Monthly:April 2013

Tulips in Red Pot

Tulips in Red Pot | 30″ x 20″ | Oil Encaustic You may notice in the last few posts I have been working on the same subject several times, changing canvas size, changing light, or viewpoint, a different back cloth being just enough to set me off on another blast of  creativity. The self expression comes through more and more each time. 12″ x 12″ | Tulip I | 12″ x 12″ Tulip II | Oil Encaustic | Exhibiting at […]

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Tulips in Green Room

Tulips in Green Room | 30″ x 20″ | Oil Encaustic  

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Open Heart

Open Heart | 48″ x 48″ | Oil Encaustic In every store there are tulips, I have been buying fresh cut flowers and some bulbs in pots, that bloom and I later plant in the garden. They make great still life paintings! It was just such a pleasure to paint a big canvas (48″ x 48″). The tulips have a life of their own, they seem to move even as you paint them. A fellow painter gave me a great […]

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Remembering to focus on the acts of kindness, rather than the acts of terror.

Lean on me | 8″ x 6″ | Oil | CJK In the course of the recent tragedy in Boston, I was struck by the story of a young girl helped from the blast. She later appealed to the stranger, a young man to come forward so she could thank him personally from her hospital bed. As I was going about my daily life sorting some recent paintings, Lean on Me, from the classic Bill Withers song crossed my mind […]

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Cummer Museum opens Olmsted Gardens

Join and celebrate the Grand Opening of the Olmsted Garden.  The Member Opening will take place on Wednesday, April 10th, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the Garden will open to the public on Thursday, April 11th at 10 a.m.  This really is a historic event for The Cummer, as we re-open the Garden that surrounded the home of Waldo and Clara Cummer, the brother and sister-in-law of Museum founders Arthur and Ninah Cummer.  This Garden was designed by the Olmsted Firm, and has […]

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Patchwork thoughts!

“Patchwork thoughts” | 5″ x 7″ | Oil | CJK Our faces sometimes tell a thousand words – In a recent portrait session, I painted some interesting studies, fashion edgy, buxom attitude, — they are reaching for an attitude more than a likeness. This painting seemed so thoughtful. Much of what we bring to a painting is our own experience it’s our feeling and also the energy of the model. We are all giving off energy vibrations — sitting still […]

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St Augustine Art Association – Annual Spring Members Show

APR 5 – 28 / 2013 ANNUAL SPRING MEMBERS SHOW Open Media. Open Subject. An exclusive exhibition of works by members of the St. Augustine Art Association, featuring a broad array of artistic styles, media and subject. Figurative Painting by CJK on Exhibit as part of the group show at the St Augustine Art Association.

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Plum Contemporary Art Gallery presents the latest paintings by CJK

Plum Contemporary Art Gallery is excited to present the latest works by Claire J Kendrick.  Claire in 2012 devoted herself to intensive study with Anne Packard and her daughter Cynthia Packard the stunning paintings are exhibiting April 5th – June 30th, 2013 reveal the influence that Anne and Cynthia have had on Claire’s work. Claire demonstrates the principle that with each brush stroke you have an opportunity to express emotion, depth and passion.  Her paintings inevitably evoke a response from […]

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A Brush with Nature AFTER-EVENT EXHIBIT

If you missed A Brush with Nature at the Arboretum March 21-23, this exhibit gives you another opportunity to see some of the fine work produced by our particiapting artists during this signature event at the Arboretum. AFTER-EVENT EXHIBIT at “Juice – a jen jones gallery” First Floor – Wells Fargo Building Tuesday, March 26 – Friday, April 5 Reception – Wednesday, April 3 during ArtWalk 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.  All works of art are for sale, with 50% of the […]

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