Author Archives: katiekind

About katiekind

Enjoying the second half of life. I have three sons who are the apples of my eye and a wonderful husband of 33 years--those are the important things. Long ago, out of the blue, I became a Christian. It was something I never planned on, but what joy it has been. I do website development and I like to read and garden and paint and I love beauty and truth.

Garden Roses

Image | Posted on May 19, 2013 | Leave a comment

May 4 – Iris

Well, I have tortured this poor painting long enough. I really really struggled with the purple. Hopefully next time I’ll be able to zero in on it more quickly.

Image | Posted on May 4, 2013 | Leave a comment

Teapot and White Flower

Finished in painting class.

Image | Posted on May 2, 2013 | Leave a comment

Coventry Patmore again (after Sargent)

Posted on April 28, 2013

This guy again!  This is my third try with this fellow.  I just adore his face.  This is a lot more like the original by John Singer Sargent than the version a couple posts down, which was my first try.  … Continue reading →

Posted in paintings | Leave a comment

Chinese and wine?

Image | Posted on April 9, 2013 | Leave a comment

New Man in my Life

This was an assignment from my painting teacher Jennifer Fairbanks – to copy this portrait by John Singer Sargent. It was a great exercise. I’m just happy it turned out to be recognizably human! I am planning to try it … Continue reading →

Image | Posted on April 9, 2013 | Leave a comment

Daffodils

I usually paint with a setup in a box with a controlled light source, and for this I just set it up next to a window, so as the sun went behind clouds the shadows changed.  Aargh!  Oh well.  I … Continue reading →

Image | Posted on March 16, 2013 | Tagged | Leave a comment

Onion for Lesa, version 2.0

I painted the whole setup a second time.

Image | Posted on March 13, 2013 | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Onion and Garlic for Lesa

Image | Posted on March 8, 2013 | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Grandmother’s Pitcher and Grapes

Image | Posted on January 16, 2013 | 1 Comment

Corks and Grapes

Posted on December 30, 2012

I am so happy with this one!  Grapes are really fun to paint, and I love the allusion to wine that the corks bring in.

Posted in paintings | Leave a comment

The Reason for Art

Posted on October 20, 2012

“To me…the reason for art is to give people another camera to cut to in the film that is their experience of being alive.” Said by my son recently.  I like that!

Posted in Family & Friends | 1 Comment

More bell peppers

Posted on October 8, 2012

I just love the bright contrasting colors and fun shapes!  Here are bell peppers, round two and three. These peppers aren’t as fresh as the original group; you can tell they are starting to settle in. Third (and probably final, … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Leave a comment

Grapes and Glass

Posted on September 25, 2012
Posted in paintings | Leave a comment

Bell peppers…inspired by Jennifer’s beautiful pepper paintings!

Posted on September 22, 2012

I am happy with how these turned out, but if you want to really see how it’s done, go down to Gallery 109 in Murray and look in the window.  Jennifer’s pepper paintings are so luminous and beautiful…  

Posted in Family & Friends | Leave a comment

Finished this in painting class.

Posted on September 15, 2012
Posted in Family & Friends | Leave a comment

A study inspired by…

Posted on September 1, 2012

I fell in love with the wine bottle still life paintings of Erling Steen.  So clean, so balanced, so boiled down to the essence.  I decided to use one of his simple setups and see if I could copy it.  … Continue reading →

Posted in paintings | Leave a comment

Egg and Espresso Cup

Posted on August 27, 2012

This got rather belabored and I don’t think I can fix that but I learned a lot and have plans to repeat it.  I will know more about it next time.  And next time I will paint it on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Leave a comment

Wrestling Matches with Spheres

Posted on August 22, 2012

In painting class we are working on spheres.  After almost three years of classes I am still struggling with basic things like the shadow side of a sphere-shaped object, so it’s nice that Jennifer came up with some exercises to … Continue reading →

Posted in paintings | Leave a comment

Enns helps me out with the slaughter passages in the OT

Posted on July 17, 2012

Just what I was struggling with when I went in to talk to Father Matt last week.  Father Matt’s guidance was more general; Enns offers some specific jumping off points for thinking about those disturbing passages.   http://www.patheos.com/blogs/peterenns/2012/07/john-piper-on-why-its-right-for-god-to-slaughter-women-and-children-anytime-he-pleases-and-why-i-have-some-major-problems-with-that/ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/peterenns/2012/07/more-on-canaanite-genocide-or-taking-a-step-back-because-what-we-have-here-is-a-communication-problem/ And … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Leave a comment