People!

I know! Shock!! I mean, I'm a LANDSCAPE painter...

©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
BEACH DAY
original pastel, 5x7"

...This is a painting with PEOPLE! People I know and love, to be exact. In the back is Lucy, running out of the sea while Pippa is combing the beach for shells and such on the sand.

Versions of this painting have been floating in my mind's eye for a while now, and it's been percolating in my head that figures need to enter my paintings. For some reason, this was the one that started it. We'll see what happens next. 

Thanks for reading! -kmw

Nearly springtime!

Spring is on its way and I'm obsessed with the change of seasons, especially as we seem to be getting a burst of warmth sooner than usual.

Kitchen windowsill still life with daffodils

Winter drags me down and with spring I feel a new lift.

oil painting study of Sunflowers
(c)2012 Kim Morin Weineck 4x4"
Will revisit this one! 

In celebration of spring's imminent arrival next week, I've been setting up small still lifes all over my house.

Still life of kitchen veggies with my happy striped paper straws

Each one looks to me like a wee painting.

Delft and daffodils

 We'll see if I can get time to paint any of them, although probably not. I am too fussy about all the stuff in the background.

Pippa at the sandbox

The girls have been so wonderful to watch playing together in the yard. It was 70 degrees late last week and I put out all the outdoor furniture. Ahhhh, springtime!

Pippa and Lucy at the sandbox yesterday

Thanks for reading! Happy nearly Spring!!
~kmw

Fruit studies

 Recently I posted about some time spent painting with my girls. We did have such fun.

Kim Morin Weineck, APPLE, 7x5" mixed media (c)2012

I had been jonesing to do some watercolor and experimenting, so I took this as the perfect opportunity to try.

Kim Morin Weineck, PEAR, 5x7" mixed media (c)2012

In person, these pieces really look different because of the translucent, iridescent, and opaque materials used in combination. In this pear piece the red-violet striations seem to hover over the cobalt blue wash. 

Kim Morin Weineck, STRAWBERRY, 7x5" mixed media (C)2012

This strawberry was my first painting of our session and I like it best. I also painted from a sweet little real strawberry that Pippa kept asking me to eat. Too funny. Making little strokes with my paintbrush gave Lucy some ideas of her own. 

Lucy Weineck, STRAWBERRY TWO WAYS, mixed media (c)2012

Cool, right? Here are two watercolors by Lucy. The top right is a 'quick study, Momma," and then the other is her interpretation of the marks I was making. This little gem of my 4-year-old's work is now hanging in our kitchen. You know that Lucy couldn't be prouder.

Thanks for reading. 

~kmw

Day tripping in July

We've been a busy traveling family and here is an assortment of photos from our various destinations.

First Encounter Beach in Eastham, MA is a great beach for children. At low tide, it's an amazing playground of water, hermit crabs, and sand. Tim looks a little overwhelmed at the scope of the beach.

Here is a photo of Tim and Pippa in the dune path on their way to the water at First Encounter.

This week we also had a day trip to Boston! The girls loved the Swan Boats.

We took the girls to Fenway Park and Lucy got a hat.

I learned that I teach some martial arts classes and am a Grand Master!

Just today we went to Buttonwood Zoo in New Bedford, MA. They have a great animal-centered carousel. Pippa and Lucy love this zoo.

While we were at my in-laws' home, the girls loved playing at their dinner table. So cute. So busy.

Tonight I'm on my way to teach. Can't take a vacation from my wonderful students!!

When I get back I'm going to post the winner of my giveaway. Stay tuned....

Thanks for reading,

kmw

My girls like to paint

Lucy and Pippa enjoy painting, and that warms my heart.

Recently the two had some watercolor time at the dining room table. We were working on a project for something-or-other.

Pippa hadn't painted before. She loved it. Very intense is our little Pippa.


Lucy has shown an aptitude for art since she was a wee bird. She drew this family illustration on the magnetic doodle board a while back. Isn't it cute that Tim took a picture of it? I thought so.

Until later,
kmw

An indulgence for Tim's birthday

Last year I made dolls for Lucy, Pippa, and for me that look like us. Our very own 'mini-me's! The girls have loved them. They dance with them. Just too cute.

The dolls proudly hang out on our mantel, kind of overseeing the goings on in our home. They make me happy.

Lucy, me, the newly-made Tim, and Pippa

Tim didn't have one. The dolls I had been inspired by from 'inside a black apple' were only girl dolls, so I never quite knew what I'd do for a boy doll. For his birthday I thought I'd give it a shot. He's worth the effort!

Here he is, all cut out. The shirt is made of an old shirt of his.
His hair is from his wool sweater vest which he inadvertently felted in the washer/dryer.

I was pretty pleased with the process and the outcome.


But he asked for an addition. And I complied with his request.
It's all about the eyebrows!Happy Birthday, Timmmay!
Thanks for reading!
kmw

Just for fun

For fun, here is a photo of Lucy's drawing on the magnetic doodle board.
Can you tell what it is? It's our family.

I love this silly doodle board and the girls enjoy drawing on it quite often.
Recently Lucy told me that when she grows up she wants to be an 'art-er.'
Too cute.

Until later
kmw

What's new? Lots!

©2011 Kim Morin Weineck
SUNFLOWER SERIES of 4
pastel, 5x5" framed 9x9"
@ the Art Gallery at Patriot Place

With better weather comes a need for me to create new work.

©2011 Kim Morin Weineck
SUNFLOWER SERIES of 4
pastel, 5x5" framed 9x9"
at the Art Gallery at Patriot Place

I've been busy painting.

©2011 Kim Morin Weineck
MARSH WATER
pastel, 5x5" framed 9x9"

©2011 Kim Morin Weineck
MARSH STREAM
pastel, 5x5" framed 9x9"

©2011 Kim Morin Weineck
YELLOW MARSH GRASSES
pastel, 5x5" framed 9x9"

©2011 Kim Morin Weineck
AUTUMN MARSH COLOR
pastel, 5x7"
at the Art Gallery at Patriot Place

Here are some of the products of my studio time.

©2011 Kim Morin Weineck

BLUE BOAT
pastel, 6x2"
available at the Art Gallery at Patriot Place

©2011 Kim Morin Weineck
TUSCAN PANORAMA
pastel, 6x2"
available at the Art Gallery at Patriot Place

©2011 Kim Morin Weineck
WEE TUSCANY
pastel, 2x2" framed 5x5"
available at the Art Gallery at Patriot Place

And here is some of what goes on in the studio while I'm painting.




Thanks to IKEA for the swing.
And thank to you for reading!
kmw

Getting ready for Easter

Until I can get to my art supplies and studio space I won't be posting new artwork. Instead, here are some photos from yesterday. It was drizzly rain all day, and we entertained ourselves in sundry ways.

Happy Pippa

Our trip to JoAnn's for some new fabric reminded me to find our Easter tree decorations in the basementand have a little decorating party with the girls. This was no easy feat with all the new boiler stuff going on down there - but I succeeded!

Our forced forsythia came in handy as Pippa and Lucy and I enjoyed hanging the eggs, bunnies, and chicks on them. Pippa couldn't quite get the ornaments on the branches, but her enthusiasm was evident.
Here's a small stack of fabrics designed by my favorite, Denyse Schmidt, for my stash from JoAnn's. I'm so glad I saw their Easter decorations for sale and then found ours!

There's the little purse I made in another Denyse Schmidt fabric - I love her aesthetic!

After our Easter decorating, it was a pretty low-key day with naps, movies, and some reading.

Pippa loves her big sister's bed. She snuggled up in it even after her nap in her crib!

happy Lucy eating chocolate chips

And later in the afternoon I learned that this painting at sold at Gallery9. This one looks better in person than what you see here. I really loved this one.

©2010 Kim Morin Weineck
LATE SUMMER MARSH COLOR
pastel, 36x12"

I have started wondering if when it'll look like this at my favorite marsh again - our spring has been so cold. Brrrr.
Until later!
kmw

A day in the life

When it comes to creativity, I've described myself like a fountain - I'm either on and creating new paintings left and right, just sprinkling out of me, or I'm off and the well has run dry.

Lucy at my studio desk, a happy little pose.

The good news is that the fountain is off because I can't get to my studio to even get materials if I wanted to. Our boiler died recently and so, early this week, we had a new one installed.

Lucy at my desk, a more 'Lucy' type pose.

Our 70-year-old former boiler was our basement behemoth, huge and inefficient and gave the basement a warm coziness not in most basements. The remnants of our boiler are still down there, awaiting dismantling later today and a trip to the scrap yard.

You don't get a good sense of scale from this photo.
Trust me. It's massive!

We know the dismantling will be a sooty mess so clean up hasn't started in earnest. Things are behind plastic and it's just not pretty. I like things to look pretty; I'm an artist.

My desk is right behind there and so are all my supplies. Sigh. Shop vac is at the ready.

Look how tidy the new system is! Nice work, Bill and Jeff!
What work it was to install. I commented that plumbers must have
beefy arms and they said they just had big wrenches.

Since I was in the basement taking photos, I figured I'd snap some from the main floor of our house, too. It's like a little tour. There really isn't that much to say about these pictures, except that they make me happy.

The dolls I made are Pippa, me, and Lucy. We dance with them.
Forcing forsythia makes me happy, too.
Dianne Panarelli Miller did the painting of Beacon Hill . I love that painting.

Since our girls are so little we don't have a lot of stuff or things displayed too low. Where I can put stuff, I do.

I obviously love kitchen utensils. My mom I'm sure influenced me.
She graduated culinary school summa cum laude when I was in third grade.

I'll post photos of some art I create soon - I hope!
Thanks for reading.
kmw