Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Skater Paintings, and Blue Ridge Discovery Center event!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Here are two more skater paintings from the Dominion Skating Rink that was a great place for all ages in Christiansburg, VA.  I especially liked watching the kids play trios!  They had to skate hooked up and then turn around whenever the announcer said skate in the opposite direction! 

Trios   Original  Oil Pastel Painting   

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Skating Break    Original  Oil  Painting   

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This skating painting is more about the glossy floor and decorative atmosphere then skaters.  It was all great fun!

 

 

 

 Please check out my Special Promotions that will end Friday at 5:00pm.  Swirling Color is on special all October!

 

Click on KENDALL KESSLER ART and then go to the painting in the Dreamscapes folder  and click on the 24"x 36" canvas print of Swirling Color for the 40% discount.

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

Riverview at Dusk   Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting  $670

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Swirling Color   Original 20" x 24" Oil Painting    $670

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Lion Explosion  Original 20 x 16"  Oil Painting $670

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Don't miss the next great Blue Ridge Discovery Center Event!

Blue Ridge Expeditions: Hike Brushy Mountain between Bastian and Bland

Sat, October 18, 12am – Sun, October 19, 12am

 

 

Where	Appalachian Trail, Brushy Mountain between Bastian and Bland map
Calendar	BRDC Web Calendar
Created by	aaron@blueridgediscoverycenter.org
Description	On October 18th join BRDC on Brushy Mountain between Bastian and Bland. All hikes are on the famed Appalachian Trail, a 2,200 mile footpath from Georgia to Maine, completed in

 

I hope you enjoyed my skater paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Beautiful Nudes, and It hurts, too!

Blue Ridge Artist

I still have a lot of beautiful nude drawings to share here.  When I was in school I loved using different mediums to draw the model.  Each medium has a unique expression and it is always fun to explore all the ways it can be used.  

There is no end to the different ways charcoal, ink, conte crayon, etc. can be used to enhance the drawing and make it something to be looked at for it's own sake.   

Although I like all styles of art, I have never understood the fascination with photo-realism, or, as some artists call it, hyper-realism.  When an aritst seeks to copy what photographs capture I wonder that they don't just make photography their medium. 

 I have no problem copying a photograph or painting in a hyper-real style but I only do that if it is a commission.  My work is about my reaction to what I see and how to put myself into it.

Woman Alone with Shadows   24" x 18" India Ink Drawing      $894

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I love the wonderful linear accents of this drawing.

Repose     Original Drawing Not for Sale

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This is one of my favorite charcoal drawings.  The rich blacks and soft textures are especially intriguing in this work.

Limited Time Promotions on Fine Art America

These three are still available at 40% reduced price on  at Fine Art America!  

There is a 30 day money back guarantee that includes the shipping price!

A Break in The Clouds     Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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Here are the Other two Painting on the Special Promotion section!

Burning Shore    Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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Lion Explosion  Original 20"x16" Oil Painting $670

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

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband and I come from a time period when not many people tattooed their body.  Now it is rare to see people without tattoos.  

I love what one person said on Facebook in response to the fact he had no tattoos.  He asked if the person had ever seen bumper stickers on a Ferrari.   

 Don't get me wrong.  I am not against them, they just aren't for me.

 We were discussing this on a walk and my husband was a little ahead of me.  I think many people will not like the way the tattoo looks as they age.  He replied that they can be taken off.  I said and it hurts, too!  He laughed because he had just said it was a painful procedure. 

 I didn't hear him say that. Well, it does hurt!!!!!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another sale of A Break in the Clouds, and More Beautiful Nudes!

My Artwork

I am so pleased to sell another print of A Break in the Clouds to a great Tennessee patron!  This painting sure gets around!  It is my second best-selling print and 24"x 36" canvas prints of it at 40% reduced price are available for the next few days at Fine Art America!   

There is a 30 day money back guarantee that includes the shipping price!

A Break in The Clouds     Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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

Here are the Other two Painting on the Special Promotion section!

Burning Shore    Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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

Lion Explosion  Original 20"x16" Oil Painting $670

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

My Beautiful Nudes

As I said yesterday I am going to spend some time blogging about my artwork that is not of the Blue Ridge.  Here are two more nudes that I am proud of.  

It is such a fascinating experience to work from a nude model.  The contours on a person constantly change and the volume and life of the figure are obtained when an artist can get a precise contour.

Drapery Pull    Original 24"x 18" Drawing    $894

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This is my second best-selling nude drawing.  I am especially pleased with the composition and light/dark patterns in this one.  

Like "Reaching Out", the model seems to be straining for something beyond the picture plane.

Changing    Original 24"x 18" Drawing    $894

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In this one the simple act of pulling a garment off has given the model a fluid, expressive look.   Artists seek to capture a beautiful moment in time.

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Once again, here is the latest news on the group my husband works closely with to promote this gorgeous mountain region!

Blue Ridge Expeditions: Hike on Garden Mountain

Sat, August 23, 12am – Sun, August 24, 12am

Where	Garden Mountain map
Calendar	BRDC Web Calendar
Created by	aaron@blueridgediscoverycenter.org
Description	Join BRDC on August 23rd for a hike on the Appalachian Trail at Garden Mountain. For information about any of these free and fun hiking events, please contact Amy Roberts at 276-688-3793 or aarobert@vt.edu.

Blue Ridge Healing Waters near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Anticipation!

My Artwork

Lion Explosion   Original 20"x16" Oil Painting    $670

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Eagle Fire  Original 16"x20"  Oil Painting    $670

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieN28aLojSA

I am real excited about my next series of paintings!  I am going to do a number of large paintings of Pawleys Island including some sunset over the ocean scenes!  It has been a while since I did a shore scene so I am looking forward to these new works.

I am going to do one more Kendall Expression painting and then get started.  I have had a great time working on my own brand of Expressionism but I am anxious to get back to my own personal Impressionistic style. I really do live to paint and I love to find homes for my creations!  I just mailed Small Flowers to a great Texas patron!

Here are two of my favorite Kendall Expressions paintings and the Youtube video I did on a number of them.  I need to get back to making videos!  I will soon!

 

Blue Ridge Healing Waters

The Cherokees have a tradition about healing waters in the Blue Ridge Mountains.  According to legend there is a mysterious lake high up in the Smoky Blue Ridge mountains that all animals are aware of and trust to cure their wounds.

It is said that whenever a black bear is wounded by hunters it will go this lake and swim from one shore to the other and then be healed as soon as it reaches the other side.

Healing waters are a part of legends and myths of many cultures.  Perhaps that is where we get the myth for the Fountain of Youth.

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I wanted to again mention the newest Blue Ridge Discovery Center happening that starts tomorrow!

BRDC Day at Independence Farmers Market

Fri, May 30, 9:30am – 12:30pm

Where	Intersection of 21 and 58, Independence, VA map
Calendar	BRDC Web Calendar
Created by	scott@blueridgediscoverycenter.org
Description	Kids programs will be provided on site.

Kendall Expressions Still Stumbling and Lead Foot...

Lion Explosion and Galloping Red are still stumbling on Stumpleupon.com.  Galloping Red is getting way more hits than Lion Explosion but the hits per day are increasing on Lion Explosion.  It is great to see my work looked at by so many people and it is especially pleasing that this is happening with two works from my new series, Kendall Expressions. 

 I see continual change in my approach to my own type of Expressionism with each new painting and I look forward to starting the next one the day after Christmas.  I am forcing myself to take a break and enjoy the Holiday but that does not mean I am taking a break from promoting my work online.  Workaholics are hopeless.  As my mother always said, some people are not happy unless they are miserable.  I prefer to think of my work as what keeps me going.

Be sure to check out my Special Features on Fine Art America!  All prints have a thirty day money back guarantee including shipping! 40% off regular price!

My husband has a new name for all the tail gators that drive him crazy to and from work.   He calls them Lead Foot Lame Brain drivers.  One of these days I swear one of them will just drive on and over my car and keep going.  Where is the fire?

So glad to sell a Canvas Print from Kendall Expressions and Look under the Hood...

Not very long ago I started a new folder entitled Kendall Expressions in my portfolio and am so pleased that I just sold a canvas print of Lion Explosion to a great patron In Zionsville, Indiana!  As I have said before my work has Impressionistic and Expressionistic components but in these works I am letting my expressive side take over and it is great to get a sale so soon after I uploaded these works.

I am also pleased that I am really getting into the acrylic medium in a way that is endearing me to a type of paint that is not real high on my lists of favorites.  The colors are great but the fast drying time and the way it adheres to the canvas has always bothered me.  Most of my new Kendall Expressions paintings are in acrylics and I am starting to figure out how to apply the paint in a way that says me!  I look forward to future paintings and am also considering some ideas for oil paintings as well.

My husband has come up with another funny for the blog.  I love to add humor here!  First, I have to explain that a Sensei is an oriental sage.

What did the Sensei say to the garage mechanic?  Look under the hood, greasehopper!