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

KM2570 Mountain Contemporary (mountains, landscape, abstracted)

I was commissioned to paint a 48x60 abstract mountain scene that didn't have too many bright colors (a challenge for me!) I did almost the entire painting with a large palette knife and one stroke with a huge brush loaded with gobs of paint. This was such fun experimenting with acrylics and the unforgiving palette knife tool.
I can't wait to get back to more experimentation.

KMD2565 Jewel (dog, pet portrait, animal)

This is a portrait I did for a client as a gift to their parents for Christmas this year. I did not meet Jewel and painted her from a photo but she looked like a sweet being and it was a gift for me to get to paint her.

KMD2573 Cold Clear Day (Bluejay, birds, wildlife, winter)

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I photographed this fellow one Christmas day several years ago at my sister's house in Fort Collins, Colorado. It was a very cold, crisp clear Colorado day and this one was awaiting his turn at the feeder, puffing up his feathers to ward off the cold.
I love the blues of his plumage with the Colorado blue skies.
Some trivia: Blue Jays can make a large variety of sounds,and they may learn to mimic human speech. Blue Jays can also copy the cries of local hawks so well that it is sometimes difficult to tell which it is.

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

KM2520 Summer's Last Hurrah

I have been busy painting some more abstracted images to be placed in a spec home in Avon, Colorado so have not been tending to the daily paintings which I miss doing. I found that I had not posted this painting done last month which is a larger floral. With the warm December days we have had here in Denver it almost feels like this is a more appropriate subject even though Christmas is only days away!

24"x36" original oil
$3900.00 + $75.00 shipping and handling

KMD2567 Waiting for an Answer (birds, animals, ornithology, original oil painting)

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I have really been on a kick for the little birds, a symbol to me of freedom and sweet music. They are so entertaining as they dance around the bird feeder, sometimes not so patiently, waiting their turn.
I love waking up in the Springtime to the symphony of sounds that all the birds are making outside. Some mornings it is so loud that I can't hear the radio which is not a bad thing! I turn off the news and just listen to them trying to distinguish the many different sounds.

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

KM2566 Dancing in Illusion (abstract painting)

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I have been creating some abstract paintings and am really happy about how this one came out. It is a challenge going abstract as there is a beginning, but finding the end can be a challenge.

30"x30" unframed original oil
$3200.00 + $45.00 shipping and handling

KMD2565 Gentle Giant (buffalo, animal, wildlife, bison, original fine art)

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I don't know why, but lately as I peruse my for painting ideas, I am moved to paint animals. I have never painted a buffalo so decided it was time. What is it that is so romantic about the mighty buffalo? They really aren't pretty animals but they are powerful and hold such a nostalgia in our psyche, I suppose reminiscent of the freedom days on the prairie.

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

KMD2564 Chick a Dee Dee Dee (songbird, birds, wildlife, original art)

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This little Chickadee is titled after the sound these wonderful little birds make. They are wonderful little songbirds and here is a bit of trivia about them: On cold winter nights, these birds reduce their body temperature by up to 10-12 °C to conserve energy. I am on a bird run as they are such wonderful creatures and I hope my paintings are the next best thing to having them with us.

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

KM2557 On Top of the World (landscape, autumn, fall, aspen, original fine art)

I found these vertical canvas in my inventory and had a great time finding an image that spoke to the size and shape of it. It is always fun to break out of the habit of painting to standard sizes.

36"x12" unframed original oil
$2,400.00 + $45.00 shipping and handling

KMD2563 Oh So Brilliant (bird, wildlife,

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As I get older I am becoming my Grandmother who loved the birds. I have become a bird lover(not expert by any means!) and follow the seasons with their songs. I especially love spring when they are an amazing chorus singing outside my window. With winter and a bird feeder I still see them flitting about and hear their songs, but not nearly the chorus we hear in spring. I found the reference for this little guy and loved the amazing color. Nature provides and combines colors beyond imagination.

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

KMD2562 Surely You Jest (horse, animal, original fine art)

I just couldn't resist this humorous face on my sister's horse. I was attempting to get a photo that I could use to paint a portrait of him but captured this funny face in the process. It just makes me laugh to see him as though he too is tickled about something.

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

KM2559 Odd Man Out (cattle, Texas Shorthorn, cow, animal, landscape)

I had so much fun painting this scene from a photo I took last Spring in the Hill Country of Texas. I have painted many pets and some cows but am loving the challenge of a newer subject matter (the Texas Shorthorn). I photograph any animal that happens my way and always love to photograph cattle but they are hard to capture without "posing" as they are always curious as to what I am up to and all turn to investigate me! Thus, this scene of everyone looking my way!

18"x36" unframed original oil
$2900.00 + $45.00 shipping and handling

KMD2561 Who's Watching Whom (Shorthorn, cow, cattle, livestock, original oil painting)

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I seem to be on an animal kick lately. I did a large painting of some Texas Shorthorns (See it on my website) and had so much fun doing it that I had to create a daily painting of one as well. Getting photo reference of these magnificent animals is always a challenge, for when I stand before them with a camera they stop whatever they are doing and stare back at me in wonder of what I am up to.

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

KMD2556 Solo (Boxer, dog, pet portrait, original fine art)

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This is Solo, my brother and sister in law's rescue Boxer. I fell in love with her the first time I met her and have been dying to put her face on a canvas for sometime now. She has the most amazing expressions, many looks of worry until we offer to go for a walk. She bounces for joy and truly smiles then!
Having grown up with Boxers I am very partial to them!

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

KM2555 Wonderous Spring (floral, poppies, landscape, France)

I don't remember the exact place I found this scene, but it was in the springtime in France. We stop along the roadsides so often to photograph that I lose track of each place. People often ask if I paint on location while traveling but there is hardly enough time to photograph all the amazing scenery.

6"x8" unframed original oil
$175.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2554 Oh So Vibrant (floral, sunflower, garden scene, original oil painting)

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As our days are getting shorter, the colorful floral scenes are a reminder of days gone by. I am always drawn to the vibrant colors found in nature. It is always a challenge to recreate perfection!
5"x7" unframed original oil
$125.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2552 Jubilent Poppies (floral, poppy, garden, landscape, original oil)

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Lately I have been looking through my zillions of pictures to try to organize them. It is an undaunting task upon which I have made little progress. However, I do find many old images that seem new now and get so excited about all the painting possibilities. This one caught my eye to revisit the cheerful and colorful poppy subject!

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

KMD2551 Countryside Springtime (landscape, rural, oil painting, barn)

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I love painting the nostalgic scenes of the countryside. The old barns and structures that are weathered stand still leaving us full of wonder of the stories they hold but will never tell. So the viewer always has interest in the scene wondering or even thinking of the stories that could be told.

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

KMD2549 Wild Poppies (floral, garden, landscape, orignal oil painting)

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Had to come back to the colorful poppies now that winter is really setting in here in Denver. We have had the longest, warmest, most colorful fall here in Denver that I ever remember. It started snowing today just to remind us that nothing is forever! That is one of the reasons I paint, naively thinking that I can save a moment in time.

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

KMD2544 Mystery in Form (Abstract painting)

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I am still playing in the abstract to feed my creative spirit. It is really far more challenging than representational work as the possibilities are endless in subject, composition and medium. It is hard to know where to start and even more......when to stop!
4"x6" unframed original oil
$50.00 + $6.00 shipping and handling

KM2548 Warm Reflections (waterscape, reflections, fall, autumn, landscape

This is one of my paintings for our Gift of Miniature show that we are celebrating Friday, November 5 at Brushstrokes Gallery. It is another scene found during this amazingly colorful fall that we had here in Denver. My dog Farley finds our walks slow and long when the scenery is so fabulous, for it I have to stop every two feet for a picture instead of his continual stopping to check the pmail.

12"x9" unframed original oil
$895.00 + $12.00 shipping and handling

KMD2546 Checking His List (Christmas, Santa, Holidays)

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This image will shock my friends who know what a Christmas curmudgeon I am!
But one is never to old to still believe in the spirit of Santa Claus. Since the elections are over and Christmas advertising has started, I decided to jump on the bandwagon!

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