REVELATIONS

REVALATIONS

I have been having a blast painting “Fields of Flowers”.  

There are about 30 plus paintings in this body of work. 

I am very HAPPY and Blessed to say 

that most of them have sold!    

… but it feels like the time is right for a little change.

I have just started a new series called “Love Stories”.  

With every new body of work come new challenges 

and usually great and exciting rewards. 

I am in the midst of painting the third painting 

from this new series and already two have sold!

Yay!!!!

I usually have about 3-9 paintings going at the same time. 

I do this as to not get bored or stumped while in progress. 

There are some that have been waiting a long time for me to throw some new paint on them, 

while others I can’t seem to keep my hands off of them. 

Bottom line is I LOVE MY JOB!

I recently got accepted into the ArtExpo New York 2015!!!

I honestly was just sending an email off 

to find out some information for 

possibly exhibiting during the 2016 exhibit.

However, when I received a call from them 

later that day saying I had been accepted… 

I jumped at the opportunity! 

Wow! Me… at ArtExpo NY! 

Yaaawhooooo!!!!

http://artexponewyork.com

With so much time to prepare, 

I started painting with a slightly different perspective. 

Usually I paint fast and furiously. 

I love the quick flow of jumping from painting to painting 

watching multiple paintings taking on their stories, 

colors, and compositions. 

Truly there is not much more that is as exciting and fulfilling.

I thought for the NY show, I should slow things down a bit. Stop and smell each rose. 

Take the time to study every inch of how the canvas is flowing.

 Let me say that it has great points and some challenging points.

I am loving the peacefulness of going at a slower pace. 

I am taking the time to enjoy watching the paints flow and blend together. 

I am adding some collage elements to this new series 

as well as using some fabulous paint mediums. 

In other words, I am adding more textures and layers.

What I am not loving is the fact that I producing half as many paintings as I was before. 

Hmmmm…. This is worrisome to me. 

I am trying to keep up with the supply and demand of the galleries and buyers, 

but am worried that I will be unable to please everyone 

AND save some paintings for the exhibit in NY.

What I have concluded…

I need to stick to my philosophy for life. 

If I’m not having Fun, and if I’m not Spreading Love… 

Why Bother! 

In other words… 

I am going to chill and just 

enjoy this time of painting at a slower pace!

It may be just for a season, 

or I may fall in love with a slower pace. 

Either way, if I continue to paint 

with the goal of having Fun, 

and hopefully Spreading a little Love… 

Life will be just grand!

Love and Hugs,

Kim

WARNING: THIS BLOG HAS RELIGIOUS CONTENT

God gave me the gift of a miracle today. 

My best friend died recently…actually months ago now.

 Since her death, I have grown angry with God, 

kind of that Love Hate relationship. 

I know I can’t live without God, 

but living with God without Laurie became too painful. 

That’s where the anger came in.

 You see, Laurie and I… 

our whole relationship revolved around God. 

We were prayer partners. 

We would read the bible together, share devotionals 

and how they were speaking into our lives, 

we would pray together, do ministries together...

we were there for each other through thick and thin. 

I refer to Laurie as my Spiritual Spouse. 

There is a huge whole in my life without her.

Anyway, I have been complaining

 to anyone that would listen lately

 how pissed off I was with God. 

Laurie was gone and I had no sign or intuition

 that she was at peace with Him

 and safe in His arms in heaven.

I kept asking God for signs. 

At first I thought he was sending me wild turkeys as a sign. 

Long story… 

but basically Laurie would have called me a turkey 

for even needing a sign in the first place.

So this morning, I started my morning the usual way. 

I sat in my chair with my pile of books; 

devotional, bible, journal, and bible study. 

I always start with prayer asking God for personal requests 

and then leading into asking for forgiveness and a clean heart, 

and finally asking for God to bless the time I was about to spend with Him.

 I specifically ask for Him to show me 

exactly what He wanted me to learn and focus on for the day.

I started praying. 

Jesus interrupted me and said

 “Wait, I have Laurie here for you.”

“You have Laurie there? She’s there? Laurie are you there?” 

Laurie responded with 

“Of course I am here! Where else would I be Goofy!” 

I started sobbing. 

She went on to tell me that she’s been sending me flowers. 

She said not to call the new series of paintings 

“The Garden Series” 

because they weren’t… 

they were “Fields of Flowers”. 

She said they went on and on. … 

Laurie LOVED flowers! 

One of the last things we did together 

was walk hand in hand in her Garden 

admiring the flowers and enjoying the fresh air

 and sun on our faces. 

... She told me to stop mourning 

and get myself out of the mud. 

She wanted me to start glorifying God. 

She told me that whenever I felt lonely for her

 to just look at the flowers she has sent me.

 Then Jesus told me I needed to spend more time

 listening to Him as opposed to speaking at Him.

I need to clarify something at this point. 

I am a painter. 

I have until 3 weeks ago been painting strictly birds and trees. 

The flowers that I recently started painting just happened. 

There was no thought involved at all! 

I sat and just started seeing flowers on the canvas. 

My brush moved quickly outlining the different shapes… 

and before I knew it, 

I was staring at my canvas completely covered with flowers.

So, you’d think the story stops there, right? 

Well it doesn’t!

I then went to my devotional and as always, 

I would randomly open to any page. 

I felt God would choose what He wanted me to read. 

This is what it said:

“Be still and know that I am God. 

Your life has been tumultuous recently- 

full of change and new responsibilities. 

You have continued to spend time alone with Me. 

You need to set aside time for listening to Me- 

blocking out distractions 

and reconnecting with me in the depths of your soul.”

The devotion goes on, 

and you can read it in Sarah Young’s Jesus Today page 282-283.

About a week ago, a friend of mine, who also happens to be my pastor, 

posted some verses from Psalm 46 on Face book. 

I read the psalm that day. 

A few days ago, Psalm 46 came up in another devotional. 

I read again psalm 46. 

Today, I decided that when I read Psalm 46, 

I needed to read in a different version from the normal NIV version. 

I read it from the Message.

“God is a safe place to hide,

Ready to help when we need Him.

 We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom,

 Courageous in sea storm and earthquake,

Before the rush and roar of the oceans,

The tremors that shift the mountains.

Jacob- Wrestling God fights for us,

God of the Angel Armies protects us.”

Laurie’s favorite song… 

The song that we claimed as our Victory song over her cancer was 

“Whom shall I Fear” (God of Angel Armies) by Chris Tomlin.

Now I know this has been a LONG post…. 

But seriously, how could I have left any part out?

Today… God granted my hearts desire. 

Today, God gave me a miracle, 

and Laurie sent me Fields of Flowers!

A Year in Review!

A YEAR IN REVIEW!

This has been the best year for my art!

I have been working hard at challenging myself, 

I’ve taken a few workshops, 

and I’ve made more sales this year than any other year. 

YAY!

"Surrounded"

I even opened up a new studio! 

It's much larger than my home studio, 

and I can have clients and friends meet me there! 

I also plan to have some Open Studios

 once the weather gets a bit nicer!

Westerly, RI Studio

HOWEVER…

This has also been the most difficult year of my life too! 

I have lost three people I loved dearly. 

Two were my best friends, and one was my father.

 I’d like to say I was Wonder Woman and stayed strong, 

helping those around me, keeping everything together...

THAT is the furthest thing from the truth!

My BFFL Laurie

Me and My Grandma, also one of my Best Friends!

My Dad with Alicia ( my oldest daughter) and Leo (White Golden)

I’m going to be brutally honest here. 

I had a nervous breakdown. 

Complete with suicidal tendencies and hospitalization. 

I kept thinking about Van Gogh,

 wondering if I had eaten too much paint! 

Anyway, it was hard for me to keep up with the demands of everyday life, 

never mind keeping up with supply and demand of clients and galleries.

"Take Time to Smell the Flowers"

The good news is that I am surrounded by people I love and who love me! 

Painting was, and is a BLESSING! 

For me, there is no better way to escape from the world 

than to get totally submerged in creating something beautiful 

that will help make other people happy!

One of my highlights of the year was taking a workshop from 

the wonderful and magnificent Flora Blowley!

http://braveintuitiveyou.com

If you ever get a chance to take one of her workshops… 

I HIGHLY recommend it! 

It was FUN and full of wonderful things to learn!

"Love Fully Bloomed"

I was also given the opportunity to join a new Gallery that had the potential of exposing my art internationally. I learned a lot from this opportunity… but the number one thing I learned was that I have to be true to myself, or else my gift of being able to create would up and walk out the door! I found that I do NOT do well under pressure… I am more content with surrounding myself with things that are familiar, and also to be able to create at my own pace.

FYI – Now that this is out of the way… be watching for more blogs from me! I have three more stories I’m looking forward to sharing with you!

ME! Scuba Diving!!!!

Happiness and Hugs to you all!

Kim