The Garden

 

Acrylic on DaVinci Pro Panel, 12x12"

Playing with palette knives and abstracted images again with subject matter from my gardens, the painting is treated as a collage with a little story included.  We had a fancy pigeon that must have escaped and decided our yard was a good place to visit for the summer.  Looking him up on the internet I believed him to be a Saxon Pouter, he had these huge white feathers on his feet.  He always came for a meal of birdseeds, sunflower seeds, a drink, sometimes a bath and then a nap on top of the birdhouse in the painting.    He picked the birdhouse as his very own roost, chasing the little wrens away who had started a nest.  So there he sits next to the birdhouse for all time.  He became so familiar I had to give him a name, Sammy.  I miss him, he flew off when it started to get cold, his visits always cheered me.  I hope he found a safe warm place somewhere for the winter.  Maybe he returned home.

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©

Once Upon a Time

Click Here To Buy It Now - $150, Acrylic on museum gessobord panel, 6x6 inches

This is another plein air painting done on site at an antique shop.  The shop had a yard out front and this little red wagon was sitting in a garden.  I loved the rust on the sides and it's fun thinking of all the children that played and took rides in the little red wagon once upon a time.

Due to the limitation and inconsistencies of various display monitors, the colors you see on your screen may not be a totally accurate reproduction of the actual painting.


(c) Deborah Ann Kirkeeide

Praise And Promise

Click Here To Buy it Now - $300, mixed media on stretched canvas and framed, 9x12 inches

I have been experimenting and having fun with mixed media using acrylics, inks, stamping and photos.  This piece is a combination of those elements, the photo of flowers was transferred to the canvas using matte medium and then inked and painted in areas.  A photo transfer is not merely glued to the surface but a method that transfers the image to the canvas and the paper is washed off.  I based this painting on two Bible scriptures; Praise, Isaiah 61:11 and Promise, Genesis 8:22.

I haven't posted anything new for so long due to a remodel going on at home but I have been creating more journal/scrapbooks, acrylic and mixed media paintings plus some plein air oil paintings.  More on plein air at a later date.

Due to the limitation and inconsistencies of various display monitors, the colors you see on your screen may not be a totally accurate reproduction of the actual painting but I work to get the best likeness possible.

(c) Deborah A. Kirkeeide

Violas

Click Here To Buy It Now - $75, oil on gessobord, 5x7 inches

I love my Violas, I've heard them called Johnny Jump Ups also.  They come up everywhere in my gardens and most the time I just let them be, I haven't the heart to pull them.  Such sweet faces and colors who can resist!  I found some photos I took in the spring, cropped it, painted some areas with the scribbly scratchy technique (background mostly) and love the way it turned out.

Due to the limitations and inconsistencies of various display monitors, the colors you see on your screen may not be a totally accurate reproduction of the actual painting but I work to get the best likeness possible.

(C) Deborah A. Kirkeeide

Garden Arbor

Click Here to Buy It Now - $50, oil on gessobord, 5x7 inches

Remembering summer.  I'm feeling a little nostalgic about my gardens, soon they will be covered with snow and I won't see them until May.  I painted this from one of my garden photos and thought I would try to loosen my paint style a bit.