Pop-Up Sale Coming Soon

Tectonic

You are about to be inundated with my art.  (I know you love that about me.)

I joined a pop-up shop by Annapolis Arts Alliance which will open for two short months beginning Sunday, November 4,

My art will be discounted during this sale and only in the shop.  If you see the piece for sale online, you will see the regular price.  You will only be able to get discounted pricing in the shop.  So come visit at 230 Main Street, Annapolis, MD  21401

Tectonic
24" x 24" acrylic on stretched canvas
Available on Etsy for $870
In the pop-up shop $500.

Holiday Dream

30 Paintings in 30 Days -- January 2015

I decided during this third 30-in-30 Challenge I would have a theme from which to draw ideas.  My theme here is "Comfort and Joy".  Thirty paintings about things that bring me comfort and/or joy.

This basket of vintage Christmas ornaments brings the joy of many holidays past.  Lovingly placed upon the tree each year and carefully and safely packed away after the holiday season is ended.  These ornaments have their own history and evoke many memories.  Some shiny, some a bit dull, these ornaments have a bit of an abstract look that is so appealing to me.

The "in 30 days" portion of the subtitle here may be a bit of a stretch.  There will be 30 paintings and I will do my best to keep up but there are never any guarantees, right?  I was sick between Christmas and the New Year and I'm still recovering so sleep is more important than ever.

My theme of "Comfort and Joy" is even more fitting when recovering from being sick.



"Holiday Dream"
9" x 12" oil on Gessobord
This painting will be available for sale (as soon as I get all my ducks in a row).
If you have to have it immediately, let me know.  I can make that happen.

Last-Minute Gift Guide

You can still get my available paintings at a variety of places.

At Randy Higbee Gallery in Costa Mesa, CA.

Maryland Federation of Art has several of my paintings at their Holiday Gallery located at 40 West Street, Annapolis, MD.

Also find paintings at my DailyPaintworks, and Etsy shops.
Find prints, notecards, even pillows with my images at Fine Art America.


I'm working on a few projects right now and I have signed up for another 30 paintings in 30 days in January.  Yikes!  I better get busy.

Holiday Cheer

Get ready for the holidays with cards or prints of my holiday ornaments or birds from my Cage Free Series at Fine Art America.

30 in 30, Day Four

For the first time ever, my Poinsettia seems to be living more than three days.  Shock and awe!  I have a feeling that it likes the cool basement (the location of my studio).  I don't normally keep them there and that seems to be the only thing I'm doing different than years past.

For variety, I will be doing some abstract paintings and other fun things.  30 Poinsettia paintings is probably too many for anybody.

"Poinsettia 3"
6" x 6" oil on Gessobord.
This painting is available through Daily Paintworks Auction.

30 in 30, Day Two

I survived Day One of the 30 in 30 painting challenge.  And lived to tell the tale.
Day Two is again a Poinsettia.  Maybe this will be a theme.  I seem to have terrible luck with Poinsettias though, so this may be a progression of sadness for the Poinsettia.

"Poinsettia 2"
8" x 8" oil on Gessobord.
This painting is available on Daily Paintworks.

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/kari-melen/poinsettia-2/190240

*See where I got the crazy idea to do 30 paintings in 30 days.

30 in 30, Day One

30 paintings in 30 days.  No problem.  I wasn't doing anything else, right?

 

"Poinsettia 1"
8" x 8" oil on Gessobord.
This painting is available on Daily Paintworks.

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/kari-melen/poinsettia-1/189949