Another Sale of a Favorite Mountain Oil Painting

Bull Mountain Original 14″ x 11″ oil painting SOLD

Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about anything are available at this link

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/bull-mountain-kendall-kessler.html

Well, we did dodge the virus! Yea! Only two of the wedding guests contracted Covid and they are feeling better.

My mother-in-law is not doing so well. She refused to get the vaccine and now has Covid. She has been in the hospital since last Wednesday and she is very ill. Her blood oxygen is still too low so hopefully it will be up soon. She is on oxygen and that should help.

On a brighter note, I am so pleased to sell another mountain painting to a great Virginia patron! Bull Mountain is one of my favorite impasto oil paintings and I am sorry to see it go but, like I always say, I live to paint but I can’t take them with me. Glad Bull Mountain has a great home. The patron is very pleased and thanked me for selling her a beautiful painting.

Be sure to check out this week’s Serpent demo video below!

Porter Mountain in Fall Original 14″x11″ Oil painting $338.00

https://www.etsy.com/listing/493763417/porter-mountain-in-fall-art-14-x-11?click_key=294acfd739e3da3611135c02d231d7b166e54f3b%3A493763417&click_sum=c47de803&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=kendall+kessler&ref=sr_gallery-1-12&frs=1

White Pine Sunset Original 24″ x 18″ Oil painting $1296.00

https://manage.wix.com/dashboard/4ec45240-3212-4bfa-b08b-494f840c9148/store/categories/list/category/5c0301b5-3b8d-6ccd-8ad2-6526c75e0a77/product/a1cf2c52-98e5-eec8-4cd9-6c43d8e54970

More print selections on Zazzle! Here is Smith Mountain Lake on a Puzzle

https://www.zazzle.com/smith_mountain_lake_jigsaw_puzzle-116553169485985959

Hoping my Mother-in-law will recover from Covid.

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell more Prints of Popular Pawleys Island Painting and Say Moo…

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Not much to say today.  We had a nice Thanksgiving and I am pleased that I finished my new sailboat painting.  I haven’t added it to my portfolio yet, but I will do that soon.  I liked the way it turned out but there was something I was aiming for that I have never been able to get to look the way I want it to look, so I am going to include that in my next painting and try again. 

Salvador Dali once said you shouldn’t worry about attaining perfection.  You never will.  That is true, but, like I told my students, you will never get exactly what you want, but if you work hard, you can get close.  That is good enough for me.  I learned long ago to not expect perfection but just let them live. 

I am so pleased that three prints of a favorite Pawleys Island painting will be on t-shirts!  A great Pawleys Island patron bought them.  Below is the painting with print selections from my website and at the end is the link to t-shirts on Zazzle.  Check it out!

Beach Houses at Pawleys Island   Original 40″ x 30″ Oil  painting SOLD

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/beach-houses-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html

Pawleys Island Pink on The Beach   Original 40″ x 30″ oil  painting $2430

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-pink-on-the-beach

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Pawleys Island Pink on the Beach  will take you there!

 

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

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Life with The Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler

Nothing from Clyde lately.  He usually has a lot of humor to offset sad circumstances but not so much during this difficult time.  Anyway, we both liked a great cartoon on Facebook!  A blind farmer is walking through a field of turkeys holding a hatchet.  Of course, the turkeys were all saying moo!  Love it!

Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy

Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a popular Pawleys Island Sunrise painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/612811081/pawleys-island-morning-light-original-24?ref=shop_home_active_11&frs=1

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

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.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 on my website or Zazzle!  Here is the very popular Beach Houses at Pawleys Island on a t-shirt!

https://www.zazzle.com/beach_houses_at_pawleys_island_t_shirt-235509588976052567

Check out my My Paintings on Ebay 

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

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

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

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Sailboats and More Trojan Horse Gripes…

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Such a beautiful day!  Great to see so much sunshine!  I like cloudy days, too, but sometimes there are too many of them in a row. 

My latest painting is at that most difficult stage.  Is it done or not? Do I let it live the way it is or is there more to do.  If there is one thing I have learned over the years, it is how to let them live.  We artists tend to get so wrapped up in one that we don’t see what is successful about it- only the faults. 

I am going to paint some more small ones.  It is great to be able to move on faster to the next one.  Since my current painting is a sailboat sunset, I decided to post some favorite boat paintings this time. 

Love the water and will be so glad to get back to the shore next year if the pandemic is under control. 

Be sure to check out my latest St. Louis demo painting youtube above!  This is the first one that I put expressive clouds in. Always trying to do something different in these youtube demos.

Smith Mountain Lake   Original 16″ x 20″ Oil  painting $670.00

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html

Sailboat Sunrise   Original 40″ x 30″ oil  painting $2430

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sailboat-sunrise

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

 

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

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Life with The Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before, Clyde doesn’t like computers and, in spite of their usefullness, thinks they are trojan horses that have caused a lot of harm. He is especially critical of comments on social media that used to be just idle comments among small groups in bars or parties. 

He thinks broadcasting these opinions are not helpful and contribute to a lot of disinformation that people accept as truth. 

Anyway, I was doing some online yoga when the teacher said, and now place yours arms in this twist position. 

And now pick up some rocks and throw them at the computer. 

Why would I want to damage the computer? 

Why not? Look at all the damage it has done to us. 

Okay.  Get outside to Backyardica and check out the birds. That will help!  I need to stretch.

 

Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy

Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a popular Pawleys Island Sunrise painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/612811081/pawleys-island-morning-light-original-24?ref=shop_home_active_11&frs=1

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

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.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 on my website or Zazzle!  Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a Christmas ornament!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175756124525179395?context=114714990326056473

Check out my My Paintings on Ebay 

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

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

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

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Youtube and Commission

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Please check out my latest video!  I was in the mood for a Center of my Mind Painting!

I am just about finished with the second painting commission and it is turning out really well!  As I said, these are paintings on glass so the process has been quite different from my usual work.  I always paint in layers but  colors do not  resist on the canvas the way some are resisting on the glass. 

I painted on metal one time and had the same problem but eventually was able to completely cover the surface with many layers of tempera paint.  These glass paintings are enamel acrylic which is the best paint to use on glass. 

The originals paintings that lost of lot of the paint had to be done in oils since acrylics only date back to the fifties. 

Anyway, I think I should be done with the second one tomorrow and I thought I would again show the first one here. 

It certainly is a stylized painting with strong color fields!

 

 

460   Original 14″ x 11″   Oil Painting     $313

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/460

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under 460 will take you there!

 

 

 

Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy

Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! Link is below Painting

 

Cone Flowers  Original  Top 30″ x 24″ Oil Painting $1510

https://www.etsy.com/listing/26560564/cone-flowers-30×24-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_51&frs=1

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

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

 

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 on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Skyline painting ! The link is to this item on a notebook!

https://www.zazzle.com/capital_swirl_notebook-130958469420472466

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 of  one of my most second most popular Blue Ridge Paintings  Ends on Tuesday!

 

Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge  Original  24″ x 18″  Oil Painting     $884

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

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40″ x 50″ 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 Looking Forward to Supper….

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am not much of a cook and we have a lot of restrictions so it is difficult to come up with something we all can eat but today I am going to take the time to cook a pot roast!  I have a great recipe that doesn’t have any ingredients that are off out lists.

I love to eat and we have a saying in our family that a lot of people misunderstand.  After a great meal one of us asks if we are fat and happy!  The word fat is just used to mean so full we feel bigger, not really fatter. Anyway, I intend to be fat and happy later on today.

Cheers!

 

Field of Beauty   Original 40″ x 30″ Oil  Painting  $2430

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

Link to this painting  http://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/field-of-beauty-kendall-kessler.html

Be sure to click on the red link to see more of my work

KENDALL KESSLER ART

Check out Originals on Etsy at  https://www.etsy.com/shop/towheehillstudio?page=3

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

 

One more thing for Local Folk.  Check out my ebay classifieds!  Not everyone has to pay shipping!

http://www.ebayclassifieds.com/user/newriverartist

 

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

Spring Roses    Original 24″ x 24″ Oil Painting $980

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

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

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

Link to this painting      http://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/spring-roses-kendall-kessler.html

Burning Shore  Original  Oil Painting has been Sold

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

Link to this painting   http://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/burning-shore-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the  36″ x 24″ canvas print size for the special!

Eagle Fire    20″ x16″ Original Acrylic Painting  $670

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

Link to this painting   http://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40″ x 30″ size canvas print for the special offer

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

 

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Greatly Appreciates the Comments…

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

The other day I posted on Facebook that I had received a very nasty message which I accidentally marked as spam and then it disappeared.  I wanted to report this vulgar message so I was sorry I hit the spam button.

A number of Facebook friends posted supportive comments and I am grateful.  It is great to be connected with friends on the internet!  They are a big help!

 

 

Stepping Stones on the New River   Original Oil  Painting  has been Sold

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

Link to this painting  http://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/stepping-stones-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html

Be sure to click on the red link to see more of my work

KENDALL KESSLER ART

Check out Originals on Etsy at  https://www.etsy.com/shop/towheehillstudio?page=3

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

 

One more thing for Local Folk.  Check out my ebay classifieds!  Not everyone has to pay shipping!

http://www.ebayclassifieds.com/user/newriverartist

 

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

Spring Roses    Original 24″ x 24″ Oil Painting $980

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

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

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

Link to this painting      http://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/spring-roses-kendall-kessler.html

Burning Shore  Original  Oil Painting has been Sold

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

Link to this painting   http://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/burning-shore-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the  36″ x 24″ canvas print size for the special!

Eagle Fire    20″ x16″ Original Acrylic Painting  $670

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

Link to this painting   http://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40″ x 30″ size canvas print for the special offer

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

 

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Got Away from the Computer Today!

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I did film another Youtube and put the raw version on Facebook.  I am editing it now and will put it here when that is done.  I got away today to do a little swimming!  That was great.  Indoor pools are a lot of fun.  I did laps while I watched a swimming class of screaming elementary students.  I think the pool is their idea of a great class room!

 

Smith Mountain Lake   Original 16″ x20″ Acrylic  Painting  $670

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

Link to this painting  http://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html

Be sure to click on the red link to see more of my work

KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

Check out Originals on Etsy at  https://www.etsy.com/shop/towheehillstudio?page=3

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

 

One more thing for Local Folk.  Check out my ebay classifieds!  Not everyone has to pay shipping!

http://www.ebayclassifieds.com/user/newriverartist

 

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

Spring Roses    Original 24″ x 24″ Oil Painting $980

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

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

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

Link to this painting      http://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/spring-roses-kendall-kessler.html

Burning Shore  Original  Oil Painting has been Sold

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

Link to this painting   http://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/burning-shore-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the  36″ x 24″ canvas print size for the special!

Eagle Fire    20″ x16″ Original Acrylic Painting  $670

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

Link to this painting   http://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40″ x 30″ size canvas print for the special offer

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

 

Nice Cool Day in Southwest Virginia!

I love the warm weather and swimming in the lake but it is nice to get a cool day one in a while.  Rain is predicted and we need it!

 

Smith Mountain Lake    Original 20″x16″ Oil Painting    $670

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

Riverview Park Beauty near The Blue Ridge Parkway and It is Difficult at Times

Riverview at Dusk   Original 16″x20″ Oil painting  $670.00

Prints on Paper or Canvas Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

Riverview at Dusk is one of many sites that my husband researches for bird and butterflies.  He is oftentimes there very early on Saturday and Sunday mornings.  It is a beautiful Radford City Virginia park on The New River.

Difficult Times

The circumstances of my life are rather difficult at times.  I am not going to be specific because of what a friend once said.  What is the use of complaining?  Someone will always complain louder.

Still, most of my friends do not have the problem I have to contend with everyday and sometimes I envy them.  I do not have the freedom most people my age have and there are times I would like to scream and I do.

My husband and I do the best we can and that is all I am going to say.  Enough venting.  I have a lot of work to do.

 

Nearing The Shoals   Original 12″x13″ Oil Pastel Painting  $342.00

Prints on Paper or Canvas Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

This is where I would like to be right now.  I am very thankful that we will be at the beach in a few weeks.

Life with The Bird and Word Man – Clyde Kessler

I wanted to again mention 40th Mount Rogers Naturalist Rally that is coming up soon!  Clyde is on the Board of Directors for The Blue Ridge Discovery Group and arranged for Nancy Lee Adamson to be this year’s speaker.  Don’t miss out on a great time!

The 2014 Rally will be May 9 & 10.

Friday Night Speaker –  Nancy Lee Adamson PhD, Pollinator Conservation Specialist – East Region, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. An Introduction to Native Bees and Other “Beneficial” Arthropods of the Mid-Atlantic – learn about common native bees we can support by protecting and planting pollinator habitat.

Recent Sale

If you are not in the market for an original or print I hope you will visit my Zazzle store for my work on just about anything!  A great way to have my artwork in your home or a great gift!

Yesterday a pack of Sweet Pea postcards went out to a great North Carolina patron!  Here is the link!    NEW RIVER ART

Sweet Pea Morning at Rock Castle Gorge  Original 16″x20″ Oil Painting     $670.00

Prints on Paper or Canvas Available at   KENDALL KESSLER ART

More Smart View Beauty on The Blue RIdge Parkway and Latest Poems published by the Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler

My Artwork

Smartview       Original pastel painting has been sold

Prints on paper or canvas can be purchased at          KENDALL KESSLER ART

I have not been to Smart View many times but both of the paintings I did from that site sold.  It is a gorgeous place and I’m sure we will visit again sometime.  My favorite Blue Ridge Mountain paintings include clouds.  I have always been fascinated by cloud shapes and the colors of light and shade on them.  I especially like the colors in the evening when the contrast is not so strong and the spectrum is easier to see.

Recent Print Sales

It is great to sell my paintings over and over again in print version!  On my website patrons can get my work on paper or canvas,  framed or un-framed, and in a great selection of sizes.  Some of them can be bought in around size 40″x60″!

Here are the latest sales. The originals are still available.

Smith Mountain Lake   Original Oil Painting  20″x16″     $670.00

Prints on paper or canvas available at   KENDALL KESSLER ART

Near Smithfield Plantation    Original pastel painting        14″x22″   $648.00

Prints on paper or canvas available at      KENDALL KESSLER ART

Life with the Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler

My husband has had his poems published over 200 times in magazines and one of them will soon be in an anthology.

Here is one of the five just published in The Writing Disorder!

DIPLOMACY

by Clyde Kessler

Trees here, never being trees,
are always born from growling binary stars
slumming the world. You can dream them
with a cluster of orchid flowers strangling
a flag, hoisting it inside a plum seed,
or home across your brow where all
imagination is suspect, and isolated.

You can fall from orbit, go crazy,
track the moonrise across fallout shelters.
You can divvy up the salt, the stress,
the last communiques, wolf pups, jonquils,
two dazzle bolts, three crates of kit puzzlers,
and the last bag of visors whittled from skulls.

Trees, never being trees, have been painted
towards our frozen city, to start new wars.
I read you the news, you read me a reply.
Our diplomats start shooting each other.