Untitled Tugboat

 

Untitled

8" x 24" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Oil Painting

While vacationing Up North last summer, we were boating and found this old tugboat that appeared to have a history.  I took a few photos and painted it in the studio.  It was docked in Ironton, Michigan.  Thanks for looking at my art, Kay

Blooms

 

Blooms

40" x 40" Quadriptych (4 gallery wrap canvases, 20" x 20" each)

Contemporary Floral Still Life

These canvases have been on my easel for months, but now that I signed it, it is finished!  I entered it a juried show, and I am thrilled that it was accepted into the Dutch Art Gallery Juried Show.

Contact Kay or the gallery for more info.

KMW

Storm Brewing

 

Storm Brewing

12" x 16" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Seascape Painting

It's cold, rainy, icey and miserable in Texas right now.

But when I am in the warm studio, I can pretend that I am on the beach, soaking up the sun and running my toes through the sand.

Reference photo credit:  Merriam Wyne

Here's my set-up in the cozy studio on a cold January day.

Contact Kay for more info on this painting.  Thanks for looking at my blog!  KMW

Summertime

 

Summertime

36" x 36" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Seascape/Beach 

It's finished and drying in the studio.  I wanted to get that warm, beachy feeling on this canvas.  My hope is that the viewer will be able to feel the sand, wind and water that you only get at the beach.  Contact Kay for more information.  Thanks for viewing!  KMW

Color Converesation

 

Color Conversation

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

Contemporary Floral

I loved painting this canvas in the new studio with lots of natural light shining down on the easel.  I used brushes and palette knives to apply the thick juicy oils.  On the vase, I carved out the paint to make the pattern play.  I focused on mixing harmonious colors as I worked my way through this painting.  Adding shapes and lines as I progressed, it was so fun to paint.  Contact Kay for more info on her art!  Thanks for looking....Kay

Boat Party

 Boat Party

(Thank you, LB for the title recommendation.)

38" x 44" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Seascape/Palette Knife Painting

This painting has been on my easel for months, and I just put my last brushstroke on it.  Now it is drying in the new studio, waiting to be varnished.  I started with a reference photos from Naxos, then added a boat from Scotland, and finally some Michigan boats.  I just found out that this painting has been accepted into the Dutch Art Gallery Annual Juried Art Show!  Thanks for looking at my art....Kay

 

Bursting With Love

Bursting With Love

Sold!

Contemporary Floral

20" x 24" Oil on Silver Leaf/RayMar Panel

Thank you to Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas for the custom framing on this panel, and completing the sale to a local collector.

Abstract

 

Contemporary Abstract

48" x 60" Oil, oil bars and charcoal on Gallery Wrap Canvas

It's fun and whimsical!

Contact Kay for more info!

 

Arboretum Afternoon

 

Arboretum Afternoon

8" x 8" Oil on Panel

Plein Air - Dallas Arboretum

Available at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas

Needs a title!

 

Untitled 

12" x 24" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Floral

I am back in the studio after traveling and a broken shoulder.  I am not 100%, but I am getting close.  My mission for the month of September is to finish up paintings that I have started, but not finished.  Thanks for looking at my blog!  Contact Kay for more info.  Kay

Glorious Day

 

Glorious Day

10" x 20" Oil on RayMar Panel

Contemporary Landscape/Palette Knife Painting

Finished!  Using a palette knife and thick layers of oils, I painted this cotton panel in the studio.  I was able to go back into my memory and a few photos to capture the beauty of nature and the great outdoors.  When looking closely, you can see the texture created with the knife.  This one is currently getting a custom frame.  Thanks for looking at my art.  Contact Kay for more info on this painting.  KMW

Tropical VIbes

 

Tropical Vibes

40" x 18" Oil on Canvas

Contemporary Abstract

Currently hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas.

This colorful and energetic painting was painted with my non-dominant hand/arm while I was recovering from a fractured shoulder.  I was experimenting with shapes and lines, totally out of my comfort zone.  I can't wait to see it all framed up!  Thanks for looking at my art.  Kay

Blooming Bonnet

 

Blooming Bonnet 

24" x 20" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Floral

After letting this painting sit for a couple of months, I was ready to finish it off.  I put the vase on a table, added some fallen leaves and petals.  When I started this painting, I had a beautiful fresh arrangement of flowers from my florist.  Once they died, I used a photograph as reference, and added more petals to the composition.  The vase is interesting, and was sitting around the studio holding pencils and brushes.  This painting is drying in the studio.  I can't wait to get it all framed up!  Thanks, KMW

Happiness

 

Happiness

6" x 6" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Floral

This small RayMar panel is popping with color!

Contact Kay for more info!

Thanks for looking, Kay

Tight Bunch

"Tight Bunch"

10" x 10" Oil on Panel

Contemporary Floral Still Life

Lately we have had fresh floral arrangements in the studio.  I decided that these white roses were needing to be painted!  This is a bird's eye view of the compact arrangement.  Green is a challenge for me, and I mixed and mixed so many greens and greys for this painting.  This painting is drying in the studio, will be framed up and ready for a new home soon.  Thanks for looking at my art.  Kay

 

Absolutely l and Absolutely ll

 

Absolutely l and Absolutely ll

Each painting:  40" x 30" gallery wrap canvas

Diptych size:  40" x 60" total size

This diptych has beautiful colors, movement and texture.  I painted these canvases with a palette knife and loads of juicy oils.  They can be hung together, or stand alone.  Contact Kay for more information!  Thanks, KMW

Blooms

 

Blooms

Quadriptych

40" x 40" Oil on Four Canvases/Each canvas 20" x 20" 

Contemporary Floral Painting

I have had this large painting on my large easel in the studio for several months.  It started out with a fresh floral arrangement from my local florist in a beautiful antique silver champagne bucket. I did not like the composition I had drawn out on a canvas, so I decided to look at the arrangement from a bird's eye view.  The original arrangement only lasted a week, so I worked off of a photograph once the blooms had died.

Once I put my big shapes in, I decided that the painting needed more variety, more color and just more.  So that part was fun, as I added layer after layer.  This painting is drying in the studio.  I need to sign it, varnish it and then it will be ready for a frame (optional).  Thanks for looking at my art....please contact Kay with any questions or comments.  

Last Bloom

 

Last Bloom 

8" x 8" Oil on Panel

Inspired from a trip to the Dallas Arboretum, I found a magnolia tree with only a few last blooms hanging.  I loved the shape and color of this bloom, couldn't wait to paint it.  This painting is finished, drying in the studio.  It is available for purchase....contact Kay for more info.  Thanks, KMW

This Little Chickie

 

This Little Chickie 

8" x 8" Oil on Panel 

As I was taking my morning walk in our neighborhood, I saw two chickens running loose in the a neighbor's yard.  I tried to get a good photograph of them, but they were scampering around exploring since they had escaped their coop.  I painted this small panel in the studio, where it is drying.  This painting is available for purchase.  Contact Kay for more info.  Thanks for looking!  KMW

On My Easel....

 

Multiple canvases on my easel...It's a work in progress, and it takes time.  I have had this quadriptych in the studio for a couple of months.  I get inspired, I get bored, I get stumped.  Right now I am enjoying this painting.  40" x 40" is a lot of canvas to cover!  More on this later.  Thanks for looking at my art.  Kay