Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is taking a Break and Some Favorite Youtubes!

 

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is taking a Break

Please click on my Youtubes while I take a break from Blogging!  Cheers!

 

https://youtu.be/ieN28aLojSA  

 

https://youtu.be/4iF_I8RbrCM  

https://youtu.be/5k77zseKBEc

Be sure to click on the red link to see more of my work

KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

 

Check out Originals on Etsy at  https://www.etsy.com/shop/towheehillstudio?page=3

 

 

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

One more thing for Local Folk.  Check out my ebay classifieds!  Not everyone has to pay shipping!

http://www.ebayclassifieds.com/user/newriverartist

 

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Monday!

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee!

 

Isle of Palms Sunset  is On Special all July!

 

 

Isle of Palms Sunset    Original 40" x 30" Mixed Oil Painting   $2430

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.

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

 

Link to this painting     http://fineartamerica.com/featured/isle-of-palms-sunset-kendall-kessler.html

 

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

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

Link to this painting  http://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-ridge-morning-kendall-kessler.html

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

 

Eagle Fire  Original 16" x 20"  Acrylic Painting $670

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

              Link to this painting   http://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

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

 

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

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about New Portrait Series and a I hope I don't do that someday...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Please click on my latest Youtube!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVYm_sKAHME

I am real excited about my new painting!  Since I love music so much I have decided to paint some of my heroes.  I already have one of David Garrett but I can not offer it or prints of it for sale.  I can offer paintings of musicians from long ago for sale so that is another project I want to work on. 

I am starting with a portrait of Beethoven and I intend to make it very expressive and upload it in my Stages of my Artwork gallery and my Kendall Expressions gallery.  As soon as I get off the computer I will get it started

David Garrett  Original 21" x 16" Pastel Painting  NFS

I can not offer this portrait for sale or prints of it.  Here is the link to get a better view of it

Link to Painting   http://fineartamerica.com/featured/david-garrett-kendall-kessler.html

Be sure to click on the red link to see more of my work

KENDALL KESSLER ART

 

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I don't have anything from The Word Man today.  He hasn't been feeling well lately.  We think he is having allergy problems.  I think he should get tested to see what is bugging him.  He is dragging his sinuses- I mean feet.

Anyway, there was a great joke on Facebook yesterday.  I love chocolate and so does Clyde so I hope this doesn't happen to us someday.

A guy is sitting in an arm chair trying to change channels with a remote when his wife comes in and tells him it isn't the remote, it is a  bar of chocolate. Yikes!  The fun of aging!

 

 Blue Ridge Discovery News

Here is a link to more information!

The Young Explorers Club, ages 9-18, comes together to explore, discover and share the wonders of the Blue Ridge.   Email lisa@blueridgediscoverycenter.org to learn more about the Club and our upcoming trips.

 

Check out Originals on Etsy at  https://www.etsy.com/shop/towheehillstudio?page=3

 

 

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

One more thing for Local Folk.  Check out my ebay classifieds!  Not everyone has to pay shipping!

http://www.ebayclassifieds.com/user/newriverartist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday!

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee!

Fairlawn Eve is on Special all April!

 

Fairlawn Eve    Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236

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.

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

 

Link to this painting     http://fineartamerica.com/featured/fairlawn-eve-kendall-kessler.html

 

Eagle Fire   Original 20" x 16" Oil   Painting      $670

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

Link to this painting http://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

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

 

Marsh View at Pawleys Island  Original 60" x 41"  Oil Painting $4920

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

Link to this painting http://fineartamerica.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html

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

 

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

Nude Girl Drawings by a Blue Ridge Parkway Artist and 31 Stomachs...

Nude Girl Drawings by Kendall Kessler

I want to start off with one of my Youtube videos!  I am adding one a week so I want to be sure to get them out to the public!

Here are two more selections in black and white that I decided to make color versions of.  What a great experience to look at a completed drawing and re-interpret it in color!  

As I have mentioned before, some of them I like better in color and some in black and white.  Art is always an experience for me that can't be explained.

Reaching Out     24"x 18"  Original Charcoal Drawing      $894

Prints on Paper or Canvas Available at     KENDALL KESSLER

Reaching Out in Color     24"x 18"  Original Pastel Painting      $894

Prints on Paper or Canvas Available at     KENDALL KESSLER

When I taught in the Art Department at Radford Univerisity I would try to explain Art to students but I found the only way I could really explain it was to have them do it, which is why my Art Appreciation classes were "Hands On".  

When students had to make visual decisions then they started to catch on to what Art is all about.  Drawing is integral to the discipline but Art is so much more then reproducing nature.

In this case I prefer the color painting to the black and white drawing.  The color accents are strong and I like the light effect better in the pastel one. 

Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last year I decided to take off a lot of years from our ages.  I asked my husband how it felt to be thirty years old!  The only response I got was a sour look.

Yesterday was his birthday so I asked him how it felt to turn thirty-one.  This year I got a sour look and a sour comment.

You mean turn 31 stomachs when they look at me?

Ha Ha.  No, that is not what I meant.

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, People Art, and Now I can't find my Shoes...

My Artwork

I do not live on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  I live near it and so much of my artwork is about this gorgeous mountain region.  I prefer Blue Ridge Parkway Artist to Southwest Virginia Artist so I am going to stick with the slightly innacurate one.

I have been blogging about so many different aspects of the Blue Ridge Mountains that I thought I would take a break and focus on the other kinds of artwork that I do.  I have never understood what people mean when they talk about artist's block. 

 I just wish I had the time to paint all the things I want to paint.  I am never at a loss as to what to paint and I am never bored.  I love what I do and I am determined to get all of it out to the world!

As usual, my main gripe is I wish someone could add more hours to the day!

In addition to mountain paintings I also paint people I know and genre scenes so I will blog some about them.

I come from a family with many artists and musicians and I play the piano every day for my own fun and to keep my fingers going.

A contemporary musician I greatly admire is the internationally acclaimed violinist David Garrett.  The portrait I did of him is my only celebrity portrait.  It is based on a photograph that was taken at a concert in San Diego.  

I contacted the woman that took the photograph and she gave me permission to use it.  I contacted David Garrett's estate and received permission to paint him.

David Garrett     Kendall F. Kessler

See more of my work that is available to purchase at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I spend a lot of time looking for my glasses.  I have to have everything carefully put away or I can't find a thing.  

I usually don't have trouble finding my shoes but lately I have been leaving them in places that I don't usually put them so now I am looking for them as well.

My husband has had his glasses on and actually asked co-workers where they were!
We ain't what we used to be!

Check out My Portrait of Violinist David Garrett and I Think it Did More Than...

I am so pleased to have finished my portrait of David Garrett and I hope everyone can see the visual music I put into this work. I greatly admire David Garrett and his efforts to bring classical music to everyone. I am so impressed with all musicians that make the sacrifices that are necessary to playing beautiful music. I come from a family that has a lot of artists and musicians and I am an amateur pianist. I have two relatives that attended Peabody Conservatory and I grew up on classical music. I love all kinds of music but I like classical the best and David Garrett's new CD Legacy is fantastic!

People often say that their get up and go, got up and went. Well I think mine got up, keeled over, knocked over some chairs, rolled on the floor, and then went. Just kidding around! Actually today is the second day in a row I have not had any pain in my leg! I am hopeful that this problem I have had since August is not permanent! We will be at the beach soon and it would be great if it were gone. I have my fingers crossed, legs crossed, arms crossed, and eyes crossed. Of course, all that crossing may not be such a good idea. Don't want to stir up any more aches!