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Spring, time of rebirth and renewal

Posted on March 31, 2024 | Comments Off

A little house on the hill overlooking the Easter eggs hidden on a sunny spring day.

No matter who you are or what beliefs you hold, nearly everyone experiences a time or season when they feel compelled to break out of their rut and try something new. For many of us, spring is that time. Other people seem to adhere to a new year as a new beginning. Sometimes we just want to shake off the old and strike out for new territories.

As an artist, I’ve had many rebirths over the years. I painted in watercolors for over twenty years. Then I just couldn’t figure out where I wanted to go with it anymore. So I switched to oils and explored that for ten years. But I became concerned about the fumes in my studio. So I switched to acrylic paints. There were challenges with each medium and some things I had to learn from the beginning. However, after I mastered the mediums, then it was very stimulating to try some new ideas and challenge myself.

I think many artists go through such periods of renewal and rebirth. It’s what makes us the creative people that we are. We get bored doing the same thing all the time.

Brightly colored Easter eggs hiding under an azalea bush

In the past couple of years I’ve explored adding metallic gilding to some of my paintings. That definitely has been a learning experience but it has taken my work in some new directions.

More recently, I’ve been working with some different color combinations. A little brighter, not my normal palette. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. The whole point is to break out of my comfort zone.

This week I created some Easter cards for you. These mini-paintings are approximately 4 x 6 plus margins. They are watercolor, pen and ink on Fabriano watercolor paper. They are all originals and make nice little pieces of frameable art. I am giving these away for free. Just drop me a note on my Facebook page, KitMiracleArt. Send me your name and address. They will go to the first four people who respond. Free shipping, too, US residents only. (Sorry, it’s the free shipping.) When they’re gone, they’re gone.

Follow my blog at my90acres.com or my Facebook page KitMiracleArt for future surprise offers.

Happy Easter. Happy Spring. Celebrate a little something new.

Colored Easter eggs hiding in the tall grass

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Demonic Easter Bunny

Posted on April 4, 2021 | 3 comments

Let me preface this post by saying it is not to disparage the Easter holiday, religion, or bunnies. It is more a tale of bad painting.

I purchased this cute little Easter Bunny at an antique store. It’s not an antique but certainly a mid-century collectible. I’m always scouring thrift shops and antique stores for subjects for still lifes. I have a whole cupboard in my studio. You’ll often see the same items in more than one still life.

This little toy rabbit is vinyl, has lost its squeaker and most of its paint, and is a bit sticky. I guess it would be after 50 or 60 years. Well-loved, anyway.

The is the vintage Easter Bunny toy that I used as my subject for the painting. He’s very well-loved but cute. Not quite the way the final painting turned out.

I was taking a break this past winter from working on my big series paintings to paint some seasonal items. These are sold in my Etsy shops and a couple of local gift shops. They’re a good diversion from the “hard” work. So I thought this cute little bunny would be the perfect subject.

Unfortunately, things did not turn out the way I planned.

It seemed the more I worked on the painting, the worse he looked. Which just goes to show you that effort does not always equal success. I should know.

So I hid him away in my studio. But later showed him to my son who was visiting. He laughed and loved it. Said it has a demonic look to the eyes. (Whaaaaa???) And that the granddaughter would love it. She has his quirky sense of humor. Guess it runs in the family.

So a sincere Happy Easter to all my friends and fans out there. And for those of you who share an off-kilter sense of humor, I present this little Demonic Easter Bunny to you.