Dear Art Lover,
Those who feel lost and homeless
experience an amazing sort of rebirth to finally fine a place to call home. Every day now I wake up in Tuscany, blinking,
not believing in my totally good fortune.
I love where I am and enjoy the characters in my life. I still do not have a stone carving studio of
my own, but thanks to Marco Nardini, I have a place to carve in his stone
quarry. I just have to get there.
Anyway, one of my first things to do this
spring was to buy a decent-sized jasmine plant.
She is growing well and my landlord is going to help me string some line
up the side of my stone house so that the jasmine can grow up and share her
perfume to most all of my windows. At
least that is the hope!
I have recently completed two new oil
paintings celebrating my new home with jasmine. Both are oil on wood panel, 50
x 35 cm (19.68 x 13.78 inches), and available... better price if you buy both.
$800 each or $1400 for both, USD. Contact me! Thank you for sharing in my art
journey and viewing the works.
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| Jasmine in the Afternoon - Tuscan painting |
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| Keys to La Casa - oil on wood |
Also,
until the FIRST of November, you may enjoy a big savings on my new bronze garden
sculpture, Rock
Towers and Frogs. She will
retail for $14,400 [after 1 November 2016], but for now take advantage of the
pre-bronze casting price: a 10% savings
if order before November 1, 2016.
$12,960 is the PRE-Bronze Sale Price [deposit required, contact studio for details, please]
$12,960 is the PRE-Bronze Sale Price [deposit required, contact studio for details, please]
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| Detail of Rock Towers and Frogs |
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| Bronze garden sculpture (still in clay) |
For more views on this aquatic-themed sculpture
(fountain), please visit:
Here is my most recent
newsletter, featuring an article with images of the stone carving symposium in
Vellano (at the Cava Nardini) with the theme of Pinocchio: http://www.borsheimarts.com/news/201609_ArtNews-RockTowersBronze-PinocchioStoneSculpture.htm
Peace,
Kelly
P.S. Happy, happy birthday to Travis, Val, and
Biljana!
Here are some detail images of the above oil paintings on wood, featuring the brush strokes in the jasmine and more:
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| Texture of old wooden door was done with a palette knife |
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| Tried for more lose brush strokes and higher texture |
