Nature's Paintbox

 

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Today we have a foot of snow on the ground and the leaves are gone.  Funny how fast the beauty of Autumn comes and goes.  A few weeks ago at the height of color I took a walk finding and collecting many beautiful leaves but the most spectacular one for me was the green one in the painting.  It had these amazing large purple veins that were so unique I had to try and capture it.  Of course the painting doesn't do the leaf justice, even a photograph doesn't completely capture the beauty.  I pressed the leaf along with a bunch of others hoping the colors will last for awhile to enjoy.  Nature's paintbox is amazing!

 My acrylic paintings are protected by an acrylic satin varnish and I use professional acrylic paints: Winsor Newton, Liquitex and Utrecht.  The Ampersand gessobord's are a museum series panel which are acid free, archival.  All my paintings are signed, dated with the paintings information on the back.

Thanks for visiting, stay safe.

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide copyright 

Crabapple Blues

 

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This is my third crabapple painting and to change it up I used a darker background which gave the crabapple a totally different look.  It really influenced the crabapple color, using white to lighten the color made the crabapples fall flat.  Discouragement set in so I put the painting away writing it off as a bad paint day.  Finally yesterday and in a better mood, I tried working the crabapples again, why not, what did I have to loose.  Repainting some with a light cadmium red a thought crossed my mind, what about using a bright orange highlight?  Bingo, the crabapples finally popped.  I have so much to learn!

Think of how bored we would all be if we didn't have anything else to learn or challenge us.  Maybe I just need to think of these little paintings as experiments so discouragement doesn't set in when one fails.  We learn from failures, probably more than when something goes right.

My acrylic paintings are protected by an acrylic satin varnish and I use professional acrylic paints: Winsor Newton, Liquitex and Utrecht.  The Ampersand gessobord's are a museum series panel which are acid free, archival.  All my paintings are signed, dated with the paintings information on the back.

Stay safe everyone, Covid has not been tamed yet.

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide copyright

Foot In The Door Exhibition

 

I'm excited to announce that my painting "No Place Like Home" was excepted in the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) Foot In The Door exhibition.  I'm so honored, they only have this show every 10 years.  This will be a virtual exhibition due to Covid so no matter where you live you can see the show.  Please check it out.  MIA is a wonderful museum which connects to an art school.  The show runs from Nov. 1st through Jan. 10, 2021.

Hashtag - #FootInTheDoor and tag Mia (@artsmia) 

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I will try to add a link to my painting later. 

On another note, I've been a little under the weather lately due to allergies which have cause a bronchial issue, so I haven't been painting much.  This news definitely perked me up!  Hope to get back to painting soon.

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide copyright

Crabapple Tea

 

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My crabapple branch made it for another painting!  I could have cut another small branch except the tree is loosing all it's leaves.  I love the great designs the branch and stems make.  Yesterday I was ready to give up on this painting, the cup looked awful until the cup shadow was painted then it popped.  This happens to me all the time and most the time it turns out.  There are lots of failures too.

My acrylic paintings are protected by an acrylic satin varnish and I use professional acrylic paints: Winsor Newton, Liquitex and Utrecht.  The Ampersand gessobord's are a museum series panel which are acid free, archival.  All my paintings are signed, dated with the paintings information on the back.

Please Note, the Click Here To Buy It Now link will take you to Daily Paintworks where you can purchase the painting if you want otherwise you are not committed.

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide copyright

Fall Pairing

 

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Fall is pumpkin time and I always paint a few pumpkins every year.  I needed something to pull me back into painting again.  This years bounty of tiny crabapples was plentiful, the branches on my tree are heavy with them, the blooms this spring were beautiful.  I've wanted to paint the crabapples for a long time and pairing them with a pumpkin was a winning combo.  Do the birds eat crabapples during the winter I wonder?  It would be nice if they weren't wasted.  If the branch survives maybe there will be another crabapple painting, the leaves are going fast.  

My acrylic paintings are protected by an acrylic satin varnish and I use professional acrylic paints: Winsor Newton, Liquitex and Utrecht.  The Ampersand gessobord's are a museum series panel which are acid free, archival.  All my paintings are signed, dated with the paintings information on the back.

Please Note, the Click Here To Buy It Now link will take you to Daily Paintworks where you can purchase the painting if you want otherwise you are not committed.

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide copyright