KENDALL KESSLER'S OIL PAINTING DIARY
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Monday, June 29, 2020
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell more Prints of Popular Paintings
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
Please Check out My Story on Youtube!
I keep plugging along and try to keep from getting this virus. I wish people would forego the beach this summer. A huge spike in covid-19 in Florida says it all. Anyway, I am pleased to be selling prints of popular works! Another print of A Break in the Clouds and Richmond on the James, and Smith Mountain Lake were sold this week.
All three of these paintings have been sold in print form many times. The original paintings, A Break in the Clouds and Richmond on the James have been sold. Always great to get my work out there while I am working away on more. My latest painting is taking a very long time but it is coming along nicely. Hope to finish it soon.
Cheers everyone and, once again, please listen to the doctor below if you haven't seen this video yet.
A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html
Richmond on the James Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html
Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil painting painting $670
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html
Buena Vista Original 14" x 11" oil painting $313.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/buena-vista
Be sure to check out my Independent website! The link under Buena Vista will take you there!
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the link.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a
Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a very popular Blue Ridge Parkway painting.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/221918669/magenta-fall-art-12x9-original-blue?ref=shop_home_active_13&frs=1
Magenta Fall Original 12" x 9" oil painting $261
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
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 on my website or Zazzle! Here is Memphis Skyline Painting on a puzzle.
https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814
Check out my My Paintings on Ebay
www.ebay.com/newriverartist
If the address does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!
Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Worried over the Increase in Covid-19 Cases...
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
Please Check out My Story on Youtube!
Well, I knew I would not get through with my latest painting without some art or arm wrestling but it wasn't a hair pulling time, just a few set backs and I am looking forward to tomorrow rather than wishing I just played the piano and never picked up a brush. I love to paint but it can be difficult at times. My husband gave me a great compliment on the progress so far and that helped a lot.
Anyway, I am still so worried over this virus and hope and pray I don't get it from someone at the grocery store that refuses to wear a mask and doesn't know they are carrying it. I am practically pole vaulting away from people. I am amazed at how some people think it is over when many states are reporting a great increase in cases.
I usually stay out of politics because it has been my experience that people do not want to calmly debate issues. They insist they are right and people they talk to should just agree with them. Well, I am going to make an exception and comment on the current administration. Our president should not be having mass rallies during a pandemic. He can have virtual ones. I think he should take this pandemic more seriously and listen to medical experts regarding the duration of this catastrophe.
There. I said it and I am entitled to my opinion. No one has to agree with me and I will not get into an argument over this. Please wear a mask and practice social distancing.
As you can see I am getting into fall scenes right now. My current painting is a fall painting of The Peaks of Otter lodge.
Also be sure to watch my news video above and the Safe Grocery Shopping video if you haven't seen it yet. I am going to include it for a long time. We still need to act like surgeons in an operating room.
Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" Oil Painting $2080
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html
Near Childress Again 24" x 18" Watercolor painting $894
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/near-childress-again
Be sure to check out my Independent website! The link under Near Childress Again will take you there!
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a
Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a very popular Mabry Mill painting!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/214874264/mabry-mill-art-20x16-original-blue-ridge?ref=shop_home_active_7&frs=1
Mabry Mill 20" x 16" oil painting $700
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
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 on my website or Zazzle! Here is Memphis Skyline Painting on a puzzle!
https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814
Check out my My Paintings on Ebay
www.ebay.com/newriverartist
If the address does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!
Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!
Monday, June 22, 2020
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Pleased with Latest Peaks of Otter Painting and Say Chocolate...
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
Please Check out My Story on Youtube!
Still no art wrestling regarding the progress of my latest painting. I meant to say arm wrestling but art wrestling works good, too. I have completed three major layers and will hopefully finish the final one next week. Hope things keep on going smoothly.
I think after I complete this large oil painting I will take care of some problem works that I have been meaning to get to and add them to my portfolio. I am still slowly getting the studio better organized then it has ever been! I have notes all over the place so I won't have to hunt things down. Maybe I can even figure out how to get Aperture to correctly export the file size of some slides I still have not scanned.
Anyway, I am very discouraged over a lot of people's response to the Pandemic. It is not over. We can't just get tired of it and act like there isn't a problem. I see people without face masks. If they think this is a hoax, why can't they wear one to put the rest of us that do not think it is a hoax at ease? I think that would be common courtesy.
I don't get into these arguments on Facebook but when I see a post that I think is important to share, I share it and ignore the negative comments. I shared one with the recommendations of Dr. Fauci and one person said he was the virus. Others said he doesn't know what he is talking about. We need to respect those that have extensively studied disease.
As a fourth grade teacher told me years ago. Are we going to get any stupider? I am beginning to wonder. Check out my latest Youtube above!
Also be sure to watch the Safe Grocery Shopping video if you haven't seen it yet. I am going to include it for a long time. We still need to act like surgeons in an operating room.
Pawleys Island Beach Houses Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/beach-houses-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html
Pawleys Island Atmosphere Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-atmosphere
Be sure to check out my Independent website! The link under Pawleys Island Atmosphere will take you there!
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a
Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a very popular Mabry Mill painting!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/214874264/mabry-mill-art-20x16-original-blue-ridge?ref=shop_home_active_7&frs=1
Mabry Mill 20" x 16" oil painting $700
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Well, I am pleased that I am having no problem finding a very important staple in the grocery store - Russell Stover Pecan Delights. LOL! We both really do have a thing about good chocolate.
Clyde likes dark chocolate more than milk chocolate. I can't stand dark chocolate. I would rather shove a mint in my mouth.
Anyway, I saw something real cute on Facebook about chocolate. If you can't remember my name, say chocolate and I will turn around. Oh yes!!!
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
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 on my website or Zazzle! Here is Memphis Skyline Painting on a puzzle!
https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814
Check out my My Paintings on Ebay
www.ebay.com/newriverartist
If the address does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!
Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Peaks of Otter Painting and Keep your Finger on that Button...
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
Please Check out My Story on Youtube!
I was so surprised to see that I hadn't shown my latest wildflower painting on Wordpress. I was very pleased with the resulting work and am incorporating the somewhat different technique in my large Peaks of Otter Lodge painting. It is coming along and I keep waiting for the arm wrestling session but I think that will happen in the next layer.
Hope it just goes along smoothly. I know if we don't struggle we don't really progress but sometimes I still learn when there isn't a big struggle and I hope this painting is one of those.
My Youtube demos are getting stronger but I am doing more of the work off camera than I was on many of the others. I am sure to include a link to the final painting in the description. I hope people read those.
I have been told that I practically include a book about myself with my descriptions but I want people to know that I am in no way a Sunday painter and hold an advanced degree and have many credits to my name.
Check out my latest Youtube above!
Also be sure to watch the Safe Grocery Shopping video if you haven't seen it yet. I am going to include it for a long time.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-meadow-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask
Wildflower Meadow Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-meadow-kendall-kessler.html
Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/taking-a-break-1
Be sure to check out my Independent website! The link under Taking a Break will take you there!
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a
Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a very popular Beach painting!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1
Pawleys Island Evening 40" x 30" oil painting $2480
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Clyde and I don't watch a lot of TV but our gripes are getting louder and louder. We constantly flick the channels to avoid commercials that seem to be getting longer and longer. I never thought I would do that but I just can't take it anymore. The other day the commercial came on and Clyde didn't change the channel. It was over so quick we couldn't believe it.
Did we fall asleep?
I don't think so.
Did we enter another dimension where TV shows have more time than the commercials?
Don't think so. Just keep your trigger finger on the channel button. That is probably the last time that will happen.
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
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 on my website or Zazzle! Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a necklace!
https://www.zazzle.com/yin_yang_butterfly_silver_plated_necklace-177868571359351491?size=medium&design.areas=[pjcircle_medium_colored_front]&context=114375226611164705&view=113175820739994708
Check out my My Paintings on Ebay
www.ebay.com/newriverartist
If the address does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!
Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!
Monday, June 15, 2020
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Print of Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
Please Check out My Story on Youtube!
So pleased to sell another print of my most popular photograph Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms to a great Iowa patron! I live to paint but I do have some photographs that I am proud of so I have included them in collections on my website. I have included a link to a face mask of this photograph which I think would look great!
I am very pleased to be working on a large painting that incorporates architecture! I have always been fascinated by architecture and took many courses while obtaining my MFA degree. One of my most popular architecture paintings is Rehoboth Beach Houses which is also one of my favorite paintings.
Now I am working on a painting with the Peaks of Otter Lodge that includes the lake and surrounding trees in the Fall. I am trying something a little different in my technical approach and keeping the second layer almost as thin as the first.
I think I can achieve more expression and color nuance with the large areas more modeled out in the beginning of the work. Anyway, it is always an exciting, sometimes exasperating experience and I am looking forward to the third layer where the arm wrestling will probably begin.
Cheers and be sure to watch the Safe Grocery Shopping video if you haven't seen it yet. I am going to include it for a long time.
Also, check out my latest youtube that includes paintings the actress Morgan Fairchild bought!
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/rosy-evening-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask
Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms Photograph NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/rosy-evening-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html
Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/rehoboth-beach-houses-kendall-kessler.html
Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/across-the-marsh-at-pawleys-island
Be sure to check out my Independent website! The link under Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island will take you there!
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a
Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a very popular Beach painting!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1
Pawleys Island Evening 40" x 30" oil painting $2480
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
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 on my website or Zazzle! Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a necklace!
https://www.zazzle.com/yin_yang_butterfly_silver_plated_necklace-177868571359351491?size=medium&design.areas=[pjcircle_medium_colored_front]&context=114375226611164705&view=113175820739994708
Check out my My Paintings on Ebay
www.ebay.com/newriverartist
If the address does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!
Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!
Monday, June 8, 2020
Friday, June 5, 2020
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with work on Latest Architecture painting
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
Please Check out My Story on Youtube!
I am very pleased to be working on a large painting that incorporates architecture! I have always been fascinated by architecture and took many courses while obtaining my MFA degree. One of my most popular architecture paintings is Rehoboth Beach Houses which is also one of my favorite paintings.
I have included a link to a face mask at the top of the painting.This time I am working on a painting with the Peaks of Otter Lodge that includes the lake and surrounding trees in the Fall. I am trying something a little different in my technical approach and keeping the second layer almost as thin as the first.
I think I can achieve more expression and color nuance with the large areas more modeled out in the beginning of the work. Anyway, it is always an exciting, sometimes exasperating experience and I am looking forward to the third layer where the arm wrestling will probably begin.
Cheers and be sure to watch the Safe Grocery Shopping video if you haven't seen it yet. I am going to include it for a long time.
Also, check out my latest youtube that includes paintings Morgan Fairchild bought!
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/rehoboth-beach-houses-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask
Rehoboth Beach Houses Oil painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/rehoboth-beach-houses-kendall-kessler.html
Beach Houses at Pawleys Island Original Oil painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html
Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/across-the-marsh-at-pawleys-island
Be sure to check out my Independent website! The link under Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island will take you there!
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a
Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a very popular Beach painting!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1
Pawleys Island Evening 40" x 30" oil painting $2480
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
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 on my website or Zazzle! Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a necklace!
https://www.zazzle.com/yin_yang_butterfly_silver_plated_necklace-177868571359351491?size=medium&design.areas=[pjcircle_medium_colored_front]&context=114375226611164705&view=113175820739994708
Check out my My Paintings on Ebay
www.ebay.com/newriverartist
If the address does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!
Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell more prints and Lift Those Fingers High into the Sky...
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
Please Check out My Story on Youtube!
Pleased to sell more prints! This time the prints are on face masks. I mostly sell originals and wall art prints but my work is available on just about anything! The two that were selected are below. One was sold to a great Louisville, KY patron and the other to a great Columbia, SC patron!
I have included a link to a face mask for Pineapple Burst above the painting.
Also, be sure to check out the video on safe grocery shopping if you haven't seen it yet.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pineapple-burst-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask
Pineapple Burst Original Acrylic painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pineapple-burst-kendall-kessler.html
Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original 61" x 40" Oil painting $4920
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/isle-of-palms-sunset
Be sure to check out my Independent website! The link under Isle of Palms Sunset will take you there!
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
I am still practicing Yoga every day and still complaining about it. Don't misunderstand. It does great things for the body and I will practice until I am no longer around but my mantra is still I hate Yoga, I hate Yoga, I hate Yoga.
I wish I hadn't told Clyde that. I think he would benefit from practicing it, too. I have an online zoom class with friends Tuesdays and Thursdays. The other days I select 30 minute practices from Youtube. Just can't make myself practice an hour every day.
The other day when Clyde walked by and heard the Youtube teacher say, "Lift your fingers high into the sky!" Clyde added but don't hit the light bulb on the way up. He said something a week ago that I thought was funnier but I am always mindful to keep my blog PG.
Anyway, you can imagine what he said when he referred to several fingers being lifted high in the sky. LOL!
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a
Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a very popular floral painting!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1
Wildflower Mist 10" x 8" oil painting $188
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
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 on my website or Zazzle! Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a necklace!
https://www.zazzle.com/yin_yang_butterfly_silver_plated_necklace-177868571359351491?size=medium&design.areas=[pjcircle_medium_colored_front]&context=114375226611164705&view=113175820739994708
Check out my My Paintings on Ebay
www.ebay.com/newriverartist
If the address does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!
Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!
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