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A collection of 10 of my original, framed watercolor palette knife paintings are on display at The Brewkery kombucha bar at 1443 Swift St, in North Kansas City, MO. They'll be on display through at least the end of May 2021, but in case you can't visit in person, here's a video walk through of the gallery!   Featured paintings (in order of appearance): Autumn Palette Knife Landscape Winter Palette Knife Landscape Palette Knife Landscapes I Palette Knife Landscapes II Canyon Land Heartland Prairies Palette Knife Landscapes III For Lou Mt. Olympus Hanging Gardens All paintings are for sale, framed...

Well this week has been a lot! I have not been productive in the studio as I was dealing with terrible insomnia and some days I felt barely able to function. So this week I have to count simply surviving as an accomplishment! (Last week's accomplishments & carefully made plans here.) I write these first thing Friday morning, and I'm usually worn out from the week. My brain struggles to remember exactly what I did all week. Yesterday I got smart though & took a few notes to help kick start this post today. So while I did not paint...

The Late Blooming Watercolors Spring 2021 Collection is themed around spring, new growth, budding trees, and the color green. You'll love these pieces of custom art for your home decor, office wall decor, or home office decor if your walls are ready for a jolt of spring energy. These paintings range in size, from a small 5x7" painting that would be great in a small space or part of a group of artwork, to the largest piece which measures 14x10" and makes a bold statement.Each painting is also conveniently mounted on cradled board so they're ready to hang, no additional frame needed! So...

We're back for our continuing weekly adventures in art and business progress! (Last week here.) This past week was not art-ful. I was feeling unmotivated and out of creativity due to spending so much of last month on social media, and not seeing huge results. I've been meeting with a free Score mentor for the last few months and we came up with a (seemingly) great idea last time: a marketing calendar to prevent being surprised by holidays & events I could base my posts around. I wrote out what days I would post and what topics in a monthly spreadsheet, and then...

I talk a lot here on my blog and Instagram about how I prefer to paint without a brush. In particular, I do a lot of painting with a palette knife. But I realised recently that I probably assume people know what the heck I'm talking about but they actually don't! Just because I do this multiple times a week doesn't mean you know what it is--and I'm bad about documenting my process after all!So I took a short video of me painting a very basic watercolor palette knife landscape and thought it might help to see the process in...