Katie Jeanne Wood

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

Yesterday was magical

Katie Jeanne Wood - trees & sky

doggie footprints in the snow

Snow Sayings
There’s just something beautiful
about walking in snow
that nobody else has walked on.
It makes you believe you’re special.
Carol Rifka Brunt

Harold kitty in the snow

Har-Bear 💗💗💗 snow. 
😻

Chewybarka boo boo in the snow

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.
Andy Goldsworthy

Chewybarka chasing snowballsChewy thought he had to pounce on, and eat every snowball I threw at him. 
😂 🐶

doggie footprints in the snow

Bad weather always looks worse through a window.
Unknown

clothespin covered in snow

It takes a snowflake two hours to fall from cloud to earth.
Can’t you just see its slow, peaceful decent?

Amy Krouse Rosenthal 

What a visual this last quote is..ahhh. The snow’s almost all melted now, but it sure was fun while it lasted.  

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Today

Katie Jeanne Wood - Snow 120320

Katie Jeanne Wood - Snow 120320

Do not dwell in the past,
do not dream of the future,
concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha

Katie Jeanne Wood - Snow 120320

Katie Jeanne Wood - tea time

Give me a hot drink,
and I’m happy.
Hot cider, hot chocolate, coffee…
I like all winter beverages!

Alexis Bledel

Katie Jeanne Wood - Cassette

Katie Jeanne Wood - growing winter lettuce

growing winter lettuce

Katie Jeanne Wood - jigsaw puzzle

Katie Jeanne Wood - jigsaw puzzle

Katie Jeanne Wood - Harold Zip

Katie Jeanne Wood - Beautiful Sweet Pea

Katie Jeanne Wood - Chewy & bunny

Katie Jeanne Wood - Beautiful Maudie

Very little is needed to make a happy life;
it is all within yourself,
in your way of thinking.

Marcus Aurelius

I’m trying, Marcus..I’m trying, but when I hear on the local news that covid numbers are up 700% since Oct with close to 5000 new cases overnight, it makes it difficult. I’m hiding self-isolating in my house more than ever. I’m even hiding from myself at this point because you never know. I think the spike we were waiting to get back in March is here. :/ 

What I’m watching: Frida 

I think I watched this years ago when it first came out. Either that or I’ve heard so much about her that I already knew the story. The movie was long, and predictable. I’d give it 3 out of 5 stars. 

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February aka the drama queen

Katie Jeanne Wood - evergreen with snow

Snow, sleet, hail, freezing rain, pouring rain, snow, snow, snow, 70F down to below zero..what a ride the past couple weeks have been. I’m now positive that February is quite a drama queen putting on a great big show for us all. I must say, I’m impressed. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - snowy street

Just when you think it’s safe to walk in the middle of the street, a car comes along, spins out, goes up over the sidewalk, and almost hits the brick wall, where it became lodged up against a pile of snow. Luckily, two strong guys came along..one wearing only a t-shirt, and helped push her back onto the street. 

Have I mentioned they don’t plow the streets here? A lot of them are brick on this side of the city, so it would be impossible. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - moody winter scene

Katie Jeanne Wood - snowy cemetery

Katie Jeanne Wood - little dog playing in the snow 2

Katie Jeanne Wood - birds

I know they were trying to spell out a message for me, if only I knew how to decipher bird code. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - dog wood

I found this piece of wood on top of the snow, and it looks exactly like my Chewy dog. See what I mean? …

Katie Jeanne Wood - the three amigos

In the studio this week..

Katie Jeanne Wood - revising a portrait painting

I’ve been working on revising this portrait painting, and lots of abstract paintings. I’m also having a studio sale in my Etsy shop. Lots of great deals on original paintings. Hope you’re having a great week!! 

Word for the year – Day 3 of 30 in 30

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 6x6 Bird Series No 24 01

 Katherine Jeanne Wood - 6x6 Bird Series No 24 02Katherine Jeanne Wood - 6x6 Bird Series No 24 03 
6×6 Acrylic palette knife painting on canvas panel
Chickadee with pink sky and snow
Bird Series No 24
Available here
Day 3 of 30 in 30

The word I picked for 2015 is share. I chose it as a reminder to myself to get my artwork out there each day, and share what I’m doing on social media. Like a lot of artists, I have a tendency to be a hermit in my studio. I get all into my own head, and the painting I’m working on. I forget the rest of the world exists. When I look outside my window, I often think my life is sooooo boring, all I do is paint all day. What do I have to share, and does anyone care about this silly half finished painting I’m working on? Truth is..I will never know who might be interested in the daily life of an artist like me, if I don’t put myself out there, right? So, I’m opening myself up to making new friends. No more negative self-talk!

That said, I made a new FB page a couple weeks ago, and reactivated my Twitter account. I’m also on Instagram and Pinterest. So let’s see if I can get back into the swing of this thing called social media. If you like my work, and use any of these sites, please follow or like or whatever it takes to keep in touch. It will encourage me to keep posting, and stick to my word of the year. 🙂 

Did you pick a word for 2015 or make any resolutions? I’d love to read about it in the comments. 

This is how real photographers get it done

Katherine Jeanne Wood - Chickadee Bird Series No 9 01

 I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg. 
Peter Pan

Katherine Jeanne Wood - Chickadee Bird Series No 9 02 

Acrylic impasto palette knife painting
Bird Series No 9
Chickadee sitting on tree branch, snowy background
Available for purchase here

Katherine Jeanne Wood - real photog 02

This is how real photographers get it done. At least that’s what I was told when I yelled, “What are you doing??!! You’re going to get killed!!!” 😉 Truthfully, we could hear cars coming from about a mile away, and it was dead quiet, except for the wind. He wasn’t in any danger. 

new oil paintings, art journal page, 2 girls in a boat, and crazy Kansas weather

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 8 4x4 oil paintings

oil paintings
4×4 inch girls
close up faces

Katherine Jeanne Wood - black white orange art journal page

white, black and orange art journal page

Linking to What’s On Your Work Desk

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 2 girls in a boat

Two Girls in a Boat acrylic on watercolor paper
Available here 

Two Girls in a Boat is an original whimsical painting. Annabelle could not believe that Daisy dropped the only oar into the murky water. It was beginning to get dark. How will they get home??

Katherine Jeanne Wood - clouds

Kansas sky

Katherine Jeanne Wood - snow in April

It was 88F on Saturday.
Last night I turned the heat back on.
Today, the wind chill is 17F, and it snowed.

Wish Upon the Pink Stars Figurative Painting, girl and bird

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 11x14 Wish Upon the Pink Stars

 Wish Upon the Pink Stars
Figurative painting
girl and bird, gray sky, snow
11×14 on canvas
Available here
SOLD! 

About: This painting has a feeling of isolation. Being alone with a bird with nothing but gray skies, and land. The colors are muted in this one. I wanted it to feel cold, like winter; yet, warm to the heart because of the close relationship you see between the girl and bird.

I finally edited the video so you can see me paint her. This is one of those paintings that took a few months to finish. I wasn’t working on it every day, but I kept getting stuck, and didn’t know how to proceed. That usually doesn’t happen to me because I like to paint a painting in one sitting, but for some reason I didn’t know what to do with this one.

Monday is by far my favorite day of the week

Katherine Wood - 6x6 Remembering Again 01Remembering Again 6×6 on canvas panel Available for purchase here
paintings shipped to the Stage Coach Gallery
Little canvas that I shipped up to the Stage Coach Gallery last week. These are only available at the gallery, so if you’re in or near Platte, SD, stop by the gallery, and tell Mary I said hi. 🙂
snowy trees
The snow is all gone now. ::Sadness:: All that’s left in its place is mud. LOTS of MUD. ugh ********** Something to ponder.. Enemies are the people who think about you more than your friends do. Donna Lynn Hope
Wanderlust
Painting of a pretty young girl or woman wearing short-sleeved white dress and flowered headband, holding a white bunny rabbit, stands outside in the snow, white house behind her in the background. They have wandered away, and have no intention on going back.
Available for purchase here

calendar

my desk calendar page from last month I’m going to rip it up for collage
 
Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. Jim Rohn
Yay..it’s Monday!!! :))) Monday is by far my favorite day of the week. How many people do you know who say that? Probably not many, sadly. Most everyone hates their job. But, the way I look at it, I have 5 long days in front of me to get lost in the process of creating. I wonder what I’ll paint this week. hm..it’s always a mystery to me until my brush is moving around on the canvas. Can’t wait to get started. I’ll see you tomorrow!!
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