Shopify Collection: One of a Kind Artwork

N O T E  F R O M  T H E  A R T I S T :
Paintings will arrive signed and dated. I have a unique tradition in that I don’t sign my paintings until the very last minute possible.
-Kristy

T H E  C O L L E C T I O N ‘S   S T O R Y
The “So Here We Are” Collection is about surviving, then thriving. This is a celebration of moving through fear and chaos to discover joy in a new life, a new time. From mid March to late July this collection of watercolor and gouache paintings came to life. As the months passed darker and dramatic colors were replaced with transparent brights. As my heart found peace amid chaos, intensity gave way to lightness. Paintings were purposely not finished in any one given month or feeling. So each is the result of layering not only paint, but time and feelings.

I most often work on a small scale but dive deeply with layer after layer of paint. Details are added with the tiniest of brushes to trick and train the eye to see something new at every glance. My work is brazen in color, free from pretense but riddled with seemingly unending texture and linear detail. Best when viewed up close and curious when seen from a distance.

T H E  P A I N T I N G ‘S  S T O R Y
Some of my earliest memories are of my Father’s peonies. I wondered what these large raspberry colored blooms were and why ants seemed to love them so much. And now, my Father transplanted specimens of those same peonies to my home garden and every May I anxiously await the first pop of a bud with just a hint of the raspberry petal peeking. Peonies for me mean family. And this year they bloomed at a time when I needed the reminder that this little family I created is all that I needed. 

D E T A I L S

• Created on Legion Stonehenge cold press (textured) watercolor paper with Holbein watercolors, Dr. Phil’s ink and white acrylic.
• Size: 7 1/2″ x 10″
• Unframed paintings will be shipped flat with corner and surface protection.
• Each painting is created with archival materials of the highest quality. Archival artist materials ensure your painting, when properly cared for, will last for at least 100 years without any change in appearance.

 

N O T E  F R O M  T H E  A R T I S T :
Paintings will arrive signed and dated. I have a unique tradition in that I don’t sign my paintings until the very last minute possible.
-Kristy

T H E  C O L L E C T I O N ‘S   S T O R Y
The “So Here We Are” Collection is about surviving, then thriving. This is a celebration of moving through fear and chaos to discover joy in a new life, a new time. From mid March to late July this collection of watercolor and gouache paintings came to life. As the months passed darker and dramatic colors were replaced with transparent brights. As my heart found peace amid chaos, intensity gave way to lightness. Paintings were purposely not finished in any one given month or feeling. So each is the result of layering not only paint, but time and feelings.

I most often work on a small scale but dive deeply with layer after layer of paint. Details are added with the tiniest of brushes to trick and train the eye to see something new at every glance. My work is brazen in color, free from pretense but riddled with seemingly unending texture and linear detail. Best when viewed up close and curious when seen from a distance.

T H E  P A I N T I N G ‘S  S T O R Y
These flowers don’t exist in real life. They never will. But I paint a flower I want to see, one I wish/will to exist. Just like I imagine and work towards a near and distant future I and my children can be proud of, I paint what I want to see.

D E T A I L S

• Created on 300 lb Arches cold press (rough) watercolor paper with Case for Making Handmade watercolor.
• Size: 12″ x 9″
• Unframed paintings will be shipped flat with corner and surface protection.
• Each painting is created with archival materials of the highest quality. Archival artist materials ensure your painting, when properly cared for, will last for at least 100 years without any change in appearance.

 

N O T E  F R O M  T H E  A R T I S T :
Paintings will arrive signed and dated. I have a unique tradition in that I don’t sign my paintings until the very last minute possible.
-Kristy

T H E  C O L L E C T I O N ‘S   S T O R Y
The “So Here We Are” Collection is about surviving, then thriving. This is a celebration of moving through fear and chaos to discover joy in a new life, a new time. From mid March to late July this collection of watercolor and gouache paintings came to life. As the months passed darker and dramatic colors were replaced with transparent brights. As my heart found peace amid chaos, intensity gave way to lightness. Paintings were purposely not finished in any one given month or feeling. So each is the result of layering not only paint, but time and feelings.

I most often work on a small scale but dive deeply with layer after layer of paint. Details are added with the tiniest of brushes to trick and train the eye to see something new at every glance. My work is brazen in color, free from pretense but riddled with seemingly unending texture and linear detail. Best when viewed up close and curious when seen from a distance.

T H E  P A I N T I N G ‘S  S T O R Y
Southern Utah is where I first met a Prickly Pear cactus and I was in love. When designing the gardens for our home in Pennsylvania, I tried to incorporate as many desert plants as possible. And so now hardy Prickly Pear cacti grow all over our property. Each year I anxiously await the pop of those yellow blooms. This year the blooming coincided perfectly with our strawberry harvest. 

D E T A I L S

• Created on 300 gsm Arches cold press (rough) watercolor paper using Holbein and Case for Making watercolor pigments.
• Size: 12″ x 9″
• Unframed paintings will be shipped flat with corner and surface protection.
• Each painting is created with archival materials of the highest quality. Archival artist materials ensure your painting, when properly cared for, will last for at least 100 years without any change in appearance.

 

N O T E  F R O M  T H E  A R T I S T :
Paintings will arrive signed and dated. I have a unique tradition in that I don’t sign my paintings until the very last minute possible.
-Kristy

T H E  C O L L E C T I O N ‘S   S T O R Y
The “So Here We Are” Collection is about surviving, then thriving. This is a celebration of moving through fear and chaos to discover joy in a new life, a new time. From mid March to late July this collection of watercolor and gouache paintings came to life. As the months passed darker and dramatic colors were replaced with transparent brights. As my heart found peace amid chaos, intensity gave way to lightness. Paintings were purposely not finished in any one given month or feeling. So each is the result of layering not only paint, but time and feelings.

I most often work on a small scale but dive deeply with layer after layer of paint. Details are added with the tiniest of brushes to trick and train the eye to see something new at every glance. My work is brazen in color, free from pretense but riddled with seemingly unending texture and linear detail. Best when viewed up close and curious when seen from a distance.

T H E  P A I N T I N G ‘S  S T O R Y
Hellbores are the first to burst from the ground in late Winter. Hellebores or Lenten Roses are the epitome of strength and survival. I worked on this painting off and on from the very beginning of March to the very beginning of August. This piece is a bookend to all that was and all that most certainly will be. This piece is singular hope in good days to come. This piece is hope in action amidst the good days already happening.

D E T A I L S

• Created on 140 lb Legion Stonehenge cold press (textured) watercolor paper with Holbein watercolor and watercolor markers.
• Size: 11″ x 14″
• Unframed paintings will be shipped flat with corner and surface protection.
• Each painting is created with archival materials of the highest quality. Archival artist materials ensure your painting, when properly cared for, will last for at least 100 years without any change in appearance.

 

N O T E  F R O M  T H E  A R T I S T :
Paintings will arrive signed and dated. I have a unique tradition in that I don’t sign my paintings until the very last minute possible.
-Kristy

T H E  C O L L E C T I O N ‘S   S T O R Y
The “So Here We Are” Collection is about surviving, then thriving. This is a celebration of moving through fear and chaos to discover joy in a new life, a new time. From mid March to late July this collection of watercolor and gouache paintings came to life. As the months passed darker and dramatic colors were replaced with transparent brights. As my heart found peace amid chaos, intensity gave way to lightness. Paintings were purposely not finished in any one given month or feeling. So each is the result of layering not only paint, but time and feelings.

I most often work on a small scale but dive deeply with layer after layer of paint. Details are added with the tiniest of brushes to trick and train the eye to see something new at every glance. My work is brazen in color, free from pretense but riddled with seemingly unending texture and linear detail. Best when viewed up close and curious when seen from a distance.

T H E  P A I N T I N G ‘S  S T O R Y
Fuchsia. Oh blessed Fuchsia, I wish you were with us all year long. It’s okay to wish for beauty we don’t have in front of us right at the moment. It’s okay to hope. Here, Fuchsias represent hope…hope for times more light, days less heavy and hope for words bubbling up in peace. 

D E T A I L S

• Created on 140 lb Legion Stonehenge cold press (textured) watercolor paper with Holbein watercolor with acrylic throughout.
• Size: 6 7/8″ x 9 3/4″
• Unframed paintings will be shipped flat with corner and surface protection.
• Each painting is created with archival materials of the highest quality. Archival artist materials ensure your painting, when properly cared for, will last for at least 100 years without any change in appearance.

N O T E  F R O M  T H E  A R T I S T :
Paintings will arrive signed and dated. I have a unique tradition in that I don’t sign my paintings until the very last minute possible.
-Kristy

T H E  C O L L E C T I O N ‘S   S T O R Y
The “So Here We Are” Collection is about surviving, then thriving. This is a celebration of moving through fear and chaos to discover joy in a new life, a new time. From mid March to late July this collection of watercolor and gouache paintings came to life. As the months passed darker and dramatic colors were replaced with transparent brights. As my heart found peace amid chaos, intensity gave way to lightness. Paintings were purposely not finished in any one given month or feeling. So each is the result of layering not only paint, but time and feelings.

I most often work on a small scale but dive deeply with layer after layer of paint. Details are added with the tiniest of brushes to trick and train the eye to see something new at every glance. My work is brazen in color, free from pretense but riddled with seemingly unending texture and linear detail. Best when viewed up close and curious when seen from a distance.

T H E  P A I N T I N G ‘S  S T O R Y
What began as a demo piece evolved into a spirited expression of my love for materials. It’s uncommon for a painter to find moments where confidence flows evenly from beginning to end but this painting represents one of those rare moments. I didn’t question each stroke or color choice, I simply painted with every cell, no looking back.

D E T A I L S

• Created on Legion Stonehenge cold press (textured) watercolor paper with Holbein watercolors, Dr. Phil’s ink and white acrylic.
• Size: 11″ x 13″
• Unframed paintings will be shipped flat with corner and surface protection.
• Each painting is created with archival materials of the highest quality. Archival artist materials ensure your painting, when properly cared for, will last for at least 100 years without any change in appearance.

 

N O T E  F R O M  T H E  A R T I S T :
Paintings will arrive signed and dated. I have a unique tradition in that I don’t sign my paintings until the very last minute possible.
-Kristy

T H E  C O L L E C T I O N ‘S   S T O R Y
The “So Here We Are” Collection is about surviving, then thriving. This is a celebration of moving through fear and chaos to discover joy in a new life, a new time. From mid March to late July this collection of watercolor and gouache paintings came to life. As the months passed darker and dramatic colors were replaced with transparent brights. As my heart found peace amid chaos, intensity gave way to lightness. Paintings were purposely not finished in any one given month or feeling. So each is the result of layering not only paint, but time and feelings.

I most often work on a small scale but dive deeply with layer after layer of paint. Details are added with the tiniest of brushes to trick and train the eye to see something new at every glance. My work is brazen in color, free from pretense but riddled with seemingly unending texture and linear detail. Best when viewed up close and curious when seen from a distance.

T H E  P A I N T I N G ‘S  S T O R Y
My husband’s late Uncle Andy was the patriarch of a family I was welcomed into over 25 years ago. He was a brilliant man, good with his hands and only better with his brain. He made us all proud to be family. He worked a lifetime at a local nursery. He had a green thumb, of course, but oddly loved to build equipment to make the nursery run more efficiently. Every Winter he’d begin seedlings that would eventually become massive, bountiful hanging baskets of blooms for every household of our family. He’d drive the nursery delivery truck to each home and gift us the largest, most impressive plants you can imagine. One basket was always a coral begonia. She’d rain blossoms all summer long. I’d snip them to float in water and just as fast they would grow back. This one is for you, Uncle Andy. I still have a begonia hanging basket every summer and it reminds me of you.

D E T A I L S

• Created on Legion Stonehenge cold press (textured) watercolor paper with Holbein watercolors and Dr. Phil’s ink.
• Size: 6 3/8″ x 8 5/8″
• Unframed paintings will be shipped flat with corner and surface protection.
• Piece will be finished with a protective spray to ensure longevity.
• Each painting is created with archival materials of the highest quality. Archival artist materials ensure your painting, when properly cared for, will last for at least 100 years without any change in appearance.

 

N O T E  F R O M  T H E  A R T I S T :
Paintings will arrive signed and dated. I have a unique tradition in that I don’t sign my paintings until the very last minute possible.
-Kristy

T H E  C O L L E C T I O N ‘S   S T O R Y
The “So Here We Are” Collection is about surviving, then thriving. This is a celebration of moving through fear and chaos to discover joy in a new life, a new time. From mid March to late July this collection of watercolor and gouache paintings came to life. As the months passed darker and dramatic colors were replaced with transparent brights. As my heart found peace amid chaos, intensity gave way to lightness. Paintings were purposely not finished in any one given month or feeling. So each is the result of layering not only paint, but time and feelings.

I most often work on a small scale but dive deeply with layer after layer of paint. Details are added with the tiniest of brushes to trick and train the eye to see something new at every glance. My work is brazen in color, free from pretense but riddled with seemingly unending texture and linear detail. Best when viewed up close and curious when seen from a distance.

T H E  P A I N T I N G ‘S  S T O R Y
For years I’ve grown Icelandic Poppies just outside my door. Without fail they would pop every May without coaxing. This year they disappeared. Amidst the deep of 2020 this felt like a loss. A real loss. But I chose to spin the experience into what could only be described as a win. And so I purchased new poppy plants, planted them and watched them wither away inexplicably and so all I was left with was paint. I painted my dear Poppies back into existence. Weeks passed by and with each small mark or fluid gesture of my brush, I realized the excitement of the Poppies lived deep inside me. The were not lost, or dead, they were waiting to be revealed again.

D E T A I L S

• Size: 15 5/8″ x 11 5/8″
• Unframed paintings will be shipped flat with corner and surface protection.
• Each painting is created with archival materials of the highest quality. Archival artist materials ensure your painting, when properly cared for, will last for at least 100 years without any change in appearance.