KENDALL KESSLER'S OIL PAINTING DIARY

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Painting

I am just about done with my latest Blue Ridge painting and it was a struggle but I am happy with it and it is time to move on.  

I am so pleased with all the attention I am getting on Youtube!  I have decided to upload twice a week and getting lots of likes and comments!
Yesterday I uploaded a short youtube featuring one of my oil paintings of Isle of Palms.  My channel is Kendall Kessler. Please stop by

  I am thinking about another small floral and then some large paintings, well, fairly large.  I want to paint some more scenes from Claytor Lake.



Clyde and I came in on the middle of a very old movie last night. A guy bought his girlfriend two bunches of violets for twenty cents.
Clyde said you couldn't buy one wilted petal for that now! That is for sure.

Times certainly have changed! Please check out my latest Shore painting video!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_IL9k1VKT4

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell More Pawleys Island Prints

 

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

 

Please Check out My Story on Youtube!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k77zseKBEc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR3QiRgAUjY

I can't believe it! After many phone calls over a long period of time I finally have my covid vaccine appointments! I was called by three volunteers and ended up with an appointment last Friday but no one was there.  

So when my husband got his second one at CVS they gave me a number to get an appointment.  I had to go through a form on my phone that I slightly messed up and it disappeared. 

I couldn't  believe it. I made another call and was told to press three when I call CVS and I will get a person rather than a robot.  Wrong! Another robot that just confused me.  I went back to my messages on my phone and the form reappeared!  I carefully filled the form out and now I am all set! Yea!!! 

Anyway, I couldn't paint today but I will tomorrow. I am anxious to get back to my latest Blue Ridge painting. It is really coming along. 

I am so pleased that my shore paintings are also popular! A great Pennsylvania patron bought three framed prints of my paintings of that beautiful resort.  A follower on Linkedin mentioned that the house in Pink on the Beach has burned down. So sad!  I am glad I  preserved it in a large oil painting. 

Cheers on a Tuesday!

 

Pink on the Beach Original 40" x 30" oil painting  $2430

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-island-pink-on-the-beach-kendall-kessler.html

Pawleys Island Atmosphere Original 40" x 30" oil painting  $2430

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks

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

 

 

 

 

House by the Tidal Creek at Pawleys Island Original 40" x 30" oil painting  $2430

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/house-by-the-tidal-creek-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html

 

Pawleys Island Morning Light  Original 24" x 18"  Acrylic painting $894

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-morning-light

 

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link Pawleys Island Morning Light will take you there!

 

 

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 originals on Etsy! This link will take you to popular Charlotte North Caroline skyline paintings!Be sure to click on the link to see all five of them!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/285995973/north-carolina-skylines-art-12-x-9?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1

Charlotte Spiral   Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting $271

 

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

 

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.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 shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395

 

 

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!

 

Friday, March 12, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Arm Wrestling another Painting and Going Where?

 

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

 

Please Check out My Story and My Latest Painting Demo on Youtube!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k77zseKBEc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR3QiRgAUjY

Wow!  My current painting took a nose dive off a cliff.  I really think I was going to just live with a large amount of wasted paint and give up. Such a lot of arm wrestling but then I tried something out of frustration and it started to work.

Sometimes that happens and that  is when I say over and over to myself I will not let a painting drive me crazy.  It can drive an artist crazy but I will never let that happen. I love it too much! 

I was only able to work for a little while today because I had an appointment that for some reason was not right. Hope to get that straightened out today. 

Hope everyone has a great weekend and if you haven't seen my latest youtube, please click on it!

Sinking into Color Original acrylic painting  NFS

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pineapple-burst-kendall-kessler.html

 

 

 

Richmond Ripples  Original 12" x 9"  Acrylic painting $246

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/richmond-ripples

 

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Richmond Ripples will take you there!

 

 

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

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still griping away about Yoga.  It does such great things for my body but I watch the clock every time in anticipation of the end. 

I complain to Clyde about it all the time. 

Why do you do it? 

To keep this old body going.

Where is it going?

Argh!  Marry a writer and suffer perpetual word abuse.

LOL!  Love him and will practice Yoga until I can't.

 

 

Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to popular Charlotte North Caroline skyline paintings!Be sure to click on the link to see all five of them!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/285995973/north-carolina-skylines-art-12-x-9?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1

Charlotte Spiral   Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting $271

 

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

 

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.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 shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395

 

 

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, March 9, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Stepping Away from the Computer...

 

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

 

Please Check out My Story and My Latest Demo Painting on Youtube!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k77zseKBEc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR3QiRgAUjY

 

I am looking outside my window to a beautiful warm day! The first one in a long time so I am determined to walk away from this computer and get outside!  I had a difficult painting session this morning but the painting is coming along.  Lots of arm wrestling right now.  This part and the final part is the hardest but it is always worth it. 

I am very pleased with my latest Youtube painting!  These fast spontaneous expressions keep me on my toes and it is a lot of fun to demonstrate them and talk at the same time on my youtubes. Reminds me of when I taught at Radford University. I always talked all the way through demos. 

Be sure to click on it!

 

Pineapple Burst  Original acrylic painting  NFS

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pineapple-burst-kendall-kessler.html

 

 

 

Memphis Spin  Original 12" x 9"  Acrylic painting $246

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-spin

 

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Memphis Spin will take you there!

 

 

 

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 originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a popular Memphis Tennesse skyline painting!Be sure to click on the link to see all five of them!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/644480934/memphis-tennessee-skyline-beauty?ref=shop_home_active_4&frs=1

Memphis Green   Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting $271

 

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

 

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.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 shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395

 

 

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, March 2, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is trying to get it together today...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

 

Please Check out My Story on Youtube and My Latest Cone Flower Demo!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k77zseKBEc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D14O9XFnF5A

Having a hard time getting going today but I am looking forward to my next oil painting which will be of a specific site on the Blue Ridge. 

These paintings are my favorites and they are hard. All that atmosphere and dissolution of form in the background is always a challenge but that is what makes it a great pursuit.

Be sure to check out my latest Youtube above. I decided to take a break from the abstracts and paint something in acrylics that is similar to my oil paintings. 

Lots of great comments on it!

Garden Swirl Original 40" x 30" Oil Pastel painting $2430

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/garden-swirl-kendall-kessler.html

 

 

Cone flowers  Original 30" x 24" Oil painting $1470

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/coneflowers

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Coneflowers will take you there!

 

 

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 originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a popular mountain sunset painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/91586086/jumbled-up-wildflowers-art-9x12?ref=shop_home_active_13&frs=1

 

Jumbled up Wildflowers  Original 12" x 9" oil painting $271

 

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

 

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.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 shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395

 

 

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!