Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Quiet Today and Yoga Chant…

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Not much to say today so I think I will just say Happy Weekend!  Hope to have more to say next time.

 

 

Monarch Original 21″ x 15″ Acrylic painting $652

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Owl Stare   Original 16″ x 20″ Oil Painting     $670

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Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Owl Stare will take you there!

Life with The Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler

When Clyde retires and has the time to join me at Yoga class I doubt he will.  I can’t seem to keep my mouth shut about my love/hate opinion of it.  I love what it does for my body but I HATE doing it. 

At the beginning of the last class my teacher asked how everyone was feeling.  I said fine but in my mind I said, “Well, I am here in this Torture Chamber so how do you think I feel?  Of course, I had to tell that to Clyde later that day. 

My Yoga chant is, I hate yoga, I hate yoga, I hate yoga. 

Yet, I intend to go to class two days a week and on the other days I have my own smaller practice. I will do this as long as I can.  Yes, it does that much for you. 

 

 

 

 

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Fiddling at Midnight’s Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 

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Special Promotion on my most popular Mountain painting ends on Tuesday!

 

 

A Break in the Clouds   Original  Oil painting   SOLD

 

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy! Husband is Better!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Wow!  I am always complaining about lack of time but when there is a family emergency the time really gets shot out of a cannon! This can’t be Thursday!  What happened to that awful Monday that got worse on Tuesday and horrible on Wednesday. 

My husband’s food poisoning turned into  a much more severe problem that we had to go to the emergency room about.  They were about to keep him overnight when they managed to get his heart rate down so I brought him home to a lot of medical fun.  As Snoopy once said in the great comic strip, “My mind reels with sarcastic replies. 

Anyway, he is better but has to pretty much stay in bed for a while which is the next thing to torture for a naturalist. 

Oh well, he is on the mend and that is great!

 

 

Connellys Run Original 30″ x 20″ Acrylic painting $1230

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View from Bridge at Wildwood Park   Original 40″ x 30″ Oil Painting     $2430

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Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under View from Bridge at Wildwood Park will take you there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

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Please check out Clyde’s book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 

 

Fiddling at Midnight’s Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 

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 but the kitchen sink on

Zazzle!

Here is the link!      http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist

Check out my My Paintings on Ebay 

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

If the address  does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!

Special Promotion on my most popular Mountain painting ends on Tuesday!

 

 

A Break in the Clouds   Original  Oil painting   SOLD

 

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40″ x 30″ canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!

Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Smiling again and Heave them out the front door…

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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The patron for my latest commission came by yesterday and was very pleased with the painting and also with many of my other paintings.  He is interested in bringing his wife by and selecting others.  He also has some reverse glass paintings that he would like me to restore.  Great visit with a great patron!  He brought a friend that works with him in his business and he had many compliments on my work! I don’t have the painting on my website for prints yet but it will be there soon.  I am officially cheered up and looking forward to Line Dance class today!

Murrays Store  Original 24″ x 18″ ” oil painting SOLD

Wildwood Park Original 40″ x 30″ oil painting $2430

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Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress!  The link under View from Bridge at Wildwood Park will take you there!

Life with The Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler

The other day I had so much to do that I just didn’t want to get the evening dishes done.  I had already done dishes earlier and many other things so I just stared at them.  I told Clyde that even though it was freezing outside he would have to put up with a few minutes of cold while I heaved the dishes out the front door. 

A cat may try to lick one and get it’s tongue stuck. 

That is a chance I will have to take.  Maybe I will hit a few of those ground hogs that converge on our property. 

Not a chance. They are hibernating under the shed next door and laughing about the times they have eaten all our apples. 

Well, put on your sweater because here I go!  The dishes will fly!

 

 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

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Please check out Clyde’s book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 

 

Fiddling at Midnight’s Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 

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 but the kitchen sink on

Zazzle!

Here is the link!      http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist

Check out my My Paintings on Ebay 

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

If the address  does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!

 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday!

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!

 

 

The Lodge at Peaks of Otter    Original 16″ x 12″    Oil  painting  $384

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

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Click on the 30″ x 40″ canvas print size for the 40% discount.

Church Snow Scene  Original 16″ x 12″Oil Painting $384

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Fall on the New River  Original Pastel Painting  SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Combines Two Loves in One Painting…

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Music is a big part of my life.  I don’t have a lot of time to practice my piano but I do love to play as much as I can!  Such a beautiful language!  Here is a painting that combines my two loves.

Musical Flower 7″ x 12″ Original Acrylic Painting $188

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

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Pawleys Island Sunrise is on Special all February!

Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand    Original 40″ x 30″ Oil Painting $2430

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Eagle Fire 20″ x 16″ Oil  Painting   $670

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

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Rehoboth Beach Houses   Original Oil Painting  Sold

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Wildwood Park is Starting to Bloom!

 

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Gorgeous weather today!  We walked in Radford’s beautiful Wildwood Park and Clyde pointed out the different kinds of wildflowers that are beginning to bloom!  Lovely place to take a walk!

 

Radford High Day Lilies  11″x 14″  Oil  Painting    $313

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Radford Flower Garden is on Special all April!

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Radford Flower Garden  11″x 14″ Oil  Painting    $313

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, Greeting Cards, pillows, !phone and galaxy phone cases Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

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Eagle Fire 20″ x 16″  Oil Painting $670

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Ridgeland Winter Beauty     Original  8″ x 10″ Oil Painting $168

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I Think I am Clicking my Left Hand into a Claw…

 

Please click on my Youtube and send it to Stumbleupon!  I put this one up a while back but recently discovered my voice could not be heard.

 

I spend so much time typing and clicking that my left hand is a little stiff from it.  My third and fourth fingers seem to want to curl in.    I think it would be great if we could just talk to the computer. I guess that is next!

A Break in The Clouds  Original Oil Painting has been sold

Prints on Paper or Canvas and Greeting Cards Available at    KENDALL KESSLER ART

Radford City Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Clyde Kessler Ghost Poem published in Rose Red!

My Artwork

 

Pink Wave   Original 30″x40″ Oil Painting            $2425.00

Prints on Paper or Canvas Available at   KENDALL KESSLER ART

I thought it would be a good idea to put up a Spring painting.  Pink Wave was inspired by the beautiful Cherry blossom trees at the Radford Public Library.

 

View from Bridge at Wildwood Park   Original 30″x40″ Oil Painting   $2425.00

Prints on Paper or Canvas Available at    KENDALL KESSLER ART

Wildwood Park is becoming more beautiful each Spring Day!

 

 

Radford City Ghost Story

 

I had no idea there were so many ghost stories in Southwest Virginia!  Here is another one!

A Former employee of Macados on main street in Radford wrote about a ghost story in 2005.  The restaurant is modern and beautifully decorated on the outside but there is an old basement section with two pantries.  In one section there is a window with glass that is not visible from the outside.  The restaurant was once  The Radford Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Supposedly there is a woman dressed in grey in the downstairs section and employees are told not to talk about her.  Articles fly off the shelf at times and one cook says he did actually see her.  They were face to face and then she faded away!

 

I got this ghost story from ghostvillage.com

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler

My husband is really tearing up the publishing turf these days!  He just published two poems in the online magazine Rose Red!  This is the third issue of this publication that he has had work in!  Yea Word Man!

It is an interesting coincidence that one of the poems he published is about ghosts since I have been having a great time researching local ghost stories!

A Mount Juliet Ghost
Clyde Kessler

An old lady drowned in Nashville.
She was almost ghost of the year, blind.
Somebody heard a twanging in the oaks
and said she’s home by the soul’s voice
dreaming a tree that walks through stars.

None of a moonrise’s gold could fetch
her mind in a séance. A photographer
leased her apartment above a salon,
threw his best camera at a cop car,
it struck and killed a deputy by no luck.

You see vengeance spelled with a flood
is still the soul prying itself from hate.
You can build a new house in Mount Juliet.
You can throw parties that marry you off
imprisoned. The old lady walks you home.

Another Radford Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Spring life at Wildwood Park

 

My Artwork

 

Near Pandapas    Original 30″x40″ Oil Painting  $2425.00

Prints on Paper or Canvas Available at     KENDALL KESSLER ART

Near Pandapas is another beautiful section of the woods near the pond in Gile County.  When I was a kid I spent much of my time in the woods or at creeks and I especially liked to pull on vines like the one you see here.

 

Home in Christiansburg    Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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This is a home in Christiansburg that caught my eye every time I passed it so I decided to make a painting of it and the field next to it.

 

Radford New River Ghost Story

 

I am amazed at the number of ghost stories in The New River Valley.  I am a very skeptical person and don’t believe in mediums or psychics but I do enjoy reading about these various sitings and what people report to be supernatural events.

Here is another Radford City one.

 

In the Online Ghosts of America a Radford resident reported seeing a man walk out to the middle of the lower section of  the New River Trestle in Radford but before he hit the water, he vanished.  There was no splash and the viewer thought it was a trick of the eye but he has found others that saw the same thing.  He would like to know if there was a suicide off this bridge that is being repeated in spirit form.

 

Life with the Bird and Word Man – Clyde Kessler

 

I have been painting in oils since I was twelve and I couldn’t imagine my world without paint.   Winston Churchill once said something similar about how he couldn’t imagine a world without paint.

Even though I live to paint, I haven’t met the medium that I don’t like and my portfolio has a wide selection of different ones.

A year ago I decided to add photography to my lost list of mediums and my husband has assisted me in photographing wild flowers in the local parks.

Saturday I photographed the first floral signs of Spring at Wildwood Park.  While we were there, a friend showed up and found a ring neck  snake.  I have always been fascinated by snakes so I took some pictures for my blog. Here is the best one.

Ghost Story from the New RIver Valley near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Wildwood Park Fun Tomorrow!

My Artwork

Branches Over The New River from Bisset Park    Original Oil Pastel has been sold

Prints on Paper or Canvas Available at       KENDALL KESSLER ART

New River Valley Ghost Stories

I have always loved ghost stories.  On one vacation I read a selection of ghost stories by Edith Wharton that I especially liked.

The New River Valley has it’s ghost stories and since I have painted so many scenes of the New River and The Blue Ridge Parkway that I thought it would be fun to include some of this region’s hair raising tales.

 

The Holiday Inn sits on land that used to be a plantation known as Jacob’s Lantern.  There is a night club called “Attitudes” in the hotel. A manager has reported that he has been asked to turn down the music when there was no one playing music.  He has also heard voices and laughter in the club when no one was around.

I found this ghost story in the online publication Shadowlands Haunted Places – Index Virginia.

 

Evening River Scene     Original 30″x40″  Oil Painting       $2425.00

Prints on Paper or Canvas Available at     KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

 

Life with The Bird and Word Man – Clyde Kessler

Be sure to come with your children for The Spring Discovery Walk this Saturday with my Bird Man, Clyde Kessler, and photographer Nancy Kent!  They are going to share their knowledge of flowers and insects in  beautiful Wildwood Park in Radford City and Nancy will help visitors learn how to take great pictures!

My husband has dedicated his life to the preservation of his beautiful mountain home.  He has led many nature walks in Radford, Ferrum, and The Blue Ridge Parkway, to name a few.  I can honestly say he is the most knowledgeable person I have ever known.  When he was a child he read the Encyclopedia and I don’t think he has forgotten any of it.

I always ask him first before I look something up.  It is very hard to stump him and unlike the comedic Expert Panel on the great Red Green show, he really does know what he is talking about.

On that hilarious Canadian show they have a panel of expert men that is dedicated to the three words men can’t say which are– I don’t know.    Clyde will say I don’t know but I hardly ever hear those words because he does know.

The Bird and Word Man        Clyde Kessler

Come out for a great time!