White Roses

 "White roses are silent love letters, expressing what words cannot." -Unknown

 

"White Roses"

5.75" x 6"

Media: acrylic on wood panel

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Chocolate Flowers

 My latest commissioned piece for a long-time corporate client arrived in New Jersey today. Here's the lovely feedback I received.

"Hi Kali, The painting arrived and within minutes, our team had it proudly hanging on the master wall. I’ve heard nothing but glowing feedback from everyone who was overjoyed, and they couldn’t stop complimenting your incredible work. It has truly transformed the space and created the happiness we were all hoping for. I want to sincerely thank you for your dedication and the remarkable attention to detail you poured into this piece. I can’t wait to see it in person, and I’m already excited to start on our next collaboration."

My artist heart is so very happy.

This piece is 36"x36", acrylic on canvas.

36"x36" on canvas

Media: acrylic

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Simplicity

 There is beauty in simplicity.

"Simplicity"

12"x9"

Mixed Media

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Just a Little Sunday Sunshine

 Just a little Sunday sunshine.

"Just a Little Sunday Sunshine"

12"x9"

Mixed Media

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Flowers are the Music of the Earth

 "Flowers are the music of the earth."

-Marty Rubin

I've been painting a lot of flowers lately. Feels right.

Untitled

 This piece is part of an online auction benefitting the beautiful people of Ukraine.

Acrylic and India Ink

12"x9"

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Joy

About ten years ago my mom asked me to pull a large portfolio from under her bed that she'd purchased at a neighborhood garage sale about a decade before. Inside were at least a hundred paintings on watercolor paper. Some were signed, some were not, some seemed to be the same artist, some seemed varied. We looked them over and I loved the colors, though the subject matter didn't hold my interest. When she died several years ago the portfolio, minus a few paintings that sold at her estate sale, ended up leaning against the wall behind our couch. I pulled it out this weekend and created what I consider to be a collaborative piece. This was originally an abstract piece, but I saw flowers...of course. I'm looking forward to doing more.

"Joy"

Acrylic, watercolor, and wax pastels on paper

30"x22"

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Bouquets 1 and 2

Sweet bouquets because it's always a good time for flowers. I hope everyone is having a lovely day.

I'll post these in my online gallery in the next couple of days.

"Bouquet 1"

 

"Bouquet 2"

 

Watercolor , pastel, India ink, and graphite on paper

12"x9"

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Looking in Different Directions

 They might all be hanging together, but they're looking in different directions.

"Looking in Different Directions"

Acrylic, ink, and graphite on wood panel

7"x6"

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What is Lovely Never Dies

 "What is lovely never dies, but passes into another loveliness.

Star-dust or sea-foam. Flower or winged air."

-Thomas Bailey Aldrich

This past weekend our family joined the many, many thousands of families who have lost someone they loved to COVID. May their memory live on through all that is beautiful.

Acrylic Paint and Alcohol Ink on Canvas

20"x16"

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At Peace

 "Go in the direction of where your peace is coming from."

-C. Joybell C.

No matter where you are on this journey, I hope you are finding some peace.

This second image was taken in the evening with the street lights lending some light. 

The gold paint shimmers.

Acrylic and Ink on Canvas

36"x36"

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There are Always Flowers for Those who Want to See Them

 "There are always flowers for those who want to see them."

-Henri Matisse

Mixed Media on Stretched Linen

30"x24"

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There is Beauty in That Which is Torn

 There is beauty in that which is torn.

Image description: a bouquet of abstract flowers composed of decorative paper torn into a vase like shape and flower like shapes.

Paper Collage on wood

12"x5.5"

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Celebrate Differences

 "It is not our differences that divide us.

It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."

-Adre Lorde  

"Celebrate Differences"

Image description: a bouquet of abstract flowers in a speckled multicolor vase. Each of the flowers is different.

Acrylic on wood

17"x9"

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I Am

I attended an artist talk by Maria Palacios that was hosted by Art Spark Texas last week. Along with so many amazing things she told, showed, and taught us, she did a writing prompt. I used a wood panel for my writing, which then became a palette for a painting I was working on, and then it became the flowers you see below. You can see a bit of my writing at the bottom. 

Please check out Maria's instagram (@goddess_on_wheels_) and Art Spark Texas', too (@artsparktx).

"I Am"

Image description: a white vase with black spots and streaks with black and pink flowers in it. It is on a wood panel with writing that is mostly obscured at the bottom of the piece. The writing is upside-down.

Mixed Media - acrylic, ink

14.5"x5" on Wood

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We Are Made of Star Stuff

"The Universe is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be. Our contemplations of the cosmos stir us. There's a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation as if a distant memory of falling from a great height. We know we are approaching the grandest of mysteries. 

The cosmos is within us. We are made of star stuff."

-Carl Sagan

"We are Made of Star Stuff"

Mixed Media - acrylic, charcoal, ink, India ink

30"x48" on Canvas

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Counting Up or Counting Down

Whether you are counting up or counting down is a matter of perspective and choice.

This piece was originally a palette for some recent work. I was about to put more paint on it yesterday when this flower popped out at me. She just needed a bit of defining to bring her more forward.

"Counting Up or Counting Down"

Image description: an orange and pink flower with two leaves in the foreground with an abstract colorful background of stripes, splatters, and splotches of paint.

Mixed Media

7"x4" on Wood

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Letting Things Go Allows Us to Bloom

I have been thinking a lot lately about how few things I really need and have been doing a rather huge purge...the kitchen, closet, etc. My heart has been particularly filled by giving away my older works of art that had never found their perfect home...and now they have. (Love my neighborhood Buy Nothing group!!)

"Letting Things Go Allows Us to Bloom"

Mixed Media

16"x12" on Canvas Paper

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Coexist

"Both soft and fierce can coexist and still be powerful."

-unknown

"Coexist"

Image description: a small green vase containing two larger flowers, a blue one above and a red one underneath.

Mixed Media

7.5"x3.5" on wood

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What Counts?

 Counting cases, counting ballots, counting days...do symptoms count, do people count...what counts?

I started this painting several years ago (likely four) when I was in a particularly grouchy mood, and since then I've used it as a palette, a pen tester, and workout reps documentation. Just this morning I realized that it was a vase, sorely in need of just one terrifically optimistic flower.

"What Counts?"

Image description: an abstract red flower in a black vase with a background filled with color, tally marks, and upside down profanity.

Mixed Media

13"x4" on wood

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