Still working on a floral that is coming along and bursting with color contrast. It is soaking wet right now so I will have to wait to get to the final layer. When I say layer I really mean final stage. All of my paintings have many layers in each session, including the ones I demonstrate on Youtube.
I am very pleased with the comments of appreciation for what I do on my channel! I try to switch around a lot so viewers can see all my different approaches to my artwork. I am especially pleased with my latest demo of a Blue Ridge sunset that was started and completed in acrylic paint.
With the exception of some skyline paintings that include mountains I don’t think I have any blue ridge paintings in acrylic until now. It was a great experience to use a medium that dries quickly so I could get to many stages in one day.
Sometimes I feel like a magician. I can get so much of a demo painting done in about twenty minutes. The key to that ability is many decades of practice. I can’t remember the exact quote but I am pretty sure Houdini once said that anyone could do what he did with forty years of practice. That applies to art too.
I know I could not paint the way I do now when I was young. Lots and lots of practice. When people buy my artwork they are paying for my costs, my time, and my unique expertise that was developed over decades and is still developing.
If you like my work but don’t have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!
I am so glad I have my painting to work on in this difficult time. Other than quarantining myself and wearing a mask when I have to go out, I can’t do anything about this virus but I worry about it all the time. I will be able to vote but it is just one vote and I constantly worry about the future of our country.
I tell myself all the time I shouldn’t worry about things I can’t do anything about, but it doesn’t work. I will be so glad when there is a vaccine for this horrible virus and my candidate is chosen for president.
My painting is coming along really well which is surprising since I am so distracted. I am pleased that I can intensely concentrate on it in spite of this difficult time period. I really do like working with flowers and this garden is really coming along!
Be sure to check out my Independent website! The link under Small Flowers will take you there!
Life with The Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler
One more political joke and then I will just look forward to voting in a few days. I think everyone should vote early for this election.
Anyway, a lot of people are complaining that Trump is claiming he will fix all the horrible problems that we have under his presidency. Critics are claiming he is running against himself.
Clyde’s response. I bet he can beat himself! LOL!
Again, if you are a Trump supporter take this with a grain of salt and please don’t come after me and call me derogatory names like I have experienced on Facebook.
No one has to read my blog if they are offended by it and I don’t want to get into a political debate with anyone.
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the link.
If you like my work but don’t have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!
I had big plans for all the things I wanted to do today and then Monday decided to clobber me right in the lower back. Yikes! Oh well. I forced myself to take it easy after I moved one too many things in the studio.
Still sore but feeling better now. So hard for me to take it easy but thankfully there are so many great DVDS to watch! Hope I can go to Yoga tomorrow. Back to resting. Yuck!
Be sure to check out my latest Youtube below!
Star Glow Original Mixed Media painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
I am so tired trying to keep up with all that I do. Trying to relax and appreciate some quiet time. So I hope everyone has a great weekend and be sure to check out my new collection, “Simple Variations”, on my website! I have another painting uploaded and plan to upload a few more soon. The second one is below.
Please click on my latest Demo
Youtube of a very expressive floral!
Pink in the Water Original Acrylic painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
I am pleased to present a new Collection on my Website called Simple Variations! There are only two paintings there right now but there will be more. All of my work is loaded with all the colors of the rainbow in small brushmarks and complicated systems of texture.
Some of them are impasto paintings. Thees painting have a unique surface that has different elevations throughout the painting.
In this collection I am taking a much simpler approach with just a few colors and none of them are impasto paintings. They are all acrylic paintings on small pieces of paper with a colored paper background.
Something different! Very different for me!
Please click on my latest Demo
Youtube of a very expressive floral!
Blue Ridge Pines Original Acrylic painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
Be sure to check out my Independent website! The link under Roanoke in Blue will take you there!
Life with The Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler
A few days ago Clyde and I went out for a cup of coffee, just coffee. It was nice to get away from the computer and relax. When the waitress brought us the coffee she didn’t bring any straws. When Clyde picked his up to drink it I was surprised. I always use straws.
You are going to drink that without a straw?
Yes.
I always use straws when I eat out.
Well, I am Macho Coffee drinker.
Okay. I get the hint. Mucho Macho Muchacho!
Drink away.
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the link!
So pleased to sell another print of Star City Play! This is my most popular Skyline Beauty painting that was also licensed for invitations for The Rutherford Company in Roanoke, VA! This time the print is on a child’s t-shirt and the great patron is in Texas.
Star City Play Original 12″ x 9″ Acrylic painting $236
Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Friday! Now Fine Art America can offer HUGE canvas prints for these specials at a lower price!
Check it out! 40″ x 50″ is a great size!
Please check out Clyde’s book!
The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the link!
I haven’t had the chance to paint today but I am getting a lot of things done, even washed my hair! I hate washing my hair. It takes so long to comb out the tangles. One of these days I will cut it short but I really like long hair so I will put up with it a while longer. Cheers on this beautiful day!
Roanoke Energy Original 12″ x 9″ Acrylic Painting $236
Prints on canvas, metal, and paper available on my website
The other day The Bird Man came to my rescue. Between my wireless mouse that kept losing signal and the female cardinal bashing itself on the window I was ready to throw things. Actually, I did. I went into the kitchen and threw a few plastic pieces around the room.
The Bird Man figured out a way to keep me from hurling the mouse through the window to clip the cardinal. He covered the window with paper. Now the cardinal can’t see the hussy that was encroaching on her territory. Now I know where the phrase bird brain comes from. Just kidding. They are probably smarter than me. My nest would probably fall to the ground.
Funny thing. Now that the bird is not clobbering the window, the mouse is staying connected. Were the two irritating events somehow related?
Blue Ridge Discovery News
Again, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather! Here is a link to more information!
The Young Explorers Club, ages 9-18, comes together to explore, discover and share the wonders of the Blue Ridge. Email lisa@blueridgediscoverycenter.org to learn more about the Club and our upcoming trips.
I am so pleased to add another country to my list of locations for my work! A great patron in Switzerland bought a print of one of my favorite paintings in my Yin Yang series! Now I have artwork in 26 states, Washington D.C., Canada, Germany, England, Australia, Russia, and Switzerland. My work marches on!
My Special Promotions end today! I will renew Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand all February. Check out the listings at the bottom of the post.
Yin Yang Flow Original Acrylic Painting NFS
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
I am still plowing my way through my studio. Right now it looks worse than when I began. Oh well, I am finding things so that is great!
I consider our computer room to be Clyde’s studio where he has all his writing stuff and birding stuff.
When I complained about how hard it is to clean up my studio I suggested he clean his up.
He said he didn’t have a studio, just a Messyo.
That’s for sure! Fat chance of that being sorted out. He does take a few things out of there to recycle so I shouldn’t complain. Don’t let anyone tell you writers don’t have a mess like artists do. NOT TRUE!
Well, that explains it. All that mess is coming from more than one person! LOL!
I got back into the Bermuda Triangle today and found some prints that I have been looking for this year. I am uploading certain works to a site that will not take large files and I scanned most of my original lithographs so the files are too large.
Still have mounds and mounds of things to go through but I will continue to boldly go where no one in their right mind would go.
I guess that reinforces the crazy artist myth. Maybe it isn’t a myth after all. I used to try to convince people that artists aren’t any crazier than any other group of people but perhaps I am wrong. LOL!
The Blue Tiger Original 20″ x 16″ Acrylic Painting $670
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
Lots of snow out there! I could be getting a lot done in the Bermuda Triangle but I just can’t face it today. I will probably just add more to it and start a new painting! As always, I will be very careful and not mess up the studio in any way.
Wow, those pigs look great flying above the snow covered roofs!
Isle of Palms has just passed the 1000 hit mark! Check it out below!
Isle of Palms Sunset Original 40″ x30″ Oil Painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
One think I can count on is the lack of close parking spaces at the grocery store when it is freezing out there.
The other day I was about to leave when I told Clyde I would probably get a parking place in Outer Mongolia. He asked which grocery store I was going to. I was going to the one across the river. He said that was Outer Mongolia. Ha ha. I don’t think the people living in that community would agree!
