
  • tiny flowers

How things have changed..

1. I’m a cloudy day type of gal these days. I was a summer girl back then, but the heat and sun started to really bother me. I break out hives/rash, get a headache, and feel nauseated.

2. Water beds..just no!

3. I never drink espresso anymore. I’m a weak -mostly decaf- type of coffee drinker now. I have been slowly cutting back my caffeine intake over the years. My husband drinks espresso almost everyday, but it doesn’t even look or smell appealing to me anymore. Waaaay too strong.

4. I don’t paint portraits anymore. And, now that I’ve said that, I’ll want to paint one. ha!

5. It used to be my favorite channel, but HGTV isn’t worth turning on these days. I was so excited to get it with my Sling subscription, but I’ve barely watched it. :/ It seems like there are only two shows on the Network now, and they play repeat marathons over and over again. That husband/wife show (Fixer Upper) is sooo annoying. They grate on my nerves, especially the husband. Errrg!! What happened to all the good shows I used to watch??

6. I listen to asmr, sleep hypnosis and/or chanting videos every night before I go to sleep, which is a form of meditation, I guess..but I can’t sit still and meditate without being guided these days. I get frustrated fast because my mind is so busy.

7. Skip the ceremony and go straight to the cake. hahahaha Nothing has changed there..only everything. I can’t eat cake anymore, unless it’s made with rice flour, and it would have to be unsweetened cake because I’m in the process of getting clean from sugar. It’s been 3 weeks on Monday, and I’m holding strong!! So, yeah..no cake for me.

8. I like how the list ends on tiny flowers because that’s what I’m obsessed with these days, and I hope that never changes.

Things I like – a list

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 5x7 Flower Series No 145 01
acrylic on panel, 7×5, floral, price $60
Floral painting series no 145
Available here
Small to large prints available here
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I found a list of “things I like” I wrote back in the day, and thought it was funny, so I’m posting it. I need to make lists like this more often. 🙂 Maybe I should do it once a year to mark the new year..it’s fun to look back on and read silly things like this. I crossed out the things that no longer apply.

     things i like
 
  • art ♥
  • painting ♥
  • coffee ♥
  • early mornings ♥
  • late nights ♥
  • the smell of the ocean
  • flat land ♥
  • West Virginia
  • being an artist ♥♥♥
  • facebook
  • writing off the cuff and haphazardly
  • flying
  • tofu
  • scented candles
  • being barefoot
  • doing spontaneous art
  • libraries
  • wearing sunglasses
  • my back porch
  • white curtains
  • being on a boat
  • red wine
  • a clean kitchen

Funny how things have changed..

1. I probably wouldn’t put the smell of the ocean on my list anymore. Not because I don’t love the smell of it, but because I just wouldn’t think of putting it on my list. I used to live on the east coast near the ocean, but it’s been 17 years. I missed it horribly at first, but I don’t think of the ocean at all anymore. Now when I go anywhere I miss the big open sky, and flat land.

2. FB used to be my go to site. I’d wake up in the morning, excited to get on FB. The constant changes to the site made my love fade pretty quickly. I deactivated my account about a year ago. Now my go to site is my own website, and really, that’s how it should be.

3. I wouldn’t put tofu on the list if I was writing it today..I rarely, if ever, eat it anymore. It started giving me a stomachaches.

4. I don’t burn candles much anymore, especially since adopting the twins (kittens). They’re too wild. 

5. Doing spontaneous art..aww, yeah, I don’t do much of that anymore. My artwork is planned out these days, and getting more so with time.

6. I do still love writing haphazardly, but I do it privately these days. Back in the day, I’d post anything and everything. I learned my lesson about doing that..it can and will come back to bite you. 

7. I don’t drink wine anymore. Just a sip or two will give me a massive headache. Food allergies sure are super fun.

There is more to this list, which I’ll post tomorrow. It’s quite long..who knew I liked so many things. 😉

Pink cottage chic floral painting No 143

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 5x7 Flower Series No 143 01
acrylic on panel, 5×7, floral
Available here
Small to large prints available here
This was newly revised, and ready to ship to your home today.

Artists are visionaries. We routinely practice a form of faith, seeing clearly and moving toward a creative goal that shimmers in the distance – often visible to us, but invisible to those around us.
― Julia Cameron

Yellow goldfinch bird painting No 26

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 5x7 Bird Series No 26 01
acrylic on panel, 5×7, animals
Available directly through me here

Well, I just had a big DUH moment. Ever since I opened my Daily Paintworks account, I’ve been linking from here to there every day when I post a painting. However, for people who don’t have a DPW account, it’s actually easier to buy my paintings directly through me here on my site. I have Buy Now buttons, and you don’t have to sign up for any sort of membership, like you do on Etsy, Ebay or DPW. Not sure why it’s taken me so long to realize that buying directly through me would be easier on you. So sorry for my stupidity. I’ll make an adjustment to my links.   

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