Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Mountain Lake Painting, and What good is it if it isn't Right?

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

 I still haven't gotten outside for a photo shoot so my new Owl painting is available on Etsy but not for prints yet.  Oh well, I will get that done soon!

Mountain Lake Trail  30"x20" Oil  Pastel Painting   $1630

Mountain Lake Trail is one of a number of paintings I did of the beautiful resort in Giles Co.  Mountain Lake was the setting for the popular movie, Dirty Dancing starring Patrick Swayze!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have always wondered why so many people I have come into contact with are inflexible.  From the teen that told me I was not cool because I didn't smoke to the friend that told me the bead necklace I was wearing was out of style but was on the comeback.

A big HUH? to both of those opinions.  It has been my experience that girls are especially inflexible when it comes to dress, hair styles, jewelry, etc.

I mentioned to Clyde that I couldn't understand why people were so sure of their opinions.  His response was what is the good of an opinion if it is not right?

Good point!  My opinions are, of course, absolutely right.  But we all know there is not any such thing as an absolute.  There absolutely are no absolutes and that takes us to another HUH?

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island  30"x 22" Acrylic  Painting    $1350

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Golden Farm Scene Sketch  Original 8" x 10"  Oil Painting $168

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 Eagle Fire    Original 16"x20" Oil Painting  $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Horse Painting, and One to get us out of Bed...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

The paint brush is willing but the flesh is dead!  I have a lot of new ideas for some more Kendall Expressions paintings but I am so tired I may not get started today.  I hope I can but I work all the time and need to take a break.  Yeah, like that is going to happen. Cheers!

Here is my latest Suggestion Painting!

Red Mane  Original Acrylic  Painting    NFS

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

So far I have kept my promise to stop ranting about my computer so I am on to another modern gadget that is extremely annoying.  I am talking about the remote.

We have a pile of remotes in the living room that I have no idea what they belong to.  I guess they are for old TVs or VCRs or whatever.  I wish one of us had thought about getting rid of them before they became antiques.

Recently we had to add another gadget to our TV to keep getting cable.  When we were done, we had two remotes.  One to turn it off and on and one to change channels and volume.  We didn't think that was right so we called the company and went through a tricky process to get it down to one.  Whoopy!

Many of the buttons for my DVD remote do not work so when I need those buttons I have to borrow my sons remote.  Fortunately his DVD player is the same one we have in our bed room.

Last night after Clyde went and got his remote so we could watch our River Monsters episode he commented that maybe one day we will need a remote to get out of bed.

I honestly hope I do not live to see that day.

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island is on special all March!

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island  30"x 22" Acrylic  Painting    $1350

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Golden Farm Scene Sketch  Original 8" x 10"  Oil Painting $168

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 Eagle Fire    Original 16"x20" Oil Painting  $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Latest Blue Ridge Painting, and yes! I did not break the Camera!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

 

Yesterday I decided to get some shots of my latest Blue Ridge Parkway painting in spite of the wind.  I have to take shots outdoors in order to get an acceptable photo for prints.  

It was a little windy but the tripod did not fall over, I got some excellent large and small files and the camera is still in great shape!

Cheers!

Blue Ridge Parkway Cloud Burst 30"x40" Oil  Painting    $2430

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have decided to quit griping about our computer.  After all, it is an amazing machine that does a lot of work for me.  I sell artwork through it and show my work to the world because of this invention.

Having said that I have one more for the road.  I may get exasperated and break this vow but I do want to get in one more gripe before I start.

The other night we were talking about how neither of us wants to have a gun around.  I would probably shoot my foot.  Clyde said he didn't want a gun for protection but he would like one to shoot the computer.  I may have mentioned something like that before, but it bears repeating!  Okay, last computer gripe for a while.  I hope I can keep that vow for at least a day!

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island is on special all March!

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island  30"x 22" Acrylic  Painting    $1350

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Rehoboth Beach Houses  Original  Oil Painting has been Sold

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 Eagle Fire    Original 16"x20" Oil Painting  $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Floral, and The Place to be...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am taking a break from Blue Ridge Parkway paintings and am back to my Kendall Expressions paintings.  I am very proud of these paintings.  I have always been and Expressionist at heart and all of my paintings have an expressive flare.  In these paintings I am letting my expressive side take over for exceptionally vibrant works!

I hope to have my latest one up soon!  Here is another floral favorite!

Taking a Break 30"x 40" Oil  Painting    $2425

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I like to include as much humor as I can in my blog and most of it is supplied by The Word Man.  He cracks me up on a daily basis but sometimes I see something on Facebook that I think is so good I like to put it here. 

The other day there was a great joke that looks sexist at first.  I love it!

Women belong in the kitchen

Men belong in the kitchen

Everybody belongs in the kitchen

The kitchen has food.

It is definitely my favorite place, except when I have to cook or do dishes.  Oh well.  All great things have a price!

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island is on special all March!

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island  30"x 22" Acrylic  Painting    $1350

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Rehoboth Beach Houses  Original  Oil Painting has been Sold

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 Eagle Fire    Original 16"x20" Oil Painting  $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Spring Paintings, and Kick the Can.....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

So glad to have finished my latest Blue Ridge Parkway painting!  I hope to have it up today or tomorrow for sale and for print purchases!

Here are two more favorites from my portfolio!

You can see what is on my mind right now!

Rushing Water  16"x 20" Oil  Painting    $660

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Wildflower Magic  8"x 10" Oil  Painting    $168

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Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My computer rants go on and on.  Again, I want to be sure to emphasize that I think the computer is an amazing machine. I wouldn't have a clue on how to make one and it does a lot of work for me.  Still, it drives me crazy.  Clyde  also has many computer gripes and, as I have said before, he tells people to open the window and let gravity do the work.

Now he has another solution.  Remember kick the can?  Well he thinks I could alleviate my frustrations if I play kick the computer down the street!  If they weren't so expensive I think I would be very tempted to do that.

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island is on special all March!

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island  30"x 22" Acrylic  Painting    $1350

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Breakers at Pawleys Island  Original  Oil Painting has been Sold

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Old Fashioned Kitchen Again    Original 10"x8" Color Lithograph  $170

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Blue Ridge Parkway paintings, and The Race...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I have worked very hard on my latest large Blue Ridge Parkway painting.  It really has been an arm wrestling experience but I am very close to the end now so I thought I would put it up here.  It will be a while longer before it is available for purchase or prints.

30" x 40" Blue Ridge Oil Painting  No title yet  Will be available for purchase and prints soon

A Break in the Clouds   30"x 40" Oil  Painting    has been Sold

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A Break in the Clouds is my best-selling painting on my website! 

 

A Break in the Clouds is a colorful view of Rock Castle Gorge which is near Rocky Knob on the Blue RIdge Parkway where my husband does much of his research on birds and butterflies. This painting has the most complex system of clouds of all of my landscapes. I am always fascinated with various atmospheric effects in this beautiful mountain region.

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband is always playing with words which is a lot of fun for me.  I love word play.  He definitely married his best audience.  I knew he wrote before we got married but I didn't know how much fun his word play was until afterwards.  I have been either laughing or fascinated by his creativity ever since.

His latest one is on the human race.   I believe if people would take the study of History seriously then we wouldn't keep repeating events that cause us harm.

Since we keep repeating errors Clyde has decided that the origin of the phrase human race was because we keep going around and around in circles.  I hope we never get to a finish line, but we certainly have been capable of the end of the world scenario for a long time.  Anyone that isn't aware of that fact should brush up on their knowledge of History. 

It is my opinion that History is the most important subject in school.  I wish everyone agreed with that.  Oh well, some of Clyde's word play is more thoughtful than funny.  I like it all!

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island is on special all March!

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island  30"x 22" Acrylic  Painting    $1350

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Breakers at Pawleys Island  Original  Oil Painting has been Sold

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Old Fashioned Kitchen Again    Original 10"x8" Color Lithograph  $170

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Suggestion Paintings, and You have to have one to Lose one...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Here is another Suggestion Series paintings and a place I wish I could be at right now!

 

Flower Fall Original  Acrylic  Painting    NFS

Flower Fall is another sensuous, colorful painting from my series,
Suggestions. I am starting with an abstract expressionist surface and then looking for forms that appear in the paint. This time flowers that looked like they were falling began to appear so I emphasized that motion and added a few more flowers. I am especially pleased with the subtle contrast in this one that presents a serene mood.

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Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand  30"x 40" Acrylic  Painting    $2430

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Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Painting is such a difficult pursuit.  One minute it is great and then what you thought was great doesn't seem so great after all.  The ups and downs can be very hard on a person's mental outlook.  Years ago a friend that worked in an asylum said artists live on the edge of sanity.  They walk a tight rope that most people don't understand.  He was also a painter.

Sometimes I get so involved in a painting that it becomes too important.  I always back away then and say it is only a painting.  It may seem like a matter of life or death to me, but it is only a painting.

The other day I was having such a difficult time that it was getting me down.  Sometimes I think I am losing my mind but I have too good a sense of humor to let that happen.  I asked Clyde if he ever felt like he was losing his mind.  He said in order to lose a mind you have to have one first.

Okay.  Good point!  I'm laughing again!

 

 

 

 

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island is on special all March!

Click on the link below the painting  and click on the 30"x 40" canvas print of Silver Lining at Pawleys Island  for the 40% discount.

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island  30"x 22" Acrylic  Painting    $1350

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, Greeting Cards, pillows, !phone and galaxy phone cases Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

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Breakers at Pawleys Island  Original  Oil Painting has been Sold

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Old Fashioned Kitchen Again    Original 10"x8" Color Lithograph  $170

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Click on the   40" x 50" size for the special

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