Color of Summer

Color of Summer

10" x 20" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Landscape Painting

Pushing, pulling, scraping and laying in the oils with my palette knife gives this painting an impressionistic feeling.  I started with an underpainting using a brush.  After looking at it for a couple of months on my easel, I decided I needed to take a different approach and repainted it with the knife.  I am much more satisfied with the outcome, especially with the color relationships.  The burnt orange contrasting against the violet and greens makes it pop. The colors of the landscape remind me of how a hot and dry summer day feels....therefore, the name, "Color of Summer".  I can't wait to put a frame on this panel once I varnish it.  This painting will be for sale once it dries.  Contact Kay for purchasing info.  Thanks, Kay

Lost

Lost

12" x 16" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

Floral Landscape

I named this painting "Lost" because I was totally lost in it with my palette knife.  Lost in a good way, just letting my mixing skills kick in, and allowing  the painting to happen.  The colors are harmonious because I mixed my piles of luscious oils as I worked through the canvas.  My palette was covered with greens, lavenders, greys and corals.  This landscape painting couldn't get much more abstract, as I was focused on the colors and how they looked in relationship to each other.  There is plenty of texture and paint built up on the canvas, creating more interest for the viewer.  This painting is drying at the studio.  Contact ME with any comments or questions.  Thanks for looking....Kay

Happy

Happy

18" x 18" Mixed Media on Cradle Board

Contemporary Floral Still Life

Contact Kay for more information on this piece.

Thanks for looking at my blog....Kay

Eat Your Veggies

Eat Your Veggies

6" x 8" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel
Contemporary Still Life

This is from a painting challenge...Different Strokes from Different Folks Challenge was a photograph of a platter of summer vegetables. I painted my interpretation of the photograph using oil paints on a 6” x 8” cotton panel…lots of luscious oils layered on with brushes. It’s good to have a deadline on a project like this challenge…it pushes me a little bit to finish up a painting to submit. I never seem to have a problem starting a painting, but sometimes I am not motivated to work through a painting and complete it. I had a good time painting this challenge, and it is so much fun looking at the dozens of artists who have posted their work.   Just like we are all different, so is our artwork. We all see things differently, and paint them differently.  Thanks for looking....Kay

Big Sky

Big Sky

36" x 36" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Landscape Painting

This contemporary landscape is ready to hang...frame is optional as the sides of the canvas are painted.  This is a calm and peaceful painting.  The clouds are moving and have abstract qualities...you can almost imagine looking up and seeing images and shapes develop as they move across the sky.  This painting is for sale.  Contact Kay for more info.  Thanks for looking at this blog...Kay

Sitting Pretty - Sold!

Sitting Pretty

12" x 12" Oil on Canvas

SOLD

This painting sold this week at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas.  Thanks to Gallery Owner Pam Massar Gallery for selling this small floral still life.  I am thrilled that Sitting Pretty has a new home!  I am getting ready to have some guest artists in the studio next week and we plan on painting fresh flowers galore!  Can't wait.  Thank you for looking at this blog and the art posted here.  Contact ME with any questions or comments concerning my art.  Thanks, KMW

Friendly in Fredericksburg

Friendly in Fredericksburg

18" x 24" Oil on Canvas

Contemporary Rooster Painting

Contact Kay for more info on this colorful painting, 

which was inspired by a spirited crowing rooster

on a visit to Fredericksburg, Texas.

Thanks for viewing this blog....Kay

Chit Chat - sold

Chit Chat

Sold

This small painting is sold, but looking at it puts me in the mood to 

paint more roosters and chickens.  I may need to go visit our local 

hardware store to paint the in-store rooster, George.  Thanks for 

looking at this blog...I am in the studio painting away.  Kay

Colors Of My World - sold

Colors of My World

8" x 12" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

Sold

I was revisiting some of my floral landscapes, and although this painting is sold, it is one of my favorites.  The florals fade into the background, with the vibrant colors changing as they would in nature.  I did a lot of scraping, pushing and pulling of the oils with this canvas.  I am getting my gear ready for some plein air painting...more landscapes!  Thanks for looking at this blog.  Have a great day....Kay

Blowing In The Wind

Blowing In The Wind

30" x 40" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

Palette knife aspens, very abstract, blowing in the wind.  This horizontal format looks great above a fireplace, sofa or table.  The colors are vivid, the aspens are textured with thick oil paints.  Contact Kay for purchasing info.  Thanks for looking at the art posted here.  Have an artful day!  KMW

Flutter

Flutter

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

The canvas is covered with thick applications of oils...all applied with the palette knife.  Chunks of vibrant colors flutter across the canvas.  My subject matter was a beautiful red dragonfly from Mark Malone's garden....from a photograph that Mark had taken.  This contemporary abstract is ready to hang, frame is optional.  The sides of the canvas are painted.  Contact Kay for purchasing info.  Thanks for looking at this blog...Kay

Color My World

Color My World

14" x 10" Oil on Canvas Panel

Contemporary Floral Landscape

Painted with vibrant oils, this contemporary landscape painting is on display and for sale at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas.  I mixed and mixed the oils for this piece...using my trusty palette knife to mix and to apply the layers of paint.  Thanks for looking at this blog...have an artful day.  Kay

Flamboyant Feathers

Flamboyant Feathers

10" x 10" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Rooster Series

I just pulled this colorful guy off the easel, and he is drying in the studio.  This rooster was so much fun to paint, with almost every color on my palette on the canvas...I kept the lines disjointed, loose, all with different size brushes.  I started with a dark background (my new thing) which makes the foreground pop.  Flamboyant Feathers is for sale....contact ME for more info on this guy.  Framing is optional...he looks good as is, and ready for a new home.  Thanks for looking, Kay  p.s.  there might be a little glare on the right side of this photo...I may need to retake.

Oh Happy Day!

Oh Happy Day!

18" x 36" Oil on Heavy Duty Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Floral Still Life Painting

I loved painting this palette knife painting.  It was a day when everything fell into place and I the painting process was so much fun.  I was wanting to explore the greens, muddy greys and violets.  Spending a lot of time mixing my oils, I limited myself to various shades of those colors only.  The horizontal format was fun to work on...a change from my favorite square format.  This painting was part of an exhibit at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas and is still on display there.  Thanks for looking at my art....Kay

Bountiful

Bountiful

36" x 60" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

Dramatic, colorful and textural describe this contemporary floral.  I can't wait to varnish and hang this palette knife painting.  Contact Kay for purchasing info.  Thanks for looking....Kay

Dancer

Dancer

30" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Horse

Painted on a heavy duty gallery wrap canvas, the stretcher bars are thick and chunky---about 2 1/2" thick.  Dancer has a beautiful profile with loose, flowing lines.  This painting is available for sale.  You can contact Kay for purchasing info.  Thanks for looking....Kay

Minnie - Sold

Minnie

Sold

Another small rooster sold at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas.  It was framed in a cute little frame, shown below.

I have been working on a project in the studio, and hope to work on some paintings sitting on my easel today.  Thanks for looking at this blog...Kay

Checking You Out - Sold

Checking You Out

Sold!

Contemporary Rooster Painting

Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Framed and ready to travel, this rooster found a new home

in Dallas after he was purchased at Dutch Art Gallery.  

The checked moulding gave it some pizazz.  I have some more roosters
on my easel, so I hope to work on them today.  Thanks for looking...Kay

Big Guy

Big Guy

30" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

This painting is ready to find a new home....contact ME for more info on this colorful and contemporary rooster.  He has lots of personality, color and texture.  He is ready to hang on a new wall....framing is optional, so if you would like to see Big Guy in your home, office or cabin, he is available.  Thanks for looking...Kay

Big Red - Sold

Big Red

Sold

This red rooster has a new home, thank you to Dutch Art Gallery for

making the sale.  Kay

Afternoon Delight at Dutch Art Gallery

Afternoon Delight

12" x 12" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

Yesterday was the Artists' Reception at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas for the "It's A Small World" exhibit.  There was a great turn-out, and this painting, "Afternoon Delight" took third place in the jurying.  (A total surprise for me, since I haven't won anything in a long time!!!)  Judges were Steve Hahn and Ellie Taylor, both fabulous artists.  Here is a pic of gallery owner Pam Massar, Ellie, Steve and I with my framed painting.

It was so much fun to meet some new collectors and artists throughout the afternoon.  It was especially fun to have friend Gwen Bell take second place and studio partner Sharon Hodges take first place in the judging.  

Sharon Hodges taking home a blue ribbon!

That cheeseburger was fabulous!!!

Pam Massar, Steve Hahn, Gwen Bell with her fabulous painting "Dog Days", and Ellie Taylor.  If you missed the opening reception, please stop by the gallery to see all of the small paintings in the show...they are wonderful.  To top off my afternoon, three of my rooster paintings sold...they flew the coop and now have a new home.  A big thank you to Pam and her staff!  Thanks for looking at this blog...send any comments or questions my way.  Kay

Best of the Bunch

Best of the Bunch

12" x 12" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Hanging at Dutch Art Gallery

Come by the studio today, Saturday, June 5th for the springtime show....

"It's A Small World".  Opening Artists' reception is from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Come by and see the show and meet the participating artists.  

Thanks, Kay

Sunshine

Sunshine

10" x 10" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Rooster Painting

I have been experimenting with dark backgrounds, and this rooster pops with such a dramatic contrast.  I named this rooster Sunshine because of all of the colors in his feathers and comb.  He reminds me of a colorful sunny day.  The sides of the canvas are also painted black, so a frame is not necessary.  Contact Kay for purchasing info...Sunshine is drying at the studio before he takes off.  

George, Out On A Limb

George, Out On A Limb

16" x 16" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Rooster Painting

Contact Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas for 
purchasing information on this painting.
Thanks for looking....Kay

Georgie Boy - Sold!

Georgie Boy

Sold

12" x 12" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Rooster Painting 

George has flown away from Dutch Art Gallery, and I am thrilled to report that he has a new home!  Thanks to gallery owner Pam Massar for selling Georgie Boy to a Dallas collector.  George is a handsome Buff Orpington rooster, and is the mascot at our local Gecko Hardware Store in Lake Highlands.  I painted this 12" x 12" canvas several months ago in the gallery with George sitting on the counter.  I wanted to get his beautiful feathers and full body in this painting.  I loved layering the paint to get a full-chested and fluffy George on canvas using my palette knife.  Thanks for looking at my blog...I guess I need to paint another Georgie soon!  Kay

Contemporary Landscape

Contemporary Landscape

36" x 36" Oil on Heavy Duty Gallery Wrap Canvas

(Untitled)

This painting is finished.  I think.  I would like to take a few days to let it sit on my easel, giving me a chance to live with it and make some minor changes.  I also need to name it - so if you have any suggestions, I am open-minded about that, and would love to hear from you.  My color palette with just about every color in the book....lots of violets, reds, greens, ochres, turquoise, raspberry ....it is all in there.  Meanwhile, I am working on a couple of roosters....Thanks for looking at this blog.  Contact KAY for more info on this painting.  Kay

Perky

Perky

8" x 8" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Floral Still Life

This painting is at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas as the exhibit "Local Color" is coming to an end.  If you haven't had an opportunity to see the show, you can catch the tail end of it this week.  A new exhibit, "It's A Small World" begins this Saturday, June 6th.  Thanks for looking at the art posted here.  Kay