KENDALL KESSLER'S OIL PAINTING DIARY

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is looking forward to lake time and It was not supposed to look like a signature...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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I wanted to get back to my latest shore painting but I got sidetracked so I am going to get in there and at least clean off my palette so I can work tomorrow.  The trick is how to paint, get all my computer work done, and still get to the lake to swim before the afternoon showers.  I hope the rain will hold off so I can swim one more time before the lifeguards quit for the summer. 

People are allowed to swim without them but I would rather have them there.  I have only used my float once this summer and I am looking forward to spinning around in it one more time.  I am a responsible adult but in many ways I never grew up and I highly recommend staying a kid and never losing the desire to have the same fun we had when we were little! 

I have finished the second stage of Pawleys Island Atmosphere!  Getting a lot of hits on this stage as well as the first stage!  Be sure to click on the link and see all the wall art prints and prints on just about anything to the right.


Pawleys Island Atmosphere Stage Two     Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  NFS

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-island-atmosphere-stage-two-kendall-kessler.html

 

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress!  The link under the below painting will take you there!



 

 

Imaginary Flowers   Original 20" x 9" Oil Painting  $380

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/imaginary-flowers

 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

 

 

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

 

Please check out Clyde's book!

 

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 

 

 

 

Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday I was adding some Skyline Beauty paintings to my new Independent website and updating them on my website connected to Fine Art America.  As I added them to my new site I also let the revised listings go to social media sites. 

A twitter friend saw one of my New York skyline paintings and thought it resembled Donald Trump's signature.  That had never occurred to me so I looked up his signature and didn't see the resemblance so I tweeted that I had not intended the painting to look like his signature and couldn't see the resemblance myself. 

I didn't think the friend that tweeted the comment meant any offense but she let me know she just thought the up and down motion of the brushwork looked like his signature.

Clyde said you should have asked the friend to buy it and then she could compare it up close with Trump's signature.  What a shameless opportunist and I wish I had thought of that!  LOL!

Anyway, here is the painting and here is Trump's signature.  What do you think?


 

 

 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything but the kitchen sink on

Zazzle!

Here is the link!      http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist

 

 

Check out my My Paintings on Ebay

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

If the address  does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!

 

 

 

 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

 

 

 

 

Bisset Park     Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bisset-park-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!

 

Natural Rhythm     Original  40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!

 

 

 

Lion Stare  Original 11" x 14" Oil  Painting  $313

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print for the 40% discount.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/other-pears-kendall-kessler.html

 

Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

 

 

Monday, August 27, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has made a Promotional Change and The Chirping Critic's Corner...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Can't think of much to say today except I finished the second stage of Pawleys Island Atmosphere and am looking forward to the last stage.  The first stage that is getting a lot of hits is in the video at the top of this post. I will post the second  stage on my website connected with Fine Art America soon. 

I am working hard to finish my independent website with Wix but it will take a long time.  There is a lot to see already but a lot more needs to be added and then I need to learn how to promote it effectively. 

I have also decided, for now, to just send out my newsletter from Fine Art America.  I started one with another site because I thought the number of paintings that could be added on the Fine Art America one was too few.  Either they have changed their format or I was not working it correctly.  There is plenty of room so I will not use the other one that aggravates me no end.  The computer really likes to burp and default big time with that site and I have had enough!

 

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress!  The link under the below painting will take you there!



 

Chinese Orchids  Original 10" x 14" Oil Painting  $285



 

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/chinese-orchids

 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

 

 

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

 

Please check out Clyde's book!

 

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 

 

 

 

Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

You know you have been living with a Bird Watcher or Birder, as they say, for a very long time when you go looking for him when you see unusual birds on the internet.  Lots of times people want an identification of an unusual species or an explanation of  certain types of behavior so I ask The Bird Man and he groans he should be paid for his expertise but he always helps out. 

Sometimes I wonder about all these Nature programs.  Are there any other inhabitants of this planet that are carefully studying us, making reports, and trying to figure out our behaviors?  I don't think so but I do love the below cartoon. 

Crows are very smart and have learned to adapt to the changes we have made in the environment so I am just waiting for one of them to fly off with Clyde's binoculars and start checking us out.  Wonder what they would say about all the paintings I make.

Clyde said they have probably learned to read and they want him to hit the delete button on all those poems he writes.  That would explain all the bird noise right outside the window.

 

 

 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything but the kitchen sink on

Zazzle!

Here is the link!      http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist

 

 

Check out my My Paintings on Ebay

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

If the address  does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!

 

 

 

 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

 

 

 

 

Bisset Park     Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bisset-park-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!

 

Natural Rhythm     Original  40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!


 

 

 

Lion Stare  Original 11" x 14" Oil  Painting  $313

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print for the 40% discount.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/other-pears-kendall-kessler.html

 

Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

 

 

Saturday, August 25, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Watching out for Scammers and Too Many Commercials...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Selling artwork on line can be a very tricky thing. There are a lot of scammers out there and I have known of artists that were tricked out of a lot of money.  I am very careful and haven't fallen for any schemes so far.  One of the most popular one is the shipping scam.  The fake buyer sends a check for an amount that includes a very high shipping fee. The artist is requested to cash the check and give the shipper the several thousand dollar fee to the carrier.  Of course, the check is no good and the artist is out a lot of money and the artwork. 

Right now a guy from another country is looking into buying one of my paintings.  He seems legitimate but, as always, I make sure the check is good and the shipping fee is up to him.  I didn't start painting yesterday.  Been at this a long time. That reminds me.  I need to check my credit score.  I have not done that in a while. 

The internet is great in many ways but it is also very dangerous.  Crooks love it, too.

 

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress!  The link under the below painting will take you there!

 

Blue Ridge Morning  Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting  $864

 

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/blue-ridge-morning

 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

 

 

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!

 

Please check out Clyde's book!

 

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 

 

 

 

Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

 

When I want to get a quip from Clyde I have learned the best place to get them is when he is watching TV. He usually has some fun comments for shows and commercials.  I just have to remember to write them down.  I always think I won't forget them but I do. 

Last night we were watching a Magician's show and he was flipping the channels all over the TV because of the ridiculous number of commercial breaks. He said the real magic is the commercials.  They make the magicians disappear. 

That's for sure!  One commercial that kept appearing over and over again was an advertisement for a beach vacation that has a song we have heard so many times Clyde said he liked looking at the pictures of the beach but the song made him want to blow up the TV.  It is a nerve wracking ditty. 

Love the beach but this commercial has got to go!

 

 

 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything but the kitchen sink on

Zazzle!

Here is the link!      http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist

 

 

Check out my My Paintings on Ebay

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

If the address  does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!

 

 

 

 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Today

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bisset Park     Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bisset-park-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!

 

 

Blue Ridge Horse Pasture     Original  16" x 12" Oil  painting  $384

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-lights-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!

 

 

 

Other Pears  Original 14" x 10" Oil Pastel Painting  $300

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/other-pears-kendall-kessler.html

 

Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is up to her Elbows in Oil Paint and Pet Rocks Laughing at Us...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Soon I will be finished with the second stage of Pawleys Island Atmosphere which is pictured in the first video above.  It is coming along and it doesn't seem to be such an arm wrestling event as usual.  It is great to get better and better at a medium and not encounter so much frustration.  Yes, it would be boring if there were no conflict but the ride to the end is not as bumpy as it used to be. 

I used to destroy ones that just didn't work out.  I don't do that anymore.  Some are better than others but they all have merit and the benefit of many decades of working at my own style.  I have accomplished a lot and my surfaces are complex and visually compelling. 

Pat that back and get back in the studio!  Love what I do but I don't do it for free.  It is not easy.  It is artWORK! 

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress!  The link under the below painting will take you there!




 

New River Trestle    Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting  $2430

 

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/new-river-trestle-1

 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

 

 

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

 

Please check out Clyde's book!

 

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 

 

 

 

Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

 

When I look at the stars, which I don't do often, I am astounded by the fact or theory that we are the only planet in the universe with life.  As more and more planets are discovered that may not be true at all. 

I asked Clyde if he thought there was intelligent life some where else.  I got the usual curmudgeon response. 

If there is, I hope they are smarter than us and don't tear up their planet to make life easier or fight others more effectively or whatever all the things we have invented are supposed to do. 

My Dad was always so impressed with our technological advancements.  He said that pollution and climate change could be looked at as the details that needed to be taken care of.  I don't see anyone taking care of these details.  I see people fighting tooth and nail to ignore these problems in the name of money. 

Clyde is not the only one that gets on his high horse.  Sometimes the crazy artist wants to chime in, too. 

Clyde said another planet's pet rocks are probably laughing at us.

Ask a curmudgeon for an opinion and get a  curmudgeon response.


 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything but the kitchen sink on

Zazzle!

Here is the link!      http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist

 

 

Check out my My Paintings on Ebay

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

If the address  does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!

 

 

 

 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bisset Park     Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bisset-park-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!

 

Blue Ridge Horse Pasture     Original  16" x 12" Oil  painting  $384

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-lights-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the special!

 

 

 

Other Pears  Original 14" x 10" Oil Pastel Painting  $300

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print for the 40% discount.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/other-pears-kendall-kessler.html

 

Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

 

 

Monday, August 20, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Making Progress on Website and Some are Good...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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I am still working away on my Wix website.  Considering all the artwork I need to add to it, it will take a long time to complete, but I do want to get traffic there as soon as possible so I will have my Wordpress header painting with the link to it on my website! Not sure why there is a add to cart button.  I have not added the online store option yet so patrons will have to contact me right now. 

Eventually I will have the Fine Art widget on it for people that want prints. For now  I will include that link under the painting, too!  Please check out what I have there so far!  Quite a lot to see.  I am hoping to paint today but it is so dark out that it will be difficult to see the warm colors.  Light is everything.  My Daylight Florescent lights can only compensate for so much. 

As I have mentioned before, the main reason I do not paint plein air is because of the extreme change in light from outdoors to indoors and my work is not going to be hanging outdoors somewhere. It is very important to me that the colors are accurate in home light and office light.  Hope to get more light soon.

 

Sailboat Sunrise    Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting  $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sailboat-sunrise

 

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/sailboat-sunrise-kendall-kessler.html

 

 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

 

 

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

 

Please check out Clyde's book!

 

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 

 

 

 

Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I can't believe the number of mosquito bites I have had this season.  I am not outdoors much and all our windows have very secure screens but I keep getting more welts.  They seem to prefer me over Clyde and I probably scratch them while I am sleeping because they turn into massive lumps.  Recently I was bit in the same place on each thigh. 

I told Clyde that I think a couple of sisters decided to have a competition to see who could get the most.  One of them said to the other, "You take this thigh and I'll get the other one and may the best blood sucker win."  The one that got the right thigh won by a landslide, body slide, leg slide - whatever. 

Anyway, I don't think a Hobbit like me with secure screens should be getting this type of bite action.  They must sneak in on our clothes when we come in the door.  I hate mosquitoes.  They really do suck. I decided to look up whether or not we would be better off without them and here is what I found. I am not surprised that we should not try to eradicate them.  Everything works together in nature like an airplane in the air.  We should not try to get rid of any bolts or that airplane is going to crash.

 

Should we try to eradicate mosquitoes?

No, because not all are bad. Mosquitoes are a fly in the family Culicidae, and there are over 3500 species of them! The females lay eggs usually in still water, anything from a shallow pond to a flowerpot or birdbath or puddle. The larvae live in the water, eating microbes and small particles or algae. They pupate in the water, and the adult mosquito eventually emerges from the water surface and flies off.

What do adult mosquitoes eat? Most are vegetarian. They drink flower nectar, plant sap, and fruit juices, and never drink blood. Killing these species is not necessary: in fact, it’s counterproductive.

The more than 90 species of one such harmless genus, Toxorhynchites, also known as the “elephant mosquito” because of their great size, are an ally to our cause: their larvae eat other mosquito larvae! Since they are helpful, we should make sure any strategies we use to kill bad mosquitoes will leave these gentle giants alone.


 

 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything but the kitchen sink on

Zazzle!

Here is the link!      http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist

 

 

Check out my My Paintings on Ebay

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

If the address  does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!

 

 

 

 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bisset Park     Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bisset-park-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!

 

Blue Ridge Horse Pasture     Original  16" x 12" Oil  painting  $384

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-lights-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the special!

 

 

 

Other Pears  Original 14" x 10" Oil Pastel Painting  $300

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print for the 40% discount.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/other-pears-kendall-kessler.html

Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

 

 

Saturday, August 18, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Pawleys Island Atmosphere and Koala Fun...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Too much to do today so I am trying to get most of it done early.  One of the problems with oil paintings is that even with a cover on the palette the expensive paint is drying as I am typing so I have to get in there and get to work.  Acrylics dry almost as fast as you put it out on the palette so they have to be used up each session.  I would agree with acrylic painters that there are many advantages to that medium but oils are just so much richer in my opinion.  And they can be built up into a fascinating web of brushwork. 

Well, time to get off of my High Horse and get to the studio.  Right after I finish the laundry, scan some music, and do some dishes.  I am finally getting to the second stage of Pawleys Island Atmosphere now that my back is better.  I put the first stage up a few weeks ago and it is about to hit 2000 hits!  Definitely a keeper!  The painting is picture below and prints are available of this first stage. Busy, busy, busy!

 

Riverview Spring    Original Oil Painting  SOLD

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/pawleys-island-atmosphere-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html

 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

 

 

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today! 

 

Please check out Clyde's book!

 

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 

 

 

 

Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Our church has a great Faith and Film night and so far I have supplied most of the films since I am a huge film buff.  I know of a lot of uplifting films that pertain to faith and last night we saw Return to Me which is one of my all time favorite films.  It is about regaining hope and happiness after a tragic loss.  I won't give the plot  away but it centers around a zoologist who works hard to get a great habitat for her gorilla friend. 

The actress Bonnie Hunt and Director of the film is from a large Catholic family and she wanted to make a film about Catholics.  Most of the kids in the film are her relatives.  Anyway, it is a great romantic comedy, emphasis on comedy, and I highly recommend it.  Carroll O'Conner is one of the principal players. 

I don't have a funny from Clyde today.  He said a few crazy things but I forgot to write them down so here is a free clip art funny.  Not sure why the word koalified is partially hidden.  The site did say free clip art.  I am very careful about these things.  Just wish I could get creeps to stop stealing my stuff.  Seems like all the ones I check into are out of range or not pursuable.

Argh!!!


 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything but the kitchen sink on

Zazzle!

Here is the link!      http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist

 

 

Check out my My Paintings on Ebay

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

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 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday

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Bisset Park     Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bisset-park-kendall-kessler.html

 

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!

 

Memphis Lights     Original  Oil  painting  SOLD

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-lights-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the special!

 

 

 

Coyote Chill  Original 18" x 24" Oil  Painting  $890

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print for the 40% discount.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

 

Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Riverview Spring and Watching the Clock...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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I am so tired I am feeling like the Walking Dead lately.  Okay, you know you are an old person that does not watch much TV when you make a reference to something and not know what you are referring to.  I decided I had better look and now I know The Walking Dead is a TV program about Zombies.  I wouldn't say I am a Zombie but now that my back is completely well I am working too hard at everything.  Sometimes I wonder why I am such a workaholic.  I don't wonder long.  Got it from my Dad.  He didn't drink at all.  He worked and so do I. 

I know of too many people that developed a bad alcohol problem so I am not about to take up drinking.  I might like to too much.   I love everything that I do.  I just wish I could turn into some sort of supergirl that helps the planet but still has time for everything else.  Long ago I traveled to Spain with my mother and was having some stomach problems.  She insisted I take some sort of medicine that had a tranquilizing effect on me.  I never felt better in my life!  Drugs are not the answer either. 

Just wish there were more hours in the day and I had more energy.  Shouldn't complain, but we all do. 

Anyway, glad to sell a large framed print of Riverview Spring to a great Virginia Beach patron!  Check out all the print options below.  A terrific Richmond VA patron owns the original!

 

Riverview Spring    Original Oil Painting  SOLD

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/riverview-spring-kendall-kessler.html

 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

 

 

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday! 

 

Please check out Clyde's book!

 

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 

 

 

 

Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yoga has helped me very much and I would recommend it to anyone that would like to keep their body going.  I learned a few years ago that exercise is not enough.  Muscles seem to freeze with age. All the swiming, skating, and dancing is not enough.  Anyway, I go to class twice a week and also do small workouts at home.  I like what it does for me but I don't like Yoga at all.  It is strenuous and time consuming. 

There is always a clock there and I try hard not to keep looking at it but I am anxious for the class to end.  

I told Clyde I am  always very glad to Namaste my butt right out the door when the class is over!

 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything but the kitchen sink on

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Check out my My Paintings on Ebay

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

If the address  does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!

 

 

 

 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bisset Park     Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bisset-park-kendall-kessler.html

 

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!

 

Memphis Lights     Original  Oil  painting  SOLD

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-lights-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the special!

 

 

 

Coyote Chill  Original 18" x 24" Oil  Painting  $890

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print for the 40% discount.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

 

Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

 

 

Monday, August 13, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to a Shore painting and New Hit Band...

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Google and I are becoming close companions as I work on my independent website which I think I have published.  I hit the publish button and I now have an address but, as usual, I am very confused with the site directions. I keep going back to Google and ask questions on how to work the site.  The help buttons on sites tend to confuse me and chats drive me crazy.  I have spent hours on those getting more and more confused.  I have 82 paintings on it right now but they are not in collections which is something I should have done when I started. 

I am going to take some time to set up the collections and then add more work.  I am one prolific artist so there is a lot to add.  I will add the Fine Art widget when I figure out how to do that. Now people will be able to go to the print collection on Fine Art America  but my independent site will have all of my available originals so people won't have to wade through over 900 selections to find the paintings that are for sale. 

Now that my back is completely well I am going to work on the large painting of the marsh side of Pawleys Island that I started three weeks ago. The first stage that I uploaded for print sales has already gotten 1800 hits.It is the cover image for the  Youtube at the top.  It is not going to be easy.  I don't know about other painters, but I have to be in practice with the medium just like I have to be in practice to play the piano well.  I would start a little one but I think I will just risk having to scrape expensive paint off this new large painting if it messes up. 

Art is so much more complicated then I think most people realize it is.

 

Dream Creek   Original Oil Painting  SOLD

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/dream-creek-kendall-kessler.html

 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

 

 

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday

 

Please check out Clyde's book!

 

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 

 

 

 

Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I think I have mentioned before that we have problems with barking dogs in our neighborhood that seem to really get into it when we are trying to sleep. One neighbor manages to get dogs that bark slowly over and over again.  Bark, rest, bark, rest, bark, rest,etc... 

We have decided that it is practicing for a band it is going to form.  The name should be Ruff Ruff and the Monotonous.

Dogs are great in many ways but I would love to have a dog free night.  I don't sleep well as it is and I hate being awakened by a dog over and over again. 

A lot of people these days like to look at everything as good.  I hear people say the phrase, It's all Good, all the time.  I don't think they would say that if they slept by our window on a cool summer night.

Time to get some more tea so I can wake up.

 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything but the kitchen sink on

Zazzle!

Here is the link!      http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist

 

 

Check out my My Paintings on Ebay

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

If the address  does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!

 

 

 

 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bisset Park     Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bisset-park-kendall-kessler.html


 

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!

 

Memphis Lights     Original  Oil  painting  SOLD

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-lights-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the special!

 

 

 

Coyote Chill  Original 18" x 24" Oil  Painting  $890

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print for the 40% discount.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

 

Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway