http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/kendall-kessler.html?tab=blog Kendall Kessler - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/kendall-kessler-1283104770-logo1.jpg http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/kendall-kessler.html?tab=blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:35:24 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/i-knew-that-would-not-last-and-if-there-were-an-award.html When I started my latest painting I tried going back to a more traditional approach using very thin layers and not letting the brushwork show. Every once in a while I do that at the beginning of a painting and then decide it isn't me so I pile the ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:11:39 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/definitely-jealous-and-small-smiles.html Congratulations to Michael for his 340 print sale today! I am quite jealous and sure wish Groupon had selected my work for this great print deal. I can't image what it would be like to find out I had 340 sales. I am certainly going to work harder ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:01:51 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/sold-two-more-prints-and-he-can-not-eat-balogna-.html I am so pleased to sell two large canvas prints of two beautiful Virginia mountain scenes. The original Reflections on the James River is a featured painting in my current show, A Naturalist's Legacy in Blacksburg, VA. The original painting of Near... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:18 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/check-out-my-limited-time-promotions-and-you-are-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-freezer.html I am excited about starting three large paintings and my new Limited Time Promotions on three of my most popular paintings. I am pleased that I can offer 40"x50" canvas prints of Stepping Stones on the New River and Golden Farm Scene. Also, 24"x36"... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:16:50 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/i-am-going-to-dominate-this-and-power-lunches.html As we all know languages change or they die out like Latin. There have been a lot of language changes among the young that I had a hard time getting used to but now seem normal. When I was a kid no one said awesome to mean anything but big. Now it... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:02:20 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/do-not-have-time-for-the-pain-and-statue-of-limitations.html I know. My life sounds like an old song by Carly Simon right now. I am one unhappy workaholic . I am spending way too much time trying to keep from being in pain. The MRI did not show anything out of the ordinary so I guess it is up to me to fi... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:44:44 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/going-around-in-circles-and-the-only-thing-the-doctor-will-discover.html Most painters start out having a ball with paint and turning out a lot of things they like without a lot of effort. Then they start to discover all the intricacies of what they are doing and they try to control the paint too much and bye bye happy a... Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:04:53 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/school-starts-tomorrow-without-me-and-where-is-everything.html Tomorrow is the first day of classes at Radford University and I will be hanging a show at New Life Dental in Blacksburg, VA. I will miss working with college students but I am extremely excited about being a full-time artist! Now I have the time t... Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:20:45 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/gangway-to-the-studio-tomorrow-and-a-shark-would-leap-out-of-the-water.html Almost have everything ready to take to Blacksburg on Tuesday for my new show, "A Naturalist's Legacy". Got to show, got to sell, but most important, GOT TO PAINT! Tomorrow I will be in the studio before I start climbing the walls. I loved the rec... Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:39:28 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/up-the-stairs-with-the-show-and-you-can-always-go-zooming-down-the-internet.html Checked out the venue for my show, A Naturalist's Legacy, and as luck would have it there are stairs I have to carry my work up. My paintings are not that heavy but they are large and awkward. The venue is a Dental Office that pays an annual fee to... Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:01:45 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/it-really-is-great-to-be-an-artist-and-i-think-rotten-is-better.html Recently I have been in contact with a former student who is selling very well. I am so proud of him! I told him if he keeps it up maybe someday I will be bragging to people that I had him in a Drawing class. I told him it is great to be an artist... Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:48:51 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/working-on-the-promo-and-i-think-they-are-telling-one.html "A Naturalist's Legacy" is scheduled to go up January 15th and, as usual, I am rushing around trying to get the promo out to the papers, getting frames together, mailing postcards to my mailing list, and wishing the guys would go back to work. The b... Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:11:32 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/a-naturalists-legacy-and-there-goes-that-show.html My next show will be centered around my naturalist husband and his efforts over the years to educate people about this beautiful mountain region of Southwest Virginia many people call the Blue Ridge Mountains. Actually, only a small part of these Ap... Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:17:18 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/sold-another-original-and-whatever-happened-to-turn-it-on.html I am so pleased to sell another original. This time it is one of my intimate face series. I am very proud of the design elements and sensuous surfaces of these little portraits of family members. My son has been my model for many paintings. I hav... Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:49:10 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/uploading-uploading-uploading-and-not-expecting-a-problem.html I have been working hard at uploading paintings from various sources. Some are prints and some are slides and some are on negatives. Remember those things' I was very proud of myself when after about ten minutes I finally remembered how to scan sl...