Splish Splash-Figurative

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Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Marianne was the hostess who graciously supplied the great reference photos!

I chose the two water nymphs because I thought it was a great opportunity to practice with my painting knife. I like the swirling color blends a knife can achieve for the water. The figures were done with brushes. I feel as if I'm beginning to learn a little about using the painting knife.

This was painted over a red ground. I like how it peeks through and automatically harmonizes and energizes a painting.

Thanks for looking and commenting. You folks keep me on the right track!

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Creation-Yosemite Landscape

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

This is my contribution to The Paint Your Muse Challenge at DPW posted by Robin Peterson.
Robin suggested: Consciously identify what inspires you about the subject. Write down in a single word what you plan to communicate in paint then make that the title of your painting.

This is a scene from Yosemite. His creation is all around us. From the smallest flower to the most gigantic mountains. All wondrously designed.
Then we try to create on our canvases what what is in front of our eyes. What a wondrous world!!

This painting was done with a painting knife. Not sure about the degree of success....but plenty of fun just the same!!

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

I Peter 3:24 "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the Word of the Lord endures forever."

Muz-Nuz-Horses

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Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Maureen was the hostess who supplied a lot of great reference photos!

I picked the two young horses...I believe they're called yearlings at this stage. Muz-nuz is my invented word for muzzle nuzzling. A pretty endearing shot.

Developing a background is always an interesting challenge to me. This is one that I hope enhances the mood of the painting in an uplifting, colorful way without competing with the subjects.
Hope ya like it! Comments please...

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My Etsy

Matthew 17:20 Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. "

Waterfowl-Landscape

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

This is my contribution to The Phone Photo Challenge at DPW posted by Elaine Stolt.

Elaine wrote: What makes a good photo doesn't necessarily make a good painting, and vice-versa! Your challenge is to create a painting from this photo I took with my phone. Crop it, change the colors, do what you will, but have fun with it!


This is the photo.
I zoomed in to the far middle background...the small bit of exposed water with ducks/geese around it.
My goal for this piece was to keep it extremely loose and to imply detail. I used my trusty painting knife to advance the foreground.
I have also have begun exploring a technique developed by a very skillful artist, Julie Ford Oliver.
I have merely scratched the surface of this process. She calls it fracturing...Check her out...amazing work!

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

4th Of July 2012

Happy 236th Birthday!

Acrylic on hardboard.

This painting is a repost from 2009. Still appropriate for today.

The principle of our republic is based on God given rights! Understand, that if America loses God...we lose those rights.

I am proud of the the USA. Look at any country (or person) closely enough and you will see faults. But there's an overwhelming amount to be proud of...not ashamed of.
Happy birthday America!!!! Know that you are still loved!

God bless the USA!

2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Please take a minute and listen to this song.

In God We Still Trust

The Smile-Portrait

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Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Li was the hostess who supplied a lot of great reference photos!
I picked the delightful Patrise and her boy! The sun is no match for her bright, warm smile!
She runs the local straw market making baskets, etc. out of palm leaves...I believe she's in Nassau.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands

The Comforter-Figurative

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel. I have cropped this in my editor to the equivalent of a 5x5 because it just looks better...Cheating??..... maybe

This is my contribution to The Reading Challenge at DPW posted by Victor Tristante.
Victor instructed: Paint your spouse, or any loved one, reading in their favorite reading place. Use the light, composition, and the warm glow of the night to make this an intimate painting.

I didn't have a photo of the pose I needed so this is a symbolic painting. It's in memory of my passed wife reading the Bible. She got me hooked on the Book...Thank you, Kay.

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My Etsy

2 Corinthians 4:18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.

Ya Never Forget-Figurative

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Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Bonnie was the hostess who supplied a lot of great reference photos!
The bike rider was my choice because I was intrigued by the cast shadow and the aging rider. I tried to keep it simple by just going for color and painterly strokes. It was really an enjoyable ride...

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My Etsy

1 Corinthians 3:16 "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?"

T. Rex-Praying Mantis

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Oil on 7x5 hardboard.

This is my contribution to The Insect Challenge at DPW posted by KT Montgomery.
She wrote: The challenge is to find an insect, study it and create an interesting composition. Have fun!

The formidable looking praying mantis reminds me of the T. Rex of the insect world. The ladies don't believe in divorces either.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.

Mr Macaw-Parrot

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Oil on 6X6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Joel was the great host who supplied a lot of great reference photos!

The colorful macaw called out to be painted! And he's quite a talker!

In some spots I lay the paint on thick with a palette knife then manipulated with a brush.

C&C welcome. Thanks for looking!

In case I don't have time for a timely post, Happy Father's Day!!!!

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My Etsy
^{1 Corinthians 13:13} And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Holding More Than Flowers-Vase

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Oil on 7x5 hardboard.

This is my contribution to the Gift Challenge II at DPW posted by the extraordinary artist, Abbey Ryan .
Abbey suggested to paint something that you feel connected to or has meaning for you because someone gave it to you.
This is a simple little vase with Greek (I think) figures. My Mother loved the little vase, and now I love the many recollections it holds.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

^{1 Corinthians 4:5} Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.

The Thinker-Cat

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Oil on 6X6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE Wet Canvas. Ros was the great hostess. She supplied plenty of terrific reference photos.This is her Scottish Fold cat. Their ears fold over toward the front...thus the name. It just looks as if he's contemplating all the questions of life. Love the Buddha pose.

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My Etsy

1 John 4:9-10 "We love Him because He first loved us."

Southwest Sarape-Figurative

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Oil on 7x5 hardboard.

This was repainted from one which was done in 2009. This is my contribution to the Stripe Challenge at DPW posted by the extraordinary artist, Carol Marine .
Pretty self explanatory, eh? I'm a little late, but I made it.

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My Etsy

1 Corinthians 6 :14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

Valri-Portrait

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The Start...Toned panel

Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Valri was the great hostess. She supplied plenty of terrific reference photos.This is a portrait of the hostess herself.

Could have perhaps gotten a better likeness, but I don't like to fiddle with oil sketches too long. I'd rather try to keep the spontaneity.

Thanks for looking!

I included a photo of an early stage to show how I started the piece.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.