Katie Jeanne Wood

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

Engrossed in the process

Katie Jeanne Wood - Pink & green abstract - Fall Back IntoPink & green abstract
Fall Back Into

I’m into my art journals heavily atm. I’m on a mission to fill and finish this book by the end of the month. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - Sorry

I like people to be unhappy because I like them to have souls. 
Virginia Woolf

I feel this way about my portrait paintings, not about people, tho. 

Katie Jeanne Wood - Free?Free?

Katie Jeanne Wood - 9x12 Virginia Woolf Wears Polka Dots No 4Virginia Woolf Wears Polka Dots
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There must be another life, she thought, sinking back into her chair, exasperated. Not in dreams; but here and now, in this room, with living people. She felt as if she were standing on the edge of a precipice with her hair blown back; she was about to grasp something that just evaded her. There must be another life, here and now, she repeated. This is too short, too broken. We know nothing, even about ourselves.

Virginia Woolf, The Years

 

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Virginia Woolf Wears Polka Dots No 4 Portrait Painting

Virginia Woolf Wears Polka Dots No 4 Portrait PaintingVirginia Woolf portrait painting
WIP

This is the 4th time I’ve painted a similar version of Virginia Woolf Wears Polka Dots. The others in the series have been sold. This painting is available here on my website, and small to large prints are available on Etsy. 

The collage paper in the background is Virginia’s handwriting that I found online. 

You’ll be able to see me paint this portrait next Friday on my portrait painting Youtube channel. Subscribe now, so you don’t miss it. 

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Virginia Woolf Wears Polka Dots

Virginia Woolf Wears Polka Dots portrait painting by Katie Jeanne Wood

Virginia Woolf Wears Polka Dots
12×16 on canvas
Acrylic mixed media collage 
portrait painting
Prints available here
Day 18/365

Art is not a copy of the real world; one of the damn things is enough.

Virginia Woolf

I like to think that if Ginny was still alive today she: 1. wouldn’t mind that I call her Ginny 2. would appreciate that I painted her wearing polka dots 3. and love the teal blue I dyed her hair. I somehow think she’d get a kick out of all of it. She seems like such a good sport, at the very least, she wouldn’t mind. 

Virginia Woolf Wears Polka Dots portrait painting by Katie Jeanne Wood portrait of Virginia Woolfe

As such portraits as we have are almost invariably of the male sex, who strut more prominently across the stage, it seems worthwhile to take as a model one of those many women who cluster in the shade.
Virginia Woolf

I highly doubt you’d find Virginia clustered in the shade, if she was still with us today. I’m sure she’d be letting her voice be heard. Nonetheless, this portrait is for you, Gin. 

This is the third time I’ve painted Virginia this summer, and will be the last, I think. I painted one very similar to this one in my art journal, which gave me the idea to paint this one on canvas. I’m not sure if I posted it here or not, but it’s over on Flickr. Btw, if you wondering, Flickr is far from dead. I know that’s been the rumor ever since IG became so big, but I have constant emails rolling in throughout the day from people favoriting my photos, and/or leaving comments. Personally, I like Flickr better than IG because I can upload there from my Mac, where all my better quality photos usually are kept. Also, I like looking at photos better on a big screen. 

I still have a black and white Virginia (I keep wanting to call her Emily, and have multiple times in my head. I do hope she forgives me, but they look alike) I’m working on in oils that I will be posting soon, I hope.  

Man, forget mornings in the studio. I’ve been spending morning, noon, and night there. This 365 day project has been the best gift I ever could have given myself. I’ve been painting soooo much, and it’s been good, quality paint time where I’ve actually been learning a lot. I’m not just rushing through “on to the next one”, like I’ve done for so long. Sorry Jay Z, but I don’t have your song in my head when I’m working any longer. It’s like, I suddenly have all the time in the world, and it’s a great feeling to love what I do once again.

This painting took me a little over 2 weeks to complete. I completely blocked out, and repainted her face four times. I loved her hair right away, but her right eye kept giving me trouble, even though it’s barely visible. 

Thanks for stopping by! I’ll see you tomorrow. 

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