KM2582 Fall Glory (autumn, fall, landscape, original oil painting)

This is a study for a larger painting that I have been commissioned to paint. My collectors had the thrill of watching this come to life as they watched me paint it at Brushstrokes Gallery where my studio is shared with my partners John and Anita. This is when it is such fun to have a working studio-gallery where our collectors and art lovers can come in and watch the creative process of painting.

KMD2581 This Little Piggy Too (farm animal, piglet, pig, animal)

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I had started this little guy a month ago and got sidetracked and put him aside. I just found the canvas under a pile of "to do's" that I had forgotten to do!
This is a little piggy photographed in China in a small village where the people raise their livestock practically in their homes. The family must have wondered about our American tour group all excitedly photographing their little piglets as though they had never seen one before! Really, it was a photo opt with the little piglets so beautifully backlit.

6"x6" unframed original oil
$125.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2580 Just Grazing (calf, cow, New Zealand, pastural, original oil painting)

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I just couldn't stray too far from my latest animal passion. Who knows why I feel compelled to paint a subject but when it speaks to me I know I best go for it while I am excited about it for tomorrow it might be something totally different. Perhaps it is because I am a Gemini! This little fellow was photographed several years ago when my husband and I visited New Zealand, a wonderful, memorable journey.

6"x6" unframed original oil
$125.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2579 Crimson Wonders (floral, garden, red poppies)

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I came across another poppy picture that I now don't remember where I photographed it as I shoot poppies every spring. By now I have quite a collection and never tire of them. Poppies are such a joy to paint as they are such joyous flowers and the bright reds and oranges create an exciting energy both in the painting process and in the final painting.

7"x5" unframed original oil
$125.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2578 Walkin in the Rain (urban, figurative, urban landscape)

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The real fun of these small paintings is jumping around to different subject matter. It is great to challenge myself with a variety of subjects and compositions keeping the creative juices flowing. I don't do too many urbans, but am continually inspired by my gallery partner John K. Harrell, the king of urbans! This is a scene shot in Portland when I had the opportunity to be in a gallery there.

7"x5" unframed original oil
$125.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2577 Summer Gold (California poppy, floral, flowers, garden)

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I find the bright colors of summer to be warming in the cold winter months. I photographed these delightful and cheery poppies one summer at our Denver Botanic Gardens. I hope that one spring I will get to California when their fields are live with the blooming poppies.

5"x7" unframed original oil
$125.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2576 Life is Good (Polar bear, cub, wildlife, animals)

I am back painting and posting after a busy Holiday season and a week away in Texas for a really exciting workshop in encaustics. More to come about encaustics in future postings.
Meanwhile, I seem to be in a mode to paint animals and this little guy was photographed at the Denver Zoo quite a few years ago. My friend Pat and I were mesmerized for the longest time, watching and photographing this little guy and his sibling playing on and around a patient Mama. I have wanted to paint some of my photos forever and now is the time!

5"x7" unframed original oil
$125.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KM2536 Watchful Eye (cat, kitten, animal, original fine art)

This is a kitten named Grace that belongs to a friend of mine. She is such an amazing kitten making me want to add another to my household. Kitten energy is so fresh and entertaining and they grow up way too fast.
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KM2540 Into the Village (Germany, village, Europe, urbanscape)

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I forgot to post this little painting that was done for our miniature show in December. It is a scene from a quiet village in Germany when I visited with friends several years ago. I love the colors that all the old buildings in European villages have lining all the narrow streets. Every turn is a painting and I have a photo for just about every turn I make while wandering the cobblestone streets!

10"x8" unframed original oil
$750.00 + $12.00 shipping and handling