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Should be grateful

March 29th, 2024

Should be grateful

Account security is something else these days. I know it is for our protection but it can be so irritating at times.

I went to the library with my files on my email and the computer insisted the user name and password combination was wrong.

Can't get a new password there since they send a pin to a phone for verification. For some weird reason the phone they send the pin to is my landline.

I don't have my landline in the library. I need to get that changed to my cell phone for the pin.

Anyway, my husband put the files on his email and will get them printed out today.

If you can't beat them, go to the library

March 28th, 2024

If you can

I still don't know why my computer turns my color photos into black and white ones.

I also don't know why we haven't figured it out yet.

I do know I can go to the library and print them out.

Time to go there.

Yea, it went through

March 27th, 2024

Yea, it went through

I actually was able to pay my Virginia tax online without a your password is incorrect notice or some other problem.

I also got a very nice tax rep on the phone for another problem. I did not have to wait for a half hour or longer.

I guess since there is still time before filing the waiting time is much shorter.

Anyway, yea!!!

Wish me luck

March 26th, 2024

Wish me luck

I have to go online to pay my Virginia tax.

Sounds easy, right?

Well, I am still waiting for my amended refund for 2022.

The last time I checked the site said there was a back log. So, of course, now I can't check. The site won't recognize my request since it is about a 2022 refund and not a 2023 refund.

I guess I will try to call.

Hope I can take care of my 2023 payment online. Not so sure this online stuff is so great.

No Skunk in there

March 25th, 2024

No Skunk in there

Sometimes we eat sausage that is made with turkey.

You have to wonder what they do to make it taste like sausage.

Clyde says he is not so sure it is turkey. Maybe they put in skunk.

Don't think so. Hope not. They better not do that! LOL!

Sunlight Streaming In

March 24th, 2024

Sunlight Streaming In

We have had so many cloudy days that it is great to see lots of sunshine!

Looking forward to the sunshine plus warm weather days!

Very cold out there right now.

Big hit

March 23rd, 2024

Big hit

So glad Wish You Well was a big hit!

All of my friends have been to the beautiful Cascades in the Jefferson National Forest so it was especially nice to see footage of the falls in the movie.

Be sure to check it out sometime!

Please fix number fourteen

March 22nd, 2024

Please fix number fourteen

For the last three weeks my son's bowling team has been on lane 14.

Also, for the last three weeks lane fourteen has messed up badly and the team has to wait while it is fixed.

That took a long time last night. All the other lanes were fine.

Come on! Fix that lane.

No Dunking Donuts today

March 21st, 2024

No Dunking Donuts today

Lots of crows swooping around our backyard.

They usually do that when they have bread they want to dunk in our birdbath and really mess it up.

I guess they aren't having any luck with finding garbage.

Hope they don't. We like our birdbath bread free.

Wish You Well

March 20th, 2024

Wish You Well

Friday I am showing Wish You Well with Ellen Burstyn and Josh Lucas!

This is an especially great movie to show my friends. It was filmed in Giles County and has footage of The Cascades.

I hope everyone likes it.

Pine needles and leached soil

March 19th, 2024

Pine needles and leached soil

Not happy about our rhododendron.

Lots of yellow leaves but we are working on it.

Pine needles spread around them should help and we need to do something about the soil.

We have a lot of beautiful rhododendron. I would hate to see them die out.

Not Zooming Along...

March 18th, 2024

Not Zooming Along...

Computers, computers, computers. I really wish I had grown up with them.

I am working with a promoter on Zoom sessions. I have to join from my browser but I need to share screens with the promoter.

I have tried multiple ways to add Zoom and it is on our computer now but I still get the join from your browser notice.

Argh! Checking out Youtubes on the subject has not helped. Oh well. Hope to get this resolved soon.

Had to share

March 17th, 2024

Had to share

Today on Facebook there was a picture of a chicken in a pot and on the front of the pot there was the symbol for Pi.

Get it? Chicken Pot Pie.

Love to laugh!

Got to get out of here

March 16th, 2024

Got to get out of here

Beautiful day so what am I doing in here?

The weather is supposed to turn very cold tomorrow so time to step away from the computer and that little phone computer can just shut up. Not answering it.

Cheers!

Wish I could Balk...

March 15th, 2024

Wish I could Balk...

No time to talk.

Wish I could balk.

Got to get things done.

Rather be with my Hon.

I feel sorry for writers that don't marry writers. I know I gag my husband with my poetry but it is fun to write!

You didn't want that hour...

March 14th, 2024

You didn

Actually it turned out to be an hour and a half.

After an hour of trying to straighten out an online credit card purchase problem I mentioned to my husband I had been working on the problem for an hour.

There was still a half hour to go.

Actually, I could have used that hour and a half for many other things.

What an argh afternoon!

Weird thing to do

March 13th, 2024

Weird thing to do

I am working with another site to promote my work.

I am hoping that I can keep up with my blogging but this one may take a lot more time. So much to do.

I hope the computer fights will be minimal.

Yelling at a machine really is a weird thing to do. LOL!

Can't Chat Today

March 12th, 2024

Can

Trying to get something done on a site and I am told to edit my information.

When I try to go back to that page the site won't let me. Argh! Computers!

Chats always take at least an hour so I will try another time.

Onward to other computer stuff.

Pleased to sell Blue Ridge Red

March 11th, 2024

Pleased to sell Blue Ridge Red

A great Texas patron bought Blue Ridge Red! Always so nice to get my mountain paintings out in the world!

As always, wall art prints and prints on other items are available with the link.

Yikes

March 10th, 2024

Yikes

Workaholics don't like losing an hour but I am forging ahead with everything.

Cheers on a shorter day with too much to do!

Weird rule

March 9th, 2024

Weird rule

I asked my husband if he got the number of that truck that knocked me over.

He then asked me if I got the number of the one that got him.

Gross exaggeration, but seems to fit. So tired.

Time for some caffeinated tea.

"I" before "E" except after "C" and "f" in caffeinated? Had to check on that spelling.

Weird. Weird is another one. I just looked up that rule and there are many, many exceptions.

So seize the day with the e before the i!

Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out

March 8th, 2024

Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out

Pleased to sell another framed print of Reaching Out to a great Florida patron.

For any new readers, this print was selected out of two million works of art on Fine Art America to be on The Mindy Project TV show.

A Break in the Clouds is my second most popular painting for print sales. A great Virginia patron has the original.

Shoo

March 7th, 2024

Shoo

When flowers bloom we have to chase the deer away.

Our grounds are a free for all diner to them.

So glad they don't like daffodils!

We have them blooming all over the place right now. Beautiful!

He is at it again

March 6th, 2024

He is at it again

So much to do today. I am going to need a lot of tenacity to get everything done.

Clyde said he does not know where Tena city is.

Okay, that one made me groan.

Cheers on a super busy day!

Here Comes the Sun

March 5th, 2024

Here Comes the Sun

I always liked that Beatle's song! After many days of rain it is great to see the sun!

I don't mind rainy days but after a lot of them it is nice to see that sunshine streaming through my kitchen window!

Beautiful day! We have lots of daffodils blooming and the deer don't like them.

Reminds me of my Childhood

March 4th, 2024

Reminds me of my Childhood

I have a lot of fond memories of my childhood, especially those from our days in our first house.

For some reason one of my most vivid memories is the sound of many lawn mowers on warm days.

Whenever I hear that sound, or other yard work sounds, like the trimming of bushes, I think of that first house.

I hate it when that happens

March 3rd, 2024

I hate it when that happens

Yesterday I was gessoing a large piece of hardboard and did not notice that some sort of trash got stuck on the board.

I tried to remove it but it was stubborn so I will have to chip it out.

Not that big of a deal.

I'm sure everyone has various forms of irritation to deal with.

Oh well. Cheers on a beautiful Sunday!

Not Today

March 2nd, 2024

Not Today

Nothing to Say.

At least not today.

Got to get my mess out of the way.

A sunless day of grey.

Maybe that's why they mourn...

March 1st, 2024

Maybe that

I was looking at a bunch of small birds on our veranda. There was one plump looking mourning dove on the rail.

I said to Clyde that maybe the reason mourning doves mourn is because they are fat.

Again, my naturalist husband that has been studying wildlife since he was a kid was not amused.

Ignorance is definitely not bliss in this house. LOL!

Dragging along, NOT singing a song, getting things done...

February 29th, 2024

Dragging along, NOT singing a song, getting things done...

Feeling low today but I will work myself out of it.

Concerned about a lot of things but there is Bowling tonight!

That certainly is a reason to smile!

Do you think one will fly in...

February 28th, 2024

Do you think one will fly in...

We had boxes put in our back yard to grow some vegetables.

Of course, there is a wire fence around it to keep all our deer visitors out. Clyde saw 23 of them crossing a street a few days ago. Lots of deer.

Anyway, there isn't a top so I asked Clyde if a flying squirrel like Rocky from Rocky and Bullwinkle could swoop on down and get some crops.

He was not amused. It certainly would be a sight!

Dragging along singing a song

February 27th, 2024

Dragging along singing a song

Dragging along, singing a song, trying to get things done. Music is always going through my head. Good thing I love music.

Dental appointment this afternoon. Not looking forward to that. Cleanings have become too painful with the new equipment they are using.

That scraping and spraying at the same time really hurt so I requested to have the old method of scraping and then spraying.

Hope they have someone that will do that.

Already muted

February 26th, 2024

Already muted

Kind of glad my Yoga teacher can't meet with us today.

We have a bunch of doctor's appointments this week starting with today so I will do a recorded Yoga later.

Still cussing here and there and I won't have to be sure the session is muted.

That is always nice!

Drawing a Blank Again

February 25th, 2024

Drawing a Blank Again

Usually I can think of something to say but I am drawing a big blank today.

Not doing any actual drawing but I will be painting soon!

I'll bet Clyde will ask me what a big blank looks like after I draw one.

Life with a writer. Always playing with words.

Big Hit

February 24th, 2024

Big Hit

My friends were especially pleased with Tuck Everlasting.

Great cast, great story,and beautiful cinematography!

Check it out!

Movie Night Tonight

February 23rd, 2024

Movie Night Tonight

I love movie night and this time we are watching Tuck Everlasting.

This movie is based on a children's story that they modified into a story about two teenagers.

It has a great cast including Ben Kingsley, Sissy Spacek, William Hurt, and Amy Irving.

Great movie!

Whoops

February 22nd, 2024

Whoops

Yesterday I complained about a Youtuber putting the comment "sick" on one of my youtubes.

A Wordpress friend said "sick" is now a great compliment. Well, I deleted the comment and can't get it back so I made a Youtube explaining the error.

I hope the guy sees this one and from now on I will look up words that may be slang rather than their original meaning.

He isn't subscribed to my channel and I don't remember the name of his. Oh well. Live and Learn but often times it is Live and Learn too late.

Deleted that comment

February 21st, 2024

Deleted that comment

I post a short 15 - 60 second Youtube every day and get great comments on my work!

Today one of the comments was "sick".

Now, I know that some guys call girls Fat spelled PHAT for pretty hot and tempting but I doubt that a "sick" comment on a ocean sunset with birds and a sailboat is some sort of compliment.

I deleted that one.

I don't think that is what it means...

February 20th, 2024

I don

Our new oven that broke down under warranty was replaced yesterday.

It is easy to operate so I did not read the book for the last one. This time I will in case there is something we need to know that is not obvious.

Anyway, chapter 14 is Trouble Shooting.

Clyde said does that mean if it gives us trouble we should shoot it? Love it!

On no. Not the TV

February 19th, 2024

On no.  Not the TV

Last night our TV decided to show a screen saver and all we could get were audios from some of the stations. We did not want to pretend we were in the Radio days.

We assumed the TV, which is not very old, was shot. Today we called the Cable provider and learned the TV is not shot.

We got back many of the channels and the provider is coming over tomorrow to find out why we aren't getting the others.

Glad we don't have to buy a new TV!

We don't need an ice berg detector

February 18th, 2024

We don

Weird thing happened upstairs. Two of our smoke alarms were beeping every few seconds for many days.

We, of course, thought they were in need of new batteries. The strange thing is they only beeped every few seconds at night when the temperature got down to 68 degrees.

They never beeped during the day. I told Clyde we didn't need an ice berg detector, but I think we had some.

Anyway, we replaced the batteries and they stopped. Maybe it was a ghost hitting the buttons at night.

LOL I think.

Getting my Priorities Straight

February 17th, 2024

Getting my Priorities Straight

We ran out of brownies yesterday and I was going to make some last night.

I forgot. Lots to do but the brownies were first today.

Not happy without my brownies. I am surprised we have not gotten tired of them.

Not yet!

Enough is Enough

February 16th, 2024

Enough is Enough

Due to a lot of complications last year my tax chore was awful but I finally said enough and they are now being reviewed by a tax preparer.

Due to complications in 2022 I had to pay a large preparations fee and then had to pay again for an amended one.

I just found out today that the IRS no longer accepts a reduction on taxes for the tax preparations fee.

That figures! Hope I am done with 2023 taxes..

Look out. I'm coming through

February 14th, 2024

Look out. I

Too much to do and nothing to say but gang way!

I will be running through this house.

Another Great One...

February 13th, 2024

Another Great One...

I love movies and have a large collection. I still have VHS and a

TV I can watch them on. Some of my favorites never made it to DVD.

I am always surprised when I get a new DVD of one I liked very much and I have forgotten the plot. I guess there are too many in my brain and I can't keep them all straight.

Anyway, I just got Whale Rider and am enjoying it all over again because I liked it and because I don't remember the plot.

I do remember that is a great movie that I highly recommend!

Love and Mercy

February 12th, 2024

Love and Mercy

Yesterday I watched a movie about The Beach Boys and was shocked to see how a medical professional took over Brian Wilson's life when he was middle aged.

He was rescued but the story is amazing and it was completely accurate.

The film makers did not add anything for dramatic effect.

Wow! If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. The title is Love and Mercy which is also one of the Beach Boys songs.

Rainy Days and Mondays don't get me down...

February 11th, 2024

Rainy Days and Mondays don

Yes, I know this is Sunday but I can't help thinking of that famous Carpenters song with all the rain making puddles on my patio.

I have never been bothered by rain. I like to watch it and the mists are beautiful.

Have a nice day!

Great reduction in cussing...

February 10th, 2024

Great reduction in cussing...

Years ago when I first started Yoga classes I watched the clock just hoping it would end soon.

As I have said many times I love what Yoga does for my body but I hate doing it.

I have also mentioned that I make sure the teacher has muted us so I can cuss a little.

Well, I have become so flexible and strong that I hardly gripe at all.

Yes! Class is in an hour and I won't be watching the clock.

Can't Think...

February 9th, 2024

Can

Can't think.

Dishes in the sink.

Paperwork to do.

Boo hoo!

Cheers on a busy Friday!

Can't Complain but I do...

February 8th, 2024

Can

Sometimes paintings don't work out. All painters know this.

I have been at this for such a long time that a failure rarely happens but sometimes I have to say one just isn't working out.

What a lot of people don't know is unless the paint is very thick the painter can just paint over it.

I am pleased to say that I got two really nice ones from two recent failures.

I always complain about the failures but can't complain about the ones that resulted from the two I painted over.

I have sold paintings that have failures underneath. The patron bought two paintings but didn't know it.

They sense fear...

February 7th, 2024

They sense fear...

Some of the jokes on Facebook are so good I like to share them here.

Never wait until the last minute to print off an important document that you need right away.

Printers sense fear and break down.

Isn't that the truth? LOL!

I miss the Zero choice

February 6th, 2024

I miss the Zero choice

All those phone numbers that have a very confusing list of choices that go on for minutes have wised up.

Often times after listening to all the choices I still can't find the one that will help me and I just get a good bye.

It used to be you could hit the zero and someone would help you. They have deleted that choice so now it is much harder to get to a human representative.

I miss that option.

Walking Whales

February 5th, 2024

Walking Whales

I love to learn and the program When Whales Could Walk is fascinating!

It will air again on Wednesday and I will watch it again.

According to fossil research millions of years ago whales had legs and spent a lot of time hunting for food in the water.

They weren't huge then. Eventually they lost their legs and had to stay in the water which is why there are mammals in the ocean.

Great program! Check it out on PBS or on Youtube!

Every adult knows that saying

February 4th, 2024

Every adult knows that saying

The two sure things in life are death and taxes.

I still think I have a ways to go until the death thing but right now I am under a mountain of paperwork for the tax thing.

Hope to get it all together for the tax preparer soon. I always have help so I don't make a bad mistake.

Cheers on a paperwork day!

Like Mother like Daughter...

February 3rd, 2024

Like Mother like Daughter...

My mother was an excellent pianist and she had a nice upright that replaced the baby grand she did not like.

She also bought a digital piano which was fun to play. Well, I have the great upright she bought shortly after she married Dad and now I want to get a digital one for our guest room.

I have a bad habit of buying things in haste and repenting at leisure so I am going to carefully research digital pianos before I buy one.

Looking forward to another piano!

The Kindness of Strangers

February 2nd, 2024

The Kindness of Strangers

Love the Hoopla site where I can watch movies from my local library! I have found a lot of movies there that are not main stream that are great.

I like all sorts of movies, from the fantastic 2000 Twelfth Night to Ernest Scared Stupid.

I recently watched The Kindness of Strangers and highly recommend it. I have never seen a movie that starred the British actor Bill Nighy that I didn't like.

Hope to see more of his work!

Howling Laughter

February 1st, 2024

Howling Laughter

Yesterday my son's girl friend came over for some Chinese food.

Afterwards they decided to get a movie from Alan's collection and watch it in the living room. They chose Rush Hour.

Howling laughter! It was great to hear them having such a nice time!

I wonder if they will ever stop...

January 31st, 2024

I wonder if they will ever stop...

I taught for twenty years at a University and did the best I could. I received very high evaluations and met a lot of nice students.

I retired in 2011 and I have been having nightmares ever since. In these dreams things go horribly wrong in class. I had one last night.

Am I ever going to stop dreaming about teaching?

Why, Why, Why...

January 30th, 2024

Why, Why, Why...

We got our new printer going after a lot of problems and it printed out a color sample.

Fine, but when I try to print out a color photograph, it defaults to black and white and we have searched all over the settings and can't figure it out.

Oh well. We may have to call in a young friend once again.

Cheers on an aggravating Tuesday.

Great to get that in...

January 29th, 2024

Great to get that in...

Our cable, internet, and phone service was off due to a downed cable last night.

The service provider estimated we would get it back today at 5:00pm.

Well, it came back on at 10:50 and I was able to get to my Zoom Yoga class for the last forty minutes!

Glad to get that in!

This Hobbit needs to get out...

January 28th, 2024

This Hobbit needs to get out...

I know going to the store to get some much needed items isn't exactly an adventure, but this hobbit needs to get out of the house.

Too much time on the computer.

Time to explore some stores!

Vertigo was a hit

January 27th, 2024

Vertigo was a hit

When our friends arrived last night they were excited about seeing a Hitchcock movie and liked Vertigo very much.

Since they like Hitchcock I was surprised that they had not seen it.

Anyway, lots of fun. I do love a wide range of movies. Now I am thinking about the next one.

Vertigo Tonight

January 26th, 2024

Vertigo Tonight

No. I am not planning on getting dizzy.

It is movie night and friends are coming over for dinner and a movie.

I am not a big Hitchcock fan but I think Vertigo is fantastic! If you haven't seen it, check it out!

Always set the timer...

January 25th, 2024

Always set the timer...

Last night I was cooking some chicken that I use for sandwiches. I forgot to set the timer and since I did not smell it cooking I forgot about it.

When I got in bed I realized I had not gotten the chicken out of the oven. I ran down and turned it off and there wasn't any chicken in the oven. It was in the refrigerator.

Wow! That's a first. Got to be more careful.

Let's Have a Great Day

January 24th, 2024

Let

Years ago I did some subbing in the schools here and the principal of one of them would always say after the morning announcements, "Let's have a great day!"

I thought of that after I dumped almost a whole shaker of pepper on my egg. The top was loose.

So, let's have a great day, anyway. Cheers!

Trying to follow that saying...

January 23rd, 2024

Trying to follow that saying...

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry, and you cry alone.

I don't want to cry but I am, once again frustrated with technology and I don't have anything funny today.

I hope I don't need a new phone but my Youtube shorts are blurry. I have freed up a lot of storage space and they are still blurry.

We finally got our new printer to behave and I don't want to have to get used to a new phone.

Oh well. I will find Clyde and he will come up with something funny to cheer me up.

What a Drip

January 22nd, 2024

What a Drip

No, not my husband. He is a great guy.

Friday night I took a bath and right afterwards a drip started and is still going.

We figured the plumber would not be able to come on the weekend but we called and placed a request.

They probably have a lot of emergencies right now so we are hoping to hear from them today.

That drip keeps waking me up. Not my favorite Monday.

Not today

January 21st, 2024

Not today

I would like to say that I don't have anything to say today because I am taking it easy but considering all the work I have finished that would not be true.

Just don't have anything to say but a lot more to do.

Cheers on a busy day!

Not so exciting for him...

January 20th, 2024

Not so exciting for him...

I am not the dedicated naturalist my husband is but I have learned a lot from him.

The other day I saw the back of a big bird behind a bush just a few feet away from the window. It was a hawk! I have only seen two hawks up close.

Clyde said it was a young Coopers hawk. Not so exciting for him but it was for me.

Nothing like seeing them right in front of you!

I pick that one...

January 19th, 2024

I pick that one...

Clyde and I are back to griping about all the commercials on TV.

We have to switch channels at the beginning of some programs that have five minutes of commercials before the program starts.

There is an opening line or two and then the commercials start.

When Clyde sees a commercial that starts with "I choose a certain medicine", he says I choose the mute button.

It really is a great button.

I love it when that happens

January 18th, 2024

I love it when that happens

Yesterday after some strenuous work I had some muscle problems.

Lots of time those get rather bad and I can't do much but they went away in the evening and I was able to attend Yoga this morning without any problems!

Yea!

I hear you...

January 17th, 2024

I hear you...

Yesterday I was working on an abstract.

Sometimes I really like music without words but as I was working several forms appeared in such a strong way that I am going to go with them and turn it into a whimsical water painting.

It is fun when the painting talks to me that way!

Good thing I am a hobbit

January 16th, 2024

Good thing I am a hobbit

The snow is beautiful but we are stuck here.

The roads are icy and we don't take chances in bad weather. I walked around in it yesterday and that was nice but now I want the roads to be clear and no more snow for a while.

I really am a lot like a hobbit. I even have two breakfasts.

Cheers on a cold, white day!

Stop right there...

January 15th, 2024

Stop right there...

The snow we were supposed to get tomorrow came last night and it is so beautiful!

We only have about an inch and that is enough. We don't want to be stuck here.

It is still gently snowing and I hope it does not accumulate much more.

Beautiful but we need our clear roads.

I may have to take that back..

January 14th, 2024

I may have to take that back..

I have been writing about how I would like to see some snow but the forecast for next week is not for a little snow, it is for a lot and extremely low temperatures.

Be careful what you wish for.

I may not want that snow after all.

Hope there aren't any bugs...

January 13th, 2024

Hope there aren

I need to get a large crate in from the garage to use to send two paintings to California and I hope it doesn't have any bugs in it.

I covered it but you never know about bugs. They seem to get in anywhere.

Oh well. Time to get it ready to send.

Maybe Tuesday

January 12th, 2024

Maybe Tuesday

We have been getting lots of rain and freezing rain but the forecast for Tuesdays is snow!

I love snow, but, of course, if we get pummeled with it I will be singing a different tune.

Hope it is just enough for me to walk in and enjoy the only thing about winter weather I like.

Do people use that word anymore...

January 11th, 2024

Do people use that word anymore...

So much to do today that I don't have time to dilly dally.

I asked Clyde if he thought people used that word anymore? He said probably not, takes too long to type on a phone.

I just wasted some time trying to find out if anymore can be used in a positive construction. The answer was very confusing so, do people use that word anymore or do people use that word these days?

Take your pick. I got to stop dilly dallying and get to work.



Not in that Direction...

January 10th, 2024

Not in that Direction...

The other day Clyde and I were watching a detailed account of what people should do if they find themselves driving in bad weather.

We were caught in a snow storm one time. It was awful.

Anyway, as always, the commentator said, if you start to skid, turn in the direction of the skid, to which Clyde added ,unless the skid is in the direction of a cliff. 

He certainly has a point there! LOL!

Sticking with Fuji

January 9th, 2024

Sticking with Fuji

Like I said yesterday I am so pleased I tried Earl Grey tea. It is great!

Now I am wondering about apples. I always get Fuji and I read that Fuji apples are the sweetest and I have a sweet tooth.

I have tried Gala and they are great, too, but I think I will just stick with Fuji.

Seems like I am playing Trivial Pursuit. LOL!

Earl Grey is Okay

January 8th, 2024

Earl Grey is Okay

For weeks now the store has been out of my favorite black tea. I like to mix black tea and green tea for a great wake up drink.

I decided to give Earl Grey a try and like it very much!

Clyde says I have something in common with Captain Picard of Star Trek the next Generation.

That show is not my cup of tea but Earl Grey is!

Sometimes they get covered up

January 7th, 2024

Sometimes they get covered up

Although this rarely happens with me, yesterday I took some paint and went right through a painting I was working on.

It just was not working out and I may try a different approach.

One thing I have learned over the years is that painting really can drive you nuts if you let it. I don't let any of the problems get to me. Love it too much!

On to the next one.

We should have known that...

January 6th, 2024

We should have known that...

We hate to use poisonous household chemicals but we have used them to clean out clogged up drains.

Clyde saw some plumbing devices anyone can use to snake out the drain.

Can't believe we did not know we could do that after all these years of calling plumbers.

Oh well. We know that now and it worked great!

A small ouch

January 5th, 2024

A small ouch

Sometimes, for no reason that I can determine, I break a blood vessel in one of my fingers and get a small bruise.

This time the whole joint turned purple. Weird things happen as we age.

Oh well. That happened yesterday and it only hurts a little today.

Cheers on a very cold Friday!



Not an Idiot

January 4th, 2024

Not an Idiot

Every day my husband travels to secluded sections of the city and beyond to study wildlife, especially birds.

I always worry about his safety. Yesterday I said watch out for idiots. He said he hopes he is the only idiot there.

LOL! He is not an idiot.

I can't believe I do that every day

January 3rd, 2024

I can

Years ago someone told me that if you do something for twenty-one days it becomes a habit.

Since we got a king sized bed I stopped making the bed up in the mornings. King size beds require a lot of walking back and forth so I just stopped.

Well, I ordered a beautiful magenta colored bed spread and I liked looking at it so much I started making the bed again.

It has been more than twenty-one days and sometimes I am so tired I tell myself to skip it. I never do.

That habit certainly has taken hold!

Maybe, Maybe Not

January 2nd, 2024

Maybe, Maybe Not

I have been painting a lot of landscapes lately, mostly mountain paintings, so I was thinking of painting some abstracts, music without words.

I started one yesterday, and as always, I started to see forms in the paint and will probably turn it into a landscape.

Will see! I love all levels of abstraction.


January 31 is not December 31

January 1st, 2024

January 31 is not December 31

Sometimes I forget to hit the little arrow on Youtube when I am scheduling a short.

I was wondering why I didn't get any views. I selected January 31 by mistake.

I would say that was my first mistake of the New Year but I did it last night. Still, I am sure there will be mistakes in 2024. LOL!

Happy New Year!

I try not to do that

December 31st, 2023

I try not to do that

At the end of every year I always say I am not going to make New Years resolutions. That is a sure path to failure.

I am always trying to improve and I have improved in some ways so why make resolutions?

No matter how many times I say I am not going to make them I start thinking of things that would be great resolutions so I'll just keep them to myself and let it go at that.

Have a great 2024!

Oh no and Oh yes...

December 30th, 2023

Oh no and Oh yes...

So pleased to sell another print of Claytor Lake Dock to a great Virginia patron!

Not pleased that my phone seems to have died.

I guess I need a new battery and I have no idea how to open it and replace the one in there.

Time to look it up online and if that doesn't work it is time to go to the store and get help.


He wouldn't do that

December 29th, 2023

He wouldn

Our trash pick-up is Tuesday. Since Christmas was Monday Clyde was not surprised that they didn't pick it up.

Well, they did not pick it up on Wednesday either and I did not see a Holiday trash pick-up day in the newspaper.

I asked Clyde what are we going to do?

He said he would just keep putting it out and if it was not picked up he would take it to the mayor's office. LOL!

He would never do that, especially since we know the mayor.

That's it

December 28th, 2023

That

I love this joke I saw on Facebook.

The reason older people have trouble recalling things is after all those decades they have amassed a huge storehouse of information and it takes a while to find what they are looking for.

Oh yes!

I like that explanation a lot!

Stumped

December 27th, 2023

Stumped

This site that I blog from suggests that I add a catchy title.

Well, I doubt Stumped is catchy but I just don't have anything to say today. Maybe tomorrow.

Cheers on a rainy Wednesday.

Beep Beep

December 26th, 2023

Beep Beep

There are sensors all over this house.

We have been hearing a weird beep for days and could not figure out where it was coming from so we, once again, called for help.

It turns out it is an old sensor that is beeping for no reason in the crawl space.

Glad it was not a big problem.

Brupper

December 25th, 2023

Brupper

A lot of people in the south consider dinner to be the middle meal and supper is the evening meal.

Clyde is one of them.

Today we are having a big meal in the middle of the day and he is going to have some breakfast food tonight.

He calls it Brupper rather than Brenner.

To each his own!

First Things First

December 24th, 2023

First Things First

Every day I seem to run out of energy when I still have things I want to get done.

Most of them have to do with camera work so today I got most of that done and now I am on to other things. Yea!

Merry Christmas to those that celebrate Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

Kind of a strange phrase for an artist

December 23rd, 2023

Kind of a strange phrase for an artist

Drawing a blank. Since artists draw in one way or another from nature or their minds that is kind of a weird phrase.

Very tired and just don't have anything to say today. As always, lots to do so cheers on a busy Saturday!

I had to do it...

December 22nd, 2023

I had to do it...

Yesterday I made a butter pecan cake with cream cheese icing in a long pan.

I wanted to cut it into pieces and put them on a nice cake platter.

The first one crumbled in half. The second one turned over on to the icing side when I tried to get it out of the pan.

Well, of course, I had to eat those two. I decided to just leave the cake in the long pan. Great cake but two pieces was too much. I should have called in the family reserves to help me out.

Oh well. Cake tonight for our movie night with friends!

Must be Nice

December 21st, 2023

Must be Nice

I have never been a good sleeper. It usually takes me quite a while to get to sleep no matter how hard I work during the day.

My husband goes right to sleep.

We used to go to bed at the same time but now he goes to bed a little earlier than me. I always like to hug him when we get into bed but since he is already asleep these days I stopped doing that.

Then I remembered how easily he gets to sleep and decided to just wake him up.

He doesn't mind at all and goes right back to sleep after a few minutes. Must be nice!

It wasn't on the list

December 20th, 2023

It wasn

I needed to go to the store for one thing I have been meaning to buy for a long time.

There were some other things I needed so I made a list.

The item I needed the most was not on the list. I realized that yesterday when I saw the old one I wanted to replace.

I have got to do better than this.

I want to play in the snow

December 19th, 2023

I want to play in the snow

Okay, we only got an inch of snow but sometimes I wish I could go back in time to my childhood snow days.

It was such a thrill to see all that snow and play in it.

Cheers on a very cold day!

Love Movies

December 18th, 2023

Love Movies

Time for another get together to watch a favorite movie!

This time we are watching one of the last movies that George C. Scott starred in along with Kathy Bates and some young actors that pretty much got their start in this movie.

Angus is a great coming of age movie. If you haven't seen it, check it out!



Yikes. Another one

December 17th, 2023

Yikes. Another one

This morning I received a scam message accusing me of doing something I would never do so now I have to spend time alerting the site and others.

What a trojan horse this computer is at times.

Great to sell a print of Claytor Lake Dock

December 16th, 2023

Great to sell a print of Claytor Lake Dock

Always great to sell prints and this is the first print sale of this painting.

I am very pleased with Claytor Lake Dock.

I mostly sell Wall Art Prints but this time the print is on a puzzle. It is nice to think of people putting my painting together!

Drawing a Blank

December 15th, 2023

Drawing a Blank

Nothing to say today but lots to do. Have a great weekend!

Ouch

December 14th, 2023

Ouch

Yesterday we got the Covid booster. Our arms are so sore.

It took quite a while to inject that vaccine so maybe that is why we are so sore. We are glad to get that over with.

I know so many people that have Covid and one of them is in the hospital.

The pandemic may be over but Covid is not.

Now I know...

December 13th, 2023

Now I know...

Last May was the only time I have had to file an amended tax return.

Since I still haven't received my check I tried calling the IRS and the online site. I got bumped off the call with no hope of talking to a representative after answering all the questions the robot asked. Where is my Refund said they couldn't help and I needed to contact the Tax Preparer.

My CPA figured out the problem. How was I to know that I had to put amended tax return in the search?

It has not even been processed and my CPA said it can take up to sixteen weeks to get the refund. Wow! Glad to finally get the answer to that one.

Extremely Unfair

December 12th, 2023

Extremely Unfair

I can't get through to the IRS about a refund. The Where is my Tax form ends with contact my CPA.

The CPA does not understand why I am told to contact him and he can't contact the IRS for me.

I can not get a representative to help me with the number. I answer questions to a robot and then I am told they can't help me and thank me for calling the IRS.

I am going to have to have my CPA send me a Power of Attorney form and then I will have to pay him a fee to contact the IRS about my refund.

Blow it some kisses

December 11th, 2023

Blow it some kisses

The sensors to fix our top oven are on back order for 3-4 weeks.

We still have the lower one. It seems happy right now and I am being as gentle as I can with the touch screen.

Clyde said I should blow it some kisses. LOL!

Doesn't work for poetry...

December 10th, 2023

Doesn

As I have mentioned before sometimes I see completed paintings in my dreams.

I painted those as best as I could and I have a collection of Dream Paintings on my Fine Art America website.

Last night I dreamed I read a very good poem. I memorized part of it and was reciting it to my husband when I woke up.

I don't remember one word of that poem. I guess my memory does not work for Dream Poems.

Pleased to sell another print of Claytor Lake Cabin in Fall

December 9th, 2023

Pleased to sell another print of Claytor Lake Cabin in Fall

I love Claytor Lake, especially in the summer.

Always great to sell prints of this beautiful resort.

Thanks to the great Rich Creek patron that bought a framed print of Claytor Lake Cabin in Fall!

The original is still available. Use the link to check out all the print possibilities!

Favorite Customers...

December 8th, 2023

Favorite Customers...

Once a year we have our heating system inspected.

When the worker saw we have a carpeted crawl space he said we are now his favorite customers.

Nice to be appreciated!

I miss dials...

December 7th, 2023

I miss dials...

Last August we had to replace our oven. It has a touch screen that is already going nuts.

The screen is stuck on the on selection but the oven is not on. This never happened with dials. I miss dials.

I have said it before and I will say it again. If we are ever required to computerize our bathrooms we will have to get an outhouse.

Glad to tie for Fourth...

December 6th, 2023

Glad to tie for Fourth...

Glad to place in another online contest! This time I tied for Fourth in Birds of Prey on Fine Art America.

Since I married the Bird Man that was especially nice.

Many of my bird paintings are done in an Expressionistic manner all my own. I like to add dynamic, expressive colors to them.

Clyde likes this one a lot.

To go to the office or not to go. That is the question...

December 5th, 2023

To go to the office or not to go.  That is the question...

My mild sore throat turned into a tight chest, some congestion, and a cough that woke me up last night for a long time.

Clyde was diagnosed with a bad cold so can't I just skip going back to the doctor's office?

I am going to debate that for a while. A nasty virus sure is making the rounds.

Chewing the Fat...

December 4th, 2023

Chewing the Fat...

As everyone knows a lot of birds together is a flock.

I jokingly asked Clyde if there is a word for a bunch of birds hanging around a feeder chewing the suet fat.

He didn't know of one but there are words for groups of the same species. A bunch of finches is called a charm.

Learn something new every day around The Bird Man.

Glad to sell more Peaks of Otter beauty

December 3rd, 2023

Glad to sell more Peaks of Otter beauty

Thanks to the great Pulaski patron that bought a wall art print of Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top!

Always great to sell prints. The original is still available. The link is below the painting.

Cheers on a cold but nice Sunday!

Trying to slow down...

December 2nd, 2023

Trying to slow down...

I hate being sick.

Workaholics don't like being slowed down.

I am going to try to take it easy today. We'll see how that goes.

Have a great Saturday!

Not too bad...

December 1st, 2023

Not too bad...

First my son came down with a virus, then my husband, and now me.

It was a mild virus for my son, a nasty one for my husband, and I just have a sore throat with a tiny bit of congestion. Go figure.

Anyway, no flu or covid. We have been tested so many times for covid that the nurse said she should just hand us the swabs.

I keep hearing of people I know that just got it so we will get a test every time we have any kind of symptoms.

Can't get them off...

November 30th, 2023

Can

Last night I was watching this girl in a commercial with skin tight black pants that she wears in every one of those commercials.

It seems to me she could wear something different.

Clyde said she probably can't get them off.

That would explain it. LOL!

Missing those colors...

November 29th, 2023

Missing those colors...

Fall always seems way too short just like summer. I love the colors and have a number of Fall paintings.

Hoping to get to a large one soon.

Still having a great time with still life works.

Pleased to sell Into the Gorge

November 28th, 2023

Pleased to sell Into the Gorge

If I had to pick a favorite fall mountain painting it would be Into the Gorge.

There is a strong visual effect in the sky that I can't explain but I am very pleased with.

Glad it has a home in New Hampshire!

What a fight

November 27th, 2023

What a fight

We have all kinds of birds at the feeder and two squirrels that shake the feeder to get some seed on the ground.

The fights they get into are wild. One of them chases the other one up a large tree and the smaller one hides on the other side.

I think the larger one is clueless. It doesn't look on the other side. Then they race back to the feeder and it starts all over again.

They definitely aren't going to share that seed.

Well, I like that

November 26th, 2023

Well, I like that

Yesterday the title for my post was, "Don't like that."

I was referring to my husband's cough which is now a tremendous amount of congestion. He will see the doctor tomorrow.

I am certainly not happy he is ill but today a great Virginia patron bought a framed print of my most popular Peaks of Otter paintings.

Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter is a big favorite!



Don't like that...

November 25th, 2023

Don

My hubby has a cough. These days I always worry about Covid.

It is on the rise in this area and I know of two friends that recently came down with it and are taking two and three hour naps every day.

I guess he should get the test on Monday.

The pandemic may be over but Covid is not.

Love to Laugh

November 24th, 2023

Love to Laugh

Great joke on Facebook yesterday!

An overweight deer and one with a walker look at the sign with the deer gracefully leaping into the air.

The overweight one says, "Well, maybe thirty years ago."

Time marches on. Keep smiling!

Have a good one...

November 23rd, 2023

Have a good one...

Happy Thanksgiving to those that celebrate it!

Just us this time and thankful for that! I miss the big family get togethers but we still have our immediate family.

Cheers!

Hanging on a tree...

November 22nd, 2023

Hanging on a tree...

Another print of Charlotte Spiral was sold to a great Indiana patron!

This time it is on a Christmas ornament.

Nice to think of my paintings hanging on a tree!

Some Smart Ones...

November 21st, 2023

Some Smart Ones...

A while back we noticed signs of mice in our laundry room and our basement.

Clyde set up traps and caught one of them. We still have the traps up but have not seen any evidence of mice.

I guess one of them sent out a warning call to the others. Hope that is the end of that.

They should know that word by now...

November 20th, 2023

They should know that word by now...

Lots of deer on our property.

They have a bad habit of trying to knock down the bird feeder so we shoo them off.

Yesterday they just looked at me as I told them to leave with loud claps. I had to chase them. They should know that word by now since it is added to a lot of loud clapping.

They sure are stubborn.

Chilling on a Sunday

November 19th, 2023

Chilling on a Sunday

Not much to say today but I hate to leave this blank.

Cheers on a beautiful Sunday!

Hoping to make one of my rare appearances at a store.

The Elf Shelf Rocks...

November 18th, 2023

The Elf Shelf Rocks...

I have been looking in the paper for when people can donate to the Elf Shelf and haven't seen any announcements so I called up one of the places I have seen donation boxes and they have one so it is off to the store I go.

So important for families that celebrate Christmas to have gifts for their kids!

Great way to have some fun...

November 17th, 2023

Great way to have some fun...

Movie Night tonight and I am making sure the house is in order and arranging some snacks and deserts.

Looking forward to a great time!

Don't usually do that...

November 16th, 2023

Don

Working on two paintings right now. I don't usually do that.

One at a time is enough for me but I am approaching these in a similar manner and looking forward to finding out where the paint will lead me!

Never a dull moment.

At least I know more than I did...

November 15th, 2023

At least I know more than I did...

Not much to say today.

Birds all over the place. Clyde counted thirty-two species on Saturday.

I saw about seven.

Oh well. Before I was married it would have been two at the most.

Lots to do. Better get to work.

This time it will be a heavy duty drama...

November 14th, 2023

This time it will be a heavy duty drama...

Movie night! My friends prefer that I pick out the films. I usually select crowd pleaser comedies but this time we are going to check out the true story of a screen writer that was a competitive swimmer.

It is an uplifting account of success under duress.

Check out Swimming Upstream starring Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, and Jesse Spencer!

Blowing all over the place...

November 13th, 2023

Blowing all over the place...

We still have some trees with beautiful leaves but most of them are down now and blowing all over the place.

Too much of them will hurt the grass but a reasonable amount can serve as mulch.

We try to strike a balance.

Leave it alone...

November 12th, 2023

Leave it alone...

Now the weather is getting colder, Clyde has filled the bird feeder up and he saw a deer trying to take it down.

Not good. It is great to watch all the different species but the seed is not for the deer.

I guess we will be shooing them away.

Beautiful day! Cheers!

The circles worked for him...

November 11th, 2023

The circles worked for him...

The Geek Squad figured out what was wrong and my son got his Facebook account back. He was hacked.

The day before we got help we went around in all kinds of circles but couldn't fix it. The circles worked for the Geek Squad guy.

Took a while but I still don't understand why we couldn't fix it.

Anyway, here's to a computer problem free day I hope!

Back to the Geeks...

November 10th, 2023

Back to the Geeks...

We tried for a long time to get long distance help on our computer but the chat file would not open so now we have to bring it to the Geeks once again.

Yuck. I wish we did not have to travel to the next town but that is the way it is.

Now what...

November 9th, 2023

Now what...

Another computer problem. My son can't get into his Facebook account but I can.

Computer problems sure do keep us busy. How can he change his password if he can't get in?

I think computers stay up late thinking of ways to baffle us. LOL!

Putting Life into Still life...

November 8th, 2023

Putting Life into Still life...

Been painting a lot of landscapes and now I am going to do a few still lifes.

I don't do a lot of them but when I do I work hard to put the life in them.

I have an idea for a completely different approach to one of them and looking forward to what happens.

Cheers on a great Wednesday!

Vote, Vote, Vote

November 7th, 2023

Vote, Vote, Vote

Everybody get out and vote if you didn't take advantage of early voting.

Voting is what we are all about!

Cheers on a beautiful Tuesday!

You will be Mist...

November 6th, 2023

You will be Mist...

Love this Facebook joke!

Don't get lost in a fog. You will be mist!

Cheers on the day before Election Day!

Get out and vote! You can vote early and avoid the lines!

Still Smiling on my Birthday

November 4th, 2023

Still Smiling on my Birthday

I still like celebrating my Birthday in spite of the huge number of them.

Still here and still painting!

Looking forward to Trick or Treaters

October 31st, 2023

Looking forward to Trick or Treaters

When I was a kid I often made my own costumes. I loved doing that which makes sense for a creative child.

Anyway, I love Halloween and wish everyone would behave and have fun!

Our small town has a Halloween special a few days before Halloween. The kids can dress up and get treats at the downtown businesses!

Also love the leftover candy. Such a sugar junkie!

Time for some small ones

October 27th, 2023

Time for some small ones

After working on a 60" x 40" commission I am having a great time working on some 7" x 5" paintings.

Love to paint!

That will only get me into trouble...

October 25th, 2023

That will only get me into trouble...

I have strong positions on politics these days but I know if I voice them on the internet I will just get a lot of opposition and I do not want to get into any arguments so I will just say please vote!

That is so important.

Your vote does matter!

Older than I am...

October 23rd, 2023

Older than I am...

Writers are always good for weird comments.

Clyde said his body is older than he is.

Not sure what that means but I like it.

Probably wishful thinking.

Cheers on a beautiful Monday!










Looking Forward to Time Bandits Tonight

October 20th, 2023

Looking Forward to Time Bandits Tonight

Movie night! Enough said.

My friends are going to check out one of our most favorite flicks, Time Bandits.

Check it out if you haven't seen it.

Exactly what they wanted...

October 19th, 2023

Exactly what they wanted...

My large commission arrived safely and the patron said it is exactly what they wanted. They are having it framed and I look forward to the file they are going to send me. My file of it is below.

So great to hear that!

Commissions are tricky, especially over the internet.

Cheers on a beautiful Wednesday!

Another sale of Lodge at Peaks of Otter

October 17th, 2023

Another sale of Lodge at Peaks of Otter

A great Virginia patron bought a print of The Lodge at the Peaks of Otter!

This time the print is on a Christmas ornament.

Always great to think of my artwork hanging on a Christmas tree!

On to the Geeks...

October 13th, 2023

We are taking the computer to the computer geeks and hopefully get it back today.

I hope it is just a simple problem. If not, they will keep it over night.

I don't like being off the grid but it can't be helped.

Cheers until whenever!

Off to the Geek Squad...

October 12th, 2023

I still can't upload anything from my desk top after we updated our computer. Clyde called the Geek Squad and we will have to take the computer in tomorrow for an appointment.

Does this sound familiar? I don't expect doctors to do that so I don't know why I was hoping they would come here and work on it.

Oh well. I will probably be off the grid for a few days. Hope they can get it fixed soon.

Talk to the Unicorn

October 7th, 2023

Talk to the Unicorn

A friend of mine put up a reassuring note on Facebook that I loved and had to share.

I was worried that I was losing my mind but the unicorn in the kitchen told me not to worry.

That made me feel a lot better. I'll bet the unicorn would say the same to me. LOL!

Back to some small paintings

October 4th, 2023

Back to some small paintings

Now that my mailing crate for my large painting commission is done I am looking forward to getting back to some small paintings I am working on.

After working on a 60" x 40" painting it will seem strange to get back to some 7" x 5" ones but I am having a lot of success with them so I am encouraged to do some more before getting back to some large paintings.

Cheers on a busy Wednesday!

Wow. Lesson learned...

October 1st, 2023

Wow. Lesson learned...

We sent the printer that did not work back with everything carefully placed in the box.

We even arranged the styrofoam pads around it and I was charged a $379.08 restocking fee. The printer was $900.00.

So we could have kept a $900.00 printer that did not work and be out $900.00. This way we are out $379.08 and don't have a printer.

I looked up re-stocking fees and the typical re-stocking fee is 10%-15%. $379.08 is not 10% of $900.00

I will never order an expensive item on the internet again.


Time to build the crate

September 29th, 2023

Time to build the crate

My current commission is about done and I am waiting for it to completely dry.

The patron is happy and is sending the second half of the payment.

Now I have to build a 60" x 40" wooden crate to mail it in. I have lots of experience in building crates but it is still a pain so I had better get to it.

I sure miss those guys at a lumber yard that failed many years ago. They would charge me a small fee to build it.

Oh well. I can do it.

You talk to the robot...

September 26th, 2023

You talk to the robot...

Yesterday I was trying to schedule a pick up order for the printer we bought that does not work.

I talked to the robot and answered many questions. Then I must have made a mistake and the robot referred me to a real person and, of course, I had to wait in line.

After listening to some music the call just cut off.

I asked Clyde to talk to the robot. The same thing happened with the robot but he got someone on the phone.

Yea! Sometimes talking to a robot works out.

Ouch...

September 23rd, 2023

Ouch...

Haven't had a weird muscle problem in such a long time I was fooling myself into thinking I would stop getting them.

Guess again.

Oh well, it isn't too bad and we all get these pains from time to time.

Cheers on a sore Saturday.

All about the Box...

September 20th, 2023

All about the Box...

When we received our new printer I carefully took the whole box apart so we would not have to lift it out of it.

It is a very heavy printer. Well, of course, it doesn't work so yesterday I put the box back together. Like my painting crates, it took a long time.

We are going to look for a smaller one and just find someone to buy all those expensive ink cartridges we have for the old one. One thing after another with computers.

Inside a Coconut...

September 18th, 2023

Inside a Coconut...

Clyde and I are not much on traveling but there are a few places we would like to go if we could beam ourselves there like on Star Trek.

Clyde said if we beamed ourselves to Hawaii he would probably end up inside a coconut.

Oh well. We are happy to be Hobbits.

Successfully averting a War...

September 17th, 2023

Successfully averting a War...

My son and I always get a great barbecue sandwich on Sundays.

Clyde picks them up with some chicken after he bird watches for a while.

When he left the restaurant he noticed the bag felt lighter than usual. Sure enough one of the sandwiches was left out. He, of course, went back to get it.

There would have been an awful fight for the one sandwich so he is responsible for averting a war. LOL!

Well, that was different...

September 16th, 2023

Well, that was different...

I always tell people that the good thing about the procedure I had done yesterday was that when you get to the examining room, it is over with since you don't remember anything due to the mild anesthesia. It always seems like you are just there for a few minutes.

Well, this time I was in that room for a full hour while the technician tried to find a vein for the anesthesia. I have small, hidden veins.

After seven tries he had to get a sonogram to find one and then used a wire to get to it.

Yuck. Glad that is over with.

Almost there...

September 15th, 2023

Almost there...

Almost there.

Appointment is 11:00 and I should be there at least three hours. Looking forward to eating again but right now I am not interested.

So thankful to the medical profession and I am sure we all know why we are called patients.

Yucky Friday

September 14th, 2023

Yucky Friday

Prep today, out patient procedure tomorrow.

Enough said.

Looking forward to Saturday.

Got nothing today

September 12th, 2023

Got nothing today

Can't think of anything to say today so I will just get to work.

Cheers on a busy Tuesday!

Latest Commission coming along...

September 11th, 2023

Latest Commission coming along...

I sent the file of the first layer of the large wildflower painting to the New York patron and he is pleased. We agreed on half of the payment after the first layer and he said he would send it today so there won't be any delays in the progress.

A number of layers left and I will get the rest of the payment and ship it off.

I think my method of showing the patron the first layer works great for commissions.

Here they tell us what to do...

September 10th, 2023

Here they tell us what to do...

I was watching a game warden in Texas trying to get a scared deer away from fences where it could hurt itself. The deer was running like mad.

Here a family of them come into our yard and tell us to move over so they can munch on our flowers. Sometimes they leave Bambi to rest in the yard.

Long way from Texas.

Why take the chance...

September 9th, 2023

Why take the chance...

Lots of housework to do today but on Facebook there was a warning.

Housework probably won't kill you, but why take the chance.

I think I won't take any chances. Cheers on a beautiful Saturday!

Pleased to sell more Skyline Beauty Prints...

September 8th, 2023

Pleased to sell more Skyline Beauty Prints...

Always pleased to sell Wall Art Prints of my Skyline Beauty series!

This time two large Austin Texas prints were purchased by a great Illinois patron!

Too busy to get back to this series but I hope to soon.

Now that's the way I like it...

September 7th, 2023

Now that



I had to call an Insurance Company yesterday.

I always dread those calls as I have to go through a menu and finally the robot decides a human being will talk to me soon.

Usually the music they play while I wait is something I don't like and very loud. Well this time it was a great jazz piece and I was dancing while I waited.

For once I had a good time waiting for a rep.

Hoping to get it all done...

September 6th, 2023

Hoping to get it all done...

Running around in circles today. So much to do and no hope of anyone adding hours to the day.

Cheers on a busy Wednesday!

Finally

September 5th, 2023

Finally

I guess all homes are works in progress but since we moved we have had a hard time getting to all the things we want to do with our new place but the last of the rugs are coming today!

Yay! There have been a lot of delays on this improvement so I am glad to get that done and move on to something else.

Not a record I want...

September 4th, 2023

Not a record I want...

I tend to wake up three or four times at night but last night I think I woke up about twenty times.

That is not a record that I want.

Cheers on a sleepy Monday.

He was afraid that they had forgotten how to make them...

September 3rd, 2023

He was afraid that they had forgotten how to make them...

While I was flipping through TV channels there weren't that many commercials.

Clyde said he was glad to see that they still know how to make TV commercials. He was getting worried that sellers had forgotten how.

I asked him why he said that.

He replied that it had been five seconds since we saw one.

Weird Sunday.

Hope they can help it...

September 2nd, 2023

Hope they can help it...

There is a skunk in a neighbors yard spinning around and around with its head stuck in a jar.

Of course, Clyde is not going to try to get that jar off. He has called animal control and I hope someone comes out to help it.

Seems to me they should have a dart gun to put it to sleep so they don't have to get close and risk being sprayed.

Hope something can be done. All creatures are important.

Good Bye for the Summer...

September 1st, 2023

Good Bye for the Summer...

It is pretty cool this morning but if it warms up enough I will be swimming in the lake this afternoon.

The swimming area will still be open after Labor Day but there won't be any lifeguards and I call it quits until next summer.

We did get there many times and didn't get rained out once so I shouldn't complain but I will anyway.

Hate to see the end of summer lake fun.

Not dyslexic, but...

August 31st, 2023

Not dyslexic, but...

I am not dyslexic but sometimes I read something too quickly and imagine a word that is not there.

One of my yoga teachers sent out an email a while back that she would be off starting August 2nd and classes would resume on the fifteenth.

I would swear the word September was in that email. It was not.

Glad she gave a heads up about no class on Memorial weekend or I would not have caught the mistake.

I wonder if anyone else imagines words in a text. Weird.

Wednesday Word Play

August 30th, 2023

Wednesday Word Play

Life with a writer. Today is grocery day and I still have not made my list.

I asked Clyde to remember I will need some plain yogurt and he offered to get the list going.

Of course, he could not resist a little word play. Never thought of it before but yogurt could be Yo, Gert, short for Gertrude.

Well, I liked it. Cheers on a weird Wednesday!

You really do get what you pay for...

August 29th, 2023

You really do get what you pay for...

I ordered the most expensive 60" x 40" stretched canvas for my current commission and I have never seen a better one.

The support boards are huge and the system of placement could not be better.

You really do get what you pay for!

Wondering about Eggs...

August 28th, 2023

Wondering about Eggs...

This morning when I started my breakfast I saw that every one of the eggs in my new pack had a little water on the bottom.

I didn't give them a bath so that was weird.

Starting the week wondering about eggs. That's different.

We have declared the printer to be dead...

August 27th, 2023

We have declared the printer to be dead...

Our printer is officially dead. I have a bunch of loose ink cartridges and a whole box of new ones so we need to order the same one.

If it has been "retired" like my old camera I will not be happy.

It is quite heavy so we will need a forklift to get it out of here.

LOL!

Computers own us...

August 26th, 2023

Computers own us...

Another evening of What is wrong with my Computer? Maybe that should be a Jeopardy category.

Anyway, this time it is a problem with the printer that was working fine and decided to die.

We are getting some help before we sign the Death Certificate. I don't think we own computers. They own us.

Going to try to get to the lake. That will lift my spirits.

Movie night was great as always!

Hate to miss one of the last ones this summer...

August 25th, 2023

 Hate to miss one of the last ones this summer...

As I am writing this a huge storm is on the way so that kills my plan to swim in the lake today.

Now that school has started the lake is only open to swimmers on the weekend. I guess they can't schedule life guards now so I try to get there the last few times.

Oh well. Maybe I can get there tomorrow or Sunday. Hate to see the lake swimming time come to a close.

Looking Forward to Movie Night

August 24th, 2023

Looking Forward to Movie Night

Movie Night is tomorrow! Been looking forward to our cook out and movie with friends.

Love it and working on dessert!

Pleased to begin new painting commission

August 23rd, 2023

Pleased to begin new painting commission

Had a great chat with a New York patron about a large painting commission of wildflowers.

That is certainly a favorite subject and I look forward to getting started on the painting.

First, I will paint a small sketch so we can be in agreement on what is desired. Commissions are tricky so I always send a sketch file first.

Been a while since I painted a 60" x 40" one. I like to paint all sizes but I prefer large ones.

Up at Five, Barely Alive...

August 22nd, 2023

Up at Five, Barely Alive...

Just kidding. I wake up a lot at night but when I wake up at 5:00 or 5:30 I have trouble getting back to sleep.

Fortunately it took a while but I did get back to sleep. I really think I am a night owl but that just doesn't work with my schedule.

Anyway, I am very tired but have lots to do so I had better get to it all.

Hate Those Nightmares...

August 21st, 2023

Hate Those Nightmares...

I retired from teaching at Radford University in 2011.

had a lot of good experiences there but there were, of course, some bad ones.

I had a doozy of a nightmare about a bad experience last night. Wish I did not remember my dreams so vividly.

Oh well. Certainly not a major life problem. Cheers on a tired Monday!

They must have read the Blog...

August 20th, 2023

They must have read the Blog...

Yesterday I was complaining about the deer drinking all the water in our bird bath at night since there is plenty of water in the day time.

Well, they must have read the blog and decided to check out another cafe. The bird bath was full this morning.

Maybe they were insulted by my blog. That crazy writer I married decided that was what must have happened.

Cheers on a beautiful Sunday!

Midnight at the Oasis...

August 19th, 2023

Midnight at the Oasis...

No. Not the popular seventies song. Talking about our bird bath having plenty of water all day long but in the morning it is all gone.

Since the deer have been chomping their favorite flowers we figure they are doing that at night and stopping for a drink on their way out.

Clyde is thinking of getting another one that is easier to clean.

We are quite the wildlife restaurant.

Bad Service...

August 18th, 2023

Bad Service...

Yesterday I received a bill for a whole order but only half of the order has been delivered.

The secretary said that was not supposed to happen but considering all the delays I have had with this store I am not surprised.

Some businesses need to get their act together.

A Great Memory

August 17th, 2023

A Great Memory

When we were kids at the beach every sunny day was so important to us.

One day it was completely overcast and we were sad.

I'll never forget my Dad saying it will burn off. He was right and I am waiting for the fog to burn off today so I can get to the lake on a beautiful sunny day!

Love to swim!

Working away on small ones...

August 16th, 2023

Working away on small ones...

Working on some 7" x 5" oil paintings right now and I like trying different approaches on a small scale.

Don't have to use gobs of paint and there are less fumes. I will be adding more to my portfolio soon and hoping to get to the lake tomorrow! Love the water so much.

Cheers on a beautiful Wednesday!

Not Going There...

August 15th, 2023

Not Going There...

I consider myself to be a Representational artist but sometimes I like Music without Words. I call these paintings Center of my Mind paintings.

Once in a while I get insulting comments from people that probably have not extensively studied principles of Art and Design.

I received a bunch of them the other day on an abstract painting I put in a Youtube short.

I was going to explain non-figurative art to them but decided it was a waste of time. They obviously know more about Art than I do. LOL!

I Hate That...

August 14th, 2023

I Hate That...

Woke up this morning at 5:30 and spent an hour and a half trying to decide if I should get up early or keep trying to go back to sleep.

I tried the latter and finally got back to sleep at around 7:15. Got up around 7:30.

I think I would have done better to just have gotten up at 5:30.

Cheers on a bleary eyed Monday.

Love The Honeymooners...

August 13th, 2023

Love The Honeymooners...

Workaholics like to have great breaks.

This weekend's TV binge is The Honeymooners! Couldn't be happier!

Lots of work and great entertainment today. I will also make time to get outdoors.

Big cheers on a beautiful Sunday!

Hate Shopping Online..

August 12th, 2023

Hate Shopping Online..

I hate shopping online.

I finally found just what I wanted online that I could not find in the stores in all the colors I wanted so I ordered one of them to see if I wanted more.

I do not want more. I was only sent half of the order so I sent it back. Not dealing with a seller that can't get the order right.

Oh well. I may try again with another seller.

I don't have those problems here on FAA.

Must be the Humidity

August 11th, 2023

Must be the Humidity

I am convinced the morning headache and hear popping are because of the humidity.

Huge downpour the other night and bad headache in the morning. No rain, the humidity is not too high and no headache at all this morning.

I think I can close this case and not worry that this problem is something serious.

Did not know that...

August 10th, 2023

Did not know that...

This morning at 6:30 torrents of rain came down and I woke up with a bad headache.

I found out on Google that headaches can be weather related.

Learn something new every day.

Sometimes facts can be painful.

We could never do that...

August 9th, 2023

We could never do that...

Last night we watched some extremely energetic dancers on Americas Got Talent.

I told Clyde I would throw my back out if I tried any of that.

He said he threw his back out just watching them.

Ha ha. Droll. Very droll.

I got Nothing

August 8th, 2023

I got Nothing

Nothing to say but lots to do so cheers on a busy Tuesday!

He Met California

August 7th, 2023

He Met California

I was about to mail a letter to friends in California when I noticed the address in my book was sloppy and I wasn't sure if it was Hemet or Hermet California.

Clyde looked it up and it is He Met California and not Hermit California.

A little fun word play on a very tired Monday. I always do too much on Sunday.

Wish I could shut my mind up sometimes...

August 6th, 2023

Wish I could shut my mind up sometimes...

Last night I realized that I hadn't woken up with a headache and ear popping for weeks.

Well, I jinxed that one.

This morning I woke up with a headache and popping ears.

I need to know when to shut my mind up.

Pleased to sell another print of Near Purgatory...

August 5th, 2023

Pleased to sell another print of Near Purgatory...

I paint in so many directions but my main work is of The Blue Ridge and surrounding mountains.

I am always especially pleased to sell an original or print of one of these beautiful sights.

A great North Carolina patron bought a large print of Near Purgatory.

The painting and address is below.


Near Purgatory Original oil painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and prints on other items available with link
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/near-purgatory-kendall-kessler.html












Ends Tonight and I Drank it...

August 4th, 2023

Ends Tonight and I Drank it...

My 20% sale on originals ends at Midnight. Don't miss out! Here is the address.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TowheeHillStudio?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

There is a reason my studio is named Towhee Hill Studio. So many towhees here and we are on a hill so makes perfect sense.

They are beautiful but sometimes one gets on a jag when I am eating breakfast. I always have tea and to hear, "Drink your tea", over and over again can get tiresome.

I always tell that bird I am drinking it.

It finally stopped and it is a beautiful Friday!

Beautiful Sounds...

August 3rd, 2023

Beautiful Sounds...

With all the political turmoil right now it is so nice to hear all the beautiful bird songs outside.

Nature is always a great comfort and inspiration for artists.

Cheers on a lovely Wednesday!

My 20% off sale on originals ends Friday.

Here is the address. https://www.etsy.com/shop/TowheeHillStudio?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

Pleased to sell another print of Memphis Lights

August 1st, 2023

Pleased to sell another print of Memphis Lights

Memphis Reflections is one of my most popular paintings in my Beautiful Skyline series and a great Tennessee patron just bought another print!

The painting was a commissioned work but, as always, prints are available.


Here is the address to the whole collection that I am very proud of. https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/collections/skyline+beauty


Sale still on and Love Shark Week...

July 31st, 2023

Sale still on and Love Shark Week...

My 20% off sale on original paintings is on until Friday!
Here is the Address.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TowheeHillStudio?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

I have always been fascinated by sharks and several channels have been hosting shark week.

I know I have been watching these programs for more than one week so I think maybe it should be Shark Month. I am probably just getting mixed up between channels.

Anyway, great programs! I could never get into the water with sharks but it is sure is fun to watch the divers do that.

Sale ends Friday and Yoga Dance...

July 30th, 2023

Sale ends Friday and Yoga Dance...

My 20% off sale on original paintings on Etsy ends on Friday. Dont miss out! Here is the address!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TowheeHillStudio?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

If you follow my blog you know that I don't like practicing Yoga but I love what it does for my body so I practice almost every day.

I have found a way to dislike it a little less. Some of my practices are to recorded sessions on Youtube so I turn on some music and dance a little to some of the poses.

Downward Facing Dog is a lot more fun with a little wiggle.

New landscapes and Sale ends on Friday...

July 29th, 2023

New landscapes and Sale ends on Friday...

I am really excited about two small landscapes that I finished. I don't have them in my portfolio yet but they will be there soon.

I really do live to paint and have been lucking out with trips to the lake. We have managed to get there once a week and not been rained out once.

Be sure to take advantage of my 20% off sale of originals in my Etsy shop! The sale ends this coming Friday.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TowheeHillStudio?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

One Week Sale on Originals

July 28th, 2023

One Week Sale on Originals

Please take advantage of my one week 20% off sale on the paintings in my Etsy shop!

Scary

July 27th, 2023

Scary

Last night Clyde put on a raincoat, hat, goggles, face mask, and gloves in this heat to spray a large hornets nest in one of our bushes.

That always makes me nervous. So glad he was not stung but there are still bees so we may have to call a professional pest removal company.

We can't take a chance on those bees stinging people as they walk by.

Almost done...

July 26th, 2023

Almost done...

So excited about my latest floral that I made a Youtube even though it is not done.

Not a lot left to do and then I will add it to my portfolio.

Should have put on Skates...

July 25th, 2023

Should have put on Skates...

Didn't think I would ever get to the computer today.

Getting ready for some carpets to be delivered tomorrow. I had to move a lot of things out of two rooms.

The carpet guys will move the furniture. So glad to finally get this done.

Of course, skates would tear up the floor. Just joking.

Makes sense to me...

July 24th, 2023

Makes sense to me...

We get a lot of Potential Spam calls. Glad to have a robot to tell us that.

Clyde says Potential Spam is his cousin but they don't speak because he is always trying to scam him.

Makes sense to me. LOL!

Still Sad

July 23rd, 2023

Still Sad

Still sad after yesterday so I am just going to get busy.

Activity always helps when we are down.

Sad Day

July 22nd, 2023

Sad Day

We will be celebrating the life of a good friend's husband today.

It is so hard to believe this great man has passed on.

No one persuaded me...

July 21st, 2023

No one persuaded me...

Clyde likes to refer to himself as a Monkey Butt.

I told him since I married him I was a Monkey Butt by persuasion.

Who persuaded you?

Argh. Life with a writer. The word play is not always funny but it is most of the time.

Dude, lose some weight...

July 20th, 2023

Dude, lose some weight...

Clyde was watching three crows sitting next to each other on a branch in our back yard.

A fourth one landed on the branch and it broke.

I am sure the other three were thinking, "Dude, lose some weight."

Almost Wordless Wednesday

July 19th, 2023

Almost Wordless Wednesday

I am not a chatty person but I hate to post without saying anything.

Not looking forward to running around in circles today but that is what I will be doing.

Cheers on a busy Wednesday!

Not my favorite Session...

July 18th, 2023

Not my favorite Session...

Every once in a while painters have one of those why did I ever take this up sessions.

Painters never stop learning and modifying their technique and those sessions always occur when they are learning something a little different about their work.

Oh well. Live to paint and love to paint but it is hard.

One of those Days...

July 17th, 2023

One of those Days...

One step forward, two steps backwards.

Oh well, it is Monday.

Looking forward to painting later today.

Not going to happen..

July 16th, 2023

Not going to happen..

I haven't had nearly as much sugar as I usually do and I seem to feel better.

I don't know if that is a coincidence. I really should cut back on sugar but not going to happen.

The last time I tried that I was craving hot fudge sundaes all the time.

Life is too short. Time for a brownie!

One Fat Toe...

July 15th, 2023

One Fat Toe...

I have had these shoes for quite a while so why is there a hole in the left one where the big toe is?

Is one toe that much heavier than the other one?

LOL on a Saturday.

Getting it all done...

July 14th, 2023

Getting it all done...

Movie night tonight! Always lots to do to get ready.

We are doing better about keeping our house from having to be bull dozed when people come over but there still are things to do.

Everybody have a great weekend!

Stepping Away from the Computer and into Water...

July 13th, 2023

Stepping Away from the Computer and into Water...

Time to get away from the computer and go swimming.

Cheers on a beautiful Thursday!

Today we have a Wunny Babbit...

July 12th, 2023

Today we have a Wunny Babbit...

One of my favorite childhood memories was when I was a toddler and saw a rabbit in my grandmother's beautiful yard.

I ran to her and my mother and told them I saw a wunny babbit!

My mother could not make out what I was saying but my grandmother got it right away.

I miss them both very much and today we have a wunny babbit on our patio!

Jacqueline and the Beanstalk...

July 11th, 2023

Jacqueline and the Beanstalk...

The other day I needed hamburger and potatoes.

Who writes a list for two items?

Well, I came home with hamburger, an onion, and a small watermelon.

Oh well, at least I bought a nice watermelon and didn't throw my money in the ground.

All I did was Giggle once...

July 10th, 2023

All I did was Giggle once...

We had a sub today in my online Yoga class and she does not mute us so I was determined not to cuss the hard moves.

I made it all the way to the end and just giggled when I fell backwards doing the boat pose.

Yoga ain't easy!

Pleased to place in another contest...

July 9th, 2023

Pleased to place in another contest...

One of my favorite paintings of my guys tied for fourth place in the contest Love and Color!

Here is the painting.

Now for something different...

July 8th, 2023

Now for something different...

Now for something different.

This time I have included a photograph of some front yard clematas that the deer have not demolished.

This photo is not in my portfolio. Just though it would be nice to include a floral from my yard.

Cheers on a very hot Saturday!

Looking Forward to Movie Night

July 7th, 2023

Looking Forward to Movie Night

Once a month we have friends over to watch a movie in my large collection that goes all the way back to silent films.

I am so pleased they like my movies and this time I am going to show a great silent film.

Usually I show crowd pleasers but this time I want to show a serious film and see what they think.

It is only an hour long so if they don't like it, at least they won't be sitting for a long time.

Not a very good one...

July 6th, 2023

Not a very good one...

Another one of those days shot out of a rocket and definitely not one of my favorites.

Oh well.

Cheers to you and cheers to me!

Love Jokes

July 5th, 2023

Love Jokes

Great Fourth of July joke on Facebook.

If you have a fifth on the fourth you may not be able to go forth on the fifth.

Love it!

Cardinals don't like that...

July 4th, 2023

Cardinals don

My naturalist husband says bird feeders are for people. There is plenty for birds to eat almost all of the time.

Tell that to the male and female couple that keep looking in the patio window at me. I think they want free seed.

They don't want to work for it but Clyde does not want to feed Chippy the Chipmunk so they better look around.


Wonder who it is this time...

July 3rd, 2023

Wonder who it is this time...

Chippy the chipmunk is no longer getting seed out of the animal proof bird feeder. Clyde is not putting seed in there. He says they don't really need it.

We haven't seen Dingy the Bat in the house since Clyde showed him the door.

Now we are hearing strange scratching sounds in our heating system.

Wonder who this is?



















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Bubbles, bubbles, and more bubbles

July 2nd, 2023

Bubbles, bubbles, and more bubbles

I love our jacuzzi. Not supposed to use bubble bath in one because the jets will cause an overflow of bubbles.

Well, I love bubble baths so I use the jacuzzi for a while and then pour one small squirt of shampoo in it.

After a huge amount of bubbles show up I turn it off. Such a nice way to relax!

Worried...

July 1st, 2023

Worried...

Politics in our country right now has me perpetually worried.

What ever happened to Live and Let Live?

All I can say is Vote, Vote Vote!

Got it Right

June 30th, 2023

Got it Right

I can't believe that I figured out a computer problem without any help.

Maybe you can teach old dogs new tricks!

Can't get married...

June 29th, 2023

Can

Life with a writer! Lots of fun for me. I'll bet I will hear groans from people in other states over this one.

Clyde says under aged cantaloupes can't get married.

They can't elope.

Well, I like it.

Brownie Time

June 28th, 2023

Brownie Time

I can't believe I was out of flour last night when I was making brownies.

I thought I had a full bag but all I had was a little bit in a canister.

Oh well. Get the flour today, add it in and I am all set. Really love brownies.

The weather is going to warm up a lot here so I will get to the lake soon. Cheers!

Problem Solved

June 27th, 2023

Problem Solved

Our old oven can be replaced!

There are two we can choose from at a repair service near by.

So glad there are still a few ovens that size.

The size that companies have gone to is too big for the space in our kitchen. Cabinets would have to be torn down.

Yea!!! Problem solved.

Better be an Oval

June 26th, 2023

Better be an Oval

One of the rugs that I ordered with a Carpet shop should be there today. It had to be cut at another carpet place.

We have a large oval spot in our bedroom that is the shape of an oval. The wooden floor around it is a different color as the sun has changed it over time. A large rug was there.

Sometimes on the internet if you put the word oval in an oblong shape shows up. I drew a picture of both and included it with my order so they don't have an excuse for getting it wrong.

It better be an oval.

I think they have left the building

June 25th, 2023

I think they have left the building

To be sung to Send in the Clowns

Where are the ants?

There ought to be ants.

So glad they aren't here.

Quite a few days without ants.

Still knocking on wood and hoping
one of them finally found the trap and took the bait.

Anyway, it is a beautiful day!

They better show up today...

June 24th, 2023

They better show up today...

We have an appointment today with a repair service for our oven.

Two weeks ago we had an appointment with another repair service. They did not show up.

I don't understand what is going on with these businesses. If they have too much business then they should say they can't get to us for a long time.

Oh well, I am looking forward to baking brownies. The microwave ones did not turn out nearly as well.

One good thing. I was surprised that I almost like pan fried salmon as much as oven cooked salmon. A little dry and not as tender but the onions tasted better.

Maybe they are gone

June 22nd, 2023

Maybe they are gone

For weeks now ants have been thumbing their noses at us as we lay out ant traps that have not worked.

Day after day hordes of them have been marching along. I figured they had gotten too smart for traps.

Well, I guess a dumb one finally went into a trap and took that stuff back to the queen. I have not seen ants for two days.

I have not mentioned that to Clyde. That might jinx it. Hope they are gone!

Never can figure them out...

June 21st, 2023

Never can figure them out...

I really do live to paint and my latest floral has me baffled. As always it took a lot of turns and started talking to me when I thought it was coming along.

Changed direction and finished it. They are never exactly what I want but this one is standing out for reasons I don't really understand.

Yes, it has a complex surface with constantly modulating color. Yes, it has emotion that is a result of how I painted it.

Can't put my finger on why this one is so different. Art is a mystery.

Not an easy class

June 20th, 2023

Not an easy class

You know your Yoga class was rough when even the teacher said it was hard.

If it was hard for a young, perfectly fit girl, you know it was rough for me.

Enough Downward Facing Dogs to make you bark and howl at the moon or something else since the class is in the morning.

I am sure the class did me a lot of good but I hope the next one is a little lighter.

Not Possible

June 19th, 2023

Not Possible

Yesterday I decided to cook some brownies in the microwave since my son and I like to have a brownie every day and we won't have our oven worked on until Saturday at the earliest.

Since I have been making some loud disgruntled comments about microwave cooking Clyde said he was getting out of the kitchen. He did not want to see the microwave hurtled into space.

How can I hurtle an attached microwave into space?

With a woman anything is possible.

What about men?

A man should just get out of the kitchen.

Ha Ha. A little Monday morning sexist humor.


Still Waiting...

June 18th, 2023

Still Waiting...

The oven repair people let us down. We waited all week and gave up calling them.

We contacted someone else and they can't get here until Saturday at the earliest.

I do not like microwave cooking at all. Salmon tastes much better when cooked in a oven.
I don't like it grilled that much.

After microwaving it tastes like someone poured water on it and then cooked it.

Oh well. Hopefully we will get our oven back soon.

So much to be thankful for so time to appreciate this beautiful Father's day!

Almost Wordless Saturday

June 17th, 2023

Almost Wordless Saturday

Lots of things to do but don't have much to say so cheers on a Saturday!

Not Good Business Practice

June 16th, 2023

Not Good Business Practice

We have been waiting since Monday for service people to fix our oven.

We keep calling and the clerk says she will call right back when she finds out what is going on. She does not call back.

Perhaps this repair service could just say they are booked and can't help us.

Anyway, we are trying to get another repair service out here. Hope they respond.

Bob, Bob, Bobbing Along...

June 15th, 2023

Bob, Bob, Bobbing Along...

It is great to be able to attend an online Zoom Yoga class but I do miss getting together with people in a class.

The problem with Online Yoga is no matter where I put the mat I have to keep bobbing my head up and down to make sure I understand the poise.

Oh well. Great that I can do the poises! Some of them sure are hard.

Hope we are Smarter

June 14th, 2023

Hope we are Smarter

We have a smart TV now but we haven't done anything with all the options.

We just like turning on a TV and changing channels like the old days.

Well, we need to use one of the options and I hope we are smarter than our Smart TV.

I have my doubts. LOL!

Little Bugs on the lawn

June 13th, 2023

Little Bugs on the lawn

Today we have a baby rabbit eating some grass in our front yard.

Clyde does not have a problem with Little Bugs Bunny like he has with Chippy the bird seed stealing chipmunk.

Little Bugs can't get into the feeder and just serves as a grass mower.

Sure is a cute little thing.

Always changing channels

June 12th, 2023

Always changing channels

It seems like every time I turn the channel there is a minute or two of a program and then right to a commercial.

I told Clyde that maybe there should be a special that is called The Ballad of Commercials.

He said it would have too many commercial breaks.

I guess there is no hope. Time to go look at a DVD.

Placed in Cat Contest

June 11th, 2023

Placed in Cat Contest

I like to enter online contests on Fine Art America since there are so many artists on this site.

I think the contests help to get more exposure for my work.

I have placed in a number of contests and I just tied for third in one on paintings of cats.

The painting was sold a number of years ago to a great Kansas patron.

I have it pictured here.

The Gray is gone

June 10th, 2023

The Gray is gone

So great to see blue in the sky today instead of gray.

I hope that bad air is clearing out everywhere. I hope that does not happen again.

We only have so many days and I try to enjoy each one.

Cheers on a beautiful Saturday!

Hope to see a Blue Sky soon

June 9th, 2023

Hope to see a Blue Sky soon

So sad that the air quality in parts of our country is so bad right now.

We don't have any smoke but the sky is gray on a sunny day.

Glad I can stay indoors and get things done.

Hope the sky turns blue soon.

Meow on a Thursday

June 8th, 2023

Meow on a Thursday

One of the ways I get exposure for my artwork is to enter online contests.

I have won and placed in a number of them. Right now I am at the top of one on Cats.

The painting is pictured here and Meow!

I posted this earlier and just realized that is looks like a call for votes. I know that is not allowed and that was not my intent.

Just a post on my artwork.


Money Laundering

June 7th, 2023

Money Laundering

I see a lot of political posts on Youtube and until I started looking at them I really did not know what money laundering was.

Now I know and Clyde and I have often been involved in our own kind of money laundering.

I certainly have found a lot of coins in the washing machine. A few dollars have shown up, too. I don't think we will get into trouble with anyone for that.

LOL!

The lake is calling us

June 6th, 2023

The lake is calling us

Looking forward to swimming in the lake. Hopefully we can get there soon.

So much to do all the time but it is so close by that we will get there.

Always lots of birds and butterflies for Clyde to look at while I swim. I have a lot of fond memories of taking kids there.

Beautiful summer days!

Monday, Monday

June 5th, 2023

Monday, Monday

No headache today.

Not much to say.

New carpets on the way.

Cheers on a Monday!

Ants will be marching away

June 4th, 2023

Ants will be marching away

A while back I was complaining that a sore muscle in my back seemed to be better and then came back with a vengeance a day later.

Well, now it is the ants. I reported that the traps must be working because their numbers are way down.

Yesterday the counter by the sink looked like a black cloud. Oh well.

Clyde has found out where they are coming from outside and has a plan to deal with the little stinkers. Look out ants!

Hope Dingy is not back

June 3rd, 2023

Hope Dingy is not back

A while back we had a bat flying around our house that Clyde managed to get out and we have not seen "Dingy" since.

Last night I awoke to the sounds of scratching in our heating system.

Hope Dingy has not come back or a rat or squirrel. We sure have a lot of unwanted visitors.

Not this morning

June 2nd, 2023

Not this morning

I did not wake up with a headache yesterday or today! Yea! Maybe whatever is causing this on an off headache with ear popping is slowing down.

Don't think it is gone after two months but I did go to the doctor and he said there weren't any red flags so I will probably try his advice which is to take Sudafed for a week since he thinks it might be a fluid problem.

Anyway, cheers on a beautiful Friday!

Thumbing their noses at me

June 1st, 2023

Thumbing their noses at me

I guess the ant traps are starting to work.

I have wiped a lot of surfaces that messes up their scent trails.

There are still a few thumbing their noses at me as they march off.

Some of them still haven't figured out they are on dangerous turf.

Lucked out that time

May 31st, 2023

Lucked out that time

As I have mentioned before I am not trying on clothes right now. I just find things I like and hope for the best.

I sure have returned a lot of dresses but I lucked out yesterday! It looks great on me so I can chuck the receipt! Yay!

Great to get such nice comments

May 30th, 2023

Great to get such nice comments

Love hearing from viewers! Today I received such a nice email regarding my Yin Yang paintings in my Whimsy collection.

I put a lot of effort into coming up with some creative interpretations of that symbol and may do some more sometime.

She especially liked Yin Yang Flow which is pictured here. These paintings are only available in print form but that may change. She would prefer an original.

Anyway, hope to get a lot more done on my latest floral and cheers on a beautiful Tuesday!

Another Groaner

May 29th, 2023

Another Groaner

As I have mentioned many times I love my husband's quirky sense of humor. You may groan but I loved this.

Don't remember the name of the program but a Park Ranger was in hot pursuit of a man that shot a deer without a license.

Why would a deer need a license?

Another funny lesson in the English language from my guy.

Please tell your friends

May 28th, 2023

Please tell your friends

Between the ant traps that I hope will work soon and me wiping away their scent trails I hope we will be rid of ants soon.

Their numbers are down and I tell them to tell their friends that it is not safe in here.

Hope they do that however ants do that.

Laughing at us

May 27th, 2023

Laughing at us

When did ants get too smart for ant traps?

We have quite a herd of them right now in the kitchen and I think they just laugh and go around the traps.

So far they have only ruined some dried bananas that was in a unsealed package. Now everything is super tight.

I guess we just have to live with these uninvited guests for a while.

Trying to keep up

May 26th, 2023

Trying to keep up

I think we are in for some mind boggling today.

Clyde wants to get a laptop. Since he sat on a computer at his job he probably won't have much trouble with it but I think there is a visit from our young tech savvy friend in our future.

Every little change in computers freaks me out.

Glad the new mystifier will be his. I think I will keep my distance.

Still Popping

May 25th, 2023

Still Popping

I am one of those people that hardly ever gets headaches until now.

For weeks I have been waking up with a mild headache that I have off and on during the day.

I have noticed that the pain is coinciding with popping in my ears. I think it is a ear thing so I will probably go see a doctor.

Years ago I had a weird ear problem that went away after a few months so I am going to wait a little longer.

Oh well. It isn't bad at all so time to get a lot of work done.

Just about done

May 24th, 2023

Just about done

Looks like my legal problem is almost over. Working out the details and then hope to see the end of this.

So many decades without any legal problems. No court time.

We did not know how great we had it.

Waiting for the phone to ring

May 23rd, 2023

Waiting for the phone to ring

As I said yesterday, today is the day I hope a legal conflict will be resolved.

I am definitely on edge but hopeful all will be well.

My floral is coming along and I am waiting for it to dry so I can get to the next layer. I think I will think about that and some internet chores.

Cheers on a beautiful Tuesday!

The Showdown is tomorrow

May 22nd, 2023

The Showdown is tomorrow

Tomorrow is the showdown for a legal problem I have been having for a long time.

Not going to get into any details but I hope I will be compensated for what the person owes me.

Hope he does not skip town or the country.

I want to see the end of this matter.

Not going to work

May 21st, 2023

Not going to work

Our cheek filled chipmunk we call Chippy has been racing back in front of our patio window for a long time now.

Since Chippy can get into the bird feeder that is designed to keep animals out Clyde has stopped filling it for a while.

Yesterday a flat cheek Chippy slowly walked by our window and looked in. I guess Chippy figured it could just ask for more seed.

Not going to work. Time for Chippy to look elsewhere.

Lots of Fun

May 20th, 2023

Lots of Fun



I have always been uncomfortable at parties and large gatherings.


I am the fifth wheel at these events but last night Clyde and I had a great time with friends in our home.


Good food and we watched one of my favorite movies. Kelsey Grammar starred in a few movies that most people are not aware of and The Real Howard Spitz is my favorite.


Lots of laughing last night!

Watching it Zoom on by

May 19th, 2023

Watching it Zoom on by

Today will be like watching a cannon ball shot out right in front of me. Not at me of course. Just by me.

So much to do today and seeing friends tonight.

Running around in circles but I am getting things done. Cheers on a Friday!

Love to Laugh

May 18th, 2023

Love to Laugh

Facebook is great for jokes. Yesterday there was a post about turn signals.

Using your turn signal is not giving information to the enemy.

That is right up there with the bumper sticker, I slow down for tailgators.

Always great to laugh!

Almost Wordless Wednesday

May 17th, 2023

Almost Wordless Wednesday

Too much to do.

Too tired to talk. Head hurts.

Almost Wordless Wednesday.

It has to be there

May 16th, 2023

It has to be there

Saw something on Facebook that I can relate to.

The writer said he would be able to find Waldo before he could find the plastic bag tie he just put on the counter.

Oh yes. I didn't know other people had that problem. Where does that little thing go?

Anyway, started my new floral and moving along with it. No hair pulling so far. Cheers!

Always learning

May 15th, 2023

Always learning

Always fun to start a new painting and then it gets hard.

As always I have an idea of what I want that is based on something I see but oftentimes my idea takes a U-turn back to another past approach and then I get it back on track.

I like to learn but it can be taxing at times. Hopefully starting today on a small painting so I will be in practice for a large one.

I am really tired of going backwards in a large one and then having to use huge amounts of paint to move forward.

Oh well. I really do love to paint.

Ants with Umbrellas

May 14th, 2023

Ants with Umbrellas

I have the strangest dreams. I guess we all do.

This morning I woke up after watching ants with umbrellas marching in a line by my wall. I was putting down a trap but it wasn't working at all.

Why ants would be carrying umbrellas is beyond me. Glad I don't remember all of my dreams.

Crazy world at night.

Computer hang up like always

May 13th, 2023

Computer hang up like always

Computers, computers, computers. I wanted to start a large painting from a file I had in Aperture but for some reason the export button does not work so I guess I have to get some help.

Hope I haven't lost all those files. I was going to take some time to transfer them to a whatever you call those things so I can view them on my new computer.

I had transferred a few and now I can't transfer any.

Oh well. I have several ideas for florals so I will start them while I get help. The computer age certainly is difficult.

Another Sale of my most popular Shore painting

May 12th, 2023

Another Sale of my most popular Shore painting

Glad another print of my most popular shore painting was sold to a great Alabama patron! This time the print is on a puzzle.

This painting will always bring back great memories of that beautiful beach resort.

Pawley's Island isn't really an island but since the water goes around in a circle through the marsh it is called one. Haven't been there in years.

Hope we can go soon.

Where is his Fancy Feast

May 11th, 2023

Where is his Fancy Feast

In one of my favorite Looney tunes Sylvester is in the kitchen opening a can of something to attract the kangaroo he thinks is a giant mouse.

I had to ask why Sylvester does not just open a can of Fancy Feast for himself?

Right as I was asking that question the kangaroo slams Sylvester with his legs. Clyde said his Fancy Feast just clobbered him.

Time to work on a painting. Love my comic relief during the day.

Hubby not happy with Chippy

May 10th, 2023

Hubby not happy with Chippy

Our resident chipmunk we call Chippy is running around the grounds with very full cheeks.

The bird feeder that is designed to keep animals out works great for squirrels but not for chipmunks.

Clyde saw Chippy in there sucking up all the sunflower seeds. Oh well. There is a bird feeder that spins animals around in circles but I don't think Clyde wants to get that one.

He gave Chippy a stern lecture. Doubt that will work.

I hate trying to figure it out

May 9th, 2023

I hate trying to figure it out

I always loved it when Barney on The Andy Griffith show would get mad at people telling him he was superstitious and he would angrily say he was cautious, just cautious.


Well, I don't consider myself to be a hypochondriac but I think over the years I have sought medical help when I did not need to. Just like Barney, I am just being cautious.


For the last few weeks I have been waking up most days with a mild headache. Probably eye strain but I wonder if I should go see a doctor or go back to the eye doctor or forget about it. It always goes away fairly quickly.


Oh well. I will think about it.

You cut the chocolate

May 8th, 2023

You cut the chocolate

Every day after supper Clyde and I have a small piece of chocolate with our cup of coffee.

He likes dark chocolate and I like milk chocolate. This time of the year we have to watch out for ants so I keep the chocolate in the refrigerator.

Ants always go right for it if I leave it out. Dark chocolate gets so hard that I hurt my fingers trying to break it. A knife just crumbles it so a few days ago I told Clyde he has to cut his own chocolate.

He hasn't hurt his fingers yet. Go figure.

Onward to the next one

May 7th, 2023

Onward to the next one

After completing three Blue Ridge paintings with clouds I am thinking about getting back to the lake.

I still have a lot of files that I want to start from. They are my sketches and the painting is a creation based on them. It is always an exciting experience that I can't explain to anyone but it is what I love to do.

Lots of work standing in front of an easel but like my Mom always said, "One person's heaven is another person's hell. Painting is my heaven.

I want an oval one

May 6th, 2023

I want an oval one

Still looking for various items for our new home and the rug problem is difficult. I need a large oval rug to cover an oval space in our bedroom that is a different color from the rest of the wood.

If you look up oval rugs on the internet you get oblong ones. That would only cover up part of it. Maybe a rug store can have one cut to fit.

Anyway, I will get one soon I hope. Just wish I didn't hate to shop so much. On well, show progress is still progress.

Beautiful day to get outside!

No more of that

May 4th, 2023

No more of that

A few Sundays ago I had to stop myself from doing The Electric Slide after playing the piano for the last time at church.

So glad to be off the stage.

Well, not surprised that I got a call from another church that is looking for a musician.

I will politely tell them I am not interested while I think in my mind no way!

Happily retired!



I think he is right

May 3rd, 2023

I think he is right

There are so many polls all over the internet and TV and I like to check them out to see what people are thinking about various issues and political figures.

A lot of the percentages are surprising to me.

Clyde looks at certain ones and says the percentage on one side is 100% stupid.

I tend to agree.

Careful in class

May 2nd, 2023

Careful in class

My online Zoom Yoga teacher always mutes the class so there aren't additional noises.

Sometimes she forgets and mutes us later in the class. As I have mentioned many times I love what Yoga does for my body but I have a tendency to cuss during practice.

Yesterday the class was small and I didn't think she muted the class. Sometimes due to a noise one of the students would be in a large frame rather than a small one so I was sure she did not mute it.

I was very careful not to express any opinions of certain poises.

Always important to pay attention in class!

Maybe Today is the Day

May 1st, 2023

Maybe Today is the Day

I am hoping the legal problem I have been involved with for quite some time is over today.

Until a few years ago my husband and I were completely free of legal hassles. This experience certainly has been an eye opener.

Here is hoping it ends today or very soon. I have my fingers, toes, and eyes crossed.

Checking out the Lilacs

April 30th, 2023

Checking out the Lilacs

Can't think of much to say today. Our grounds certainly are gorgeous this time of the year and the smell of the lilac bushes is so nice.

We are putting in a lot of native plants which will help pollinators. Glad I married a naturalist that understands all these things. I don't have a clue on how to arrange the plants in the most beneficial way.

Anyway, I hope to get to the river today. It is always so great to walk there.

There is always one in the mirror

April 29th, 2023

There is always one in the mirror

I always worry these days about the isolated places my husband spends a lot of time bird and butterfly watching.

This is a great community and I doubt anything would happen to him but I am a worry wart.

Yesterday I told him to watch out for weirdos. He said all he had to do was look in a mirror.

A guy walking around with binoculars that someone was once so worried about that he called the authorities since he thought Clyde might be a terrorist may be considered a weirdo to many.

Not to me. I think the world would be a much better place if there were more dedicated naturalists like him.

But they are so smart

April 28th, 2023

But they are so smart

The crows keep dipping bread in the bird bath and the crumbs are piling up.

Clyde said that is a bad thing because harmful bacteria will grow so we bought a large strainer to get the bread out.

Crows are very smart and I really don't want to strain a bird bath so I suggested I paint a sign of a crow cleaning the bird bath with the strainer and put it next to it.

I don't think Clyde was amused so I guess we will take turns cleaning it out.

Getting things done

April 27th, 2023

Getting things done

Every time I have so much to do that I put up a Wordless blog I end up saying something so this is an Almost Wordless Thursday.

Beautiful day and I hope everyone gets outside and enjoys it!

The 2-step every day

April 26th, 2023

The 2-step every day

Clyde says we are always doing the 1-step and the 2-step when it comes to recycling.

I know there is a 2-step. I don't know if Line Dancing is considered to be a 1-step.

Anyway, it sure was a lot nicer when we didn't have to spend time dancing by the window to find those little triangles with the 1's and 2's. Some of them are so hard to see.

Oh well. My painting is coming along so all is right in my universe.

Cheers!

Not sure about that one

April 25th, 2023

Not sure about that one

You hear a lot of people talking about their Bucket List, things they want to do before they pass on.

I have never actually thought about that. Except for going to the beach I don't really have any travel plans these days.

I am too much of a happy hobbit painting away.

Clyde said if he had a Bucket List it would probably spring a leak.

Okay, that is weird, even for Clyde.

Splashing around

April 24th, 2023

Splashing around

I think the crows around here consider our grounds to be the Crow Cafe.

A lot of large ones are swooping in, dumping bread in the bird bath, and then quickly eating it.

I guess our bird bath is a huge cup of coffee that they dunk their doughnuts in.

Crows are so smart. They will take walnuts and place them on the road so cars will crack them.

No wonder they are so successful around humans. Time to clean out the bird bath. Too many crumbs.



Final Bow

April 23rd, 2023

Final Bow

Last Sunday was the last service for our church and I am no longer playing the piano for groups of people.

After quite a number of years I am now just playing for myself. I am considering putting up some pieces on Youtube. How great to practice and just play for a machine!

I am going to get a digital piano and combine some of my music with videos of my artwork. Probably not happening soon but it is something I am considering doing.

Good advice

April 22nd, 2023

Good advice

I practice Yoga almost every day and there is one phrase you hear a lot from Yoga teachers.

This is especially helpful if you sit down a lot during the day. Since I am on the computer a lot I am sitting down a lot.

I tried a stand for the computer so I would be standing up when I work but that was too much so I am back to sitting.
Anyway, I am going to try to do more things standing up.

My Dad was always saying we should get off our butts. I think he had something there.

Stop that popping

April 21st, 2023

Stop that popping

Sometimes I have popping in my ears and I have to keep yawning to open them up. I guess it is an allergy thing.

Oh well. I guess we all have to have some things to complain about. Keeps life interesting.

Like a friend once said a long time ago. What is the use of complaining? Someone will always complain louder.

Wish that popping would stop. Looking forward to painting later.

Great to just use water

April 20th, 2023

Great to just use water

It is great to take a break from sniffing mineral spirits and not hearing an exhaust fan when I work.

I don't like acrylics as much as oils but I can get a lot of interesting effects with them and have a lot of them that I did as demos on Youtube.

The fast drying time allowed me to get to many layers in a short time.

Anyway, the painting is coming along and then I will be back to oils.

Bowling tonight!

Sad Day

April 19th, 2023

Sad Day

Today I will be going to a funeral for a 33 year old man that died unexpectedly.

He was such a nice young man and years ago he played in the band at Radford High School. I will always remember him as a child.

I did not see him much when he grew up. Every once in a while I would see him somewhere and he would always talk to me with a big smile on his face.

I am so sorry to say good bye to him.

No fumes today

April 18th, 2023

No fumes today

Still working on an acrylic painting that I have been meaning to get to for some time.

The great thing about acrylics is I don't need to turn on my exhaust fan. We could not figure out how to install my huge exhaust fan from our old house so I am using a window fan that has an exhaust button.

We can't leave it in the window because it lets in the outside air so we have to put it in the window every time I paint. Also, no smelly fumes.

Nice to have a break from that!



None this time

April 17th, 2023

None this time

The other day Clyde and I went to the store he does not like but has some things that I need. As I mentioned in another post there were a lot of pot holes filled with water and they are still there. Clyde was wondering why I didn't try harder to avoid them.


I am still looking for the ducks swimming in circles.


How do you know the store owners didn't shoot them?


Didn't think of that but I doubt they would do that. They aren't doing anything about the pot holes so I doubt they would worry about the ducks.


On to some more nonsense. I love nonsense

Racing to get things done

April 16th, 2023

Racing to get things done

So much to do and so little time so cheers on a beautiful Sunday!

Sorry tomorrow is the last one

April 15th, 2023

Sorry tomorrow is the last one

Tomorrow is the last service for our church. I am so sad it is closing after 130 years.

We are having a catered lunch afterwards and a lot of people are coming from other churches. Church attendance is down everywhere. Covid is one of the reasons but there are others.

I still think if communities got together once a week so the young, middle aged, and old talked about their lives we would be better off.

The building will be used for a social out reach so that is great and I hope it is successful.

Don't usually do that

April 14th, 2023

Don

You always read about how artists will return to a work many years after it was created.

Well, we certainly can't work on sold works bur sometimes we do return to older works when we think there is something we can do to improve it. I rarely do that.

I have learned to let them go so I don't over work them but I do modify an older work sometimes. I have one I am going to work on today and I am confident the changes will work out.

Famous last words. Well, I think they will work out.

Back to playing for me

April 13th, 2023

Back to playing for me

Now that I am no longer playing the piano for our church I can get back to just playing for me.

Some hymns are difficult and now I can just play the ones I like and not have to learn new ones every week.

No more horrible stage fright. I was getting a lot better towards the end and then I took a U turn and went back to very nervous.

Oh well. Some musicians are meant to perform and some are not. Now to get to a painting!




Not used to this

April 12th, 2023

Not used to this

For the first time in my long life I had a very hard time reading the eye chart with my left eye.

That was a strange experience. No problem with the right eye. The doctor said the cataract in the left eye is thickening but I am a long way off from surgery so I am not worried.

Still just using reading glasses. Hope I don't ever have to use prescription glasses but you never know.

So glad I don't have to go there

April 11th, 2023

So glad I don

Right now I am in a legal battle with someone that lives five hours by car away from me.

I was concerned that I would have to drive up there and appear in court. I found out yesterday that my appointed representative can appear for me.

Yes!!! I have spent my adult life in a section of the country without bumper to bumper traffic and hate to go anywhere with that kind of congestion. Really shakes me up these days.

If I could do a cart wheel to celebrate, I would!

Bye Bye Deer

April 10th, 2023

Bye Bye Deer

We have lots of blooming trees right now and have hired a great couple to replace invasive species with native ones.

Our grounds are looking so nice on a beautiful Monday morning!

What could go wrong?

Not going to think that way but Clyde did have to fend off a herd of deer the other day as they were munching plants.

Some of the native plants we are putting in are ones deer don't like. Yes!!!

Almost did The Electric Slide today

April 9th, 2023

Almost did The Electric Slide today

This morning was the last time I played the piano at church! The church has one more service next week and an organist will play.

I love to play the piano but not in front of groups of people. Too nervous.

After the last hymn I almost got up and did The Electric Slide!



Sneaky muscle

April 8th, 2023

Sneaky muscle

Monday evening I started having pain in my rear end that was pretty bad until Thursday morning.

I took a few pain relievers Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and thought I was back to normal.

Well, I avoided work and that sneaky muscle decided to act up again Thursday afternoon, Friday, and this morning.

Hope it is completely well soon. I hate taking it easy.

Pleased to sell another print of Memphis Lights

April 7th, 2023

Pleased to sell another print of Memphis Lights

Another print of Memphis Lights was sold to a great California patron!

Memphis Lights and Richmond on the James are my best selling Skyline Beauty prints.

Memphis Lights was a commissioned painting and a great Richmond VA patron owns Richmond on the James.

So glad to place originals and prints in new locations!

Now if I can just figure out how to open an important tax document for my amended return this will be a very good day. Can't believe I forgot about this part of my taxes when I filed them. Oh well. We all make mistakes.

Think it is gone

April 6th, 2023

Think it is gone

My rear end muscle injury seems to be gone but I am skipping Yoga today.

The teachers always say to go to your edge and no pain in Yoga. Well, I go to my edge and don't have pain in class.

It is after class that I sometimes get into trouble with my body.

Oh well. The benefits far outweigh the occasional problem.

Time to paint!

Are you sure you are you?

April 5th, 2023

Are you sure you are you?

For some strange reason when my husband calls our landline another person's name comes up. Good thing I have his number memorized.

Also, when I put his first name in my Google email his address comes up with a good friends name instead of his.

So the question is, are you sure you are you?

Anyway, hope to get back to painting. My sore hip muscle bothered me a lot during the night but it seems a lot better today. Hope it is completely gone soon.

Too hot this time

April 4th, 2023

Too hot this time

Yesterday my online Yoga teacher had a class that emphasized creating heat in the body. It was a great work out but later in the day I started feeling a twinge in my rear end that increased quite a bit.

Taking it easy today. I hate to take pain relievers but this time I really had to take something.

Sometimes we just have to slow down. The class turned out to be too hot for me.

They sure do like to talk to me

April 3rd, 2023

They sure do like to talk to me

I am just about done with three Blue Ridge paintings that I am very pleased with.

As always, they talk to me as I work. My initial intention was to be very loose with these and have them in between my usual mountain paintings and some that are based on ranges I have seen.

Along the way they became intense, atmospheric Blue Ridge paintings which is what I prefer.

They are very small and now I want to get back to some large paintings.

Always on my toes with a brush in my hand!

Maybe a pin would do it

April 2nd, 2023

Maybe a pin would do it

Yesterday I talked about how my husband I are forgetting important chores.

I mentioned to him my solution of taping the chore to the middle of the computer or to our backs.

He said the only way a note to our backs would work is if we used a large pin so that when we sit down the pin would poke us.

That would do it.

Anyway, I am real pleased with the progress on three Blue Ridge paintings. I hope to have them added to my online collections soon!

Maybe on our Backs

April 1st, 2023

Maybe on our Backs

Clyde and I have so much to do that I have started to put up large notes that we, of course, would never miss.

Yeah, right.

I have a large one at the bottom of the computer that is very important and we both forgot that chore once again.

I told Clyde we may have to paste it in the middle of the computer or on one of our backs. Maybe that would do it but I doubt it.

LOL!

Progressing Slowly

March 31st, 2023

Progressing Slowly

When it comes to computers I am always progressing slowly but it looks like I did set up my Pattern website and published a blog.

I hit a tab and get kicked out, hit another tab and I am at the site I was on before clicking on Pattern. I feel like a bouncing ball. Situation normal for me.

Anyway, here is the link and I hope you check it out! Here on Fine Art America you have to put the address in the title bar.

https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/me/pattern/editor

Not a surprise

March 30th, 2023

Not a surprise

I have started work on my new Pattern website, and, of course, there is a computer problem.

I look up how to solve it on the site, google how to fix the problem, and then ask other people on the site. Problem is still there.

Hopefully, I can work it out today with my hubby that spent eight hours a day on a computer at work.

My little paintings are coming along so I will concentrate on that.

Bowling tonight!

Plans to put my eggs in one basket

March 29th, 2023

Plans to put my eggs in one basket

I am spread too thin on the internet and am working on centralizing my work, blogs, etc. on my new Pattern website on Etsy.

I seem to get the most attention there so I will be working hard to make that my internet home.

I may still blog here if I have the time but I want to try something new.

Cheers on the first day of my Pattern site! I will firm it up and put the link here.

It wasn't you

March 28th, 2023

It wasn

Sometimes I wake up with a headache. I guess it is the result of too much screen time.

Anyway, the last time I mentioned that to Clyde he said he was already up. Ha ha.

So this time I said I woke up with a headache but it wasn't you.

His reply was, then who was it?

Life with a writer. Real droll humor at times.

Cheers on a beautiful Tuesday!



Don't tell them. They will try to have it declared a Bird Sanctuary

March 27th, 2023

Don

The store I was talking about yesterday is one Clyde does not like.

When I mentioned to him there were huge water filled pot holes that ducks could swim in, he said not to tell the store.

They will have it declared a Bird Sanctuary and get a huge tax break.

We definitely are a strange couple.

Where are the ducks. There ought to be ducks.

March 26th, 2023

Where are the ducks.  There ought to be ducks.

A department store that I get a few items from has gigantic pot holes right now.

This store is very bad about fixing them.

There had been so much rain that each one looked like a peaceful little pond.

I couldn't help thinking there ought to be ducks gently swimming around in circles.

I get loopier and loopier with age but I have always been on the weird side.


I really do live to paint

March 25th, 2023

I really do live to paint

My three little mountainscapes are coming along.

I am on the last layers.

As always there is something a little different about my approach which is so exciting.

Always learning. Never boring!


Just three more

March 24th, 2023

Just three more

I am so sorry our church will no longer have services in a few weeks but I am glad I just have three more Sundays to play the piano.

Not sure how many years I have been doing this but I have never gotten over the stage fright. It was years before I could get my legs to stop shaking.

Still very nervous.

Hope the building will be used for another type of ministry that is in the works. No more stage for me.

Back to playing at home.



Not so many these days

March 23rd, 2023

Not so many these days

I used to get more troll comments on my work but now they are a surprise.

They never bother me. When it comes to Art there are always ignorant people that, of course, know much more about Art than me.

This morning a troll let me know she or he thought my work looked like something a three year old would do.

Actually, that is a compliment. Picasso said when he was young he could draw like Jacques- Louis David. It took him a life time to learn to draw like a child.

Enough said.

I can't wear a glove

March 22nd, 2023

I can

These days I don't try on clothes.

I would rather not take the time so I buy clothes that look like they will fit and then return them if I strike out.

Yesterday I really struck out. I bought a dress that was my size and looked great in the store.

It was so tight it was like some of those yoga pants.

Not for me.

Oh well. Back to the store.

New Yoga Pose

March 21st, 2023

New Yoga Pose

Yoga has done great things for my body and I hope to keep at it but Clyde and I like to joke around about it.

Yesterday we thought of a great new pose. It is called the M & M pose. You get into child's pose with your arms outstretched and have M & M's that you can reach.

You do the pose, get an M & M and go to the next pose! Of course, you make sure the practice includes a lot of child poses.

Great, huh?


Wow. Not moving out west.

March 20th, 2023

Wow. Not moving out west.

Yesterday I was talking with a friend that would like to move out west.

I could not believe the cost of houses out there.

I am not going to get into any details or specific states but the supply and demand is crazy in some of the western states.

I have lived in Virginia my whole life and don't want to move. I went from flat land to the mountains and love living in the mountains of this gorgeous state.

No time to talk today

March 19th, 2023

No time to talk today

Church and reception went on for such a long time I am going to be struggling to get my work done so no time to talk.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday!

You don't know Jack

March 18th, 2023

You don

These days a lot of people are attacking the positions of people that have spent many years studying a subject.

I think people that don't know Jack are telling people that know Jack, they don't know Jack.

Actually I came up with this theory using another word but I thought I would clean it up.

Have a great weekend!

I will do better next year

March 17th, 2023

I will do better next year

I wonder how many people say that when it comes to organizing information for taxes?

I say that every year but this time it will be different.

I guess I can put that right up there with New Years resolutions that I have never kept so I stopped making them.

Oh well, I have a good start so maybe it will not be so much of a head ache next year. I'll believe it when tax time comes around next year and I am not groaning.

Could be that I get it together. You never know.

Too Tired to Talk

March 16th, 2023

Too Tired to Talk

Never say you don't ever get leg cramps in the middle of the night anymore. That is a guarantee that you will have one if you are a senior.

They are so mild these days that they hardly hurt at all but I still have to get up and walk it out.

I had such a hard time getting back to sleep that I will be pretty quiet today.

Bowling tonight and I dropped off my taxes to my accountant yesterday! Yea!!!

I think I was right

March 15th, 2023

I think I was right

Yesterday I mentioned that I had contact with an impressive scammer.

I was hoping that I was wrong but when I explained how the payment had to be handled she did not respond.

I am not going to give the details of the scam but it was a great one. So convincing.

Glad I have always seen through those.

Scammers are amazing

March 14th, 2023

Scammers are amazing

Not sure but I think a scammer has contacted me. They are getting more and more elaborate in their schemes to get people's money.

The patron wants me to use a payment method that I don't use and found out online that this type of transaction can be scammed.

I will contact her today and if she will not follow my payment procedure I am bowing out of the sale.

If she is a scammer she is the most legitimate looking one I have ever come across.



They found him

March 13th, 2023

They found him

At our last house we were covered up in birds due to Clyde's naturalist efforts.

After his efforts here they are swarming all over the place. I don't see them at other homes.

They have found The Bird Man and concentrate on feeding here. I may drive by the old home and see if there are still a lot of them there.

Fun to watch them!

Really Dragging Today

March 12th, 2023

Really Dragging Today

Rainy days don't make me sad. I always thought it was nice to be able to see without sunglasses on a rainy day.

Just dragging along thinking about all I have to do and how I would rather be on a sunny beach with sunglasses.

I can't imagine anyone else thinking that, especially when they are working on taxes.

LOL! Going to cheer up.

Nice to see it every day

March 11th, 2023

Nice to see it every day

Now that our parents have passed on we have a number of things from our childhoods.

Before Clyde's mom passed she gave us a bank in the shape of a elephant. I made a whimsical painting of it and it is in my portfolio.

It is on the shelf here in the computer room and it is nice to see it every day.

Right where I put it

March 10th, 2023

Right where I put it

After all my tantrums with my new camera I found the instruction book.

I have a box for items that go downstairs and one for items that go upstairs. I am cleaning out a closet and those items covered up the book.

Anyway, I think I am getting used to the new one for now but it is great to have the book.

Now lets see what else I can lose.

Cheers on a cold Friday!


We will all chip in

March 9th, 2023

We will all chip in

This morning I was watching a science program about the universe.

At one point the scientist said very enthusiastically that one day we will be able to leave the universe.

I immediately thought of some prominent people in the news that I would like to see leave the universe. I'll bet a huge section of our population would chip in financially to make that happen.

LOL! Fun way to start my day. Thinking of certain extremely unpopular people catapulting into space.

I need to put up signs

March 8th, 2023

I need to put up signs

When we moved into this house we were left with a huge number of large cardboard boxes from the movers.

I flatted them and stacked them in the garage and every time I looked at them I was so pleased that it would be a very long time before I would be scrounging up cardboard for mailing crates for paintings.

The other day I was taking out a small box to add to the collection and they were all gone. Clyde told the people that are working on our grounds they could use them.

They put most of them in the ground and soil over top so we would not have to do so much weeding. That certainly is a good idea but now I am out of cardboard for crates.

I should have put up a sign. DO NOT USE OR THROW AWAY OR RECYCLE.

Oh well. It certainly is a beautiful day. Hope to get outside and take a walk.


Progress...

March 7th, 2023

Progress...

I found a Youtube tutorial for my camera that actually has the same words and symbols that are in my new camera.

It is the most recent version of the camera I bought and I don't have to translate anything.

I am sure many people can figure out the word the person on the Youtube is using instead of the one in my device but I need the instructions to be very clear.

Yes! So glad to have help.

Where is it?

March 6th, 2023

Where is it?

One of the reasons that I through a tantrum on Saturday was after all my frustration with my new camera I could not find the instruction book anywhere.

I was so careful to keep track of it and it disappeared.

I will check out some Youtubes and see if I can order or download another instruction book.

I miss the old days when you did not need to read a book to use things.

Going to cheer up today and work on something else.


Still doing that

March 5th, 2023

Still doing that

I have often mentioned that I would be in my second childhood if I weren't still in my first.

Although it is rare, once in a while I throw a tantrum. My Mom was always reminding me that I did that when I was little.

Anyway, I was trying to do a simple thing with my new camera and could not figure it out. All of my frustrations came out in a big tantrum over technology. Cameras used to be so easy to use.

I wish all these technological advancements were easy for me but they are not so I blew up big time.

Probably good to do that once in a while.

Back to the camera.

Hope it gets better

March 4th, 2023

Hope it gets better

We all have those crummy days and this one is starting out to be a real doozy.

Got to look at the bigger picture and smile. Cheers!

Wow. 212

March 3rd, 2023

Wow. 212

Wow! Last night my son bowled a 212! I have never gotten past 160.

Both teams were watching him bowl.

At one point in the game he bowled five strikes in a row!

He was really in the zone last night!

Bowling Tonight

March 2nd, 2023

Bowling Tonight

I always look forward to Bowling night.

I love to watch Alan smash the pins. Last Thursday he had the highest score for both teams on the first game and close to the highest on the second.

Great bowler!

Today is the day

March 1st, 2023

Today is the day

Today is the day the court will hopefully settle a conflict I have with an extremely difficult person.

Fingers, eyes, and toes are crossed.

I want to see the end of this problem.


Weight certainly can be a problem

February 28th, 2023

Weight certainly can be a problem

At the doctor's office yesterday I could not help but hear a conversation between two workers at the desk.

One was trim and the other one was morbidly obese. The obese one asked the trim one if she had lost weight.

The trim one said others had asked her that but she didn't think so. She said her weight stays around 140-145.

The other one said her right foot weighed 145.

They both laughed and the obese one gave the trim one a hug. Sense of humor is so important!


Not doing that

February 27th, 2023

Not doing that

Yesterday a great couple at our church that is closing were talking to me about the church they plan to attend which is a thirty minute drive. This church has a choir but they need an accompanist so they suggested me to them.

No way! I will be so glad to quit playing for people. I am counting the months. If I didn't have horrible stage fright I would not mind. I am finally getting off the stage!

No more teaching in front of huge crowds and no more playing the piano at church.

I wish them well and I hope they find someone but it will not be me. I am done.

Well, one of them was good

February 26th, 2023

Well, one of them was good

A while back I talked about how some boxes are easy to open and others require a ridiculous amount of effort and then is difficult to return since it is so hard to get it back into the package.

Well, I ordered a slide scanner that is going to work out well and the package is easy to open.

Unfortunately, the gizmo I needed for my new camera did not work out. We had our young friend over to see if he could get it going with the downloads and he could not do it.

Of course, that package was ridiculous and we bought that at a store that takes thirty minutes to get to. The clerk assured me it would work with our Mac. Yeah, right.

I think this should be another one of Murphy's Laws. If you have to take an item back to the store it is almost 100% likely to be in a box that has to be torn apart so returning the item is a pain.

Beautiful day! Time to step away from the computer.


Got my slide scanner and help

February 25th, 2023

Got my slide scanner and help

I now have a separate scanner for documents and one for slides.

I don't have a lot of slides to scan but I do have some and I have some paintings on film of sold paintings from long ago that I want to scan and add to my portfolio.

Well, as usual, I messed something up on the computer when I was working with my camera yesterday. Clyde couldn't figure it out so the young calvary will be here tonight.

Great! Before I mess up my new scanner I can get him to help me with that, too! My camera mess up is going to work to my advantage this time.

Fish Grow Back

February 24th, 2023

Fish Grow Back

Yesterday I wanted to get some salmon for supper and Clyde was with me.

Since it was just one item he stayed in the car and, as always, checked out the birds.

Although it is rare, sometimes there isn't any salmon. I mentioned that to Clyde and I thought he said fish grow back.

He didn't hear my comment about the salmon and what he really said was Fish Crow is back.

Life with a Naturalist can be very interesting and confusing at times.


Ask another Tiger Fish

February 23rd, 2023

Ask another Tiger Fish

We were watching Jeremy Wade's River Monsters program last night.

He was trying to find out why some people in a southern part of Africa were claiming a mermaid with reddish eyes and mythological beauty was attacking people.

He assumed it was a large fish and examined the tiger fish. Under water the eyes did seem to give off a glow.

He held up one with huge teeth and said this certainly is not a mythological beauty.

Clyde was quick to chime in, "Oh no? Ask another tiger fish".

Probably right. LOL!

Just can't do it today

February 22nd, 2023

Just can

Lots of wake up time last night so this is going to be an almost Wordless Wednesday.

Cheers on a Wednesday!

What a Hole

February 21st, 2023

What a Hole

Love Looney Tunes. As I have said before, I would be in my second childhood if I had ever gotten out of my first.

Yesterday I saw the one with Yosemite Sam trying to win the hand of a rich old widow. She lived in Doughnut Center.

Under Doughnut Center there was the phrase What a Hole. That cracked me up.

Laughter is so important to my days.

Hope this Saying is still not true

February 20th, 2023

Hope this Saying is still not true

Lot of scary stuff in the news and on the internet. Since I spend a lot of time promoting my artwork online I am constantly running into scary posts.

I like to remind myself of the saying, "The Sky is Falling". People are always saying that in one way or another and I keep reminding myself of that.

Just hope it is still not true during these unusual times. You don't need to be an Historian to see some alarming trends of our times.

We all have to hope everything will work out and the sky is not really falling.

Moving like a snail today

February 19th, 2023

Moving like a snail today

So much to do but I have been just playing on the internet. So many Youtubes that I agree with are all over the place.

I get caught up in them and then there is Hoopla. Found a great movie that I saw many years ago that I loved. It is The Bachelor which is a remake of a Buster Keaton movie and hilarious like the original.

Time to get this snail moving.

Cheers on a beautiful Sunday!



Lots of online scams over the years

February 18th, 2023

Lots of online scams over the years

I could probably write a book or at least a short story about all the scammers I have run into on the internet.

Some of them are quite clever. Most of them are scammers that pretend they are interested in buying a bunch of my paintings. They have a clever way of getting money which has worked on a few people I know, but not me.

Some are guys trying to get a relationship going with me, a married woman. They, of course, are also after money.

We all need to be very careful with social media. Lots of crooks.

We think Dingy is gone

February 17th, 2023

We think Dingy is gone

We are pretty sure that Dingy the Bat has left our house but since it just showed up flying in our living room we are a little concerned it is living in our house.

All the doors were closed when I saw it. Hopefully it left. We opened the doors but neither of us saw it leave. Hubby says it has to practically eat its body weight in bugs and we don't have any bugs that I know of.

Dingy better have left to survive. We need bats. They eat a huge amount of mosquitoes.

We named him Dingy

February 16th, 2023

We named him Dingy

Last night when we were watching TV I saw the reflection of some sort of bird in the window glass by the TV.

I knew it was not outside so I asked Clyde if we had a bird in the house.

It was a bat and it was behind me. Yikes!

We have no idea how it got into the house. It flew all over. We opened the doors and it must have flown out but we never saw that happen.

We named him Dingy, short for Ding Bat.

Hope he really did fly out.


Now I need another scanner

February 15th, 2023

Now I need another scanner

Since my order for a scanner that handles slides as well as documents was cancelled we bought one at a store that does not handle slides. They didn't have any with that capability.

So back to the online drawing board. I am having a hard time finding one that has the information regarding which computer they can work with.

Another, I wish I had majored in Computer Science day.

I don't think anyone will try to rob you

February 14th, 2023

I don

My husband spends a lot of time in isolated spots where he studies wildlife.

He wears a jacket that has threads hanging down from the sleeves and the back of it.

I don't think any crooks would think he has any money. Could be wrong but I doubt it. He looks like a hobo.

He says that is why he wears clothing that is falling apart.

He has been doing this for many decades and no assaults so far.


I am surprised they don't fall

February 13th, 2023

I am surprised they don

There are so many politicians saying one thing and then trying to get out of it by walking it back.

So much walking back I am surprised they don't fall over.

LOL on a Monday!

Got it done

February 12th, 2023

Got it done

My husband and I are a lot alike in many ways. We both hate to shop online or in person. Just hate shopping.

I gave up getting my new scanner online so we trekked on over to the store in Christiansburg and finally got a new scanner in a great box!

What I mean by a great box is it just has one piece of tape on top so if it doesn't work we can easily put it back into the box, put one piece of tape on it and take it back.

Yes! Some things are packaged in such a way that you need some sort of packaging expert to get the item out.

Wordless Saturday

February 11th, 2023

Wordless Saturday

Having a hard time getting it together today and I have lots to do but not much to say so apart from this sentence I will just have my artwork up this time.

Cheers on a beautiful Saturday!

I let Instagram go

February 10th, 2023

I let Instagram go

I haven't cancelled my account but I found Instagram to be the social media app I didn't want to work with.

I needed to let something go and probably will let another site go. Too much social media and I need to concentrate more on the one that has done the most to promote my artwork so that is where I am heading.

I keep receiving a notice on my phone that I have messages on Instagram so I tried to log in on my computer and was told to try again later. I hate that.

Don't like to start my day with a computer glitch. Oh well. The sun is shining and I hope to get out later for a walk.

Cheers on a Friday!

I want one of those

February 9th, 2023

I want one of those

Probably a very bad idea and I guess it is a good thing we don't really have a place to put one.

Yesterday I saw a small child jumping up and down on a trampoline that had a protective screen around it. I loved jumping on a neighbor's trampoline when I was a kid. It seemed like I was flying.

I would never do that without a protective screen now.

Oh well. It is always nice to bring up good memories.













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Glad I did not watch it

February 8th, 2023

Glad I did not watch it

Maybe I am just old fashioned but I think members of Congress should not heckle a president when he is giving a State of the Union speech.

I remember when the opposite party would just look glum and sometimes clap. I think that is enough of a response. I was also sad to hear that there was heckling by the president's party, too.

I am glad I did not watch it, especially when known liars call the president a liar.


I am not eating that

February 7th, 2023

I am not eating that

The other day when I put my egg in the pan it was a little pink. I went downstairs to my farm boy and asked if I should eat that.

I always ask him these questions since he did grow up on a farm.

He said it was all right and was just the indication of an embryo forming and he had eaten eggs like that before.

When I went upstairs it was not a little pink, it was a lot of pink so I threw it out.

Not eating a pink egg.

Why would I do that

February 6th, 2023

Why would I do that

Most of the time I have two pairs of glasses on. One is on the top of my head that I need so I can read things close up.

The others are on the front that I need to read the computer which is not close up.

My husband uses the same computer glasses that I do. Today, as usual, I forgot I had both when he sat down to help me and needed the glasses.

I mentioned that I usually have two pair of glasses and I forget that they are both there.

He said I should have a pair in the back of my head, too.

Why would I do that?

So you can see what is coming.

Ha ha.


A Nice Tribute

February 5th, 2023

A Nice Tribute

I friend from High School has been compiling information on our teachers and she asked me about an Art teacher I had for three years.

I wrote a paragraph about him and she filled in the details of his life and put that on Facebook. I was fortunate to have a teacher that marketed his work and gave me suggestions on how to do that.

What I most remember about him were the comments on Art Theory that he gave me that didn't make any sense to me then but are perfectly clear to me now.

Nice trip down memory lane!

Wow. Never saw that before.

February 4th, 2023

Wow.  Never saw that before.

I have lived with a dedicated naturalist for many decades but I have never seen a hawk slam into the window to catch a blue jay until this morning.

After the big thud there were feathers streaming from the sky onto our front yard.

Clyde said hawks have figured out how to slam small birds into windows to capture them.

Yikes! Hope they don't break a window. Sorry for the blue jay.

Horror Films are not for me

February 3rd, 2023

Horror Films are not for me

I don't like scary films with one exception. I like the ones about ventriloquists that have dummies that become alive and are evil.

Most horror films give me nightmares but since it is really a wooden doll these don't bother me. I saw a short clip of the film Magic starring Anthony Hopkins and Burgess Meredith so I ordered it on Netflix and am looking forward to checking it out.

I first saw Anthony Hopkins in The Lion in Winter and have been a fan ever since. Time to get to work so I can check it out. Love movies!

River Monsters Rocks

February 2nd, 2023

River Monsters Rocks

I loved to fish when I was a kid and fished with my Dad on the Chesapeake Bay when I was a teenager so of course I love the great show River Monsters.

It is amazing what Jeremy Wade pulls out of the water. Some of them have to be lifted by three people.

Also, it is not just about fishing. He is a biologist and solves mysteries all over the world. Great show! Highly recommend it.

Love to see jokes on the internet

February 1st, 2023

Love to see jokes on the internet

Don't have much to say today but I saw a joke I loved on the internet.

When I finally choke to death on gummy bears, I hope people will say I was killed by bears.

That does sound a lot better!

Hope I can get out of the vegetable patch today

January 31st, 2023

Hope I can get out of the vegetable patch today

Having a problem with another muscle that is determined to ruin my days and keep me from working.

Yesterday I vegetated and watch a movie I would never watch if I weren't determined to take it easy.

Hoping to get out of the vegetable patch today but so far I am quite sore.

Oh well. There is always a movie to cheer me up.

Stepping away from the Computer

January 30th, 2023

Stepping away from the Computer

Sometimes I think I am attached to this computer and I want to do other things today.

I am in a book study so I want to start the reading of a great new book.

Cheers on a computer free Monday!

Lazy is as Lazy does, or does not do

January 29th, 2023

Lazy is as Lazy does, or does not do

I am not lazy.

As I have mentioned many times I am a workaholic but I am determined today to be lazy and not try to get a lot of things done.

I am taking this Sunday off, or at least the afternoon and evening. I have already played the piano for the church service and I am going to do a little computer work.

Don't know if I can do it but it is worth a try.

Any workaholics out there know what I am talking about.

Hope everyone has a nice day!

Did we all get into a Time Machine?

January 28th, 2023

Did we all get into a Time Machine?

Here we are with a plaque that just won't quit. I know so many people that have gotten Covid. My mother-in-law died from it.

There are a lot of people in this country AND in Congress that do not want Separation of Church and State. They want people to believe what they believe or else. What does that remind you of?

I wish we would all consider History to be our most important subject and then maybe we would not repeat the errors over and over again.

Time for some positive thoughts on a Saturday. It is a beautiful day here.

Dragging along singing a song

January 27th, 2023

Dragging along singing a song

Super tired today but that is because I got more done yesterday than I usually get done on a Thursday so as I pull myself around the house I am singing.

I love music. I may not have a great voice but it isn't that bad. Let's see what I can get done today.

My goal of finally straightening out our new house after a lot of set backs seems possible.

I can see that end post!

Course in Practical Existence

January 26th, 2023

Course in Practical Existence

Still waiting on news of my legal problem. If I don't get a text or phone call soon I will call and see what is going on.

Clyde was thinking about all the problems we face as adults and maybe there should be a course in High School called Practical Existence.

It could include computer problems, household problems, legal problems, etc.

Sounds good to me.

Today is the day

January 25th, 2023

Today is the day

Today I have a legal matter that I hope is resolved.

Not getting into details but I have my fingers crossed that all goes well.

Super full day of stuff to do so I am going to get to those matters now.

Missing her so much

January 24th, 2023

Missing her so much

My mother was 96 when she passed away. How many people can say that their parents lived to be that old?

Every day I see obituaries of people younger than me passing on.

This is the anniversary of her passing and I wish we could talk on the phone about music.

She was a great pianist and I was flattered that she always wanted me to play when I visited her.

Wow. Still don't agree

January 23rd, 2023

Wow.  Still don

Last night I was watching a fantastic opera on PBS. It was Agrippina and, of course, I thought of my Mom who passed away four years ago.

She was a great pianist but she did not like opera. She said it was a controlled yell.

Still don't agree at all. Those singer's voices were fantastic! They sounded like they were riding a beautiful wave of sound.

My mother liked to quote Shakespeare and often said, "To each his own".

Opera is definitely one of the art forms I love that is not everyone's cup of tea.

A Fine Line

January 22nd, 2023

A Fine Line

I live to paint but it is a discipline and a lot of work. I have learned that when it is laborious the painting is going down the tubes.

That was happening to my latest one and then it turned around and I want to work on it.
There is a fine line between working and laboring on a painting for me.

Tricky profession, but like Bugs Bunny once said after wondering why he liked carrots so much, I love them! Lunch time!

Well, I have had lunch and now it is smelly oil paint time!

Not sure what to name our Sanctuary

January 21st, 2023

Not sure what to name our Sanctuary

Due to my husband's efforts we are covered up in all kinds of birds. A lot of them hang out at the feeder but many of them congregate on the evergreen out front that he puts seed on.

But there are squirrels competing for the seed on that one and one of them loves to sit in it. Also, deer roam through here but I have not seen Bambi lately.

I guess it is a Neighborhood wildlife sanctuary.

As I said in another post, if a bear shows up the sanctuary will close.

Holding my Tongue

January 20th, 2023

Holding my Tongue

I do not comment on politics online and these days I rarely talk to anyone about the political scene but it is hard.

There is so much I want to say about what is going on in Congress but that will just result in people I don't even know calling me names so I stay away from that subject.

I will say that we all need to find reputable sources to stay informed and be sure to vote in all elections.

That should not offend anyone!

Cheers on a Friday!


No Covid

January 19th, 2023

No Covid

My son tested negative yesterday for Covid! He just has a nasty sinus infection that he tends to get in the cold weather.

Yes!!!! He was exposed to someone with the disease so we were very worried he had it and would give it to us. We are still Covid free!

I have been dancing around the house since he took the test! We are vaccinated to the hilt but I worry about the long term symptoms that I have been reading about and a friend said a doctor told him there is a high rate of Covid infection in Southwest Virginia.

It is not over.

Hope we don't have it

January 18th, 2023

Hope we don

My son is coughing and feeling pretty sick. I hope he does not have Covid.

We are going to take him in today and we will all get tested. He was exposed to someone that was recovering from it so we are quite concerned that he has gotten it.

We have all been very careful and are still wearing masks and avoiding crowds.

Fingers crossed!

Never Boring

January 17th, 2023

Never Boring

I really do live to paint and I have learned so much over the years that I don't feel so anxious when I work now.

When I started out it was not that hard but then as I better understood what I was doing and what I really wanted to accomplish it became very hard.

Lots of frustration and destroyed paintings.

Now it is a great experience and I continue to learn a little more with each painting.

My latest one started talking to me on the second layer and now I know how to finish it. Always an exciting journey!

Can't Think of Anything

January 16th, 2023

Can

I am not a gabby type of person but I can usually think of something to say for my blog.

I am drawing a blank today so I am going to just move on to other things.

Cheers on a Wordless Monday!

Don't yank out the pacifier

January 15th, 2023

Don

Most of the time I am very much like a baby with a pacifier - perfectly content and just going about my business with lots of breaks for snacks. Love to eat.

I am have been told that when I was a baby my brother would pull the pacifier out of my mouth and then I would cry. As soon as he put it back in I was fine.

Sometimes things happen that aggravate me greatly and that pacifier is just not there.

More good times than bad times. I guess we can all say that.

Time for a snack.


How many more...

January 14th, 2023

How many more...

I now have a very long list of people that I know that have gotten Covid.

Fortunately, all of them, with the exception of my mother-in-law, were vaccinated and had rather mild symptoms. My mother-in-law was not vaccinated and died from it.

We are still hold outs and still wearing masks. This is not over and we will continue to get boosters. I hope I don't hear of more cases.

I really worry about the long term effects. I wouldn't say I was a germophobe, but I do believe in being cautious.

I don't think people will ever be able to take a picture of me with my feet in kleenex boxes like Howard Hughes.

Not supposed to hurt

January 13th, 2023

Not supposed to hurt

Live and Learn or is it Live and Learn too late. Another Yoga complaint. Yoga is great but I need to remember if any pose is a strain I need to get out of it.

Yesterday I held a pose too long and now the front part of my thighs are quite sore but that kind of pain doesn't bother me like pain in my arm that goes to the center of my back so I am not too upset and will probably get everything done that I want to do.

That was a long sentence.

Time to move on to other things.

Pleased to sell another print of Memphis Lights

January 12th, 2023

Pleased to sell another print of Memphis Lights

I keep saying I am going to get back to my Skyline Beauty series but right now I just want to paint some large oil paintings.

My Skyline Beauty series consists of whimsical 12" x 9" paintings mostly done in acrylics. They are quite popular and Memphis lights is one of the two most popular. Richmond on the James is the most popular one.

Anyway, I am back to large oil paintings which is what I like to do the best.

Woke up late today and am still waking up. Cheers on a sleepy Thursday!

Going for it

January 11th, 2023

Going for it

I bought a great camera a while back and still have not used it.
It is much fancier than my old power shot and I am worried about all the computer stuff.

Fortunately, our young friend that helps us with our computer is a photographer so I definitely have great back up.

I actually moved the camera from my dining room where I was reading the novel that was sent with it and now it is in the computer room.
I took a picture upstairs and lets see if I can get it on the computer so I can get back to uploading artwork photos to my website.

Wish me a computer hassle free day!

Maybe there should be more options

January 10th, 2023

Maybe there should be more options

More computer fun. Maybe there are products that are not computerized.

I recently bought a wind up clock just to see if I would like it. I don't, but clocks that require a battery certainly are not a problem.

I bought a fan that has three speed settings and two directional settings. I just need the exhaust setting for mineral spirit fumes. It was working fine.

Now when I turn it on it flips through the settings over and over again. Yesterday it did that but then stopped on the exhaust setting. I hope it does that again. My old exhaust fan was just an exhaust fan and all I had to do was flip a switch.

I am more and more missing computer free gadgets.

Caught it early this time

January 9th, 2023

Caught it early this time

I work my right arm pretty hard with computer work and painting.

Sometimes a muscle in the right side of my back tells me to knock it off. When it is not that bad I ignore that voice and end up being in bad shape for a week or a week and a half.

Yesterday it was bothering me and I lazed out. When you are not well, T.V. is a great friend. It takes a lot of switching channels but I usually find something I like.

It is not bothering me at all today but I am still going to take it easy.

You really can teach old dogs new tricks and workaholics are not hopeless.

Buckets of Popcorn

January 7th, 2023

Buckets of Popcorn

I am glad that the House of Representatives has a Speaker now and I hope the two parties will work together.

Not optimistic that will happen but we can always hope these politicians will work for us.

Time to work together and stop this war between the parties. I can dream. Who knows? It is possible but I think it is not probable.

Oh well. Time will tell.

I'm sure there are a lot of people with buckets of popcorn checking out the news.

Stumped on a Friday

January 6th, 2023

Stumped on a Friday

Just don't have much to say today but I am always glad for another day. So much to be thankful for and looking forward to painting this afternoon.

Not enough hours in the day but lately I am getting some work done that is not clerical work or efforts to organize a lot of mess.

I will get this place straightened out one of these days.

Cheers on a beautiful Friday!

Not Happy with the delay

January 5th, 2023

Not Happy with the delay

I am very concerned with the problems in Congress right now.

I hope this fight over the speaker of the house is settled soon.

Not going to get into details or my political affiliation. Just want to see this done so they can get to work.


That is a smart way to handle it

January 4th, 2023

That is a smart way to handle it

Lots of rain today. Hoping it will end when I go to get the groceries.

Clyde noticed something about several squirrels today that were munching on bird seed. They had their tails bent over the top of their heads.

Always wondered why they have such fancy tails. Now we know. They are built in umbrellas. LOL!

I am putting up a lot of Youtube shorts right now. They are fifteen seconds long. Please check them out! My channel is Kendall Kessler

No Bears

January 3rd, 2023

No Bears

With our bird feeders and the extra bird seed Clyde puts all over a front yard bush we are covered up in many different species.

Lots of squirrels are also after the seed, and, of course, deer travel across our lawns. We had Bambi taking naps in the back yard for a few days.

That is all fine but the minute we see a bear we will close the diner and alert the city officials. Hope that does not happen.

Cheers on a pretty Monday!

Officially Closed

January 2nd, 2023

Officially Closed

Our church officially closed Jan. 1 and I am so sad we could not keep it going. I have so many great memories of my son growing up in that church. We will still have services through April.

He loved it and I will never forget the day a parishioner brought pizza for the refreshments after the service. My son loves pizza and his face lit up.

More than anything else I think a church is where all ages get together and talk once a week. The church may be turned into a shelter for men since we already have one in our city for women.

There will still be the sanctuary that will be used as a chapel. Hope all goes well with this endeavor.

Another Sale of Marsh View at Pawleys Island

January 1st, 2023

Another Sale of Marsh View at Pawleys Island

Such a popular shore scene!

Lots of wall art prints sold of this painting but this time the sale is on a puzzle.

Fun to think of people putting my painting together!

Happy 2023!

A Christmas Carol and Twilight Zone

December 31st, 2022

A Christmas Carol and Twilight Zone

Love it! Last weekend we had a binge of Carol Burnett shows and this weekend we have a binge of Twilight Zone shows!

So nice to know when I want to relax that there is something I want to watch!

I have only seen one today but I will get to more later.

Happy New Years Eve! Hope 2023 is all you want it to be.

Is there a hole through it

December 30th, 2022

Is there a hole through it

Having lots of problems with various people that I need help from to resolve some business issues and not having much luck.

I know that is better to keep your cool so I am biting my tongue with a number of people. I am biting it so much that I asked Clyde if he could see a hole in it. LOL!

I just filed a written complaint but after I filed it the site said I would get further with the complaint if I share it with social media so I am wondering if the complaint will be answered.

I am going to call the complaint number later. Another beautiful day. I am going to concentrate on that.

How did the good batteries get mixed up with the bad ones

December 29th, 2022

How did the good batteries get mixed up with the bad ones

I really do try to keep things straight in my house. It sure is hard but I can't figure out why I have such a large tub of batteries next to new ones.

I was so pleased to find out that batteries can be recycled but it is tricky to keep the new ones separate from the used ones.

I thought I had a container that was marked used batteries but I don't.

Oh well. Next time I need a battery I am going to use one from the tub and if it doesn't work it will go into another tub that is clearly marked recycled.

Another Argh session

December 28th, 2022

Another Argh session

I was on the phone and computer from 8:30 until 11:00 today trying to straighten out an online account and another matter that is driving me nuttier than I already am.

I am going to check out the beautiful day that is not nearly as cold as the weekend ones and cheer up.

Almost there

December 27th, 2022

Almost there

I have been dealing with a business representative for weeks and getting nowhere.

He kept saying he would call back when he found out how to proceed with my policy.

Today when I called he was so fuzzy on what he was supposed to be doing that I insisted he get this matter taken care of now. He said I would get a call before 5:00 today and I did get one with another representative that was able to get this matter settled.

I just have to do one more thing and it is over with. Yea!

Sometimes I think some representatives are playing bingo on the computer rather than doing their job.

I don't want another guy

December 26th, 2022

I don

Got into a funny conversation with my hubby last night. Here is how it went.

I am going to check on information regarding something I want from a young guy on the internet.

What?

I want his Hold on product.

What??

Hold on is a company that sells biodegradable trash bags, sandwich bags, etc.

Oh. Thought you were looking into getting a younger guy.

Why would I want a younger guy when I already have an old one?

Ha ha.

My kind of Christmas present

December 25th, 2022

My kind of Christmas present

I always tell people if they want to give me a Christmas present to give me something I can use up like candy or fancy lotions.

Since I love all the arts so much my TV gave me the kind of Christmas present I love!

A Christmas Carol which is a binge of Carol Burnett's great show.

It started yesterday and when I get the chance I watch one.

Those characters she and her cast created are wonderful and I never tire of watching them. Such a nice Christmas day!

I can't believe I started this early

December 24th, 2022

I can

I hate tax preparation. What a mess. For many years I just put my art tax info in a notebook and that was fine with me.

This year I decided to join the modern world and put that info on my desk top.

Well, of course, since we got a new computer, things are weird and I can't change the documents so I now have it on Google drive which, of course, is presenting computer problems.

I am beginning to think that some of the old ways were better than computers.

Anyway, I actually started on my taxes today!

Proud of myself to get it going before 2022 has ended. Yea!

They will probably be frozen tomorrow, too

December 23rd, 2022

They will probably be frozen tomorrow, too

My church is cancelling the Christmas Candlelight Service tomorrow evening due to the extremely cold weather.

One member said he cannot get his car doors open. They are frozen shut. We all hated to cancel but the roads are just too dangerous and likely to be worse tomorrow.

Oh well. Merry Christmas to those that celebrate it and Happy Holidays to everyone!

Hope I can paint today

December 22nd, 2022

Hope I can paint today

I am giving my right arm a long vacation so that messed up muscle will completely heal.

I am pretending I am left handed and doing as little as possible on the computer but I really want to paint.

Many years ago a friend commented that she tried to hold her arm up for a long period of time the way artists do and said it was very hard.

She is right. I have stood up with the right arm extended for hours over the years. I think my record was eight.

Anyway, I hope I can get to my easel today.

Wordless Wednesday

December 21st, 2022

Wordless Wednesday

I can usually think of something to say but since I can only think of some gripes right now I will just leave out the words this time.

Cheers on a beautiful Wednesday!

Look on the bright side

December 20th, 2022

Look on the bright side

I have been griping a lot in my blog lately and I could add a few more but I think I will just get to work and chill.

I always have good things going on and I will concentrate on those.




Always good to laugh at problems

December 19th, 2022

Always good to laugh at problems

Last week was such a hard week regarding computer problems that I am hoping this week will be better.

I think Murphy's Law which states that if anything can go wrong- it will, is firmly implanted in my computer.

Anyway, my funny hubby said after he came back from bird watching in the park that he was worried he would see our computer with his binoculars falling into the river.

I am not strong enough to send it air born but sometimes I wish I could.

Here is to a glitch free week, I hope!

Not going there today

December 18th, 2022

Not going there today

Another very aggravating computer glitch last night and another one today.

I am all glitched out and just not going to rant and rave about it.

Wonder if one day I won't be able to keep up with all the added quirks to the internet and just give up.

Just going to smile and not think that will happen. Cheers on a very cold Sunday!

Well, that is a weird one

December 17th, 2022

Well, that is a weird one

I always hit the home button on my Youtube account and browse through the videos.

Most of them are political ones that I am very interested in but today as I was scrolling I saw, "Maybe Broccoli doesn't like you either".

Since I love broccoli I had to check that out. Well, it turns out you can buy a t-shirt with that phrase.

Not sure how broccoli can hate anybody but it certainly is not a shirt for me. LOL!

Not going to think about that today

December 16th, 2022

Not going to think about that today

I have been complaining about computer issues that I had to deal with for hours on Monday and Tuesday.

Thought I was done but yesterday I spent another hour trying to get help from a bunch of robots that would not let me get to an operator.

Now I know they were not asking for my credit card pin. They were asking for my account pin that I don't have because I only use that site for my card.

I did get an operator when I started and she sent me to the section that deals with CREDIT CARDS so why was I being asked for a pin for an account I don't have. ARGH!

It is a beautiful, sunny day and I am not going to try to correct anything today.

Always Something

December 15th, 2022

Always Something

I almost have every thing straightened out with my recent computer problems except one and for that one I need to call an operator.

I was just informed my wait is more than fifteen minutes. I think I will call later.

In the old days people had to go through run arounds from person to person.

Now it is a robot run around until you finally give up and hit the zero. Sometimes that doesn't work either.

Oh well. I had so much aggravation the last two days that I am trying real hard to not let that happen today. Cheers to you and cheers to me!

Good thing we do not have any bricks in the computer room

December 14th, 2022

Good thing we do not  have any bricks in the computer room

How ironic. Yesterday I wrote about computer problems and how I didn't get angry after an hour of trying to straighten things out.

Well, my husband then modified one thing on our computer to help me and the whole thing went nuts and every site that I work on had to be restored which took forever.

I won't get into the details but this time I came very close to pulling my hair out and I am glad we don't have heavy objects in this room.

This great, useful machine that drives me crazy at times was in danger of crashing the old fashioned way - right through the monitor.

I did not even come close to pulling my hair out

December 13th, 2022

I did not even come close to pulling my hair out

Today I was determined to get some things done on the computer that involves contacting sites.

I was at it for an hour and actually got two things done!

One of the sites had a phone number but no email. When I tried to contact them that way I got a robot that needed the phone number I used to set up my account.

I only have two and, of course, neither one of them worked. I had to change my password on my account because the one I thought I used was not right.

Round and round in circles and then gave up but I did not cuss or go for my hair. I am definitely getting used to life on the computer.

Now I remember what I wanted to say

December 12th, 2022

Now I remember what I wanted to say

esterday I mentioned that I had just finished watching Waiting for Bojangles and loved it.

I also said that I wouldn't recommend it to people that don't like subtitles or sad endings but it is a great celebration of life.

I completely forgot that there was a line in it that I especially liked.

The little boy comes down to breakfast and sees his Dad reading the paper. He asks what is going on in the world. His Dad says the world is going to pot.

The little boy says well, at least it is going.

Waiting for Bojangles is a great movie

December 11th, 2022

Waiting for Bojangles is a great movie

I just finished watching Waiting for Bojangles starring Romain Duris.

I loved it but I wouldn't recommend it to people that don't like subtitles or sad endings.

I like listening to other languages and whether or not the film is happy or sad is not important to me.

It was a great celebration of life with fantastic acting and dancing.

So Pleased to see my Blue Ridge paintings reaching new places

December 10th, 2022

So Pleased to see my Blue Ridge paintings reaching new places

I have so many collections of my artwork but the most important one to me is my collection of mountain paintings, especially the Blue Ridge ones.

I have lived in the Ridge and Valley mountains my whole adult life with a dedicated naturalist and he introduced me to these gorgeous vistas.

This time another print of my second most popular painting, A Break in the Clouds was purchased by a great Virginia patron and one of Clover Hollow in Giles County was purchased by a great North Carolina patron.

Both of the original paintings have been sold so it is great to be able to offer prints of them.

Putting up the tree today

December 9th, 2022

Putting up the tree today

I may have mentioned this before but it is such a nice memory, so here I go again.

When I was in the second grade my father gave my class a Christmas tree and it was so big it scraped the top of the ceiling.

All the kids were impressed and I was so proud of my Dad. That was a great day and we are putting up our tree today.

Merry Christmas to all that celebrate it and Happy Holidays to those that have other celebrations this time of the year!

Argh

December 8th, 2022

Argh

Everything really is relatives.

No details.

Just not happy with one of mine.

Oh well. On to something else.

Another Sale of Memphis Lights

December 7th, 2022

Another Sale of Memphis Lights

So glad people appreciate my Skyline Beauty series. I work hard to come up with colorful, creative skylines of various cities.

Please check out my collection here.

Memphis Lights and Richmond on the James are the most popular ones but there have been many print sales of others. Also a number of the originals have been sold.

This time a great Tennessee patron bought a large canvas print of Memphis Lights. There are so many options to choose from including a wide variety of frames and mats.


He would beep him into the Ceiling Fan

December 6th, 2022

He would beep him into the Ceiling Fan

I have often wondered why the coyote doesn't just take the money he pays for Acme products and go get something at a cafe.

Clyde's response was the roadrunner would come up behind him and beep so loud the coyote would end up in the ceiling fan spinning around and around.

Can't you just picture that?

Weird Tuesday.

Dragging along on a Monday

December 5th, 2022

Dragging along on a Monday

Since I am a workaholic the day of the week does not matter that much to me but I find myself doing the Monday drag.

Just don't want to get going but I know that will not last. I guess even workaholics should laze out sometime. I think I will do that.

Probably will last one hour.

Cheers on a Monday!

I do not want to open that box

December 4th, 2022

I do not want to open that box

Two days ago I received my new Canon camera since my old one has been "retired" so I can't get help from their site.

Anyway, since everything is a computer these days and I am not good with computers I really don't want to open that box- but I will soon.

I'll bet there are instructions with words that are not in the camera. I'm sure people that are computer savvy can figure out which word they really want me to look for.

Wish I were one of them.





































Two days ago I received my new Canon camera since my old one has been "retired" so I can't get help from their site.

Anyway, since everything is a computer these days and I am not good with computers I really don't want to open that box- but I will soon.

I'll bet there are instructions with words that are not in the camera. I'm sure people that are computer savvy can figure out which word they really want me to look for. Wish I were one of them.

Thought I would have my intro video here since I have not shared it for a long time. I am very proud of this one. Check it out! It is only two minutes long.

















Swirling Flight 14" x 11" Original oil painting $338.00

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Two days ago I received my new Canon camera since my old one has been "retired" so I can't get help from their site.

Anyway, since everything is a computer these days and I am not good with computers I really don't want to open that box- but I will soon.

I'll bet there are instructions with words that are not in the camera. I'm sure people that are computer savvy can figure out which word they really want me to look for. Wish I were one of them.

Thought I would have my intro video here since I have not shared it for a long time. I am very proud of this one. Check it out! It is only two minutes long.

















Swirling Flight 14" x 11" Original oil painting $338.00

https://manage.wix.com/dashboard/4ec45240-3212-4bfa-b08b-494f840c9148/store/categories/list/category/f3fd0fd8-fee4-5b1d-66a6-313eca36628e/product/6b6778b4-c626-c00d-972c-b138d85e3f07


















Two days ago I received my new Canon camera since my old one has been "retired" so I can't get help from their site.

Anyway, since everything is a computer these days and I am not good with computers I really don't want to open that box- but I will soon.

I'll bet there are instructions with words that are not in the camera. I'm sure people that are computer savvy can figure out which word they really want me to look for. Wish I were one of them.

Thought I would have my intro video here since I have not shared it for a long time. I am very proud of this one. Check it out! It is only two minutes long.

















Swirling Flight 14" x 11" Original oil painting $338.00

https://manage.wix.com/dashboard/4ec45240-3212-4bfa-b08b-494f840c9148/store/categories/list/category/f3fd0fd8-fee4-5b1d-66a6-313eca36628e/product/6b6778b4-c626-c00d-972c-b138d85e3f07
























Maybe that is why it is called a Remote

December 3rd, 2022

Maybe that is why it is called a Remote

The other day Clyde asked me to give him the remote to see if there was anything on TV that he was remotely interested in. Maybe that is why it is called a remote. Ha ha.

Like I said to my Mom when she said her two favorite buttons were the mute button and the off button- well, you must like the on button.

Anyway, there are a lot of TV programs I am not interested in but over the years there have been ones I thought were great. I thought that before we had to get Cable so we could continue to see PBS.

Anyway, we are considering upping our plan so we can get Animal Planet and a few other channels that I know would be more than remotely interesting to Clyde.

Hope it stays that way

December 2nd, 2022

Hope it stays that way

That mean muscle in my back seems to have completely calmed down but I am being careful.

I know I have said this before but it bears repeating. I wish there was a device that we could attach to our body that goes off when we are doing too much.

We workaholics would love that!

It is definitely the computer

December 1st, 2022

It is definitely the computer

Tuesday evening my back was completely pain free. I sat down and did some work on the computer and the pain came back with a vengeance.

I have not been able to do much of anything here due to that muscle spasm on the right side of my back so I am using my left hand to click and scroll.

The right side is still a little sore but it is nothing like it was Tuesday. My Thursday Yoga class helped a lot.

It is the computer. Computers don't like me in more ways than one.

You can teach old dogs new tricks

November 29th, 2022

You can teach old dogs new tricks

The muscle in my back is still sore so this will be short and sweet.

Yesterday, for the first time I was able to do a Yoga squat with my heels down! I have been practicing Yoga for seven years now and can do a lot of things I could not do before I took it up.

Yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks!

Housework or Computer?

November 28th, 2022

Housework or Computer?

Too much time on this computer has caused a muscle in my back to be quite aggravated.

This morning I was on it for a while and the pain got pretty bad. I did Yoga and it stretched out and stopped hurting until I got back on the computer.

Left the computer and did a half an hour of housework. No pain.

Getting off right now. It is starting to hurt again. As I always say, computers are great and awful.

So Pleased to sell another print of Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter

November 27th, 2022

So Pleased to sell another print of Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter

Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter certainly gets around! Another wall art print went to a Virginia patron.

This is my most popular Peaks of otter painting and I am glad the original has a permanent home. Always like to see my children get out into the world!

Also, another Virginia patron bought a print of my most popular lake painting, Smith Mountain Lake, on a key chain.

Hoping many patrons will consider my work for a unique Christmas gift. Prints can be purchased on just about anything.

Prints on Christmas ornaments is the most popular choice.




Stepping Out

November 26th, 2022

Stepping Out

Yesterday I watched a fairly old Liza Minnelli movie about a dance class called Stepping Out.

I love to watch dancers and this had some great numbers and a nice story line.

It reminded me of what I am determined to do today which is step away from the computer and get outside!

I will probably shamefully crawl back to the computer later but right now it will be abandoned for a while. Yes!

Happy Thanksgiving

November 24th, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope everyone that celebrates Thanksgiving has a great one!

This is the first Thanksgiving without my mother-in-law. We all miss her very much.

Cheers to everyone!

What kind of cart wheels am I going to have to do this time...

November 23rd, 2022

What kind of cart wheels am I going to have to do this time...

I am going to have to get a new camera because according to the Canon site my camera has been retired so they can't help me.

I can't use it to upload files on my new computer and I need to do that a lot so time to get a new one.

Buying a new one is not the problem. Technology is changing so fast that I have a hard time keeping up. My phone is like a little animal that goes off with youtubes that I didn't select.

Sometimes the Chrome button is on the front of the phone and other times I have to go into settings.

So my question is, what kind of cart wheels is this old lady going to have to do this time to learn another product of ever changing technology?

Hope it is not too difficult.

Now that is OCD

November 22nd, 2022

Now that is OCD

Our pastor was on break this Sunday and a great pastor that we have had fill in a number of times came and did a terrific job of leading the service.

He commented that he is so OCD that he wants to change the order of the letters to CDO so they are in alphabetical order.

We all laughed but when we went down for refreshments he took down the clock and set it for the correct time and as soon as there were some dirty dishes he was in the kitchen washing them.

I guess he was not kidding. Love him!



That guest room is starting to look real good

November 21st, 2022

That guest room is starting to look real good

Last night I woke up every hour. The bad thing is I woke up every hour. The good thing is I went back to sleep right after waking up.

Hubby is having more digestive problems so he had to get up four times. Of course, I did not wake up four times between 11:00 and 7:00. I woke up eight times.

Not sure what the problem is but the guest room is starting to look good until Clyde gets better.
He is going to check with the doctor today to see if still needs to be on iron pills.

Oh well. Always a lot to be thankful for.

Amazing what you can get done if you just do it

November 20th, 2022

Amazing what you can get done if you just do it

Finally organized my huge collection of VHS and DVD movies. As I have said before my tastes are not typical so a lot of my VHS movies are not available to stream or in DVD format. Same with my DVD movies.

My collection is very important to me. I love all the arts and get so much out of good productions. I have read many books after seeing the movie version which is a great experience.

I always think the book is better but I still like the movie and movies can offer a lot to the viewer that a book can't offer so it is a win win to see the movie and read the book.

Anyway, I don't have to look for any now that they are all in order on a shelf and in a cabinet that has the VHS TV on top.

Now on to another chore.

Not so funny these days

November 19th, 2022

Not so funny these days

Last night Clyde said something that cracked me up. I wish I had written it down.

I used to do that so I could put his quips in my blog but he isn't coming up with as many as he used to come up with.

We were talking about that last night. He thinks it is because his mind has been on his slow recovery from surgery and now he is on iron which is messing up his digestive system.

Hopefully he will be off of that soon and get back to the jokes!

It is my camera

November 18th, 2022

It is my camera

I was directed to the Canon site for help and discovered that my Power Shot has been retired. I guess that is why I can't import anything into Photos.

I will get Clyde to see if he can figure something out before I admit defeat and buy a new camera. As I have said ad nauseam, I hate shopping.

I know a lot of people think a girl that does not like to shop is a freak of nature but I know a few other girls that don't like it either.

Maybe we should form a club.

Again, it is not you

November 17th, 2022

Again, it is not you

As always I am having a computer problem. I found Pictures on my new computer and I can drag Photos there and it is all I need.

Yea! I don't need to get anything else. It is just like Aperture which is no longer available. But, when I try to import photos from my camera they won't import. Argh!

For the umpteenth time I mentioned to Clyde that it is always some dumb thing that holds me up.

His response was I know. It is right here in this chair.

Again, it is not you. When I wake up with a headache it is not you. Dumb things that hold me up on the computer are not you.

Back to computer aggravation.

Maybe my camera is shot.

It is like a muscle

November 16th, 2022

It is like a muscle

All of the arts require a lot of discipline and dedication. I am not a writer but I do want to blog every day as a way of drawing more attention to my artwork.

It is hard for me but I have noticed that writing has become easier. It is like a muscle. You have to exercise it so you can keep using it.

Use it or lose it certainly is a good phrase that most people apply to physical activity. The same applies to art.

There. I didn't think I had anything to say today but I did. On to other things.

I still wish I were at the beach.

I can not believe we forgot that

November 15th, 2022

I can not believe we forgot that

I am pretty sure everybody knows that when a smoke alarm starts beeping, pausing, and beeping again for a while, it is the battery.

That has happened to us before and we, of course, replaced the battery.

Well, yesterday one of them was screaming beeps over a period of time and we had no idea what was going on.

Feeling pretty stupid right now. Oh well. We all have lapses.

I wish I were at the beach.

Waiting for the Call

November 14th, 2022

Waiting for the Call

Today is the day I finally get my new rug placed in the living room. It has been sitting in the garage for such a long time.

Shortly after we bought it my husband developed two hernias and is finally recovered but he is not going to lift anything that is heavy.

Today a furniture store is bringing us our new large TV stand for our bedroom and I asked them if they would put the rug down for us. They said yes so I am really looking forward to seeing it there.

What a great Monday!

Love Mamas Family

November 13th, 2022

Love Mamas Family

As I have said before I love movies and TV. There are plenty of movies and shows that are not for me but there are so many that are!

Mama's Family has cracked me up so many times. Vickie Lawrence did such a good job of portraying an old lady and the rest of the cast was great.

Today I was watching one that had a line I especially like. Mama was complaining about the cost of repairing her ice box. "Shoot, it would be cheaper to move it to Alaska." Love it!

I am in a good mood. I made it through another church service with me at the piano. Been at this for years and I still have bad stage fright.

Only a few more months. Unfortunately the church will be closing. The only good thing about that is I will finally be off the stage. Yes!

Pleased to sell some prints on puzzles

November 12th, 2022

Pleased to sell some prints on puzzles

I mostly sell originals and wall art prints but my work is available on just about anything and it is great to think of patrons buying prints on various products!

This time I say thanks to a great Ohio patron that bought two of my more whimsical works on puzzles!

As I have often said I paint in many directions. My main work is comprised of landscapes in oils of The Blue Ridge and surrounding mountains but I also have many acrylic paintings in different collections.

These two came from my Whimsy collection and my Suggestions collection.

Be sure to check them out!

I like my new laundry rule

November 11th, 2022

I like my new laundry rule

For most of our marriage we have been doing laundry twice a week. I knew a lady with three kids that did two loads a day! Wow!

Now that my son does his own laundry and we are not going out to jobs we are still doing laundry twice a week. I am still working from home but that certainly does not require nice clothes.

Last week I forgot to do the laundry on Friday and kept forgetting until it was Tuesday. Well, I still had socks and plenty of clothes so once a week is now the rule. Love it!

Cheers on a laundryless Friday!

You can not go back

November 10th, 2022

You can not go back

A while ago I bought some organic sticky buns that you heat up and drizzle the sugar on. They were so good.

Those great looking buns I bought from the grocery store bakery yesterday were not. What a difference.

Lots of sugar but the bread had so little taste to it. I know it is not a big thing like what is written in You Can't go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe but now I am stuck with some buns I don't want.

I think I will take them to our after church refreshment time. Not everyone buys organic pastries. I wish there were more of them.

I gave in and bought some

November 9th, 2022

I gave in and bought some

There are certain bakery products I never buy. I mostly just like having my home made brownies or home made cookies. That way I can put in organic ingredients.

Yesterday those big sticky buns with lots of icing were calling to me. I was looking over what was in the bakery and saw those and told myself not to buy them.

Well, I went to another section of the bakery and the same buns looked up at me. I gave in. A sweet tooth is a terrible thing to have. LOL!

Looking forward to one of those with my mid morning break. I really am a hobbit. Two breakfasts!


Finally got it done

November 8th, 2022

Finally got it done

Not talking about voting or flu shot. We vote early and I will get my flu shot on Friday which is one day past two weeks since I got the Covid booster.

We have been in this house for over a year and I finally painted the wall paper where the movers gashed it in a few places.

Certainly not a problem for an artist. I can reproduce a photograph so I can certainly paint a wall paper pattern.

So glad to get that done! Now on to my current painting!

Be sure to check out my Youtube Shorts. My channel is Kendall Kessler

Please Vote

November 7th, 2022

Please Vote

I don't have much to say today but I hope everyone will get out and vote tomorrow!

Everyone's vote is important. I have read in many sources that a lot of people do not vote because they don't think their vote will make a difference.

It will! Some races are very close. We voted early and I am glad that so many others have done that, too.

Cheers!

I really did not want that extra hour...

November 6th, 2022

I really did not want that extra hour...

Yes, I got a little more sleep but I hate the time change. I wish we could just leave it one way or another.

For some reason the change always makes my stomach act up and I feel like a zombie at night. Not looking for brains. Just wobbling around.

Oh well. There certainly are more important things to gripe about. I am sure I will think of one as I stumble around the house.

Happy Time Change Day. Wish I could like it.


Watch out for Weirdos

November 5th, 2022

Watch out for Weirdos

My husband spends a lot of time watching birds in various locations. Of course, he uses binoculars.

There is so much tension in this country right now that I always worry about him coming across people that might do him harm.

One time someone reported him because they thought he might be a terrorist.

I always say to watch out for weirdos. I am saying that to someone that gets up in the early morning to check out birds. He always says he is the weirdo.

I prefer dedicated naturalist.

How many little cupcakes

November 4th, 2022

How many little cupcakes

Happy Birthday to me! I always buy the little cupcakes to celebrate. Like I always say to people. You can have a little cupcake that is not fattening or you can have a bunch with lots of calories.

I have been counting calories for decades and it is now such a habit I doubt I will ever stop.

Since it is my birthday I may be having a bunch of little ones! Cheers on the 4th!


We got the Monkey

November 3rd, 2022

We got the Monkey

Last January my great mother-in-law passed away from Covid. She was such a sweet lady and we miss her.

She loved her children and grand children and did all that she could do to support them. We had such fun family Holidays. The division of household items is still ongoing but it has gone very smoothly and we got the monkey.

My husband had a very nice toy monkey. Childhood things are more important to me than household items and I like having that monkey next to me when I am on the computer.

Where did it go

November 2nd, 2022

Where did it go

Last night while I was watching TV a small bug of some sort kept dive bombing me. It wasn't a mosquito and it wasn't a fly.

I never did get a good look at it and one time it flew inside my bath robe. It spent a long time harassing me and then when it was time to turn out the lights it was gone.

I wonder if when it flew into my bathrobe I sat on it. Anyway, glad it left.

Obviously I don't have much to talk about today.

Everyone, please get out and vote in a few days! Don't take our Democracy for granted.

Love that Photograph

November 1st, 2022

Love that Photograph

Twenty years ago I was waiting for my son at a Tai Chi class. On the wall was a picture of small children.

One of them had her arm around a friend's shoulder and she looked like no matter what happened they would be great friends and support each other forever.

I wish we would be like that when we grew up, especially when it comes to relatives. I know of a lot of fractures in families including my own.

I wish we all still had our arms around each other ready to take on anything.

Spaghetti without noodles is not spaghetti

October 31st, 2022

Spaghetti without noodles is not spaghetti

Had to go on a trip for a family matter that I hope is settled. Einstein really was right. Everything is relatives.

Anyway, we came back to a spaghetti dinner complete with corn for Clyde. Due to a certain medicine he is on right now he can't have bread so noodles are out.

I think I will call it Skettilash since it looks like some kind of goulash. Rained all day here. Hope all of our legal problems are cleared up soon. Cheers on a gray day.

New Computer is not happy with old setup

October 30th, 2022

New Computer is not happy with old setup

I was afraid this was going to happen. After much wrangling we got the new computer to shake hands with the old printer but it turned up its nose at the old scanner.

Of course, I was sent a form that I needed to print out, sign, scan, and then email back to the sender. How often do I have to do that? It is usually a docusign form.

A friend helped out and now I need to get files from Aperture on the old computer. If I look in the back up gizmo it just has the Aperture icon that can't be opened on our new computer.

Sometimes I really don't like computers. Today is one of those days.

I do not like that Computer Cat

October 29th, 2022

I do not like that Computer Cat

We finally set up our new computer last night and all is well but I keep getting an error message with a cute little cat looking at me on one site.

After some going around in circles I was able to get the site back on Chrome but not Firefox.

I am getting better at handling these problems with a lot less cussing.

Cheers on another computer day!

Wow. That hurt.

October 28th, 2022

Wow. That hurt.

I received another Covid booster shot yesterday and was hoping it would be like the last one. My arm was fine and I didn't have a fever.

Not this time. My arm was so sore that I didn't sleep but a few hours last night. Also I had a fever and had the worst time getting warm.

Oh well. I am glad to get the vaccine. It certainly beats getting Covid.

Now to stumble through this day that is full of appointments. Yikes!

I know why the studio turns into a dump

October 27th, 2022

I know why the studio turns into a dump

I try so hard to be organized so my studio is not a mess. I am doing better than I used to do but it is starting to look pretty bad.

I know why. Even though I have lists to tell me where everything is, somehow something is either not on the list or it has magically disappeared.

Then I have to go through everything looking for it and that creates the mess. I'll bet there are many reading this that know exactly what I am talking about.

Oh well. Maybe I can find some time today to straighten it out. Yeah right. On to something else.






They really are like Seances

October 26th, 2022

They really are like Seances

I have an important Zoom meeting later today so I need to make sure I know what I am talking about.

I like to make a list to refer to. Zoom meetings really are like seances. Are you there? Is everybody here now?

One time I forgot that I already had the Zoom link on an email and was waiting for a new email. I know I have the link this time so I won't mess up.

Anyway, cheers on a busy day!


New Painting will be started today

October 25th, 2022

New Painting will be started today

Kind of at a loss for words today but I will be starting my large painting today! Yea!

Finally have the board prepared and the file I want to work with. My files are my sketches. The paintings are a creative elaboration of them.

As I have said photorealism is not for me and I don't like plein air. The light is constantly changing and well meaning people that are just interested in the process make it very difficult to concentrate.

Anyway, looking forward to getting my chores done and starting a new large work!




Lots of great files of the New River

October 24th, 2022

Lots of great files of the New River

So behind in my paintings but I will get to the Claytor lake ones soon. Yesterday I got a lot of great files of the New River with fall colors that I want to turn into expressive paintings after the Claytor lake ones.

I need to order more paint from Utrecht. I mostly order their Gamblin oil paint which is very expensive and a better grade than Utrecht. On my last order I thought I included the blue I use a lot of and the other day I saw that I had not ordered it so have to get some more.

Some days I wish I had stayed in the traditional very thin to thick handling of paint. The paint lasts such a long time but now I am not happy unless I paint thin to very thick impasto layers.


The New River is calling

October 23rd, 2022

The New River is calling

Such a beautiful day so I am going to grab my hubby and walk on the trails at the gorgeous New River.

So great to live so close to such a beautiful sight. Cheers!

Maybe today is the day

October 22nd, 2022

Maybe today is the day

We may actually get our new computer set up today now that I was permitted by Apple to change my password.

I can't believe we had to wait such a long time to do that and then our friend's father became ill and he could not help us but I think today is the day!

Hope we don't run into any more obstacles!

I hate living around a machine but that is the way things are now so we have to update.

Pleased to sell another copy of Charlotte Flip

October 21st, 2022

Pleased to sell another copy of Charlotte Flip

I am very proud of my Skyline Beauty series. I let the colors and brushwork fly on these creative city interpretations.

Always great to sell prints of them and this time another print of Charlotte Flip was sold to a California patron.

So nice to think of these colorful works landing in many different states. I am up to 32 now with multiple sales in many of those states.

I haven't painted one in a while. I will get back to them.

Why was his check better than mine?

October 20th, 2022

Why was his check better than mine?

Last night my son was checking out stuff on Facebook when the site clicked off.

I had unplugged my boom box, yes I still have one of those, to the long electrical outlet a while before he got on the computer.

I figured I had jarred some of the plugs loose. I checked them all and they seemed fine.

This morning my hubby checked them and they were a little loose and the internet went right back on.

Why did his check work and mine did not? My mystery for today.

Lots of Candy

October 19th, 2022

Lots of Candy

I usually wait until the last minute to buy candy for Halloween. This time I got it early and it is still there!

I haven't touched it and the others don't know where it is. I only have to hold out a little longer and then it is Candy Time!

We hardly have anyone come by but that's okay. We will take care of the candy ourselves.

I know some people that don't eat much sugar at all. How do they live like that? LOL!

Hope to figure it out today

October 18th, 2022

Hope to figure it out today

I want to add music to my Youtube shorts that I am making on my android phone, but as usual I am having a hard time.

After I made one yesterday I picked a music selection and the short disappeared. I found it and uploaded it but the music was not there.

My instruction youtube isn't going to help me with this one. Oh well. I just have to zig and zag for a while and eventually catch on.

Time to get to it.

Finally found a pair of shoes

October 17th, 2022

Finally found a pair of shoes

I have the worst time finding shoes that I can use. Since I have a bone spur that has just about gone away I want to keep on taking my podiatrist's excellent advice.

I need a shoe that is open in the back and a high heel but not a very high one. You can find shoes that are open in the back but almost all of them have heels high enough to cause serious injury in you fall.

I went to three different stores at the mall and finally found one pair. Yea! Hope they last a while. The other ones I wear around the house are falling apart.

Cheers on a beautiful Monday!

Glad I am not the only one

October 16th, 2022

Glad I am not the only one

With age comes senior moments. I am amazed at how I can't get a famous name out at times. I was talking with a friend at church about our representative in the House and could not remember his name. She couldn't either!

We are close to the same age and we both were up against a senior moment wall. I will never forget talking to a Journalism Major at Radford University about William Randolph Hearst and could not for the life of me remember the movie that Orson Welles made about his life.

Citizen Kane is only one of the most famous movies ever. Oh well, I am fighting aging problems as best as I can so I just have to try to laugh over these moments.

The problem is they are not funny.

Feeling Down Today

October 15th, 2022

Feeling Down Today

We all get down at times and today is one of those days for me.

Not going to get into any details. Just going to get busy and appreciate all that I have and try not think about what is making me sad.

All anyone really has is a limited amount of time so I am going to try not to waste it.

Cleaning up really helps

October 14th, 2022

Cleaning up really helps

I find it really helps me to sleep if I do some housework right before going to bed. Last night I was doing that and just had to stop. Too tired.

Very busy day and, as usual, I didn't get done everything I wanted to get done but I keep at it.

Usually I can't shut off my mind when I go to bed but I don't even remember any of that last night. It certainly helps to be very tired.

I am going to keep that up so I can just go to sleep. Cheers on another busy day!

Computer and me are still fighting

October 13th, 2022

Computer and me are still fighting

I will be so glad when we get our new computer set up. Our friend has some serious family concerns so there is another delay.

Computers continue to baffle me. Sites baffle me. I am one baffled lady in front of a computer screen.

I changed my Apple ID yesterday. I was, of course sent in circles until I was able to change it. At one point in the circle they wanted me to log in with my password. I was changing it because the one I had written down was not right.

They wanted a code that was sent to me. There was no code sent to me. I sure say the word ARGHHHH a lot in front on this machine. After a few more circles I finally got it done.

I am also having some weird problems with a site but I am not getting into that one. Oh well. Computers are great in many ways and I will keep at it. Cheers on a crazy computer day!

Still worried about Covid

October 12th, 2022

Still worried about Covid

My son is very congested today with a sore throat and mild fever. I still worry about Covid. Some friends of ours got all their vaccinations and still came down with Covid.

They are all right now but I have been reading about strange long term effects of the disease.

Some people that never had any heart problems developed them after having Covid.

I am still wearing a mask but I don't see many others wearing them. It is not over.

Everyone should get their vaccination.

Getting Hardboard Today

October 11th, 2022

Getting Hardboard Today

I know getting hardboard at Lowes is not the sort of trip that is exciting to your average person but it is to me.

I have not painted a large painting for quite some time and am looking forward to getting some hardboard cut up and prepared for some ideas I have had in my head for some time now.

I prefer hardboard to canvas. My first painting teacher thought it was an excellent surface and I agree.

Anyway, to the Lowe's store!

A New Friend

October 10th, 2022

A New Friend

Met a great neighbor yesterday! She is working to support her candidate for the Virginia House and we had a nice talk.

We have only been here a little over a year and she has been here for three years.

She is also an artist so we had a great chat about politics and art.

Always great to make new friends!

Pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James

October 9th, 2022

Pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James

Always glad to sell prints of my work and another print of Richmond on the James was sold to a great Illinois patron. This Skyline Beauty print certainly does get around!

I am so behind on all my chores right now that I am going to sign off and get to them.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Not going back to school

October 8th, 2022

Not going back to school

Two days ago I asked someone about a problem I was having with Youtube. He sent me a long paragraph that utterly confused me. Among other things, I am uploading shorts right now but I can't seem to change the one I have for my other blogs. I keep getting the URL is wrong message.

Do we all have to have a degree in Computer Science to handle computer issues? I am not going back to school so I guess I will keep on trying to figure out things with Google and Youtube.

I now have permission from Apple to change my password so we can switch out computers. I hope that goes smoothly.

Cheers on a Technology Aggravation Day. I know I am not the only one that has these problems.

We all have Downers

October 7th, 2022

We all have Downers

Feeling so oppressed by all my activities today so I am just going to say yuck and move on.

Cheers and I hope I will cheer up later.

Bowling Tonight

October 6th, 2022

Bowling Tonight

I always like to watch my son bowl on his team. He practically smashes those pins. Such energy! I have to get a ball that is very heavy for me or I make a lot of gutter balls.

With a ten pound ball I tend to send it to the left or right. I can keep a twelve pound ball in the lane but it is a strain on my arms. I have never had a lot of strength in my arms.

When I started practicing Yoga I couldn't hold Downward Facing Dog for more than a few seconds. Now I can hang there for a long time so my arms are definitely better but still pretty weak.

Oh well, I really can't complain. Old but in pretty good shape. Yoga is at 10:00 today.

Lots to do before then.

Wow. Youtube Shorts Rock

October 5th, 2022

Wow. Youtube Shorts Rock

I have been meaning to post some Youtube shorts from my phone and I finally did that yesterday.

Already I have received a huge increase in views! I am definitely going to post more of them.

I have gotten tired of posting fifteen minute demos so this is a nice break. I may get back to them but right now I want to concentrate on my work and not be distracted by demos.

Anyway, hope everyone has a great day!

That was a Work out

October 4th, 2022

That was a Work out

There is one Yoga pose that I used to make myself do because I know I need it very much. I hate that one so much that I stopped doing it.

Then one day my Zoom Yoga teacher had it and it really hurt so I asked her to include that one more often because I will do it if it is in class.

Well, she is doing that and I am a little sore today. Hopefully I will get better at that one. Now to seated work for a while.

Cheers on a beautiful Tuesday!

Lounged Out

October 3rd, 2022

Lounged Out

I was actually so lazy yesterday that I thought I would have trouble sleeping. I convinced my workaholic self to take it easy.

I did some work as always but I watched a whole movie instead of just part of it. It was The Bad Seed, a 1956 film about an eight year old that killed a boy at a picnic without any remorse.

I loved the introduction of the actors at the end of the film. The actor that played the mother was the last one introduced and she finished by going to the little girl, putting her over her lap and spanking her repeatedly. That certainly was an unusual way to end the film. Love movies!

Most Popular Peaks of Otter painting has been Sold

October 2nd, 2022

Most Popular Peaks of Otter painting has been Sold

I am so pleased that Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter has been sold to a great Northern Virginia patron. His wife is from Forest, VA and he bought my painting for an anniversary gift.

I have sold many Wall Art Prints and Prints on other items of this beautiful sight in the Blue Ridge. As I have said many times I love living in the mountains of Southwest Virginia which is very near The Blue Ridge Parkway.

If you have never been to The Peaks of Otter, be sure to visit some time. We have been there many times and one time we walked down from the top of Sharp Top.


Pawleys Island Devastation

October 1st, 2022

Pawleys Island Devastation

I have painted many beautiful scenes of gorgeous Pawleys Island in South Carolina.

The hurricane caused a tremendous amount of damage and one of the piers was taken out and is floating somewhere in the Atlantic.

One of my favorite Pawleys Island paintings was of one of the piers. I had that one professionally framed and it was sold to a New Jersey patron. I don't know if that is the pier that was torn loose.

I hope the people there will be all right and the damage taken care of. The residents say that compared to Florida they received a pass.

Guests Today

September 30th, 2022

Guests Today

We don't have a lot of guests but we will have two today. Clyde has invited some naturalists to help advise us on the best plants for our property that will be good for the environment and pollinators.

I am kind of surprised that Clyde is seeking advice. I thought he knew all that stuff but I guess he is getting expert advice in case his plans are not the best.

Anyway, looking forward to hearing what they have to say.

I think we would all be better off if we got away from the pesticide ridden lawns and plant native trees and flowers. I hope that approach catches on.

Native flowers are gorgeous!

Youtube and Tik Tok

September 29th, 2022

Youtube and Tik Tok

In an effort to compete with Tik Tok a lot of youtubers are making very short videos on their phones. I keep saying I am going to do that so maybe today is the day.

I always put out a short video on Thursdays but I use my camera and they are about two minutes long. Should be interesting to film one with my phone that is ten seconds long.

Hope I don't mess it up. As I said to a friend on Wordpress, I liked it better when phones weren't little computers. Maybe today I will change my mind.

Well, Duh

September 28th, 2022

Well, Duh

I needed to print out a sales receipt and a certificate of authenticity this morning and couldn't understand why I could turn on the printer but it wouldn't print.

I can't believe I didn't realize it wasn't connected to the old computer. What a duh moment.

Oh well. It is hooked up now and the forms are printed out. Time to pack up the painting.

Cheers on a pretty cold day.

Thirty Day Guarantee

September 27th, 2022

Thirty Day Guarantee

We never pay attention to medical ads on TV. This morning there was one promoting a medicine that could be useful to my husband so I had to tease him.

But Clyde it has a money back guarantee! You can try it for thirty days risk free! Not sure but I think there was cussing in the nearby bathroom. LOL!

Cheers on a beautiful Tuesday. I have to get busy and build a crate for a painting I will be shipping out tomorrow. I never put these sales in a blog until the patron has it and is pleased.

No one has ever returned one but if they did after I said it was sold then I don't think I could list it again. That would be a problem.

So glad the old computer is back on the desk

September 26th, 2022

So glad the old computer is back on the desk

We now have the old computer in front of the new computer which is so much better. I was doing Yoga straddles on the floor to work on the old one since we didn't have a high place to put it on.

I tried sitting in a chair and leaning down but that was very uncomfortable. The straddle seemed to be the best position. Needless to say I didn't do much on my computer yesterday.

Oh well. October 7th will be here before I know it and I can get a new Apple ID. Computers certainly do own us.



On the floor and not happy

September 25th, 2022

On the floor and not happy

Another computer argh. Apple will not notify me that I can get a new pass word until October 7th. October 7th!

Still working on the old one on the floor and I am not happy.

Going to do the minimum computer work and this evening we will get help and put the old one where the new one is.

Wrong Password

September 24th, 2022

Wrong Password

Still waiting to get on our new computer because my carefully composed list of passwords has a wrong one.

Argh! I must have updated my Apple one and forgot to change it on my list so we have to wait 24 hours to put in a new one.

I am using the old computer on the floor and this is so uncomfortable. Ending this here and hope everyone has a better computer day than me.

What a Dinosaur

September 23rd, 2022

What a Dinosaur

I hope our friend can come today and help us set up our new computer.

I received one message that I had to open through a protected system with
no problem. Then I received another one from the same person and this time
it would not open.

Computers own us and baffle us. Time to get away and work
on something that does not involve this machine.

Cheers on a Friday!

I love VHS

September 22nd, 2022

I love VHS

I still have a TV that has VHS on it.

The Salvation Army store has a great collection of movies and I have a lot of old favorites. They charge twenty five cents for one.

It is so nice to be able to take the movie out and it will still be where I had it unlike DVDS. That way if someone else wants to watch one I don't have to find my place again.

Ah, the good old days!


I Love Looney Tunes

September 21st, 2022

I Love Looney Tunes

We have a Looney Tunes program early in the morning here and I love it. Glad to see them again.

My favorite characters are Daffy Duck, Sylvester, and Fog Horn Leg Horn. I especially like the ones with Sylvester's kid.

One of those was on today. His Dad disappointed him and his kid asked how he would ever face the others in Troop 12. Love it! We need to laugh.

Have a great day!


Still Skating in my Dreams

September 20th, 2022

Still Skating in my Dreams

For many years I skated with my son and his friends at a rink in Christiansburg. Sometimes we were there three times a week. I was very sad when it closed down.

Then a few years later another one opened up. It was the nicest rink I have ever seen and then it closed down due to embezzlement.

Ever since then I sometimes dream of skating at a rink. I thought I had stopped doing that but last night I dreamed I helped a very young boy up when he fell and gave him some encouragement.

I still skate, just not at a rink.

Cheers on a beautiful Tuesday! Please check out my latest abstract painting demo below.

Eyes Glued Shut

September 19th, 2022

Eyes Glued Shut

You know you did not sleep well when you get up and can hardly open your eyes. This morning mine were practically glued shut.

Oh wait. Maybe that means I did sleep well. If that is so then why did I wake up at 3:30 and took forever to get back to sleep?

I know of people that go right to sleep and don't remember any dreams when they wake up. I usually stare at the ceiling for a long time, get to sleep and wake up with weird dreams.

On well. We are all different. I am sure I have some strengths that some of my friends and relatives don't have. Can't think of any right now but maybe I will tonight when I am trying to get to sleep.

Cheers on a Monday!



Duplicate Post and Copy Post mean the same thing

September 18th, 2022

Duplicate Post and Copy Post mean the same thing

I can't believe that I get a little confused when I want to copy a post on Wix and wonder where the phrase copy post is.

In the drop down box it has duplicate instead of copy. I have been doing this for a long time so I don't have to re-add my current video.

I think it is about time I didn't stumble on that word. LOL!

Time for a trip to see family. Remember, like Einstein said, everything is relatives.

Computer Showdown has been put off

September 17th, 2022

Computer Showdown has been put off

We were supposed to set up our new computer yesterday but our friend couldn't make it so I have one more week of Aperture and then I have to learn a new way to work with my painting files.

I am slow to learn computer stuff so I hope this won't be as big a mess as I think it will be. I should have minored in Computer Science. These days I think all college students should but since they grew up on this machine they probably don't need to.

Oh well. I will get the hang of it.

Oh no. Another computer showdown

September 16th, 2022

Oh no. Another computer showdown

We finally got a new computer and this evening a young friend will help us set it up.

Not looking forward to that. It always takes a long time and involves a long list of passwords and I will no longer have aperture which I depend on.

That is a lot of longs in one sentence. I am sorry aperture went under. Now I will have to find an editing site which I will probably have to pay for.

I don't even know how many files I have of my paintings on this computer. Glad to have help. We just aren't computer people.

A Trusted Code

September 15th, 2022

A Trusted Code

Pretty sure I have mentioned this before. When my Zoom Yoga teacher says she has a gentle practice planned that means a tough one. Enough Downward Facing Dogs to make you bark.

Gentle practice is definitely a code word for strong work out. I can depend on that.

Oh well, gentle or tough, I need the practice and am glad to have someone to lead it. No way would I do it on my own. Lots to do before class.

Cheers on a beautiful Thursday!

Selective Food Poisoning

September 14th, 2022

Selective Food Poisoning

Last night I thought I was in trouble with my stomach. We all ate the same meal but one of my pieces of tomato tasted a little off.

I felt quite ill for hours but I guess my stomach acid took care of it. So glad! You never know about food.

One time I had a piece of cantaloupe that seemed fine but was quite sick an hour later. I never eat rare meat. I am probably too cautious but better safe than sorry.

Here's to a feel good day!

It must be a practice session

September 13th, 2022

It must be a practice session

My husband is still recovering from surgery even though it has been three months since the procedure. He is improving but still has to get up three to five times at night so he takes a nap in the afternoons.

There is so much work going on right now in our neighborhood. One neighbor is resurfacing his driveway and another is cutting down trees.

Today the noise started very early. I told Clyde they must be practicing for a real loud session when you try for a nap. LOL!

Cheers on a beautiful Tuesday. Please check out my latest Demo Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler

Messed up Messenger

September 12th, 2022

Messed up Messenger

Don't know if it is my computer or Facebook messenger but when I type out a message it stops at one point and the whole message sinks down so I can't see it.

After a little while I can get it back. So easy to make errors when this happens.

We will be hooking up a new one soon and I hope it does not computer challenge me too much. Cheers on a pretty Monday!

Please get your vaccines

September 11th, 2022

Please get your vaccines

Just want to give a pitch for the medical profession.

Not sure how true this internet information is but I just read that New York is declaring a polio emergency to get people to get their vaccines.

Polio is a devastating disease and we should all respect doctors that spent at least four years of medical school studying these diseases. Ignorance is not bliss regarding vaccines.

This attack on the medical profession needs to stop.

Always great to talk to a patron

September 10th, 2022

Always great to talk to a patron

Since I mostly sell originals and prints online it is nice to talk to a prospective patron.

One contacted me a few days ago and asked my opinion on certain florals and which ones would look good in his apartment. He sent me files of the spaces he wants to fill and the sizes he wants.

Always nice to get that kind of interaction!

I am putting the finishing touches on my latest wildflower painting and will be adding that one to my portfolio. My work marches on!

Love in a time of Climate Change

September 9th, 2022

Love in a time of Climate Change

We have book studies at our church and I want to highly recommend Love in a Time of Climate Change by Sharon Delgado.

I have learned a lot from my naturalist husband and am very concerned about how we treat our home planet.

We will be adding a lot of plants that are beneficial to pollinators. There are things we can all do to help.

Please check out a short video of a favorite shore painting of cormorants at Pawleys Island.


It is not over

September 8th, 2022

It is not over

I have been reading some disturbing things about Covid on Morgan Fairchild's twitter feed. She is connected to so many health officials and there are some reports that the long term effects of the disease are quite serious.

Some people that have never had any heart problems are having them after contracting Covid. There are other health problems showing up and some of the people getting them only had mild covid.

Hate to be an alarmist but I think we should still wear masks.

Seventy cities in China are on lock down. Anyway, I hope it doesn't get bad again here.

I have some of them memorized word for word

September 7th, 2022

I have some of them memorized word for word

My Yoga teacher can't meet with us today so I will practice with an online yoga class.

My zoom class is twice a week but I practice every day so I actually have some of my online classes memorized word for word.

If I could depend on myself to hold the poses long enough I could probably just do them without the computer. I know I won't so I will be turning one on soon.

Cheers on a beautiful Wednesday!

When is it done

September 6th, 2022

When is it done

Hoping to get to a painting that I foolishly changed and change it back. Fortunately I have a file of what it used to look like.

I still can't remember why I drastically changed part of it and then realized it was a mistake.

When are they done? That, for me, is the hardest part about painting. It took me many years to figure out how to let them live but sometimes I still mess up.

Anyway, my yoga class is cancelled so I think I can get to it.

Yea!

Please check out my latest wild lettering video. My channel is Kendall Kessler

Only did that twice

September 5th, 2022

Only did that twice

Yesterday I started playing the wrong hymn for the last one. The pastor had to come over and show me which one I was supposed to be playing.

It was a very difficult one so we had to sing it acapella. Oh well, the pastor sends me the hymn numbers with the titles and I am always careful to write down both.

This time I forget to double check on the titles. She had sent the wrong number. This happened once before. I think I will be doubly sure to double check from now on.

Too Pretty

September 4th, 2022

Too Pretty

Today there is a Bugs Bunny block and I watched one that was a lot of fun. A witch asks the mirror on the wall who is the ugliest in the world.

Of course, she is until Bugs tricks her into drinking a magic pretty up potion. She is furious.

Imagine if people wanted to ugly down instead of improving their looks? I think that would be much easier.

I need more chocolate, pass me the potato chips, I don't need a brush, etc.

LOL on a rainy Sunday!

Zanies is Great

September 3rd, 2022

Zanies is Great

Every Friday night at 10:00 Clyde turns on the stand up comedy show Zanies and every Friday night at 10:00 I say it can't be Friday already.

Wow! I wish I could slow time down a little. What a rocket show.

Oh well. Lots to do and lots to be thankful for. Better get to it.

Glad to be Well and Alive

September 2nd, 2022

Glad to be Well and Alive

One third of Pakistan is under water. Fifty million people displaced. Fourteen hundred dead.

Such a horrific tragedy. It is so hard to consider any of my problems to be at all important.

I hope they get the assistance they desperately need.

You don't have to like it to need it

September 1st, 2022

You don

My Zoom class was cancelled on Tuesday and it is cancelled today. The class is for an hour twice a week and I really need it. I know I have mentioned many times that I don't like Yoga but it is so important for my body.

I use online ones when my teacher can't meet with us, but I can not make myself practice for an hour so I click on the half an hour ones.

Yesterday my right hip was a little sore and I debated all day long whether or not I should do some Yoga. Sometimes you just have to rest to heal.

At the end of the day I turned on a Youtube practice and my hip was completely better afterwards and today.

Hard for me to say this, but, yea Yoga!

We are starting to give them names

August 31st, 2022

We are starting to give them names

Lots of regular visitors to our home. The deer mostly stay out of sight but the squirrels and chipmunks are running all over the place. We are starting to name some of the regulars.

I am calling the chipmunk I see sitting on our patio"Chippy" and Clyde is calling the squirrel that keeps showing up at out doorstep "Stupy".

He does not think squirrels are cute and if you read up on how they behave towards other creatures you might think that cutie with the beautiful tail is a good example of how looks do matter.

Anyway, I like to watch them.

Cheers on a Wednesday!

We have to say good bye for the summer

August 30th, 2022

We have to say good bye for the summer

Last Friday was my last swim day at the lake until next summer. There are no life guards now and I don't like to swim without them.

That 1962 song Sealed with a Kiss by Bryan Hyland kept going through my mind. We have to say good bye for the summer... Of course I didn't kiss the sand or any one there but I do hate to see the summer end.

I know for me it is goodbye to the summer fun and not about two people separating for the summer months but it sort of fits and is a pretty song.

Anyway, I will be there next year!

Check out my latest Youtube demo of a quirky heart. I may change this one and let this painting be the first stage. Not complicated enough for me but it does have some nice wet-in-wet effects. My channel is Kendall Kessler.

I hope that is true

August 29th, 2022

I hope that is true

I hope this is true. Minnesota is paying people to ditch their lawn and plant pollinator friendly plants and native grasses.

You never know about the internet but I will research this to find out if this is happening.

We have a lot of non native plants that were here when we bought the house. Clyde is looking into planting native flowers that deer don't like.

Here's to my smart naturalist!

We are not paying you rent

August 28th, 2022

We are not paying you rent

Lots of squirrels and chipmunks on our property, not to mention deer families.

I think they think they own the place. Yesterday when Clyde opened the door there was a squirrel right at the doorstep looking at him.

Clyde thinks the squirrel was there to collect rent money.

Go find some nuts. You aren't getting any from us.

Coconut oil or glasses...

August 27th, 2022

Coconut oil or glasses...

I am way up there in senior years but when I look into the mirror I don't see any wrinkles. I use a lot of coconut oil.

I asked my husband if the reason I don't see wrinkles is because the coconut oil is working or I don't have glasses on.

My smart husband said it is the coconut oil. Yeah, right. It's the glasses.

Since they are reading glasses I think I will just enjoy not seeing wrinkles.

To the Beach

August 26th, 2022

To the Beach

I couldn't go yesterday but today I am headed to the lake! It may not be the ocean but, like I always say, no sharks!

These days that is important. When I go to the shore I don't swim in the ocean. Too much shark activity.

One time I was standing in water up to my shin and a lady next to me said they had seen sharks in water that deep. Pretty sure I mentioned that before but it bears repeating.

Yikes! Sharks don't really want people but they take exploratory bites. I don't want to lose a limb while they are figuring out whether or not they want me.

Anyway, cheers on a Friday!

Nothing to Say

August 25th, 2022

Nothing to Say

Sometimes I see a Wordless post on someone's blog on Wordpress. I always wondered why someone would post that but today I know why.

For once I don't have a thing to say and am too tired to try to think of something up so I will just post a different painting and get to work on other things.

Hoping my current oil painting is dry so I can get to the next layer. Well, there! I did think of something.

Cheers on a hot Thursday!

Speed Skates are staying in the closet

August 24th, 2022

Speed Skates are staying in the closet

I skated in my garage yesterday and was amazed at how rusty I am. Maybe you can forget how to ride a bike.

I will certainly keep all the protective equipment on and just use regular inline skates. There is something wrong with the right speed skate. There is a button to tighten the cords and it is stuck. The old skates lace up.

Oh well. Glad to be skating again and I am sure it will come back to me.

Looking forward to the lake tomorrow!

Always ask the Farm Boy

August 23rd, 2022

Always ask the Farm Boy

My husband lived on a farm the first few years of his life and then the family moved to a house his father and grand father built on a rural road with few neighbors.

The farm was family owned so my father-in-law continued to grow crops there. I have never tasted better corn.

Anyway, when I am doubtful about a product I ask my farm boy. There were light brown spots on the inside of my apple today. He said it was okay. So far I am feeling fine.

Cheers on a beautiful Tuesday!

Pleased to sell a Print in my Whimsy Series

August 22nd, 2022

Pleased to sell a Print in my Whimsy Series

So pleased to sell a print of a painting in my Whimsy series which is a fanciful set of paintings most of which are based on symbols.

I have a number of creative heart paintings and this time a great Nebraska patron bought Hawk Heart. It is a small painting but sizes range from about 8" x 10" to 24" x 36".

Fine Art America prints are excellent. I have ordered greeting cards and they are great!

Nailed it

August 21st, 2022

Nailed it

I play a lot of rather complicated pieces on the piano but I have very bad stage fright. I have gotten somewhat better but it is still a problem when I perform at church.

I wanted to play a beautiful piece by Claude Debussy for the prelude but was worried about several sections that are difficult.

Nailed it! That is always a great feeling. I know there are so many great piano pieces that are not that well known and I like for people to hear them.

Putting on those Skates

August 20th, 2022

Putting on those Skates

We have a really big garage now and I am going to put on my skates, turn on some music and skate there.

The rinks in Christiansburg have closed and I don't skate on roads. Too easy to hit a rock and land on my face.

I miss skating so much and I have all of the protective equipment so the car can sit in the driveway while I have some fun. So glad I never grew up in many ways.

Never got on the Track

August 19th, 2022

Never got on the Track

Lots of times I get into a conversation with Clyde and forget what I was going to say. My train of thought gets derailed. Clyde says sometimes his never gets on the track.

No lake today. It is cloudy and will rain soon. Next week is the last time with lifeguards and then it is good bye for the summer.

Always sad to see the end of my fun swimming time. Please check out a favorite Pawleys Island painting Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler.

Not sure I can make it to Lunch

August 18th, 2022

Not sure I can make it to Lunch

Yesterday I made it all the way to lunch without getting into a political discussion. I don't think that will happen today.

I am trying to not let politics dominate my days but we are living in a time when what used to be said privately can be sent all over the world on the net and it is unsettling.

I see discouraging posts and encouraging ones every day and I feel like I am caught in the middle.

Oh well. All I can say is everyone should vote and I am going to be sending out more postcards to support the candidates I want to win.

I made it all the way to Lunch Time

August 17th, 2022

I made it all the way to Lunch Time

Yesterday I was determined not to start my day with bending my husband's ear with all the political posts I see on the internet. I made it to lunch time and then had to let loose.

Clyde keeps up with different sources so I know there are some things I see that he is not aware of and time has proven my sources to be good so I just have to tell him.

Today we both started the day with political discussions. Hard not to these days. Time to get away from that subject and on to my artwork. Another beautiful day!

Not One Word

August 16th, 2022

Not One Word

Proud of myself. Since I am on so much Social Media to promote my work I am always seeing a barrage of political posts which I am forever sharing with my hubby. He keeps up with other sources.

I was determined to stay off of politics this morning and I did it. It was hard but I did it! Let's see how long I can keep that up.

Maybe I will make it past lunch, but I doubt it.

Please check out my Zany Z youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.

Too Loud

August 15th, 2022

Too Loud

I like the sound of rain and I don't mind rainy days at all. They have a calming effect on me but the sound of rain at 4:00 am is not welcome.

I couldn't believe how loud it was this morning. Not raining at all now.

Oh well. We can't regulate the rain and I hope someone doesn't decide we should figure out a way to do that. I don't think that would end well.

Time to get to work on a cloudy, pretty day.

I need a bigger one

August 14th, 2022

I need a bigger one

I buy the family size bag of Peanut M & Ms and I don't think we will make it to grocery day.

I guess I need to go to a bigger size or buy two.

Clyde asked me if I was thinking of a horses feed bag size? Ha ha. Not that big.

We are three little pigs, not horses.

Lots to do so I had better get to it all. Maybe some day I will know the meaning of the word bored. Today is not that day.


Another Sale of Memphis Lights

August 13th, 2022

Another Sale of Memphis Lights

Always great to sell prints and Memphis Lights is certainly getting around. This time a print was sold to a patron in Arkansas.

I keep saying I am going to get back to my Skyline Beauty series but just haven't gotten there yet. Really into my main work in oil paint right now.

Almost all of my Skyline Beauty paintings are done in acrylics. I think that medium works well for Skyline paintings but I prefer the slow build up of oils for my main stuff.

Anyway, looks like another beautiful day! Cheers!

I miss Victor Borge

August 11th, 2022

I miss Victor Borge

A lot of great performers have passed on and I miss them. I especially miss Victor Borge, a great classical pianist and comedian. The other day I was looking for a Youtube recording of Claire de lune and I came across his performance of it.

The announcer talked on and on about his great ability and great touch. He walked over to the piano and took out his handkerchief and started to wipe off the keys.

While he was doing that a few keys played and he said, "That's not it".

Love to laugh! Cheers on a beautiful Thursday!

Another Blankety Blank Computer Problem

August 10th, 2022

Another Blankety Blank Computer Problem

Computers are great but they are also aggravating. I have not been able to get to my Gmail since yesterday morning. I get a temporary glitz notice.

When I go to the page that is supposed to explain what the problem is, none of the issues have a red flag. They are all green and good to go. My husband filed a query yesterday afternoon. It takes 24 hours to get a response.

Needless to say I am using some choice words right now. I get a lot of social mail and it will be a mess to go through when this is fixed.

I am going to go get some tea and cheer up.

Such Nice Comments

August 9th, 2022

Such Nice Comments

I put up a Demo youtube on Mondays and a studio tour one on Thursdays. I love reading the comments! People write such great, supportive ones and I always answer them.

So nice to have an audience that gets something out of my videos. My channel is Kendall Kessler. Please visit it!

I like to experiment on Youtube with acrylics since they dry so fast I can get a lot done in a few minutes unlike my oil paintings that are done in many layers over a long period of time.


Zanies Comedy Hour on a Wednesday

August 8th, 2022

Zanies Comedy Hour on a Wednesday

When Clyde turned on Zanies comedy show that is broadcasted from Nashville Friday on Friday night I couldn't believe it was on.

How did Friday come that fast? I couldn't believe it was Friday. What happened to Wednesday and Thursday?

Anyway, if you have never seen Zanies stand up comedy on Friday night you might want to check it out. Great comedians.

Dragging Along AND Singing a Song

August 7th, 2022

Dragging Along AND Singing a Song

Doing a little better in the sleep department. For the first time in a while I woke up feeling rested rather than feeling like I spent the night trying to work in my sleep.

Clyde said he felt better yesterday than he has since the second surgery so that is great!

Lots to do and I don't cook tonight. Sunday night is Chinese. Yes!

Dragging Along not Singing a Song

August 6th, 2022

Dragging Along not Singing a Song

Too tired to say much today. Not getting enough sleep is discouraging so I will just try to cheer up and maybe get out of the house for some fun.

Day time Naps are not an option since I have that weird sleep disorder that only occurs during the day. Better luck tonight.

Hope everyone has a great Saturday.

So tired of all those naps

August 5th, 2022

So tired of all those naps

Hubby is still recovering from surgery and one of the drawbacks is he has to get up many times at night.

Wednesday night it was only three and we were cheering. Last night it was seven. I am waking up every hour but so glad I go back to sleep.

Oh well. Could be worse. I am dragging my tired self to the lake anyway. Fall is coming.

Please check out my short video on a favorite creek painting. Lots of great comments on Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.

It is not Sharko

August 4th, 2022

It is not Sharko

There was a great program about tracking sharks on PBS yesterday. The journey started off the coast of Mexico. Clyde was well into it when he asked me to watch it with him.

Since it was off the coast of Mexico I figured he wanted me to tell him the Spanish word for Shark. After seven years of study, two trips to Spain, and one year of teaching Spanish I should know something but I have forgotten a lot of words and some grammar.

I don't remember the word for shark.

It is a program ON sharks.

Oh, I thought you wanted the Spanish word for shark.

Sharko.

That is not it.

What is that Blinking Red Light

August 3rd, 2022

What is that Blinking Red Light

We have a fake fireplace in our new home. It looks like there are logs that are simmering and it can be turned on.

We haven't used it yet but I noticed a blinking red light through the vent area last night. Don't know what that means so we are getting help today.

Hope it is not a problem. I don't want a problem. Who does?

Dangerously Low on Peanut M and Ms

August 2nd, 2022

Dangerously Low on Peanut M and Ms

I was getting my groceries in one day. I loaded up the cart and pitied the people behind me in line.

The cart is so heavy that it is rather hard to push so now I am getting heavy stuff a day before grocery day.

I noticed that we were very low on Peanut M & Ms. I always have some every day so that is not good. I was sure to get another pack today.

I admire people that stay away from sugar but that will only happen to me if it is no longer available.

Have a sweet day!

Not a Cow

August 1st, 2022

Not a Cow

We have so many deer here that can be seen all hours of the day. On an early morning errand there was one grazing away in a yard.

The window was open and Clyde yelled out, "Moo!"

Wonder what that doe thought of that. Weird start to a Monday.

The Last of the Mohicans

July 31st, 2022

The Last of the Mohicans

As I have said many times I love movies and watch them on breaks from work.

One of my favorite movies that was filmed in 1992 was The Last of the Mohicans starring Daniel Day-Lewis.

It occurred to me that I had seen many films with Daniel Day-Lewis in the lead. I liked them all. He has retired from acting. I was sorry to hear that but we can all review his work.

Anyway, it is not just the acting, writing, and screen play that enchants me. The music has so much to do with my reaction to a film and the music in this one is especially great.

I highly recommend it.

Why are they in the Laundry room

July 30th, 2022

Why are they in the Laundry room

I can understand ants in the kitchen. I worked hard to get rid of them. Last night when I was doing the laundry I saw bunches of them on the ledge by the window.

What is in the laundry room that ants would want? I guess I had better ask Clyde. He will know. It is nice having a husband that read the encyclopedias when he was a child and still remembers what he read.

I can't remember where I put my sweater.

Cheers on a Saturday!

Not too tired to swim

July 29th, 2022

Not too tired to swim

Not sleeping that well and working all day long. I did a lot of housework before going to bed.

So tired but not too tired to get to the lake and swim. I love my little beach without sharks.

Please check out a short video on a favorite Skyline painting. My channel is Kendall Kessler.

Cheers on a Friday!

Will my Bagpipes bother you

July 28th, 2022

Will my Bagpipes bother you

Love to joke around with my hubby. Since he is not sleeping that well while he recovers from surgery he takes a nap after lunch.

I asked him if my bagpipes would bother him. He said no. They would lull him to sleep.

LOL!

Another Print Sale of Memphis Lights

July 27th, 2022

Another Print Sale of Memphis Lights

Always great to sell prints. It is nice to know that originals and prints are out there. This time a great NC patron bought Memphis Lights.

Memphis Lights is a commissioned painting from my Skyline Beauty series. I have sold a lot of prints of these paintings and several originals.

I haven't painted any in a while and may do some more. They are all creative interpretations of various skylines and I am proud of them.


One Day Lily Left

July 26th, 2022

One Day Lily Left

The Deer Diner is going strong but they are missing a few flowers here and there. We have two gorgeous Crepe Myrtle trees that have scarlet blooms right now.

We will look into some solutions for next year but fortunately it doesn't really bother me that much. The flowers are beautiful but I don't have to have blooms all over the yard. It still looks good to me.

Looking forward to swimming in the lake this week. Now that does matter to me!

Dragging on a Monday

July 25th, 2022

Dragging on a Monday

As I have said before, one day is the same as the next to me since I have so much to do all the time but I am dragging today.

It is hard not to get down when you check out the news. Not going into detail but I am sure you can guess what I am referring to.

Time to start another painting. That will help.

Faster than Greased Lightening

July 24th, 2022

Faster than Greased Lightening

Not feeling too good today and I have so much to get done so I am going to get to all those chores faster than greased lightening. After I put up that title I realized I did not know where that expression came from so I looked it up. I love to learn and was surprised at the answer.

The expression “faster than greased lightning†appears to be one of the instances of American hyperbole about which British visitors to our shores, a century ago, were always complaining, or secretly envying.

Our ancestors, in the days of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson, were not content to indicate great speed in such a trite manner as “faster than lightningâ€; instead, knowing that a cart with greased wheels will go faster than if the wheels were dry, they merely greased the lightning.

Cheers on a fast moving Sunday!

Box after box after box...

July 23rd, 2022

Box after box after box...


Yesterday we took some articles to the police station to help people that suffered flooding in Southwest Virginia. The newspaper said the collection would take place July 25th but residents could take them early to the police station.

I wanted to make sure we helped out. When we got there an officer took our stuff and I asked if there was a good response.

He took us to the hall way that was stacked high with boxes! So nice to see people helping others.

It told me not to do it and I dood it anyway

July 22nd, 2022

It told me not to do it and I dood it anyway

Workaholics are hopeless. I knew I was doing a little too much yesterday.

My right shoulder was trying to tell me that but like the disobedient little kid, "I dood it anyway."

Oh well, it isn't very bad and I am forcing myself to stay home and not go swimming in the lake. Summer is not over yet. I will get there next week.

Have a great pain free day!

Faster than a Chimp can peel a Banana

July 21st, 2022

Faster than a Chimp can peel a Banana

We have a son that moves fast and does not waste time. Sometimes he moves so fast he pushes us around.

Clyde says he moves faster than a chimp can peel a Banana. Then he said he is not sure chimps peel a banana. Maybe they just bite right through it.

Anyway, Alan is no slouch.

So pleased Blue Ridge Overlook has a North Carolina home

July 20th, 2022

So pleased Blue Ridge Overlook has a North Carolina home

One of my favorite Blue Ridge paintings was purchased by a great North Carolina couple. They gave me a great review and are considering purchasing more of my work.

Always glad to find homes for my creations. So much to do today. Got to get to it all.

Cheers on a beautiful, hot Wednesday.

We are not as stupid as we look

July 19th, 2022

We are not as stupid as we look

One of my favorite British series is Black Adder, a great comedy! In one of the episodes set around the time of George III the first dictionary is accidentally burned and Black Adder is trying to recreate it.

I don't remember it exactly but I think at one point Black Adder says he is not as stupid as he looks. Might have been another character. But I do remember that his assistant says I am as stupid as I look as he gives him ridiculous word definitions. His definition for sea is a great big wobbly thing with mermaids.

Anyway, yesterday Clyde and I set up my exhaust fan in my studio. The one I had in my other studio didn't work here so I bought a reverse air fan that sits in the window.

After a few dumb moves we got it in there and working fine which proves we are not as stupid as we look. LOL!

Not Much

July 18th, 2022

Not Much

Can't think of anything to say today so I guess I will just put up another painting and move on to other activities.

I have a friend on Wordpress that has 6000 followers and sometimes she just puts up a picture of lunch. She gets a huge number of likes for a picture of her lunch.

Wow. Some people really know how to do this blog thing. Good for her!

Cheers on a slow Monday.

Argh turns to Yay

July 17th, 2022

Argh turns to Yay

We had a great time yesterday with friends and I cleaned up the house and studio. They spent a lot of time looking at our new home and my artwork. Now I want to work on a demo video and cannot find the attachment for the camera that secures it to the tripod.

What a bummer. I could not film a demo last week because I had too much to do. Now I can't because sometimes cleaning up is a night mare. I either leave it on the camera, or take it off next to the computer or take it upstairs and leave it next to the camera while the batter is recharging.

I'll bet people that are not careful have no problem finding things. I make it against the law for certain things to be anywhere but specified places and they disappear.

One big arghhhhhhh!

Great! I asked my husband to help me find it and he couldn't but I forgot that he had a new tripod he bought a while back. Yay! I am back in the demo routine! Rather than delete my post I decided to happily update it.

Time to Rock and Roll

July 16th, 2022

Time to Rock and Roll

We have some people coming over this afternoon so I have been cleaning up. This house is still a work in progress due to my Art business and my husband's illness but we should get to all those improvements soon.

Just wanted to straighten up and sometimes that is quite a chore. Glad it is done and I can get my computer work done.

Beautiful day! Hope we can get out and walk later. We had such a nice time at the lake. So peaceful.

Crawling out from under

July 15th, 2022

Crawling out from under

I am covered up in work but the lake is calling so I am going to crawl out from under and get there for a while.

My hubby is coming, too! So glad he is improving! What a long recovery.

Cheers on a beautiful day!

The Diner has one left

July 14th, 2022

The Diner has one left

Our Deer Diner is still very popular and we just keep on losing flowers except for the butterfly bushes. So glad the deer don't like them.

There was one gladiola left that they missed and today that is gone, too. We have written off this year but we will find something to put on the flowers that deer don't like and is not a destructive poison.

Anyway, I love looking at the butterfly bushes.

Beautiful!

Finally

July 13th, 2022

Finally

All day long I have been trying to get to a post. One obstacle after the other. Don't really have much to say today but I like to post every day and put up a different work of art.

So here is the drawing and I think I will just get to some work I need to do.

Yesterday we said good bye to a great couple that moved to California. That was hard.

They want us to visit. Maybe some day.

Bathing on the Patio

July 12th, 2022

Bathing on the Patio

Lots of birds all over the yard right now which is great for Clyde. He is even getting out to the New River by himself and checking out all the wildlife.

There is no better therapy for my naturalist husband. One cardinal spent a lot of time bathing itself in a puddle on our patio. That was fun to watch.

The chatter out there is quite loud. It is nice to hear!

Cheers on a beautiful day!

Cooking with Steam

July 11th, 2022

Cooking with Steam

I will be mailing out another painting tomorrow to a great North Carolina couple. I have a lot of paintings in that state which certainly makes a lot of sense since the Blue Ridge is a small strip of mountains in Virginia and North Carolina.

This couple has a mountain home that they would like to place Blue Ridge Overlook in.

I am pleased that I am getting much faster at building the crate and getting all the details together. It used to take a lot longer and was rather aggravating.

Cooking with Stream and Practice makes Perfect as my Mom would always say.

Happy Monday!

Houdini on a Shelf

July 10th, 2022

Houdini on a Shelf

Today I was talking with friends about having events that we can not explain. One friend says she writes them down. I have had a few and I am an extremely skeptical person.

I have strong religious beliefs but I don't know for sure they are true beyond a shadow of a doubt which is why I think separation of church and state is extremely important. I am worried there are many that want a Theocracy.

Anyway, a long time ago I checked out VHS tapes in a Video store that has long since closed. There were videos on the shelf and some were arranged vertically on tables.

One day I was walking by the table and one that was perfectly upright and not leaning at all tipped over and fell right in front of me. It was a film on Houdini. I checked it out and liked it very much. I have no idea how that movie fell in front of me.

Anyway, I don't think we can explain everything that happens to us.

Cheers on a rainy Sunday!

Not a Popular Item in the Diner

July 9th, 2022

Not a Popular Item in the Diner


Every day I check out the butterfly bushes hoping the blooms won't be eaten in our Deer Diner. So far so good.

It is nice to have one section of flowers intact. Last summer I painted a small work of some I could see out the window of my studio and was very pleased with it. I have several large and small coneflower paintings.

I love the beautiful magenta color and the way they grow in arcs. I can see why they are so popular.

Lots to do today as always so I had better get to it.

Stumped

July 8th, 2022

Stumped


Usually I can think of something to talk about but I am stumped today.

I could talk about some very sad aspects of our country but I don't want to be depressed so I am just going to stop here and get out to the lake.

I am trying to get there every Friday if the weather is good and it should be good until this afternoon when some rain could come our way. I am looking forward to the day when my husband is well enough to come with me.

Where did the Morning go

July 7th, 2022

Where did the Morning go

One doctor's appointment can shoot the whole morning. I was hoping this one would be quick but I had to wait thirty minutes in the examining room.

I don't blame the doctor. I know they don't want these back ups either but they happen. I was hoping to get home to my Yoga class. Since I am always griping about Yoga you would think I would be happy but I know I have to force myself to do it to keep my old body going.

As it turns out I was late but there was still enough of a class for a decent work out. Now to everything else.

I do not know the meaning of the word bored. Over worked, extremely tired, and stressed out. I know all of those. Not really that bad. I am exaggerating a little.

Back to work.

Flip a Coin

July 6th, 2022

Flip a Coin

Yesterday I was mulling over which desert bar I wanted. I was either going to have a chocolate bar or a cookies and cream yogurt bar.

I told Clyde I should probably flip a coin but I didn't want to get up and get one. I asked him if it were possible to flip a coin in your head.

He said if he did that it might fall on his only brain cell and that would be the end of him. Ask a writer a weird question and get a weird answer.

Deer Diner

July 5th, 2022

Deer Diner

We are going to look into some sort of deer repellent that is not harmful to the deer or our grounds. Poisons don't really go away and we don't use them.

Most of our flowers have been eaten by deer and we would like them to find another diner. Yesterday one was sauntering along our front yard and I went out and clapped my hands to get it to leave. It looked at me like it didn't think I was serious so I had to run after it.

Oh well. We have beautiful butterfly bushes. I guess deer don't like them.

Lots do do so I had better get to all of my work.

Love The Twilight Zone

July 4th, 2022

Love The Twilight Zone

So glad Twilight Zone is on for the Holiday! It is great to have a show to watch on my breaks from work.

The stories are always interesting and the sets are so well done. I appreciate the spacing and lighting so much.

Movies developed from theater and visual art and I greatly appreciate the way they look. In my opinion, not all TV shows take such care in their sets but Twilight Zone certainly did.

I am looking forward to my breaks today. Happy Fourth!

I wish we would go back to Hymnals

July 3rd, 2022

I wish we would go back to Hymnals

We have great automation at church with big screens so people can follow the service without fumbling with a book. It is great for the service but I wish we would go back to hymnals.

Someone has to click the screens to get to each verse and that can be quite a problem for me, the pianist. Today was a bad day. I was well into the first hymn and no one was singing. I stopped and asked if I was on the wrong hymn and then everyone chimed in at the beginning.

Either the screen did not show up or the clicker thought I was still introducing the hymn. I can only see a tiny corner of the screen.

Lots of time the singers are dragging quite a bit in parts of the hymn so I drag with them. This time on the second verse of one of the hymns I played the correct tempo and they were so far off I went back to dragging the section they dragged. I think the screen probably blinked out.

I miss the days when people sang out of a book. Much easier to go back to the beginning of the hymn for each verse in a book. On well. Usually it works out okay. Today was not one of those days.

Maybe the congregation will grow and we can get a choir together to lead the singers.

A B C D

July 2nd, 2022

A B C D

Had such a nice time at the lake yesterday. The water was so warm and the weather was great. Not too hot.

I love to look at kids playing in the water. One adorable little girl that could not be more than two was walking through the water and trying to recite her ABCs. She was having such a great time but she never got past E. What a cutie!

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

The Lake is calling

July 1st, 2022

The Lake is calling


Summers go by so quickly and I couldn't go to the lake last week so I am going to get my morning work done faster than greased lightening and get on down there.

It may be almost the 4th but it isn't very crowded in the mornings. I swim, eat my lunch and then get on back home.

Be sure to check out my short video on a favorite Blue Ridge painting. Lots of great comments on it.

Time to roll!

Found a Great One

June 30th, 2022

Found a Great One


Before I decided to help out our church and play the piano when our excellent organist left I wasn't a fan of hymns.

I was surprised to find out that there are many that I like very much and every once in a while I find one that is great. Of course, many of them are lyrics set to famous music, including Beethoven's 9th.

This one is by Gustav Holst,1874-1934, best know for his work The Planets. Always such a nice experience to play music I like at church.

Now to get to painting. I love to play the piano but I live to paint.

Not a Nose Job

June 29th, 2022

Not a Nose Job

Clyde and I like to watch Jeopardy. Some of the information in the questions is very interesting and I like to see the contestants maneuver the money to win. Sometimes a very knowledgeable player will lose due to poor betting on their answers.

Anyway, the other night the answer to a question was rhinoplasty and I got it before the player.

Clyde, always the one to play with words said, "Is that a republican in name only with a nose job?" Of course not but I do love his word play. Just a joke. No offense to republicans.

Cheers on a beautiful Wednesday!

They are all Abstract

June 28th, 2022

They are all Abstract

I am very pleased with my latest abstract painting,or, as I call them, Center of my Mind paintings. I am essentially a representational artist and prefer to work with subject matter from nature but it is always a great experience to create a visual experience without recognizable shapes.

My latest is quite complex and the subtle changes in color worked out very well. I wish I could explain it better but I can't. All art is an abstraction from nature but that is so hard to explain to people that aren't involved in the process.


Please check it out below! Music without words.

Nice Dreams

June 27th, 2022

Nice Dreams

As I have said before, I am not a good sleeper. Never have been. One good thing about not sleeping well is people that don't sleep well have a lot of dreams that they remember.

I have a friend that sleeps like a rock and she says she does not remember dreams. The nightmares I could do with out but I do have some great dreams about loved ones that have passed on.

Last night I had a dream about my mother. She passed on almost four years ago. We were getting ready to go to a concert. She was a great pianist and took me to wonderful concerts in DC. I did not wake up as tired as I usually do and had a smile on my face.

It does not get better with Age

June 26th, 2022

It does not get better with Age

I hate being painfully shy but I just have to deal with it as best I can. We were invited to a neighborhood party with live music.

Due to Covid and other difficulties we have not met anyone here. I kind of feel like they should come to us not the other way around. I am way too shy to make the first move.

Anyway, Clyde did not feel well enough to go and my son wanted to wait for his girlfriend to call so I went by myself. I am so glad there were two people there that I knew and the host and hostess were such nice people.

Still, my stomach grinded and grinded so I just drank the drink I brought and after I had been there for a reasonable amount of time I left.

My mother was painfully shy and she always said it gets better with age. Not for me. I think it has gotten worse but I keep trying to interact with others.

Love Marilyn Hotchkiss Ball Room Dancing and Charm School

June 25th, 2022

Love Marilyn Hotchkiss Ball Room Dancing and Charm School

We have a Faith and Film event every so often at our church and the members like the ones I pick out. I am a movie buff and there are so many films that are uplifting and well made.

One of my all time favorites is Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ball Room Dancing and Charm School that stars John Goodman, Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei ,Mary Steenburgen and Sean Astin.

If you haven't seen it, be sure to check it out. Our congregation loved it. It is a great trip down memory lane for people born in the 50's and 60's. I love all the arts so a film about the celebration of dance is a wonderful film for me.

The film is about never giving up on your dreams and overcoming grief.

Sounds like a Wounded Buffalo

June 24th, 2022

Sounds like a Wounded Buffalo

I can't believe the weird noises my new washer makes. I don't really know what a wounded buffalo slogging through water sounds like but it is probably like these sounds.

I have never heard a washing machine sound like water is sloshing back and forth. The little song at the end is cute but I wish it were quieter when it is working.

That sloshing water reminds me that I am not going to get a chance to go to the lake today. Too much to do and my arm hurts from a Covid booster.

Oh well. Maybe tomorrow or Sunday.

I do not see a difference in the two positions

June 23rd, 2022

I do not see a difference in the two positions

On Facebook I keep seeing posts about the right way to hang toilet paper on the dispenser. Some of the people that put up these posts are outraged that people would hang it with the paper coming from underneath the roll.

I never have paid any attention to which way I hang it. Doesn't matter to me. I decided to hang it the so called "right way" and I just don't see the advantage at all.

Wow. You know I am really desperate for something to say here when I talk about toilet paper.

On well. Onward and upward to all my computer work. Hope everyone has a great dispute free day.

The Recycling Bin is in for a Shock

June 22nd, 2022

The Recycling Bin is in for a Shock

I have two huge garbage bags full of plastic bags. Why do I have two huge garbage bags full of plastic bags? Years ago I was faithfully recycling them at the grocery store then one day a young neighbor told me the manager always told him to take them out back and put them in the dumpster.

Well, that store is no longer around. Yesterday when I said I didn't want a plastic bag for a couple of items I mentioned the problem with collecting too many. The cashier said she would show me where I can recycle them in the store. I politely asked her is she was sure they would be recycled and told her about my young friend.

She was sure and asked another employee if they were indeed recycled. He said a truck comes and picks them up. Well, I am tired of all these bags so I am going to trust this store to do the right thing.

Those recycle bins will not know what hit them. I guess I better not take them all in at once.

Even a Baboon needs a Trim Sometimes

June 21st, 2022

Even a Baboon needs a Trim Sometimes


Hubby is definitely doing better. I have been trimming his hair and beard. He was going to try to go to church so I wanted to trim him Saturday.

He said you don't want me to look like a baboon in front of others. I told him that even a baboon needs a trim sometimes. Ask Mrs. Baboon.

He didn't make it to church after all and he does not look like a baboon. He is very handsome.

Cheers on another beautiful day. Clyde is getting outside to check out the insects on some native plants nearby. The naturalist is back to work.

Monday, Monday - What a Stinker...

June 20th, 2022

Monday, Monday - What a Stinker...

I work every day of the week at making and promoting my artwork. I also have a lot of housework, piano practice, and care giver work for an ailing husband who is definitely on the mend.

One day is the same as the next to me but today sure had a bad start. I won't go over the first problem since it involves someone that would rather not be mentioned here but the second one was a doozy.

I decided to stock up on all the heavy drinks that I buy so my cart won't feel like a boulder as I push it up the parking lot hill on Wednesday. All of them are in plastic except for one juice bottle that decided to sneak out of the bag and come crashing down onto the garage floor.

It is amazing how long it takes to get broken glass up. So many big pieces, little slivers, and tiny slivers. Hoping the rest of the day will not be like the Monday Garfield tried to escape.

Jumping Through Hoops

June 19th, 2022

Jumping Through Hoops

I am determined to get Clyde out to the river but I have so much to do first, so I will get to all of that and just say Cheers on a beautiful Sunday!

Such a Great Time

June 18th, 2022

Such a Great Time

I had such a nice time at the lake yesterday. The water was not very cold at all and it was not crowded. I like to go in the mornings. The crowds tend to show up later.

I swam for a while and then just sat in the shallow water and let the tiny waves push me around. I would say I am in my second childhood but I don't think I ever left the first one.

Probably said that before. The mind has definitely aged. I better get to reading some Spanish and playing that piano. Those activities help to keep the mind going.

Another beautiful Saturday!

To the Beach

June 17th, 2022

To the Beach

Okay, no ocean but there is sand and a gorgeous lake.

Love swimming there and the great thing about lakes is you never have to worry about sharks so I am on my way in a little while.

My poor hubby is not up to it yet but he will be soon.

Cheers on a beautiful Friday!

Missing the Beach

June 16th, 2022

Missing the Beach

So glad my husband continues to improve. He did a little too much yesterday and is under strict orders to rest more today. In cases like this I pull rank, old lady in charge.

Anyway, I am determined to get to the lake tomorrow morning. I don't care how much work I have to do. I will get there and swim in what should be very warm water.

These hot days remind me of former beach days that I cherish. If it weren't for the extreme shore weather I would love to live near the beach. The mountains are great but I think I could get into some shore life now.

Oh well, back to work so I can get to the lake beach. Cheers on a Friday!

Flashing Before My Eyes

June 15th, 2022

Flashing Before My Eyes

My husband is doing better but is still recovering from his 5.5 month ordeal. So glad he is improving.

Last night I saw a firefly outside our window and it reminded me of how we liked looking at them when we were little. I loved walking barefoot but my Dad insisted we wear shoes to keep from injuring our feet on glass or getting stung, etc.

I remember one time when we visited our grandmother and Dad was not with us. I yanked those shoes off and had a great time running around and looking at fireflies.

Lots of times in movies or TV shows a character will talk about their life flashing before their eyes right before a time when they thought they were going to die.

For some reason my life is always flashing before my eyes, like a photo album on steroids. I don't know why that is but there are a lot of good memories that I enjoy.

On the Mend

June 14th, 2022

On the Mend


So glad my husband is getting back to normal. Still has some adjustments to make but the surgery was successful and I am looking forward to seeing him enjoying the activities he loves in a week or so.

You can't keep a good naturalist down. We are both so tired but maybe now we can get more rest.

Yoga today. Yuck and yea at the same time. I'll be there for my Zoom class and give it my all.

Please check out my latest painting demo below!

Today is the Day

June 13th, 2022

Today is the Day

Today is the day. Hopefully my husband will be back to normal now that it has been a week since he had surgery. How great it would be if his doctor's appointment today is the last one for a long time.

February 4th 2022 will live in infamy. I guess that is not really the right way to say that since he had to have the surgery. The complications could not have been predicted but it has been a ridiculously long time recovering and the second surgery was not planned so I will think that date will live in infamy for my husband and me.

On well. Could be worse. Like I have said before, what is the use of complaining? Someone will always complain louder.

Beautiful day with lots of birds songs.

Cheers on a Monday!

Going to be a Hot One

June 12th, 2022

Going to be a Hot One


Seems nice in our house right now but it is supposed to be in the nineties this week. Hope I can get to the lake and swim but the days keep taking off in some sort of rocket I wish I could slow down.

As I have mentioned before I hate to turn on air conditioning for a number of reasons. I freeze while others are comfortable and air conditioning is one of the problems regarding climate change. I try real hard to avoid it.

Got to get out and walk before it will feel like being in one of those saunas I stay away from. Cheers!

Need to put this one out to Pasture

June 11th, 2022

Need to put this one out to Pasture

Got to get a new computer. I have always said these things have minds of their own but now I realize there comes a point when it has aged out and starts doing really weird things.

I know part of the problem is I need to clean out the cache but that is a slow, laborious process on this machine. I can't just hit a button.

I know that sounds strange but my husband spent many years working with Government documents on a computer and I am sure he knows more about these Trojan Horses than I do.

Anyway, when he is completely well we are going to have to put this one out to pasture and look for a young one.

I will keep on rolling my eyes until then.

Is it Really June?

June 10th, 2022

Is it Really June?

Yesterday my husband reminded me of something that has to be done in June.

I can't believe that I didn't think we were in June yet. My head is still in May. Hope I am not developing dementia or some other sort of memory problem.

I keep checking on what the symptoms are but I think I am okay. I certainly do a lot of activities that should keep my mind sharp. We will see and I hope to get to one of those mind sharpening activities today. Time to start another painting.

Cheers on a beautiful Friday!

What a loud Chorus

June 9th, 2022

What a loud Chorus

We have a lot of beautiful birds at our new house but right now I wish they would not sing in the morning. I am waking up too early to such a loud chorus.

Oh well. They sound nice now.

I just spent close to half an hour on a service chat that always has extremely long series of one moment please comments that are never anywhere near one moment.

My question was answered early in the conversation and I should have left, but, as always the representative went off on several tangents.

Glad that is over with. Time to get my work done. Cheers on a beautiful Thursday!

Those Turtles will not have the last laugh

June 8th, 2022

Those Turtles will not have the last laugh

The surgery was successful and I will bet that next week my husband will be thumbing his nose at the laughing turtles.

I am sure he will be able to pass them after he rests for a few days.

I am going to try to concentrate on some good things and hopefully get another painting started.

Cheers on a beautiful Wednesday!

This is the day I wish we were at the Beach

June 7th, 2022

This is the day I wish we were at the Beach

My husband's surgery is this morning and I wish we were at the beach instead. Hopefully, this procedure will correct the problem he is having.

I wish we could magically transport ourselves to the shore and he could recuperate there.

Oh well, we will get through this and I will be sure to have fun food around.

Pecan pie always gets a smile.

Turtles are Laughing

June 6th, 2022

Turtles are Laughing


I over heard my husband talking to a nurse about his progress since surgery. He will be having more surgery tomorrow and she was checking on a lot of things.

When she got to the part about his activities Clyde said all he is doing is walking very slowly. He claimed that turtles laugh as they pass him.

Hopefully he will be passing them soon and he can laugh at them.

Time to get out and walk very slowly on a beautiful Monday.

So Much Better

June 5th, 2022

So Much Better

My eye hardly has any visible blood in it and I can raise my right arm up with just a little soreness. Yea!

So glad there was not an injury that required a visit to the doctor or physical therapist. As I have said many times, I don't like Yoga but I will be glad to get back to it.

Got to keep the old body going.

Looking forward to getting my work done and getting outside on such a beautiful day.

Time to Retreat

June 4th, 2022

Time to Retreat

Well, broken vessels in my right eye was not enough of a problem to contend with. Now my upper right arm is so sore I can hardly use it.

Doing things at a snails pace and am going to step away from the computer.

Hope everyone has a better day than me.

Beautiful weather here!





Bald Headed Mexican

June 3rd, 2022

Bald Headed Mexican

I was never a big fan of Leave it to Beaver but I did watch a number of episodes when I was young.

I thought the obsequious Eddie Haskal was the best part of the show.

Anyway, there is an episode every day on MeTV that I watch while I am eating breakfast.

This one was quite good. Beaver smuggled a Chihuahua into the house and Wally said he thought it was a Mexican Hairless. When his parents found out, Beaver said Wally said it was a Bald Headed Mexican.

Fun trip down TV Memory Lane! Cheers on a Friday!


Oh no. Not again.

June 2nd, 2022

Oh no. Not again.

I can't believe I have broken blood vessels in my eye again. I have been good. I don't lift things that are too heavy for me.

This time it is my left eye. I guess my right eye wanted to take a break.

Now I can't do much of anything except walk very slowly. If I do much my whole eye will be covered in blood. I learned that the hard way last time.

Anyway, it is a beautiful day and I will try to take it easy.

It isn't easy being a workaholic.

Behind The Eight Ball

June 1st, 2022

Behind The Eight Ball

Beautiful day and I am behind the eight ball. Not sure if people say that these days to mean behind schedule. It was a phrase my mother used a lot. It came from the game of pool.

I looked it up and here is the explanation. Funny, I never realized this was what it referred to until now.

In the game of Eight Ball If the cue ball accidentally hits the eighth ball or the black ball, that is a foul shot. You cannot create a direct shot at the ball since the black ball is becoming an obstruction. If the eight ball is pocketed, the game is lost.

So much to do that I am about to lose the game. I guess that is why people use it when their schedule is too full. The term was first printed in the 1920's. Learn something new everyday if you want to. Cheers!

Can't believe that happenned during Yoga Class

May 31st, 2022

Can


I know. Another complaint about the class that has done wonderful things for my body. Actually, this time it is not a complaint.

As always, I was cussing softly to myself as my body strained to do what the teacher said to do. I cuss softly in case she didn't successfully mute us to keep out noise.

I have been doing forward folds for many years and I always have to bend my knees a lot. During the last class when I bent over and my chest was on my thighs I realized my knees where not bent much at all.

My first thought was I was doing it wrong and then I realized I had greatly improved! That time I didn't cuss. Yea! Maybe one day I will think it feels good. Yeah, sure. Oh well, it is possible.

Hate Those Nightmares

May 30th, 2022

Hate Those Nightmares


I never watch horror movies. I have enough nightmares. I think the reason I have a lot of bad dreams is because I don't sleep that well.

I have a very comfortable bed and I am not too hot which I know can cause nightmares. I don't always have nightmares but I do have some vivid dreams.

The other night I woke up almost every hour with a bad dream. I told Clyde I hate waking up with a nightmare.

I was waiting for him to say, "Do you want me to leave?" When I say I wake up with a headache that is his response.

Oh well. I guess that joke has run it's course.

Cheers on a Monday that came too soon.

Experiemental Paintings

May 29th, 2022

Experiemental Paintings

I am looking forward to my Youtube demo today. I was going to paint an expressive painting of a hand but changed my mind. I think I will do that another time.

Today I want to paint another Suggestions painting. These are such great experiences to film since I never know how they will turn out at all.

I have an idea for the other series I do online but this series is an experiment from start to finish. I paint in an Abstract Expressionist manner and then if I see nebulous forms, I bring them out and sometimes add others for design purposes.

If nothing shows up then I add it to my Center of My Mind series, music without words.

I am going to try to avoid a lot of circle motions because that usually turns up fish or birds and I would like to see other forms. Anyway, my set-up is ready to go and I will get to the painting this afternoon.

Patio Residents

May 28th, 2022

Patio Residents

Lots of birds in our back yard and I really think we are seeing the same chipmunk and squirrel running across our patio.

The chipmunk may be setting up shop in a barbecue set up. We aren't much for outdoor cooking and I am dragging my feet like I have never dragged them before about buying patio furniture for our new home.

As I have said before, I hate to shop. I hate looking and making decisions on what to buy.

I do need some more canvasses for paintings. That will be done lickety split. Do people still use that phrase?

Anyway, time to get some artwork done. I really do live to paint.

On no. Getting closer.

May 27th, 2022

On no. Getting closer.

I don't remember which program it was on, but last night we saw a tennis shoe with a computer in the back.

I met a lady that tracked the number of steps she took a day and the calories she burned with some sort of bracelet.

Computers are taking over.

I have said it before and I will say it again. If bathrooms are computerized we will have to build an outhouse. LOL!

It is so good to laugh in these troubled times. I am looking for humor every day. It helps.

Don't Know What to Say

May 26th, 2022

Don

I don't know what to say. It has all been said. What happened yesterday should not happen.

I will continue to try to spread joy and appreciation for the beauty all around us.

We need to work together to stop this senseless violence.

A Dream World is a Great Place to Be

May 26th, 2022

A Dream World is a Great Place to Be

I am an responsible adult that loves all art forms and am especially appreciative of theater arts.

I love movies and I have a collection that goes back to silent films.

My mother was an exceptionally perceptive person and one time when I did something stupid she said I lived in a Dream World.

I couldn't give her an angry retort because I realized she was right. I had never thought about it before, but I do live in a Dream World and it is a great place to be.

We all have responsibilities we must attend to but I find great solace for the problems in my life and the world in the arts.

I wish everybody did.

You Really are Big Foot Now

May 24th, 2022

You Really are Big Foot Now

I think I mentioned that years ago one of my sons friends liked to call my husband Big Foot for a joke. I always thought that was weird since he wears a size 10 shoe.

Anyway, we all laughed about it. Well, another problem he is having since his surgery is feet swelling. I can't believe how puffy they are.

We have removed the cause and they got better but now they are quite puffy again. Another call to the doctor and probably another visit. We sure are keeping the medical profession going.

He really is Big Foot now.

Not Over it Yet

May 23rd, 2022

Not Over it Yet

I have been playing the piano at church for a number of years now, at least five, and I thought I had gotten over my stage fright.

I went from my legs shaking to a sick stomach to just a little nervous. I was so happy when that happened a few months ago that I mentioned it to members during coffee hour.

Now I am back to sick to my stomach. Oh well. There are several others that play the piano but they won't do it. I took over when the former musician left.

Maybe I will get back to a little nervous. Legs crossed! LOL!

We are Not Frying Yet

May 22nd, 2022

We are Not Frying Yet

We are having a mild version of the Colorado weather switcheroo. Nineties today and fifties and sixties starting tomorrow.

Glad my husband is great about circulating air through our house. I hate to use air conditioning since it is another convenience that is harming our environment.

Sometimes we give in and use it but I prefer to keep it off especially since as I mentioned in my last post what is comfortable to most people is freezing to me.

Anyway, nice sunny day. Not too hot yet. Cheers!

Hottest PJs Ever

May 21st, 2022

Hottest PJs Ever

I don't like to turn on the air conditioner. What is a nice temperature to most people is freezing to me so I would rather just find ways to be cool.

I could not find light weight cotton PJs in the store so I ordered some cotton PJs and they must be a bunch of layers of cotton cloth. I wear them in the winter.

Last night I was reminded of how I need to look again for some good cotton PJs. What a hot night. I slept in the nude for most of it but I always get cold in the early hours so on went the PJs.


Got to get to the store.

Cheers on a hot Saturday!

I Cracked the Code

May 20th, 2022

I Cracked the Code

I know what Tear Here means on products that are resealable. Cuss and get the scissors.

Most of those packages are impossible to tear. I really think manufacturers stay awake nights trying to figure out ways to aggravate me.

Well, what else would you expect from someone with a back muscle that is acting up and way too much to do. LOL!

May you have more luck opening packages than me.

Its a Noisy Day in the Neighborhood, a Noisy Day in the Neighborhood, Will you Shut Up

May 19th, 2022

Its a Noisy Day in the Neighborhood, a Noisy Day in the Neighborhood,  Will you Shut Up



Just joking around. Some neighbors have been building a car port and the noise is awful.

Mister Rogers theme song with my words just keeps running through my head.

Time to go walking far away from the ruckus.

Cheers on a beautiful, hot day!

Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge has a California Home

May 18th, 2022

Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge has a California Home

I am so pleased that a great California patron purchased Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge which is one of my most popular mountain paintings.

I will miss this one very much but like I always say, I live to paint but I can't take them with me. They are like children that need to get out in the world.

I always worry about them in transit but it arrived safely and the patron is pleased and told me again it is beautiful.

Right now I am working on wildflower paintings but I hope to get back to some mountain paintings soon.

Such a great place to live!

Still Does Not Feel Good

May 17th, 2022

Still Does Not Feel Good

I have been practicing Yoga for years now and it has done great things for my body and I highly recommend it. Even though I was exercising every day, before I took up Yoga I could not touch my toes.

But I still hate hearing the teacher say once in a while to do what feels good. None of it feels good to me. I bite my tongue but I want to say that leaving the class would feel good.

My Zoom Yoga class is at 10:30 today and I will be there!

Napping All Night Long

May 16th, 2022

Napping All Night Long

I think I was meant to be a night person and sleep during the day. That would not work with my life at all.

I work hard and should be able to sleep well but I don't. Now I am waking up every hour starting at 2:00 until I get up at 7:00.

When it is time to get up I feel like I could sleep for hours.

Oh well. Could be worse. I could be an insomniac.

I am going to cheer up and get this day started!


Remember Red Skeleton

May 15th, 2022

Remember Red Skeleton

My husband is still recovering from surgery that he had on February 4th. Yikes! Another procedure tomorrow and more surgery in a few weeks.

My dedicated naturalist is pretty much home bound but at least it is migration season so he is seeing a lot of different species at our house.

Yesterday he was so excited to see a lot of night hawks and he had me out there watching them, too. I am not any where near as interested in bird activity as he is but it is interesting.

Sometimes one of the funny things Red Skeleton said comes to mind and makes me smile.

Birdy, birdy, in the sky, why did you do that in my eye? LOL!

They are on Top of my Head

May 14th, 2022

They are on Top of my Head

I am so busy all the time but I am determined to get some things done that I have been putting off. I need to re-arrange my painting set up in my studio and fix the drain in one of the bathrooms.

That Time Fairy just will not show up and add hours to the day but I finished my latest wildflower painting yesterday so I should be able to get a few things done or at least started.

I do know my glasses are on top of my head. Saw a great joke on Facebook yesterday about aging women not being able to find the seven pairs of glasses in the house or the ones on their head.

That about sums it up so I am being especially mindful of the ones on top.

Cheers on a Saturday!

Do you have Twenty Five dollars in Pennies...

May 13th, 2022

Do you have Twenty Five dollars in Pennies...

I always have my taxes done by someone else to avoid errors. My uncle was a lawyer and he didn't do his own taxes and thought everyone should have them done by an accountant.

A weird thing happened this time resulting in an under payment for Federal taxes. My tax guy called and said I had to re-file and pay twenty-five more dollars.

Clyde asked if I had twenty-five dollars in pennies to send. LOL! I think the postage would be ridiculous and I don't think the tax people would be too happy with me.

Even though it wasn't my fault or the accountan's fault, the accountant paid it. I think he would like to keep me for a customer.

Smart guy!

I Love MeTV

May 12th, 2022

I Love MeTV

I get such a kick out of old shows, especially Sandford and Son and The Dick Van Dyke Show. A while back they aired an episode of the show that starred Carl Riner as the character that Dick Van Dyke took over. It was awful. I can see why it was cancelled.

Carl Riner said the smartest thing he did was hire Dick Van Dyke for the part and completely re-worked the sitcom with different actors. He may not have had the lead but his part as Alan Brady was great!

My mother did not think much of TV. She said the mute button was her second favorite button. The off button was her favorite. Well, I said she must like the on button or she would not need the other two. She had to laugh at that.

There are a lot of shows I am not interested in but there are a lot I like.

Still Watching Bugs Bunny

May 11th, 2022

Still Watching Bugs Bunny

I love the MeTV channel we have here in Southwest Virginia. Every week day morning there is a show with Looney Tunes. I still get a kick out of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, and the others.

I especially like Daffy Duck and Sylvester. One of my favorite lines is one from Sylvester. His son was a crack up and very difficult.

On one of the cartoons he was giving Sylvester such a hard time Sylvester said he was a spoiled brat cat. I'll bet all parents can relate to that at times.

Beautiful day! Hope I can get away from all my work and enjoy it. Cheers!

I know why the Caged Naturalist walks around the House

May 10th, 2022

I know why the Caged Naturalist walks around the House

Well, not caged, but greatly restricted. I think Clyde is in for a few more months of this lengthy recovery. Two more procedures and then hopefully he will be back to normal.

He has been pleased with all the warblers he is seeing on his walks around the house. Migration is under way and he saw thirty different types of warblers yesterday.

I know those New River otters miss him. They will just have to bark at someone else if they can find anybody that gets up as early as he does to check out wildlife.

Back to artwork. Cheers on a beautiful Tuesday!

My Glasses were there but I left my Coat

May 9th, 2022

My Glasses were there but I left my Coat

I always get a little uptight when I play the piano at church. I used to shake like a leaf and get rather sick to my stomach. Now I am just a little nervous.

I get there early to practice on the digital piano which is so different from mine. One day I took my glasses out of my purse and forgot I had done that so I was freaking out trying to find them.

Yesterday, I remembered to get everything at the end including my phone but left my jacket. People that don't have stage fright have no idea what it is like.

Anyway, I get lots of compliments but painting is my actual vocation. Time to promote some artwork!

So Great to Sell Artwork

May 8th, 2022

So Great to Sell Artwork

Like I always say, I live to paint, but I can't take them with me. I work hard to promote my work so I can find homes for my paintings.

It is also great to be able to sell prints of sold work. Yesterday a great NC patron bought a large print of Autumn View of Peaks of Otter. The painting is 14" x 11" but the print is 40" x 31".

It is nice to know that people can get small, medium, and large prints of my work. I have it listed here.

So Glad my Paintings did not go Flying out the Window

May 7th, 2022

So Glad my Paintings did not go Flying out the Window

We were under a tornado watch yesterday and I was so worried we would be injured, our house destroyed, and paintings flying out the windows.

Fortunately we just got a strong storm that did not damage anything.

Phew! Family first, property second, and paintings last but they are like my children so the thought of them being destroyed was an awful one.

A tornado in early May? I think we need to take climate change seriously. The last one was 35 years ago. I hope the next one is not any time soon.

Sorting it All Out

May 6th, 2022

Sorting it All Out

I am so busy right now that I am revving up the process I have always used to get things done.

I pick at everything so eventually everything will get done.

One of the chores I have right now is a political endeavor which is quite time consuming. I want to pick that one clean!

I miss all those days my son, his friends, and I spent skating. So sorry the rink closed.

Just Call me Taxi Lady

May 5th, 2022

Just Call me Taxi Lady

My husband has been able to help out some with the dishes now but that chauffeur has definitely flown the coop. Every time I think I have some time I am reminded of multiple appointments, mostly visits to the doctor.

I will be jumping for joy when all this is over and my husband is back to doing sixty push ups in the morning and helping out. I don't think I can do one push up but I do that Yoga every day. I hate doing it and cuss all the way through the practice but it has done great things for me and I hope I can be like Dick Van Dyke and just keep going.

He did a dance routine on his 96th birthday!

Bald or Regular

May 4th, 2022

Bald or Regular

One of the strange problems my husband has been having after surgery is digestive quirks. Sometimes he can eat bread and sometimes he has to stay away from it. Also, he has to pretty much stay away from milk so he is taking pills right now.

We don't usually eat pie but Clyde is having our favorite, pecan pie, every day as a cheer up measure. Since he has to watch bread products I always ask if he wants it bald or regular. I take off the top layer of crust. Lately, it has been regular.

I don't have any since pecan pie has about a zillion calories a bite.

Cheers on a beautiful Wednesday!

Would Love a Vacation

April 29th, 2022

Would Love a Vacation

You know you are tired when you are holding the mouse with one hand and propping up your head with the other hand. I am finally back to my latest wildflower painting and I have completed the second stage. One more to go.

My husband is still not able to help out so I am running around in circles trying to get every thing done. Oh well, like I always say, too busy is better than not having enough to do. I have absolutely have no idea what it would be like to not have much to do.

Cheers on the weekend!

Working on Getting More Traffic

April 22nd, 2022

Working on Getting More Traffic

I am working at getting more attention to the Wix website but not having much success so far but I am a very impatient person so I will forge ahead.

I am blogging there every day and the traffic has increased some.

So glad my husband is doing better and the doctor is pretty sure he knows how to get him back to normal but I think we are in for a few more months of illness. He got out yesterday and a friend took him to check out the New River for a while. I hate to see a dedicated naturalist home bound. Maybe in June things will be back to normal.

Going to Get Serious about my Wix website

April 15th, 2022

Going to Get Serious about my Wix website

I am spread so thin over the internet and getting worn out with posts to I am going to work harder on my Wix website to get more attention for my work. I am going to try to post every day or every other day.

My husband is improving but there is still quite a ways to go and he may have to have another procedure done that requires him to be put under. That always worries me but we will get through it. I can't seem to get back to my painting which is upsetting. I hope to get to the second stage soon.

The weather is beautiful and we have some gorgeous flowering trees in our year right now that put me in mind of my Magenta Dream which is a popular painting of the butterfly bush outside my studio window.

Pleased to have another painting Licensed for a Magazine

April 8th, 2022

Pleased to have another painting Licensed for a Magazine

Well, not surprised. Along with pain, mild fever, edema, and a sinus infection I had to at least get something from Clyde so I got the sinus infection. I am having such a hard time getting to my work but I continue to be as upbeat as possible.

It is amazing how many tissues one goes through with sinus congestion. So glad Clyde does not have a fever anymore and his eyes are no longer red but his feet and calves are so swollen. One of my son's friends use to tease him and call him Big Foot. Well, he certainly has the feet for that now.

We are laughing about that one. Hope to get back to painting soon. Anyway, I am pleased that a london magazine, Roots, has chosen my painting Lighting The Way for the cover of its fall issue! I have had a number of my paintings licensed for publications. Glad to add another one!

Back to the Doctor's Office with my Hubby...

April 1st, 2022

Back to the Doctor

Yikes! Two trips to the ER last week and now Clyde can't seem to get rid of a low grade fever so back to the Doctor's office we go.

The surgery was February 4th and he is still a long ways from recovery. Another surgery is scheduled for April 20th. Now I see why people put off hernia surgery. Some people have such a hard time getting back to normal.

Oh well. We will get through this. So hard for me to attend to my computer chores, housework, and Clyde but that is the way it goes. If I ever get back to my latest painting it will be a miracle.

A Naturalist
Original 5" x 7" oil painting $500.00
Wall Art Prints and Prints on other items available at the below address
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Hope Hubby is better soon...

March 18th, 2022

Hope Hubby is better soon...

Still having lots of hubby problems. I hope he does not have to go back for some exploratory surgery to find out why his system is not returning to normal. I know he is having such a hard time with this recovery. Hopefully, he will better soon.

I did not know that hernia surgery had such bad recovery problems. Now I know.

Anyway, this computer challenged woman is getting so aggravated with trying to correct things on sites. I accidentally added notifications to Twitter and now I keep getting those notices at the top right of my computer. I googled how to take it off and after a while I gave up. I could only find out how to modify them. Arggh!

Too busy to do more here but I like to check in once a week. Please check out my latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

So glad my husband does not have Covid

March 11th, 2022

So glad my husband does not have Covid

So glad my husband does not have Covid and here is hoping he completely recovers from surgery soon. I hate to see such a dedicated naturalist stuck at home. I know it is getting him down.

I finally started a new wildflower painting and am so pleased to be back to my oil paintings that take a considerable amount of time. I am still painting a small acrylic painting every week for Youtube. Due to the fact that they dry at the speed of light I can do many layers and get them done quickly. Be sure to click on my latest one. My channel is Kendall Kessler!

Super rushed for time right now. I have to get a crate ready so I can mail out one of my large paintings and a medium one to a great California patron that already owns one of my medium sized works. She has been paying for the other two on time which is fine with me. The patron and I agree on a monthly fee and I send out receipts until it is paid for and then send it right out!

A Naturalist
Original 7" x 5" oil/canvas $500
Wall Art Prints and Prints on other Items available at the below address

So glad my husband does not have Covid

March 11th, 2022

So glad my husband does not have Covid

So glad my husband does not have Covid and here is hoping he completely recovers from surgery soon. I hate to see such a dedicated naturalist stuck at home. I know it is getting him down.

I finally started a new wildflower painting and am so pleased to be back to my oil paintings that take a considerable amount of time. I am still painting a small acrylic painting every week for Youtube. Due to the fact that they dry at the speed of light I can do many layers and get them done quickly. Be sure to click on my latest one. My channel is Kendall Kessler!

Super rushed for time right now. I have to get a crate ready so I can mail out one of my large paintings and a medium one to a great California patron that already owns one of my medium sized works. She has been paying for the other two on time which is fine with me. The patron and I agree on a monthly fee and I send out receipts until it is paid for and then send it right out!

A Naturalist
Original 7" x 5" oil/canvas $500
Wall Art Prints and Prints on other Items available at the below address

Day Shot out of a Cannon...

February 25th, 2022

Day Shot out of a Cannon...

This day is being shot out of a cannon. I am so behind in everything and I will be taking my son to Bowling for the first time since the pandemic began.

My husband is still recovering from surgery and I am so tired. Oh well. I don't live in Ukraine so I certainly don't really have that much to complain about.

I am pleased that another print of my most popular work of art, Reaching Out was purchased by a great Chicago patron. Hope everyone is having a good week. The jury is still out on mine.

Reaching Out
18" x 24" Charcoal Drawing $20,000
Wall Art Prints and other Print Selections
available at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/reaching-out-kendall-kessler.html

Things are Better

February 15th, 2022

Things are Better

Well, my husband is doing better and so am I. So glad he can handle the post op by himself now so I can sleep.

So tired.

I am determined to finish my Wix website and connect the purchase feature there. Lots of work that I want to share with the world.

My Etsy shop is back and I hope to add some new paintings there.

Buena Vista
Original Oil Painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about Anything available at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/buena-vista-kendall-kessler.html

Not Having Fun Yet

February 9th, 2022

Not Having Fun Yet

Yuck! Now I know what it is to be an attendant 24/7.

I have to help my poor husband with everything and that includes night time duty. The surgery went well but the aftermath has been a real horror story.

He seems to be doing a lot better today and we have to go back to the doctor on Monday. Hopefully he will be well soon. I put my Etsy shop on vacation since I
do not have time to build crates right now.

Oh well, things will improve soon and I will celebrate with a new oil painting. Got to paint!

Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms
40" x 30" oil painting $2480.00
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about Anything available at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

Rough Times for My Sweetheart

January 26th, 2022

Rough Times for My Sweetheart



Still plugging along but things are a little rough right now. My husband has two hernias and the operation is early February. He is a very active guy and great about helping me with housework but he can't do much right now so I am getting worn out with all my activities and the housework.

Oh well, we do what we have to do and keep smiling. My computer is driving me nuts. It takes at least seven hours to upload a fifteen minute youtube. We have cleaned out the cache. It is time to get a new one. I hate getting new computers. What a mess.

I need to get back to an oil painting which I am determined to do soon. So many other obligations. Like Aunt Bea said to Otis one time when she was his warden, "Get to it!"

A Naturalist
Original 7" x 5" oil painting $500.00
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about Anything available at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/a-naturalist-kendall-kessler.html

So Hard to Say Good Bye

January 19th, 2022

So Hard to Say Good Bye

My Mother-in-law passed away Saturday morning from Covid. She was such a sweet lady and we will miss her very much. I wish she had been vaccinated but it was her choice not to get the shot.

She was isolated and did not leave the house but a guest came by and coughed all over everything. She thinks that was how she got the disease.

I wish everyone would wear a mask. Anyone could have Covid and not know it. One of my husband's friends had Covid but did not have any symptoms. It is a good thing he was tested for it so he did not spread it to others.

We had so many great family gatherings at her house and she was one of, if not, the most gracious and diplomatic people I have ever known. Nannie-Lou Pendleton Kessler was a great lady. My son was my husband's parents first grand child and he loved his grandparents very much.

Another Sale of a Favorite Mountain Oil Painting

January 11th, 2022

Another Sale of a Favorite Mountain Oil Painting

Well, we did dodge the virus! Yea! Only two of the wedding guests contracted Covid and they are feeling better.

My mother-in-law is not doing so well. She refused to get the vaccine and now has Covid. She has been in the hospital since last Wednesday and she is very ill. Her blood oxygen is still too low so hopefully it will be up soon. She is on oxygen and that should help.

On a brighter note, I am so pleased to sell another mountain painting to a great Virginia patron! Bull Mountain is one of my favorite impasto oil paintings and I am sorry to see it go but, like I always say, I live to paint but I can't take them with me. Glad Bull Mountain has a great home. The patron is very pleased and thanked me for it and called it a beautiful painting.

Bull Mountain
Original 14" x 11" oil painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on other Items available with the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/bull-mountain-kendall-kessler.html

Hopefully We Dodged Covid

January 4th, 2022

Hopefully We Dodged Covid

I think we dodged Covid! Only two people at the wedding have tested positive for the disease. There were only twelve people there. We were tested again today with the long test
since our first test was so close to the exposure date. Anyway, I am worn out and am going to go do something besides work for a while.

Here is another beach painting that reminds me of where I would rather be right now. Cheers!

Pawleys Island Atmosphere
Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
Wall Art Prints and Prints on other Items available with the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-island-atmosphere-kendall-kessler.html

Worried about Covid

December 28th, 2021

Worried about Covid

Yikes! We have been so careful about this virus and stayed away from groups, received our vaccinations, worn our masks and now we are worried we may have Covid.

Hopefully our tests will come back negative. We attended a very small friend's wedding. There were only twelve people and we all wore masks until the reception.

My friend called last night to say her son and fiance have Covid. Anyway, I would very much like to be some where else so here is a favorite shore painting.

Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand
Original 40" x 30" oil painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Many Items available with the below link
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-island-sunrise-in-the-sand-kendall-kessler.html

More Print Sales of Popular Pawleys Island Painting

December 21st, 2021

More Print Sales of Popular Pawleys Island Painting

Not much to say today. I do know which wildflower painting I will be working on next.

I was real pleased with the fun reactions I received for my latest Youtube demo. My channel is Kendall Kessler.

I love my Suggestion Series and this time a lot of forms showed up. One viewer told me what he saw at different times in the video. I will have to go back and check out what he was seeing. At the end of all his comments he said he was sober. LOL!

I am very pleased to sell another print of my second most popular shore painting, Beach Houses at Pawleys Island to a great Virginia patron! The address is below.

Beach Houses at Pawleys Island
Original 40" x 30" oil painting Sold
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/beach-houses-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html

More Skyline Beauty Paintings

December 14th, 2021

More Skyline Beauty Paintings

I am back into my Skyline Beauty series and have completed two more of San Diego on Youtube. I love this series. I have used so many different approaches that I think are very creative.

I will never forget my third grade teacher telling me I had scored extremely high on a creativity test and she said I should tell my parents that. I just thanked her and smiled. I didn't know what she was talking about.

I can't seem to get it together to start a new painting. I guess when I finally straighten out this house and get ready for Christmas. The days fly by way too fast. I will get to a new one soon. I get depressed when I don't paint. My weekly youtube paintings help but my main work will always be layered oil paintings that require a lot of more time.



San Diego Flow
Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting $271
Wall prints and prints on just about anything available at the link below
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/san-diego-flow-kendall-kessler.html

More Sales of Richmond on the James

December 7th, 2021

More Sales of Richmond on the James

I have finished my latest wildflower painting and I am very happy with it! Decades ago I destroyed paintings that did not turn out to my specifications.

I am so glad I am able to accomplish what I was not able to accomplish when I started out in my art career. I am still learning with every painting and they are never perfect but, all modesty aside, they are close!

So pleased to sell more prints of Richmond on the James to a great Virginia patron! This time they are on Christmas ornaments. Such a popular skyline painting.

It is ironic that the Youtube I filmed on Saturday is a Skyline Beauty painting. I decided I wanted to get back into those and I have some new ideas for them. I like to come up with different approaches and I think this lastest San Diego one came out great!

Wildflower Melody
Original 20" x 16" oil painting $990.00
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about Anything at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-melody-kendall-kessler.html

Fun with Wildflowers

November 30th, 2021

Fun with Wildflowers

I am really into wildflowers right now and am happy with my latest one. I think I am going to paint two more from that patch, same size. Love to work with subject matter that is loaded with color and intricate textural surfaces.

Sometimes it gets difficult to get as much color modulation as I want because of the number of flowers. If a painting gets laborious, it starts to lose the spontaneity and joy that I insist on in my work. I have one that required too much attention to each flower and it did lose some expression so I don't let them happen anymore.

Got to move the painting along!

I decided to do something completely different for my Youtube demo this week. Whenever I use that phrase I can't help but think of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Those great comedians liked to introduce segments that way. Anyway, I forced myself to just use one color and tints of that color. Check it out on Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.

Dusk Flowers
Original 5" x 7" acrylic painting $90
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about anything available at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/dusk-flowers-kendall-kessler.html

Almost Done

November 23rd, 2021

Almost Done

Very proud of my latest wildflower painting! The colors and shapes are more vivid than previous wildflower paintings. I didn't hold back at all. I think I will do one or two more from this wildflower patch and then move on.

So glad I took some files of this patch. It was in someone's backyard and has been mowed down. I hate to see that happen and gladly preserve them in a painting. I will have it up in my portfolio soon. I am putting the finishing touches on it now.

Real pleased with my latest fantasy lily demo youtube below. Be sure to check it out. My channel is Kendall Kessler.

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving if you celebrate it! I know we will.

A circle of Coneflowers
11" x 14" oil painting $338
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about anything at the below address

More Mountain Print Sales to Great Patrons

November 17th, 2021

More Mountain Print Sales to Great Patrons

Really into wildflowers right now. My latest wildflower oil painting is coming along and this week's Youtube is a small wildflower painting that could be a detail of my large one but it is in acrylics and not as complex. Wildflowers seem to dance to me. I talk about that in my latest Youtube. The channel is Kendall Kessler.

My most popular wildflower painting is Natural Rhythm. The way the flowers wind in and out of the space has always fascinated me. I am really getting into many different types of paintings on Youtube and I love the comments I get! Such a great audience and I am so much more comfortable now then when I started posting demos. I have a lot of fun with painting and chatting at the same time.

Always great to sell original mountain paintings and prints. This time a great North Carolina patron bought a large print of The Great Smoky mountains.

Wildflower Dance
Original 7" x 5" acrylic painting on canvas
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about anything available at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-dance-kendall-kessler.html

A Very Popular Peaks of Otter Painting

November 9th, 2021

A Very Popular Peaks of Otter Painting

Not much to talk about today. My latest wildflower painting is coming along and I haven't injured myself lately. Yea!

I am so glad to sell another print of The Lodge at The Peaks of Otter to a great Georgia patron. I have always been fascinated by architecture and took many architecture classes when I was studying for my MFA in Painting and Printmaking.

I have many paintings that include buildings and homes. Many of them no longer exist so I am especially pleased that I preserved them in paint. The Peaks of Otter is such a great part of The Blue Ridge Parkway which is a small strip of mountains in Virginia and North Carolina.

The Lodge at The Peaks of Otter
Original 12" x 16" oil painting $384.00
Wall Art Prints and prints on just about anything at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html

Rest Period is Over

November 2nd, 2021

Rest Period is Over

So glad my eye doesn't look like someone clobbered me anymore. It certainly took a long time clear up. Now I can get back to all of my activities.

One thing I will not do is lift something that causes too much strain. That is when I get this problem. Both times in my right eye. I was able to hang two small paintings today that are very light. Most of my paintings are a few pounds up to around ten but I have a few that are heavier.

Anyway, I am so pleased to be on another wildflower painting! I love to paint intricate florals that have leaves and stems running through out the scene.

So pleased to sell another print of Beach Houses at Pawleys Island! Glad my shore scenes are so popular. This one is a favorite that has a great home. Prints are always available.

Beach Houses at Pawleys Island
Original oil painting Sold
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about anything at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/beach-houses-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html

Eye Problem is almost gone

October 26th, 2021

Eye Problem is almost gone

My eye is just about better and I am holding myself down and taking it easy for one more week. I am not going to go right back into all my activities and injure myself again.

I wish there were some sort of gauge we could wear that tells us we are working too hard or not hard enough. I'd buy that in a second.

I am very pleased to present my latest wildflower painting, A Circle of Coneflowers. So happy with the sensual surface of this work and the delicate but colorful light effect on the flowers.

A Circle of Cone Flowers
Original 14" x 11" oil painting $338
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about Anything
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/circle-of-coneflowers-kendall-kessler.html

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Hates slowing down

October 19th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Hates slowing down

My eye still looks awful and I made it worse.

It was looking somewhat better on Thursday morning so I did my online Yoga class. Friday morning all of the white was covered in blood so I went to the Opthamologist and she said I should not do anything that increases my heart rate until my eye is better.

She said I can walk very slowly but that is it.

I am also staying off the computer most of the time and just doing the bare minimum. Yuck!

Always Glad to sell another Blue Ridge Mountains painting

October 12th, 2021

Always Glad to sell another Blue Ridge Mountains painting

Workaholics never learn. I did too much lifting yesterday and not only did I hurt my back but the strenuous effort caused vessels in my right eye to break so now the eye is half covered in blood. Looks awful.

This happened a long time ago when I did the same thing and was so relieved to hear from my ophthalmologist that the strain was what caused the vessels to break. It was a scary thing to see blood in my eye in the mirror since no one punched me.

Anyway, I am so pleased to sell another Blue Ridge Parkway painting to a great Virginia Beach patron. I spoke with her after it was delivered and she loves it! She is considering purchasing others.

As always wall art prints and prints on just about anything are available with the link. Check out my latest Youtube that has a touch of Halloween. My channel is Kendall Kessler

Autumn View of The Peaks of Otter
Original oil painting SOLD
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/peaks-of-otter-in-fall-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Glad to sell another print of Richmond on the James

October 5th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Glad to sell another print of Richmond on the James

Glad to see another sale of Richmond on the James to a great Richmond, VA patron! I am very proud of all of my creative interpretations of various skylines and hope to get back to that series soon.

Right now I have been inspired by some beautiful wildflowers that are located near my new home. I think it is great that wildflower seeds can be purchased and people can decorate their surroundings with them.

Cultivated flowers are beautiful but I love the natural flow of space that occurs with the interaction of wild blooms.

Anyway, still arranging things and just mailed out another Blue Ridge oil painting that I will include in my next blog. Got to get back to my easel.

Kendall Kessler is Pleased with Another Print Sale of Most Popular Short Painting

September 26th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased with Another Print Sale of Most Popular Short Painting

It is always great to have more print sales of my most popular shore painting, Marsh View at Pawleys Island. This time prints went out to a great patrons in South Carolina and Maryland.

This is one of my favorite paintings and it is the largest painting I have done so far. I may do another large one now that I have a bigger studio. I finally found some time to paint on my main work and it is coming along. I have a good idea for another fast Youtube painting that I did today.

Time to get to all the things I am doing on the new house. We have been here a month but there is still so much to do in a completely new space with organization.

Marsh View at Pawleys Island 60" x 41" oil painting on canvas
Wall Art Prints and prints on just about anything available at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Pleased with Latest Print Sale of Mushroom Clouds

September 17th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased with Latest Print Sale of Mushroom Clouds

I am so pleased to sell a print of Mushroom Clouds to a great South Carolina patron! It is so great to be able to offer large and small wall art prints with all kinds of printing selections!

Still sorting things out and getting rid of stuff from years ago that we just don't need or want anymore. The new house is shaping up and we just have a little to do to finish the old one. I knew this would be a lot of work but I thought it would be a little easier.

Love my new house! If I don't get back to painting soon I will have a problem. Have to paint so I am just going to have to squeeze it in somewhere. We have a house and I would like to get it in perfect order but there is no stop watch. It will happen and my oil paints are calling me.

The Youtube paintings help but I have got to get back to oils paintings that require many layers.

Mushroom Clouds
Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2480
Wall Art Prints and and Prints on just about anything with the address below
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/mushroom-clouds-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Pleased with Latest Print Sale of Pawleys Eve

September 10th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased with Latest Print Sale of Pawleys Eve

At this point we are certainly using our trash can sorting things out for our new place. We are just about done with our old home and I will be so glad when it is sold. For it's age it is looking pretty good.

So pleased to sell another Pawleys Island print! These paintings are so special to me and we hope to get back there soon. Be sure to check out my latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler. I am finding a lot of things in the moving process and one thing I found that I had forgotten about was a snowman salt shaker. I turned it into a very colorful, expressive fantasy painting!

Kendall Kessler is Pleased with Latest Blue Ridge painting sales

September 3rd, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased with Latest Blue Ridge painting sales

Well, the move is coming along but it will be some time before our new home is organized.

It certainly would be a lot easier if I weren't an artist. So much to do in my new studio. It is such a great space!

Anyway, I am so pleased to sell two more Blue Ridge paintings to a great Arizona patron! Love to place my paintings. It is so important to me to get my work out there in homes and offices.

As always, wall art prints and prints on just about anything are available. Just click on the link under each painting to see all the possibilities to the right. Back to work. Cheers on a Friday!

Kendall Kessler is Still tripping over Boxes

August 23rd, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Still tripping over Boxes

Wow, moving is such a mess! We will have boxes around for a long time. I am so glad the former owners are still around. I couldn't figure out the oven but now I am on track with it. I miss the old days with dials but everything is a computer these days.

As always I am having a computer problem. The links to my work for a bill board contest work fine on Twitter but they keep defaulting to Page not Found after a while. Tell me computers don't have minds of their own. Here are the links but here you have to put them in at the top. Please vote! I need at least 100 votes and I just have a few.

https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest-2021.html?tab=vote&artworkid=134245


https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest-2021.html?tab=vote&artworkid=145891


https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest-2021.html?tab=vote&artworkid=115371

Kendall Kessler was so happy to paint on Saturday

August 4th, 2021

Kendall Kessler was so happy to paint on Saturday

In spite of a zillion things we are doing to fix up our house to sell, I was able to paint Saturday morning on my latest floral! I have now completed the second stage. I don't know when I can get to the last stage but I am hopefull I will have some time this week.

The kitchen floor is done and the front rail has been painted. Doors have been repaired but there is still work to be done.

I have been thinking about all the fun we had at Dominion Skating Rink that closed down years ago. I was so glad when another one opened up in Christiansburg but then it closed, too.

I think I will put on pads and skate in my new garage when we get there in a few days. Glad I have some paintings of those great times.

Dominion Skating Rink
Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2480
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/dominion-skating-rink-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Working at Moving but not Painting

July 30th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Working at Moving but not Painting

Our move is coming along. We are getting so much done on our house and had a big surprise yesterday. The nice young couple that lives next door with two toddlers want a bigger house and ours is much bigger than theirs. They came over and want to buy it.

How nice to already have a buyer! They are getting first dibs when we put it up for sale. They have been trying to find one but houses are moving so fast that they can't get in there fast enough. We are getting a lot of repairs done. The landscaping is about done. I think they took out too much but I guess I just like a lot of big bushes and flowers.

Oh well, it certainly looks tidy now. I keep looking at my new coneflower painting and wish I could get back to it. Maybe next week.

Pawleys Island Pink on the Beach Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
Wall Art Prints and prints on just about anything available at this address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-island-pink-on-the-beach-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to Sell another Blue Ridge painting print

July 27th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to Sell another Blue Ridge painting print

Always great to sell prints and originals of the gorgeous Blue Ridge mountains. I am especially fond of this one and a great NC patron bought a canvas print of it. I love coneflowers and am working hard on a new one. It is coming along. The light effect is what is especially important to me and I want it to have a strong coloristic effect. Baroque on color!

I decided to use a completely different approach to my latest Youtube. Something eerie this time! Be sure to check it out on my channel. The channel name is Kendall Kessler.

Buena Vista Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $338.00
Wall art prints and prints on just about anything are available at the address below
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/buena-vista-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is so Pleased to work on latest Floral

July 21st, 2021

Kendall Kessler is so Pleased to work on latest Floral

Argh!!! I really don't think I picked a previous Wordpress post to work on but when I looked at the last one to check on it had been modified. I guess I must have altered it thinking I was on the draft for this one.

Computers and me are not good friends. Maybe someday. Anyway, I finally found some time to work on my lastest floral and feeling a lot better.

I certainly understand why Renoir strapped a brush to his arm and kept on painting from a wheel chair when he developed debilitating arthritis.

We are still working away on getting ready to move and so far, so good! So little time to paint.

Rose Pink Chinese Orchids Original Acrylic Painting NFS
Wall art prints and prints on just about anything available at the below address.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/rose-pink-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Hoping to get back to Painting

July 16th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Hoping to get back to Painting

I can at least look at some of my florals and the flowers outside but I am having such a hard time getting back to work. So much to do before we move.

We have some people coming over to landscape. Our bushes practically cover the windows.

We got a great price on movers since we don't want to move all this stuff. They will pack everything, too! It really pays not to let so much stuff accumulate. The price we were quoted was a third of the one some friends were quoted and theirs was the price if they packed everything.

Here is a favorite floral and cheers on a Friday!

Red Rose Beauty
Original 7" x 5" oil painting $90
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about anything available at the address below
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/red-rose-beauty-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to Sell two Blue Ridge paintings

July 13th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to Sell two Blue Ridge paintings

I am running around in circles but I wanted to be sure to post my latest sales of two of my favorite Blue Ridge paintings. Rock Castle Gorge is now in a lovely home in South Carolina and the patron says it is beautiful! I always worry about paintings in transit but it arrived safely. The large ones have to be in wooden crates which is always a hassle but I have many years of experience with crates.

Also, a small Blue Ridge painting was purchased by a great North Carolina patron and she is so pleased to put it into her Claytor lake home with some of my prints, too. I wish I could get to my latest painting but I have too many other things to attend to right now so maybe tomorrow. Here is the info for both paintings.

Rock Castle Gorge
Original oil painting SOLD
Wall Art prints and prints on just about anything available at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/rock-castle-gorge-kendall-kessler.html


Pink Sky over The Blue Ridge
Original oil painting SOLD
Wall Art prints and prints on just about anything available at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pink-sky-over-the-blue-ridge-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to Sell More Wall Art Prints of favorite New River Valley Paintings

July 8th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to Sell More Wall Art Prints of favorite New River Valley Paintings

So glad I put away my latest large painting because I am running into other studio problems that I have to deal with. I hope to get back to my small floral that I barely began weeks ago before I was hired for a commission. Maybe tomorrow.

We did get to see fireworks on the fourth with friends. That was so nice! It is hard for me to get away from my studio and artwork promotions. After a difficult time, my back is a little sore which always worries me since I ruptured a disc many years ago. I am so much stronger now that I doubt that will happen again but I do get a little scared when I am working away.

Anyway, I am so pleased to sell some large prints of favorite mountain scenes in the New River Valley. Love this beautiful region of Virginia! Below is the address to one of them.

Sunset on the New River Original 9" x 7" Oil painting $250
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about Anything with the address below
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/sunset-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Backing Away from Latest Painting

July 3rd, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Backing Away from Latest Painting

Having such a hard time with my latest painting that I have put it away for a while. It is getting to be too much so I am going to move on to a smaller one and try to work with the same brushwork that I am using on the large one and check it out later.

I don't usually do this but I am tired of trying to find the time to work on the large one. A smaller one will suit my time constraints right now. It is always surprising when a painting that starts out so well takes a nose dive off a cliff but I don't give up on them. I use to, but not anymore.

Anyway, the little one will be a floral and I love to work on florals.

Pleased to sell a print of Red Rose Beauty to a great California patron! Always great to see my artwork march on!

Red Rose Beauty
Original 7" x 5" oil painting $90
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about anything at the address below
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/red-rose-beauty-kendall-kessler.ht

Kendall Kessler is Excited about Moving

June 29th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Excited about Moving

So much to do when you are planning to move.

This sort of stuff is really hard on someone who has a hard time getting away from a studio and art promotion. It's like, really? We need to do that? Yes, we do and then are a lot of repairs we need to do on our home before we put it up for sale.

Yuck, yuck, and triple yuck. Artists never grow up which is a great way to live in my opinion but, of course, we have to grow up in some ways and they are a drag on my spirit. I would much rather go to the beach. We haven't been in a few years and I am really yearning for the shore so I put up a favorite shore painting here.

Hope we get there next year and for now we are getting to the lake when we can.

Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand
Original oil painting SOLD
Wall art prints and prints on just about anything available
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-island-sunrise-in-the-sand-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to Sell Emerging Hawk to a Great North Carolina Patron

June 19th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to Sell Emerging Hawk to a Great North Carolina Patron

I was going to complain about my latest painting, but since a great North Carolina patron bought this above painting, I think I will talk about that!
Always glad to place a painting. I am hoping my work will still be around after I am gone and I am especially proud of this one.

I received a comment today on it that was so nice to hear. The commenter said he liked the swirling paint under the hawk's beak which is my favorite part of the painting, too! So nice to communicate from one person to the next with my work. The painting I am working on now has strong vibrant colors and I think I am finally reconciling past different approaches to my work and my current methods. Hope to be done soon.

As always wall art prints and prints on just about anything are available for Emerging Hawk. Be sure to check out the short Youtube on my Channel which is Kendall Kessler. The colors are faded but I always include an accurate thumbnail. Cheers on the weekend!

Emerging Hawk
Original 20" x 16' Oil painting SOLD
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/emerging-hawk-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Dragging

June 9th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Dragging

My latest Youtube demo painting is a Skyline Beauty of Pittsburgh and it is getting a lot of attention so I thought I would post a favorite here.I am having a little difficulty with my latest painting but I think it will get back on track tomorrow.

It isn't giving me any trouble. I am just down about politics right now. I am not going to say which side I am on but there is a lot of disturbing news from people on the internet that I think know what they are talking about. I am not talking about people on social media sites that know everything and try to convince you they know everything. I look for posts by people that are in the political arena to try to discern what is going to happen next.

I keep telling myself that the sky is always falling according to a lot of people so I need to just stay calm and concentrate on my work. Be sure to check out my latest Demo Youtube and have a great day! My channel is Kendall Kessler

Always good to keep smiling!


Memphis Spin
Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about Anything available at the address below
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/memphis-spin-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Pleased with Current Figure Painting...

June 1st, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased with Current Figure Painting...

My latest figure painting has had quite a few delays due to other obligations but I am determined to get a lot of work done on it this week.

I am pleased with how it is coming along. It has a dreamy look right now and I will probably go with that. It hasn't started to talk to me yet but I am sure it will soon.

And some people don't think artists are crazy.

I am excited about getting out in the sun today for a picnic lunch with a friend. It has been too long and the weather is perfect. We will probably go to beautiful Bisset Park.

My latest horse painting demo is getting a lot of attention on Youtube! Check it out. My channel is Kendall Kessler.

Mane Twirl
Original acrylic painting NFS Wall Art Prints and just about anything available at the below address
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mane-twirl-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to Sell four New River Valley Prints to a great North Carolina Patron

May 27th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to Sell four New River Valley Prints to a great North Carolina Patron

It is always great to sell prints of this beautiful region I live in and it is especially great to sell several to one patron! I hope my work lightens up this patron's home. Please check them out here. I have the Claytor Lake Memory address below and the titles of the rest listed.

I don't have much to say today or the time to say it so I am just going to post those selections and get on with all that I have to do right now. I didn't get a chance to paint and won't be able to paint tomorrow either so I will be uptight until Thursday. The painting is coming along but I need to be able to work on it.

Claytor Lake Memory Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $338.00
Wall Art Prints and prints on just about anything available at the below link
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/claytor-lake-memory-kendall-kessler.html

Cascades in Giles County

Clover Hollow in Giles County

Claytor Lake Cabin in Fall

Kendall Kessler Has a Doctor Appointment for the first time in over a year

May 22nd, 2021

Kendall Kessler Has a Doctor Appointment for the first time in over a year

I can't believe I am finally going to the doctor for a check up. It has been well over a year since my last check up and I will be glad to go. I feel fine but I believe in preventive medicine. I especially believe in dental appointments. Neglected teeth are a huge health problem and I do not let that happen. I used to tease my mother about how well she took care of her teeth. The dentist we had when I was young told me her teeth were the cleanest teeth he had ever seen. Well, I doubt mine are as clean as hers but I really do work at it. I hate cleanings.

I am very pleased with a demo oil painting I did for Youtube. Some viewers want an actual painting demonstration but after all these years my methods are unique to me and don't make any sense so I decided to use the methods I was taught to use ages ago and it turned out very well. I was surprised that I could paint something in the traditional thin to thick style and have something I liked without intense color complexity and a raised impasto surface. Painting is such a mysterious process - at least for me it is.

Red Rose Beauty
Original 7" x 5" oil painting $90
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/red-rose-beauty-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is not Happy with Shipping Service

May 20th, 2021

Not happy with my latest shipment.

I have been shipping my work for decades and I know how to immobilize the work in cardboard and then immobilized in an outer box. It arrived with a the frame broken in two places so I had to refund the patron. Fortunately the painting is fine and the patron said he would take it to a local framer. I have never had a frame damaged before so I am going to consider using wooden crates for medium size paintings as well as large ones. I don't want this to happen again.

My latest figure painting is coming along and I am considering painting it in the style that the original failed painting was painted in many years ago. I was going to use the complicated system I use now but I am having success with a more traditional approach to handling the paint so I will probably go in that direction. Who knows? I make decisions but the painting always starts talking to me and giving me suggestions.

I am thinking of maybe getting into some wildlife paintings soon. Here is one of my most popular ones!

Eagle Fire
Original Oil Painting Sold
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to send out Atlantic Sunrise to a great Mississippi patron

May 15th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to send out Atlantic Sunrise to a great Mississippi patron

I am pleased to mail out Atlantic Sunrise to a great Mississippi patron who is recovering from the second Moderna shot. I hope this painting cheers him up. Such a nice man to work with. He has consented to letting me offer print sales of this painting, so click on the link if you are interested. Wall art prints and prints on just about anything, including face masks are available.

Atlantic Sunrise Original 20" x16" Oil painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and prints on just about anything available at the below link
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-atlantic-sunrise-kendall-kessler.html

My latest figure painting is coming along and I am considering painting it in the style that the original failed painting was painted in many years ago. I was going to use the complicated system I use now but I am having success with a more traditional approach to handling the paint so I will probably go in that direction. Who knows? I make decisions but the painting always starts talking to me and giving me suggestions.

Anyway, between my new painting, coming up with an idea for my next Youtube and getting ready to play again at church, I am really stressed for time. I wish I didn't have to drive to get to UPS. Wish we had a closer one but the last painting was delayed so I am not trusting USPS this time.

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to Sell another Print of Isle of Palms Sunset

May 11th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to Sell another Print of Isle of Palms Sunset

I love it when someone orders a print that is the same size as the painting. I remember listening to one artist on TV say scale does not matter. I disagree and I paint many of my works to look good in a 40" x 30" format. The great MO patron will be seeing Isle of Palms Sunset in the same way I see it and I think that is a good thing!

Isle of Palms Sunset
Original 40" x 30" oil painting #2430

Had a big bump with my latest figure painting but I think I have resolved my beginning issues and can now get seriously to work on it. It is a kind of remake from the past and it will look completely different. I will be incorporating a few things from the original work but not that much.

I am going to incorporate some of the fabrics into the painting but the model will completely change and the setting will have major changes, too. I am excited about getting back to this painting.

Please check out my latest painting demo youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler So pleased with the magical look to this wildflower sunset. One of the viewers told me that it looked magical and I agree.

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to be Back to Work on Old painting

May 6th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased to be Back to Work on Old painting

So glad my back is completely better. All I did was lean over to get something out of the refrigerator. I know it is just tension that causes one of my muscles to go crazy. I am back to Yoga and that helps a lot. I am about to get started on one of my very old paintings I recently . recovered. I have to think about how I am going to paint it. I know it will require at least one layer but probably a number of layers. So glad to have it back!

My approach to a painting is so different from it was when I painted it. I don't usually greatly modify old work but this one had so many faults that must be corrected. I have thought about that painting a lot and stared at it for a while and it is not going to bear much resemblance to what it is now.

I am going to incorporate some of the fabrics into the painting but the model will completely change and the setting will have major changes, too. I am excited about getting back to this painting!

Here is a nude painting I am very proud of.

Alone 12" x 9" acrylic painting
Wall Art Prints and Prints on just about anything
available at this address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/alone-kendall-kessler.html

Kendall Kessler is hobbling along...

April 27th, 2021

Kendall Kessler is hobbling along...

Charlie Chaplin once said when you are in pain, everything else is just fantasy. I am remembering that quote today. A muscle in my back decided to go ballistic and I am slowed down to a crawl which is very hard on a workaholic.

Oh well, I took some medicine and hopefully I will be able to get around without wincing. I am just going to post a favorite painting. Be sure to check out my latest Abstract painting Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler.

Cheers to everyone!

Kendall Kessler is Pleased with Progress on Latest Commission

April 21st, 2021

Kendall Kessler is Pleased with Progress on Latest Commission

Had a few problems with my latest commission, but it is just about done. That
is always a great feeling!

Looking forward to the finishing touches and sending a file to the patron. It is
an oil painting so I will have to wait for it to dry and then I can ship it.

My Youtube channel is growing steadily and I am really getting into making short
ones and fairly long ones. Great comments! Great community! The channel
name is my name.

Here is the first stage of my commission and will post the final stage soon.

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to Full Strength

April 16th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to Full Strength

Well, I had the second Moderna shot and thought I was going to be one of those
that don't have adverse symptoms. I was fine until eight hours later I started a low
grade fever that went up to 102.6. Yuck. That was a miserable night.

Strange thatit takes so long for the reaction to kick in. My husband was sick after an hour or
two and was sick for three days. I am back to full worhaholic strength. Hope I
don't have a relapse.

Check out a favorite lake painting and Cheers on a weekend!

Bluestone Lake
Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430
Wall Art Prints and prints on just about anything at the address below

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/bluestone-lake-kendall-kessler.html

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print of Huckleberry Line Trail Rain Pond

April 13th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print of Huckleberry Line Trail Rain Pond

I thought I was getting better with the new Wordpress format. I copied the old one but when I tried to
delete the images the whole post disappeared. Argh!!! I will get used to it. Sometimes I think old dogs
can't learn new tricks but this old dog had better learn so it can keep up with social media.

Since I came close to the, "Open the window and let gravity do the work solution", I am just going to
post my latest print sale here and step far away from the computer. Also, I have a new painting demo
of a fantasy space scene on Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler

Huckleberry Line Trail Rain Pond
Original oil painting SOLD
Wall art prints and prints on just about anything at the below address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/huckleberry-line-trail-rain-pond-kendall-kessler.html

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking forward to another Shore painting

April 9th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking forward to another Shore painting

I am running around in circles right now. What else is new? Lots of family issues, painting issues,
and problems that are keeping me away from my painting time. That has got to stop! I really do
live to paint so I have got to just wade through all my obligations and get to that easel.

I am always back logged with ideas for paintings. I have never had artist's block and hope I never
do have that experience. I think that is as likely to happen as me giving up chocolate. No way!

Anyway, please check out a favorite shore painting by using the address under it. I will be starting
a beach painting and a shore painting soon!

Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms
Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430
Wall Art Prints and prints on just about anything at this address
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Begin a New Floral

April 6th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Begin a New Floral

I am still having a hard time learning the new Wordpress format but I am pleased that I am learning
to have a sense of humor about computers.

The glitches and aggravations used to make me so mad.

Now I just laugh and keep going. Anyway, I am pleased to sell another print from my husband's book, Fiddling at Midnight's Farm House to a great North Carolina patron! Willow Eye is one of my favorites.


Life with the Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler

We have both been watching the news about people traveling into outer space

The cost right now is $250,000.

Space, the ultimate journey

Space, the ultimate bank account

I think Clyde is right. I am not even thinking of getting into a space ship.

I hate airplanes.

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Smith Mountain Lake

April 2nd, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Smith Mountain Lake

Well, I am getting better at the Wordpress block, but I don't like it. I have received advice
from a number of people but I really don't want to take the time to figure that out either.

I am glad the Fine Art America blog is the same. I don't have any problems here.

The advice is different so I think I will just keep plugging along. I am putting this on a
document and then copy paste it on to Wordpress.
I do want to keep adding Youtubes but the ones in my last blog were shoved to the right and I don't think they have to be that way.

I am putting up two youtubes a week so please stop by. My channel is Kendall Kessler

Oh well, I am just not that great with computers and I am so busy I don't want to keep learning
new ways to do things.

Anyway, I am so pleased that my best selling lake painting, Smith
Mountain Lake has a permanent home! This is one of my favorite paintings. It has an inner
glow and a sensuous surface. I love boats and spent a lot of time around and in them when
I was young. Beautiful memories!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest painting

March 27th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest  painting

I am just about done with my latest Blue Ridge painting and it was a struggle but I am happy with it and it is time to move on.

I am so pleased with all the attention I am getting on Youtube! I have decided to upload twice a week and getting lots of likes and comments!
Yesterday I uploaded a short youtube featuring one of my oil paintings of Isle of Palms. My channel is Kendall Kessler. Please stop by

I am thinking about another small floral and then some large paintings, well, fairly large. I want to paint some more scenes from Claytor Lake.



Clyde and I came in on the middle of a very old movie last night. A guy bought his girlfriend two bunches of violets for twenty cents.
Clyde said you couldn't buy one wilted petal for that now! That is for sure.

Times certainly have changed!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print from Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse

March 25th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print from Fiddling at Midnight

Hi Everyone!

I have decided to scale back on blogging since it is so time consuming and
I am on so much social media. I work hard to promote my artwork but I need
to have a life, too.

I will try to check in a few times a week but with much less detail.

I will be adding a new Blue Ridge painting that I think turned out
quite well. It was an intense arm wrestler and I thought it was going to
end it's days in the trash can but then it started to get better and better
and I am so pleased it will be added to my portfolio.

Also so pleased to sell another one of my illustrations from Fiddling at
Midnight's Farmhouse! Willow Eye is one of my favorites.

The address for wall art prints and prints on just about anything is below.

Cheers on a Thursday!

Willow Eye
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/willow-eye-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print from Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse

March 25th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print from Fiddling at Midnight

Hi Everyone!

I have decided to scale back on blogging since it is so time consuming and
I am on so much social media. I work hard to promote my artwork but I need
to have a life, too.

I will try to check in a few times a week but with much less detail.

I will be adding a new Blue Ridge painting that I think turned out
quite well. It was an intense arm wrestler and I thought it was going to
end it's days in the trash can but then it started to get better and better
and I am so pleased it will be added to my portfolio.

Also so pleased to sell another one of my illustrations from Fiddling at
Midnight's Farmhouse! Willow Eye is one of my favorites.

The address for wall art prints and prints on just about anything is below.

Cheers on a Thursday!

Willow Eye
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/willow-eye-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Arm Wrestling another Painting and Going Where?

March 12th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Arm Wrestling another Painting and Going Where?

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Story Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
Wow!  My current painting took a nose dive off a cliff.  I really think I was going to just live with a large amount of wasted paint and give up. Such a lot of arm wrestling but then I tried something out of frustration and it started to work.

Sometimes that happens and that  is when I say over and over to myself I will not let a painting drive me crazy.  It can drive an artist crazy but I will never let that happen. I love it too much! 
I was only able to work for a little while today because I had an appointment that for some reason was not right. Hope to get that straightened out today. 

Hope everyone has a great weekend!


Sinking into Color Original acrylic painting  NFS
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pineapple-burst-kendall-kessler.html



Richmond Ripples  Original 12" x 9"  Acrylic painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/richmond-ripples


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Richmond Ripples!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still griping away about Yoga.  It does such great things for my body but I watch the clock every time in anticipation of the end. 

I complain to Clyde about it all the time. 

Why do you do it? 

To keep this old body going.

Where is it going?

Argh!  Marry a writer and suffer perpetual word abuse.

LOL!  Love him and will practice Yoga until I can't.




Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Charlotte North Caroline skyline paintings!Be sure to click on the link to see all five of them!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/285995973/north-carolina-skylines-art-12-x-9?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1

Charlotte Spiral   Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting $271



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is my most popular shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Stepping Away from the Computer...

March 9th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Stepping Away from the Computer...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 

I am looking outside my window to a beautiful warm day! The first one in a long time so I am determined to walk away from this computer and get outside!  I had a difficult painting session this morning but the painting is coming along.  Lots of arm wrestling right now.  This part and the final part is the hardest but it is always worth it. 

I am very pleased with my latest Youtube painting!  These fast spontaneous expressions keep me on my toes and it is a lot of fun to demonstrate them and talk at the same time on my youtubes. Reminds me of when I taught at Radford University. I always talked all the way through demos. 

Be sure to go to my channel and see it.

Pineapple Burst  Original acrylic painting  NFS
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pineapple-burst-kendall-kessler.html



Memphis Spin  Original 12" x 9"  Acrylic painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-spin


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Memphis Spin.


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a popular Memphis Tennesse skyline painting!Be sure to click on the link to see all five of them!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/644480934/memphis-tennessee-skyline-beauty?ref=shop_home_active_4&frs=1
Memphis Green   Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting $271



Please check out Clyde's book.

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is my most popular shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is trying to get it together today...

March 2nd, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is trying to get it together today...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 Having a hard time getting going today but I am looking forward to my next oil painting which will be of a specific site on the Blue Ridge. 

These paintings are my favorites and they are hard. All that atmosphere and dissolution of form in the background is always a challenge but that is what makes it a great pursuit.

Garden Swirl Original 40" x 30" Oil Pastel painting $2430
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/garden-swirl-kendall-kessler.html



Cone flowers  Original 30" x 24" Oil painting $1470
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/coneflowers

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Coneflowers.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular mountain sunset painting!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/91586086/jumbled-up-wildflowers-art-9x12?ref=shop_home_active_13&frs=1


Jumbled up Wildflowers  Original 12" x 9" oil painting $271



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website on Zazzle! 
Here is my most popular shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Lake Sunset painting

February 26th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Lake Sunset painting

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
Working away at my latest painting and will have it up soon!  Just a few more touches. 

Looking forward to starting another atmospheric Blue Ridge painting.  I like to paint in many different directions but the mountains of Southwest Virginia and the Blue Ridge are my favorite selections for subject matter and the hardest paintings I do. 

The interaction of warm and cool colors is so difficult to achieve without them blending to grey but I have learned so much about how to get that effect so it is more and more a pleasing experience.


Evening Light from Sharp Top Original 12" x 9" Oil Pastel painting $246
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/evening-light-from-sharp-top-kendall-kessler.html

Golden Blue Sunset   Original 25" x 18" Oil painting $960
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/golden-blue-ridge-sunset


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Golden Blue Ridge Sunset.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a popular mountain sunset painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/920564792/sunset-glow-on-the-blue-ridge-original?ref=shop_home_active_13&frs=1
Sunset Glow on The Blue Ridge  Original 12" x 9" oil painting $271



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is my most popular shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with New Way to Save Paint

February 22nd, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with New Way to Save Paint

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Demo Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
Wow!  I discovered a strange way to save paint on my palette.  A week ago I accidentally spilled a little mineral spirits into my cadmium red light and it has not dried up at all and I have been able to use it rather than replace it with fresh paint. 

That is so weird!  I could see linseed oil doing that but not mineral spirits.   Sometimes I put out more paint than I need. It is always so hard to know how much of the painting I am going to change and sometimes I end up just adding a few dabs here and there.

Any oil painters that are reading this know how expensive good oil paint is.  My paintings cost a lot to make and I am always glad to find ways to keep from wasting paint.
Anyway, just about done with my latest and I am pleased with it!  Just have to be careful not to over think it and wreck it.

Cheers on a Monday!


Mid-Spring on The New River  Original 34" x 23"Oil Pastel painting $1534
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/mid-spring-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html


Creek Bridge  Original 24" x 18" Oil painting $884
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/creek-bridge


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address isunder Creek Bridge.


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular snow scene painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/84650324/church-snow-scene-art-12x16?ref=shop_home_active_32&frs=1
Church Snow Scene  Original 16" x 12" oil painting $384



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is my most popular shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is so Happy with Latest Painting...

February 19th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is so Happy with Latest Painting...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 

So happy with my latest painting!  Now is the hard part. Do I work in a few areas that are not quite what I wanted or do I go all out with another layer for even more complexity?  Always a touch decision and I need to get another idea for my Youtube series.

So busy!  I may stop blogging so much as I work on other avenues of exposure. Not sure about that yet but I need to carve out more time in the day. 

Wildflower Magic  Original Oil  painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-magic-kendall-kessler.html


Garden Swirl  Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/garden-swirl-original-oil-painting


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Garden Swirl.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular floral painting!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/672960691/tiger-lily-spin?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1


Tiger Lily Spin  Original 14" x 11" oil painting $338



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is my most popular shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is still waiting for a shot and Do not add sea weed...

February 16th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is still waiting for a shot and Do not add sea weed...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.

 
Yea! Clyde got his vaccine shot today!  I am still waiting on an opening but I am hopeful it will be soon and I am so excited about my latest landscape. 
The light is not right now but I will get to it tomorrow.  I can't explain why I am so happy with it.  It isn't finished so it could take another nose dive off a studio cliff but I don't think that will happen.

Love to paint!  Live to paint!

Wildflower Magic  Original Oil  painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-magic-kendall-kessler.html


Garden Swirl  Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/garden-swirl-original-oil-painting


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Garden Swirl.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We don't eat a lot of sausage since it has so much fat in it.  I couldn't find the kind I usually get for spaghetti so I got some turkey sausage.  I thought it would be nice to try it out. Well, as I was cooking it I went down the hall to give a comment on it to Clyde.

Guess what this sausage needs? 

Sausage?

You read my mind.  There are bumpy things in the sauce but I just taste sauce.  Oh well, it is better for you than pork sausage. 

So is sea weed but I don't want that in my spaghetti. 

Understood.  No more turkey sausage.





Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Church painting!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/869935306/church-light-original-40-x-30?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1

Church Light  Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2480



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is my most popular shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy Again and Near Impossible...

February 12th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy Again and Near Impossible...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
My latest painting took a nose dive yesterday and I wasn't sure how to approach it today. So I just painted and didn't think about what I was trying to achieve this time and then it took off!

As usual, they only seem to work out when I don't exactly know how I got to the successful stage. 

Looking forward to the next session!  Joyful anticipation is always so much better than the frustration that goes along with the job. 

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

460  Original 14" x 11"  Oil  painting $313
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/460-kendall-kessler.html


Water Wings  Original 16" x 12" Acrylic painting $384
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/water-wings


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Water Wings.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Today I achieved another difficult effect in my current painting that I always consider next door to impossible. 

Last time I mentioned that phrase, Clyde wanted to know where Impossible is located. Argh! 

I wanted him to see the effect that is next door to impossible in this painting. 

Are you getting closer to Impossible?  Do you have a zip code yet? 

No, but there is some paint on the palette that might find you for an address. 

Time to leave the studio?

Oh yes.




Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Church painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/869935306/church-light-original-40-x-30?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1
Park Road  Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2480



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Forward to a New Location

February 9th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Forward to a New Location

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
Not much to say except we are very excited about the house we may be moving into this summer!  Artist and writers need a lot of space that we don't have right now.  The house we are looking at will be perfect for us!  Now we need to get busy and fix up the one we have. 

Not looking forward to that but it has to be done.  I think my painting time is going to shrink even more than now. Ouch!  Oh well, I think I can get going with my latest one tomorrow.  First stage is done and now to get to the second, hopefully without cussing.  I never know. 

As you can see by my selections from my portfolio, I am really missing the shore so much!

Burning Shore  Original  Oil  painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/burning-shore-kendall-kessler.html


Pawleys Pier  Original 14" x 11" Acrylic painting $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-pier


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Pawleys  Pier will take you there!
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

This one is from my last Youtube but I thought I would leave it up for anyone that did not see it. I love to laugh!

Clyde and I snack a lot, especially after supper.  Last night I couldn't decide what I wanted. 

I like to complain about these things to Clyde because he usually has a goofy answer for me and, as usual, he did not disappoint. 

I can't decide.  I have carrot cake, brownies, and cookies. 
Eat all of them.
All of them? You mean I should smash the brownie into the carrot cake and put a cookie on top?
Sure, but on top of that, add some raisins and call it a healthy snack. 
Yeah, right. I think my scale will disagree with you if I have that kind of healthy snack. 
I think I will get some popcorn - no butter.



Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Radford painting!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/91983759/park-road-art-40x30-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_14&frs=1

Park Road  Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2480





Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!
https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has started another Claytor Lake Painting and Raisins on Top...

February 5th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has started another Claytor Lake Painting and Raisins on Top...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
I started a new lake painting today and it was quite a different experience. I don't know if this pandemic has me down or I just wanted to try a different approach to the first layer, but it really is wild.  I am hoping to get a more complicated system in color with this one from the start and it really is colorful right now. 

It was not fun.  As I have mentioned before a lot of artists talk about the first layer as fun and then it gets difficult.  My first layer usually is fun, so this is definitely a different type of session for me. 

I will see what happens next!  Painting keeps me going. 


Misty Morning at Carvins Cove  Original 43" x 32" Oil  painting $2952

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/misty-morning-at-carvins-cove-kendall-kessler.html



Sun in Water Original 7" x 5" Oil painting $75
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sun-in-water


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Sun in Water.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Clyde and I snack a lot, especially after supper.  Last night I couldn't decide what I wanted. 
I like to complain about these things to Clyde because he usually has a goofy answer for me and, as usual, he did not disappoint. 


I can't decide.  I have carrot cake, brownies, and cookies. 

Eat all of them.

All of them? You mean I should smash the brownie into the carrot cake and put a cookie on top?

Sure, but on top of that, add some raisins and call it a healthy snack. 

Yeah, right. I think my scale will disagree with you if I have that kind of healthy snack. 

I think I will get some popcorn - no butter.


Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to my most popular lake paintings!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/49656032/smith-mountain-lake-art-16x20?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1

Smith Mountain Lake  Original 16" x 20" oil painting $670



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 

Here is the very popular Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!
https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Claytor Lake painting

February 2nd, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Claytor Lake painting

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 I am very pleased with my latest painting of Claytor Lake and I am considering painting more of this great park.  This is only the second painting I have done of one my favorite places in Southwest Virginia.  This one is so close to exactly what I was after which is a nice experience, but I do have plans for a slightly different approach to my next one.  Always learning, always improving. 

As I have said over and over again it would be boring if I had a set way of painting that never changed.  My opinion.  I do think there are artists that do not change their methods and there is nothing wrong with that. 

I have to keep on progressing even though I'll bet a lot of people don't see that much difference, but I do, and it is an exciting process!

Claytor Lake Memory  Original 14" x 11" Oil  painting $338

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/claytor-lake-memory-kendall-kessler.html


Claytor Lake Cabin in Fall  Original 24" x 30" Oil painting $1490

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/claytor-lake-cabin-in-fall


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Claytor Lake Cabin in Fall.
 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Peaks of Otter paintings!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/846204713/peaks-of-otter-lodge-fall-reflections?ref=shop_home_active_16&frs=1

Peaks of Otter Lodge Fall Reflections  Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2810





Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 

Here is the very popular Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!
https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Dominion Skating Rink

January 29th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Dominion Skating Rink

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
Where in the world did Friday go?  Way too much to do today to get to this blog but I like to put out two a week so here goes. 

I am too tired to gab and I still have a lot of work to do so I am going to leave up the artwork from the last blog except for the first one which I am replacing with a print sale of Dominion to a great Pennsylvania patron!

I miss that rink very much. When my son was young I took him and his friends there once or twice a week and I love to skate.  One time my son won the limbo contest! 
Another rink opened years later in Christiansburg and it closed due to legal problems.   I wish another one would open up.  Anyway, have a great weekend!

Dominion  Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting $2430

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/dominion-skating-rink-kendall-kessler.html


Rushing Water  Original 20" x 16" Oil painting $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/rushing-water


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Rushing Water will take you there!
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a popular Peaks of Otter paintings!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/846204713/peaks-of-otter-lodge-fall-reflections?ref=shop_home_active_16&frs=1
Peaks of Otter Lodge Fall Reflections  Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2810



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088





Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Current Claytor Lake painting...

January 26th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Current Claytor Lake painting...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 I am at the final stage on my Claytor Lake painting and it is going well.  Usually, I am afraid my final changes will hurt what I have but this time I seem to know just what to do to get to that end.  That is a nice experience! 

I am going to paint more of Claytor Lake which is one of my favorite places in Southwest Virginia.  Lots of wonderful memories and I know that positive feeling will be expressed in paint.  I can't explain how that happens, but it does! 

I think I am going to have to paint another large one.  The small scale is nice sometimes, but when it turns out well I am always sad it is not on a large canvas. 

Oh well.  Always an adventure! 

Mid Spring on The New River  Original 34" x 23" Oil pastel painting $1534
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/mid-spring-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html


Rushing Water  Original 20" x 16" Oil painting $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/rushing-water


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Rushing Water!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Peaks of Otter paintings!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/846204713/peaks-of-otter-lodge-fall-reflections?ref=shop_home_active_16&frs=1
Peaks of Otter Lodge Fall Reflections  Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2810



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 

Here is the very popular Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!
https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Claytor Lake and Jump back...

January 22nd, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Claytor Lake and Jump back...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!

 
I am having one of those experiences that many artists talk about regarding the painting process.  I was having a very hard time with my latest Claytor Lake painting and then a somewhat different approach took off!  I will never forget what my first teacher told me long ago. When it is difficult, that usually means you are about to learn something and hit a different level. 

That is what happened, but it probably won't be that noticeable to viewers, but you never know.  I know I am happy with more complication in the surface due to a different brush stroke approach. I look forward to finishing this one and using this technique on another one! 

I really do live to paint but  I may have to cut down on some social media. It is so time consuming.  I am going to have to go over the demands on my time and reassess how I can get everything done and still have a life. 

I'm sure there are many people that have to do that in this computer era!.

Pink over Pittsburgh Original 8" x 10" Oil pastel painting $240

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pink-over-pittsburgh-kendall-kessler.html


Charlotte Spiral  Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/charlotte-spiral


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Charlotte Spiral.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 Life with Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Saw a joke on Facebook that cracked me up so I had to share it with Clyde. 

If a woman asks you if she is fat, it is not enough to say no.  You should look surprised and taking a big jump back would help. 

Of course, Clyde had something to add.  You should start with the leap back in case she is not convinced of your sincerity. She may attack!


Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to some popular Washington DC paintings!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/505177797/washington-dc-skylines-art-original-12-x?ref=shop_home_active_4&frs=1

DC Jumble Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting $271


Please check out Clyde's book.

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 


Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Memphis Lights Puzzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist was Raked and Great Reaction to latest Youtube...

January 19th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist was Raked and Great Reaction to latest Youtube...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Story Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
Well, that was a different experience at the dentist. The hygienist worked for a fairly long time cleaning my teeth and then she flossed them and polished them. Of course, I thought we were done. 

Not so! She got out the pick axe again and spent a long time plowing through my teeth and gums.  Yikes!  I will remember that so I won't be unpleasantly surprised at my next cleaning. 

Anyway, progress is being made on my latest oil painting and I received the most views ever in a 24 hour period on a youtube that I put up yesterday! Lots of great comments! 


Mountain Lake Reflections
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/mountain-lake-reflections-kendall-kessler.html


Dock at Pandapas  Original 40" x 30" oil  painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/dock-at-panapas


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Dock at Pandapas.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a popular Mabry Mill painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/214874264/mabry-mill-art-20x16-original-blue-ridge?ref=shop_home_active_33&frs=1
Riverview at Dusk Original 20" x 16" oil painting $695




Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Memphis Lights Puzzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Claytor Lake and Tail Chase...

January 15th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Claytor Lake and Tail Chase...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 So glad to be back to work on an oil painting of one of my favorite places in Southwest Virginia, Claytor lake!  I am looking forward to the warm weather when I can swim there again.  It was hard to stay away this summer but I didn't want to risk Covid exposure. 

I have lots of fond memories of swimming there with family and friends.  I also want to go to the Peaks of Otter and Wintergreen on The Blue Ridge Parkway.  Lots of great mountain resorts that we like to go to.  We don't ski so we like to go to Wintergreen for the hiking and swimming and great food! 

After 2020 we need a great break!



Peaks of Otter Lodge Fall reflections Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting $2760

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/peaks-of-otter-lodge-fall-reflections-kendall-kessler.html


Stroubles Creek  Original 40" x 25" oil  painting $2025
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/stroubles-creek


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Stroubles Creek.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I share the same computer that I practically live on.  When I take breaks, I always let him know it is available.
He hates computers but does use them for various chores. 

Yesterday he was watching some kind of Funny Videos program that had a dog chasing his tail. 

I asked him if he wanted to use the computer. 

No. 

You would rather watch a dog chase his tail then use the computer? 

I would rather watch a dog chase his tail, go to sleep on the program, wake up, and chase his tail again than use the computer.

That's my guy!





 
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular New River painting!


https://www.etsy.com/listing/89757953/riverview-at-dusk-art-20x16?ref=shop_home_active_12&frs=1
Riverview at Dusk Original 20" x 16" oil painting $695




Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Memphis Lights Puzzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814





Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway is Pleased to sell another print of Sunflower Burst...

January 12th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway is Pleased to sell another print of Sunflower Burst...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!

 
I am always so much happier when I am in the middle of a new work!  Have to paint!  It is a beautiful day here and I hope I can get out and walk.  It is always nice to do more than the bank, grocery store or post office trips. 

We are all so limited right now so it is great to show my work and talk about it in my Youtubes.  It is sort of like teaching at Radford University again.  I did a lot of demonstrating in all of my classes and it was a nice experience.  I think those demos were helpful. The ones I do on Youtube are not for instruction.  I am just painting and talking about the decisions I make.

Still, it does remind me of my teaching experience.

Also pleased to sell another print of Sunflower Burst to a great Kansas patron! Check that out below!



Sunflower Burst  Original 60" x 41" Oil  painting $4920

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/sunflower-burst-kendall-kessler.html


Tulip Flow  Original 18" x 24" acrylic  painting $884
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/tulip-flow


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Tulip Flow!
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing from Clyde lately but there was a great word play joke on Facebook that sounds just like something he would say.  I had to share. 

Caution. It is another groaner, but I like it! 

Can you laugh loudly in Hawaii or does it have to be A Low Ha Ha. 

 
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular expressive floral painting!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/26379808/swirling-color-art-16x20-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_7&frs=1

Swirling Color  Original 20" x 16" oil painting $695




Please check out Clyde's book.

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Memphis Lights Puzzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814





Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Sunflower Burst and a Big Groan...

January 5th, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Sunflower Burst and a Big Groan...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! The channel is Kendall Kessler

 
I have been trying for days to get to a new painting started but I have had a lot of other things to do and my youtube videos always take up a lot of time.  It take a while to decide what I will do next and then I have to prep and then make the video. 

Lots of work but I have to get back to my main work which I will do soon. 

Anyway, I am pleased to sell another print of Sunflower Burst to a great Kansas patron!  This vibrant work certainly is popular so be sure to use the link to get a better look and to see all the print possibilities! 


Sunflower Burst Original Acrylic  painting NFS

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/sunflower-burst-kendall-kessler.html


Memphis Spin  Original 12" x 9" acrylic  painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-spin


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Memphis Spin!
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, today I have something from the Word Man that made me groan.  Funny, but so weird that I did groan. 

I have congestion almost all of the time.  I don't know if it is allergies or some other problem.  When this pandemic is over I am going to see a specialist to see if I have a polyp or something.  It is always on the right side.

Anyway, I said to Clyde my nose is always running. 

Do you go after it? 

GROAN and then a laugh.  He never quits!




Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to will some  popular Memphis Tennessee skyline paintings! Use the address to see all of them!


https://www.etsy.com/listing/644480934/memphis-tennessee-skyline-beauty?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1
Memphis Green  Original 12" x 9" oil painting $269



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Memphis Lights Puzzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814






Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Blue Ridge Sunset and Careful with that Door...

January 1st, 2021

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Blue Ridge Sunset and Careful with that Door...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! The channel is Kendall Kessler

 
I finished my latest Blue Ridge sunset painting and I like how it turned out.  It is an impasto painting but the surface is not as complicated as many of my paintings are.  I wanted a simpler approach that accented silhouettes of the mountains and not tree details of the range that is up close. 

It is a dark scene and the darkest colors are not black which is what I wanted.  I wanted them to resonant with strong cool and warm colors. 
Check it out! I am glad to begin 2021 with a Blue Ridge painting!  Happy New Year!

Sunset Glow on The Blue Ridge  Original 12" x 9" Oil  painting $271

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/sunset-glow-on-the-blue-ridge-kendall-kessler.html


Misty Morning at Carvins Cove  Original 43" x 32" oil  painting $2952
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/misty-morning-at-carvins-cove


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Misty Morning at Carvins.
 
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing from the Word Man this time but we both got a kick out of another Facebook joke. 

Since 2020 was such a difficult year there is a cartoon with people down a hall using a broom to carefully open the 2021 door. They all look nervous.  I can understand that but

I am hopeful 2021 will be much better! 

The US certainly had a lot of problems and we had some of our own.  Onward to 2021!


Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to will take you to a  popular New River painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/25944759/bisset-park-40x30-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_7&frs=1
Bisset Park  Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2480


Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Memphis Lights Puzzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Please to Sell James River Beauty and Forgot His Mask...

December 29th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Please to Sell James River Beauty and Forgot His Mask...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 

I am so pleased with my latest painting of a Blue Ridge sunset!  The effect I am trying to get is coming along and it may not be exactly what I want but it is so close.  I hope to finish it in one more session and then I will add it to my portfolio.  Love to paint!  Live to paint! 

I am so pleased that another original Blue Ridge painting has a home in Texas! James River Beauty is from a photograph I took from the bridge over the James River right off the Blue Ridge Parkway.  It is always great to get my paintings out to as many places as possible.  I hope they will still be around after I am gone.  I work very hard at my artwork and I want others to see it. 

As always, wall art prints, and prints on just about anything of James River Beauty are available.  Click on the link below to see all the possibilities to the right!


James River Beauty  Original 14" x 11" Oil  painting SOLD

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/fairlawn-eve-kendall-kessler.html


Misty Morning at Carvins Cove  Original 43" x 32" oil  painting $2952
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/misty-morning-at-carvins-cove


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is Misty Morning at Carvins Cove.


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing from the Word Man this time but we both got a kick out of another Santa cartoon on Facebook. 

We wear our masks and shield everywhere  we go.  We would only wear masks if everyone else would but everywhere we go there are always people without them, so we feel more protected with the shields. 

I'm sure there are people that think we are over doing it but that's okay. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. 

Anyway, Santa was complaining about how long it was taking him to deliver presents.  He had to keep going back to his sled to get his mask. LOL!




Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a  popular New River painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/25944759/bisset-park-40x30-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_7&frs=1
Bisset Park  Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2480



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Memphis Lights Puzzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814






Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to The Blue Ridge and Where is Impossible...

December 25th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to The Blue Ridge and Where is Impossible...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
Well, I had a great session in the studio today as I got closer to the effect I wanted in a sunset.  As I have said before, no one can really paint or photograph the sun. 

Take a look at a photograph of the sun and then check out the sun.  You can't look at the sun without burning out your eyes. No one can achieve that intensity but it is great to achieve a strong, convincing shadow of it. 

I am leaving up the painting that is closest to the effect I am trying to get.  We will see!


Fairlawn Eve  Original 12" x 9" Oil  painting $271

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/fairlawn-eve-kendall-kessler.html


Pink Light  Original 40" x 30" oil  painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pink-light


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Pink Light!
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Love it!  The Word Man cracks me up again.  It could just be me, but I loved this comment.  I am working on a difficult technique in my current painting.  I am hopeful to get very close which is all I ever do. 
But that is okay. Never boring and they tend to look great after they age a little as I have said many times. 

Anyway, Clyde asked me how my session went today. 

I am working on a technique that is next door to impossible to achieve. 

Where is impossible?  I would like to know. 

Yikes!  That probably makes some, or a lot of people groan, but I laughed big time!



Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a  popular Autumn Blue Ridge painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/232940219/blue-ridge-cloud-burst-art-40x30?ref=shop_home_active_11&frs=1


Blue Ridge Cloud Burst  Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2480




Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a heart shaped Christmas ornament!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175404565889681819?context=114714990326056473





Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to The Blue Ridge and Not for Santa...

December 22nd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to The Blue Ridge and Not for Santa...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!

 
Yea!  I had the time to paint this morning and am very pleased with the effect I am trying to get in my latest Blue Ridge painting.  I want strong contrast in an end of the day work that still has strong colors in the dark areas which is always tricky. There is a certain glowing sunset effect that I am trying to achieve but it is difficult.

The painting below is the closest I have come so far but I want a stronger light effect.  I am counting on the manipulation of the values to pull it out.  Second layer is pretty strong, but not strong enough.  This painting also has the strong blue clouds like the painting below but I want them to be darker and have that putty look that I often see in sunsets.

Anyway, today is such a great day compared to yesterday. We had to have our water heater replaced.  Our washing machine is right next to the water heater and when my son started his laundry, huge amounts of water covered the floor.  We didn't see a loose connection  anywhere but that is what it was. 

What an ordeal cleaning up all that water!


Fairlawn Eve  Original 12" x 9" Oil  painting $271

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/fairlawn-eve-kendall-kessler.html


White Pine Sunset   Original 24" x 18" oil  painting $1296
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/white-pine-sunset-on-the-blue-ridge


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under White Pine Sunset  will take you there!
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing from The Word Man today but we did get a kick out of a joke on Facebook.

Santa is in front of a computer and he has over a million Facebook friend requests.

Santa says I knew joining Facebook would be a bad thing to do. 

Probably not the place for Santa!



Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address isto a  popular Pawleys Island sunrise!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/612811081/pawleys-island-morning-light-original-24?ref=shop_home_active_23&frs=1
Pawleys Island Morning Light 24" x 18" Oil painting $944




Please check out Clyde's book.

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a heart shaped Christmas ornament!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175404565889681819?context=114714990326056473



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Isle of Palms print and If a Llama shows up...

December 18th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Isle of Palms  print and If a Llama shows up...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
Well, I was going to paint but something came up so here I am hoping for better light tomorrow. I may go in after my computer stuff since it is just the first layer so the lighting is not that important. 

I have three new ideas that I am anxious to get started on. These paintings will be rather small but I may consider them as painting sketches for one or more large paintings.  I really like to work large but not too large.  Not enough room in the studio for huge ones but it would be nice to work on a big one. 

Maybe I will paint another fairly large one like Marsh View at Pawleys Island which is the painting  at the top and measures 60" x 41", but not any time soon. 

Anyway, glad to sell a framed print of Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms to a great North Carolina patron!  The patron's frame selection is gorgeous! Check out the address below to see all the print options.


Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms  Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting $2425

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html



A Beautiful Moment   Original 20" x 16" oil  painting $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/a-beautiful-moment


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under A Beautiful Moment.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Like many others, we are doing a lot of shopping online right now.  It is convenient and quick but it can be so confusing.

I forget what I ordered, when it is supposed to come, and sometimes I trash emails I should keep for a while. 

One of Clyde's friends came by, dropped off a present at the door, rang the doorbell and ran away because of the pandemic. 

We have had other friends do that,too.  Can't be too careful these days. 

On the phone he and Clyde were talking about how online shopping can be confusing. 

He said if a llama shows up, I probably ordered it.  LOL!



Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a  popular Dreamscape painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/26451810/contemplation-20x16-original-oil?ref=shop_home_active_5&frs=1


Contemplation Original 20" x 16" Oil painting $705



Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a heart shaped Christmas ornament!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175404565889681819?context=114714990326056473



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Singing the Same Old Song and The Bird that will not Quit...

December 15th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Singing the Same Old Song and The Bird that will not Quit...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! The channel is Kendall Kessler

 

I just don't understand how this happens every year.  I think I have plenty of time to mail Christmas cards and packages and then, all of a sudden, Christmas is ten days away.  Yikes!

I have had such a busy day that I am just going to leave the same paintings up and add a Life with The Word and Bird Man segment and call it a day. 

I didn't get to paint today but I have had a lot of nice responses to my latest Demo Youtube which is above. Be sure to check it out! I am very pleased with how this one turned out.

Lot of ideas for new oil paintings but not lots of time. Since it looks like we will be snowed in tomorrow I should be able to get one started. 

I can't believe how many Downward Facing Dogs we did today in Yoga class.  There ought to be a limit in each class.  Oh well.  I am getting stronger so I will keep at it.  Got to keep the old body going. 

I hope everyone has a great Holiday season!


Peaks of Otter in Fall  Original 14" x 11" Oil  painting $313

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/peaks-of-otter-in-fall-kendall-kessler.html



Kraft Avenue in Blacksburg   Original 20" x 16" oil  painting $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/kraft-avenue-in-blacksburg


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Kraft Avenue!
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I know I have mentioned the cardinal that keeps on clobbering itself on our window right behind the computer. Sometimes I can tune it out but other times it is really hard to take. 

We have tried everything to stop it but nothing has worked. It is trying to scare that awful competitor in the window away. 

Anyway, Clyde said that bird is like the postman. That's for sure.  No matter what, that bird is pummeling itself.

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."


Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a  popular misty wildflower painting!


https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_active_4&frs=1
Wildflower Mist  Original 10" x 8" Oil painting $188


Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a heart shaped Christmas ornament!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175404565889681819?context=114714990326056473





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Glad she did not throw recent painting away and Pleased to sell more Wall Art Prints...

December 11th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Glad she did not throw recent painting away and Pleased to sell more Wall Art Prints...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! The channel is Kendall Kessler

 Still not back to my oil painting but I am just about finished with the acrylic demo one that I thought was a lost cause. So glad I did not throw it away. 

My last oil painting is in that, finished- but -not -quite -what -I wanted, phase.  I will get it online soon.  There isn't anything wrong with it. Is is very close to what I want but not exactly.  Always the carrot just out of reach.  I just need to move on and it will look much better when I am not so caught up in it.

So pleased to sell more wall art prints to patrons in Texas and Virginia!  Peaks of Otter in Fall is one of my favorite mountain paintings and Wildflower Magic is a vibrant beauty. The original resides in Richmond, Va.  The original Peaks of Otter in Fall oil painting is still available!


Peaks of Otter in Fall  Original 14" x 11" Oil  painting $313

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/peaks-of-otter-in-fall-kendall-kessler.html


Wildflower Magic   Original  oil  painting SOLD
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-magic-kendall-kessler.html
Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks


Kraft Avenue in Blacksburg  Original 20" x 16" oil  painting $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/kraft-avenue-in-blacksburg


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Kraft Avenue.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a  popular misty wildflower painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_active_4&frs=1
Wildflower Mist  Original 10" x 8" Oil painting $188


Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a heart shaped Christmas ornament!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175404565889681819?context=114714990326056473





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is in a Downpour...

December 9th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is in a Downpour...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.

 
Well, when it rains it pours.  I wanted to paint today but we have a family emergency so we have to spend the day traveling.  While I was  fixing lunch, my favorite mug fell of the counter and slammed into my big toe causing a bleeding gash.  Nothing happened to the mug!

Last Friday I injured my back so I didn't film a Demo Youtube.  Instead I showed some recent works and got great compliments. Check it out above! I get uptight when I can't paint so I had better look out in case there is a third downpour. 

Well, all of the above was written yesterday.  What a day!  I did paint today and did my, Dodge Grocery Shoppers thing a while ago.  I wore a mask and shield since there are always people in there without masks.  It is hard to shop with a shield on since it fogs up.  I had to keep sanitizing my hands and using a tissue to wipe it off from the inside. 

I wish everyone was more concerned about the rise in coronavirus cases here in Southwest Virginia.  There are more hospital cases and deaths.  We check the stats every day. 

Anyway, take care!


Natural Rhythm   Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting $2430

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html



Wildflower Meadow   Original 24" x 18" oil  painting $864
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/wildflower-meadow


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Wildflower Meadow  will take you there!
 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a  popular wildflower painting!


https://www.etsy.com/listing/91586086/jumbled-up-wildflowers-art-9x12?ref=shop_home_active_17&frs=1
Jumbled Up Wildflowers Original 12" x 9" Oil painting $271



Please check out Clyde's book.

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a heart shaped Christmas ornament!


https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175404565889681819?context=114714990326056473





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print of Richmond on the James and Good for the Turkey Farmers...

December 4th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print of Richmond on the James and Good for the Turkey Farmers...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
I am real excited about my new painting which is a very small acrylic sunset in a marsh that I tried to paint in a youtube last week.  It was too much to even get one layer on a video and I like to keep them to twenty minutes so I got angry with it while filming and decided to abort and do a demo painting that wouldn't take up so much time. 

I said some things I shouldn't say, especially on a video so I destroyed that one.  The next day I looked at the aborted painting and thought it looked much better than I thought it did so I decided to work on it and it is just about done.

Since for a lot of my youtube videos I used cheap paint and paper it won't be for sale but archival small and large prints will be available.  I think it will be a very popular painting.

So glad to sell another print of the very popular Richmond on the James to a great Nevada patron!  This one is another Christmas ornament print.  It is great to think of my artwork on Christmas trees!  Below is the painting with all kinds of print possibilities on my website and at the bottom of the post is the painting on a Christmas ornament on Zazzle!


Richmond on the James  Original acrylic   painting SOLD

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html


Memphis Spin   Original 12" x 9" acrylic  painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-spin


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link address is Memphis Spin!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Many years ago there was a commercial on TV making fun of Thanksgiving leftovers which I still remember. 

It was done to the 12 Days of Christmas song. 

The joke was going through all the dishes that could be used with leftover turkey and where five golden rings is, it had  Flaming Turkey Wings! We like to repeat that joke on Thanksgiving. 

This time when Clyde was eating more leftover turkey I mentioned I read that turkey is high in iron. 

According to who? The turkey farmers? 

Not sure, but it sounds good. 

Good for the farmers. That's for sure.

Time to eat more turkey.



Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to FIVE  popular Memphis Skyline Beauty paintings!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/644480934/memphis-tennessee-skyline-beauty?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1



Please check out Clyde's book.

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! 
Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a heart shaped Christmas ornament!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175404565889681819?context=114714990326056473




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Another Print of Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter and Back to the Program...

December 1st, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Another Print of Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter and Back to the Program...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 

So much to do today that I didn't get to paint but I will tomorrow.  I am trying to just cross things off my list without any distracting moves.  My yoga teacher just about did me in today. 
Enough Downward Dogs to make anyone bark.  Lots of arm stretches which are so good for my weak ones.  I can do a lot of sit ups but I have never done a pull up.  Maybe I will try someday now that I do a lot of yoga. 

Anyway, I am so pleased to sell another print of Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter to a great Louisiana patron!  I had a great talk with her on Facebook about which type of print to buy and she decided that a large canvas print with black sides would be the best for her bedroom. I am sure she will love it! She has a large print of my most popular floral, Natural Rhythm, in her Dining Room. 

Love to hear from previous buyers!


Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter  Original 24" x 18"Oil   painting $864

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html


Pawleys Island Pink on The Beach   Original 40" x 30" oil  painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-reflections


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Memphis Reflections.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


I can't remember exactly what was said, but a newscaster or celebrity was saying they always like to come up with humor for their presentation. 

I turned to Clyde and said he just has to meet you. 

Are you saying I am a joke?

Of course not, love of my life! 

Groan. 

Back to the program.





Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Memphis Skyline Beauty painting!

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-reflections


Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is the very popular Beach Houses at Pawleys Island on a t-shirt!

https://www.zazzle.com/beach_houses_at_pawleys_island_t_shirt-235509588976052567



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell more Prints of Popular Pawleys Island Painting and Say Moo...

November 27th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell more Prints of Popular Pawleys Island Painting and Say Moo...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler

 Not much to say today.  We had a nice Thanksgiving and I am pleased that I finished my new sailboat painting.  I haven't added it to my portfolio yet, but I will do that soon.  I liked the way it turned out but there was something I was aiming for that I have never been able to get to look the way I want it to look, so I am going to include that in my next painting and try again. 

Salvador Dali once said you shouldn't worry about attaining perfection.  You never will.  That is true, but, like I told my students, you will never get exactly what you want, but if you work hard, you can get close.  That is good enough for me.  I learned long ago to not expect perfection but just let them live. 

I am so pleased that three prints of a favorite Pawleys Island painting will be on t-shirts!  A great Pawleys Island patron bought them.  Below is the painting with print selections from my website and at the end is the link to t-shirts on Zazzle.  Check it out!

Beach Houses at Pawleys Island   Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting SOLD

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/beach-houses-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html



Pawleys Island Pink on The Beach   Original 40" x 30" oil  painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-pink-on-the-beach


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Pawleys Island Pink on the Beach.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Nothing from Clyde lately.  He usually has a lot of humor to offset sad circumstances but not so much during this difficult time.  Anyway, we both liked a great cartoon on Facebook!  A blind farmer is walking through a field of turkeys holding a hatchet.  Of course, the turkeys were all saying moo!  Love it!



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This laddress is to a popular Pawleys Island Sunrise painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/612811081/pawleys-island-morning-light-original-24?ref=shop_home_active_11&frs=1




Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is the very popular Beach Houses at Pawleys Island on a t-shirt!

https://www.zazzle.com/beach_houses_at_pawleys_island_t_shirt-235509588976052567




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Sailboats and More Trojan Horse Gripes...

November 24th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Sailboats and More Trojan Horse Gripes...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! The channel is Kendall Kessler

 Such a beautiful day!  Great to see so much sunshine!  I like cloudy days, too, but sometimes there are too many of them in a row. 

My latest painting is at that most difficult stage.  Is it done or not? Do I let it live the way it is or is there more to do.  If there is one thing I have learned over the years, it is how to let them live.  We artists tend to get so wrapped up in one that we don't see what is successful about it- only the faults. 

I am going to paint some more small ones.  It is great to be able to move on faster to the next one.  My current painting is a sailboat sunset,

Love the water and will be so glad to get back to the shore next year if the pandemic is under control. 


Smith Mountain Lake   Original 16" x 20" Oil  painting $670.00

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html


Sailboat Sunrise   Original 40" x 30" oil  painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sailboat-sunrise


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Boat Light!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


As I have mentioned before, Clyde doesn't like computers and, in spite of their usefullness, thinks they are trojan horses that have caused a lot of harm. He is especially critical of comments on social media that used to be just idle comments among small groups in bars or parties. 

He thinks broadcasting these opinions are not helpful and contribute to a lot of disinformation that people accept as truth. 

Anyway, I was doing some online yoga when the teacher said, and now place yours arms in this twist position. 

And now pick up some rocks and throw them at the computer. 

Why would I want to damage the computer? 

Why not? Look at all the damage it has done to us. 

Okay.  Get outside to Backyardica and check out the birds. That will help!  I need to stretch.






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link is to a popular Pawleys Island Sunrise painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/612811081/pawleys-island-morning-light-original-24?ref=shop_home_active_11&frs=1




Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a Christmas ornament!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175756124525179395?context=114714990326056473





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is at it Again...

November 20th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is at it Again...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Please Check out My Latest Demo Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 Another beautiful day!  I am so pleased to sell another print of my most popular Skyline Beauty painting, Richmond on the James!  This time the sale is another Christmas ornament to a great Maryland patron. The link for the Christmas ornament is at the bottom.  Other prints selections are listed below. This print will be a great tree ornament or gift to a friend.  Nothing like original artwork!

Well, as usual, my latest painting started out great and it was a lot of fun and now I am struggling and will probably completely change it.  This one is following the usual course most paintings follow and now I am in the difficult stage. No real problem!  I love what I do and it is always worth the struggle.

Also, hospitalizations for Covid -19 are increasing daily in our area.  Be sure to wear a mask.  I bought some shields. They are great!

Richmond on The James   Original Acrylic  painting SOLD

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html






Memphis Spin   Original 12" x 9"   acrylic  painting $246.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-spin

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Memphis Spin.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to to some popular Charlotte NC  Skyline Beauty paintings! Click on the link to see all five of them!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/285995973/north-carolina-skylines-art-12-x-9?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1




Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a Christmas ornament!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175756124525179395?context=114714990326056473





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about Latest Painting

November 17th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about Latest Painting

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 Another beautiful day!  I am so pleased to sell another print of my most popular Skyline Beauty painting, Richmond on the James, to a great Richmond Va patron!  This time the print is on a Christmas ornament.

Other print selections are available with the address below the painting here.  This painting certainly gets around on wall art prints and on other items. 

I missed the morning light due to too much to do, but I am determined to get to the second stage of my latest painting.  I have a set idea but I am going to let it go in a different direction if that looks like the way to go.  Looking forward to working on it tomorrow. 


Richmond on The James   Original Acrylic  painting SOLD

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html



Memphis Green   Original 12" x 9"   acrylic  painting $246.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-green


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Memphis Green!



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to some popular Washington D.C. Skyline Beauty paintings!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/505177797/washington-dc-skylines-art-original-12-x?ref=shop_home_active_44&frs=1
 


Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a Christmas ornament!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175756124525179395?context=114714990326056473




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Blue Ridge Parkway is Running Around in Circles and Widespread Fraud...

November 14th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway is Running Around in Circles and Widespread Fraud...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.

 

It is a beautiful day but I missed the morning light so I can't get to the next layer of my current painting.  So much to do all the time and I am trying hard to catch up while the computer fights me. 

This morning it decided to just spin and spin and spin so I had to turn it off.  Can't click on the restart button if it is spinning.  When I turned it back on that little line partly filled up but I didn't think it would ever completely finish.  I wish my computer liked me more. 

Maybe computers don't like artists that work in the old fashioned way of applying paint to a canvas rather than using a computer for paintings on paper.  Computer art is just not for me even though I see some great examples every day.  I much prefer to apply layers and then get to a final layer that has a unique elevated surface. 

Anyway, tomorrow I hope to get to my new lake painting.  It will be another sunset and only 8" x 10" so I won't be intimidated by the cost of paint.  It is hard to believe there was a time when I painted in such thin layers that the cost of the paint was not an issue at all.  Not anymore! 

The virus stats in our area are increasing by quite a bit every day and there are more hospital stays and deaths. 

Please wear a mask.  If you think they are not necessary, just humor the rest of us!  It is the nice thing to do. Be nice!!


The Lodge at The Peaks of Otter  Original 16x 12 Oil painting $384.00

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html



Connellys Run  Top   30" x 20" Oil  painting $1320.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/connellys-run

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address isunder Connelys Run.




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Lots of Backyardica these days for Clyde.  I think he has put on a few pounds.  He doesn't think so but he looks a little bigger around the middle. 

We both saw this fun weight comment on my Twitter feed. 


I tried on a pair of pants that were too tight.  I don't believe it. I am declaring widespread fraud.  

Love it!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Peaks of Otter lodge painting on The Blue Ridge Parkway!


https://www.etsy.com/listing/846204713/peaks-of-otter-lodge-fall-reflections?ref=shop_home_active_22&frs=1
Peaks of Otter Lodge Fall Reflections  Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2810




Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a Christmas ornament!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175756124525179395?context=114714990326056473




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Blue Ridge Parkway is Pleased with Latest Sunset Painting and When Pigs Fly...

November 10th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway is Pleased with Latest Sunset Painting and When Pigs Fly...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out my latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler.

 

Sometimes a painting really comes together and it doesn't even have to age! That is what happened this time and I am extremely pleased with my latest Blue Ridge sunset painting.  It came together after a number of detours and frustration. 

I didn't quit because it was a good as it was going to get.  I quit because it was exactly what I wanted and that is always a red letter day!  I am pleased to present it here and I have started on another sunset painting. I am really into those gorgeous evening colors right now. 

I may do a still life soon but it is such a lot of work getting the composition and the lighting right.  Although painting is a lot of work, it is what I love to do but I am a little lazy about difficult set ups.  Oh well.  I will get to one soon. 




White Pine Sunset on The Blue Ridge  Original 24x 18 Oil painting $1296.00

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html


Evening Light from Sharp Top   12" x 9" Oil  painting $236
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/evening-light-from-sharp-top


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Evening Light from Sharp Top.
 
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I have been a little uptight the last week or so.  He has said a few very funny things but I don't think I should print them. 

Anyway, we both loved something we saw on Facebook.  Someone asked God for a sign if the person was eating too much.  The picture of a cloud that looked just like a pig was floating by!

Love it!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Peaks of Otter Lodge Wintergreen Resort on The Blue Ridge Parkway Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/773637460/wintergreen-evening-original-24-x-18?ref=shop_home_active_23&frs=1
Wintergreen Evening  Original 24" x 18" Oil painting $899





Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is the very popular Richmond on the James on a Christmas ornament!


https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175756124525179395?context=114714990326056473






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Print of Most Popular Lake Painting...

November 6th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Print of Most Popular Lake Painting...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.

 

Such a beautiful day!  I hope to get my work done and get outside.  I am indoors so much of the time. 

I am preparing for another painting and it will be a small one so I won't be so intimidated by the cost of the paint.  Sometimes I practically use a whole tube of $22 white oil paint on one large painting.  That is just one of the tubes.  I use a lot of cadmium red light, too.  It costs $60 a tube. 

Of course, all this is taken into account when a price is established. The main cost of one of my paintings is determined by my time and expertise after working and developing my art since I was twelve.

Decades of practice and still learning all the time.  Any artists that are reading this know exactly what I am talking about. 

Anyway, I am pleased to sell another print of my best selling lake painting to a great Maryland patron!  Be sure to click on the link under the painting to see all the print possibilities listed on the right.  Time to get some sunshine!

Smith Mountain Lake   Original 14x 11 Oil painting $338.00

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html




Wildflower Meadow   24" x 18" Oil  painting $864
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/mountain-lake-reflections

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Mountain Lake Reflections!
 




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a




Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Peaks of Otter Lodge   Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/846204713/peaks-of-otter-lodge-fall-reflections?ref=shop_home_active_20&frs=1
Peaks of Otter Lodge Fall Reflections   Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2810





Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Completes Another Blue Ridge Painting...

November 3rd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Completes Another Blue Ridge Painting...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out my latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler

 

I finished my latest Blue Ridge painting and will have it here soon.  My paintings are becoming more and more complex and the amount of paint is intimidating.  I use excellent paint so my work will last but the price tag sure is high.  The one I just completed is 24" x 18" and the one before that is 40" x 30". 

I am thinking about a small one next so I won't hold back if I think one more thick layer is required.  Sometimes I quit because I know the next layer will have problems, too, and other times I am concerned about the cost of the paint.  Well, I know that won't be an issue for an 10" x 8" so that is probably what I will do. 

Be sure to check out my latest Youtube above!  I wanted to paint a Suggestions painting but didn't think any forms had shown up at the end of the video.  When it had completely dried there was part of a profile in the center, a woman as seen from the back to the right and a ghost like form to the left.  I added a little paint to bring out the profile and woman and added the face to the ghost. 

I had not intended on a Halloween painting, but that is what came out!


Buena Vista   Original 14x 11 Oil painting $338.00

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/buena-vista-kendall-kessler.html


Buffalo Mountain in Fall   14" x 11" Oil  painting $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/buffalo-mountain


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Buffalo Mountain in Fall.


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Blue Ridge  Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/61226874/blue-ridge-overlook-art-16x12?ref=shop_home_active_10&frs=1

Blue Ridge Overlook   Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $409


 
 Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Almost There...

October 30th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Almost There...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler

 

Still trying to get to finish line on my latest painting of a Blue Ridge sunset but I am at the most difficult stage, at least for me.  I don't want to lose what I have achieved but I do want to modify a few areas. 

It is so hard not to add  more paint everywhere which would just create more areas that need tweaking.

Today the light was okay but my glasses were rather dirty so the colors came out stronger than I wanted them to.  I think I will work in areas for one more day and then let it live. 

It is always important to get away from a painting and then check it out later.  Usually, it looks great after it ages so that is what this one is going to do unless someone purchases it.  The floral garden I did before this one doesn't seem to have any problems at all now!  Love how that works! 

Anyway, I am pleased to sell another print of my best selling shore painting, Marsh View at Pawleys Island to a great New York patron! 

Please vote and I read that it is too late to mail ballots in so be sure to drop them off. 

Cheers!


Marsh View at Pawleys Island   Original 60x 41 Oil painting $4920.00

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html


Pawleys Pier   14" x 11" Oil  painting $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-pier

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address under Pawleys Pier  will take you there!
 




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Pawleys Island Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/612811081/pawleys-island-morning-light-original-24?ref=shop_home_active_3&frs=1
Pawleys Island Morning Light   Original 24" x 18" Oil painting $994


 
 Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Near the Finish Line...

October 27th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Near the Finish Line...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler

 

Well, I arm wrestled my latest painting down and now I am debating on working in small areas which I hate to do. It is always so hard to decide when a painting is done.  I am thinking the value pattern could be better so I think I will go into a few areas one more time.  The surface is so thick now.  The painting really comes out strongly into the room without any light. 

I am never happy until my paintings glow in natural light.  They also look good in incandescent light.  Natural light and incandescent light is where the majority of them end up, so I paint them to look good in those lights.

Lots of great comments on my latest youtube of my studio!  It has been a while since I gave a tour of it and now that it is completely cleaned up so I am glad to show it. 

Please vote!  Such an important election!

Homes in the Hills  Original 14x 11 Oil painting $338.00

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/home-in-the-hills-kendall-kessler.html


Country Sunset   10" x 8" Oil  painting $160
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/country-sunset


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Country Sunset.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a




Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Blue Ridge Painting.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/90614831/clouds-over-buffalo-mountain-art-11x14?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1
Clouds over Buffalo Mountain   Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $338


 
 

Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Cleaned up Studio and How to Spell Ornery...

October 23rd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Cleaned up Studio and How to Spell Ornery...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler

 

Well, instead of painting today I filmed another youtube for Monday. This time I gave a tour of my studio.  I did that a long time ago when I didn't have many followers and wasn't actively interacting on Youtube. 

I didn't look at it as a social media site.  I thought I could just put up youtubes and get a lot of attention.  Wrong!  Now I interact with all those that follow me and I have over 800 followers. 

I am going to continue to work at growing my channel since Youtube is so popular.  The one I made years ago was meant to be a humorous video about how hard it is to keep a studio clean.  I worked hard on it and would like to get more attention for it. 


Ridgeland Winter Beauty  Original 10x 8 Oil painting $170

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/ridgeland-winter-beauty-kendall-kessler.html




Porter Mountain in  Fall   14" x 11" Oil  painting $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/porter-mountain-in-fall


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Porter Mountain in Fall. 
 




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Blue Ridge Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/72166100/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge-art?ref=shop_home_active_24&frs=1

Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge    Original 24" x 18" Oil painting $899




 
Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

In my last blog I was lamenting the crummy curve the painting I am working on took.  I talked about how paintings can be ornery at times. 
I mentioned to Clyde that I was pleased I knew how to spell ornery! 

C- L- Y- D -E?  

Ha ha.  The computer knew it was right.  No underline this time!



Please check out Clyde's book.

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Did not Throw Paint Brushes around the Room...

October 20th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Did not Throw Paint Brushes around the Room...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
Yesterday, as I was getting aggravated over my current painting that seemed to be working really well the day before yesterday, I thought about how paintings can be so ornery.  Of course, before throwing brushes around the room I remembered what I always say about how if it were easy, I wouldn't do it.  It would be boring.

Anyway, the painting must have heard me because  it got right back on track after I was thinking about it.  It was a value problem and now I am confident I will get to the end and be mostly happy about it.  The next one will always be better.  That carrot will always be a little out of reach but most of them age so well.  Just have to leave it alone for a while and start another.

I am pleased to sell prints of  Blue Ridge Meadow  to a great Virginia patron!  This time the prints are on pillows.  It is great to think of my paintings on a sofa for everyone to see. 


Blue Ridge Meadow  Original Oil painting SOLD

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/blue-ridge-meadow-kendall-kessler.html


Magenta Fall   12" x 9" Oil  painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/magenta-fall


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Magenta Fall!




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a




Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Blue Ridge Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/526177514/misty-blue-ridge-autumn-art-original-14?ref=shop_home_active_14&frs=1
Lion Explosion   Original 20" x 16" Oil painting $705




Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  

 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Prints of Bear Beauty...

October 16th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Prints of Bear Beauty...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler

 
Well, today's painting session was an arm wrestler but it turned out well. I violated one of my own rules that I don't think will ever change.  When I first started painting in oils I didn't think the cost of paint was that bad. I hardly used any and my paintings were done in very thin layers. That was a long time ago and now I work in my own take on the impasto method with a brush that requires a lot of expensive paint. 

When I remember I have to practically put it on with a spoon, all goes well and I doesn't seem like a huge expense. When I don't use a lot, I end up having to start over and the sum total is much more expensive than if I just remember that rule.  Rules are meant to be broken so that is why I keep trying to go backwards but it looks as if this rule is here to stay - at least for now. 

Anyway,  I am glad to sell some prints of Bear Beauty, one of my Kendall Expressions series.  This time the sale is of greeting cards to a great Minnesota patron. I have included others from that series below.   My work is on just about anything and the talented, beautiful actress Morgan Fairchild recently  bought one of my favorite florals on a t-shirt and tweeted herself with it on!  Love it! She has purchased three original wildflower paintings and a number of prints on various items, including face masks.

I am so tired.  I am doing my part for the election which makes it even harder to get all my computer work done.  Oh well.  I'm sure there are many that have it much harder than me during this awful pandemic which seems to be getting worse. 

Stay safe!


Bear Beauty  Original 20" x 16" Acrylic painting $680

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bear-beauty-kendall-kessler.html


Bloodhound   8" x 10" Oil  painting $170
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/bloodhound
 
Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Bloodhound.
 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Kendall Expressions Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/163050927/lion-explosion-art-20x16-expressionist?ref=shop_home_active_3&frs=1
Lion Explosion   Original 20" x 16" Oil painting $705




Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to the Mountains and Trekking Through the Tulips...

October 13th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to the Mountains and Trekking Through the Tulips...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!

 

Not much to say today.  It is a beautiful day outside but I have too much to do inside. Oh well.  I did work on my latest Blue Ridge painting and already took quite a detour in my approach.  Nothing new about that. 

Sometimes I like to sort of revert to older methods for handling the paint and then come right back to where I am right now in my technique.  Always worth a try but I should know by now I can't go backwards, only forwards. 

Anyway, I finally finished my latest Garden Floral and am pleased with the vibrant look and intense surface.  Check it out below!





Garden Swirl  Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wintergreen-evening-kendall-kessler.html






Pink Light   14" x 11" Oil  painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pink-light
 
Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Pink Light.
 




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Blue Ridge Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/61226874/blue-ridge-overlook-art-16x12?ref=shop_home_active_5&frs=1
Blue Ridge Cloudburst  Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2480




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I'm sure I have mentioned that Clyde likes Star Trek.  There are a lot of Science Fiction books and movies he likes better but he usually checks out the first and second series that come on every night. If it is one he has seen too many times that remote will click it right off. 

Last night the original series started with some kind of cube and anxious officers staring at it. 

What is it? 

They always have some sort of crazy problem. 

Well, what do you expect?  It isn't Trekking Through the Tulips. 

What about the one with the spores that even got Spock to smile?  Okay, I stand corrected but I'll bet you can't come up with another one. 

How about the one with all the tribbles. 

Okay, I give up.  All those episodes were problems for the enterprise but they were sort of like trekking through the space tulips.

I think I will go look for a movie on Hoopla.


Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088




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Blue Ridge Parkway is Still Learning the Ropes and More Troops on the Way...

October 8th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway is Still Learning the Ropes and More Troops on the Way...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler

 

I really am behind the eight ball today but that is nothing new.  Still not happy about the Wordpress changes and will use the classic version until I have time to learn the new format.  I know I don't have a computer problem every day but sometimes it seems that way.  Another day another computer problem is my motto even though that isn't completely true.  

I think I am doing better than I used to in regards to getting  things right. That is probably because I have spent so much time on this thing that I am beginning to learn the ropes.  I probably used two sayings that aren't used any more but I am not sure if that is true. "Behind the Eight Ball" and "learn the ropes".  If they aren't used anymore then that just shows how old I am . 

Oh well.  Time doesn't stand still for any of us.  I have my board prepared for my next painting that I am really excited about.  I am hoping to combine a number of things I have learned from my Demo Youtubes in an oil painting of a Blue Ridge overlook.  I have other obligations today  but tomorrow I will begin it for sure! 



Wintergreen Evening Original 24" x 18" Oil painting $899

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wintergreen-evening-kendall-kessler.html






Buena Vista  14" x 11" Oil  painting $313
 
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/buena-vista
Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Buena Vista. 
 




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address will take you to a popular Blue Ridge Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/232940219/blue-ridge-cloud-burst-art-40x30?ref=shop_home_active_16&frs=1
Blue Ridge Cloudburst  Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2480




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Love my evening dishwasher.  Now that Clyde has retired he does the supper dishes and I do the morning and lunch dishes. He does a good job and I noticed he is starting to do what my Mom and I do. 
If he sees any dishes he can wash before the meal is served he does them. 

Relatives used to make fun of my Mom for that. One relative teased her and said she does the dishes before she eats. 

Well, it does help a lot to clean some pots and dishes that were used to mix things. 

Clyde says he is trying to get them done before more troops arrive.  Isn't that the truth!






Please check out Clyde's book.

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Marsh View at Pawleys Island on a mug

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Very Aggravated with Wordpress New Format and Pleased to Sell a Print of Wildflower Mist...

October 3rd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Very Aggravated with Wordpress New Format and Pleased to Sell a Print of Wildflower Mist...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!

 

I guess Wordpress has changed their format which is probably helpful to many but it is always a problem for me.  I get used to one way of doing things and then it is different. I hate to be a stick in the mud, but I wish they would not change site formats. 

I am looking forward to my next painting which will be a Blue Ridge landscape which is my main work.  This time it will be based on a location with some improvisations in the look of the overlook and the sky.

Hope everyone is well and staying as safe as possible.



Anyway, I am glad to sell a print of Wildflower Mist to a great Georgia patron!  This one will be in a nursery.  How great to think of a baby waking up to one of my paintings!



Wildflower Mist Original 10" x 8" Oil painting $168

Wall Art Prints and Prints on household items including face masks at the address below
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-mist-kendall-kessler.html





Camellias  10" x 13" Oil  painting $275
 
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/camellias
Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address isunder Camellias.




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular floral Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/91586086/jumbled-up-wildflowers-art-9x12?ref=shop_home_active_7&frs=1
Jumbled up Wildflowers  Original 12" x 9" Oil painting $271




Please check out Clyde's book.
The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Marsh View at Pawleys Island on a mug

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Waiting for the Light and Two by Two...

September 29th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Waiting for the Light and Two by Two...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 
I don't have a lot to say today.  I couldn't paint because it is just too dark.  My Daylight Fluorescent lights aren't good enough when it is very dark. I can't see the warm colors well enough so they would be too strong if I worked this morning. It is still very dark. I hope I get some light tomorrow.

I want to add my latest floral to my website and include it in my newsletter.  It has been quite an experience.  I am very pleased with how it turned out considering I was quite discouraged in the beginning stages.  I just have a little more to do. 

Sifting Color  Original 7" x 5"  Acrylic Painting  $82
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/sifting-color-kendall-kessler.html



Nebulus Pink 10" x 8" Oil  painting $168
 
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/nebulous-pink

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Nebulous Pink!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing from The Word Man today but I did make him smile with this Bible joke I saw on Facebook today. 

One of the people on Noah's ark asked him where she should put the bees.  In the Ark Hives, of course. Don't groan too loud!

I wonder what he would have said about mosquitoes. Go find a arm to bite?  LOL!




Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is a to popular Fairlawn Virginia Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/240178816/fairlawn-eve-art-12-x-9-original?ref=shop_home_active_5&frs=1
Fairlawn Eve  Original 12" x 9" Oil painting $271


Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Marsh View at Pawleys Island on a mug

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Another Pawleys Island Print and Floral almost done...

September 25th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased to Sell Another Pawleys Island Print and Floral almost done...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Well, the summer is shot.  I hope an effective vaccine is available soon.  I am going to do my research before I get harpooned.  Such an awful virus.  I have a friend that lost fourteen people to this virus.  Fourteen!!!  This is not a hoax as I am seeing some people say on social media. 

Although more seniors succumb than the young, I have seen reports of children dying of Covid.  Hopefully things will get better soon.  On an up note I am just about done with my latest floral and will be pleased to add it to my portfolio.  It truly is a color feast and I hope everyone enjoys it.

I am also pleased to sell another print of my most popular shore painting, Marsh View at Pawleys Island to a great Virginia patron!  As I have said before, I mostly work on paintings of the Blue Ridge and surrounding mountains but the shore is my second favorite place.  It is not my most popular painting.  A Break in the Clouds is the most popular painting. 



Marsh View at Pawleys Island  Original  60" x 41" Oil Painting  $4920
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html



Pawleys Island Pink on the Beach 40" x 30" Oil  painting $2430
 
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-pink-on-the-beach


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Pawleys Island Pink on the Beach  will take you there!




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.


https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Pawleys Island Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/91657409/pawleys-island-evening-art-40x30?ref=shop_home_active_12&frs=1
Pawleys Island Evening   Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2480


Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Marsh View at Pawleys Island on a mug

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Mountain Lake Print and The President of Backyardica...

September 22nd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased to Sell Mountain Lake Print and The President of Backyardica...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler
 

I have finally got to the finesse stage of my latest floral and am so pleased to be done with most of the work.  I love what I do but it does require a lot of time and discipline.  I am going to work on another Blue Ridge overlook painting that I have a good idea for that resulted from the ones I recently demonstrated on Youtube.  I have a lot of photographs from the Parkway to work from but I think I am going to ad lib a lot on this one.  I may just base it on some ranges and then go from there. 

Anyway, I am so glad we voted yesterday.  I am seeing posts of lines that are a quarter of a mile long in Northern Virginia.  Wow!  We just went in to the registrar's office and got it done in a few minutes.  I think it is great that people are voting early and making sure their vote counts. 

Also, very pleased to sell another print of one of my most popular paintings, Canoes at Mountain Lake to a great Texas patron.  This is the setting for the hit movie Dirty Dancing and we have vacationed there twice!  The natural lake practically emptied but it seems to be filling up again!  Hope to go there soon!


Canoes at Mountain Lake Sketch   Original  Oil Painting  SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/canoes-at-mountain-lake-sketch-kendall-kessler.html


Mountain Lake Reflections 30" x 20" Oil Pastel  painting $1230
 
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/mountain-lake-reflections


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Mountain Lake Reflections  will take you there!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a




Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular pond Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/642782074/autumn-pond-original-40-x-26?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1


Autumn Pond   Original 40" x 26" Oil painting $2180





Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

What a strange year for someone that has spent countless hours researching birds and butterflies all over the Blue Ridge and surrounding mountains. 

This time of the year he is usually leading hawk watches up at Rocky Knob.  Now his hawk watching post is Backyardica. 

He is the president, founder, recording secretary,  and only member of The Backyardica Bird Club. 
He sure has seen a lot of hawks lately!







Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 
If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Marsh View at Pawleys Island on a mug.

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell DC Burst and Big Kick...

September 18th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased to Sell DC Burst and Big Kick...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 

Well, we went to vote at the Registrar and the parking lot was completely filled and the surrounding streets were also clogged. We will try again on Monday.  We have until October 31st to vote at the Registrar and we want to vote early. Such an important election and we are worried about sending a ballot in by mail. 

So pleased to sell another Skyline Beauty painting to a great California patron!   I have used many different approaches to this series and some stand out more than others to me but DC Burst stands out a lot!  I was very pleased with the electric look my brushwork gives this exciting city! 

I will never forget seeing Godspell at Fords theater many years ago. 



DC Burst    Original  Acrylic Painting  SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/dc-burst-kendall-kessler.html



Washington Wave Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/washington-wave



Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Washington Wave!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a




Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to popular Nude Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/699906081/alone-original-seated-nude-girl-acrylic?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1

Alone  Original 12" x9" Acrylic painting $271





Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing from the Word Man today but we both got a kick out of a joke I saw on Youtube. 

Which flavoring for salad dressing has the most kick? 

Horse radish.  A big argh but I love it!




Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Marsh View at Pawleys Island

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Another Print of Reaching Out and Wrong Camp...

September 17th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased to Sell Another Print of Reaching Out and  Wrong Camp...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!
 
I actually got out of the house today and visited beautiful Claytor Lake with my husband!  That was great.  Too cold to go swimming but we walked around and it was so peaceful. Nice to get away from my work for a while. 

Workaholics have to be practically dragged away but it is possible to get them out once in a while.  Hope we go there again soon before the cold weather.  I didn't get to swim there once this summer due to the pandemic.  Looking forward to next summer. 

I am pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out to a great Texas patron! Reaching Out is my best seller and I am very proud of it.



Reaching Out    Original  18" x 24"  Charcoal Drawing $20,000
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/reaching-out-kendall-kessler.html

Dreaming  Original 18" x 24" acrylic painting $864
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/dreaming


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Dreaming. 



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular Nude Painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/699906081/alone-original-seated-nude-girl-acrylic?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1

Alone  Original 12" x9" Acrylic painting $271





Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I said Clyde and I got out to Claytor Lake to just look around, and, of course, bird watch.  Swimming is allowed at your own risk after the season closes but no one was there. Too chilly today. 

One time Clyde and his naturalist friends were looking for a park and having a hard time finding it.  They asked some one near the park and got directions.  The guy had a strange smile on his face as he gave them directions. 

It turns out it was a Nudist Camp.  Not the park they wanted to go to. Clyde mentioned that today and asked an interesting question.  Would they all be wearing face masks and nothing else right now?  Wow, that is a picture I wouldn't want in my living room.  LOL! 

Saw a lot of ducks today.  They were sitting in the lifeguards chair.  I'll bet they like the vacant beach.



Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Marsh View at Pawleys Island

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Print of Richmond on the James and How low can you go...

September 11th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Print of Richmond on the James and How low can you go...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!
 
Where does the time go?  I was sure yesterday was Monday.  How did we get from Monday to Friday?  I guess Einstein was right.  Everything is relative. 
Whenever I hear of a family skirmish I like to change that quote to everything is relatives.  I'll bet there are a lot of people reading this that can relate. 

I will never forget one of my students in a Foundations course that was one of five kids.  She told me when she graduated, her  brother was going to pay for a beach trip for her for a present.  Wow!  Talk about your nice families! 

Oh well, I know my busy life makes the time go by quickly but I wouldn't have it any other way.  I am pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James to a great Texas patron!  Richmond on the James is my most popular Skyline Beauty painting.  I have added new ones of San Diego California, so be sure to check out that collection on my pixels website. 

I am way behind in my additions to the Wix site and am having trouble with the listings that are there.  There are a number of them that are still listed there that I have sold.  I have deleted them many times but they keep coming back.  I guess I will have to contact a Wix representative but I hate computer chats.  They can take forever. 

Well, back to my other work and looking forward to a break.  I need to get another movie on Hoopla.  Love that site!  It always takes me days to watch one but I do get to the end.  Cheers everybody!




Richmond on the James    Original  Acrylic painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html


Memphis Green  Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-green


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Memphis Green.




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.


https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to popular Skyline Beauty painting of Washington, D.C.!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/505177797/washington-dc-skylines-art-original-12-x?ref=shop_home_active_4&frs=1


Washington Lights  Original 12" x9" Acrylic painting $246



Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing funny from The Word Man today but I did see something on Facebook that we both thought was hilarious. 

It is hilarious if you like puns. If not, it is a real argh one!

I can't believe some one went into my trash can and stole my limbo stick.  How low can you go?




Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Marsh View at Pawleys Island on a mug.

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395






 

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a Print of A Memory and A Case of Stupidity...

September 9th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased to Sell a Print of A Memory and A Case of Stupidity...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 
I am so pleased to sell a print of A Memory to talented and beautiful actress, Morgan Fairchild!  This time the print is on a t-shirt. Morgan owns three of my original oil paintings, two masks, a hand bag and two t-shirts. 
T
his is such a special painting of a scene that reminds me of my grandmother's beautiful grounds.  She had a winding trail in her backyard with azalea bushes that I loved to walk. This painting is not that garden but it does evoke wonderful memories of that trail.

Morgan Fairchild is such a nice and interesting personality.  She is really into politics and science.  I highly recommend her twitter account. 
Also getting a lot of attention on my latest Youtube above!  The channel is growing and I love interacting with other youtubers.  Some of them have great music!




A Memory   Original  36" x 26" Oil painting $1892
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/a-memory-kendall-kessler.html


Spring Church Scene
Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/spring-church-scene

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Spring Church Scene.

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to my most popular floral!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/27006679/natural-rhythm-40x30-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_19&frs=1
Natural Rhythm Original 40" x30" Oil painting $2480



Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am a big fan of Sanford and Son.  I liked it when I was young and now I love it!  It truly has stood the test of time in my opinion.  It is on many times a day here so I usually catch one of them.  I always thought it was cute the way Fred referred to his arthritis in his hand as artharitis. 

I was talking about that to Clyde and mentioned a quote from the  movie Hope Floats with Genna Rowlands that I liked.    In this movie Genna's character refers to her husband's alzheimers condition as a little Old Timers.  I thought that was a great way of softening the stigma of that disease.

Clyde's response was he thinks he has a case of Stupidity and it is getting worse all the time.

I think I may have that, too.  LOL!  Or at least I hope this is an LOL!

Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Marsh View at Pawleys Island

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Intense Atmosphere in Latest Floral

September 4th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased with Intense Atmosphere in Latest Floral

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Story Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Not much to say today but plenty to do in the studio.  I am immersed in my latest painting.  It has such an intense atmosphere.  I love to work with florals and this one is coming along very well. 

I am also getting to the end of cleaning out the studio and that is a big accomplishment considering every thing else I do every day.  I am looking forward to getting to the bed room next.  Lots of sorting that needs to be done there. 

One small thing every day and eventually the work gets done!  Have a great weekend!




Fun with Peggy's Garden  Original  Oil painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/fun-with-peggys-garden-kendall-kessler.html



Lily Glow Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Painting $864
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/lily-glow


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Lily Glow!



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to my most popular floral!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/27006679/natural-rhythm-40x30-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_19&frs=1
Natural Rhythm Original 40" x30" Oil painting $2480





Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 







If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Marsh View at Pawleys Island

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Away on Latest Floral

September 1st, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Working Away on Latest Floral

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 
Still working on a floral that is coming along and bursting with color contrast.  It is soaking wet right now so I will have to wait to get to the final layer.  When I say layer I really mean final stage. All of my paintings have many layers in each session, including the ones I demonstrate on Youtube.

I am very pleased with the comments of appreciation for what I do on my channel!  I try to switch around a lot so viewers can see all my different approaches to my artwork.  I am especially pleased with my latest demo of a Blue Ridge sunset that was started and completed in acrylic paint. 

With the exception of some skyline paintings that include mountains I don't think I have any blue ridge paintings in acrylic until now. It was a great experience to use a medium that dries quickly so I could get to many stages in one day.  

Sometimes I feel like a magician. I can get so much of a demo painting done in about twenty minutes.  The key to that ability is many decades of practice.  I can't remember the exact quote but I am pretty sure Houdini once said that anyone could do what he did with forty years of practice.  That applies to art too. 

I know I could not paint the way I do now when I was young.  Lots and lots of practice.  When people buy my artwork they are paying for my costs, my time, and my unique expertise that was developed over decades and is still developing.


Rolling on the Blue Ridge    Original  7" x 5"  Acrylic Painting $82
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/rolling-on-the-blue-ridge-kendall-kessler.html




Autumn View from Sharp Top  Original 20" x 16"  Oil painting $660

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/autumn-beauty-from-sharp-top


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top.




 






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link.


https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy

Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular tulip painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/118170689/waving-beauty-art-20x16-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_10&frs=1
Waving Beauty Original 16" x20" Oil painting $705





Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!
https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Painting Progress and He will do it...

August 28th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased with Painting Progress and He will do it...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
I am so glad I have my painting to work on in this difficult time.  Other than quarantining myself and wearing a mask when I have to go out, I can't do anything about this virus but I worry about it all the time.  I will be able to vote but it is just one vote and I constantly worry about the future of our country. 

I tell myself all the time I shouldn't worry about things I can't do anything about, but it doesn't work.  I will be so glad when there is a vaccine for this horrible virus and my candidate is chosen for president. 

My painting is coming along really well which is surprising since I am so distracted.  I am pleased that I can intensely concentrate on it in spite of this difficult time period.  I really do like working with flowers and this garden is really coming along! 

Happy Weekend!




Wildflower Meadow    Original  24" x 18"  Acrylic Painting $864
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-meadow-kendall-kessler.html




Small Flowers  Original 7" x 5"  Oil painting $75
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/small-flowers

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Small Flowers.



 
 Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

One more political joke and then I will just look forward to voting in a few days.  I think everyone should vote early for this election. 

Anyway, a lot of people are complaining that Trump is claiming he will fix all the horrible problems that we have under his presidency.  Critics are claiming he is running against himself. 

Clyde's response. I bet he can beat himself!  LOL! 

Again, if you are a Trump supporter take this with a grain of salt and please don't come after me and call me derogatory names like I have experienced on Facebook. 

No one has to read my blog if they are offended by it and I don't want to get into a political debate with anyone.

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to to a popular tulip painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/118170689/waving-beauty-art-20x16-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_10&frs=1




Waving Beauty Original 20" x 16" Oil painting $705




Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 
If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Concerned about Fake Information and Take it with a Grain of Salt...

August 26th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Concerned about Fake Information and Take it with a Grain of Salt...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
I have been so concerned about the upcoming election that it has been difficult to concentrate on my latest painting.  It is coming along very well in spite of all the distractions that keep plaguing my mind.  There is so much false information on the internet. I hope people take the time to fact check what they see on Facebook and other sites that have political posts. 

I don't know if I have mentioned this before but it bears repeating.   Whenever I hear a politician bragging about success, democrat or republican, I go to sites that I am almost positive are accurate and check out the issue over time. For example, progress in job growth can be ascertained over the years at the Department of Labor. 

There are many sources for stats on the current pandemic.  One man on Facebook was comparing the current pandemic deaths in the US to the Swine Flu 2009 deaths.  He said there were 60 million swine flu deaths and under 6 million Covid-19 deaths so far.  If you look up the Swine Flu stats you will see a number of sources that claim there were around 10,000 deaths. 

We need to be vigilant to get the truth as much as possible.






San Diego Spiral    Original  12" x 9"  Acrylic Painting $271
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/san-diego-spiral-kendall-kessler.html




Charlotte Spiral  Original 12" x 9"  Oil painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/charlotte-spiral

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Charlotte Spiral.




 Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I are not Trump supporters.  If you are, take this with a grain of salt.  We all have  a right to our opinion in this country. 

All living former U.S. presidents advise against voting for Trump. 

Clyde's response.  I'll bet if I could dig up a few more they would say that too. 

LOL!  I think he is right.  Be sure to vote in the upcoming election!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to some popular  small oil  paintings!  Be sure to see all of them!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/102161301/small-gem-oil-paintings-art-7x5?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1


Bright Flowers Original 10" x 8" Oil painting $82




Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!
https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Concerned about Post Office and Now I am Clean...

August 21st, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Concerned about Post Office and Now I am Clean...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 
In order to promote my artwork I spend a lot of time on the internet so I am always seeing news that I have strong opinions about. I don't want to offend anyone and tell them how they should think about these things but there are some that I think everyone should take seriously regardless of their political affiliation. 

The one I am most concerned about is the changes in the postal service.   Sorting machines should not have been taken out of post offices and mail boxes should not have been carted away. The postmaster says no more of that will occur so that it is not a problem with the election. 

THEN WHY HAVEN'T THEY BEEN PUT BACK? 

No more needs to be said.  We will be voting in person at the registrar as soon as it is possible to vote there for this election. If you want to be sure your vote counts look into how it can be done early without standing in line and without delay due to the volume the post office will handle. 

Back to my artwork.  My latest floral is coming along well with a certain sparkle that I wasn't really trying to achieve. It is always an adventure as I balance between control and accident! 
Have a great day and stay safe!  I have included an address to a face mask above the first painting.  I have been forgetting to do that but will try to remember from now on.

 

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/san-diego-mist-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask


San Diego Mist    Original  12" x 9"  Acrylic Painting $271
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/san-diego-mist-kendall-kessler.html



Memphis Green  Original 12" x 9"  Oil painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/radford-flower-garden


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Memphis Green. 




 Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I love to laugh and I am glad I married a guy that loves to laugh, too. I think puns are hilarious. I know a lot of people groan and think they are stupid.  I crack up over them. 

Here is one that made Clyde laugh and he is a tough audience. 

I used to be a soap addict. Now I am clean.



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular  wildflower  painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_active_6&frs=1

Wildflower Mist  Original 10" x 8" Oil painting $188.00


Please check out Clyde's book.

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Mulling over Latest Painting...

August 18th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Mulling over Latest Painting...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 
I have high hopes for my latest floral.  It is a cultivated flower garden and I am pleased with the spacing and the value pattern.  Now to get to the hard part.  The expression that I can't explain is always the most important part of the painting for me.  It will be an intricate system of warm and cool colors but it is difficult to get the intricacy that I want and still have a strong surface quality.

Yeah, I bet anyone reading this knows exactly what I am talking about.  I hardly know myself what I am talking about.  Oh well, time to get to the journey. I can't paint tomorrow due to schedule problems and that is always a problem for me. 

I was listening to Dr. Fauci regarding safe practices during this epidemic and learned something I didn't know.  A person' blood type plays a minimal role in regards to the infection.  Type A people are slightly more susceptible to Covid-19 but he said there was very  little difference between blood types regarding this virus.  Good to know since I have A negative.





Monarch   Original  21" x 15"  Acrylic Painting $652
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/monarch-kendall-kessler.html




Radford Flower Garden  Original 14" x 11"  Oil painting $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/radford-flower-garden


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Radford Flower Garden.




 
 Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde's bird research is mostly limited to out door excursions in our back yard or out door excursions on our front porch.  Staying put due to the pandemic.  I like to tease him about his travels when he heads out to one of his posts.

Don't get lost. 

I'll use GPS to get back home. 

You don't even use that in the car.

Well, strange circumstances call for strange new safe guards. 

Ha ha.  Have fun.



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular  tulip  painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/118170689/waving-beauty-art-20x16-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_8&frs=1

Waving Beauty  Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $705.00


Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!
https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Begun Latest Floral

August 14th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  has Begun Latest Floral

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
I think my latest painting is going to be quite a different experience.  I did decide on a creative version of a cultivated floral garden but I am not sure which direction I want to take it in.  I always prefer to elaborate on what is in front of me to express something of myself I can't explain but this time I may go more into a fantasy version. 

I pretty much have the spacing worked out so now I get to separating out the values and determining the color expression that will work well.  Always an intense experience that usually gets to some arm wrestling.  The last one was a lot of work but each stage seemed to come along without any hair pulling.

We will see this time. I think there is going to be big time arm wrestling, but I hope not. 

Looking forward to working on it tomorrow no matter what happens.

Radford Library Butterfly Garden    Original  25" x 11"  Acrylic Painting $952
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/radford-library-butterfly-garden-kendall-kessler.html




Spring Church Scene  Original 40" x 30"  Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/spring-church-scene


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Spring Church Scene.



 I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular wildflower painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/803877532/wildflower-meadow-original-24-x-18?ref=shop_home_active_13&frs=1

Wildflower Meadow Original 24" x 18" Oil painting $894.00


Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 
If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Decided on Next Floral and Teaching them to Swim...

August 11th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  has Decided on Next Floral and Teaching them to Swim...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 

Well, I finally decided on my next oil painting and started on it yesterday.  I am going to paint a creative interpretation of a flower garden.  I was thinking of another wildflower painting but changed my mind.  I am working from a photograph that I took of part of a flower garden and will greatly change it. 

The photograph will mostly provide some ot the spacing and the types of flowers but I will provide my own expression and may even change the colors of the flowers.  I wish I could explain what I do but I can't and it really doesn't matter that much. 

It will be a creation of my own making based on something I saw that will work well with my intentions. It is always a journey from start to end no matter what direction I take. 




Tiger Lily Spin    Original  14" x 11"  Oil Painting $313
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html



Flower Backyard Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/flowery-backyard


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Flowery Backyard.




Life with The Word and Bird Man- Clyde Kessler
 
I think I have mentioned before that when I was young I decided the best way to avoid having an alcohol problem was to not drink at all.  You can't miss something you never had. 
I don't say this to brag at all. I am just really into logic and I saw several of my Dad's friends with a raging alcohol problem and I didn't want to make life more difficult than it already is. 

My Dad did not drink at all.

There is nothing wrong with it, I would rather just leave it alone and Clyde also has left it alone but his reason was much more personal.

Anyway, we two teetotalers got a big kick out of a funnie we saw on an old movie the other day.  One man was drinking and the other was not.

The one that was not drinking said, "I don't think drinking drowns problems.  It just teaches them to swim."


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address


https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular wildflower painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/688597353/winding-magenta-original-24-x-18?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1




Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!
https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Planning Next Floral

August 7th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Planning Next Floral

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler

I am having a hard time deciding which direction to go with my next painting. I was thinking of a cultivated flower garden but now I still have some ideas for a creative wildflower painting.  Flower gardens are beautiful but I prefer the interaction of wildflowers and I am not surprised that Natural Rhythm is my most popular floral.

I am always amazed at the beautiful designs found in creeks.  It is like an artist that has studied design for decades placed everything in a perfect composition.  Sometimes I arrange things differently from what I see for a strong effect which is what artistic license is all about.  It is always an arrangement regardless of the initial inspiration.

My last floral was mostly made up based on systems of wildflowers I have seen. I place the flowers in patterns that I have found in many natural arrangements. Anyway,  I hope to get past my hesitations soon and get started.

I was out of gesso but it arrived a few days ago so I have primed the board.  I can't believe how different the gesso is.  It looks like whipped cream. I guess there is a change in how it is made these days.

Time to step away from the disheartening news regarding the pandemic.  I am discouraged by all the hype that it is a hoax to interfere with the upcoming presidential election.  I hope people do not fall for that.  This virus is nothing like the flu.  Don't fall for the line that it is not a devastating illness. It is. Stay safe!


Natural Rhythm    Original  40" x 30"  Oil Painting $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html


Kraft Avenue Original 8" x 6" Oil painting $670.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/kraft-avenue-in-blacksburg


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Kraft Avenue in Blacksburg.




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a




Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular wildflower painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/688597353/winding-magenta-original-24-x-18?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1




 Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Roanoke Sparkle on a plate!
https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Got out The Pen and Ink and Where is that Snickers...

August 4th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  Got out The Pen and Ink and Where is that Snickers...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler

Well, I did something today that I have not done in many years.  I got out my pen and ink supplies and finished a pen and ink drawing I started a long time ago.  I am anxious to get back to my oil painting work but I have a number of old pieces that I have been meaning to complete.  That was quite an experience.  I demonstrated part of the work on my latest Youtube and was so surprised the ink didn't run down my hand. 

Pen and ink drawings are done sitting down but my Youtube set-up is vertical. I decided to give it a try and didn't have any problems.  I'll never forget demonstrating pen and ink in my Hands on Art Appreciation class years ago.  I didn't have the great computer set-up that came later so I taped a piece of paper on the black board and demonstrated that way.  Of course, the ink ran down my arm which is embarrassing in front of fifty people. 

I actually had fifty students at a time try pen and ink with ink wells on their desk.  When someone accidentally dumped the ink well all over the desk and floor I realized I should give them tape to secure the well.  Much to my surprise there would always be at least one student that would knock the well off even though it was taped down.  So I wisely switched to a fine point sharpee and had them buy them, too. 

Teaching can be quite an adventure, especially for people like me that try unusual approaches in a lecture room.  Anyway, I don't have the finished drawing uploaded to my portfolio yet but I have included another one of my pen and ink drawings below. Check it out!

My file for the pen and ink drawing Black Rail is too big to so I uploaded Snail Kite instead. The address
to Black Rail is below.


Black Rail    Original  10" x 8"  Pen and Ink Drawing $180
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the addressbelow.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/black-rail-kendall-kessler.html






Kitchen  Original 8" x 6" lithograph $150.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/kitchen


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Kitchen






Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Clyde and I got a laugh out of the response to a joke I shared on Facebook.  As I have mentioned before I do two things to keep my weight down and I got Clyde to do the same thing.
We eat a balanced diet and we count calories. 

I saw such a cute joke with Miss Piggy about junk food that I had to share it.

I have an eating disorder. I am about to eat dis order of fries, dis order of wings, and dis order of nuggets.

Here is my friend's response.

Not you. Junk never passes your lips.

True, but I couldn't resist sharing this! So cute! Now, where did I put that snickers bar?


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular autumn pond oil painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/642782074/autumn-pond-original-40-x-26?ref=shop_home_active_14&frs=1

Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26"   oil painting  $2180
 




Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 
If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Breakers on Pawleys Island on a tote bag.



https://www.zazzle.com/breakers_at_pawleys_island_large_tote_bag-149214376166014658






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Has a Suggestion...

July 31st, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  Has a Suggestion...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


Wow, I am sitting on my hands when I come across certain posts on Facebook. As I said I am no longer posting rebuttal comments because I don't think they help and I just get called offensive names by people that disagree.

Still, I would like to say here where I think most, if not all of my followers are like-minded people, that we need to fact check some of the outrageous claims by some people on Facebook.  If you think that the Swine Flu was worse than Covid-19 so we shouldn't have to wear masks or close schools since that didn't happen with the Swine Flu, please look up the rebuttal articles. 

Covid-19 is much worse and it is not on the way out any time soon.  On a good note, I am having a great time going back to older work that I wanted to change in some ways.  Still getting some clean up work done and hiding out with my family. 

I feel like we are in a prison but it really is a nice prison!  Hope we will be sprung in 2021. Cheers and stay safe!

 

Sugarloaf Mountain   Original   Painting  SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/sugarloaf-mountain-kendall-kessler.html




Ranges by Arnold Valley 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/ranges-by-arnold-valley-40-x-30-oil-painting



Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Ranges by Arnold Valley. 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.


https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address will take you to a popular autumn pond oil painting.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/642782074/autumn-pond-original-40-x-26?ref=shop_home_active_14&frs=1

Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26"   oil painting  $2180
 




Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Breakers on Pawleys Island on a tote bag.

https://www.zazzle.com/breakers_at_pawleys_island_large_tote_bag-149214376166014658






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Out and A Flaming Torch...

July 28th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Out and A Flaming Torch...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!
 
Lot of interesting posts on Facebook that I am not going to comment on.  I don't want to be called names by people that disagree with my opinions so I will just voice my opinions in like minded groups where I won't be verbally attacked. 

A friend suggested I do that and I am going to consider his advice to be a "boat" I should take.  I love that joke about someone in imminent danger that wouldn't take help because he knew God would get him out of the mess. The situation involved possible drowning and one friend came with a boat for him.  When he didn't survive, he asks God why he didn't help him. God answers that he sent him all those people  but he wouldn't take any help. 

So, I am taking this boat and I think it is sad that many of us are verbally attacked on Facebook by people that insist their opinion is the correct one. 
Back to what I love, my artwork.  I am still working on some unfinished pieces from years ago and it is a great experience.  Lots of memories, some good and some bad. 

Cheers!

 



Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms   Original 40" x 30"  Oil  Painting  $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html



Pawleys Island Atmosphere 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-atmosphere


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Pawleys Island Atmosphere.



Life with The Word and Bird Man, Clyde Kessler

Here is one I hesitate to put in writing but I think it is right on the money regarding our political climate right now.  Hope no one is offended but this is  just some humor. No one needs to take it seriously.

Clyde believes that all people are jackasses at least once in their lives but there are some that are flaming jackasses and the torch remains lit throughout their lives. 

LOL!

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular wildflower oil painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/93693782/radford-high-day-lilies-art-14x11?ref=shop_home_active_7&frs=1


Radford High Day Lilies Original 14" x 11"   oil painting  $338
 


Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




 If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Breakers on Pawleys Island on a tote bag.

https://www.zazzle.com/breakers_at_pawleys_island_large_tote_bag-149214376166014658






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Ahead and Get a Watermelon...

July 24th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Looking Ahead and Get a Watermelon...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest on Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Still taking flack off of Facebook people but I will not stay out of the problems the US is in right now.  I do not think the reports of death from Covid-19 are falsified and they can in no way compare to our annual influenza deaths. 

I think all these posts that masks don't work are wrong and I will continue to say that.  I will continue to share posts about how we need to take this virus seriously rather than think it is a hoax designed to harm Trump's chances of winning a second term.  This is still America and I have just as much right to my opinion as the people that think I am wrong. 

Two people said God help us if I ever get elected president.  What a ridiculous thing to say.  I never said I was consider running for a political office. 

Anyway, I am having a great time going back to some drawings from many years ago that were never finished.  I decided it was time to take a break from mineral spirit fumes and get into some other mediums.  As I have said before, I have never met an artistic medium that I did not like.  Right now I am finishing a graphite drawing from my school days. Glad I still have it!
Please check out my latest video and keep the peace if possible!

 

Jumbled Up Wildflowers   Original  Oil  Painting  SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/jumbled-up-wildflowers-kendall-kessler.html




Camellias  Original 10" x 13" oil painting $275.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/camellias


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Camellias!




Life with The Word and Bird Man, Clyde Kessler

Some of the funny things Clyde says are especially funny to me because his humor is unlike any humor I have ever known. 

Both of us are getting so tired of hair loss commercials.  There are a lot of guys that shave their head on purpose these days so what's wrong with being bald?

Anyway, Clyde said they should look in the mirror and hold up a watermelon next to their head.  They might think they really have hair after that. 

Weird humor, but I love it!



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular wildflower oil painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/93693782/radford-high-day-lilies-art-14x11?ref=shop_home_active_7&frs=1


Radford High Day Lilies Original 14" x 11"   oil painting  $338
 




Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Breakers on Pawleys Island on a tote bag.

https://www.zazzle.com/breakers_at_pawleys_island_large_tote_bag-149214376166014658







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Back...

July 21st, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Looking Back...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 

So pleased to find a great home for one of my personal favorites, Tulip Burst.  I mailed it yesterday after taking a few more files of it.  Really sorry to see that one go, but, as I say all the time, I can't take them with me. I decided to leave a file of it here again with the link for prints.  I can't explain why I think this is such a strong painting but it has to do with a quality that I strive to achieve in all my work. 

When I was working for my MFA a professor said to me that a critic once said great artwork has a sensuous surface.  Pretty sure I  mentioned this before but it bears repeating.  I always think of this when I paint and I think this surface is especially sensuous.  

As I was going over my mailing list I thought I had better check out a great Virginia patron that bought three of my large paintings and hired me for a commission. I didn't know her age but she was certainly over forty.  Her husband was a Forestry professor and they both were great people. 

I checked the obituaries and saw that she and her husband had passed away.  I know she had children and I hope my paintings will go to them.  Artwork gets passed around but as long as it is some where it can be seen that is enough for me. 

 








Tulip Burst   Original  Oil  Painting  SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the addressbelow.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/tulip-burst-kendall-kessler.html



Lily Glow  Original 24" x 18" oil pastel painting $884.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/lily-glow


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Lily Glow.



Life with The Word and Bird Man, Clyde Kessler

I cannot believe how fast time is going now. It seems like Monday goes into Friday with the snap of my fingers. 

Clyde is also amazed at how quickly the days go by. 

I told him I didn't just want to seize the day. 

I want to clobber it into submission and tell it to sit still for a few minutes! 



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a popular mountain sunrise!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/72166100/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge-art?ref=shop_home_active_20&frs=1

Sweet Pea MorningOriginal 24" x 18"   oil painting  $899
 




Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Breakers on Pawleys Island on a tote bag.

https://www.zazzle.com/breakers_at_pawleys_island_large_tote_bag-149214376166014658








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Floral Painting

July 17th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased to Sell another Floral Painting

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


Still sharing posts on Facebook and catching a lot of flack.  Also getting a lot of support and many friends share the posts I think are very important right now.  I think we all need to be diligent to pay attention to what is going on in our government regarding the handling of this virus. 

I don't think political figures should be hosting large crowds of any kind right now and it is my right in a free country to say that.  Covid-19 is not a hoax and those of us that know it should proclaim that fact loudly. 

Anyway, I am so pleased to sell another original floral oil painting to a great North Carolina patron!  Always great to find homes for my creations!





Tulip Burst   Original  Oil  Painting  SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/tulip-burst-kendall-kessler.html






Rock Garden  Original 42" x 30" oil painting $2720.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/rock-garden
 




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Rock Garden.




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to my second most popular Floral!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/62190521/wildflower-current-art-40x30?ref=shop_home_active_5&frs=1


Wildflower Current  Original 40" x 30"   oil painting  $2475
 




Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Breakers on Pawleys Island on a tote bag.

https://www.zazzle.com/breakers_at_pawleys_island_large_tote_bag-149214376166014658





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Amazed at Facebook Comments and Time for a New Trap...

July 14th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Amazed at Facebook Comments and Time for a New Trap...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler
 

Wow! Facebook sure is a hornets nest if people don't agree with you.  During this difficult time I share posts that I think are important.  There are famous professionals that I think should be getting respect and support but many people are determined to call them liars and misinformed. 

Some of the comments are rude.  It has been my experience that most people do not really want to debate an issue. They just want to insist they are right and you are wrong. 

I refuse to get into a debate on Facebook, especially with people that insult people.  So I just ignore the comments but I will keep on sharing important information during this awful pandemic. 






 Lion Stare   Original 12" x 16"  Oil  Painting  $384
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/lion-stare-kendall-kessler.html





Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter  Original 16" x 20" oil painting $670.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/owl-stare
 
Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Owl Stare.





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, we are back to fighting with mice.  We used a Have a Heart trap and caught several but then one of them figured how to get out of the trap so we went back to the old kind. 

Either they are not working right or we have one smart mouse right now.  Lots of evidence of a mouse, the bait is gone, and no capture.   We are going back to a Have a Heart trap but this time we are getting the expensive kind. 

I told Clyde if this doesn't work he will have to stay up all night with a rifle and get that varmint! LOL!


 






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular Young Hawk painting.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/262670860/emerging-hawk-art-20x16-original?ref=shop_home_active_9&frs=1


Emerging Hawk  Original 20" x 16"   oil painting  $670
 




Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Breakers on Pawleys Island on a tote bag.

https://www.zazzle.com/breakers_at_pawleys_island_large_tote_bag-149214376166014658







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Worried about School Openings

July 10th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Worried about School Openings

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


Not a lot to say today.  Still working away and trying to stay upbeat which is hard considering the spike in the number of viruses and deaths.  The numbers in Southwest Virginia have gone up quite a bit since restrictions were eased and I am concerned about kids going back to school. 

There are news items that claim they don't spread it and are completely safe to attend school again.  I think that is probably fake news. 

Anyway, we are staying in quarantine until there is an effective vaccine. 

The actress Morgan Fairchild that bought three of my paintings said she was sure this spike would happen and she was certainly right.  Please wear a mask and stay away from people as much as possible.





Lodge at The Peaks of Otter   Original 16" x 12"  Oil  Painting  $384
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html




Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter  Original 24" x 18" oil painting $864.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter
 
Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter  will take you there!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Now that Clyde does not have to get up for work he is still getting up very early to check on wildlife around the area.  He sees a lot of amazing things and has learned not to talk to otters any more since they started to come after him that time he did call out to them. 

Since he does get up around 5:00 he usually takes a short nap after lunch.  Today he asked me if I needed to get into the bedroom before he closed the door. 

I can't think of anything I need to get in there for.

Thanks a lot. 

Ha ha.  Of course I always like to be near you, you boob!  Have a nice nap.


 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular Peaks of Otter painting.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/92142652/deer-at-peaks-of-otter-art-40x30?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1


Deer at Peaks of Otter Original 40" x 30"   oil painting  $2480
 








Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 
If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Breakers on Pawleys Island on a tote bag.

https://www.zazzle.com/breakers_at_pawleys_island_large_tote_bag-149214376166014658






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Mail Another Blue Ridge Parkway Painting

July 6th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased to Mail Another Blue Ridge Parkway Painting

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Well, as usual my crate took longer to make then expected so I couldn't paint today.  I will be taking Morning Color Dance to UPS this afternoon. I don't know if it is me or what but I tend to have problems when I schedule a pick up- many, many problems, so I take it on over myself. Unfortunately the closest UPS is in Dublin so I have a twenty minute drive but it is worth it not to have to straighten out the miscommunication. 

Don't misunderstand. UPS is great and I rely on them to mail my work. The oil pastel painting I recently sold to a Washington patron is a special one to me so I am leaving it up in this post too.  I am so glad it will have a great home! 
I
am still very scared of this awful virus and I am amazed that some people keep claiming the case spikes in many states are some sort of fake news.  Dr. Fauci did not have any problems with former administrations so I think he should still be listened to.  He is the expert, not the politicians.





 
Morning Color Dance   Original 24" x 18"  Oil Pastel Painting   SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the addressbelow.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/morning-color-dance-kendall-kessler.html







Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge  Original 24" x 18" oil painting $864.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge
 


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge.







 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address




https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address isto a very popular Wintergreen painting.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/773637460/wintergreen-evening-original-24-x-18?ref=shop_home_active_21&frs=1


Wintergreen Evening Original 24" x 18"   oil painting  $899
 








Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Memphis Skyline Painting on a puzzle.


https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Another Blue Ridge Parkway Painting

July 3rd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased to Sell Another Blue Ridge Parkway Painting

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Well, things certainly are looking up as another one of my medium sized Blue Ridge Parkway paintings was purchased by a great Washington patron!  It is so important to me to place my work where it will be appreciated. Morning Color Dance is my favorite Oil Pastel painting.

I used to argue with people that say artists are crazy.  Well, in my case I work like a maniac so if that is why people think I am crazy, then yes, I am nuts.  My latest one is taking quite a lot of time but I still have not gotten to the point where I just wish it were done.  I still want to work on it and it is coming along and the balancing act between the effect I am after and the effects that show up as I paint is working out well. 

I don't think I will be arm wrestling on this one, just a lot of work.  Looking forward to the next session.  I have too much to do tomorrow and Sunday so I will have to wait until Monday.





 Morning Color Dance   Original 24" x 18"  Oil Pastel Painting   SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/rosy-evening-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html








Claytor Lake in Fall Original  24" x 30" mixed media painting $1490.00

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/claytor-lake-cabin-in-fall

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Claytor Lake in Fall!




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular Fairlawn Virginia painting.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/700539169/home-in-the-hills-original-14-x-11?ref=shop_home_active_13&frs=1

Home in the Hills Original 14" x 11"   oil painting  $338





Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Memphis Skyline Painting on a puzzle.


https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Having a Rough Day

June 30th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Having a Rough Day

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Not my favorite day.  We all have them and this is a very bad one for me for personal reasons.  I didn't have time to paint when the light was good but that is not the reason I am so out of sorts.  I have to endure something that I don't really have to endure but the alternative is not something I want to do, so some days are very difficult.  Oh well. We are all having a bad time with this virus so I think I will just get to work and quit griping. 

I am pleased to sell another print of Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms, my most popular photograph to a great Oregon patron and the first sale of Black Swallowtail to a great India patron!   Time to count my blessings and be happy. 

Check out my latest Youtube on my channel which is Kendall Kessler. I decided to do some more Kendall Letters paintings.  I only have a few of them and the viewers seemed to really like this "A" so I think I will do a few more.  Hang in there everyone.  I think a vaccine is on the horizon.  Hope so!





 
Swallowtail Original 11" x 13" Colored Pencil Drawing $286
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/swallowtail-kendall-kessler.html



Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms  Original  Photograph   NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/rosy-evening-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html





Nesting Original 10" x 8" mixed media painting $190.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/nesting



Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Nesting.




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link is to a very popular Blue Ridge Parkway  painting.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/221918669/magenta-fall-art-12x9-original-blue?ref=shop_home_active_13&frs=1


Magenta Fall Original 12" x 9"   oil painting  $261




 
Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Memphis Skyline Painting on a puzzle.

https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell more Prints of Popular Paintings

June 27th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased to Sell more Prints of Popular Paintings

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 
I keep plugging along and try to keep from getting this virus.  I wish people would forego the beach this summer.  A huge spike in covid-19 in Florida says it all.

Anyway, I am pleased to be selling prints of popular works! Another print of A Break in the Clouds and Richmond on the James, and Smith Mountain Lake were sold this week. 

All three of these paintings have been sold in print form many times.  The original paintings, A Break in the Clouds and Richmond on the James have been sold.   Always great to get my work out there while I am working away on more. 

My latest painting is taking a very long time but it is coming along nicely.  Hope to finish it soon. 





 A Break in the Clouds  Original  Oil Painting   SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html

Richmond on the James  Original Acrylic Painting   SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html

Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil painting painting    $670
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html









Buena Vista
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/buena-vista


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Buena Vista.


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address.

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy. This addressis to a very popular Blue Ridge Parkway  painting.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/221918669/magenta-fall-art-12x9-original-blue?ref=shop_home_active_13&frs=1


Magenta Fall   12" x 9" oil painting  $261




 


Please check out Clyde's book.


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Memphis Skyline Painting on a puzzle.

https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Worried over the Increase in Covid-19 Cases...

June 23rd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Worried over the Increase in Covid-19 Cases...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 
Well, I knew I would not get through with my latest painting without some art or arm wrestling but it wasn't a hair pulling time, just a few set backs and I am looking forward to tomorrow rather than wishing I just played the piano and never picked up a brush.  I love to paint but it can be difficult at times.  My husband gave me a great compliment on the progress so far and that helped a lot. 
Anyway, I am still so worried over this virus and hope and pray I don't get it from someone at the grocery store that refuses to wear a mask and doesn't know they are carrying it.  I am practically pole vaulting away from people.  I am amazed at  how some people think it is over when many states are reporting a great increase in cases.

I usually stay out of politics because it has been my experience that people do not want to calmly debate issues. They insist they are right and people they talk to should just agree with them.  Well, I am going to make an exception and  comment on the current administration.  Our president should not be having mass rallies during a pandemic.  He can have virtual ones.  I think he should take this pandemic more seriously and listen to medical experts regarding the duration of this catastrophe. 

There. I said it and I am entitled to my opinion.  No one has to agree with me and I will not get into an argument over this.  Please wear a mask and practice social distancing. 
As you can see I am getting into fall scenes right now.  My current painting is a fall painting of The Peaks of Otter lodge. 






 


Autumn Pond  Original 40" x 26" Oil Painting   $2080
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html







Near Childress Again 24" x 18"  Watercolor  painting    $894
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/near-childress-again


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Near Childress Again. 



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a very popular Mabry Mill  painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/214874264/mabry-mill-art-20x16-original-blue-ridge?ref=shop_home_active_7&frs=1


Mabry Mill   20" x 16" oil painting  $700



 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Memphis Skyline Painting on a puzzle!


https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814








Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Pleased with Latest Peaks of Otter Painting and Say Chocolate...

June 19th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Still Pleased with Latest Peaks of Otter Painting and Say Chocolate...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Please Check out My latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Still no art wrestling regarding the progress of my latest painting. I meant to say arm wrestling but art wrestling works good, too.  I have completed three major layers and will hopefully finish the final one next week.  Hope things keep on going smoothly. 

I think after I complete this large oil painting I will take care of some problem works that I have been meaning to get to and add them to my portfolio.  I am still slowly getting the studio better organized then it has ever been!  I have notes all over the place so I won't have to hunt things down.  Maybe I can even figure out how to get Aperture to correctly export the file size of some slides I still have not scanned. 

Anyway, I am very discouraged over a lot of people's response to the Pandemic. It is not over. We can't just get tired of it and act like there isn't a problem.  I see people without face masks.  If they think this is a hoax, why can't they wear one to put the rest of us that do not think it is a hoax at ease?  I think that would be common courtesy. 
I don't get into these arguments on Facebook but when I see a post that I think is important to share, I share it and ignore the negative comments.  I shared one with the recommendations of Dr. Fauci and one person said he was the virus.  Others said he doesn't know what he is talking about.  We need to respect those that have extensively studied disease. 

As a fourth grade teacher told me years ago.  Are we going to get any stupider?  I am beginning to wonder.  Check out my latest Youtube above!
Also be sure to watch the Safe Grocery Shopping video if you haven't seen it yet. I am going to include it for a long time. We still need to act like surgeons in an operating room.






Pawleys Island Beach Houses  Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting   SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/beach-houses-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html


Pawleys Island Atmosphere Original 40" x 30"  Oil  painting    $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-atmosphere


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Pawleys Island Atmosphere!







 
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular Mabry Mill  painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/214874264/mabry-mill-art-20x16-original-blue-ridge?ref=shop_home_active_7&frs=1

Mabry Mill   20" x 16" oil painting  $700



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, I am pleased that I am having no problem finding a very important staple in the grocery store - Russell Stover Pecan Delights.  LOL!  We both really do have a thing about good chocolate. 

Clyde likes dark chocolate more than milk chocolate. I can't stand dark chocolate.  I would rather shove a mint in my mouth. 

Anyway, I saw something real cute on Facebook about chocolate.  If you can't remember my name, say chocolate and I will turn around.  Oh yes!!!





Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is Memphis Skyline Painting on a puzzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_jigsaw_puzzle-116088087639595814




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Peaks of Otter Painting and Keep your Finger on that Button...

June 16th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased with Latest Peaks of Otter Painting and Keep your Finger on that Button...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
I was so surprised to see that I hadn't shown my latest wildflower painting on Wordpress.  I was very pleased with the resulting work and am incorporating the somewhat different technique in my large Peaks of Otter Lodge painting.  It is coming along and I keep waiting for the arm wrestling session but I think that will happen in the next layer.
Hope it just goes along smoothly.  I know if we don't struggle we don't really progress but sometimes I still learn when there isn't a big struggle and I hope this painting is one of those.  

My Youtube demos are getting stronger but I am doing more of the work off camera than I was on many of the others.  I am sure to include a link to the final painting in the description. I hope people read those. 

I have been told that I practically include a book about myself with my descriptions but I want people to know that I am in no way a Sunday painter and hold an advanced  degree and have many credits to my name.



Wildflower Meadow Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting   $864
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the addressbelow.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-meadow-kendall-kessler.html



Taking a Break Original 40" x 30"  Oil  painting    $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/taking-a-break-1


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Taking a Break.




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular Beach  painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1

Pawleys Island Evening   40" x 30" oil painting  $2480


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I don't watch a lot of TV but our gripes are getting louder and louder.  We constantly flick the channels to avoid commercials that seem to be getting longer and longer. I never thought I would do that but I just can't take it anymore.

The other day the commercial came on and Clyde didn't change the channel.  It was over so quick we couldn't believe it.

Did we fall asleep? 

I don't think so.

Did we enter another dimension where TV shows have more time than the commercials?

Don't think so. Just keep your trigger finger on the channel button.  That is probably the last time that will happen.




Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a necklace!

https://www.zazzle.com/yin_yang_butterfly_silver_plated_necklace-177868571359351491?size=medium&design.areas=[pjcircle_medium_colored_front]&context=114375226611164705&view=113175820739994708





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Print of Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms

June 11th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased to Sell another Print of Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


So pleased to sell another print of my most popular photograph Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms to a great Iowa patron!  I live to paint but I do have some photographs that I am proud of so I have included them in collections on my website.  I have included a link to a face mask of this photograph which I think would look great!

I am very excited to be working on a large painting that incorporates architecture!  I have always been fascinated by architecture and took many courses while obtaining my MFA degree.  One of my most popular architecture paintings is Rehoboth Beach Houses which is also one of my favorite paintings. 

Now I am working on a painting with the Peaks of Otter Lodge that includes the lake and surrounding trees in the Fall.   I am trying something a little different in my technical approach and keeping the second layer almost as thin as the first.

I think I can achieve more expression and color nuance with the large areas more modeled out in the beginning of the work. Anyway, it is always an exciting, sometimes exasperating experience and I am looking forward to the third layer where the arm wrestling will probably begin.

Cheers and be sure to watch the Safe Grocery Shopping video if you haven't seen it yet. I am going to include it for a long time.
Also, check out my latest youtube that includes paintings the actress Morgan Fairchild bought!





Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms Photograph   NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/rosy-evening-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html




Rehoboth Beach Houses  Original  Oil  painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/rehoboth-beach-houses-kendall-kessler.html



Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island   Original 40" x 30"  Oil  painting    $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/across-the-marsh-at-pawleys-island




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island!





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address will take you to a very popular Beach  painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1

Pawleys Island Evening   40" x 30" oil painting  $2480




Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a necklace!

https://www.zazzle.com/yin_yang_butterfly_silver_plated_necklace-177868571359351491?size=medium&design.areas=[pjcircle_medium_colored_front]&context=114375226611164705&view=113175820739994708






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with work on Latest Peaks of Otter painting

June 5th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased with work on Latest Peaks of Otter painting

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!
 
I am very pleased to be working on a large painting that incorporates architecture!  I have always been fascinated by architecture and took many courses while obtaining my MFA degree.  One of my most popular architecture paintings is Rehoboth Beach Houses which is also one of my favorite paintings. 

This time I am working on a painting with the Peaks of Otter Lodge that includes the lake and surrounding trees in the Fall.   I am trying something a little different in my technical approach and keeping the second layer almost as thin as the first.

I think I can achieve more expression and color nuance with the large areas more modeled out in the beginning of the work. Anyway, it is always an exciting, sometimes exasperating experience and I am looking forward to the third layer where the arm wrestling will probably begin.





Rehoboth Beach Houses Oil  painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/rehoboth-beach-houses-kendall-kessler.html






Beach Houses at Pawleys Island   Original  Oil  painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html






Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island   Original 40" x 30"  Oil  painting    $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/across-the-marsh-at-pawleys-island




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island!






 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!


https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular Beach  painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1

Pawleys Island Evening   40" x 30" oil painting  $2480




Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a necklace!


https://www.zazzle.com/yin_yang_butterfly_silver_plated_necklace-177868571359351491?size=medium&design.areas=[pjcircle_medium_colored_front]&context=114375226611164705&view=113175820739994708


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell more prints and Lift Those Fingers High into the Sky...

June 2nd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  is Pleased to sell more prints and Lift Those Fingers High into the Sky...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 

Pleased to sell more prints! This time the prints are on face masks.  I mostly sell originals and wall art prints but my work is available on just about anything!  The two that were selected are below.  One was sold to a great Louisville, KY patron and the other to a great Columbia, SC patron!







 

Pineapple Burst Original Acrylic  painting    NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the addressbelow.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pineapple-burst-kendall-kessler.html




Marsh View at Pawleys Island   Original 61" x 40" Oil  painting    $4920
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html



Isle of Palms Sunset
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/isle-of-palms-sunset


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under under Isle of Palms Sunset!







 
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still practicing Yoga every day and still complaining about it.  Don't misunderstand.  It does great things for the body and I will practice until I am no longer around but my mantra is still I hate Yoga, I hate Yoga, I hate Yoga. 

I wish I hadn't told Clyde that. I think he would benefit from practicing it, too.  I have an online zoom class with friends Tuesdays and Thursdays.  The other days I select 30 minute practices from Youtube. Just can't make myself practice an hour every day. 

The other day when Clyde walked by and heard the Youtube teacher say, "Lift your fingers high into the sky!". Clyde added but don't hit the light bulb on the way up. 

He said something a week ago that I thought was funnier but I am always mindful to keep my blog PG. 

Anyway, you can imagine what he said when he referred to several fingers being lifted high in the sky. LOL!










I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a




Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular floral painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1

Wildflower Mist   10" x 8" oil painting  $188




Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a necklace!


https://www.zazzle.com/yin_yang_butterfly_silver_plated_necklace-177868571359351491?size=medium&design.areas=[pjcircle_medium_colored_front]&context=114375226611164705&view=113175820739994708






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Kendall Kessler is Excited over Morgan Fairchild Painting purchases

May 29th, 2020

Kendall Kessler is Excited over Morgan Fairchild Painting purchases

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 

I am so pleased that the talented, award-winning beautiful actress Morgan Fairchild purchased three of my wildflower paintings! I am honored to have these paintings in her collection!  She also bought face masks, a tote bag, and a t-shirt with two of the paintings on them!

Among her many starring rolls on television are Search for Tomorrow, Dallas, Flamingo Road, Paper Dolls, and Falcon Crest. Morgan also takes a deep interest in foreign policy, politics, science & humor!

She is such a nice lady!  I have enjoyed talking to her.  The paintings are all below and, as always, wall art prints and prints on just about anything are available.




Afternoon Wildflower  Original Oil  painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/afternoon-wildflowers-kendall-kessler.html

Wildwood Beauty  Original Oil  painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildwood-beauty-kendall-kessler.html


Queen Annes Lace  Original Oil  painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/queen-annes-lace-kendall-kessler.html




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
I don't have anything new from The Word Man so I thought I would leave up  what I consider to be a very important message for Christians.


I like to have something funny here but I saw something on Facebook that I thought was such a good definition of Christianity that I thought I would put that here. Clyde and I are Christians and we would like to go back to church but not if the congregation will be at risk for this awful virus. This bishop said it all!





From the Bishop-elect of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Missouri, Deon K. Johnson:
"The work of the church is essential.
The work of caring for the lonely, the marginalized, and the oppressed is essential.
The work of speaking truth to power and seeking justice is essential.
The work of being a loving, liberating, and life giving presence in the world is essential.
The work of welcoming the stranger, the refugee and the undocumented is essential.
The work of reconciliation and healing and caring is essential.
The church does not need to “open†because the church never “closedâ€. We who make up the Body of Christ, the church, love God and our neighbors and ourselves so much that we will stay away from our buildings until it is safe. We are the church."










I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular floral painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1
Wildflower Mist   10" x 8" oil painting  $188




Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a necklace!


https://www.zazzle.com/yin_yang_butterfly_silver_plated_necklace-177868571359351491?size=medium&design.areas=[pjcircle_medium_colored_front]&context=114375226611164705&view=113175820739994708





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Working on Wildflower paintings and The Right Thing to do...

May 26th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Working on Wildflower paintings and The Right Thing to do...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
I don't have much to say today.  I am glad that Virginia residents are complying with our governor's guidelines in phase one of the re-opening of our state.  Virginia beach people are following the guidelines which I don't think is the case in some of the other beaches in the US.  I have lived in Virginia my whole life and I am proud of people's response to the restrictions and very glad our governor is a doctor! 

I am so pleased with my latest wildflower painting!  It came together and it may not be perfect but it is close!  I learned something about the medium ,as always, and think I will apply what I learned to  a new mountainscape or some other kind of landscape. 

Don't know yet but I will soon! Got to paint!



https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/on-a-cliff-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask


On a Cliff  Original 32" x 14"   Acrylic painting    $936
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/on-a-cliff-kendall-kessler.html

Pawleys Island Pink  Original  40" x 30" Oil  painting    $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-pink-on-the-beach


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Pawleys Island Pink!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I like to have something funny here but I saw something on Facebook that I thought was such a good definition of Christianity that I thought I would put that here.

Clyde and I are Christians and we would like to go back to church but not if the congregation will be at risk for this awful virus. This bishop said it all!





From the Bishop-elect of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Missouri, Deon K. Johnson:
"The work of the church is essential.
The work of caring for the lonely, the marginalized, and the oppressed is essential.
The work of speaking truth to power and seeking justice is essential.
The work of being a loving, liberating, and life giving presence in the world is essential.
The work of welcoming the stranger, the refugee and the undocumented is essential.
The work of reconciliation and healing and caring is essential.
The church does not need to “open†because the church never “closedâ€. We who make up the Body of Christ, the church, love God and our neighbors and ourselves so much that we will stay away from our buildings until it is safe. We are the church."








I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular Shore painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/105451325/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-art?ref=shop_home_active_31

Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms  40" x 30" oil painting  $2480




Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a necklace!


https://www.zazzle.com/yin_yang_butterfly_silver_plated_necklace-177868571359351491?size=medium&design.areas=[pjcircle_medium_colored_front]&context=114375226611164705&view=113175820739994708












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Very Pleased with Latest Wildflower painting and Porched...

May 22nd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Very Pleased with Latest Wildflower painting and Porched...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kewssler
 
Wow, no rain today! The New river rose almost as high as a seven foot sign at the Dog Park!  It has never been that high before.  What a flood! 
It is great to see the sunshine today and my guys were able to take walks.  I will get out, too. 

I could not be more pleased with my latest wildflower painting!  I know I have said this before but it bears repeating.  As I told my students when they were discouraged, you will never get exactly what you want, but if you work hard you can get close.  It would be boring if an artist did not have something to work towards. 

Well, this one is so close!  I will be fine tuning it but it really is what I wanted and, as usual, I am not certain how I got there but I balanced between control and accident, and they came together beautifully! 

I will have it in my portfolio soon.  Please check out my videos above and the Safe Grocery Shopping video if you haven't seen them and have a great day! Also, I have included a face mask link for Yin Yang Flow. What a wild face mask that would be!


https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/yin-yang-flow-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask


Yin Yang Flow  Original   Acrylic painting    NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/yin-yang-flow-kendall-kessler.html

Nebulous Pink  Original  10" x 8" Oil  painting    $190
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/nebulous-pink


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Nebulous Pink!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned many times, Clyde incessantly studies wildlife with an emphasis on birds.  Due to the torrential rain we had for days he couldn't get out to the New River or the creeks for days.

Then he couldn't even check out the bird populations in the back yard so he studied what he could from the carport. 

I had to tease him. 

I never thought I would see the day that you are porched.  Rain doesn't stop you but seven feet high floods from the New River has benched you big time. 

Yeah.  I am a dedicated naturalist but I am not about to drown for my studies.

Right. That is taking it too far.

Today he had a break but it is clouding up big time once again.






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular Center of My Mind painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/106561686/center-of-my-mind-art-10x8-abstract?ref=shop_home_active_4



Center of My Mind  10" x 8" oil painting  $190




Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a necklace!


https://www.zazzle.com/yin_yang_butterfly_silver_plated_necklace-177868571359351491?size=medium&design.areas=[pjcircle_medium_colored_front]&context=114375226611164705&view=113175820739994708









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still into Wildflower painting and What will that go with...

May 19th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still into Wildflower painting and What will that go with...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtubes! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Not my favorite day but they are all good in some ways.  Didn't get to paint this morning and now the light is not right and I have been having a very hard time with a huge blood blister on the under side of my tongue that started on  Saturday. It popped the next day but has been so sore I have had a hard time talking and eating.  I finally gave in today and took some advil.

I don't like to take medication of any kind but if I have a hard time eating, then I am very unhappy.  I eat something every few hours.  I have first and second breakfast just like a hobbit so strong pain when eating had to go!

Anyway I am having a great time with another wildflower painting and looking forward to working on it tomorrow.  It took a bad turn yesterday but now it is back on track. I'll bet that makes a lot of sense.  To think there are some people that don't think artists are crazy.  LOL! 










Burning Shore  Original   Oil painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the addressbelow.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/burning-shore-kendall-kessler.html




Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island  Original  40" x 30" Oil  painting    $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/across-the-marsh-at-pawleys-island


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde made a very interesting purchase that reminded me of a joke I saw on Facebook.

A woman was telling her husband he was not going out with a polka dot face mask and a plaid shirt.

Well Clyde bought the cover of his book I illustrated on a face mask.  Now what will that go with?






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy

Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular Beach painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/650674567/pawleys-island-atmosphere-original-40-x?ref=shop_home_active_24

Pawleys Island Atmosphere  40" x 30" oil painting  $2480


Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 
If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Pawleys Island painting on a mug!


https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited over Latest Wildflower painting and The doors will Close...

May 14th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited over Latest Wildflower painting and The doors will Close...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


I am really getting into wildflowers right now and looking forward to tomorrow when I can get to the second stage of my latest one!  The one in the video is of wildflowers in beautiful Wildwood Park, Radford, Va. 

My latest one is not a specific place, it is based on wildflower fields I have seen with my own improvisation.  I truly understand what Edward Hopper said one time, "I am best when I improvise."  Artists build up so many images in their minds and it is great when they come out on canvas. 

Sometimes I like to stick closely to what I see and other times I like to elaborate on what I see and sometimes there are no recognizable shapes - music without words. 

Anyway, lots of computer work to do so I better get busy.  Again, I have included an addres to  a painting on face masks!

Cheers and stay safe!





https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/afternoon-wildflowers-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask



Afternoon Wildflowers  Original 24" x 18"  Oil painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/afternoon-wildflowers-kendall-kessler.html




Rock Garden  Original  42" x 30" Oil  painting    $2720

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/rock-garden


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Rock Garden!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is on our church council and they are having Zoom meetings online about possibly having services again.  People will be required to wear masks and maintain a safe distance. 
It is a small congregation so that should not be a problem. Clyde told me about their thoughts on the matter after the meeting was over.

Well, I guess we can't have coffee and snacks after the service.

Uh oh. That's the end of the church. 

Ha ha.  I think we can manage a service without coffee afterwards. 

You never know.  LOL!




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!




https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular floral!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/83499709/rose-life-art-11x14-impressionist-floral?ref=shop_home_active_4&frs=1

Rose Life  14" x 11" oil painting  $338.00



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Pawleys Island painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Missing Mom and The Perfect Gift...

May 10th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Missing Mom and The Perfect Gift...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 

What a beautiful Mother's Day!  My son bought me a box of candy.  Gee, I wonder how he thought of that for a present? Could it be that I always have a bag of Russel Stovers pecan delights on the top of my fridge?  Or could it be I am never out of fun size peanut M & M's? 

He probably noticed over the years that I sort of have a sweet tooth. What an understatement! I will never forget one time when he was a toddler and I sat down for a second to inhale a fun size snickers bar.  He stood right in front of  me and proudly grabbed the paper and put in the trash can. 

Anyway,  I hope all the mothers out there have a great day! The sun is shining here.  I am selling some face masks so I have again included an address for Winding Magenta. 



https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/winding-magenta-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask

Winding Magenta  Original  Oil painting    $864
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/winding-magenta-kendall-kessler.html




Waving Beauty Original  16" x 20" Oil  painting    $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/waving-beauty




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Waving Beauty!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, Clyde gave me the perfect gift!  We have been worried about the lack of toilet paper since we are getting to our last rolls. 

Then he remembered that this great small store and fast food restaurant nearby had single rolls in the past available. 

He brought home a bag of stuff and then said he bought me a great gift.

I looked in the bag and saw a roll of toilet paper! 

Wow!  You are the greatest husband ever! 

I know.





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy

Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular floral!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/672960691/tiger-lily-spin?ref=shop_home_active_20&frs=1
Tiger Lily Spin  11" x 14" oil painting  $338.00




Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Pawleys Island painting on a mug!


https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Wildwood Beauty and Pounding a Remote...

May 6th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Wildwood Beauty and Pounding a Remote...



Please Check out My Latest Youtube!
 

What a dramatic change in weather!  So glad I was able to get the groceries before it starts raining.  Winter weather tonight!  Yikes!  I will be glad to see some warm weather soon.  I can't go to the beach but it will be nice to get out and walk with Clyde in the park. 

I am real pleased to sell a number of prints to a great California patron!  This time two face masks, a t-shirt, and a tote bag was purchased! The patron that purchased these items recently purchased Wildwood Beauty.  Great to sell an original and household prints to the same patron! 

I have included a face mask link to Wildwood Beauty above the painting.




https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildwood-beauty-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask


Wildwood Beauty  Original  Oil painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildwood-beauty-kendall-kessler.html


Pink Wave   Original  40" x 30" Oil  painting    $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pink-wave


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Pink Wave!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We are having an awful time with our T.V. We have to use two remotes.  One to turn it on and off and one to change channels. The provider that I switched to required an update box with new remotes and ever since then we have had trouble. 

The remote for the T.V. in the living room is the one that is supposed to be used but it became very hard to change channels so we got one from another T.V. and it changes channels but does not turn it off and on. 

I told Clyde I thought this T.V. was made in a laboratory in China. 

Yes, and it escaped to torture us.

LOL!





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a very popular floral!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/26560564/cone-flowers-30x24-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_13&frs=1
Cone Flowers  30" x 24" oil painting  $1510.00



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Pawleys Island painting on a mug!


https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Shooing Bees and Do Not buy a large Freezer...

May 3rd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Shooing Bees and Do Not buy a large Freezer...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Such a beautiful day!  Lots of people outside having some fun.  We took a great walk and plugged carpenter bee holes in our roof.  The bees flew around and I don't think I would like to hear what they had to say if they could talk. 

They look just like bumblebees but they don't sting, just cuss out people that mess up their homes.  They prefer to make these hole homes in dead wood, so, of course, they like our roof over the trees.  I guess they are just going to have to get used to homes with a little sap here and there. 

So much to do on the internet.  I had better get busy.  Cheers! 
I have included a face mask address to Stroubles Creek!






https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/stroubles-creek-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask


Stroubles Creek  Original 40" x 25" Oil painting    $2030
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/stroubles-creek-kendall-kessler.html




Near the Dedmon Center   Original  14" x 11" Oil  painting    $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/near-the-dedmon-center


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Near the Dedmon Center!





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My mother passed away over a year ago and I miss her very much.  She and I had a lot in common.  There were certain things she did that I didn't think I would do but I think I am turning into my Mom.  I have heard that happens a lot.

She froze everything and I have started doing that.  I make desserts that Clyde can't eat and I don't want them to spoil before I finish them so I freeze half. 
My Dad thought Mom over did the freezer thing.  He would often say if he was ever missing, look in the freezer.   Ha ha. 

I told Clyde I thought I was turning into Mom. 

Don't buy a big freezer. 

That's probably a good idea.  LOL!








I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address will take you to my most popular Peaks of Otter painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/70030516/cloud-swirl-over-peaks-of-otter-art?ref=shop_home_active_3&frs=1
 


 Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 24" x 18" oil painting  $894.00


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Pawleys Island painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Glued to the Computer and Not the Matrix...

April 29th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Glued to the Computer and Not the Matrix...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


I wanted to paint today but the day got away from me as I have been working on Youtube stuff.  My channel is growing and I am seeing a lot of interesting videos by friends and friends to be!  Some Youtubers add great music. 
I used to do that but now that I am filming Demos I think the music would be too distracting. One friend had the greatest Jazz up today!  I always like to listen to Jazz, such an amazing kind of music. 
Anyway,  I will get to paint tomorrow and the studio clean-up is going slowly but I will get that done. 

I have included a face mask address above  Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island.


https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/across-the-marsh-at-pawleys-island--kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask

Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island  Original 40" x 30" Oil painting    $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/across-the-marsh-at-pawleys-island--kendall-kessler.html

Pawleys Island Cormorant Sunrise   Original  40" x 30" Oil  painting    $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-cormorant-sunrise


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Pawleys Island Cormorant Sunrise.






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, I have been such a workalohic lately that I have caused a hemorrhage in my right eye.  No serious problem, just an eye that looks like someone punched me out.  I am spending too much time on the computer presenting my artwork and I think the hemorrhage was from eye strain. 

Much to my surprise, people can get this eye problem from laughing.  I certainly do a lot of that but I think eye strain or too much yoga caused this. I did a Youtube Yoga session yesterday that would have brought Godzilla down.  That crazy teacher went from Downward Facing Dog to a Hand Stand!  She did, I didn't.

Clyde says the computer is my boss. 

It is not. It is just a machine. 

How do you know?  Maybe it goes out for donuts in the middle of the night so it can have more energy to torture you. 

Do you think we are living in the Matrix? 

You never know. 

Ha ha.








I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of a popular Pawleys Island Marsh painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/650674567/pawleys-island-atmosphere-original-40-x?ref=shop_home_active_20&frs=1

Pawleys Island Atmosphere  Original 40" x 30" oil painting  $2430.00



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Pawleys Island painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Listening to Classical Music and Under the Coat...

April 25th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Listening to Classical Music and Under the Coat...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


I have been spending so much time working on my Youtube channel that I have stopped listening to great Youtube music.  Decided today to get back to that and right now I am listening to an orchestra featuring violinist David Garrett performing a favorite Tchaikovsky Allegro Moderato opus 35.  I love all kinds of music just like I like all kinds of art but my favorite music is Classical music, especially music from the Romantic Era. 

I am pleased that I finished another Youtube today and will upload it on Monday.  I told my husband I missed swimming and thought I would go do some laps at The Aquatic Center.  NOT!!!!!  Wish I could but I think it will be quite some time before they re-open.

I think I will just dream about Pawleys Island and look forward to going there again next year.  Be sure to check out the Safe Grocery Shopping video below and have a great day! 
Also, face masks are available on my website and I have included an address under Pawleys Island Evening.






Pawleys Island Evening Original 40" x 30" Oil painting    $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the addressbelow.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-island-evening-kendall-kessler.html

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-island-evening-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask




Pawleys Pier   Original  14" x 11" Oil  painting    $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-pier


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Pawleys Pier.




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Like a lot of people right now I am taking Yoga class through Zoom classes and some Youtube classes.  Some of those teachers require enough Downward Facing Dogs to make me bark and yelp but I am getting used to it. 

The other day I couldn't find my strap but my Zoom teacher doesn't usually use one.  Of course, we needed one that day so I stretched apart my sweater. Hope I didn't ruin it. 

So after class I went to the spot by my piano where I keep it and complained to Clyde that it was not there. 

Maybe it slithered under the piano. 

It can't do that. 

How do you know? 

Because it is a lifeless instrument of torture not a live one. 

Well, I finally found it on the bed in the computer room under Clyde's coat.  I guess it slithered under there.  LOL!














I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of a popular Pawleys Island Marsh painting!



https://www.etsy.com/listing/650674567/pawleys-island-atmosphere-original-40-x?ref=shop_home_active_20&frs=1

Pawleys Island Atmosphere  Original 40" x 30" oil painting  $2430.00




Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Pawleys Island painting on a mug!


https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Lost Tuesday and Too much Thumbing...

April 21st, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Lost Tuesday and Too much Thumbing...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


Really behind the eight ball today!  So much to do and I have hardly gotten to anything due to a long, important phone call.  It is amazing how one change in a schedule can really mess things up.  Oh well, I am still moving forward to straightening things out but the morning light is gone so no painting today.  Hope to get to my latest wildflower painting tomorrow!

Check out my latest video above and don't forget that you can get my work on face masks now.  It is a little tricky to find them.  When you look at any of my paintings on my website, click on a selection to the right and then scroll down below the painting for more selections and it will be at the end.  I have included an address below. 
 




https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/paper-mist-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask


Paper Mist  Original acrylic painting    NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/paper-mist-kendall-kessler.html




Alone   Original  12" x 9" Oil  painting    $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/alone-nude-girl-painting-by-kendall-kessler




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Alone!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I don't really like using our cell phones that much. We prefer to communicate on the computer or in person.  In person! What's that?  Right now it certainly doesn't exist but we will get back to that soon, I hope. 

We both see lots of people typing away on phones with their thumbs.  That isn't for me. I don't like working with that tiny screen.
Clyde says they are going to get carpal tunnel of just the thumb! Yikes! I'll bet that is next!






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of a popular Fisherman painting!



https://www.etsy.com/listing/594823654/pawleys-island-fisherman-art?ref=shop_home_active_6&frs=1
Pawleys Island Fisherman  Original 24" x 18" oil painting  $1331.00



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a puzzle!


https://www.zazzle.com/ying_yang_flower_jigsaw_puzzle-116174011847163079





Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Face Masks and Waiting for the Noodles...

April 18th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Face Masks and Waiting for the Noodles...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 
Well, I never thought I would live to see the day that I am selling prints of my paintings on face masks!  I have sold my prints on a lot of household items and clothes but now my work is on face masks. 
I have included the address to my most popular wildflower painting, Natural Rhythm on a mask below.  They are $13.50.

Anyway, I am very pleased with the first stage of my latest wildflower painting.  I am taking a different approach to this one and I will just see what happens.  So far it has a nice swaying motion that I like very much. 

I may upload a first stage of it and I may not.  Sometimes I do that but this one has a lot of work to do and I don't know if I want prints of the first layer available.  Oh well! The studio is getting cleaned up and organized at the same time!  Now that is a first!






https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html?product=face-mask

Natural Rhythm   Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting    $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html



Bright Flowers   Original  7" x 5" Oil  painting    $78
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/bright-flowers


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Bright Flowers!



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

This virus is devastating. There was only one small bag of one of our staples, Russell Stover pecan delights at Kroger! We will have to ration them. Also, for two weeks I have had to eat organic regular spaghetti instead of Angel Hair!

What next? Big time LOL!!! I don't mean to make light of this very serious situation and I do feel for all the people that are experiencing horrible hardships but I love to laugh. Always good to joke around in these difficult times.

Poor Clyde is noodleless right now. Our order for the kind he can eat still hasn't arrived. Usually that company gets stuff to us faster than greased lightening.  He may be in for another spaghetti on potatoes night.  He did like that but spaghetti without noodles is just meat sauce. 

I think we will survive!





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of a popular Hibiscus painting!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/26645170/hibiscus-art-14x18-impressionist-floral?ref=shop_home_active_5&frs=1

Hibiscus  Original 14" x 18" oil painting  $554



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a puzzle!


https://www.zazzle.com/ying_yang_flower_jigsaw_puzzle-116174011847163079







Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Church Innovations and The Whole Kitten Kaboodle...

April 14th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Church Innovations and The Whole Kitten Kaboodle...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
I was so pleased to see one minister's great solution to holding services with his congregation!  He got on the roof of the church and the parishioners were in their cars!  What a smart guy!  I wish all congregations that were determined to meet together would follow his example.

We need to keep our distance right now. Also, nothing wrong with online services.  I have been playing the piano at our church for years and will be happy to play again but it is nice to have a break. There are over 800 hymns and I certainly don't know them all.

Cheers to everyone!  We will get through this.  Be sure to view the Safe Grocery shopping video below if you haven't seen it yet!



Secluded Home   Original  Oil  painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/secluded-home-kendall-kessler.html





A Memory   Original  36" x 26" Oil  painting    $1892
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/field-edge




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Field Edge!





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before, Clyde has a weird disease that prevents him from eating a lot of foods in all food groups except meat.  He was in the habit of picking up a number of items at a specialty store but stopped that when this awful virus took over.

One of the things he can't eat is flour so we get special kinds of noodles for spaghetti.  We ran out yesterday and he asked for potatoes as a side dish substitute.  Our order in the mail still hasn't arrived. 

When dinner was ready I had to tease him a little. 

Okay, man without a noodle, dinner is served. 

Are you saying I am a man without a noodle that is going to eat the whole kitten kaboodle? 

Right. Why did I marry a writer? Enjoy your potato spaghetti!









Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of a popular wildflower painting!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Kraft Avenue Original 20" x 16" oil painting $695
https://www.etsy.com/listing/90782709/kraft-avenue-blacksburg-art-20x16?ref=shop_home_active_23&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a puzzle!


https://www.zazzle.com/ying_yang_flower_jigsaw_puzzle-116174011847163079





Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Cleaning House and Do Not Talk to Otters...

April 11th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Cleaning House and Do Not Talk to Otters...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
My studio is finally getting cleaned up.  Now that I am not getting out very much, the mess in this house and studio is staring me right in the face and I don't have an excuse to ignore it. I am able to get  to my painting, music, and computer chores and still have time to clean up. 

I don't know how many layers of dust have accumulated  but those layers are bothering me now. 

You would think someone that is allergic to dust and mold would take better care of a house.  Well, when I only have time to paint or clean, guess which activity wins out?  I don't like this quarantine any better than anyone else, but it does have this one advantage. 

Where is that duster?  I keep misplacing it. Time to get back to it.  Yuck!  Be sure to view my latest wildflower painting.

Wildwood Beauty   Original 9" x 12" Oil  painting    $271
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildwood-beauty-kendall-kessler.html








A Memory   Original  36" x 26" Oil  painting    $1892
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/a-memory


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under A Memory!



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As always, Clyde gets up very early to check out wildlife around Radford.  I doubt there are many people that do that on a regular basis or at all.  He is quite the dedicated naturalist. 

You get up at the creak of dawn! 

Yes, and I creak around and then creak right on out of here. 

Just remember, don't talk to the otters. Remember the time you did that and they started to come after you.  You must have said something nasty about their mother in otter talk.

Got it.  No otter talk.  I will return.






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of a popular Lion painting!

Lion Stare Original  14"x 11" Oil  Painting $338

https://www.etsy.com/listing/84388866/lion-stare-art-14x11-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_9&frs=1




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!


https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a puzzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/ying_yang_flower_jigsaw_puzzle-116174011847163079







Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Out and Carpe Dodo...

April 7th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Out and Carpe Dodo...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Wow!  You know you are getting a good Yoga work out when your arm pits sweat during all those Downward Facing Dogs!  Like I always say, I take class because I can't make myself get a really good work out at home.  Of course, right now I am always working out at home.  My great teacher sends classes with Zoom so I have someone telling me what to do.  I do yoga on the other days but nothing like what we did today.





Wintergreen Sunset   Original 14" x 11" Oil  painting    $313
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wintergreen-sunset-kendall-kessler.html



Country Sunset   Original  10" x 8" Oil  painting    $160
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/country-sunset




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Country Sunset!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

What a workaholic. Now that I am not going out much I have found more work to do.  Oh well, good to be busy during this sad time.  I woke up today thinking about all the things I want to do and was trying to think of that phrase that means Seize the Day. 

I asked Clyde.  Carp the dime? 

Carpe dodo? 

No, Carpe Diem! That's it.  Well, I better, Carp the dime, Carpe dodo or Carpe Diem this Tuesday before it shoots right into Wednesday! Stay safe everyone!






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address will take you to a listing of a popular Mountain paintingHome in the Hills Original  14"x 11" Oil  Painting $313

https://www.etsy.com/listing/700539169/home-in-the-hills-original-14-x-11?ref=shop_home_active_27&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Yin Yang painting on a puzzle!


https://www.zazzle.com/ying_yang_flower_jigsaw_puzzle-116174011847163079



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Missing the Shore and A More Primitive State...

April 4th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Missing the Shore and A More Primitive State...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!
 


I don't think I have ever wanted to be at the beach more than I do right now! I'm sure I am not the only one.  We were not planning on going this year due to some obligations we have to attend to but now that this virus is making it impossible for people to be at the beach, I want to be there more than ever!  I want to walk along the shore and stare at the beautiful breakers and wildlife. 
I hope the pandemic will be over by July and people
can get back to typical summer activities.  I will certainly be at Claytor Lake when it is safe to swim again. 


Boat Light    Original  Oil  painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/boat-light-kendall-kessler.html





Pawleys Pier   Original  14" x 11" Acrylic  painting    $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-pier


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Pawleys Pier!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I told Clyde this pandemic is causing me to retreat to a more primitive state.  I just ate a Russells Stover pecan delight and DID NOT BRUSH MY TEETH!  I am obsessive about cleaning my teeth so this is quite a step backwards!

I used to tease my mother about how careful she was with teeth cleaning.  Our family dentist always told me that her teeth were the cleanest teeth he ever saw.  Well, I think I may be more careful than her now but this pandemic is really disrupting my life. 

Who knows what's next?  LOL!










Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address will take you to a listing of a popular Pawleys Island painting!

Pawleys Island Atmosphere Original  40"x 30" Oil  Painting $2480

https://www.etsy.com/listing/650674567/pawleys-island-atmosphere-original-40-x?ref=shop_home_active_18&frs=1




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is the address to my most popular Yin Yang painting on a puzzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/ying_yang_flower_jigsaw_puzzle-116174011847163079




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Three Blue Ridge Prints and We are on Vacation...

March 31st, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Three Blue Ridge Prints and We are on Vacation...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


I was not happy to hear about how long we need to quarantine ourselves but I know we have to do this.  This virus is horrible.  I have plenty to do but I would like to get out of the house to go to a few stores. 

I really need to get some new shoes and I know I won't have online luck with that.  Sometimes a 9 fits and sometimes a 9.5 fits.  Shoes are weird.  Also, I would like to go to Walmart just to look around.  I am not much for shopping but right now I could get into it. 

Well, can't complain that much.  Our favorite Chinese restaurant is open!  We will take the doctor's advice and re-heat everything.  I was glad to come across this below video on how to handle things we have to buy. 

We all need to behave like surgeons in an operating room. 

I am very pleased to sell three prints of Blue Ridge beauty to a great Pembroke patron!  It is so great to see my artwork getting out to people!  That always makes me happy! The three paintings are below.



Canoes at Mountain Lake    Original  Oil  painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/canoes-at-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html

Stepping Stones on the New River    Original  Oil  painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/stepping-stones-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html


Blue Ridge Jewels    Original  Oil  painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/blue-ridge-jewels-kendall-kessler.html




Buena Vista    Original  14" x 11"Oil  painting    $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/buena-vista



Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Buena Vista!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Clyde and I are pretending we are on a vacation since we are together so much.  He still gets out to study wildlife but not as much as usual and I am here most of the time. 
This is the worst vacation ever but we keep smiling and have plenty to do!















Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of a popular New River painting!

Riverview at Dusk Original  20"x 16" Oil  Painting $695

https://www.etsy.com/listing/89757953/riverview-at-dusk-art-20x16?ref=shop_home_active_7&frs=1






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is the address to my most popular Peaks of Otter painting on a phone case!


https://www.zazzle.com/near_the_peaks_of_otter_iphone_case-256922873718070945


Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original  "24" x 18" Oil painting $864




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Sanitizing every thing in sight and The Unfriendly Ghost...

March 27th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Sanitizing every thing in sight and The Unfriendly Ghost...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!
 


Beautiful day.  I am seeing more and more signs of life outside. I am still sanitizing every thing that can be sanitized.  People are being great about keeping their distance. My husband is in the back checking out bird populations which is something he lives for.  I, of course, paint and play my piano. 

I finally understand how to work my new recording gizmo and will soon have a Youtube of my shore work with my own piano music.  I wrote a piece a while back and had it copyrighted.  Youtube has some nice music but I want to add my own like I did when I first started uploading to my channel. 

Now, I have better recording equipment so I am looking forward to some great videos! 
Be sure sure to check out my channel which is Kendall Kessler.



Pawleys Island Pink on the Beach    Original  40" x 30" Oil  painting    $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-island-pink-on-the-beach-kendall-kessler.html


Isle of Palms Sunset    Original  40" x 30"Oil  painting    $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/isle-of-palms-sunset


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Isle of Palms Sunset!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I are both amazed at certain groups of people that refuse to participate in social distancing during this crisis.  When I went to Kroger today a store clerk asked me if I wanted to have my shopping cart sanitized.  I said yes and thank you!  She said she has to ask first because some customers don't want their cart sanitized. They think the Covad-19 is a hoax. 

Also, there are reports of pastors that are still holding church services.  Why can't they hold their services over the internet? 

Clyde said if he dies as the result of people that refuse to take precautions he is going to come back as a ghost and haunt them.  Shoelaces are going to be untied and tied over and over again.  Phone chargers will be unplugged.  Plates of food will mysteriously fall to the floor face down.  Look out!  The Word and Bird Man will get you if you don't do your best to keep from getting this disease and spreading it to others! 

LOL!  Important to laugh at a time like this.  Stay safe everyone!











Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a listing of a popular Beach paintings!
Pawleys Island Morning LIght    Original  24"x 18" Oil  Painting $944

https://www.etsy.com/listing/612811081/pawleys-island-morning-light-original-24?ref=shop_home_active_21&frs=1






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Peaks of Otter painting on a phone case!


https://www.zazzle.com/near_the_peaks_of_otter_iphone_case-256922873718070945

Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original  "24" x 18" Oil painting $864

















Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Getting used to being a Shut In and Bad Decisions...

March 23rd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Getting used to being a Shut In and Bad Decisions...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


Well, my naturalist husband is still getting out.  He is being careful to steer clear of other people but he is getting out.  I am just going to the grocery store when needed but when it gets a little warmer I will take a walk in beautiful Wildwood Park. 

We are very fortunate in that we have what we need and are just staying inside.  Like my favorite Virus joke says, For the first time in human history we can save the world's people by lying on the floor and watching T.V.  Let' not screw this up. 

I am certainly doing my part but I am not on the floor for TV.  I reserve that space for Yoga.  My great teacher is sending us sessions on the computer which works just fine!  I can't seem to find ones that I like so far on youtube.  I either find ones that aren't much more than sleeping on the floor or I find ones that have so many Downward Facing Dogs that I almost start barking. My teacher always has great sessions and I am sure she can use the money so most of my yoga stuff is with her. 

Be sure to check out my latest Dallas Texas skyline painting Demo Youtube above and stay safe!





Memphis Lights    Original  Oil  painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/memphis-lights-kendall-kessler.html




https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-spin


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Memphis Spin!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I were trying to order hand sanitizer online.  Actually I was trying to order it and had a hard time deciding what kind to get so I got Clyde online to do it. 

There were so many selections and Clyde asked me which ones I want. 

I don't know.  I am not good at making decisions.  I married you. 

Ha ha. 

Now you know I am just kidding. 

Well, all online hand sanitizers are sold out so it doesn't matter which one to select.  There aren't any.  

Well, we may not be able to get any hand sanitizer but I still have you! 

My mind reels with sarcastic replies. 

I think I better get back to the studio before I get into any more trouble.

LOL!

I wish we were at an open beach right now, virus free.







Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This link will take you to a listing of one of my most popular Skyline paintings!





Charlotte Spiral    Original 12"x 9" Acrylic  Painting $271

https://www.etsy.com/listing/285995973/north-carolina-skylines-art-12-x-9?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Peaks of Otter painting on a phone case!


https://www.zazzle.com/near_the_peaks_of_otter_iphone_case-256922873718070945

Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original  "24" x 18" Oil painting $864






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a Prints of Sunflower Burst and Kindergarteners Rock...

March 20th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a Prints of Sunflower Burst and Kindergarteners Rock...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!
 




Not getting out much but I did want to buy a new thermometer.  Of course, our digital one decided to retire and I went to two Drug stores and surprise, surprise!  They were all out.  On well,  we seem to be okay and if I have to go to the store I wear gloves that get drowned in boiling water when I get home.  

This is awful but we can't complain that much.  We aren't hurting for anything except a thermometer that works and I always have more than enough to do all the time. 

I am so pleased that people continue to look at my work and buy originals and prints.  A great Kansas patron bought three prints of one of my most vibrant florals, Sunflower Burst!  This time the prints are on carry-all pouches.

It is fun to think of all the items that have been bought with my artwork on them!  Most of my sales are originals and wall art prints but prints on just about anything can be purchased. 
I am very excited about starting a small wildflower painting tomorrow!  I always enjoy painting wildflowers!





Sunflower Burst    Original  Acrylic  painting    NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/sunflower-burst-kendall-kessler.html


Cozy Original 7"x  5"   Oil painting $75
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/tulip-curl

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Tulip Curl!



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde doesn't have a Facebook personal account and doesn't visit the site but I do, so I like to tell him about the jokes that I see on it.  There is a lot of great humor there! 

Recently someone posted that since we have learned to wash our hands now we can go on to colors and shapes! 

Clyde said he could hold up a pillow and say one, then hold up an identical pillow and say two, and so on. 

Maybe we do need to get back to that great informative book, "All I really need to know, I learned in Kindergarten". 

I should probably brush up on that book myself. LOL!







Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of one of my most popular Skyline paintings!




Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top    Original  20"x 16" Acrylic  Painting $670

https://www.etsy.com/listing/481920368/autumn-beauty-from-sharp-top-art-20-x-16?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!




https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Peaks of Otter painting on a phone case!


https://www.zazzle.com/near_the_peaks_of_otter_iphone_case-256922873718070945


Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original  "24" x 18" Oil painting $864













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Please to Sell a Print of Tall Blue Vase and Dinosaur Bones...

March 16th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Please to Sell a Print of Tall Blue Vase and Dinosaur Bones...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


Well, I am not going stir crazy yet but I am not getting out much.  I am worried about the virus and have been washing my hands all the time now.  I have to go grocery shopping but I figured out a way to do that with minimal contamination. 

I try to keep my distance from other shoppers as much as possible and I wear gloves.  I sanitize my hands before I put the gloves on.  Then when I get home I take them off and sanitize my hands again so I can pick the gloves up and put them in the wash.  I hope that helps. 

We don't have a reported case here but I have heard we don't have the testing kits so there may be cases that are not documented. I never thought I would see the day that the whole world is quarantined. 

Anyway, I have a new video up on my latest Dallas Skyline Painting.  It is very short because the demo tape I made didn't work out.  I was just about done when the camera messed up so I made a short video of the painting and my latest Blue Ridge painting. 

Looking forward to a new oil painting as I continue to paint acrylic skylines and other abstracts.

I am very pleased to sell a large metal print of Tall Blue Vase to a great Texas patron! 



Tall Blue Vase   Original Oil painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/tall-blue-vase-kendall-kessler.html


Cozy Original 7"x  5"   Oil painting $75
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/cozy


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Cozy!





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I love Russel Stover pecan sandies.  We consider them to be a staple and I hate it when we run out. Kroger used to have big bags of them but now they just have small boxes. 

I was so surprised to see them on sale for $1.50 so I bought one hoping they were not stale.  I figured they would be good but Clyde said watch out for dinosaur bones.

Okay, I know exaggeration is one of the key components of humor but dinosaur bones in candy?  I think that is a bit much. LOL!











Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of one of my most popular Skyline paintings!




Memphis Green    Original  12"x 9" Acrylic  Painting $271

https://www.etsy.com/listing/644480934/memphis-tennessee-skyline-beauty?ref=shop_home_active_4&frs=1




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 

 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Shore painting on a mug!


https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395

Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original   Original 60" x 42" Oil painting $4920





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Sanitizing Over and Over Again and Did you hear that?

March 12th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Sanitizing Over and Over Again and Did you hear that?

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


Well, I couldn't miss Line Dance Class today so when I arrived I put sanitizer on my hands.  Then I put gloves on and kept them on during the whole class.  I stood six feet away from each dancer. 

When I got in my car to leave I took the sanitizer out again, took off my gloves and put that stuff on again. 
When I got home I put the gloves in the wash.  I hope that did it.  I don't want to stop living to keep from dying but the Rec Center where the classes are held may shut down.  I think most everyone else is smarter than me regarding this pandemic. 

On well.  I have the CDS from our performances and it doesn't take much room to dance away.  Now the question is whether or not I go to Yoga class tomorrow.  Anyway, I finished my latest Blue Ridge painting of a Wintergreen Sunset. Please check it out! 





Wintergreen Evening   Original  24" x 18" Oil painting    $899
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wintergreen-evening-kendall-kessler.html


Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge   Original 24" x 18" Oil painting $899
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Sweet Pea Morning on the Blue Ridge!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde told me a long time ago that when retired he would get some sophisticated equipment to record bird songs.  Now he says he probably won't do that. 

Why? 

My hearing is not what it used to be.  A lot of Bird Watchers our age can't hear certain bird songs. I can't even hear a Golden Crowned Kinglet. 

Or me asking you to do the dishes.  Just joking. Clyde is great about taking turns washing the dishes and I hope he does get that equipment. 

To quote the very fun movie Galaxy Quest.  Never give up! Never surrender!










Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address will take you to a listing of one of my most popular Girl paintings!

Contemplation     Original  10"x 8" Oil  Painting $188

https://www.etsy.com/listing/26451810/contemplation-20x16-original-oil?ref=shop_home_active_18&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Shore painting on a mug!


https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395

Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original   Original 60" x 42" Oil painting $4920
















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Getting Run Over by Technology and New Legal Term...

March 6th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Getting Run Over by Technology and New Legal Term...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 





Argh, argh and argh again!  I am so tired of being run over by technology.  Now my phone is acting up and it is a new one.  I always get help from my husband when I have to contact the provider for help.  If I don't I may start heaving things around the room in total exasperation. 

What really aggravates me is we spend fifty minutes trying to get help and have to just say bye on the chat.  It always goes this way.  I explain the problem and am given a solution which does not the apply to the problem. Then the agent goes through a bunch of other solutions that don't work and then just repeats the first solution. 

That is when I want to start chucking things.  Oh well, I figured a way around the problem and will just go with it.  I don't want another fifty minute useless chat.  We could call but then we can't understand the representative because of the thick accent. 




Radford Flower Garden    Original  14" x 11" Oil painting    $338
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/radford-flower-garden-kendall-kessler.html


Taking a Break   Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/taking-a-break-1


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Taking a Break!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I may have to appear in court for the first time and I have been thinking of all the things that people can't say on the stand. Hey, I have seen lots and of lots of Judge Judy! 

One word keeps coming to mind that we have all heard.  Hearsay.  I think of all the things I could say which would be labeled hearsay. 

Then I thought of some other things I shouldn't say and decided I had come up with a new legal word!  I had to tell Clyde.  He hadn't heard it before. 

There is Hearsay and then there is Stupidsay.  I better avoid both of them if at all possible!









Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of one of my most popular Girl paintings!


Contemplation     Original  10"x 8" Oil  Painting $188

https://www.etsy.com/listing/26451810/contemplation-20x16-original-oil?ref=shop_home_active_18&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395

Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original   Original 60" x 42" Oil painting $4920






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy Again and What about the ones in Congress...

March 2nd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy Again and What about the ones in Congress...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


Well, once again I decided on a different direction with a painting that was fighting me and then all of a sudden it started talking to me and cried uncle.  I finally resolved the problems I was having with the spacing and atmospheric effect.  As usual, I sort of know how I got to that point but not really. 

Painting is always an adventure unless the painter follows formulaic devices.  I would quit rather than take that approach.  Anyway, there is something different about the surface quality that I am very pleased with and will probably quit soon before I over work it. 

Any of this make sense to you?  It would if you had a paint brush strapped to you like me.  You have to really love art to put up with all the problems but it is so great when they get out into the world.  As I always say,  I can't take them with me. 

Cheers on a Monday!  Check out my Monday youtube!  I decided to paint one more on a paper towel. Fun experience!







Mabry Mill    Original  20" x 16" Oil painting    $670
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/mabry-mill-in-fall-kendall-kessler.html




Porter Mountain in Fall   Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/porter-mountain-in-fall


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Porter Mountain in Fall!





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday we were watching a cute little girl on TV holding a skunk.  She claimed she would not be sprayed since she was not a threat to the skunk.  I had a hard time believing that and figured the glands had been removed which I know can be done.  Anyway, she gave the figures for the skunk population in the US and the skunk made me think of Congress. 

I'll bet those numbers don't include the skunks in Congress. 

Clyde said some of those skunks would scare a skunk sprayless. 

Right. 

Just kidding. I'm sure there are some hard working members of Congress but I'll bet it does stink at times in there.








Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of one of my most popular Floral paintings!

Wildflower Mist     Original  10"x 8" Oil  Painting $188

https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ref=shop_home_active_20&frs=1




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!



https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Shore painting on a mug!


https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395

Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original   Original 60" x 42" Oil painting $4920
















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Unhappy about Wintergreen painting and Did he Leave a Bill...

February 27th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Unhappy about Wintergreen painting and Did he Leave a Bill...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out my Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Well,  my latest painting took a nose dive off a Blue Ridge cliff.  After all I wrote about how well it was going it decided to turn into an arm wrestling painting.  Oh well.  This happens and when it does I always repeat the following.  
Paintings will drive you crazy if you let them.  Don't let them drive you crazy.  I never do. At least I think I am sane.

I have been to this point before and scrap the approach I was using, try something else and usually it turns out great and I have no idea how I got to the end. 

I know that sounds strange but it is not strange to another painter.  They know what I am talking about unless they have a formula they follow with every painting which would be so boring to me that I would quit painting.  I have known a few painters that do that, but not many. 

Most painters sort of know what they are doing but not really and every painting is a learning experience. 

I will get in there tomorrow and fight the colorful fight.  Cheers!







Morning Color Dance    Original  24" x 18" Oil Pastel painting    $864
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/morning-color-dance-kendall-kessler.html







Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top  Original 20" x 16" Acrylic painting $660
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/autumn-beauty-from-sharp-top


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Now that Clyde and I share the dishes 50-50 I like to tease him sometimes.  Yesterday the kitchen looked so good after he finished that I asked him if he had help. 

Oh yeah.  Some guy came in here and did them for me.

Did he leave a bill?  No, he just did the dishes and walked out.

I wish he would do that for me.  I am going to have to include this in my blog. 

Argh!!  I am going to just stop talking. 

Now you know you will never do that.  You told me once the name Clyde means heard from afar and you are right here with all your pearls of wisdom.

And again, arghhhh!!!!












Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of one of my most popular Floral paintings!



Rose Bouquet    Original  21"x 9" Oil Pastel Painting $2430

https://www.etsy.com/listing/714225905/rose-bouquet-art-original-21-x-9-floral?ref=shop_home_active_6&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my most popular Shore painting on a mug!

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395

Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original   Original 60" x 41"Oil painting $4920












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about Wintergreen painting and A Pet Rock is Happier...

February 24th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about Wintergreen painting and A Pet Rock is Happier...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube!
 
Sometimes a painting experience is over the top! My latest Blue Ridge painting looked so good in the second stage that I was worried I would lose the strong effect in the next phase.  Was I ever wrong!  I am achieving the most complex painting that I have ever done and I will be shoving any impediment to work to get to it tomorrow.

I don't think extreme attention to detail necessarily makes for a successful painting.  There will always be so much more to painting than trying to represent what I see that can't really be represented due to the constant change of light and shade throughout the day. That is why I work from a photograph that I took of a specific moment that I want to embellish.

I put myself into the work with decisions about color and texture that are sometimes in the photograph and sometimes my reaction to the paint as it is applied to the surface. 

Anyway, back to detail.  I do like to get as much detail as possible in these atmospheric landscapes because of the beautiful colors that occur as I work on tricky areas.  It is not really about the detail. It is about the color and I am getting more color than ever before! 

Looking forward to tomorrow's session.


Be sure to check out my latest Center of my Mind painting on a paper towel that is featured in this weeks Youtube!

Paper Mist    Original  Acrylic painting on paper towel   NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/paper-mist-kendall-kessler.html







Eliptical Fall  Original 10" x 8" Acrylic painting NFS
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/eliptical-fall


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Eliptical Fall!





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I doubt that everyone remembers the Pet Rock Craze from the seventies.  The guy that came up with this crazy pet idea walked away with 15 million for it.  The rocks came in boxes with air holes.  Anyway, it was quite an amazing marketing trend that didn't last long.

Well the other day I was going back to work on all my computer chores and Clyde said have fun. 

I jokingly said I have a lot of fun working on the computer but I'm not sure the computer is happy about it. 

I have seen pet rocks have more fun than computers. 

I'm sure if a computer could talk it would agree!













Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing of one of my most popular Blue Ridge paintings!

Ranges near Arnold Valley    Original  40"x 30" Oil Painting $2430

https://www.etsy.com/listing/89912395/ranges-near-arnold-valley-art-original?ref=shop_home_active_30&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Roanoke  painting ! The address is to this item on plates!





https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088


Roanoke Sparkle  Original Acrylic painting SOLD








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Progress on Wintergreen painting and There will be dishes...

February 20th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Progress on Wintergreen painting and There will be dishes...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


I had a lot of success with my new painting of a Wintergreen sunset yesterday and decided I should put it in my Stages of my Artwork collection.  I am intending to completely cover it with another layer that will look very much like it does now but with even more complicated systems of color and texture. 

I have learned so much about the technique that is the best approach for my expressions but I keep changing with every painting and there is something quite different about the color interaction in the mountains this time. 

I have always found that constant flucuation of warm and cool colors in the Blue Ridge ranges to be especially difficult so I am very excited that it is working out better than ever this time and I don't want to lose what I have right now so the file will be preserved.  Looking forward to the next session!
Check it out!



Wintergreen Stage Two    Original  24" x 18"  Oil Painting    NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wintergreen-sunset-stage-two-kendall-kessler.html



Evening Glow   Original 40" x 30"  Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/evening-glow-at-rock-castle-gorge


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Evening Glow will take you there!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Now that Clyde has retired from Tech he is great about helping me with the housework.  He is also trying to straighten up his mountains of research in our computer room that actually has a bed for a guest but can't be used without an overhaul of all the stuff that is on it and under it.  Oh well, he keeps at it. 
Anyway, we share the dishes. We take turns doing the lunch and supper detail.  On Sunday we eat out.  Last Sunday I decided to do the lunch dishes which includes dishes from breakfast and snacks.  We are probably the biggest snackers on the planet. 

I told him I would do the lunch dishes and he would do the supper dishes and, as God is my witness, there will be supper dishes.  It doesn't matter whether or not we cook, they still breed like rabbits.


 






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to one of my most popular Blue Ridge paintings!


Ranges near Arnold Valley    Original  40"x 30" Oil Painting $2430

https://www.etsy.com/listing/89912395/ranges-near-arnold-valley-art-original?ref=shop_home_active_30&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Roanoke  painting ! The address is to this item on plates!


https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088


Roanoke Sparkle  Original Acrylic painting SOLD







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Return to Latest Blue Ridge Painting and Staying Alive...

February 17th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Return to Latest Blue Ridge Painting and Staying Alive...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 
Well, as usual I am wondering what happened to Monday.  Someone shot another day out of a cannon.  I was very glad to get back to work on my latest Blue Ridge Parkway painting and it is still coming along.  I had an art wrestling time with it last week but I think I am over that and looking forward to what will probably be the last layer. 

I can see why experts like to x-ray paintings.  All my layers are intricate systems of brushwork and come completely together at the end.  I didn't take photos of different stages this time.  I like to do that but it slipped my mind.  So far, I don't think I am losing very successful parts. 

It has not been one of those paintings that are a terrific struggle.  This one has been like a nice  ride down the river with just a  few bumps.  The tough ones keep me on my toes but it is nice to have one that does not fight with me that much. 






Pawleys Island Atmosphere    Original  40" x 30"  Oil Painting    $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the addressbelow.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-island-atmosphere-kendall-kessler.html




460  Original 14" x 11"  Oil painting $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/460


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address under 460 will take you there!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
I love comedy!  The other day I was watching a great stand up comedian on a show I don't usually watch and he was cracking me up. 

The last thing he said was he saw a woman with pants that had the word yoga on them.  His comment was the pants may say yoga but the woman in them  says McDonalds. 

I mentioned that to Clyde and said I had seen a lot of girls in yoga pants that say McDonalds but I don't think I am one of them. 

I agree. 

You are a smart husband that wants to stay alive. 

That's right.


 




Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! This address is to a listing with five Memphis Tennessee skyline paintings!

Memphis Green    Original  12"x9" Acrylic Painting $269

https://www.etsy.com/listing/644480934/memphis-tennessee-skyline-beauty?ref=shop_home_active_3&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Roanoke painting ! The address is to this item on plates!

https://www.zazzle.com/roanoke_sparkle_dinner_plate-115097038660255088


Roanoke Sparkle  Original Acrylic painting SOLD












Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Original Painting and It might leave without me...

February 14th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Original Painting and It might leave without me...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out my latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
I am finally to my blog after a lot of work!  I am so glad to sell another original painting to a great Virginia patron!  Secluded Home which is pictured below is a personal favorite and I am glad it will have a good home.  This one has such a nice atmosphere and intense brushwork. As always wall art prints and prints on just about anything are available by clicking the link below the painting!

Now I have to build a crate which is always a lot more work then you think it would be.  Shipping artwork is tricky.  The painting has to be double boxed and immobilized. I have to cut out the cardboard for the two boxes and put them together.  I have so many different sizes of paintings that I can't order boxes. They don't make the kind of box I need.  It is so easy to damage artwork and I take every precaution to prevent that from happening. 

Since I am so busy right now I have decided to upload a short video on Monday about this sale and show some other works in my studio instead of a Painting Demo.  Those videos take quite a lot of time even though they are not very long.  I do a lot of prep regarding what I will paint and how it will be presented as I try to have a pleasant conversation at the same time.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!





Secluded Home    Original  10" x8"  Oil Painting     SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/secluded-home-kendall-kessler.html




Flower Backyard   Original 40" x 30"  Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/radford-library-grounds


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Flowery Backyard!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I know I have mentioned before that I don't like all this computerization of our lives but it is great that  I can reach patrons on the internet.

Still, like I said before if they ever computerize the bathroom I will need an out house.

Clyde did that one better. He said if bathrooms are computerized he is afraid someone will hack his toilet.  It might even leave without him. 

Yikes!


 





Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! Address is below Painting


Dream Flowers   Original  14"x11" Oil Painting $338

https://www.etsy.com/listing/26173556/dream-flowers-art-14x11-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_18&frs=1




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Shore painting ! The address is to this item on a clock!



https://www.zazzle.com/beach_beauty_round_clock-256517419400981624
Beach Beauty Original Acrylic painting NFS





Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Staring at the Rain and New Youtube...

February 10th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Staring at the Rain and New Youtube...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 




Tiring Monday but I am sure I am not the only one saying that.  The phone is ringing all day long with scammers ready for another week of bugging me.  I do not answer my phone unless I know who is calling.  Those robo calls are really working my phone.  I don't want to just have a cell phone for a number of reasons but that land line sure is a pain! 

I am so pleased to finally getting some work done on another Blue Ridge painting!  It is coming along and I think if I had to say which sort of painting I like to do best it would be The Blue Ridge and surrounding ridges in oil paint.  This one is an intense sunset at Wintergreen.  The patterns of light and shade on the ridges and a few houses is startling and I will be pleased to get into the studio each day to work on it. 

I would rather work with a combination of my daylight flourescent lights and some natural sunlight coming through the window but the weatherman is calling for rain for a while.  Oh well,  I can't wait for the light I like to get to work and all my paintings are done in a series of layers so maybe the next layer will be to better lighting.


 





Jumbled up Wildflowers    Original  12" x 9"  Oil Painting     $246
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/jumbled-up-wildflowers-kendall-kessler.html




Radford Library Grounds  Original 17" x 24"  Oil painting $846
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/radford-library-grounds


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Radford Library Grounds will take you there!








 









Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! Address is below Painting
Sunflower Frenzy   Original  20"x14" Acrylic Painting $605

https://www.etsy.com/listing/706628923/sunflower-frenzy-art-original-20-x-14?ref=shop_home_active_14&frs=1




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Shore painting ! The address is to this item on a clock!



https://www.zazzle.com/beach_beauty_round_clock-256517419400981624
Beach Beauty Original Acrylic painting NFS














Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at the Rain and Where is it?

February 6th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at the Rain and Where is it?

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler!
 
It certainly has been cloudy lately.  I don't mind overcast weather but I would like to see the sun soon.  It always amazes me that when I have a patron coming over for a studio visit it is almost always cloudy.  We have an active solar house and it is a dark house on one side and bright on the other. 
A lot of my artwork is on display in the dark side of the house, not just the studio.   I turn on a lot of lights but the natural light coming in through the windows looks the best.

Anyway, I have finally started my Wintergreen sunset painting!  It is great to back to oil paint but I think I will be ordering some very expensive colors soon.  It would be great if professional oil paint was the same price as house paint. 

I knew an artist that painted very large works and he would use house paint.  I can understand that!  The colors are way too flat for me and I want my work to last forever so I use Gamblin and Utrect. 

I mostly use the more expensive brand which is Gamblin but I don't like Gamblin Cerulean Blue so I order that color from Utrecht.  I also don't use earth colors which are less expensive.  I have a colorist palette so I order expensive blues, greens, yellows, reds, and purples.  I can get any kind of earth color from those colors and I think the effect is more vibrant. 

Right now, Cadmium Red is $66 for a large tube.  I always buy large tubes. The small ones don't last long at all. 

Okay. Enough shop talk! Time to paint.  I hope everyone has a great day!



 




Church Snow Scene Original  16" x 12" Oil Painting     $384
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the addressbelow.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/church-snow-scene-kendall-kessler.html









Farm Near Fancy Gap Original 40" x 30"  Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/farm-near-fancy-gap


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Farm near Fancy Gap!






Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I are having more trouble finding things than usual.  I usually get very aggravated and start cussing like a sailor.  Clyde just keeps trying to find whatever it is we can't locate. 

Anyway I told Clyde the first nine chapters of The Marriage book are "Where is it?" 

Chapter 10 is "I don't know".

You got that right Hubby!







Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! Address is below Painting Listing.


Wildflower Mist   Original  10"x8" Oil Painting $168

https://www.etsy.com/listing/571861329/wildflower-mist-art-original-10-x-8?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=kendall+kessler&ref=sr_gallery-1-38&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Shore painting ! The address is to this item on a clock!



https://www.zazzle.com/beach_beauty_round_clock-256517419400981624
Beach Beauty Original Acrylic painting NFS






Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Youtube and If you Hear me Crying...

February 3rd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Youtube and If you Hear me Crying...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
I am pleased that I managed another Skyline Beauty painting of Austin Texas!  Now I will have five for an Etsy listing.  This time I decided to use soft pastel colors.  I am getting a lot of compliments on my expressive skylines so I thought it would be a nice change of pace to use a different palette.  I am very pleased with the results. 

My first medium was soft pastels and I know how to mimic that look with paint. Be sure to check it out! 

I am looking forward to seeing the patron that commissioned me to restore some glass paintings.  He is also considering a lake commission and will be purchasing The Lodge at The Peaks of Otter.  He has a print but he wants to get the original and give the print to a friend.



 



Austin Blue Stage One Original  12" x 9"  Acrylic Painting     NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/austin-blue-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html






Austin Blue  Original 12" x 9"   Acrylic Painting     $246
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/austin-blue-kendall-kessler.html





Memphis Green Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-green


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Memphis Green will take you there!




Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, I got my new phone.  I stared at that box for a few days and then was notified I should set it up.  I can't believe how much trouble I have with this sort of thing.  The last time the operator had to admit something was actually wrong with the phone and we had to send it back and get another one. 

I told Clyde if you hear me crying it is because I finally opened the box.  He said if I hear you laughing I will know you chucked it out the window.  As it turned out we spent an hour and a half trying to get it set up with an operator. 

After forty five minutes he assured me the minutes had been transferred to my new phone.  I tried to make a call and was informed by the phone there would be charges.  So we started over with another operator, this time on a chat.  Finally I can use the phone. 

Now I just need help getting all the stuff from my old phone transferred to the new one.  We will call a friend that is much younger than us to help.  He is not from India.  We can easily understand him.  Yikes!






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! Address is below Painting

Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island  Original  40"x30" Oil Painting $2480

https://www.etsy.com/listing/716184587/across-the-marsh-at-pawleys-island-art?ref=shop_home_feat_3&frs=1



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Skyline painting ! The address is to this item on a notebook!

https://www.zazzle.com/capital_swirl_notebook-130958469420472466













Special Promotion of this popular Mabry Mill painting  Ends on Tuesday!




Mabry Mill  Original  20" x 16"  Oil Painting     $670
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mabry-mill-in-fall-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Finished Second Painting and Getting out of the Way..

January 30th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Finished Second Painting and Getting out of the Way..

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out my latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler!
 


I am so pleased to be finished with the second glass painting restoration!  Had some trouble with certain colors resisting but after many layers it is completely covered and I will send a file to the patron. 

He has one more so I am looking forward to seeing him and giving him the first two.  He said the first one looked wonderful! 
They certainly are interesting paintings. 

My husband said they looked like illustrations for books. 








North Albemarle in McLean Virginia   Original 40" x 30"   Oil Painting     $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/north-albemarle-in-mclean-virginia


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under North Albemarle in McLean Virginia!








Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Clyde is always complaining about traffic.  For some reason a lot of dangerous drivers seem to find him a lot more than they find me. 

Well, yesterday I had an interesting experience I had to tell him about.  I was driving along when I noticed in the mirror a driver weaving back and forth which made me nervous.  When the driver was practically touching my bumper I could see it was a girl that kept looking at herself in the mirror and then looking down to the seat. 

I am pretty sure I have mentioned before that my brother-in-law always gets off the road if someone is barreling down on him.  He says he had better get out of the way. That guy must be on a mission for God. 

Well, I don't usually get out of the way but I did turn off and let that girl pass because I think she must have been on a mission for Revlon. 

Clyde agreed.






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! Address is below Painting

Mid Spring on The New River  Original  Top 34" x 23" Oil Painting $1504

https://www.etsy.com/listing/26119374/mid-spring-on-the-new-river-art-34-x-23?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Skyline painting ! The address is to this item on a notebook!

https://www.zazzle.com/capital_swirl_notebook-130958469420472466



















Special Promotion of  a popular painting of Mabry Mill Ends on Tuesday!




Mabry Mill  Original  20" x 16"  Oil Painting     $670
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mabry-mill-in-fall-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Youtube and Commission

January 27th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Youtube and Commission

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 



I am just about finished with the second painting commission and it is turning out really well!  As I said, these are paintings on glass so the process has been quite different from my usual work.  I always paint in layers but  colors do not  resist on the canvas the way some are resisting on the glass. 

I painted on metal one time and had the same problem but eventually was able to completely cover the surface with many layers of tempera paint.  These glass paintings are enamel acrylic which is the best paint to use on glass. 

The original paintings that lost of lot of the paint had to be done in oils since acrylics only date back to the fifties. 






460   Original 14" x 11"   Oil Painting     $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/460


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under 460!








Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! Address is below Painting.

Cone Flowers  Original  Top 30" x 24" Oil Painting $1510

https://www.etsy.com/listing/26560564/cone-flowers-30x24-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_51&frs=1




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Skyline painting ! The address is to this item on a notebook!

https://www.zazzle.com/capital_swirl_notebook-130958469420472466






Special Promotion of  one of my most second most popular Blue Ridge Paintings  Ends on Tuesday!





Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge  Original  24" x 18"  Oil Painting     $884
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Print of Most Popular Shore Painting and Love means...

January 25th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Print of Most Popular Shore Painting and Love means...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Still working away on too many things at the same time.  I am pleased that I am able to juggle a lot of balls at the same time.  Never could really do that.  I am really impressed with people that can juggle.  I do juggle a lot of jobs which is not always easy but I am never bored.

Anyway, I am pleased to sell another framed print of my most popular beach painting, Marsh View at Pawleys Island to a great Pawleys Island patron!  That is certainly a fitting place for it to be!

I know it may seem strange that I use that painting as my blog header since it is not a Blue Ridge painting.  Even though I have lived my adult life in the Ridge and Valley mountains which are right next to the Blue Ridge I paint a lot of other settings and my favorite place is the shore.




Marsh View at Pawleys Island  Original  24" x 18"  Oil Painting     $4290
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge-kendall-kessler.html








Pawley's Island Pink on the Beach  Original 40" x 30"   Oil Painting     $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-pink-on-the-beach


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address isunder Pawleys Island Pink on the Beach!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Today Clyde and I bumped into each other in the hall way.  Neither one of us said anything. 

This thought came to mind which is like the quote from the popular 70's movie Love Story!

Love means never having to say you are sorry when you bump into each other in the hall way. 

I later mentioned that to Clyde and all I got was an argh!  

So much for that quote!  LOL!










Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! Address is below Painting

Morning Color Dance Original  Top 24" x 18" Oil Painting $889

https://www.etsy.com/listing/686496496/morning-color-dance-orignial-24-x-18-oil?ref=shop_home_active_27&frs=1




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Mountain painting ! The address is to this item on a t-shirt!



https://www.zazzle.com/ridgeland_winter_beauty_t_shirt-235824627017904628









Special Promotion of  one of my most second most popular Blue Ridge Paintings  Ends on Tuesday!





Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge  Original  24" x 18"  Oil Painting     $884
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the addressbelow.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Commission and I am Talking about You...

January 23rd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Commission and I am Talking about You...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out my latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Well, I have done some unusual commissions but my latest is definitely a new experience for me that is turning out very well!  A great patron that owns a number of my prints and one commission asked me to restore some paintings done on glass that were made over 100 years ago! 

A lot of the paint had come off and when I attempted to paint from the back the way the artist did, the damaged first layer still showed, so I either had to scrape off all of the paint or paint on the front and completely cover all layers. 

The patron didn't have a problem with painting the front.  I think it turned out great and the patron said it looks wonderful so now on to the second one!  The finished painting on glass is below.  It will be placed back into a gorgeous, molded frame. 
 










Buena Vista  Original 14" x11"  Oil Painting     $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/buena-vista


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Buena Vista!





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday I was feeling real good about the very unusual guy I married many years ago so when he came down the hall I said, "Ah, the love of my life!" 

He slowly looked behind  on his right and then slowly looked behind on his left. 

You, you boob!  I am talking about you! 

Oh.



Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! Address is below Painting


Autumn View From Sharp Top 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

https://www.etsy.com/listing/481920368/autumn-beauty-from-sharp-top-art-20-x-16?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the Address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Mountain painting ! The address is to this item on a t-shirt!



https://www.zazzle.com/ridgeland_winter_beauty_t_shirt-235824627017904628











Special Promotion of  my most second most popular Lake painting ends on Tuesday!





Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge  Original  24" x 18"  Oil Painting     $884
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Posted Monday Youtube

January 20th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Posted Monday Youtube

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
I am so pleased I finished another Youtube Demo today!  I am trying to get more attention on Youtube and more followers.  I think this one turned out real well!  I always take an experimental approach with Youtubes and I was going to paint more of an abstract one but ended up with my main style. 

I am getting lots of great comments on them and another Youtuber is going to feature information about my work on one of his Youtubes!  Always great to get that kind of compliment! 

I am also pleased with the progress on my latest commission.  I was having a little trouble with it but now I think it is all clear sailing! 

Hope everyone had a great weekend!  One of these days I might notice the difference between week days and weekends but I doubt it. 

I need to get back to work.




Austin Swirl  Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $246

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/austin-reflections-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html
 










Owls Electric  Original 8" x9"  Soft Pastel Painting     $174
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/owls-electric


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Owls Electric!








Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! Address is below Painting


Jumbled up Wildflowers Original 9" x 12" Oil Painting $260

https://www.etsy.com/listing/91586086/jumbled-up-wildflowers-art-9x12?ref=shop_home_active_13&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Mountain painting ! The address is to this item on a t-shirt!



https://www.zazzle.com/ridgeland_winter_beauty_t_shirt-235824627017904628


















Special Promotion of  my most second most popular Floral ends on Tuesday!




Smith Mountain Lake  Original  16" x 20"  Oil Painting     $670
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working it all Out...

January 16th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working it all Out...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out my Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 

Not my favorite day. Lots of aggravation. Trying to get things done but I feel like I am on a treadmill.  Lots of motion, just not getting anywhere. 

I think it was The Father of the Bride starring Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor that featured a dream sequence with Tracy trying to get down the aisle at the church and there were so many obstacles he couldn't get there.  I think some days are like that. 

Oh well.  Let's see what I can get done before I let out a scream like Elizabeth Taylor did in that film. LOL!

Memphis Lights  Original Oil painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/austin-reflections-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html
 











Autumn Pond  Original 40" x26"  Oil Painting     $2080
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/autumn-pond

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Autumn Pond!








Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! Addressis below Painting


Jumbled up Wildflowers Original 9" x 12" Oil Painting $260

https://www.etsy.com/listing/91586086/jumbled-up-wildflowers-art-9x12?ref=shop_home_active_13&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!

https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 

























Special Promotion of  my most popular Lake painting ends on Tuesday!




Smith Mountain Lake  Original  16" x 20"  Oil Painting     $670
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Please with New Austin Texas Youtube

January 13th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Please with New Austin Texas Youtube

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 
Well, the painting demo for my latest Youtube that I uploaded today sure took quite a u-turn!  I changed it so much that I decided to upload the demo and the final painting in my Stages of my Artwork collection on my website. 

The idea I had in my mind when I filmed the demo just didn't go the way I had planned so I stopped at a point that I thought had a finished look and then went back into the whole painting off camera. 

My Skyline Paintings are always highly experimental so I never know where they are going to take me. 


Austin Reflections Stage one  Original Acrylic painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/austin-reflections-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html

 
Austin Reflections Original 12" x 9"  Acrylic painting $246
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/austin-reflections-kendall-kessler.html











DC Jumble  Original 12" x9"  Acrylic Painting     $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/dc-jumble


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is undere DC Jumble!










Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! Address is below Painting Title.


Rose Life  Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $338

https://www.etsy.com/listing/83499709/rose-life-art-11x14-impressionist-floral?ref=shop_home_active_5&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




 




Special Promotion of  my most second most popular Floral ends on Tuesday!





Wildflower Current  Original  40" x 30"  Oil Painting     $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the addressbelow.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working on Commissions and Staring at Grey Skies...

January 11th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working on Commissions and Staring at Grey Skies...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 



Such a grey day.  It is so dark outside it is like twilight.  I have read that days without sun cause some people to be depressed.  I have never noticed that.  I like being able to see without sun glasses and the somber mood is okay with me.  I must admit I would rather see the sun. 

I was amazed at the temperature in my car when I went to the store! 67! That certainly is warm for January.  I like snow and hope we see some more.  I have some new boots so I can walk in it.  I always said if we have to have winter then there should be snow.  It is so beautiful!  I only have a few snow scene paintings. 

I think after I get through with my current commission and my Wintergreen Blue Ridge Overlook, I will look into painting a snow scene. 

Hope the weather cooperates!









Church Snow Scene  Original  16"x12" Oil  Painting    $384
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/church-snow-scene-kendall-kessler.html 



















Bloodhound   Original 8" x10"  Acrylic Painting     $170
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/bloodhound
Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Bloodhound!








Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! The address is below Evening Flight

Evening Flight   Original 12" x 16" Oil Painting $414
https://www.etsy.com/listing/26694280/evening-flight-12x16-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_11&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 






Special Promotion of  my most second most popular Floral ends on Tuesday!





Wildflower Current  Original  40" x 30"  Oil Painting     $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Youtube Channel Growth

January 9th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Youtube Channel Growth

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler








Well, I couldn't be more uptight about a matter that I have to keep private.  I hate these kinds of confrontations but it isn't something I can avoid.  It isn't anything about my artwork but it is quite serious.  Oh well, it will pass and I am looking forward to that day. 

Meanwhile I have two commissions I am working on in addition to every thing else. Yikes!  Better to be busy then not have enough to do but it sure is difficult to find the time. 

Oh well. I am very glad that I now have over 400 followers on Youtube!  Please check out my channel which is Kendall Kessler!  

I hope everyone had a great day and I need to get off the computer for a while. 

Clyde said when you get out of Computer Purgatory come watch a River Monsters episode with me.  His words, not mine!  Love River Monsters!





Pink in the Water  Original  Acrylic  Painting    NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pink-in-the-water-kendall-kessler.html


Below is a popular Peaks of Otter painting!  It has been  popular on wall art prints and aprons! The address above the painting listing is to the apron selections on Zazzle. 

The address below is to the original and print selections on various items.

https://www.zazzle.com/distant_view_of_peaks_of_otter_adult_apron-154573068703245481?context=114029930061183743


Distant View of Peaks of Otter  Original  16" x12" Oil  Painting    $484
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/distant-view-of-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html






 

On a Cliff  Original 32" x14"  Acrylic Painting     $936
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/on-a-cliff
 
Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under On a Cliff will take you there!






Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy!




Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter   Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $168
https://www.etsy.com/listing/70030516/cloud-swirl-over-peaks-of-otter-art?ref=shop_home_active_14&frs=1


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 
If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is another popular Skyline Beauty painting ! The address is to this item on a mouse pad!



https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_ripples_mouse_pad-144940890611069803














Special Promotion of  my most second most popular Floral ends on Tuesday!





Wildflower Current  Original  40" x 30"  Oil Painting     $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Saw Another Day Shot out of a Cannon...

January 6th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Saw Another Day Shot out of a Cannon...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 

Another day shot out of a cannon!  I wanted to publish this morning.  This certainly is quite a bit past morning.  I was aiming for 9:30 a.m., not pm.  Oh well.  I got a lot done and met with a great patron that has several commissions for me so I shouldn't complain.  He showed me pictures on his phone of the Kendall Kessler gallery in his home.  That is always great to see!  He will be adding more when I get the paintings done for him. 

Anyway, I will get back to my Wintergreen painting soon, I hope.  I am really inspired by this one overlook there that is so beautiful. Actually, a pair of old sneakers can inspire me. As I told students, and meant it, it isn't necessarily what you paint, it is how you paint it. 

Be sure to view this week's video above!  I am very pleased with my latest Skyline Beauty paintings!  Lots of vibrant color and expressive brushwork!





Blue Glide  Original  Acrylic  Painting    NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/blue-glide-kendall-kessler.html




Below is one of my most popular Wildlife painting!  It has been  popular on Gift Boxes. The address above is to to the gift box selections on Zazzle. 
The address below the painting listing will take you to the original and print selections on various items.

https://www.zazzle.com/beauty_and_danger_gift_box-135827231682068739


Beauty and Danger  Original  16" x12" Oil  Painting    $640
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/beauty-and-danger-kendall-kessler.html






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I are both amazed at the number of people that are allergic to peanuts these days. I didn't know anyone with that allergy when I was a kid and now they are every where.  We have a mother and three girls at church that are all very allergic to peanuts so we are all careful about what we bring to church for reception food. 

I make brownies that I know are safe and buy organic snacks that do not have peanuts on the label but there are so many labels that say the product may be made with nuts.  Well, that is weird.  Don't they know? 

Some of the parishoners  say they are making sure they won't be in a law suit if a worker is eating peanuts and handles their product. 

Clyde says they are probably so worried that soon we will see this label.  MADE ON THE SAME PLANET THAT HAS PEANUTS! BEWARE!

That ought to keep them out of court!  LOL!














Nearing the Shoals Original 13" x12" Oil Pastel Painting     $342
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/nearing-the-shoals
 
Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Nearing the Shoals!




Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy!




Tulip Burst    Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168
https://www.etsy.com/listing/121253218/tulip-burst-art-10x8-impressionist?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1







I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



Special Promotion of  my most popular Yin Yang  paintings ends on Tuesday!




Yin Yang Flow  Original   acrylic Painting     NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/yin-yang-flow-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Finally Gets to Her Blog...

January 4th, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Finally Gets to Her Blog...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
I can' believe I am just now getting to my blog.  Yikes, what a day!  Too much to do.  I know am like a broken record.  I don't know the meaning of the word bored.  Okay, I know the meaning but it certainly does not apply to me. 

I managed another Youtube that I will upload on Monday, cleaned up, practiced the piano for church tomorrow, went to the store for a bunch of things we really can't do without, fixed dinner but did not do the dishes yet. Made some brownies, spent quite a lot of time on Youtube looking at friend's Youtubes and am just two away from four hundred followers! 

Also sent an email to a patron that wants me to do a number of commissions for him.  Also uploaded another painting in my Simple Variations Collection on my website. 

Did I mention all the dishes I did before they piled up again?  I am one busy artist every day of the week! 

Cheers!





Blue Glide  Original  Acrylic  Painting    NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/blue-glide-kendall-kessler.html




Below is my most popular  Shore painting!  It has been very popular on mugs. The address above the painting is to the mug selections on Zazzle. 
The address below the painting is to the original and print selections on various items.

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395


Marsh View at Pawleys Island  Original  60" x 41" Oil  Painting    $4920
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html


Silver Lining at Pawleys Island Original 22" x30" Acrylic Painting     $1350
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/silver-lining-at-pawleys-island


  Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Silver Lining at Pawleys Island!


Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy!

Porter Mountain in Fall  Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $338
https://www.etsy.com/listing/493763417/porter-mountain-in-fall-art-14-x-11?ref=shop_home_active_28&frs=1








I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 



Special Promotion of  my most popular Yin Yang  paintings ends on Tuesday!




Yin Yang Flow  Original   acrylic Painting     NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/yin-yang-flow-kendall-kessler.html
Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents new painting of Buena Vista...

January 2nd, 2020

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents new painting of Buena Vista...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler!
 
I am really looking forward to starting another Blue Ridge Parkway painting of Wintergreen!  We don't ski but we do like to stay there for short vacations.  Beautiful place, great food and gorgeous overlooks!  This one will be an evening mountain view with an intensely colorful sunset! 

I am sharing more and more of my work here from different sites! 

It has been a long time since I said this so I will repeat myself again since  I have many new followers.  I live to paint but I can't take them with me so I hope in this New Year my Fine Art America friends will consider purchasing an original! 

Time to get to work!






Buena Vista  Original  14" x 11" Oil  Painting    $313
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/buena-vista-kendall-kessler.html




Below is my most popular  Shore painting!  It has been very popular on mugs. The address above the painting is to the mug selections on Zazzle. 
The address below the painting will take you to the original and print selections on various items.

https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395


Marsh View at Pawleys Island  Original  60" x 41" Oil  Painting    $4920
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html




Rolling on New York Original 12" x9" Acrylic Painting     $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/rolling-on-new-york


  Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Rolling on New York!








Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! The address is below!

Blue Ridge Overlook Original 12" x 16" Oil Painting $409
https://www.etsy.com/listing/61226874/blue-ridge-overlook-art-16x12?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1













I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my  most popular lake item  on Zazzle! The addres is to this item on a puzzle!



https://www.zazzle.com/smith_mountain_lake_jigsaw_puzzle-116553169485985959







Special Promotion of  my most popular Yin Yang  paintings ends on Tuesday!




Yin Yang Flow  Original   acrylic Painting     NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/yin-yang-flow-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back Online...

December 30th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back Online...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out my latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 


Glad to be back on the grid!  I had a great time visiting relatives and I hate fighting with my i-pad.  For some reason things just don't work right on it so I just take a break. 

Anyway, be sure to view my latest video requesting subscribers on Youtube!  I am working hard to grow my channel and I will subscribe to anyone that subscribes to me.  I go through my comments list all the time and I like and comment on the videos of those that do the same for me. 
If you are a youtuber, please subscribe!








Below is my most popular  Shore painting!  It has been very popular on mugs. The address below is to the mug selections on Zazzle. 


https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395


Marsh View at Pawleys Island  Original  60" x 41" Oil  Painting    $4920
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes at the address below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html




Blood Hound   Original 8" x10" Acrylic Painting     $170
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/bloodhound


  Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under  Blood Hound.




Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
Be sure to check out originals on Etsy! The address is below.

Mabry Mill  Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $700
https://www.etsy.com/listing/214874264/mabry-mill-art-20x16-original-blue-ridge?ref=shop_home_active_101&frs=1






Hope Everyone has a Great New Years Celebration!






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 Special Promotion one of  my most popular Beach  paintings ends on Tuesday!





Burning Shore  Original   Oil Painting     SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/burning-shore-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Taking a Break from Social Media...

December 26th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Taking a Break from Social Media...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out my latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
I am going off the grid for a few days!  I am going to take a little time off from Social Media and give my fingers  a  break.  Cheers to everyone and I will be back in a few days!

 


Below is my most popular  Skyline Beauty painting  on Zazzle! This time the print is on a puzzle The address is below.
https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_jigsaw_puzzle-116684544452956105


Richmond on the James  Original  Acrylic  Painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html






Heart of Charlotte  Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting     $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/heart-of-charlotte
 


  Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under  Heart of Charlotte!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I need to keep up with technological changes and we are reluctant to do so.  He hates using his phone and still uses a small notebook to record bird sightings. He just uploaded his 30, 000th siting to eBirds at Cornell!  What a dedicated naturalist and hater of computers and phones.  His two volume book on Entymology came with two second volumes and no first so I thought we would have to find the receipt and mail it back. 

Well, for his first time, he took a picture of a code on Amazon and just went to show UPS  the code and they pack and ship it back for free.  That certainly is a new experience for us!  I told Clyde we need to keep up. Not keeping up with technology is like one of our relatives whose spelling is so bad  spell check can't figure his words out.  He gave me a lecture on how ridiculous the rules are which is nothing new and certainly not a good reason to not learn to spell correctly.

Anyway, Clyde came back with the book because our mailing service that has many carriers including UPS is not an official UPS store so they can't use the computer code to help us out.  Clyde will have to travel for thirty minutes to an actual UPS store. 

Now that's a Christmas and Computer Ho Ho Ho!  Argh!





Hope Everyone has a Great New Years Celebration!






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my  most popular lake item  on Zazzle! The address is to this item on a puzzle!


https://www.zazzle.com/smith_mountain_lake_jigsaw_puzzle-116553169485985959











Special Promotion on one of  my most popular Beach  paintings ends on Tuesday!





Burning Shore  Original   Oil Painting     SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/burning-shore-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Running out the Door and Just put them on a Plate...

December 23rd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Running out the Door and Just put them on a Plate...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Painting Demo on Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 
I can't believe how fast last week went!  I think the same will happen this week as I run around trying to get everything done before we take a short trip. 
Looking forward to seeing family and I hope the week doesn't get shot out of a rocket! 


Happy Holidays to all as I run out the door to finish shopping chores!

 






Below is the address to my most popular Skyline Beauty painting  on Zazzle! The link will take you to the Christmas ornament selection!You can't buy this in a store!



https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175756124525179395?context=114714990326056473


Richmond on the James  Original  Acrylic  Painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html






Wild Chicago Ride  Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting     $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/wild-chicago-ride
 


  Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under  Wild Chicago Ride will take you there!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I can't say I like all the political comments on Facebook but I do like the funnies!

I told Clyde about a Santa cartoon yesterday.  Santa is writing a letter to a mother and tells her he received her son's request for a drum set. 
If she leaves a hundred dollars under the cookie tin he will not send the drum set. 

Of course, Clyde had to put in his two cents. Yeah, the kid can use that cookie tin for drum.  That shouldn't be too loud! 

I don't know about that.  She better just put the cookies on a plate.  The tin could be very dangerous in this case!  LOL!












I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 








Special Promotion on my most popular Mountain  painting ends on Tuesday!




A Break in the Clouds Original  40" x 30" Oil Painting     SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with the Popularity of Skyline Beauty Series

December 21st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with the Popularity of Skyline Beauty Series

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
I am so pleased with the popularity of my Skyline Beauty Series and am glad to be working on them again!  Yesterday a great NC patron bought ten Christmas ornaments of Richmond on the James! 

A few days before that the owner of the original painting bought a glass bubble of it and dinner plates of another one he owns of Roanoke Va! 
I just finished my second Austin Texas painting and am getting a lot of compliments on the first one that is pictured in my latest Youtube! 

 






Below is the address to my most popular Skyline Beauty painting  on Zazzle! The address will take you to the Christmas ornament selection! Just copy it and place it in the title bar. You can't buy this in a store!



https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175756124525179395?context=114714990326056473






Star City Whirl  Original 12" x 9" Oil Pastel Painting     $246
 
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/star-city-whirl


  Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under  Star City Whirl will take you there!




Merry Christmas to those that celebrate it and Happy Holidays to everyone else!













I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 


Special Promotion on my most popular Mountain  painting ends on Tuesday!




A Break in the Clouds Original  40" x 30" Oil Painting     SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Finish Christmas Shopping and Now to the Next Mountain Painting

December 19th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Finish Christmas Shopping and Now to the Next Mountain Painting

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out my latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
So pleased to finish Christmas shopping today! I didn't have to wait in line since most people get their shopping done much earlier.  That's the way I like it.  I am trying to get back to a Blue Ridge evening painting but I keep running into obstacles. 

I was thinking I would have to order more expensive oil paint but since I haven't even started I think that will happen in 2020.  Looking forward to Christmas and traveling to see more family after that. 

A friend was so surprised to know that I don't have GPS that I asked at the dealership to show me how to use it.  I didn't see it listed in the instruction book. That's because we don't have it.  That's what I thought.  So now I know.  It is not standard equipment.

Anyway, I am so tired.  Hope everyone has a great Holiday!







Below is the address to my most popular Skyline Beauty painting  on Zazzle! The address will take you to the Christmas ornament selection!You can't buy this in a store!



https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175756124525179395?context=114714990326056473


Richmond on the James  Original  Acrylic  Painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html






Lily glow  Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Painting     $884
 
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/lily-glow


  Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under  Lily Glow!









I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 
If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my second  most popular item on Zazzle! The address is to this item on Christmas ornaments!


https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_ceramic_ornament-175166570515109676
Check out my My Paintings on Ebay 













Special Promotion on my most popular Mountain  painting ends on Tuesday!




A Break in the Clouds Original  40" x 30" Oil Painting     SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Another Print of Richmond on the James and Let Gravity do the Work...

December 16th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Another Print of Richmond on the James and Let Gravity do the Work...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
So pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James!  Memphis Lights was the most popular Skyline painting but Richmond on the James is now number one!  I decided to get back to these popular expressive works and just completed one for Austin Texas that was begun on Youtube! 

Be sure to check it out on my channel!  I usually make very complex color and studies of these skylines but this time I decided to paint a color field one.  I am pleased with the expressive result.  The original and prints are available on my website.
 






Below is the address to my most popular Skyline Beauty painting  on Zazzle! The address will take you to the Christmas ornament selection!You can't buy this in a store!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175756124525179395?context=114714990326056473


Richmond on the James  Original  Acrylic  Painting    SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html



Richmond Ripples  Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting     $246
 
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/richmond-ripples

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under  Richmond Ripples!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We have a cardinal that is about to beat its bird brain right out of his head.  It is seeing its reflection in the window and keeps on clobbering it.  We have tried everything to prevent  this.  We have taped over the window with newsprint. We have posted a hawk but nothing stops this bird from pummeling itself. 

Clyde said maybe it is trying to get in to knock the computer over.

Why would it do that? 

Competition.  More people are on the computer than outside looking at nature. 

Well, it may have to get in line.  I'm about ready to chuck it out the window myself and let gravity do the work so I won't have to anymore.








I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 

If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is my second  most popular item on Zazzle! The address is to this item on Christmas ornaments!


https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_ceramic_ornament-175166570515109676
Check out my My Paintings on Ebay 








Special Promotion on my most popular Floral  painting ends on Tuesday!





Natural Rhythm  Original  40" x 30" Oil Painting     $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell More Prints of Marsh View at Pawleys Island

December 12th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell More Prints of Marsh View at Pawleys Island

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Well, looking forward to Line Dance this afternoon!  Love to dance and we will be performing at Warm Hearth in Blacksburg this Saturday!  I have been reading on the internet that dancing helps to keep our mental faculties going.  I am all for that and it is great exercise and fun!  I highly recommend it to everyone. 

I am so pleased to sell more prints of my most popular shore painting, Marsh View at Pawleys Island to a great Florida patron and a great Radford VA patron! This time the prints are on mugs!   A friend that I have known for a long time spent a lot of time at Pawleys so she bought four mugs for herself and her siblings!  There are a lot of great Christmas ideas on my website and on Zazzle! 




Here is the address to my most popular Shore Paintings  on Zazzle! The address will take you to the mug option!


https://www.zazzle.com/marsh_view_at_pawleys_island_coffee_mug-168328521041507989?design.areas=[zazzle_mug_11_front]&context=114529070928263395



Silver Lining at Pawleys Island Original  22" x 30" Acrylic Painting     $1350
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/silver-lining-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html






Isle of Palms Sunset  Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting     $2430
 
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/isle-of-palms-sunset




More shore beauty!   Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Isle of Palms Sunset will take you there!

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



Special Promotion on my most popular Floral  painting ends on Tuesday!





Natural Rhythm  Original  40" x 30" Oil Painting     $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!





Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Off to the Races and You are not Next...

December 9th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Off to the Races and You are not Next...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
I have accomplished a lot today but the list I made still has a lot to mark off. What a Monday!  I don't have a lot to say today so I think I will just mention we are off to the races!  Hope everyone's week goes well.  I can see it zooming by the window already. Now that is pathetic!  Cheers!
Please check out my latest Kendall Expressions painting!

Also, pleased to sell more prints Richmond of the James to a great Richmond VA patron!  Richmond on the James and Memphis Lights are my most popular Skyline Beauty paintings!




Richmond on the James  Original  Acrylic Painting     Sold
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html


Here is the address to one of the most popular Christmas ornaments on Zazzle!

Memphis Lights Original Acrylic Painting Sold
https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_ceramic_ornament-175166570515109676?design.areas=[circle_front,circle_back]&context=114714990326056473






Pawleys Island Pink on the Beach  Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting     $2430
 
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-pink-on-the-beach


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Pawley's Island Pink on the Beach  will take you there!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have fought a skin condition on my torso for decades.  Some people develop a type of brown mold that is extremely hard to get rid of.  I went to the Dermatalogist many times and took a medicine that did not work and pretty much gave up.  Then I discovered if I use over the counter  tinactin I could get rid of it temporarily.  It would go away for a while and then come back. 

Well a few weeks ago I decided that I was going to try real hard to get rid of it by not missing an application morning or night and keep it up until it was completely gone.  I think I finally go rid of it.

I told Clyde it took thirty years but I finally got rid of that nuisance! 

Uh oh.  I'm next.   

There's some birds and insects out there you haven't seen today. 

I'm on my way.








 





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 
If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is one of the most popular items on Zazzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175404565889681819









Special Promotion on this popular Blue Ridge mountain  painting ends on Tuesday!




Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil painting  $884

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Print of Yin Yang Flow and More Zazzle items

December 7th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Print of Yin Yang Flow and More Zazzle items

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Way too much to do today!  I am overwhelmed! I am so glad that bug that I thought was a 24 hour bug quit after three days. It was very mild except for the first day.  Maybe it was something I ate.  I don't know. 

I am still trying to put out one Demo video a week but I may have to cry uncle. 
This is a lot harder then I thought it would be and I want to concentrate on my Blue Ridge work. 

I do have a good idea that I am excited about if I can get to it with all the other stuff I need to get done.  I am really getting into expressive, coloristic demos and hope to start in a little while.  Hope everyone has a great weekend! 

Maybe one of these days I will see the weekend as different from the week but I doubt it.  Glad to see more print sales on Zazzle!  I have included an address below to one of my more popular items!


Please check it out!
Also, pleased to sell another print of Yin Yang Flow to a great Colorado patron! Address to print options under the painting below!





Yin Yang Flow  Original  Acrylic Painting     NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/yin-yang-flow-kendall-kessler.html


Here is the adress to one of the most popular Christmas ornaments on Zazzle!
https://www.zazzle.com/memphis_lights_ceramic_ornament-175166570515109676?design.areas=[circle_front,circle_back]&context=114714990326056473



Pawleys Island Morning Light  Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting     $894

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-morning-light





Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Pawleys Island Morning Light will take you there!










I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 


If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle!  Here is the address of one of the most popular items on Zazzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/richmond_on_the_james_ceramic_ornament-175404565889681819







Special Promotion on this popular Blue Ridge mountain  painting ends on Tuesday!




Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil painting $884
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell More prints of Sweet Charlotte and Recovering from Bug...

December 5th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell More prints of Sweet Charlotte and Recovering from Bug...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
Well, sometimes workaholics have to take a day off. It is called illness.  I had some kind of 24 hour bug yesterday that had my stomach so upset I couldn't do much.  It is still bothering me today but not nearly as much.

I have done a lot this morning and am going to try to go to Line Dance class this afternoon. Fingers crossed! 

Anyway, I am real pleased to sell two prints of Sweet Charlotte to a great MA patron!  This time the prints are on Christmas ornaments! 
Be sure to check out my work on Zazzle!  Prints on just about anything are available on my website but there are additional items on Zazzle.

Great gift idea!  You can't buy my work on Christmas ornaments in the store!






Sweet Charlotte  Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting     $246
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/sweet-charlotte-kendall-kessler.html




Here is the address to Christmas ornaments on Zazzle!

https://www.zazzle.com/sweet_charlotte_ceramic_ornament-175250577316779675






Charlotte Spiral  Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/charlotte-spiral




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Charlotte Spiral will take you there!










 








I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 

















Special Promotion on this popular Blue Ridge mountain  painting ends on Tuesday!




Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil painting  SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Through a Problem and Committed or Ought to Be...

December 2nd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Through a Problem and Committed or Ought to Be...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler.
 
I am trying real hard not to get so caught up in a problem that has been going on for quite a while. I don't want to get into the details but it is aggravating and I need to keep my mind off of it.  Easier said than done. 

Oh well, we had a great Thanksgiving celebration and I am looking forward to a great Christmas with family and then Duck 2019 with more family!  Shouldn't complain! 

Be sure to check out this week's Demo Youtube !  This time the whole painting was done on film.  I usually change them after I film the Youtube and encourage people to click on the link to see the finished painting but this time I went with the first layer.


Autumn Pond  Original  40" x 24" Oil Painting     $2080
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html





Misty Blue Ridge Autumn  Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/misty-blue-ridge-autumn






Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Misty Blue Ridge Autumn!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Clyde is quite the dedicated naturalist.  He keeps records constantly no matter where he is. 
The other day when we were traveling our son was wondering why he was jotting down bird sightings when they weren't doing research.
I said your Dad is a very dedicated naturalist. 
Clyde chimed in with yeah, committed or ought to be.





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 








 







Special Promotion on my most popular mountain  painting ends on Tuesday!





A Break in the Clouds Original Oil painting  SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Had a Great Holiday

November 28th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Had a Great Holiday

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 
What a great Thanksgiving!  I love to see family in Ferrum!  Hope to see my side of the family soon!  The Kesslers are great people and we always have such a fun time laughing and eating!  I am not a great cook but I am good at brownies and candied sweet potatoes. I have recipes from an old cook book that is excellent! 

People always comment on my fudge brownies.  I only brought home three and they will be gone soon.  Hope everyone had a great day!

 






Porter Mountain in Fall   Original  14" x 11" Oil Painting     $313
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-twirl-kendall-kessler.html







Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top  Original 20" x 16" Oil painting $660
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/autumn-beauty-from-sharp-top




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top!

















 I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



Special Promotion on my most popular mountain  painting ends on Tuesday!





A Break in the Clouds Original Oil painting  SOLD





Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Youtube

November 25th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Youtube

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out my latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler!


I am determined to get a lot of things done today that I was going to do last night but there was a great drama on PBS that I kept trying to tear myself away from and just couldn't.  The Chaperone that was based on the life of a famous actress and dancer Louise Brooks was great!  Loved it! 

I mostly watch DVDS because I can't take all those commercials that seem to get worse and worse.  One of these days the commercials will have more air time than the program.  That's a joke but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened.  Not surprised there are programs that are just one big commercial. 

Anyway, so far no weird things have happened on this Monday.  Smiling and working!  Cheers! Be sure to check out my Monday video!  One a week is tough but I am determined to make it happen!
 






Autumn Twirl   Original  Acrylic Painting     NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-twirl-kendall-kessler.html







Bloodhound  Original 10" x 8" Oil painting $170
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/bloodhound


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Bloodhound!
















 
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



Special Promotion on my most popular mountain  painting ends on Tuesday!





A Break in the Clouds Original Oil painting  SOLD





Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Scratching and Mud Drying Competition

November 23rd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Scratching and Mud Drying Competition

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out my latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


Well, my leg still itches where the deer tick was.  I hope I did not get Lyme disease.  I will call Monday if the doctor's office does not call me. 
Anyway, lots do do. 

I was able to film another Youtube that I will upload on Monday! 
I have been getting a lot of great response to my Youtubes!  I now have 332 subscribers and growing!





Memphis Green  Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting     $246
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/memphis-green-kendall-kessler.html


Paris Edge  Original 12" x 9"Acrylic painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/paris-edge




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Paris Edge!





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Wow!  Today I turned on the TV and was amazed to see two young girls slamming away at a stump with axes!  It was The Timber Sports Competition! 

I had no idea there was something like that.  It really wasn't that exciting to see.  Clyde was especially bored. 

Next thing will be a Mud Drying Competition.  A player will claim my mud is the fastest drying mud this side of the Sahara!

The Mud Drying Competition is definitely next!  Maybe they can include a pig to jazz up the sport!  Maybe the pig could be the judge!  LOL!





 
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 
Special Promotion on my most popular mountain  painting ends on Tuesday!





A Break in the Clouds Original Oil painting  SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print of Richmond on the James and is Amazed at Uninvited Guest...

November 21st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print of Richmond on the James and is Amazed at Uninvited Guest...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Latest Youtube! My channel is Kendall Kessler
 


Yikes!  I practically live in  front of a computer or in my studio and the insect on my thigh was a deer tick!  How in the world did I get a deer tick.  I am hardly ever outside.  I guess one came in to get warm and attached itself to me.  Little stinker. They sure are small. 

Clyde's entomologist friend confirmed it was a deer tick but said he didn't think it had bit me.  Well, then why was there a pretty big crater in my leg with what looked like a tag hanging down that covered the tick?  Anyway, I had blood drawn for the Lymes disease test.  Not taking any chances.   

On an up note I sold another print of Richmond on the James to a great PA patron!  This is my second best selling Skyline Beauty painting.  Be sure to check out that collection!  Also, be sure to click on my latest Youtube below!









Richmond on The James  Original Acrylic Painting     NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html


Richmond Ripples  Original Acrylic painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/richmond-ripples


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Richmond Ripples!








I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





Special Promotion on my most popular mountain  painting ends on Tuesday!





A Break in the Clouds Original Oil painting  SOLD





Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Not Pleased with an Uninvited Guest...

November 18th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Not Pleased with an Uninvited Guest...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Please click on my latest Demo
Youtube of a Lake Sunset! My channel is Kendall Kessler

Oh Yuck!  Saturday night I noticed an itchy place on the back of my right thigh.  It looked like a tag that had become irritated due to scratching.  It was quite red and it looked like there was a little blood around the place where it was attached to my thigh. 

Well, yesterday I took a better look in better light and saw what looked like some little black hairs around it and it looked more like something that was burrowing into my thigh rather than a tag so I tried to pull it and underneath the flesh  was a very small dark insect.  I used a magnifying glass to try to figure out what it was.  I was relieved to see it had antennae and six legs.  Ticks do not have antennae and they have eight legs.  I think it is probably my first bed bug ever. 

My yearly dermatology appointment is tomorrow.  I will get the verdict on that and some other concerns.  It certainly is another Monday with a lot to do and a lot of problems.  On to the others!  We all just march on!  Be sure to click on my new Youtube below that was uploaded today!







Distant Lake Sunset  Original Acrylic Painting     NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/distant-lake-sunset-kendall-kessler.html





Sun in Water Original 7" x 5" Oil painting $75
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sun-in-water


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Sun in Water!








I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 Special Promotion on my most popular floral  painting ends on Tuesday!




Natural Rhythm   Original 40" x 30"  Oil painting   $2430

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!






Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Print of Memphis Lights

November 16th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Print of Memphis Lights

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

 Please click on my latest Demo Youtube of glowing stars! My channel is Kendall Kessler

Technology and me do not mix and it is almost always my fault.  I worked on another Demo Youtube today and it ran too long.  I was just about finished when the beep came on.  Not enough room on the card.  ARGGH!  I knew it was longer than some of my other ones but I didn't think it was that long. 

Oh well.  From now on I will have a clock in front of me so I can make sure it does not run over.  Since the paintings are done in layers I think I will still use this one and just get to the next layer. 

Anyway, I am glad to sell another print of Memphis Lights to a great VA patron!  Sold a lot of prints of this commissioned painting.  It is my best selling Skyline Beauty painting!



Memphis Lights    Original Acrylic painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-lights-kendall-kessler.html


Memphis Reflections 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting     $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-reflections


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Memphis Reflections  will take you there!





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 Special Promotion on my most popular floral  painting ends on Tuesday!




Natural Rhythm   Original 40" x 30"  Oil painting   $2430

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Amazed at Quick Recovery...

November 14th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Amazed at Quick Recovery...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



 
Please click on my latest Demo
Youtube of glowing stars!
My channel is Kendall Kessler


As I have said before, my Yoga Mantra that I keep to myself is, "I hate Yoga, I hate Yoga, I hate Yoga."  I would never tell our great teacher that and I will never stop going to class.  Yoga is so helpful.  Monday I hurt my back and thought I was in for a bad spell.  I took it easy and by nightfall it was hardly hurting at all. 

Tuesday morning the pain was completely gone!  I really think that is because I do Yoga every day.  I don't like doing it at all but I love what it does for me.  I guess I should try a more positive mantra.  Not going to happen.  I would rather be painting or just about anything else.

Anyway, Yoga really does rock!  Maybe one of these days my mantra will be, "Yoga rocks, yoga rocks, yoga rocks!"  I think everyone should force themselves to do it!

Be sure to click on my latest Youtube Demo video!  I am still making one a week!







Star Glow   Original Mixed Media  painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/star-glow-kendall-kessler.html

Sweet Charlotte 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting     $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sweet-charlotte


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Sweet Charlotte!





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 


Special Promotion on my most popular floral  painting ends on Tuesday!




Natural Rhythm   Original 40" x 30"  Oil painting   $2430

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Got Derailed with a Monday Bad Back

November 11th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Got Derailed with a Monday Bad Back

Please Check out My Story on Youtube!
 
Please click on my latest Demo Youtube of glowing stars! My channel is Kendall Kessler


I had big plans for all the things I wanted to do today and then Monday decided to clobber me right in the lower back.  Yikes!  Oh well.  I forced myself to take it easy after I moved one too many things in the studio.

Still sore but feeling better now.  So hard for me to take it easy but thankfully there are so many great DVDS to watch!  Hope I can go to Yoga tomorrow.  Back to resting.  Yuck! 




Star Glow   Original Mixed Media  painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/star-glow-kendall-kessler.html



Washington Wave 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting     $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/washington-wave


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Washington Wave will take you there!





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 








Special Promotion on this popular Smith Mountain Lake painting ends on Tuesday!





Smith Mountain Lake   Original 16" x 20"  Oil painting   $670

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





















 








I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything but the kitchen sink on
Zazzle!
Here is the link!      http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist





Check out my My Paintings on Ebay 

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

If the address  does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!








Special Promotion on this popular Smith Mountain Lake painting ends on Tuesday!





Smith Mountain Lake   Original 16" x 20"  Oil painting   $670




Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Relaxing...

November 9th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Relaxing...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am so tired trying to keep up with all that I do.  Trying to relax and appreciate some quiet time.  So I hope everyone has a great weekend and be sure to check out my new collection, "Simple Variations", on my website! I have another painting uploaded and plan to upload a few more soon.  The second one is pictured here!

Please click on my latest Demo
Youtube of a very expressive floral! My channel is Kendall Kessler


Pink in the Water   Original Acrylic  painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pink-in-the-water-kendall-kessler.html


Washington Lights12" x 9" Acrylic Painting     $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/washington-lights


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Washington Lights will take you there!







I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 








Special Promotion on this popular Smith Mountain Lake painting ends on Tuesday!





Smith Mountain Lake   Original 16" x 20"  Oil painting   $670

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Collection and Very Macho...

November 7th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Collection and Very Macho...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Please click on my latest Demo Youtube of a very expressive floral! My channel is Kendall Kessler

I am pleased to present a new Collection on my Website called Simple Variations!  There are only two paintings there right now but there will be more.  All of my work is loaded with all the colors of the rainbow in small brushmarks and complicated systems of texture.

Some of them are impasto paintings.  Thees painting have a unique surface that has different elevations throughout the painting. 
In this collection I am taking a much simpler approach with just a few colors and none of them are impasto paintings. They are all acrylic paintings on small pieces of paper with a colored paper background. 

Something different!  Very different for me! 

Blue Ridge Pines   Original Acrylic  painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-ridge-pines-kendall-kessler.html


Roanoke in Blue Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting     $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/roanoke-in-blue


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Roanoke in Blue will take you there!





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A few days ago Clyde and I went out for a cup of coffee, just coffee.  It was nice to get away from the computer and relax.  When the waitress brought us the coffee she didn't bring any straws.  When Clyde picked his up to drink it I was surprised.  I always use straws. 

You are going to drink that without a straw? 

Yes. 

I always use straws when I eat out. 

Well, I am a Macho Coffee drinker. 

Okay.  I get the hint. Mucho Macho Muchacho!

Drink away.




 




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 







Special Promotion on this popular Smith Mountain Lake painting ends on Tuesday!





Smith Mountain Lake   Original 16" x 20"  Oil painting   $670

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!





Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Stepping Away from the Computer...

November 4th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Stepping Away from the Computer...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Please click on my latest Demo
Youtube of a very expressive floral! My channel is Kendall Kessler!




It's my Birthday and I am going to step away from the computer and have some fun with my husband! 
Please check out my new Youtube and have a great day!  I know I will!





Orange Curl   Original Acrylic  painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/orange-curl-kendall-kessler.html




Sweet Pea on The Blue Ridge  Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting     $864
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Sweet Pea on The Blue Ridge will take you there!






 
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





Special Promotion on this popular Peaks of Otter Blue Ridge Parkway painting ends on Tuesday!





Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter   Original 24" x 18"  Oil painting   $2430

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/ranges-by-arnold-valley-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist does not Like Chocolate Bread and A Bus would drive up...

November 2nd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist does not Like Chocolate Bread and A Bus would drive up...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please click on my latest Youtube!  I have a new Blue Ridge Parkway Sunset painting! My channel is Kendall Kessler



Well, I made chocolate bread and I don't like it. Not sweet enough for me. I know there are people at our church that do not have the sweet tooth I have so I will take it there for after church reception. I'll bet it will go like hot cakes!

I can' believe I am going to Yoga on a Saturday but my Friday class was cancelled and I really need a class.  I can't make myself do more than twenty minutes of Yoga at home.  I need that teacher telling me what to do for an hour so I can get a good work out. 

I also need to finished a Youtube painting and work on a new Blue Ridge painting.  We workaholics are hopelessly busy.  I need to take a day off.  Yeah, like that is going to happen. 

Oh well.  Happy Weekend everyone!









Blue Ridge Evening Light   Original Oil  painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/blue-ridge-evening-light-kendall-kessler.html




Sweet Pea on The Blue Ridge  Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting     $864
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sweet-pea-morning-on-the-blue-ridge


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Sweet Pea on The Blue Ridge will take you there!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


We had two Trick or Treaters .  Last year no one came by.  I was surprised to have any since it was raining and the wind was howling.  We sure do end up with a lot of candy which is nice. 

I told Clyde we probably  didn't need to buy candy anymore. 

Yeah, if we didn't buy candy a bus with fifty kids would drive up to our house and completely egg it. 

Right. That is why I buy a lot of it every year.







 


 
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



Special Promotion on this popular Peaks of Otter Blue Ridge Parkway painting ends on Tuesday!





Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter   Original 24" x 18"  Oil painting   $2430

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/ranges-by-arnold-valley-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Checking out Chocolate Bread...

October 31st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Checking out Chocolate Bread...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



Please click on my latest Youtube!  I have  new Blue Ridge Parkway Sunset painting! My channel is Kendall Kessler

Wow, try to do something different in the morning and the whole day gets eaten up!  I can't believe I had such a hard time making some chocolate bread using a bread machine!  I had such a hard time finding all the ingredients and then I was shocked when I saw that I didn't have any yeast! I always have yeast because I make my own whole wheat bread. 

Well, this time I dropped the ball and had to go to the store and get some and bring home a pile of mail I had to sort through. Finally got the bread machine going, cleaned up, and am back at my computer post.  I'll bet is would be easier if I made bread from scratch like I used to. 

Oh well, I am looking forward to trying chocolate bread for the first time!




Porter Mountain in Fall   14" x11" Oil  painting $313
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/porter-mountain-in-fall-kendall-kessler.html



Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top  Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting     $640
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/autumn-beauty-from-sharp-top


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top!








I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






Special Promotion on this popular Peaks of Otter Blue Ridge Parkway painting ends on Tuesday!





Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter   Original 24" x 18"  Oil painting   $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/ranges-by-arnold-valley-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to present Youtube and What about that Lizard...

October 28th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to present Youtube and What about that Lizard...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



Please click on my latest Youtube!  I have  new Blue Ridge Parkway Sunset painting! My channel is Kendall Kessler!

Well, I managed to upload another Youtube!  I am pleased that I have managed one a week for a long time!  I didn't get a chance to make a Demo Youtube last week but I wanted to be sure to film one of my latest Blue Ridge Parkway painting. Be sure to click on it!  I have a number of other favorites to show! 

I hate to say is sure is a Monday again but when your favorite hand made ceramic cup decides to break and a piece gashes your thumb, you do have the tendency to agree with Garfield!  It took a very long time to stop bleeding but I don't think I need stitches.  Well, I have managed to get a lot of things done in spite of the wound so can't complain too much. 

Time to get to the next chore and I am looking forward to spaghetti tonight!



 


Morning Color Dance   24" x18" Oil Pastel painting $864
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/morning-color-dance-kendall-kessler.html






Magenta Fall  Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting     $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/magenta-fall


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Magenta Fall!








Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As usual, Clyde and I are complaining about TV commercials.  I am just waiting for the networks to give more air time to the commercials than the programs.  Anyway, we were talking about how great they are for the actors. 

I have heard they get paid a lot. 

Just think of how much money that actress that plays Flo makes! 

That's nothing.  What about that lizard on Geico.  Think of the island that thing probably bought and all the lizards diving off the board of his mansion pool!

I don't really want to picture that.  Not real fond of lizards.




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 

Special Promotion on this popular Blue Ridge Parkway painting ends on Tuesday!




Ranges by Arnold Valley   Original 40" x 30"  Oil painting   $2430

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/ranges-by-arnold-valley-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to present a new Mountain painting...

October 26th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to present a new Mountain painting...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Please click on my latest Youtube!  Watch me paint! My channel is Kendall Kessler

Wow!  I get a lot of bogus friend requests on Facebook and fake messages in the comments section of my artwork but this is the first time the word Spammer in caps was right next to the guy's name. 
Not sure how Fine Art American can determine that.  I would have known anyway by the message but it is nice that they try to prevent scammers from getting their way. 
Anyway, his name is Morgan Eric SPAMMER!  Love it!   I would never contact this guy.



Morgan Eric SPAMMER Hello Good to have you here, I wish to make the first step to know youmore. As  you know I am Eric Morgan and, Ok, The  main  questions  why  I  am looking love in Internet. I am simplytired  of  loneliness and I am try to find my happiness...









Wintergreen Sunset Original  14" x11" Oil painting $313
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wintergreen-sunset-kendall-kessler.html







Overlook near Peaks of Otter  Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting     $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/overlook-near-peaks-of-otter


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Overlook near Peaks of Otter will take you there!








I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




Special Promotion on this popular Blue Ridge Parkway painting ends on Tuesday!




Ranges by Arnold Valley   Original 40" x 30"  Oil painting   $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/ranges-by-arnold-valley-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Heading to the Doctor and Last Words...

October 24th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Heading to the Doctor and Last Words...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please click on my latest Youtube!  Watch me paint! My channel is Kendall Kessler!

I don't usually look forward to a doctor's appointment, but I am anxious to get there today with my husband.  I hope they can give us some great news on his progress.  He is still getting outside to check on migration but he thinks that turtle that was making fun of him has moved on. 

The turtle's last words were, "You try being cold blooded in this weather!"  I can't imagine what that is like but it is cold in the house today.  I think we will be turning on the heat soon. 







Skull Island Original  Acrylic painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/skull-island-kendall-kessler.html





Lion Explosion  Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting     $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/lion-explosion


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Lion Explosion will take you there!





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




Special Promotion on this popular Blue Ridge Parkway painting ends on Tuesday!



Ranges by Arnold Valley   Original 40" x 30"  Oil painting   $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/ranges-by-arnold-valley-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Here for Lunch and Turtle Run...

October 21st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Here for Lunch and Turtle Run...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please click on my latest Youtube!  Watch me paint! My channel is Kendall Kessler



Love my husband but since he has been home sick I am reminded of a saying I often heard from my mother.  I am marrying you for better or worse but not for lunch.  Just kidding!  He is a great, easy to care for, patient. 

I know he would like to get out of the house.  I hope after his doctor's appointment he will be able to do that.  Meanwhile, you can't keep a dedicated naturalist down.  He can hobble out to the backyard for part of the day to check on migration. 

Also, I was able to upload another Demonstration Youtube!  Be sure to check it out!  This one is in the spirit of Halloween!










Man Owl  Original  Acrylic painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/owl-man-kendall-kessler.html









Dragon Stare   Original 18" x 24" Oil Painting     $894
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/dragon-stare




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Dragon Stare!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


In spite of his illness Clyde is managing to sit in a chair and check on migration part of each day.  Hope it does not rain. 

He says a turtle keeps walking by him and telling him to get a move on. 

The turtle said it could outrun him with his shell on backwards.








 


 
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






Special Promotion on my most popular Mountain painting ends on Tuesday!


A Break in the Clouds   Original  Oil painting   SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Quiet Today and Yoga Chant...

October 19th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Quiet Today and Yoga Chant...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



Please click on my latest Youtube!  Watch me paint! My channel is Kendall Kessler


Not much to say today so I think I will just say Happy Weekend!  Hope to have more to say next time.




Monarch Original 21" x 15" Acrylic painting $652
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/monarch-kendall-kessler.html




Owl Stare   Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting     $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/owl-stare


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Owl Stare will take you there!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When Clyde retires and has the time to join me at Yoga class I doubt he will.  I can't seem to keep my mouth shut about my love/hate opinion of it.  I love what it does for my body but I HATE doing it. 

At the beginning of the last class my teacher asked how everyone was feeling.  I said fine but in my mind I said, "Well, I am here in this Torture Chamber so how do you think I feel?  Of course, I had to tell that to Clyde later that day. 

My Yoga chant is, I hate yoga, I hate yoga, I hate yoga. 

Yet, I intend to go to class two days a week and on the other days I have my own smaller practice. I will do this as long as I can. 

Yes, it does that much for you. 








 


 
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




 


Special Promotion on my most popular Mountain painting ends on Tuesday!



A Break in the Clouds   Original  Oil painting   SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy. Husband is Better.

October 17th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy. Husband is Better.

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



Please click on my latest Youtube!  Watch me paint! Mychannel is Kendall Kessler.

Wow!  I am always complaining about lack of time but when there is a family emergency the time really gets shot out of a cannon! This can't be Thursday!  What happened to that awful Monday that got worse on Tuesday and horrible on Wednesday. 

My husband's food poisoning turned into  a much more severe problem that we had to go to the emergency room about.  They were about to keep him overnight when they managed to get his heart rate down so I brought him home to a lot of medical fun.  As Snoopy once said in the great comic strip, "My mind reels with sarcastic replies. 

Anyway, he is better but has to pretty much stay in bed for a while which is the next thing to torture for a naturalist. 

Oh well, he is on the mend and that is great!


Connellys Run Original 30" x 20" Acrylic painting $1230
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/connellys-run-kendall-kessler.html






View from Bridge at Wildwood Park   Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting     $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/view-from-bridge-at-wildwood-park




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under View from Bridge at Wildwood Park!






 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



Special Promotion on my most popular Mountain painting ends on Tuesday!








A Break in the Clouds   Original  Oil painting   SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present a Swan Painting Demo...

October 14th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present a Swan Painting Demo...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



Please click on my latest Youtube!  Watch me paint! My channel is Kendall Kessler


Well, it sure is a Monday!  I think I will run with Garfield.  My poor husband was up most of the night with either food poisoning or the flu.  We are not sure which one.  I am going to go get a flu shot today.  We usually wait a little longer so it will last but I am not taking any chances. 

I got a lot of naps lasts night and so did Clyde.  Oh well.  I always think it is best to emphasize what is good about each day and to be thankful for all the great little things that keep me happy which is why it is time for a tea and toast with jam break!

On the up side I did upload another painting demo!  Be sure to click on it and watch me paint an expressionistic swam this time. Cheers!





Swan Ripples Original Acrylic painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/swan-ripples-kendall-kessler.html





Antler Swirl   Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting     $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/antler-swirl


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Antler Swirl will take you there!






 







 
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





Special Promotion on Monarch on Red ends on Tuesday!








Monarch on Red   Original 22" x 14" Oil painting   $646

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/monarch-on-red-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a Print of Huckleberry Line Trail Rain Pond

October 12th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a Print of Huckleberry Line Trail Rain Pond

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist





Please click on my latest Youtube!  Watch me paint! My channel is Kendall Kessler!

Well, here I am again after doing so many other things.  I actually got out to the store which was great!  I don't like to shop but I have so little time these days that shopping has become a pleasant break! 
Anyway, I have so many chores that I will just say I am so glad to sell a print of Huckleberry Line Trail Rain Pond to a great Montana patron.

This is a very special painting for me.  When I was first married Clyde and I always took a walk in the good weather on Huckleberry Line Trail. At the end of the walk there was a rain pond! I love to stare at water! We sat there for a while. Such a peaceful place! 

It has since dried up but it will always live in this painting!



Huckleberry Line Trail Rain Pond  Original Oil painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/huckleberry-line-trail-rain-pond-kendall-kessler.html







Riverview at Dusk   Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting     $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/riverview-at-dusk


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Riverview at Dusk!





 







 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



Special Promotion on Monarch on Red ends on Tuesday!








Monarch on Red   Original 22" x 14" Oil painting   $646
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/monarch-on-red-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell More Blue Ridge painting Prints and No White House for You...

October 10th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell More Blue Ridge painting Prints and No White House for You...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist




Please click on my latest Youtube!  Watch me paint! My channel is Kendall Kessler.

Well, once again I have been crowned.  Yuck.  Now I have three crowns and the Insurance Company still wants to insist I got them for cosmetic reasons.  Yeah, I want people to see gold teeth when I smile rather than the natural color.  It was either get a crown or lose the tooth.  I think they should fess up and pay for part of that so-called cosmetic procedure.  I had to pay $1086.00.  No insurance coverage at all.

Anyway, glad to sell more Blue Ridge painting prints to mountain dwellers like myself!  A great NC patron bought prints of Blue Ridge Autumn and The Smoky Mountains!  A NC patron owns Blue Ridge Autumn and a NY patron owns The Smoky Mountains but wall art prints and prints on just about anything are available!  Check out the possibilities by checking them out in my portfolio with the addresses under the paintings! 










Blue Ridge Autumn   Original Oil painting SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/blue-ridge-autumn-kendall-kessler.html


The Smoky Mountains Original  Oil Painting SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/the-smoky-mountains-kendall-kessler.html






Porter Mountain in Fall  Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting     $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/porter-mountain-in-fall


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Porter Mountain in FAll will take you there!






 





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A little dark humor this time.

I was joking with Clyde about the next election and told him he would make a great president.

No, but if elected I would make History.

How's that?

I would be the first president to assassinate himself.

Okay, no white house for you unless we paint this one.  Don't think that will happen. I like the brown.
 









I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




Special Promotion on Monarch on Red ends on Tuesday!








Monarch on Red   Original 22" x 14" Oil painting   $646




Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/monarch-on-red-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Print of Reaching Out

October 7th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Print of Reaching Out

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I just uploaded a new Youtube on my latest Demo!  This time the demo is of an expressive owl painting!  This one took a lot of different directions after I filmed it.  I liked what I started with but then when I was working on finishing it I made a lot of changes.  Be sure to check it out! My channel is Kendall Kessler.

I am also pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out to a great NC patron!  Reaching Out is still my number one seller for prints!  It sure has gotten around and will always be part of the set of The Mindy Project sitcom that aired on Foxtv for three years and then on  Hulu for three years!




Reaching Out 18" x 24"  Oil Painting $20,000
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/reaching-out-kendall-kessler.html




Dreaming  Original 18" x 24" charcoal Drawing     $864
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/dreaming





Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Dreaming will take you there!






 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






Special Promotion on Monarch on Red ends on Tuesday!








Monarch on Red   Original 22" x 14" Oil painting   $646

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/monarch-on-red-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is getting into Youtubing and A Pair of What...

October 5th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is getting into Youtubing and A Pair of What...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am really getting into this youtube thing!  It is a great experience to create a spontaneous painting each week while talking about  art.  I have done ten of these and will continue to upload one on Mondays. 

I retired from teaching at Radford University but I still like to express my views on art and hope people get something out of my talks.  There are a lot of misconceptions about art and artists that I like to clear up.  Be sure to click on my videos! My channel is Kendall Kessler

It's all about what I love!





King on a Leaf   Original Colored Pencil Drawing  SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/king-on-a-leaf-kendall-kessler.html




Buffalo Mountain 40" x 32"  Oil Painting $2760
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/buffalo-mountain


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Buffalo Mountain!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is at it again!  What a word nut!  Today he asked me what kind of poetry would Keats have written if he had been identical twins? 

A pair a Keats. 

Oh yes.  Parakeets! 

Now that one is a word and  bird crazy tidbit. 
It is also quite an arggh one! I'm sure you know what I mean!









 







I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 




Special Promotion on Monarch on Red ends on Tuesday!

Monarch on Red   Original 22" x 14" Oil painting   $646




Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/monarch-on-red-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Thinking about Great Films...

October 3rd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Thinking about Great Films...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Been thinking about all the great movies I have seen.  I have quite a collection and even have some silent films that I think are fantastic! 
The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari is  a masterpiece!  The sets are incredible.  I have never seen expressionistic sets like the ones for this film.  A talking remake was made a while back and I need to order that one, too.  They used footage from the first one.  

I like all kinds, but my favorite ones are about friendship.  If you didn't see the wonderful 80's sleeper, My Body Guard, be sure to see it.  We have a program at our church called Faith and Film.  We take turns bringing in films that we think are uplifting.  I think I will bring My Body Guard next.  Love it! 

Anyway, back to my art form.  Be sure to click on my latest youtube with another Center of my Mind painting! My channel is Kendall Kessler. Sometimes I love music without words!  Also, check out the Special Promotion that ends on Tuesday at the end of the post!



Blue Ridge Evening Light   Original Oil Painting  SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/blue-ridge-evening-light-kendall-kessler.html


Ranges by Arnold Valley 40" x 30"  Oil Painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/ranges-by-arnold-valley-40-x-30-oil-painting


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Ranges by Arnold Valley will take you there!






 




 I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





Special Promotion on Monarch on Red ends on Tuesday!







Monarch on Red   Original 22" x 14" Oil painting   $646
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/monarch-on-red-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Wants Life Guards at Claytor Lake

September 30th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Wants Life Guards at Claytor Lake

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Filmed another Youtube !  Please check it out!  My channel is Kendall Kessler.

This one is a Center of my Mind painting!  I am especially pleased with the energetic brushwork!

So glad to not see 90 degrees on my car monitor!  I hope it stays that way for a while. 
I don't like going from Summer to Winter.  I want some Fall weather.  I wish Claytor Lake could employ some Life Guards and open the bathrooms at the swimming area in the Fall.  I could have been swimming for weeks after they closed down. 

Oh well, there is always The Aquatic Center.  One of these days I am going to get up my nerve to go down the high slide!  Looks like such fun for someone like me that never really grew up!



Sliding In   Original Acrylic Painting  NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/sliding-in-kendall-kessler.html





Nebulous PInk  10" x 8" Oil Painting $168

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/nebulous-pink


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Nebulous Pink!






 




 




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 Special Promotion on my Most Popular Lake painting Ends on Wednesday!







Smith Mountain Lake  Original 16" x 20" Oil painting   $670
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html





Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Lost Thursday

September 27th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Lost Thursday

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am so please I filmed another Youtube !  Please check it out!  I am especially pleased with the vibrant color contrast in this one! My channel is Kendall Kessler.

Wow!  What happened to Thursday? I wanted to post this but never got the chance.  Yoga, Line Dancing, Bowling, piano practice, and housework.  Hopefully, today will be a little less hectic.  I wish I would sleep better.  I went to bed at 11:30 and probably actually got to sleep at 12:00 and  up at 6:00.  Gee, I wonder why I am so tired all the time. Back to work.  Cheers for the weekend!  Please check out the Special Promotion below of my most popular lake painting!






Seclusion   Original Acrylic Painting  NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/seclusion-kendall-kessler.html





Shark Beauty  20" x 16" Oil Painting $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/shark-beauty

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Shark Beauty!






 




 I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 


Special Promotion on my Most Popular Lake painting Ends on Tuesday







Smith Mountain Lake  Original 16" x 20" Oil painting   $670
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Finished another Youtube and Fire up the Wok...

September 23rd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Finished another Youtube and Fire up the Wok...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



I am so please I filmed another Youtube !  I am trying to have one a week but it is hard.  I was going for one of my coloristic, whimsical works but I think when I finish it , it will have gentle color contrast and soft modulation of color. 

I truly paint in many different directions and I am making it a point to experiment in my Demo youtubes.  The last two were based on sketches but I thought I would probably get wild with the color.  The puppy one certainly isn't lacking in strong color but it is almost monochromatic.  I did use a limited palette but I didn't use strong color accents like I thought I would. 

Anyway, I should have the latest one up  tomorrow and then I want to make a short youtube on my latest Blue Ridge painting that I am very pleased with! 

Be sure to check them out and my Special Promotion of my most popular floral at the end of this blog that ends tomorrow! My channel is Kendall Kessler.



Terrier Tug    Original Acrylic Painting  NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/terrier-tug-kendall-kessler.html




Blood Hound 10" x 8" Oil Painting $170

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/bloodhound


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Bloodhound.






 




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I love to goad Clyde into saying something that makes me laugh.  The other day I was looking at the menu at a Chinese restaurant that we usually go to once a week. 

I asked him why is there a chicken dish that is called General Tsao's Chicken? 

I don't know.  Maybe it was a general that loved to cook.  After he sent the warriors out he fired up the wok. 

Actually, I looked it up and it was named after a nineteenth general who loved eating it.  So, I guess someone else fired up the wok. Probably his wife. 

LOL!









I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




 
Special Promotion on my Most Popular Floral Ends on Tuesday
Natural Rhythm  Original 40" x 30" Oil painting   $2430

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dodging Kitchen Demons...

September 21st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dodging Kitchen Demons...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I don't care what anyone says.  There are demons in my kitchen. Yes, Mom, I am impatient and move too fast, but the things that happen in my kitchen are ridiculous.  I have tried real hard to slow down but I am always dropping things and I swear trash jumps out of the trash can right after I put it in there. 

I do enough Forward Folds in Yoga in class and in my home practice.  Why do I have to bend down a zillion times when I work in the kitchen?  Like, I said.  There are demons in my kitchen laughing at me!

And who put the caramel sauce on my glasses frame?   LOL! 

Be sure to click on my latest Youtube on my channel, Kendall Kessler, and check out my Special on my most popular floral at the end!










Conch Twirl  Original Acrylic Painting  NFS
https://pixels.com/featured/conch-twirl-kendall-kessler.html




Country Sunset Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $160
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/country-sunset


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Country Sunset will take you there!






 

















I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 


















Special Promotion on my Most Popular Floral Ends on Tuesday!







Natural Rhythm  Original 40" x 30" Oil painting   $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dragging herself to the Dentist...

September 19th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dragging herself to the Dentist...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



Not looking forward to this afternoon. I have to get another crown.  This is my third one and I hope it is the last.  My first dentist was awful and did not see that I had three cavities and one was very bad.  They were discovered after we switch dentists. 

Like a lot of people, as I got older cracks developed in spite of the fillings so it is either get a crown or lose the tooth.  Of course, the gold crown is cosmetic according to the  insurance company  so the cost is very high.  How can a crown be cosmetic in any way? 

Oh well, I will paint this morning, do a lot of computer and house chores and then get on over to an unpleasant procedure. 

Glad to have great people that are willing to work in a mouth.






Smith Mountain Lake  Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting  $670
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html
 



Silver Lining at Pawleys Island Original 30" x 22" Oil Painting $1350
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Silver Lining at Pawleys Island will take you there!






 









I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






Special Promotion on my Most Popular Floral Ends on Tuesday!







Natural Rhythm  Original 40" x 30" Oil painting   $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Puppy Demonstration Youtube

September 16th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Puppy Demonstration Youtube

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Well, it is almost evening and I am still trying to get everything done. Clyde and Alan are up on Rocky Knob leading a Hawk Watch and I am working away. Most of it was work I wanted to do so I can't really complain. 

I finished the second stage of another Blue Ridge painting and played the piano.  I also managed to upload another Youtube!  Be sure to click on it! My channel is Kendall Kessler.

I am really getting into this Youtube thing now! Lots of Youtube buddies to talk to.  I hope everyone has a great Monday!




Puppy Look  Original Acrylic Painting  NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/puppy-look-kendall-kessler.html


Cats Eyes Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/cats-eyes




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Cats Eyes will take you there!





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 








Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday!







Misty Cascades Day  Original 24" x 18" Watercolor painting   $894
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/misty-cascades-day-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is off to the Park

September 14th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is off to the Park

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist





Not much to say today.  It is a beautiful outside!  Maybe Clyde and I can get out to the park and he can continue to try to educate me on birds and butterflies. 
I try but a lot of it goes in one ear and out the other. 

I can draw up a lot of pictures in my mind of what he shows me but the names elude me.  

Time to get to the piano. 
Cheers!  Be sure to click on my latest Demo Youtube!  Watch me paint!  I will have another one up on Monday! My channel is Kendall Kessler




Wildflower View  Original Acrylic Painting  NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-view-kendall-kessler.html






Waving Beauty Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/waving-beauty


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Waving Beauty will take you there!






 

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday







Misty Cascades Day  Original 24" x 18" Watercolor painting   $894
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/misty-cascades-day-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Cranking out the Videos and Oprah Day...

September 14th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Cranking out the Videos and Oprah Day...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My new Youtubes! My channel name is Kendall Kessler!




Still working hard on my Youtubes!  Lots of interesting comments and gaining subscribers every day!   I am especially pleased with my latest one because it is another one that I didn't think would turn into recognizable shapes but towards the end it started to look like wildflowers in front of a sunset!  Also, two butterflies showed up that only needed a painting nudge here and there! Happy Thursday!











Natural Rhythm  Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting  $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/memphis-spin-kendall-kessler.html






Poppies and Lace Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/poppies-and-lace


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Poppies and Lace will take you there!





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I are still going through the Married with Children TV show. I bought all seasons and we have been having a great time watching such a hilarious show!  I still accuse Clyde of writing it and hiding the money somewhere.  The lines are so like the clever quips I hear all the time from him. 

He is not an easy audience.  Once in a while I get him to laugh.  On the show they are always cracking jokes about Oprah and one of my favorite Peggy speeches is when she tried to convince Al she works so hard for him. 

She watches Oprah all day so they will have something to talk about.  She dresses up and takes beauty naps so he will be interested in her.  She spends all his money so he will think he is a good provider.  It is an exhausting, thankless job, but she does it all for him. 

How Katie Sagal said all that with a straight face is beyond me.  Yesterday, when Clyde called to wake me up I told him I found a channel that shows Oprah reruns all day long and I was going to watch them so we could have something to talk about. 

Got a laugh from him that time!










I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday!







Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Story on Youtube!
Not much to say today.  It is a beautiful outside!  Maybe Clyde and I can get out to the park and he can continue to try to educate me on birds and butterflies. 
I try but a lot of it goes in one ear and out the other.  I can draw up a lot of pictures in my mind of what he shows me but the names elude me.  
Time to get to the piano. 
Cheers!  Be sure to click on my latest Demo Youtube!  Watch me paint!  I will have another one up on Monday!
















Wildflower View  Original Acrylic Painting  NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-view-kendall-kessler.html






Waving Beauty Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/waving-beauty


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Waving Beauty will take you there!






 

















I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse   Original   Acrylic  painting  NFS
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Link to this Painting   https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiddling-at-midnights-farm-house-kendall-kessler.html

 




If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything but the kitchen sink on
Zazzle!
Here is the link!      http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist





Check out my My Paintings on Ebay 

www.ebay.com/newriverartist

If the address  does not work, put Kendall Kessler in the search!








Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday







Misty Cascades Day  Original 24" x 18" Watercolor painting   $894




Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.




https://fineartamerica.com/featured/misty-cascades-day-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway






Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/misty-cascades-day-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Slowing down on a Monday

September 9th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Slowing down on a Monday

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



Been lazy today.  Well, lazy for a workaholic.  Cleaned out part of my studio, decided on the composition for the next painting, did dishes and vacuumed the floors.  Not bragging.  I'm sure most people have done more today and I have lounged around quite a bit. 

Not like Peg Bundy, but I have been watching a movie that I started yesterday. Time to get it together and get my computer work done.  Banking and supper is next.

Happy Monday!









Memphis Spin  12" x 9" Acrylic Painting  $246
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/memphis-spin-kendall-kessler.html






New River Trestle  Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-green


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Memphis Green will take you there!

















I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday!

 




A Break in the Clouds  Original Oil painting   SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Fighting Ants and Dream on...

September 7th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Fighting Ants and Dream on...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Wow!  The ants are marching away in our bathroom. The kitchen still has some but they look like they are just wandering around looking for food or their friends.  I guess toothpaste rules.  Masses and masses in the bathroom.

Anyway, between cleaning up my studio and fighting with ants I managed to finish my latest Blue Ridge Parkway painting and uploaded a video on it.  Be sure to check it out!

Happy Week end!







James River Beauty Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting  $313
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-ridge-mist-kendall-kessler.html









New River Trestle  Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/new-river-trestle-1


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under New River Trestle will take you there!





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
 
Soon we will be looking into moving.  We need to work on this house and find one that will suit us. Could be a year or two but we will move.
As I said before, we will not be down sizing as people tend to do when they retire.  We need more room for all of Clyde's research and I hope I can get a bigger studio. 

Yesterday, I said to Clyde that when we move and have more room we may actually accomplish something we never accomplished with this home.

What's that? 

Clean it up. 

Fat chance.  Dream on.
















I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 




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A Break in the Clouds  Original Oil painting   SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Fighting Ants Again...

September 5th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Fighting Ants Again...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



I have been battling ants today.  We have a lot of trouble with ants so I went to work scrubbing the table and floor where they have congregated the most. They are also on the counters and having a big party in the bathroom.  I guess toothpaste is where the action is.

Anyway, I did a lot of the Yoga table top pose today and thought I had done some good.  An hour later they were covering up the table again.  That is when I shrewdly noticed I had not moved the plastic jar of honey.  The trail was leading right to it.  So, got rid of the honey and now there are a few stragglers wondering where the Free Food Festival is. 

Hopefully, we can eat on our table without obnoxious visitors this evening.  Fingers crossed! 

Be sure to check out my latest Youtube. My channel is Kendall Kessler. I am real pleased with my Imaginary Butterfly!  I will have a new one of my regular work up soon  I just completed another Blue Ridge Parkway painting of the James River!




Blue Ridge Mist  Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting  $384
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-ridge-mist-kendall-kessler.html









Sunset on the New River Original 9" x 7" Oil painting $250
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sunset-on-the-new-river


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Sunset on the New River will take you there!


 
 


 













I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday

 




A Break in the Clouds  Original Oil painting   SOLD
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Expressive Butterfly Painting Demonstration

September 2nd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  Presents Expressive Butterfly Painting Demonstration

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Too much to do today so I am going to just say Happy Labor Day while I labor and get on with it.  Be sure to check out this week's Youtube! My Channel is Kendall Kessler. I am very happy with my latest abstract Butterfly painting!  You won't see one like this but it is possible in art which is one of the many reasons I love art!  Since the butterfly painting I uploaded in the last post was so popular I am going to post it again!




King on a Leaf Original Colored Pencil Drawing   NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/king-on-a-leaf-kendall-kessler.html














Monarch  Original 21" x 15" Oil painting $652
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/monarch


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Monarch will take you there!


 
 


 



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




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Morning Color Dance   Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel painting   $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-color-dance-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Butterfly Painting and You can stay...

August 31st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Butterfly Painting and You can stay...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I tried something different this time with my latest Suggestion painting that I filmed and will present on Monday.  I had been covering the surface quickly with a large brush and then spending more time on the second stage after I dried the first stage.  This time I wanted to have more complicate systems of color like my main work so I used a small brush and took more time on the first stage.  A nebulous, and I mean nebulous butterfly seemed to show up so that is what I went with. 

The contrast between the butterfly and the background is not strong, so in the third stage I will separate the two and make it even more complicated.  Love to work with color! More than anything else, my work is about color regardless of the level of abstraction.  Looking forward to finishing the painting and I will have a link to the finished work here and in the description on the Youtube! My Channel is Kendall Kessler

I am up to 191 followers now and hope to greatly increase that number!  Cheers on a Saturday! 
Check out a representational colored pencil butterfly above.  The one I am working on is an imaginary abstract butterfly.









King on a Leaf Original 16" x 20" Oil painting   $660
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/king-on-a-leaf-kendall-kessler.html














Monarch  Original 21" x 15" Oil painting $652
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/monarch


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Monarch will take you there!


 
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


 A long time ago I thought it would be a good idea to buy a small house so we wouldn't fill it up with stuff that we have to get rid of. Well, that didn't work. I have spent years moving things out and we really need more room for all of Clyde's records. 

A lot of his research needs to be in paper form rather than on a computer so, instead of scaling down, we will be scaling up. 
Last night when I made the very short trip from the kitchen to the other end of the house to find my glasses and other things, I thought about what it would be like in a big house. 

I told Clyde I had better sharpen up before we move. 

Well, if you get too sharp you might throw me out. 

No, you and all your stuff gets to stay.

That's a relief.

 













I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 

Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday

Morning Color Dance   Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel painting   $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-color-dance-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Print of Smith Mountain Lake

August 29th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Print of Smith Mountain Lake

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am so pleased with my latest Blue Ridge Parkway painting of The James River!  It is coming along and will be done soon!  One more session with a lot of layers and then I will add it to my portfolio! 

Also, pleased to sell another print of Smith Mountain Lake to a great Virginia patron!  This painting is my most popular lake painting.  Lots of prints have been sold and the original is still available! 

Be sure to check out this week's Youtube below.  To quote the great show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, now for something completely! 
I haven't drawn or painted a toy since I was a kid.  Enjoyed it very much!

My channel is Kendall Kessler.



Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil painting   $660
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html







James River Reflections  Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/james-river-reflections


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under James River Reflections will take you there!






 


 
 






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday

Morning Color Dance   Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel painting   $2430

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-color-dance-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Having Fun with an Elephant...

August 26th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Having Fun with an Elephant...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Whatever happened to paper forms? Today I spent an hour and fifteen minutes trying to straighten out an online service.  The representative was very helpful and she said all the problems I was having with the form was because it is made tricky in an effort to outsmart scammers and imposters.  Yikes!  She helped me fill out the form over and over again as it was refused for one reason or another. 

After an hour I told her I was about ready to open a vein.  She laughed and then apologized for laughing.  I wasn't offended.  It was just a joke but I was trying to indicate how frustrated I was.  I claimed victory and retreated.  Will try again another day.  ARGHHHH! 

Be sure to check out this week's video!  I was in the mood for a Whimsy painting this time and used a fun toy elephant bank my mother-in-law gave us.  She is giving her kids some mementos from their childhood. I think I turned it into an expressive visual experience! My channel is Kendall Kessle




Elephant Fun  Original Acrylic painting   NFS
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/elephant-fun-kendall-kessler.html








Dragon Stare Original   18" x 24" Acrylic painting $894
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/dragon-stare


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Dragon Stare will take you there!






 


 
 I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




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Natural Rhythm  Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting   $2430
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Multi-Art Tasking...

August 24th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Multi-Art Tasking...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Wow! Today at the Grocery store I saw something I never thought I would see again!  Someone was underneath his car working on it!  I said to what appeared to be his wife I was amazed and didn't think anyone knew how to work on a car anymore.  She smiled and said, he can!  She looked very proud.  I don't blame her.  Everything is so complicated today that we need all kinds of help for just about everything we depend on. 

I have no idea how to fix a computer, T.V.,refrigerator, car, etc.  The computer takeover has made it especially difficult for a lot of us.  As I have said before, if they ever computerize a bathroom, I will have to get an out house! 

Anyway, still working hard on some Suggestion paintings,  youtubes, and a new Blue Ridge Parkway painting of the James River! I think I am taking the, I live to paint statement, to new heights or lows depending on how well my feet hold out! 






Misty Cascades Day   Original 24" x 18"  Watercolor  painting   $894
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/misty-cascades-day-kendall-kessler.html







North Albemarle in Mclean  40" x 30" oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/north-albemarle-in-mclean-virginia


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under View from North Albemarle in McLean  will take you there!






 


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 




Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday







Natural Rhythm  Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting   $2430
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Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Progress on new Blue Ridge Parkway painting

August 22nd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Progress on new Blue Ridge Parkway painting

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



I am pleased with the first stage of my latest Blue Ridge Parkway painting of the James.  I love to paint water.  I remember years ago reading about the friendship between Eugene Delacroix and Frederic Chopin.  Delacroix was an amateur pianist as well as a great painter so I am sure they had a lot to talk about. 

In one conversation Delacroix was attempting to explain the mysterious quality of a reflection to Chopin.  I don't think he quite understood but I know exactly what he was talking about.  No matter how clear the reflection is, it is quite different from what it is reflecting.  There is a limpid quality that I love to work with. 
Anyway, so far, so good! 

 




Lodge of The Peaks of Otter   Original 16" x 12"  Oil  painting   $384
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html










View from Wildwood Bridge  40" x 30" oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/view-from-bridge-at-wildwood-park


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under View from Bridge at Wildwood Park  will take you there!






Life with The Word and Bird Man Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I are having trouble remembering things we need to get done.  Calendars don't help.  We forget to look at it so now we hang notes from the kitchen archway and cross them out as we get the chore finished. 

This seems to work for now.  But what happens when we are so used to the note hanging there that we forget to read it?  Not likely but possible. 

Clyde has to have eye medicine that is not optional.  The other day he was worrying about forgetting to get it. 

Maybe if we pin a note to your backside I will be sure to see it and send you for the medicine! 

Well, that takes memory problems to new lows or highs depending on where you pin the note. 
 
 













I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday







Natural Rhythm  Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting   $2430
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Demo Youtube...

August 19th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Demo Youtube...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



  I can't believe I am finally getting to my blog.  I wanted to write something this morning but two many things got in the way.  Oh well, another Monday shot down the drain.  How does Tuesday get here so quickly?

I have started a new Blue Ridge Parkway painting and am trying to video tape the whole process which will take some time.  Then I am going to look into a time lapse version.  Hope that will not be too difficult.

I am pleased to present another Demo Youtube!  I am especially pleased with how this one turned out.  The painting has a cool blue atmosphere that really draws the viewer in!  Be sure to check out the Youtube on my channel and the painting here on Fine Art America!




Conch Twirl   Original  Acrylic  painting   NFS
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/conch-twirl-kendall-kessler.html


















Pawleys Island Atmosphere  40" x 30" oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-atmosphere


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Pawleys Island Atmosphere!






 
 
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday!







Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter  Original 24" x 18" Oil  painting   $864
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Blue Ridge Painting

August 17th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Blue Ridge Painting

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



I am so pleased to sell another Blue Ridge Parkway painting to a great Virginia patron!  This one is of Rock Castle Gorge.  I have a number of paintings of this beautiful section of the Parkway.  It is my favorite section of the Blue Ridge and my most popular mountain painting is A Break in the Clouds which was done from this overlook. 

I use to tease my husband that he should have a mail box there since it is the main place where he researches birds and butterflies and where he has led many Hawk watches over the years.  As always wall art prints and prints on just about anything are available. 

I am also having a great time talking to other Youtubers about my new Demo videos!  Be sure to check out my latest below.  I should have another one up on Monday!




Blue Ridge Evening Light   Original  Oil  painting   SOLD
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/blue-ridge-evening-light-kendall-kessler.html



















Connellys Run  30" x 20" oil painting $1230
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/connellys-run


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Connellys Run!





 
 
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday







Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter  Original 24" x 18" Oil  painting   $864
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking into Buying Caramel Topping...

August 15th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking into Buying Caramel Topping...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


A little frustrated today so I bought some caramel topping to add to my frozen vanilla yogurt.  I am one of those obnoxious calorie counters so my frozen yogurt will not be swimming in it. Hey, it has worked for me since High School and I finally have one convert. 

Clyde lost one pound a week for thirty weeks and has kept it off for two years.  He has no complaints about keeping up with calories.   Now he is as obnoxious as me about it but he wisely just makes his comments to me.  Since he lost weight without starving or giving up much of anything he normally eats he can't understand why others don't do that.

Anyway, too much to do and too little time.  That always gets me down.  We are going to the lake tomorrow so I will get away from all this frustration.  Shouldn't complain.  So many great things in my life to concentrate on and as a friend once said, "What is the use of complaining?  Someone will always complain louder?"  Isn't that the truth? 


Be sure to check out this weeks Demo painting on Youtube  Lots of great compliments on this one!  I am going to try to get another one up in a few days.




Silver Lining at Pawleys Island  Original 30" x 22" Oil  painting   $1350
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/silver-lining-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html









On a Cliff 32" x 14" oil painting $936

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/on-a-cliff




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under On a Cliff!




 
 
 I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday!







Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter  Original 24" x 18" Oil  painting   $864
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Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Demo Youtube and The Aliens Among Us...

August 12th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Demo Youtube and The Aliens Among Us...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


My ankle is better so look out lake!  I am going to zoom through my work and get on down there.  The summer will be over soon and I love swimming there.  Please check out my latest Demo youtube below! Watch me paint!   I am uploading a new one today!  I had no idea 12 minute youtubes took so long to upload.  My older ones range between 1-3 minutes.  Anyway, I am going to celebrate Monday!


Hope everyone has a great week!








Evening Light from Sharp Top  Original 12" x 9" Oil  painting   $246
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/evening-light-from-sharp-top-kendall-kessler.html








Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/ranges-by-arnold-valley-40-x-30-oil-painting


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Ranges by Arnold Valley!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Dirty Dishes, dirty dishes, dirty dishes.  When I was young a friend that had just gotten married said dirty dishes breed like rabbits.  I spend so much time washing dishes that I want to start slinging them out the window. Not a smart thing to do.  Today Clyde did the morning dishes while I got ready for church and did some computer chores.  After lunch they were piled up again. 

I told him that maybe my friend was right.  They multiply. 

I think some of the dirty ones sneak outside and then come back in when we aren't looking. 

How can they sneak outside?  We would see them. 

Maybe they have some sort of invisibility cloak. 

Arggh!  Maybe the real aliens among us are in our cabinets?  Yeah, sure.  Time to do more dishes.
 
 











I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 
Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday

Natural Rhythm  Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting   $2430
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% off regular price!




Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Watched a Movie...

August 10th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Watched a Movie...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I had visions of getting to the lake today and then my foot with either tendinitis or Achilles Bursitis started acting up.  Oh well, I am going to relax and watch a movie.  Not just part of it, all of it!  That will be fun! 


Hope everyone has a great weekend! 





Blue Ridge Evening Light  Original 12" x 9" Oil  painting   $246
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/blue-ridge-evening-light-kendall-kessler.html










Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/ranges-by-arnold-valley-40-x-30-oil-painting


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Ranges by Arnold Valley!






 
 






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday

Natural Rhythm  Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting   $2430
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Painting Demonstration Videos and Special Promotion...

August 8th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Painting Demonstration Videos and  Special Promotion...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



Racing with the clock again!  So much to do.  I can't imagine having a lot of time to just goof off and watch TV.  I watch a little TV for breaks but not much.  I love movies!  So glad they can be paused so I can watch them over days. 


Anyway, I am going to start another Blue Ridge painting and shoot another Suggestions painting video today and tomorrow.  I am going to videotape the Blue Ridge painting and see if I can combine many videos of it for a timelapse one.  That will be way in the future but the Suggestions one will be up soon! 

I am getting great compliments on these Demo videos on Youtube!  Be sure to check them out!  The newest one is below and I started a playlist on my channel. 

I haven't had a Special Promotion up for a while so I decided to put one up today!  Check it out!  40% off regular price of my most popular floral, Natural Rhythm with a 30 day money back guarantee that includes the shipping fee!




Bosc  Original Acrylic  painting   NFS
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/bosc-kendall-kessler.html







Light Swirl on Apples Original 9" x 12" pastel painting $246

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/light-swirl-on-apples


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link Light Swirl on Apples  will take you there!






 
 
I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 


Special Promotion Ends on Tuesday

Natural Rhythm  Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting   $2430
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Youtube and Still Time to Vote for my Work

August 7th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Youtube  and Still Time to Vote for my Work

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Who shot Monday out of a cannon!  I can't believe how little I got done today so now I have to do it now.  Well, what happened was I escaped and went shopping for shoes at the mall.  The only shoe store Radford had closed so now I have to travel to Christiansburg. 

I hate to shop but it was great to get out and the store had a terrific sale!  I got new sneakers and two pairs of dress shoes!  Yes!  I was in and out of there so fast I had time to go get a new blouse! 

So, I finished my third Demo Youtube! I am really getting into these and adding paintings to my Suggestions collection on my website!  A win, win!   Please check it out and click on the link to the finished painting in the Youtube description!






Bosc  Original Acrylic  painting   NFS
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/bosc-kendall-kessler.html




The Contest voting was extended to August 8th!

The billboard contest is still on!  Please vote for my work!



The company that handles my print sales is hosting a billboard contest and I would greatly appreciate your votes!  The contest ends July 31st!  Here are the popular paintings I entered and the links to the contest are directly below the image! 


I didn't realize until people started notifying me, but FAA requires voters to set up an account.  It is free and you can cancel at any time.  Also, if you ever want a print of mine on just about anything, FAA is the place to go!  My work is great for gifts for the person that has everything.  You can't buy a yoga mat with my artwork on it in a store!  Check it out!
 
Thank you!
 

https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=134245
A Break in the Clouds   Original Oil  painting  SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html







https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=115371
Marsh View at Pawleys Island  60" x 41" Acrylic painting $4920

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html







https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=145891
Fall on the New River  Original Soft Pastel painting SOLD


Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fall-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html


















Cheers  12" x9" oil   painting   $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/cheers


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under  Cheers  will take you there!






 
 













I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Finished Latest Blue Ridge painting and Still Time to Vote for my Work

August 2nd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Finished Latest Blue Ridge painting  and Still Time to Vote for my Work

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I finished my latest painting, Evening Blue Ridge Light, but I still hadn't uploaded the first stage which is actually the second stage.  I forgot to take files of the first.  Anyway, I think it turned out very well and will add it to my portfolio soon!  The second stage is below and be sure to check out my latest Demo Youtube on New River Artist channel!

 




The Contest voting was extended to August 8th!

The billboard contest is still on!  Please vote for my work!



The company that handles my print sales is hosting a billboard contest and I would greatly appreciate your votes!  The contest ends July 31st!  Here are the popular paintings I entered and the links to the contest are directly below the image! 


I didn't realize until people started notifying me, but FAA requires voters to set up an account.  It is free and you can cancel at any time.  Also, if you ever want a print of mine on just about anything, FAA is the place to go!  My work is great for gifts for the person that has everything.  You can't buy a yoga mat with my artwork on it in a store!  Check it out!
 
Thank you!
 

https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=134245
A Break in the Clouds   Original Oil  painting  SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html




https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=115371
Marsh View at Pawleys Island  60" x 41" Acrylic painting $4920


Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html







https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=145891
Fall on the New River  Original Soft Pastel painting SOLD


Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fall-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html













Blue Ridge Evening Light  Stage One 12" x 9" oil painting   NFS
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/evening-blue-ridge-light-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html
Morning Color Dance  24" x18" oil pastel  painting   $864
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/evening-blue-ridge-light-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under  Morning Color Dance  will take you there!






 
 













I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Racing the Clock and Last Day to Vote for my Work

July 31st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Racing the Clock and Last Day to Vote for my Work

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I will be posting my newest Rock Castle Gorge painting in a few days!  Hope to get the first stage uploaded today.  Racing with the clock!  Cheers!

 




Last day!
The billboard contest is still on!  Please vote for my work!



The company that handles my print sales is hosting a billboard contest and I would greatly appreciate your votes!  The contest ends July 31st!  Here are the popular paintings I entered and the links to the contest are directly below the image! 


I didn't realize until people started notifying me, but FAA requires voters to set up an account.  It is free and you can cancel at any time.  Also, if you ever want a print of mine on just about anything, FAA is the place to go!  My work is great for gifts for the person that has everything.  You can't buy a yoga mat with my artwork on it in a store!  Check it out!
 
Thank you!
 

https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=134245
A Break in the Clouds   Original Oil  painting  SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html





https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=115371
Marsh View at Pawleys Island  60" x 41" Acrylic painting $4920


Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html







https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=145891
Fall on the New River  Original Soft Pastel painting SOLD


Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fall-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html




 Magenta Fall  14" x 11" oil painting   $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/magenta-fall




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under  Magenta Fall  will take you there!






 
 













I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with New Blue Ridge Painting and Demo Youtube

July 29th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with New Blue Ridge Painting and  Demo Youtube

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Wow! Hardly any arm wrestling this time!  The painting of Rock Castle Gorge is really coming together without aggravation!  Always great to have this kind of experience.  Sometimes they are so difficult I want to scream and do!  I don't think I scream loud enough for neighbors to hear me. 

Anyway, I will have it in my portfolio soon and please check out my second Demo Youtube on New River Artist.  Most of my Youtubes are so short they don't take much time to upload.  This one is 18 minutes long and it took forever.  I only film two stages and the last stage is done without filming it.  
Be sure to click on the link in the description to see the finished painting!
 




The billboard contest is still on!  Please vote for my work!



The company that handles my print sales is hosting a billboard contest and I would greatly appreciate your votes!  The contest ends July 31st!  Here are the popular paintings I entered and the links to the contest are directly below the image! 


I didn't realize until people started notifying me, but FAA requires voters to set up an account.  It is free and you can cancel at any time.  Also, if you ever want a print of mine on just about anything, FAA is the place to go!  My work is great for gifts for the person that has everything.  You can't buy a yoga mat with my artwork on it in a store!  Check it out!
 
Thank you!
 

https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=134245
A Break in the Clouds   Original Oil  painting  SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html





https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=115371
Marsh View at Pawleys Island  60" x 41" Acrylic painting $4920


Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html







https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=145891
Fall on the New River  Original Soft Pastel painting SOLD


Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fall-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html




 


Morning Stroll  40" x 30" oil painting   $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under  Morning Stroll  will take you there!






 
 













I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with New Blue Ridge Painting and Please Vote for my Work

July 27th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with New Blue Ridge Painting and Please Vote for my Work

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out My Demo Video on Youtube! My channel is New River Artist

I am so pleased with my new Blue Ridge painting of Rock Castle Gorge!  It isn't finished so I may be taking that back but I hope not.    I am half way through the second layer and it is really coming together!  I will have a new Youtube of my latest Suggestion painting up tomorrow! 
Rolling along, getting things done!  Have a great weekend everyone!  I am off to a Baby Shower on this beautiful Saturday!





The billboard contest is still on!  Please vote for my work!



The company that handles my print sales is hosting a billboard contest and I would greatly appreciate your votes!  The contest ends July 31st!  Here are the popular paintings I entered and the links to the contest are directly below the image! They will have to be put into the title bar.


I didn't realize until people started notifying me, but FAA requires voters to set up an account.  It is free and you can cancel at any time.  Also, if you ever want a print of mine on just about anything, FAA is the place to go!  My work is great for gifts for the person that has everything.  You can't buy a yoga mat with my artwork on it in a store!  Check it out!
 
Thank you!
 

https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=134245
A Break in the Clouds   Original Oil  painting  SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html





https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=115371
Marsh View at Pawleys Island  60" x 41" Acrylic painting $4920


Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html







https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=145891
Fall on the New River  Original Soft Pastel painting SOLD


Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fall-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html




 Apple and Pear Twirl  20" x 9" acrylic painting   $360
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/apple-and-pear-twirl

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under  Apple and Pear Twirl  will take you there!






 I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Suggestions Paintings

July 26th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Suggestions Paintings

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



Please check out my first Demo Youtube! My channel is New River Artist. Watch me paint! I  just finished a new one and will have it up in a few days.  I want to get more attention on Youtube and I think Demo videos are very popular. 

I love my Suggestion series and am also in the second stage of a new Blue Ridge painting.  I have a number of ideas for new ones and then I have another idea that I think will be popular.  Busy, busy, busy!





The billboard contest is still on!  Please vote for my work!



The company that handles my print sales is hosting a billboard contest and I would greatly appreciate your votes!  The contest ends July 31st!  Here are the popular paintings I entered and the links to the contest are directly below the image! 


I didn't realize until people started notifying me, but FAA requires voters to set up an account.  It is free and you can cancel at any time.  Also, if you ever want a print of mine on just about anything, FAA is the place to go!  My work is great for gifts for the person that has everything.  You can't buy a yoga mat with my artwork on it in a store!  Check it out!
 
Thank you! The links are below but they have to be put into the title bar.
 

https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=134245
A Break in the Clouds   Original Oil  painting  SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html


https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=115371
Marsh View at Pawleys Island  60" x 41" Acrylic painting $4920

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/marsh-view-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html



https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=145891
Fall on the New River  Original Soft Pastel painting SOLD


Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fall-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html



 


Flower Backyard   40" x 30" oil painting   $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/flowery-backyard


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under  Flowery Backyard will take you there!






 
 





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present First Demonstration Video and Killing Kryptonite

July 22nd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present First Demonstration Video and Killing Kryptonite

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Please Check out Kendall Kessler Demonstrates a Vibrant Sunflower painting on my New River Artist Youtube channel!

I am happy to present my first Demo Youtube!  It is rather long so I may look into those speeded up ones I see other artists do.  In this one I did the first two stages of a Suggestion painting. 

In these works I paint in an abstract expressionist manner and then look to see if some vague form shows up.  Then I pull it out.  It is a great experience and prints are available.  I don't sell the originals because I use very inexpensive paint and paper for this series. 

The wall art prints and prints on just about anything are archival and great!  I am going to try to make one a week to get more attention on Youtube.






Memphis Spin  12" x 9" acrylic painting   $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-spin


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under  Memphis Spin!





 
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Clyde and I have a lot of criticisms for certain TV shows.  There are many we like and many we can't stand to watch for a minute.  When one of those comes on, I say. 

Oh no! Kryptonite! 

That show would kill kryptonite. 

A show can't kill kryptonite

That one would shoot kryptonite into outer space faster than the speed of light. 

Here's the remote.  You find something.








I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James

July 19th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


So pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James to a great Georgia patron!  This certainly is a very popular painting from my Skyline Beauty series that I hope to get back to soon! Right now I am working on a demo Youtube and new Blue Ridge paintings.  I always love to return to the Blue Ridge for inspiration and the painting experience is different every time. 

The atmosphere is so elusive and the constant push and pull of warm and cool colors always mistify  me.  I agree with Claude Monet that we can't really reproduce nature due to the constantly changing atmosphere but it is a great experience to try.  It is always, first and foremost a creation of mine.  I express myself in my work. 

I do not labor over nature. 

I love nature and use it in my paintings, not the other way around!

Richmond on the James Original Acrylic painting  SOLD









Charlotte Spiral  12" x 9" oil painting   $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/charlotte-spiral




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under  Charlotte Spiral!






 













I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back and Ask the Bear...

July 16th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back and Ask the Bear...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist




Back from vacation!  We had a great time!  I love not cooking, not cleaning, and not doing the laundry! 
Not having to do those things puts a capital "V" in vacation!






 





 Lodge at The Peaks of Otter  12" x 16" oil painting   $384
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/the-lodge-at-the-peaks-of-otter
 


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under  Lodge at The Peaks of Otter!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have become very worried about black bears.  The population is thriving and Clyde has had encounters with them over the years when he worked part time with the Forest Service. 

I decided to buy those bear sprays just in case he or I ever have a bad encounter with one. 

On our vacation there were signs to be sure to tie up trash.  Help us to keep our bears wild. 

Before we went out to take some pictures I asked Clyde if he had figured out how to use the spray.  He said no and would just ask one of the bears how to use it. 

Arggh!  He hates to drive but has no fear of bears.  Go figure!
 











I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


 


Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Took a Detour and Please Vote for My work.

July 11th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Took a Detour  and Please Vote for My work.

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I sure am taking the detours lately.  I started a Blue Ridge painting and then decided to try again for a demo Youtube with a Suggestion painting.  It turned out to be too long for my camera card so I just finished the first stage of it and will add it to my portfolio.  Soon I will get back to my new Blue Ridge painting. I am looking forward to doing a few more from areas along The Blue Ridge Parkway that I will be traveling this weekend!

Seclusion Stage One Original Acrylic painting NFS
This new Suggestion painting is not in my portfolio yet, but will be soon!

The company that handles my print sales is hosting a billboard contest and I would greatly appreciate your votes!  The contest ends July 31st!  Here are the popular paintings I entered. The links have to be put in the title bar.

https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=134245

https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=145891

https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=115371

I didn't realize until people started notifying me, but FAA requires voters to set up an account.  It is free and you can cancel at any time.  Also, if you ever want a print of mine on just about anything, FAA is the place to go!  My work is great for gifts for the person that has everything.  You can't buy a yoga mat with my artwork on it in a store!  Check it out!
 
Thank you!
 



Lodge at The Peaks of Otter  12" x 16" oil painting   $384
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/the-lodge-at-the-peaks-of-otter
 


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under  Lodge at The Peaks of Otter  will take you there!







I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a




Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 



 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Today!


40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!



 
 


460 Original 11" x 24"    Oil  painting  $313
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/460-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.


 



Jumbled Up Wildflowers  Original 12" x 9"    Oil  painting  $246
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/jumbled-up-wildflowers-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the  40% discount.
 




 Beauty and Danger Original  20" x 16" Acrylic  Painting $670
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available by Clicking on the link below
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beauty-and-danger-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Begin New Youtube and Please Vote for My work

July 8th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Begin New Youtube and Please Vote for My work

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to be working on a new Blue Ridge painting!  I was going to paint it in acrylics but now I think it would work better in oils which is always my favorite choice of medium! 

I want to make a completely different type of Youtube so I am putting the painting on hold and am going to demonstrate one of my Suggestions paintings!  I hope I can do that with my voice as background but if it turns out to be real long I am going to speed it up the way I see a lot of artists doing these days. 

Looking forward to getting started!










A Break in the Clouds   Original Oil  painting  SOLD

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-break-in-the-clouds-kendall-kessler.html











Spring Rapids on The New River Original 14" x 11" oil painting   $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/spring-rapids-on-the-new-river


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under  Spring Rapids on The New River!



 















I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 
 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Thursday!


40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!



 
 


460 Original 11" x 24"    Oil  painting  $313
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/460-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.


 




Jumbled Up Wildflowers  Original 12" x 9"    Oil  painting  $246
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/jumbled-up-wildflowers-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the  40% discount.
 




 




Beauty and Danger Original  20" x 16" Acrylic  Painting $670
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available by Clicking on the link below
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beauty-and-danger-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Begin New Blue Ridge painting and Please Vote for My work

July 6th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Begin New Blue Ridge painting and Please Vote for My work

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist





I am so pleased to be working on a new Blue Ridge painting!  I was going to use it for a demo Youtube but I don't think it would work out that well as a video so I am going to try another approach.  Still, I have a great start on it in the first layer and will get back to is as soon as I can. 



















Sunset Near Fancy Gap
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sunset-near-fancy-gap


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under  Sunset Near Fancy Gap  will take you there!




 















I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 
















 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Thursday!


40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!



 
 


460 Original 11" x 24"    Oil  painting  $313
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/460-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.


 




Jumbled Up Wildflowers  Original 12" x 9"    Oil  painting  $246
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/jumbled-up-wildflowers-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the  40% discount.
 




 




Beauty and Danger Original  20" x 16" Acrylic  Painting $670
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available by Clicking on the link below
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beauty-and-danger-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Three Paintings in a Billboard Contest Please vote for them

July 2nd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Three Paintings in a Billboard Contest   Please vote for them

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

The company that handles my print sales is hosting a billboard contest and I would greatly appreciate your votes!  The contest ends July 31st!  Here are the addresses to the popular paintings I entered!

Thank you!

Also, I am pleased to be back to my favorite and most popular theme, The Blue Ridge Mountains!  I have a new evening painting in the works that I am going to put on a fast action video!  It will be a while before it is available on Youtube.Thank you!



A Break in the Clouds
https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=134245


Marsh View at Pawleys Island
https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=115371


Fall on the New River
https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=145891














Clouds over The Blue Ridge
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/clouds-over-the-blue-ridge


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Clouds over The Blue Ridge!



People really liked my last Life with The Word and Bird Man so I thought I would print it one more time!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day I had just gotten off the floor from my yoga mat when Clyde came in and kissed me. 

How nice!  A  handsome man walks in the room and kisses me. 

Who? When? 

You, you boob, just now.

You said handsome. 

You are handsome. 

Then why is the mirror on strike and the older one crashed to the floor? 

It is not on strike and no one caused the other one to come crashing down. No one was near it when it happened. 

Yeah, it was thinking about me when it keeled over. 

I think I will get back on the yoga mat.











I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 


















 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Thursday!


40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!



 
 


Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.


 
Mabry Mill in Fall  Original 20" x 16"    Oil  painting  $670
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mabry-mill-in-fall-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.
 




 




Yin Yang Flow Original  Acrylic  Painting  NFS
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available by Clicking on the link below
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/yin-yang-flow-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 36" x 36" canvas print for the 40% discount.


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Did Yoga at the Lake and It was You, You Boob...

June 29th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Did Yoga at the Lake and It was You, You Boob...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist




I am real pleased with  my latest Center of my Mind painting!  I don't have a file of it yet but I will get one soon.  I actually got away from the computer today and did some Yoga on a dock right next to Claytor Lake with my teacher and some other class mates!  Then we had a great lunch and now I am back in front of this screen. 

So good to get away!   








Turning Inward   Original 9" x 12"  Acrylic painting  $246

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available at the address below.


https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/misty-cascades-day-kendall-kessler.html
 






Charlotte Spiral  12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/charlotte-spiral


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Charlotte Spiral!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day I had just gotten off the floor from my yoga mat when Clyde came in and kissed me. 

How nice!  A  handsome man walks in the room and kisses me. 

Who? When? 

You, you boob, just now.

You said handsome. 

You are handsome. 

Then why is the mirror on strike and the older one crashed to the floor? 

It is not on strike and no one caused the other one to come crashing down. No one was near it when it happened. 

Yeah, it was thinking about me when it keeled over. 

I think I will get back on the yoga mat.











I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 















 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Thursday!


40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!



 
 


Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.


 




Mabry Mill in Fall  Original 20" x 16"    Oil  painting  $670
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mabry-mill-in-fall-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.
 




 




Yin Yang Flow Original  Acrylic  Painting  NFS
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available by Clicking on the link below
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/yin-yang-flow-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 36" x 36" canvas print for the 40% discount.


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Prints of Misty Cascades Day...

June 27th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Prints of Misty Cascades Day...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Still haven't gotten to the second stage of my latest Center of my Mind painting.  I did include the first stage in my Youtube!  Please check it out on !  The name of the channel is Kendall Kessler. I am trying to post a Youtube every week to get more attention for my work there.  Youtube is a hard nut to crack.  Some people actually make a great living with their videos just by posting them there. 

I can't imagine that!  I have looked at a number of these very successful channels and sometimes I can see why but sometimes I am amazed at their success.  I guess I shouldn't be this honest but I'll bet there are others that would agree with me.  Oh well, I keep trying to get viewers for my channel but it is difficult.  Too many other things to do and the most important task is to keep painting so that is next on the list. 

I am real pleased to sell prints of Misty Cascades Day to a great Minneapolis MN patron!  This time the sale was for greeting cards!  I mostly sell original paintings and wall art prints but my work can be purchased on just about anything.  Click on the link under Misty Cascades Day  and look to the right for all the possibilities.  Cheers!









Misty Cascades Day   24" x 18"  Watercolor painting  $894

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/misty-cascades-day-kendall-kessler.html
 






Stroubles Creek  40" x 12" Acrylic painting $2025

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/stroubles-creek


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Stroubles Creek!







I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a







Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Today!


40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!



 
 


Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20"    Oil  painting  $670
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the  40% discount.







Lodge at Peaks of Otter  Original  12" x 16" Oil  painting  $384
 
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html 


Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.
 




 




Eagle Fire Original  Oil  Painting  SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available by Clicking on the link below


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist hates Her Mind Reel and Information Super Highway

June 24th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist hates Her Mind Reel and Information Super Highway

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


My strong visual memory is bugging me as usual.  My mind is a photo album on steroids.  Everything and everyone is always flipping through my head and I wish I could stop it but maybe that is a price artist's pay for their ability to create.  I don't know.  It would be interesting if someone did  a study on it.  I know it is the reason I have a hard time listening to someone that says more than one or two sentences.  I get distracted by what is going on in my mind.  I use to try to convince people that think all artists are crazy they were wrong.  Now, I am not so sure.  Oh well.  I may be nuts but I am a well functioning nut and I can't wait to get into the studio!


 I now have the final stage of Twisters on my website!





Twisters 9" x 12" Acrylic painting

Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/twisters-kendall-kessler.html?newartwork=true




 






Memphis Reflections  12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-red


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Memphis Reflections!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Anyone that knows my curmudgeon husband knows he does not like technology.  I am sure I have mentioned that his solution to computer problems is to open the window and let gravity do the work.

Well, with all the aggravation with our printer, cache, and other assorted problems he has a new solution.

Tie the computer to a rope and drag it down the street.  Call it the Information Super Highway and watch it crunch.






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 



 









 Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Thursday!


40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!



 
 


Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20"    Oil  painting  $670
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the  40% discount.





Lodge at Peaks of Otter  Original  12" x 16" Oil  painting  $384
 
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html 


Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.
 




 




Eagle Fire Original  Oil  Painting  SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available by Clicking on the link below


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway










Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Begin Final Center of my Mind painting...

June 22nd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Begin Final Center of my Mind painting...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Looking forward to the last Center of My Mind painting!  After this one I will move on to something else.  I love all levels of abstraction but I like representational the best.  Thinking of either a floral or a large landscape.  Not sure yet.  This last Center of My Mind painting will be 18"x24".  The others are 9"x12". 
Be sure to check out my latest Youtube at the top!  I am putting out one a week now in an effort to gain more attention on Youtube! 
Below is the final stage of Twisters.  What a color feast!


Twisters
9" x 12" Acrylic painting





 






Memphis Red  12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-red


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Memphis Red!


 











I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 






 


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Thursday!


40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!



 
 


Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20"    Oil  painting  $670
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the  40% discount.




Lodge at Peaks of Otter  Original  12" x 16" Oil  painting  $384
 https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html 


Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.
 




 




Eagle Fire Original  Oil  Painting  SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available by Clicking on the link below
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out

June 20th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am real pleased to sell another  print of Reaching Out to a great United Kingdom patron!  This print sure gets around!  It is my best-selling print and I am happy to see it reach so many different places! It will always be seen on The Mindy Project, a sitcom that ran for three years on FoxTV and three years on Hulu! 




Reaching Out Original 18" x 24"    Charcoal Drawing  $20,000
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/reaching-out-kendall-kessler.html


 






Repose Original 24" x 18" Acrylic painting $864

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/repose




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Repose!


 











I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Today!


40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!



 
 


Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/ranges-by-arnold-valley-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.







Bisset Park  Original  40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430
 https://fineartamerica.com/featured/rehoboth-beach-houses-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the  40% discount.
 




 




Lion Explosion Original  16" x 20" Acrylic  Painting  $670
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available by Clicking on the link below
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/dream-horse-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print for the 40% discount.


Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Away and They don't make them that big....

June 18th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Away and They don

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Still working on Music without Words paintings and looking forward to one more, this time a large one with a lot of depth.  I know that the illusion of depth is the main reason I like to work from nature most of the time. 
Since I like that effect in my representational works I think it will be a good idea to incorporate depth in a non-figurative one.  I have some ideas in my head and I hope to start tomorrow.  Today has been a whirlwind of computer work that is still not done.  Hope to get finished soon but I usually work in the evenings, too. 
Oh well, this is the life I have chosen.  If I could give up painting I wouldn't be working so hard to promote it but I can't give it up so back to promo! 
Cheers!


Twisters Original 9" x 12"    Acrylic  painting  NFS
Prints on Wall Art, Household items, and Clothes available by clicking on the link below.


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/twisters-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html


 






Memphis Green Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-green




Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Memphis Green!


 
Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Yesterday I was washing dishes when I remembered I did not have my glasses on.  I can't get them clean without my glasses.  I was so surprised when I remembered they were on my head I had to run and tell Clyde. 


Clyde, I now know for sure there is hope for me. 

You got a big enough shovel to send me out the door? 

No, I remembered I had my glasses on my head and didn't run all over the house to find them. And they don't make shovels that big. 

Maybe you can take two snow shovels and attach them together. 


Too much work.  Back to the dishes.






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!



Please check out Clyde's book!


The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse

 
 





 














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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Bisset Park  Original  40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430
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Lion Explosion Original  16" x 20" Acrylic  Painting  $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway is Pleased with Music without Words...

June 15th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway is Pleased with Music without Words...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Such beautiful weather!  This must be what it is like in Hawaii!  I still want hotter swimming weather but this will certainly do for now! 

I now have Turning Inward on my website!  I really do like to work this way for a while.  The colors seem like jewels sifting around misty systems of colors and brushwork.  They truly are visual music!


Turning Inward  Original 9" x 12"    Acrylic  painting  $246
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Charlotte Gold Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246

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Bisset Park  Original  40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430
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Lion Explosion Original  16" x 20" Acrylic  Painting  $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to see the Sun

June 13th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to see the Sun

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

So happy to see the sunlight!  I hope it lasts but I think more rain is coming. 
I am pleased with my new Center of my Mind paintings!  Here is the third one in the first stage. 
The others stayed in the first stage but I think I am going to change this one quite a bit.  Prints of the first stage will be available but I want to try something different with this one.  I hope it works out!





Twisters Stage One   9" x 12"  Acrylic   painting  NFS








Monumental Flare  10" x 8"   Oil  Painting  $168
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Mabry Mill in Fall Original 20" x 16"    Oil  painting  $670
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Rehoboth Beach Houses  Original  Oil  painting  SOLD
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Dream Horse Original  16" x 20" Acrylic  Painting  $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Staring at the Rain...

June 10th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Staring at the Rain...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Still staring at the rain.  I will be glad when the sunny weather comes back.  I am having a hard time getting any artwork done right now due to various family matters.  But I did photograph my latest Center of My Mind painting in the first stage which may be the last stage.  We'll see. 

Anyway, it is pouring outside and I hope it lets up when I go to Line Dance Class.  I do Yoga twice a week and love it when the little clock the teacher uses is visible.  Can't wait to namaste right on out of there.  It does great things for the body but I don't like it. 

I wonder if there are people that do Yoga and actually like it.  One of the students in the class likes to say we should start with a Yoga nap. We never do.  I guess that is his nirvana that will never be realized in class. 
LOL!





Turning Inward Stage One   9" x 12"  Acrylic   painting  NFS








Blue Accent 10" x 8"   Oil  Painting  $168
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Mabry Mill in Fall Original 20" x 16"    Oil  painting  $670
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Rehoboth Beach Houses  Original  Oil  painting  SOLD
 
 
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Dream Horse Original  16" x 20" Acrylic  Painting  $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at the Rain and It is named Bump...

June 8th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at the Rain and It is named Bump...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day.  It rained yesterday and it is supposed to rain for the next few days and stop on Thursday.  Glad I got to the lake once.  It is always tricky to swim in the lake due to rainy days this time of year.  We need the rain but it would be nice if it just rained at night.  Oh well.  I will return before the end of the season. 

I can see why people want to live by the ocean but the weather at most beaches does not just include rain, it is scary, home wrecking stuff.  Glad there is a beautiful lake fifteen minutes from my house.  Yea New River Valley!  Love it! 

I decided not to change my latest Center of my Mind painting.  I started another one and may leave it in the first stage, too.  Check it out!  Blue Streak is now on my portfolio and wall art prints and prints on household items and clothing are available!





Blue Streak   12" x 9"  Acrylic   painting  $246
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Eliptical Fall 10" x 8"   Oil  Painting  $168
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Yesterday we were on our way to the library.  It is a great library but the parking lot is a tricky one.  I am always looking over my shoulder when I park or leave it. 

Anyway, as we were approaching the parking lot Clyde pointed out the Slow Cross walk sign. 



Watch out. That cross walk moves very slowly.  You don't want to hit it.   

And it is named Bump.  Don't let it bump you. 

We made it.  No injuries.

Life with a wacko writer.












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Mabry Mill in Fall Original 20" x 16"    Oil  painting  $670
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Rehoboth Beach Houses  Original  Oil  painting  SOLD
 
 
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Dream Horse Original  16" x 20" Acrylic  Painting  $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Music Without Words...

June 5th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Music Without Words...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Such a beautiful Monday!  Not too hot and there is a nice breeze coming through the window.  A brown thrasher is digging under the brush where the bushes are.  It is making quite a lot of noise as it looks for food.  This time of the year the birds around the house are very loud.  Sometimes in the mornings they wake me up with shrill calls.  We have so many trees and bushes and many of them are building nests.  Glad to be of help. 


I put the finishing touches on my current nude paintings and I am considering working on some abstracts.  Music without words!  I mostly sell paintings and prints with recognizable subject matter but sometimes it is a great experience to create works that people either like or don't like just based on their visual reaction to the colors and textures. 


Looking forward to starting these!





Spiral   Acrylic   painting  NFA
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Nebulous Pink 10" x 8"   Oil  Painting  $168
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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 24" x 18"    Oil  painting  $864
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New River Trestle  Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430

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Tiger Lean Original  Oil   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Abstract

June 5th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Abstract

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Started my first new abstract painting and am going to start another one before I go to the second stage of the first one.  It is always hard to know when to say a painting is finished but I find it is especially hard when there isn't any recognizable subject matter. 

As I said last time, these paintings are like music without words but when are there enough notes and are they working together?  Anyway, here is Blue Streak Stage One.  It may change, it may not, but it will be included in my portfolio.





Blue Streak Stage One   Acrylic   painting  NFS








Color Fingers 10" x 8"   Oil  Painting  $168
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New River Trestle  Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430

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Tiger Lean Original  Oil   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Feeling Blue

June 1st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Feeling Blue

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
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I am again saddened by another mass shooting.  This is crazy and I am so sorry for the loss of innocent lives.  I don't know what the answer is but I am bothered that the thought of being killed by an imbalanced person where ever I go is always in my mind. 

This did not happen when I was young.  No one thought someone would just start shooting people at a place of business, school, or anywhere else.  I wish there was a way to stop this madness. 

In the great movie, The Dresser, in one scene the main character played by the late Albert Finney gave theater tickets to a man that had just lost his home.  He told him he hoped they would bring him some comfort.  I hope that my paintings that are always meant to be uplifting bring some comfort to people.

On a happier note, I finished Standing Shadows and it is now on my website.  The original is available as are wall art prints and prints on just about anything. 

I hope everyone has a pleasant weekend.





Standing Nude   24" x 18" Acrylic   painting  $846
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Liberty Original 10" x 8"   Oil  Painting  $168
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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 24" x 18"    Oil  painting  $864
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New River Trestle  Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430

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Tiger Lean Original  Oil   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Going Swimming

May 29th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Going Swimming

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I have the second stage of Standing Shadows completed and am pleased with the intense mood of this work.  The girl looks as if she is holding herself for security but she is about to walk off the podium into the shadows.  Pleased with the strong emotive effect that is accentuated by vibrant color contrast.  I think this one will be the last one for a while.

There will be one more layer but it may not look that different.  I achieved what I wanted to achieve with these new nudes and now I want to move on to something else. 

Time for a break!  Going to the lake before it rains.  The warm weather ends so quickly that I am determined to get to the lake as much as possible. 
Cheers on a beautiful Wednesday!





Standing Nude Stage Two  24" x 18" Acrylic   painting  NFS
 









Seated Beauty Original 12" x 9"  Acrylic  Painting  $246
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Ranges By Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Natural Rhythm   Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430

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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original  Oil   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Progress on Latest Painting

May 27th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Progress on Latest Painting

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am having a great time working on my latest addition to my Beautiful Nudes series!  I keep wondering when it is going to start aggravating me.  It is in acrylics and acrylics don't usually aggravate me the way oil paint does.  Don't misunderstand.  I love to paint and I really do live to paint but it isn't easy.  If it were easy I think it would be boring and I would give it up.  It is always a new experience that challenges all that I am as an artist. 

It is such an intense mind experience.  As long as I can stand up I will paint.  I know many people think artists sit and some do but most do not because they have to walk back and forth and see how the work looks at a distance.  It shouldn't only exist up close.  We want the experience to carry far into a space. 

Time to get into that space and get to work!




Repose Original 24" x 18" Soft Pastel  painting  $864
 
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A Beautiful Moment Original 24" x 18"  Oil  Painting  $670
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Natural Rhythm   Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430

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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original  Oil   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Likes Fridays and Four out of Five are....

May 24th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Likes Fridays and Four out of Five are....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Such a beautiful evening!  I work all the time but I still think Friday nights are special.  The temperature is just right and the birds are singing.  I look forward to joking around with Clyde after I do a few things on the computer. 

He is always good for a laugh!  Cheers everybody!  Hope you have  a great weekend!





View from Bridge at Wildwood Park Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430

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Creek Bridge Original 24" x 18"  Oil  Painting  $884
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is a much tougher audience than I am so I am always pleased when I come up with something that makes him laugh. 

I am so tired of hearing all the claims made by drug companies. Tonight one was using the four out of five people that use their drug get the results they claim they will get. 

I said four of five people that used that drug are dead. 

Clyde chimed in with, and the fifth one is in a coma. 

Wow! Mean spirited tonight!  Just joking around.











 



















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Ranges By Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Natural Rhythm   Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430

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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original  Oil   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Rushing Around in Circles

May 22nd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Rushing Around in Circles

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Still trying to get to my latest painting. Yikes!  Too many other things to do with computer work and house repairs.  I have an appointment at 11:00.  Hope I can back to it after that.  Running around in circles.  It seems like Monday turns into Friday with the snap of my fingers.  I wish I could slow down time, at least a little.  Here is the first stage again.  It will change quite a bit in the next stage.





Standing Shadows  Stage one Original 18" x 24" Acrylic  painting  NFS

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Pawleys Island Atmosphere  Original 40" x 30"  Oil  Painting  $2430
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Ranges By Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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460  Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313

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A Break in the Clouds Original  Oil   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Beautiful Nude Painting and Not you...

May 20th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Beautiful Nude Painting and Not you...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Not much to say today but, as always, too much to do so I will say cheers and get to it all!  Have a great Monday!
Here is the first stage of my latest addition to my Beautiful Nudes series!




Standing Shadows  Stage one Original 18" x 24" Acrylic  painting  NFS

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Memphis Green   Original 22" x 30"  Acrylic  Painting  $1350
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

What we have here is the failure to communicate. 

Clyde never misses an opportunity to turn one of my requests into a joke. 

With the acquisition of our latest car, I decided we, that especially includes my two guys, were not going to junk it up with trash that ends up under the seat and I get the fun job of getting it out.  I would have been shot into the middle of next week if I pulled that stunt on my parents. 

Anyway, when we got back from our NC wedding trip we had a little trash from the trip so my first remark before exiting the car was I am going to be sure to get this trash out. 

Don't worry. I am getting out. 

Droll.  Very droll.








 



















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Ranges By Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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460  Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313

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A Break in the Clouds Original  Oil   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking at the Rain...

May 18th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking at the Rain...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Lots of rain today.  I have never minded rainy days.  They are quite peaceful if there isn't a storm going on. 

I am still adding paintings to my Beautiful Nudes series.  So far I have been working on 9" x 12" ones but I decided to work on a large one.  I always like to work on big paintings. 

I remember hearing an artist on TV say size is only measurement but I don't agree.  I like all sizes but I prefer the vista of a large work, especially for landscapes.  The bigger the better! 

I am glad for all the print options these days.  Patrons can get huge prints of my work and I do have some very small works that are not for sale due to the quality of the paper and paint.  The prints are great and archival!





Side Street   Original Acrylic  painting  SOLD

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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island  Original 22" x 30"  Acrylic  Painting  $1350
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Ranges By Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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460  Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313

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A Break in the Clouds Original  Oil   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back from a Beautiful Wedding

May 14th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back from a Beautiful Wedding

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Hi Everyone!  I am back from a great wedding.  We all had a wonderful time!  The ceremony was beautiful, the food was fantastic, and I enjoyed meeting friends and family of the bride and groom! 

Wonder, the painting below is a portrait of the groom I did years ago. Thomas is my nephew by marriage. The couple is honeymooning in Jamaica.

Wonder  Original Oil  painting  SOLD
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Flower Girl  Original 8" x 12"  Watercolor  Painting  $202
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Ranges By Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Natural Rhythm  Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Lion Stare Original 14" x 11" Oil   Painting  $313
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at a Broken T.V. and Walking to Afghanistan...

May 9th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at a Broken T.V. and Walking to Afghanistan...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

More Fall of the House of Kessler. We are waiting on a plumber to give us an assessment on pipe replacement.  We still have a  hole in our son's room where the massive leak destroyed a large section.  Now the TV we had hooked up to cable decided to completely die.  We thought it might have to do with the cable service. 

It would come on but only show the symbol for the brand but not go to any channels.  The only way we could get rid of the symbol was to unplug it.  Well, the cable service provider came over today and pronounced it dead.  Now where do we bury it?  I don't want to pile more junk up.  I was hoping it could be fixed.  Oh well, time to get a new one.

Beach Houses at Pawleys Island  Original Oil  painting  SOLD
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Pawleys Island Evening Original 40" x 30"  Oil   Painting  $2430
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Our printer can be very irritating.  Sometimes when I turn it on it is ready to print and other times it boops and beeps for a very long time before printing.  I told Clyde I could knit an entire Afghan before it would print. 

He said he could walk to Afghanistan, maybe have to use a row boat here and there, but still be back before it started to print. 

I think he is right. I hope I can get the prints I need before someone writes my obituary. 


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Ranges By Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Natural Rhythm  Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Lion Stare Original 14" x 11" Oil   Painting  $313
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at Inner Tubes

May 6th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at Inner Tubes

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

It is heating up outside and I am looking forward to blowing up my inner tubes and going to Claytor Lake!  Love swimming there!  Alan and I do some laps and then we spin around in our tubes.  The temperature is climbing and I am looking fondly at my swimming suit. 

Last week I went to the Aquatic Center for the first time in many months.  It is so hard to find time to get over there but I did it last Wednesday which turned out to be high on my list of worst days ever.  Irritations galore plus bad news from a relative made me look forward to Thursday. 

Oh well, we all have bad awful days like Grover from Sesame Street.  I read Grover's Bad Awful Day to Alan many times and I often think of the solution.  Go get a ice cream sundae and cheer up!  I had a caramel creme yogurt bar instead but it was great!



Canoes at Mountain Lake  Original Oil  painting  SOLD
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Mountain Lake Reflections Original 30" x 20"  Oil  Pastel Painting  $1230
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Ranges By Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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A Break in the Clouds  Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Eagle Fire Original Oil   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Bull Dozing Paper work...

May 3rd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Bull Dozing Paper work...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Wow! I try so hard to organize everything but sometimes I feel like I am on a sinking ship without a life boat.  I have a huge section of documents on one of my shelves that I can't put in the computer room because that room is filled with Clyde's Naturalist and Poetry documents.  The closet and three book shelves are loaded. 

So, today I decided to play Librarian.  I sorted through everything and placed them in sections and typed out a document with the list of what is there starting on the left side and ending on the right side.  Hopefully that will help so I won't groan big time when I need to find something. 

I remember a long time ago I bought an organizing gift for my Dad since he was covered up in documents.  He, of course, thanked me and then said, "Now where am I going to put it?"  These days everything can be on a computer but we have to have paper back up so the paper chase goes on!

Pawleys Island Atmosphere Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430
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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30"  Oil  Painting  $2430
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Ranges By Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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A Break in the Clouds  Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Eagle Fire Original Oil   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Looking out the Window

May 1st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Looking out the Window

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Trying to get away but it is hard.  So much to do but I would like to get down to the Aquatic Center.  Haven't been there in a long time.  I am not a great swimmer but there is more to life than Line Dancing and Yoga.  I am stretched out so it is time to pick up the pace and do some laps.  Not the most exciting thing to do but definitely a good thing to do.Looking forward to lake swimming soon! 

Maybe I can get out right after lunch and before grocery shopping. 

Here's to moving fast!

Silver Lining at Pawleys Island Original 30" x 22" Oil  painting  $1350
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Bloodhound Original 8" x 10"  Oil  Painting  $168
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Ranges By Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Break in the Clouds  Original Oil Painting SOLD
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 Eagle Fire Original Oil   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking out the Window

April 28th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking out the Window

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Such a gorgeous day!  Clyde and I got out for a walk in beautiful Bisset Park yesterday!  Glad to get away from work for a while.  Can't do it today but hope to soon.  Clyde is a one-man educator.  I always learn about birds, butterflies or plants when I walk with him.  I wish everyone had his interests. 

I think if children were taught more about nature they would appreciate the world more and get off their phones.  I liked it better when we didn't have to take a phone with us.  In the house and on street corners was fine with me.  Oh well, we can't stop progress but sometimes I am not so sure what we are told is progress- is progress. 

Time to get off the soap box and work in the studio.



Bisset Park Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting  $2430
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Rushing Water Original 20" x 16"  Oil  Painting  $670
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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Snail Kite  Original 11"x 9" Mixed Media Painting $209
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In Charge  Original acrylic   Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway is Pleased with Latest Painting and More Big Foot

April 26th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway is Pleased with Latest Painting and More Big Foot

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am very pleased with my latest Beautiful Nude painting! I had the first stage on my website but it turned out so well that I just replaced the file with the finished painting that was not much different from the first stage.  Sometimes they really come together without a lot of torment.  I hope the next one that I just started works out that well.  I have my doubts from the first stage. Not real happy with it.

Oh well.  Never give up and don't let painting drive you nuts.  That is my motto!



Kneeling   Original 9" x 12" Acrylic  painting  $246
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/kneeling-kendall-kessler.html
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART



460 Original 14" x 11"  Oil  Painting  $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/460

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under 460 will take you there! 




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
I don't have anything from Clyde today but since some of Alan's friends used to tease him and call him Big Foot, I thought he would like a joke I saw on Facebook. 

Under a picture of Big Foot tramping through the Forest there is this caption.  Leave the camp site without a trace. 
If Big Foot can do it, so can you. 

Love it!  So did Clyde.


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address! https://goo.gl/rV7F9a





Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 


Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.




Snail Kite  Original 11"x 9" Mixed Media Painting $209
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/snail-kite-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  



In Charge  Original acrylic   Painting  SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/in-charge-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Loves her new Table and Not Crocked...

April 23rd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Loves her new Table and Not Crocked...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to own an adjustable table for my computer!  Now I can stand up rather than get all stiff in a chair!  The table can easily be adjusted for sitting or standing. I highly recommend it!  They say sitting at a computer is the new smoking. 

I much rather stand to work!  I have always had good feet.  Not as good as they used to be, but they still keep me up! 

Here is the first stage of my new Beautiful Nude!  It is working out very well!  I don't think this one will be an art arm wrestling match. Hope I am right!



Kneeling  Stage One  Original 9" x 12" Acrylic  painting  NFS
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/kneeling-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART


More Trios  29" x 20" Oil Pastel Painting  $1190
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/more-trios



Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under More Trios!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have been looking for a wedding gift for a  great nephew and bride and I decided a fancy crock pot would be a good one.

When Clyde called to get me up I mentioned that to him.

How about a crock?

You say you are crocked? 

You know I don't drink. 

A crock pot for Thomas and Sophie. 

OH.  Glad to know you haven't taken up drinking.

Not yet.  Give me time.  You may give me a reason to start. 

Wish I could go back to sleep. 

Well, since you don't need an eye opener, get up. 

Bye.  Go bug someone else.




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the addressk! https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address! https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Sunday!

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  




Wildflower Current  Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.



Snail Kite  Original 11"x 9" Mixed Media Painting $209
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/snail-kite-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  






In Charge  Original acrylic   Painting  SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/in-charge-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Celebrating Easter

April 21st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Celebrating Easter

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Happy Easter to those that celebrate it! My hairdresser was selling easter eggs to benefit a church so I bought one.  It was a maple one and fantastic!  I am eating a little each day.  Haven't had an Easter egg since I was a kid getting my own basket.  Great memories of those days.  Loved the Easter egg hunts.  I'll never forget one that my Dad gave when I was very young.  I don't remember who it was but a real nice boy was worried I wouldn't find any so he pointed out some to me.  What a nice guy! 

Anyway, for Christians this is a great day of celebration!


Around the Sun  Original 8" x 10" oil  painting  $168
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/around-the-sun-kendall-kessler.html
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART



Radford Library Butterfly Garden  15" x 25" Acrylic Painting  $952
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/radford-library-butterfly-garden


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Radford Library Butterfly Garden!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Today! 40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  





Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.




Rehoboth Beach Houses  Original Oil Painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  




Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" oil   Painting  $670
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/snail-kite-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print for the 40% discount.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with New Wix website and Out Back...

April 17th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with New Wix website and Out Back...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Well, I managed to send out my first Wix newsletter without too much screaming at the computer.  You would think this sort of thing would be easy, but I am definitely computer challenged.  I didn't quite get it the way I wanted it to be but it was sent out and received.  I don't know how to see who opened it yet but I will stumble around until I find that info. 

I did have some bounced emails so I will have to clean up my list.  I sometimes wonder if the bounce is correct.  I have had some bounce on one newsletter and then open in the next.  Maybe their email box was too full.  Oh well, I will remove the bounced ones or Wix will get mad at me.  If you are signed up for my newsletter and you don't get one from Wix once a month, let me know and I will re-add you address. 

I will alternate with my Fine Art America newsletter which is quite a different format and includes print options. 

Now, for the most important part of my work, below is the final version of Alone which I am very proud of!  I don't mean it to be a sad painting, just a pensive one.



Alone Original 9" x 12" acrylic  painting  $246
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/alone-kendall-kessler.html
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART




A Naturalist Original 7" x 5" Oil Painting  $500
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/a-naturalist

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under A Naturalist  will take you there!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A while back my sister was asking about our Subaru Forrester.  If it were up to me we would get a cheap car but Clyde is better at purchasing things than I am.  I look at the price tag, he looks at the car so we got a good one.  She was considering buying one but she thought she would like something a little bigger so she bought a Subaru Outback. 

Clyde said that is so she can keep it out back and take up the whole field.  She has a few acres.  We don't.

Her name is Sue so her husband calls the new car Sue'sbaru.




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!https://goo.gl/rV7F9a







Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address! https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Sunday!40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  






Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.





Rehoboth Beach Houses  Original Oil Painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  




Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" oil   Painting  $670
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/snail-kite-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print for the 40% discount.



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with New Wix website

April 14th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with New Wix website

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
I am getting it together with my Wix website!  I may be computer challenged but I eventually figure things out.  Sometimes I can find the answer on Google and sometimes I just wander around until I get what I want.  I will be sending out my first newsletter later today if I don't run into any more glitches! 
If you would like to get a newsletter from me, be sure to let me know!  I only have originals for sale on Wix but I am considering their offer to sell prints.  I will continue to sell prints on Fine Art America.  I know they do a great job.  I have ordered cards and am very impressed with the quality of the image.  I send out a newsletter every two weeks so I am going to alternate between Wix and Fine Art America.  Hope that works out. 

Cheers on Palm Sunday if you celebrate it!


Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" oil  painting  $2430
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html 
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART



Sailboat Sunrise Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting  $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sailboat-sunrise

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Sailboat Sunrise  will take you there!




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address! https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  




Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Today!40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  



Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.




Lodge at The Peaks of Otter  Original 12" x 16" Oil Painting $364
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  



Lion Stare Original 11" x 14" oil   Painting  $313
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/snail-kite-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.



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Blue Ridge Parkway is Appreciating the Advantages of Acrylics

April 12th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway is Appreciating the Advantages of Acrylics

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am really getting into Acrylics these days. I can remember a time when I just didn't like them at all.  The fast drying time didn't work well with the way I used to paint but now I can pretty much make paint sit up and beg.  I will always like oils the best but now the fast drying time of acrylics is an asset to certain types of my paintings. 

Since I am working on some expressive nude paintings I am pleased to be able to paint many layers in the first stages.  The colors are strong and sometimes a water medium is great!  No smell of mineral spirits.  Anyway, check out the first stage of my new nude!  I don't have a title for it yet and it is not on my website but it will be soon!

Untitled Nude Acrylic painting  Kendall Kessler





Changing Original 18" x 24" charcoal drawing   $894
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/changing


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Changing  will take you there!




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address! https://goo.gl/rV7F9a




Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  





Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.



Lodge at The Peaks of Otter  Original 12" x 16" Oil Painting $364
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  





Lion Stare Original 11" x 14" oil   Painting  $313
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/snail-kite-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has New Youtube and Grammar Police...

April 9th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has New Youtube and Grammar Police...

Blue Ridge Parkway


I am having such a hard time getting to my Wix site due to all the other internet stuff I do that I may take a break from Wordpress for a while and see if I can get a blog going there.  My wix site is free right now so I probably won't get much traffic but I want to get it going before I upgrade.  I think I need to be more centrally located to get more exposure for my artwork.  It is a beautiful day and I was able to begin another Beautiful Nude painting that I will add soon.  I am not happy with the first stage so I am going to wait until the next layer before adding it.  I love to work with the figure!



Around the Sun Original 8" x 10" oil painting $168Kendall F. Kessler
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/around-the-sun-kendall-kessler.html

Poppies and Lace  Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/poppies-and-lace





Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Poppies and Lace!

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I think I have mentioned before that I have always had trouble with grammar.  I thought those line diagrams sentences were too weird to understand and simile and metaphor don't make sense to me.  No one can be a pig.  They can be like a pig but they can't be a pig.  Anyway,  I also have big time problems with not ending a sentence with a preposition.  Who are you going with? makes much more sense to me than With whom are you going? 

Clyde came up with a good one. Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. 

Yikes!  I think I will continue to hide out from the Grammar Police.




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address! https://goo.gl/rV7F9a





Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  in the search! 


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Today!40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  




Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.




Lodge at The Peaks of Otter  Original 12" x 16" Oil Painting $364
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  




Lion Stare Original 11" x14" Oil Painting  $313
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/snail-kite-kendall-kessler.html



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Enjoying the Warm Weather

April 7th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Enjoying the Warm Weather

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so glad to have some warm weather!  Such a long winter and my skin has dried out so much it itches.  My doctor said I may have some eczema so I am going to buy some hydrocortizone.  Lots to do today but I hope I can get out for a walk.  Hope it does not rain. 

I don't have anything from The Word and Bird Man but I did see a great funnie on Facebook. It was a picture of a ground hog singing into a mike.  The lyrics were, I am nothing but a ground hog, lying all the time!  That is for sure!

Be sure to check out my Specials on large canvas prints that end today.  I always have three popular selections but I leave one up for a while.  I will take down Wildflower Current soon.  Don't miss out on the 40% reduced price!


Flower Field Original oil painting  SOLD
Kendall F. KesslerWall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/flower-field-kendall-kessler.html





Waving Beauty Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/waving-beauty

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Waving Beauty!





I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Today!
40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  





Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.


Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter  Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  



Snail Kite Original 11" x 9" Mixed media  Painting  $208
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/snail-kite-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Short on Time and The Fall of the House of Kessler...

April 4th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Short on Time and The Fall of the House of Kessler...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Busy, busy day!  Sometimes I feel like I am running on a treadmill, especially on Thursdays!  I have to fit in all my computer chores with Yoga, Line Dancing, and Bowling.  Right now I have to practice the piano.  It is great to be paid to play after all these years of practice. 

Cheers to everyone!




Radford Flower Garden  14" x 11" oil painting  $313Kendall F. Kessler
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/radford-flower-garden-kendall-kessler.html





Jumbled Up Wildflowers  Original 9" x 12" Oil  painting 
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/jumbled-up-wildflowers

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Jumbled Up Wildflowers!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other night I was thinking about how little problems  almost always turn into big ones.  We have had so many problems with our house in the last few years that I am naming it The Fall of the House of Kessler after one of Poe's stories.  We had a small leak that turned into a big leak and now we have to have all our pipes replaced.  Yikes! 


I mentioned to Clyde that I was beginning to see how little problems always turn into big problems. 

Sorry about that. 


Not you.  You are not the one cause of every thing bad. 

Good to know. 

Argh! 




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  



Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Sunday!40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  






Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html




Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.






Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter  Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  




Snail Kite Original 11" x 9" Mixed media  Painting  $208
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/snail-kite-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Letting the Painting talk to her...

April 1st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Letting the Painting talk to her...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
Having an interesting time with a new Suggestions painting.  I thought I knew what to do with it and then it took a completely different direction and now it is going back to the first idea.  I am letting this painting take me along for the ride as I am working on it without preconceived notions of what I want or what it is supposed to be. 

The first layer seemed to indicate flowing brush of some sort so I decided to have a landscape of the sun as seen through weeds.  I didn't like how that was turning out so I went back to just reacting to colors and textures and then trees seemed to appear so I decided to have a landscape with trees and brush.  I may put the sun back in but that is a decision for another day! 

I always like what happens with my Suggestions series!  They are a great painting experience! 

I now have my latest still life on my website and prints are available! 

The address is below!
Orange  Original 9" x 12" Oil  painting Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ARThttps://fineartamerica.com/featured/orange-kendall-kessler.html


A Beginning 10" x8" Oil  Painting  $168https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/a-beginning

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Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter  Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864
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Snail Kite Original 11" x 9" Mixed media  Painting  $208
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Still Life and Pain in the Heel...

March 30th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Still Life and Pain in the Heel...

Blue Ridge Parkway

So pleased to finish a still life!  I don't have it on my website but I will put it there soon!  I don't paint a lot of still lifes but when I do I try real hard to make them special and visually captivating.  I think the surface and delicate light effect make this one something to see!  Be sure to check out others in my Still Life Collection!

Untitled Still Life  Original 9" x 12" Oil  painting 



Peace   8" x10" Oil  Painting  $168
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last night I asked Clyde how his knee is doing. 

Do you still have pain there?

Yes.

I have a pain now. 

I am not leaving. 

Not you.  I have a pain in the back of my right ankle.  So, if I were to compare you to a  pain I wouldn't say you were a pain in the neck.  I guess I would have to say you are a pain in the heel. Or, maybe just a heel.  I think that word is still used to describe a crummy person. 

Married too long to a writer.  You can't help but pick up on the weird word play.



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 Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Eagle Fire   Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting SOLD
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Memphis Lights Original Acrylic Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Invite Friends to Line Dancing and Namaste...

March 28th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Invite Friends to Line Dancing and Namaste...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

So pleased that a yoga friend decided to try out Line Dancing today!  I tell people all the time about how great Line Dancing is.  We had a big class today with two new students that did great.  Both of them had Line Danced before so they picked up on the steps and did well.  Both of them will be back!  Exercise doesn't have to be a dull experience.  Dancing is a great way to keep fit  Now, if someone would just open another Skating Rink I would be completely happy!  So sorry the terrific one we had closed.  I don't have time to go to Roanoke so I hung up my skates.  Oh well, dancing and yoga keep me going!

Dominion Skating Rink   Original 40" x 30" Oil  painting $2430
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A Naturalist  5" x 7" Oil Pastel Painting  $500
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The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Clyde and I have been having a hard time with itching.  He thinks it is because of the long winter.  He is using cocoanut butter and I am using some salve that I like.  I don't like smelling like an Almond Joy bar.  Anyway, I have so much itching on my abdomen that I am wondering if the material used in yoga pants may be the problem. 

I just looked up namaste and there are a lot of different meanings.  I thought it was like saying peace to someone.  Actually most sources say someone is bowing to the spiritual in the person they are saying namaste to. 

Clyde said if that is true then he doesn't think those pants have namaste threads. 
There is nothing peaceful or respectful in pants that make you scratch. 
Maybe I should find some other pants. 


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Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Eagle Fire   Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting SOLD
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Memphis Lights Original Acrylic Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy with Still Life Progress

March 25th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy with Still Life Progress

Blue Ridge Parkway


I am pleased with my progress on an old still life that I am putting the life back into.  I am not sure whether or not I will include a progress file on my website.  The photo I took didn't turn out that well and now I have gone on to another layer.  Oh well, I need to be more careful.   Anyway, it has been a great experience to work on an old painting that was not finished long ago.  It will be soon!

Autumn Farm Pond   Original 30" x 40" Oil  painting $2430
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Other Pears  14" x 11" Oil Pastel Painting  $300https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/other-pears

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Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Eagle Fire   Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting SOLD
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Memphis Lights Original Acrylic Painting  SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist took a Detour and You wouldn't say that...

March 23rd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist took a Detour and You wouldn

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Well, I have taken a detour from my new nudes series. I found an old painting that I decided to finally finish and I started a small Suggestions painting.  Glad for both of these paintings since I had a lot of oil paint left on my palette and like Renoir, I hate to waste paint. 

Anyway, I will get back to the nude series after I finish these two paintings. 




Karen's Gift   Original 30" x 40" Oil  painting $2430
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Apple and Pear Twirl  20" x 9" Oil Painting  $360https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/apple-and-pear-twirlBe sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Apple and Pear Twirl!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Clyde and I are still catching up on Married with Children.  What a great show! The other night they showed an episode where Al's life is saved by his lucky shoe horn that he had in his breast pocket.  Of course, he had to make the crack that he didn't die so the shoe horn let him down. 

I told Clyde he would never say he wanted to die like Al Bundy.  No, you would kill me. 

Ha ha.

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Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384
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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting  $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Nude Painting and Again with the Pet Rock...

March 21st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Nude Painting and  Again with the Pet Rock...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I finished Turning and am very happy with it.  It has an intense surface and complicated brushwork.  Be sure to check out this vibrant work and click on the link to see the print possibilities!




Turning   Original 9" x12" Oil painting $246
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Woman Alone with Shadows  18" x 24" Charcoal Drawing  $884
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I keep seeing on TV that we should live in the special moments.  Okay.  Call me Sheldon or Spock but how do we not live in any of our  moments? Do we die during some of them and live during others? Why are some moments more special than others?  I guess what they mean is we should really pay attention to special times. 

I asked Clyde if he lives in the special moments.  He said he consults his pet rock to find out which ones are special.

Again with the pet rock. 

I hope we move on to something else soon.






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Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384
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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting  $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Figure Painting and Be sure to Duck...

March 18th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Figure Painting and Be sure to Duck...

Blue Ridge Parkway

Well, I finished the third stage of my latest figure painting and I think the arm wrestling is over.  I still have work to do but I like the way it looks now more or less. The surface is complicated and the colors are starting to sing!  I didn't think I was going to rescue it after I messed up the second stage but I think it is working out now.  Yes!


Turning Stage Two  Original Acrylic  painting NFS
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Dreaming  Original 24" x 18" Charcoal Drawing  $884
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Wow, so many Insurance commercials.  I do think we need health and car and home insurance but I know we can be over insured.  I know I could have bought a number of washing machines for the amount someone asked me to pay annually to insure it a long time ago.  Glad I didn't take him up on that.  I think there are Insurance Companies for just about anything these days. 

Clyde said there is probably one to insure your pet rock. 

One scratch and we will throw another one right at you.  Don't forget to duck.






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Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384
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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting  $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway is Determined to Finish Current Painting

March 16th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway is Determined to Finish Current Painting

Blue Ridge Parkway

My latest painting is really aggravating.  The second stage was great.  I should have left it there.  I am so glad I preserve the different stages.  A common complaint among artists is that sometimes we go too far and kill a good painting.  Well, I am nothing if not extremely stubborn.  I had two stubborn parents and have three stubborn siblings. 

As my older sister said, "Two big stubborns make four little stubborns."   No offense to my family.  Let's just say we are all very determined to accomplish what we set out to accomplish.  Oh yes! That sounds much better. Anyway, I am going to get in there and try to save it.  Crazy artist to the rescue, I hope.

Below is the painting I did right before my current arm wrestler.  This one turned out really well! Ah, the good old days! This is Stage Two.  I forgot to get the finished version copyrighted and I don't have time to do that right now so be sure to check out the final version in my portfolio!


Winding Magenta  Stage Two Original 24" x 18" Oil painting NFS
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Lily Glow Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Drawing  $884
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Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Richmond on the James  Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
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Wading   Original Acrylic Painting  NFS
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Arm Wrestling and Out to Lunch...

March 14th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Arm Wrestling and Out to Lunch...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist It looks like my new figure painting is turning into an arm wrestling match.  Oh well, my recent wildflower painting was a beautiful stroll through paint.  I guess it is time to appreciate the ones that aren't so difficult by dealing with one that is.  It is coming along but it has taken a few detours that I had not anticipated. 

As I told Clyde right before I mailed a landscape that I really didn't want to let go of, you probably have no idea what I am talking about.  I tried to explain to him why I thought it was an exceptionally successful work.  He nodded politely while I rambled on. Art is so much more complicated than the average person understands.  I really think you have to make it to fully understand what a strange process it is. 

Time to get off the soap box and get back to work.  I never give up!  I decided to list the second stage here again.  I was happy with that stage.  We'll see about the third.





Turning Stage Two  Original Acrylic  painting NFS
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Reclining Beauty  Original 18" x 24" Soft Pastel Drawing  $884https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/reclining-beauty

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, our phone is acting up again.  It doesn't want to work in the morning.  This has happened before and it is irritating. So many things are messing up in our house that should not be messing up.  We may have another problem with our solar system that was recently repaired. 

I told Clyde everything in this house has a mind of its own.  His reply.  Except us.  We are both out to lunch.  He may be right. 

I think we could both win a Ditsy award if one is ever offered somewhere, somehow , someway.





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Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Richmond on the James  Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
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Wading   Original Acrylic Painting  NFS
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy with Current Painting and Not changing the lock...

March 11th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy with Current Painting and Not changing the lock...

Blue Ridge Parkway


Very excited about my new figure painting in acrylics!  I am using more layers than I usually use in each stage so I can properly build up the figure's form.  As I told my students, ad nauseam, anyone can draw a figure.  To get it right is the mark of an artist. 

Most people don't realize how much time artists spend learning the human form in drawing classes.  It is quite a discipline as we go through mountains of newsprint to get it right.  Since I am using more layers I am learning some things about acrylics I didn't know before this painting. 

Oils is my main medium and I am usually more spontaneous with acrylics. Should be interesting to see how this one turns out!

Turning Stage Two  Original Acrylic  painting NFS
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Repose  Original 18" x 24" Soft Pastel Drawing  $884https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/repose

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day someone was talking on TV about how home doesn't have to be one place. There can be many places that people can call home. 

I brought up the saying I had always heard.  Home is where you hang your hat. 

Clyde said home is where you can still unlock the door because the lock hasn't been changed. 

Well,  I don't think I will change the lock on him. 

At least I don't think I will.

Probably not today. LOL!


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Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
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Richmond on the James  Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
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Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  




Wading   Original Acrylic Painting  NFS
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wading-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Figure Paintings and Right out the Door...

March 9th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Figure Paintings and Right out the Door...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am back to the figure which is a particular love for artists.  We don't draw and paint nudes to be provocative.  We just love the beauty of the human form and all the expressions that different poses give us.  I am working on an expressive painting of a woman's back as she is turning slightly to her right.  There will be many layers as I build up the form and add colorful brushwork.  I was pleased with the first stage so I added it to my portfolio for prints. Here it is!


Turning  Original Acrylic  painting NFS
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/turning-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html


Changing  Original 18" x 24" Charcoal Drawing  $884
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/changing


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Changing!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still going to Yoga twice a week and I have a short practice at home the days I don't have Yoga.  Yoga does fantastic things for the body and I still hate it.  I want Clyde to take it when his schedule allows him to so I should keep my mouth shut about how I hate it. 

Anyway, yesterday I told him one of the teacher always suggests some alternative moves to the ones she is demonstrating and she says whatever feels good. Well, there are stairs over there and the front door at the end of them.  I think it would feel real good to walk down those stairs and go right out that door.  Of course, I keep my mouth shut in class.  I just keep forgetting to keep my mouth shut at home.

Don't misunderstand.  Yoga is a great way to keep the body going and I will keep at it.  I don't have to like it.


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a





Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!


Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address! !https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Today!40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  




Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.



Rehoboth Beach Houses  Original Oil Painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/rehoboth-beach-houses-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  




Eagle Fire   Original Oil Painting  SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Thursday Busy...

March 7th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Thursday Busy...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Thursdays are so busy!  Yoga, Line Dance, and bowling this evening!  Not much to say except time to get all my work done and get out the door again! Cheers everybody!


Evening Light from Sharp Top   Original 12" x 9" Oil  painting $246
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/evening-light-from-sharp-top-kendall-kessler.html


Silver Lining at Pawleys Island  Original 30" x 22" Acrylic painting  $1350
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/silver-lining-at-pawleys-island

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Silver Lining at Pawleys Island  will take you there!




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address !https://goo.gl/rV7F9a





Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday!40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  



Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.




Rehoboth Beach Houses  Original Oil Painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/rehoboth-beach-houses-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  



Eagle Fire   Original Oil Painting  SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James

March 4th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am very concerned about our environmental problems.  I don't think ocean's temperature is rising or the polar ice caps are melting because it is just time for that to happen.  I think we contribute to  this problem with the amount of carbon dioxide we are pumping into the air.  I realize there are many people that think climate change is a hoax but I don't agree. 

I am also concerned about all the plastic materials that are not being recycled and ending up in the ocean.  Yesterday I saw a post about the use of recycled plastic in roads in India and I was so pleased to see that.  I shared the information and someone said it was a bad idea.  The person said it was a environmental microplastic generator.

I don't get into debates on Facebook but I do look up issues to see what is a reasonable conclusion.  I found many articles that support the use of plastic for roads.  These articles carefully back up their position so I think the announcement about these roads is a good one.  There are those that think the heating of the plastic can cause problems. 

Here is a section of an article that explains how that is not the case.

To environmentalists who believe that the technology could be harmful because of toxic fumes from plastic residue, Dr Vasudevan points out that the plastic used is softened at 170C. “Plastic decomposes to release toxic fumes only if it is heated at temperatures above 270C (518F). So there is no question of toxic gases being released,†he says. Since plastic coats the stone and interacts with the hot bitumen, it’s properties change and it doesn’t break down when exposed to light and heat.Here is the address to the whole article. 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/09/the-man-who-paves-indias-roads-with-old-plastic

I am real pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James to a great VA patron!  Richmond on the James is my best selling painting from my Beautiful Skyline Series!  Wall art prints and prints on computer, kitchen, stationary, phone, beach, and clothing items are available.  Be sure to check out all the print possibilities! t

Richmond on the James   Original Acrylic  painting SOLD
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items  Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART




Secluded Waterfall   Original 11" x 14" Oil painting  $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/secluded-waterfall

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link address is under Secluded Waterfall!

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday!

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  



Wildflower Current   Original 40" x 30"    Oil  painting  $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.




Rehoboth Beach Houses  Original Oil Painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/rehoboth-beach-houses-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  



Eagle Fire   Original Oil Painting  SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Racing to get everything done...

March 2nd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Racing to get everything done...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

No time to blog today.  I am running around in circles but I did want to put up something since my Special Promotions end today!  I always have one up for a while and I change the other two.  Today is the last time for Lodge at Peaks of Otter which is a very popular painting on my website!  Such a gorgeous resort!

The last patron that bought a print was pleased to see the original when he picked up his commission.  He was sorry he didn't buy the original but said he would be back to buy more work. Be sure to click on it and see all the other print selections on kitchen, computer, phone, beach, and clothing items!  I am listing it below and in the Special Promotion section!


The address below goes to my own website that is connected with Fine Art America and there are more print selections there than in the one on Fine Art America.Lodge at Peak of Otter Original 16" x 12" oil  painting $384

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items  Available







I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!


Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Today!40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  



The Lodge at Peaks of Otter    Original 16" x 12"    Oil  painting  $384

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.

Jumbled up Wildflowers 12" x 9" Oil Painting $246

Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/jumbled-up-wildflowers-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  



Beauty and Danger   Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting  $670

Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Reflects on Favorite Author and Do not want a Chrome Dome...

February 28th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Reflects on Favorite Author and Do not want a Chrome Dome...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



I don't have much to say about anything going on in the world.  I am encouraged by some events and discouraged by others.  I guess Dickens first line in Tale of Two Cities will always apply to this planet.  It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the epic of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way– in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. 

I am, like many, a big Dickens fan and I have been fascinated by the sources for his novels.  They are mostly about specific events in his life.  Every one knows that David Copperfield is based on much of his life but I'll bet not many people know that the character Estella from Great Expectations had her origin in the young actress Dickens left his wife for. 

The character Tiny Tim was based on one of his girls that died when she was very young.  His father spent time in a Debtor's prison like the father of the main character in Little Dorrit.  There are many more examples. 

He wisely drew from his own life and created some of the most memorable and fascinating characters in literature.



Fall on the New River Original Soft Pastel  painting SOLD
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/fall-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html

Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items  Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART



Sun in Water   Original 7" x 5" Oil painting  $75
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sun-in-water

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Sun in Water!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When I was young there were two things young guys did not do to their hair.  They did not shave their head when they experienced hair loss and they did not dye their hair a different color.  Yes, they let it grow which really shook up the previous generation but that was it. 

Times have certainly changed.  Now most guys have short hair but there are plenty that don't and they have no problem with changing the color.  The famous violinist David Garrett is really a brunette but he dyes his hair blonde. 

I don't have any problem with hair dye or long hair but I really have a problem with shaved heads.  I don't know why but I prefer to see some hair.

Anyway, Clyde still has plenty of hair and I told him that I would hate it if he shaved his head if he started to go bald.  He pulled his beard. 

Does it look like I am going to use a razor any time soon? 

I don't think I will be seeing a shiny Clyde chrome dome in the future.






I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
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Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  Fiddling at




Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday!
40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  



The Lodge at Peaks of Otter    Original 16" x 12"    Oil  painting  $384
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.



Jumbled up Wildflowers 12" x 9" Oil Painting $246
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/jumbled-up-wildflowers-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  



Beauty and Danger   Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting  $670
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beauty-and-danger-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Checks out the Oscars and He Hopes it sprouts wings...

February 25th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Checks out the Oscars and He Hopes it sprouts wings...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I was just looking at the oscar awards for this year and I have heard many people say they are pleased with the results.

I used to keep up with the oscars since I am such a movie buff but I don't follow them now that there is no end to the type of movies I can get on Netflix and at the library. 

I have found so many great independent films and foreign films that I have bought a number of them.  I have quite a collection and keep adding to it.  I love all kinds of movies and admire all the people that take part in producing them. 

I will definitely check out the winners when I get more time, especially At Eternity's Gate starring Willem Defoe.  I am a big fan of his and there are two lesser known films that he starred in that I want to order.  Victory and The Reckoning.  Sam Neil also stars in Victory and I think it was one of, if not, his most powerful performances.

I even have a fantastic restored version of The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari which is one of the first horror films.  By today's standards it is not that frightening but it is one of my all time favorite movies.  When it was first shown in Germany people were screaming in their seats.  How times change!  

I could go on and on. I still agree with those that think Citizen Kane is the greatest film ever made.  I think the main reason I am so impressed with it is the cinematography.  Orson Welles was a painter and the compositions in Citizen Kane are fantastic! 

Anyway, back to my work.  I was going to start another wildflower painting but I am thinking of painting a home flower garden.  I love the way some people arrange their flowers. 

So many ideas, so little time.  Cheers on a Monday!





Cascades in Giles County   Original 24" x 18" Oil painting NFShttps://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/cascades-in-giles-county-kendall-kessler.htmlWall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items  Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART 




Connellys Run  Original 24" x 18" Oil pastel painting  $884
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/connellys-run

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Connellys Run!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My phone is always beeping and booping at me.  It makes a type of bell sound every time Facebook adds something.

When someone wants to contact me directly I get a sound that makes me think of the game of ping pong. 

Anyway, the other day it started sounding off and I told Clyde I had to talk to my phone too much of the time. 

He said he wished it would sprout wings and go fly off a cliff. 
Gee, do you think Clyde hates cell phones?




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9aBe sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!





Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the address!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse  



Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday!
40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  



The Lodge at Peaks of Otter    Original 16" x 12"    Oil  painting  $384
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.



Jumbled up Wildflowers 12" x 9" Oil Painting $246
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/jumbled-up-wildflowers-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  

Beauty and Danger   Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting  $670
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beauty-and-danger-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Sad to Hear of the Death of Peter Tork and Too much Rain...

February 23rd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Sad to Hear of the Death of Peter Tork and Too much Rain...

Blue Ridge Parkway

I was so sorry to hear of the death of Peter Tork. I was not a big fan but I admire anyone that can be successful in the music field.  The show was just a two year hit but it was fun and after a struggle he was able to obtain work when it was taken off the air.  Music has always been an important part of my life and I play my piano every day and hope my fingers can keep going.  So far no arthritis.  My grandmother and great uncle attended Peabody Conservatory which is difficult to get into and they both taught music. 

My niece is married to the celebrated composer, Atli Orvarsson, who makes an excellent living composing music for movies.  The most prominent one that comes to mind is Pirates of the Caribbean.  The music world has changed quite a bit.  There was a time not too long ago that accomplished musicians that played with rock and roll bands were not accepted by orchestras. 

Now there are cross over musicians like David Garrett that play classical and popular music.  I like all music and own a lot of music CDs. 

My latest wildflower painting is just about done.  I have two stages of it on my website and after some tweaking I will post the final version.  I think I may switch to some abstract acrylic paintings for a while.  Oils is my main medium but it is such an intense experience I like to work with mediums that I just use water with.  Time to switch on that exhaust fan!  The studio is full of the smell of mineral spirits.



Winding Magenta  Original 24" x 18" Oil painting NFSWall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items Available
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/winding-magenta-stage-two-kendall-kessler.html



Lily Glow   Original 24" x 18" Oil pastel painting  $884
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/lily-glow

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Lily Glow.



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde always keeps me posted on the weather.  He has been studying weather patterns since he was a little guy.  His mom said he was usually right about his predictions.  I am, of course, hearing a lot about all the rain we have been having. Today he said there is so much rain the ducks are lining up to get on boats.



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!

Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon! 
Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-



Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Today!

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  



The Lodge at Peaks of Otter    Original 16" x 12"    Oil  painting  $384Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ARThttps://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.

Natural Rhythm 40" x 30"Oil Painting $2430Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ARThttps://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the  40% discount.  

Dream Horse   Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting  $670Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ARThttps://fineartamerica.com/featured/dream-horse-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Sounding Off and Dinosaur Fun..

February 21st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Sounding Off and Dinosaur Fun..

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

As always this blog is about my artwork and, yes, one of the purposes is to sell it.  My artwork is extremely important to me and in order to make it I have to sell it.  As I have said may times I can't take them with me and I want them to exist after I am gone. 
Having said that I have decided to continue to talk about my work AND to start paying more attention to what is going on around me.  I tend to hide in my own world. 

I am going to start giving my opinions about other things that are happening starting with this Jussie Smollet news item.  Either way this is an awful event.  If the actor was attacked by people that want to equate racism and homophobia with Make America Great Again then I am appalled that there are people that think that way.  If the actor made up this attack I am appalled that he would do that to get attention for himself or to bring more emphasis to a terrible trend among some citizens of this country.  I can only hope people that equate the slogan Make America Great Again with hate will come to their senses. 

There.  Opinion stated and now I have to get back to a lot of art promotion on the internet.  My latest wildflower painting is in the third stage and coming along without intense aggravation.  I keep wondering when it will start acting up but I think this one is smooth sailing.  Yes!!!




Mabry Mill in Fall  Original 20" x 16" Oil painting $670

Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items  Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/church-snow-scene-kendall-kessler.html





Osprey Evening  Original 10" x 8" Oil painting  $168
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/osprey-evening

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Osprey Evening!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last night I was watching a commercial that asked people why they didn't take something to improve their brain since they take medications to improve their body.

I asked Clyde that question and he said taking a medication to improve his brain would by like spitting water melon seeds at a tyrannosaurus rex and expecting it to stop charging.

I think we will continue to be as drug free as possible.



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work!  Here is the address!
!https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!



Please check out Clyde's book!The book can be purchased on Amazon!  Here is the link!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse 



Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Saturday!40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day money back guarantee!  




The Lodge at Peaks of Otter    Original 16" x 12"    Oil  painting  $384

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html

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Natural Rhythm 40" x 30"Oil Painting $2430
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Dream Horse   Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting  $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy she is not Arm Wrestling and Lock the Door...

February 18th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy she is not Arm Wrestling and Lock the Door...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am still waiting for the arm wrestling on my latest painting. I am amazed at how cooperative it has been so far. I think there is a demon hiding behind my storage bin that is just waiting to come out and pounce. I hope not. Nothing wrong with a painting that comes along quietly without my pulling out a gun and putting it out of its misery.

I have been at this far too long to get that mad at a painting. I wish I had some of the ones I thought were losers when I was too hard on myself.

Glad I got over that nonsense. I have won many awards from prominent people and I now agree with them. I think my work will last!

Church Snow Scene Original 12" x 16" Oil painting $384
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Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" Oil painting $2080
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/autumn-pond


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Last night Clyde was watching How to Train a Dragon. Such an unusual movie! The one that looked like a cat was especially strange.

I asked Clyde what could I do to train him?

Throw me out the front door and lock it?

How would that train you?

I don't know. I guess you will have to try it and see.

Too cold out there and I don't think it would do much good anyway. LOL!

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The Lodge at Peaks of Otter Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
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Natural Rhythm 40" x 30"Oil Painting $2430
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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is on the Wildflower Path and Where is the Cup...

February 16th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is on the Wildflower Path and Where is the Cup...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Still happy with my latest wildflower painting. I have finished the second stage and will add it to my website on Fine Art America where prints can be purchased. I have been posting my stages for a while now and prints have been bought of different layers of a painting that no longer exist. This is a great way to preserve the journey through a painting.
The first stage is usually the easiest. The arm wrestling tends to happen in later layers. I work until I am pleased with each stage. I just know it needs more. This one is coming along without much aggravation so far. I think I will paint one more wildflower painting and then move on to something else.
Love to paint! Live to paint!


Winding Magenta Stage One 24" x 18" Oil painting NFS
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Black Swallowtail Floral Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/black-swallowtail-floral

Be sure to check out my Independent website! The address is under Black Swallowtail Floral!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
We have had quite a few things go wrong in the last two years. The biggest one was the new roof. I think we are experiencing the Fall of the House of Kessler. Just joking. Now, my coffee pot has blitzed out. The water won't go through the pipe thingy. Anyway, it was a cheap one so I am thinking of getting a better model.

Clyde says the more expensive ones have gotten too complicated.

I don't want one that has to contact China to find out where the cup is.

Ha ha. I think we will manage.




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The Lodge at Peaks of Otter Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
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Natural Rhythm 40" x 30"Oil Painting $2430
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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking for the Right Button and I am not Buying that One...

February 13th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking for the Right Button and I am not Buying that One...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Still complaining about computers. I keep trying to work on my Wix site and weird things happen that are not supposed to happen. I wonder if it is a cache problem. Every time I mention to Clyde we need to clean out the cache I get some sort of run around about how that would mess other things up. I would handle these problems myself but I think it wise to listen to someone that is on a computer eight hours every day. I am sure he knows more than I do about this machine that helps and irks me every day. I don't get as mad at it as I used to. All these road blocks just seem to be part of the experience now and I am tired of throwing tamtrums so I will keep on trying. I know there is a friendly button somewhere that I am missing. I will keep on looking.

Near Childress Again 24" x 18" Acrylic painting $894
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https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/near-childress-again-kendall-kessler.html

Cat Swirl Original 20" x 16" Acrylic painting $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/cat-swirl

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am getting real tired of these commercials with people that claim they have a car but don't use it because they can't afford insurance. I don't believe that one for a minute. I'm sure there are plenty of people driving without insurance. The courts are full of them. I mentioned that to Clyde when one came on carrying a large bag next to her children.

Sure, she doesn't drive. She has a gun in that bag. Give me a ride or else!

I think my scenario of driving without insurance is more likely.

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The Lodge at Peaks of Otter Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
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Jumbled up Wildflowers 16" x 12"Oil Painting $384
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Zebra Curve Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Having Computer Fun and Cheap Turpentine...

February 11th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Having Computer Fun and Cheap Turpentine...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am having a great time with my latest wildflower painting and hope to get the second layer done soon. More and more I am letting the paint take shape with a strong impasto effect that seems to melt beautifully into the canvas.

I have seen a number of how to paint youtubes that are speeded up so the viewer does not have to watch for a such a long time. It is fun to see the work look like it is magically appearing.

I may do one of those myself. I tried a while back but had trouble with the software which is never a surprise. As usual, I am not figuring out the instructions on a computer. I now have two blank pages on my Wix site that I did not mean to add. According to the site, one of my pages needed to be modified. When I did a blank page appeared.

Computers, computers, computers. I keep plugging along while they trip me up at every opportunity. Time to paint. I don't need a computer for that.

On a Cliff Original 32" x 14" Acrylic painting $936
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Stroubles Creek Original 40" x 25" Acrylic painting $2025
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/stroubles-creek

Be sure to check out my Independent website! The address is under Stroubles Creek!

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Nothing from The Word Man today but he did get a kick out of a great funny I saw about artists by Pablo Picasso. Art critics look at art and talk about design, color, texture, and meaning. When artists get together to talk about art they talk about the best place to get cheap turpentine. Love it!

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The Lodge at Peaks of Otter Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
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Jumbled up Wildflowers 16" x 12"Oil Painting $384
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Zebra Curve Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Mourning a Friend

February 8th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Mourning a Friend

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I received some bad news a few days ago. A great friend, teacher, and excellent artist found out she had cancer throughout her body and just had a few days to live. She and her wonderful husband had recently moved to Williamsburg to be near her son and were awaiting the birth of their first grand child. Her daughter-in-law was due so a decision was made to induce labor so she could see the baby before she passed. She was able to see the baby and say, "I'm a grandmother!". She passed yesterday evening and we will all miss her.


Farm near Fancy Gap Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430
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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island Original 30" x 22" Acrylic painting $1350
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/silver-lining-at-pawleys-island

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing funny today. Clyde and I are both saddened by the loss of Jeannie Albertson Fender. We have been talking about her life and her husband Richard and the trip to Paris I took with her and two other friends a while back. When we returned we took a short trip to my parent's house in McLean, VA and had a nice time. It is sad to think that out of that group that chatted and had refreshments, only two of us are left.

My Dad came home early from the office to see us. He already knew Patty but he had never met Jeannie. He was such an outgoing gregarious guy that he gave them both a kiss on their cheeks. Jeannie was so pleased she said, "I want another one!". Dad give her another one and then we had a great talk about Paris. I went on a number of other trips and outings with Jeannie. I am so sorry she is gone.




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The Lodge at Peaks of Otter Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
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Jumbled up Wildflowers 16" x 12"Oil Painting $384
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Zebra Curve Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about New Wildflower painting and Wind it Up...

February 6th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about New Wildflower painting and Wind it Up...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am very excited about my new wildflower painting! I love to work with all the textures and colors in field of beautiful flowers! This one has white and magenta flowers and I am looking forward to the next stage. I am pleased with the last one and will do a few more before I move on to something else. I may do some expressive still lifes. I do not know the meaning of the phrase artist's block. I just know there are never enough hours in the day for all that I want to do and I had better get some housework done before I start choking on the dust.

Radford Flower Garden 14" x 11" " oil painting $313
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North Albemarle in McLean Va Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/north-albemarle-in-mclean-virginia

Be sure to check out my Independent website! The address is under North Albemarle in McLean VA!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday I was winding something up in the kitchen and it fell apart. I complained to Clyde.

Why do so many things fall apart when I wind them?

You mean like my brain?

How do you wind up your brain?

The real question is how did I wind up with a brain.

Love it! This is what happens when you marry a writer. Lots of goofy comments to laugh at.


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The Lodge at Peaks of Otter Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
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Lion Stare Original 16" x 12"Oil Painting $384
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Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is starting a Wix Blog and Sugar Anonymous...

February 4th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is starting a Wix Blog and Sugar Anonymous...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Still dragging but I am trying to get it together so I can start my Wix blog. I am not sure how to handle it and how to get traffic there. I am learning all the time about this internet stuff so hopefully my new site will be successful. I need to get back to work so I had better get this done soon.
Cheers on a dragging Monday!


Lily Glow Original 24" x 18" " oil pastel painting $884
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Jumbled up Wildflowers Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/jumbled-up-wildflowers

Be sure to check out my Independent website! The address is under Jumbled up Wildflowers!

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
One of the members of our church has a problem with sugar. According to the tests he has had, sugar is affecting his memory. I didn't know that could be ascertained. Anyway, he is addicted to sugar like me. I tried twice to give it up and I am not trying again.

I told him there should be a group called Sugar Anonymous for us.

When I mentioned that to Clyde he agreed and said they should serve cookies at the meetings.

Sugar free cookies, of course.

Yeah, like that's going to happen.



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The Lodge at Peaks of Otter Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
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Lion Stare Original 16" x 12"Oil Painting $384
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Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Trying to Smile and That ought to do it...

February 1st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Trying to Smile and That ought to do it...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I have been dragging for the last few days. It is so hard to lose a parent, especially a mother that was so supportive of what I do. So many kids are discouraged from becoming artists due to the financial considerations but I am glad my mother always encouraged me and I know she honestly liked my work. She was incapable of lying and if she did not like my work she would have said so in a polite way.

She was also thrilled that I took up the piano and am now paid to play. She said my grandmother that attended Peabody Conservatory would be so proud. Artists and musicians tend to run in families. I am glad I was born into one of those families.
I have worked very hard at both my painting and piano skills but I do think some people are born with a natural artistic aptitude that has to be developed.



Pawleys Island Atmosphere Original 40" x 30" " oil painting $2430
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Owl Stare Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/owl-stare


Be sure to check out my Independent website! The link is under Owl Stare!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last night Clyde had a muscle spasm in his leg that was quite painful. I asked him if he wanted a massage. No, a bullet. I gave him a massage and some aspirin creme. He is better today.

A bullet was not necessary.





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The Lodge at Peaks of Otter Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
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Lion Stare Original 16" x 12"Oil Painting $384
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Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Blue Ridge Parkway is going off the grid for a few days...

January 27th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway is going off the grid for a few days...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Just a short blog before I head home to visit family for a funeral. I am going to go off the grid for a few days as we mourn our wonderful mother. I have posted two beach paintings in her honor as I know she loved the shore, especially the North Carolina shore. Cheers to everyone in this cold weather.


Rehoboth Beach Houses Original oil painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Pawleys Island Pink on the Beach
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-pink-on-the-beach

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to Wildflowers and Now they Speak...

January 26th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to Wildflowers and Now they Speak...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Not much to say today. Lots of work. So glad to be back to my latest wildflower painting! I knew it needed one more layer and now I am getting to the end of it! Time to get in there!



North Albemarle Stree McLean VA Original 40" x 30" " oil painting $2430
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Memphis Spin Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $246
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-spin

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Memphis Spin!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing from the Word Man today but I did see something on Facebook that I knew he would like. He has a business page but is too much of a curmudgeon to have a personal page.

The joke was, I don't think Facebook has taught the lame to walk but it has caused the dumb to speak.

No offense to anyone that loves Facebook! Just thought it was a good funnie!



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The Lodge at Peaks of Otter Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.




Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12"Oil Painting $384
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Fall on the New River Original Pastel Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Smiling again and Dishes will Fly...

January 24th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Smiling again and Dishes will Fly...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


The patron for my latest commission came by yesterday and was very pleased with the painting and also with many of my other paintings. He is interested in bringing his wife by and selecting others. He also has some reverse glass paintings that he would like me to restore. Great visit with a great patron! He brought a friend that works with him in his business and he had many compliments on my work! I don't have the painting on my website for prints yet but it will be there soon. I am officially cheered up and looking forward to Line Dance class today!

Murrays Store Original 24" x 18" " oil painting SOLD


Wildwood Park Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/view-from-bridge-at-wildwood-park

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day I had so much to do that I just didn't want to get the evening dishes done. I had already done dishes earlier and many other things so I just stared at them. I told Clyde that even though it was freezing outside he would have to put up with a few minutes of cold while I heaved the dishes out the front door.

A cat may try to lick one and get it's tongue stuck.

That is a chance I will have to take. Maybe I will hit a few of those ground hogs that converge on our property.

Not a chance. They are hibernating under the shed next door and laughing about the times they have eaten all our apples.

Well, put on your sweater because here I go! The dishes will fly!




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The Lodge at Peaks of Otter Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.



Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12"Oil Painting $384
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/church-snow-scene-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.






Fall on the New River Original Pastel Painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Blue and Trying to Cheer up...

January 21st, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Blue and Trying to Cheer up...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am in a very bad mood today. Most of the time I am an up person which is contrary to what many people think about artists, but today I am, as Clyde would say, lower than a snake's belly. We have to deal with a decades old problem that can be awful at times and today is one of those days. I am trying to cheer up but it is difficult.

We have been working for months on a new strategy to see if there is help for this problem but the latest effort did not work out. Oh well. We are well. We have a roof over our heads and do not want for food or material things so I will cheer up. We all get down at times. I am glad that I don't get down that much.

Dominion Skating Rink Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430
Wall Art Prints and prints on household, computer, beach, school,and kitchen items available at
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/dominion-skating-rink-kendall-kessler.html


A Beautiful Moment Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/a-beautiful-moment

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The link under A Beautiful Moment will take you there!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing amusing today. It is hard to laugh when you are discouraged but I am sure I will be laughing soon!
Clyde is still out studying wildlife in this bitter cold weather and I am working away.
I will always agree with my Dad that it is important to keep busy, especially when you are not in a good mood so cheers to myself!


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The Lodge at Peaks of Otter Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.




Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12"Oil Painting $384
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/church-snow-scene-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the 40% discount.






Fall on the New River Original Pastel Painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Stepping Away from the Computer and Shark Nonsense...

January 19th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Stepping Away from the Computer and Shark Nonsense...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am trying hard to get my work done so I can see a movie at 3:00! All work and no play make Kendall one cranky old artist.
Time to get a move on!


Buffalo Mountain in Fall Original 40" x 32" oil painting $2760
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https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/buffalo-mountain-in-fall-kendall-kessler.html


https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have always been fascinated by marine life, especially sharks, so I was pleased to see footage of the recently discovered huge twenty foot white shark. Many people don't know that most species of sharks are not interested in eating people but they sometimes take exploratory bites and then spit the person out. Clyde was amazed that in the footage people were swimming rather near the shark.

That shark certainly isn't Jaws.

Why are they swimming that near the shark?

I don't know but the shark doesn't seem to be interested in them.

They just fed it an elephant. That's why.

Ha ha. I doubt that very much.




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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is About done with Commission and How do you think you drink it...

January 17th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is About done with Commission and How do you think you drink it...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Well, I have learned to be more careful with commissions with letters. I thought the garage that was also owned by the Roanoke family that owned the store I made a painting of was named after them. In the photograph I could just make out 9th Street Garage but I thought that was the name it is today.

Whoops! Oh well, I covered over their name and corrected the sign. The painting would be gone if it were not for that error. Live and learn! Next time I will make sure I have it right before I do brush lettering which is very hard especially on such a small scale. Anyway, I am looking forward to starting some new paintings!


In Charge Original oil painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and prints on household, computer, beach, school,and kitchen items available at https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/in-charge-kendall-kessler.html


Cats Eyes 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/cats-eyes

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Cats Eyes!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
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Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
As I have mentioned before Clyde read the encyclopedias when he was young and I don't think he has forgotten much if any of what he read so when two people were talking about moon shine on TV he was, of course, correcting them. Here is how the conversation went.

TV moderators - Most people do not know that moon shine originated in Pennsylvania!

Clyde - Scotland.

After a number of other comments one of the moderators asked this. What I want to know is how do you drink moon shine?

Clyde's exasperated response - Shove it up your nostrils. How do you think you drink it?

Good thing he was not really part of the conversation.



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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/radford-flower-garden-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.




Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Tired and Why a Hippopotamus

January 14th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Tired and Why a Hippopotamus

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Not in the best mood today. Usually Mondays are like any other day to me since I haven't figured out how to stop working all the time. I can't even watch TV without doing something with my hands. I don't really care much about my nails but the cuticles sure do want to cover them so I usually try pushing them back and I always do my home yoga to TV.

Anyway, it sure is bleak and cold out there and I have too much to do. I finished my current commission and will put it in the frame when it is completely dry so that is something to cheer about but I can't seem to get a cheer going to day. Oh well, complaining never gets any one any where. Someone will always complain louder so I need to cheer up and get back to work.

Flowery Backyard Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430
Wall Art Prints and prints on household, computer, beach, school,and kitchen items available at https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/flowery-backyard-kendall-kessler.html



Lily Glow 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Painting $884.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/lily-glow


Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Lily Glow!

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
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Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Clyde does a lot of channel surfing and many times when I come into the room he doesn't know what he is watching. Yesterday when I entered the room there was a big hippopotamus on the screen.

What are you watching?

A self portrait.

How in the world are you like a hippopotamus?

Mean and grouchy.

Time to go back to the studio. Nothing weird in there, except my artwork.




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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/radford-flower-garden-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the 40% discount.


Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/rehoboth-beach-houses-kendall-kessler.html

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Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Waiting for the Snow and Cell phone fun...

January 12th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Waiting for the Snow and Cell phone fun...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

We are waiting for the snow to fall and I am trying to get a lot of work done. I keep saying I will put on my boots and walk in it like I did when I was young. In so many ways I never grew up and I like it that way. I have been a responsible adult but I still love all the things I loved when I was a kid. I keep getting under the pile so I don't do all those things but I will get out there this time! I have always said if we have to have winter then we need some snow. It is beautiful!


Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12" oil painting $384
Wall Art Prints and prints on household, computer, beach, school,and kitchen items available at https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/church-snow-scene-kendall-kessler.html



Snow Pines 7" x 5" Oil Painting $75.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/snow-pines


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Well, we finally got Clyde's phone set up. We waited so long tracfone sent us a message asking us to reconnect and get bonus minutes. His phone is just like mine but because of the identification system on his email we had problems getting through the instructions. Anyway, Clyde has some choice comments to make about it.

I left the room and heard a very loud yell. It had slipped out of his pocket and took a nasty fall. Fortunately, it was not damaged. Yesterday we were watching a movie that had a cell phone noise go off during a scene.

Clyde said the sound of a cell phone makes him want to put up his dukes and fight. He really hates cell phones but like I said in another blog, those birds on Rocky Knob are not going to call me. He must have a phone, like it or not.



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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/radford-flower-garden-kendall-kessler.html

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Near Childress Again Original 18" x 24" Watercolor painting $894
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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430.00
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Far from the Computer and Fish don't eat Money...

January 10th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Far from the Computer and Fish don

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Well, I made it to Yoga and Line Dance and now I am back in the new "Smoking" position in front of the computer. I don't smoke but I have heard that sitting is the new smoking. That is kind of a weird phrase. I don't think sitting here will give me cancer but it sure isn't good for my muscles. I do think the radiation is a problem if people are right up against the screen.

I have read that everyone should be 19" away from the screen and I am about two feet. I am definitely a low risk person. The only way I would jump out of a plane is if someone pushed me to save my life. I stay away from planes as much as possible.

Tomorrow I will put the finishing touches on my current commission. I think it turned out well and the patron is very happy!

Murrays Store Original 24" x 18" oil painting NFS


Dock at Pandapas 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/dock-at-panapas


Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Dock at Pandapas!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
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Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Clyde and I are still catching up on the great show Married with Children and I am still accusing him of writing it and putting the money in a Swiss bank account.

Now he says it was lost in the ship wreck.

Ship wreck? Why aren't you just using the internet.

You know how I hate the internet. I put it in big bags and the fish got it in the wreck.

Fish don't eat money.

Yeah? Then why did that sharp bite my butt while the others swam through the money. You should have seen that octopus play with the coins. You would have thought you were in Las Vegas.

Wow. What a fish story.

Oh well. All I know is that show at times practically asphyxiates me just like Clyde does. He may not have written it but he certainly has the same sense of humor.


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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Near Childress Again Original 18" x 24" Watercolor painting $894
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430.00
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Commission and Maybe a Roof is next...

January 7th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Latest Commission and Maybe a Roof is next...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I don't usually write a to do list. I try to keep it all in my head but yesterday I did write one. If I have an appointment I have to hang a note from the entrance to the kitchen so I see if every time I go in there which is quite often. If I don't do that I will miss appointments.

I sent a file of my latest commission to the patron and he said he loved it! Commissions are tricky but I have had great success with them. I still have to work on the lettering and some fine tuning. Check it out below!

Anyway, I have quite a Monday list so I had better get to everything. Cheers on a grueling Monday!

Murrays Store Original 24" x 18" oil painting NFS

Natural Rhythm 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/natural-rhythm

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The link is under Natural Rhythm!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I stay out of conversations on politics, especially these days. The country is so divided on how well the present administration is handling things that I would rather not get into an argument. I am not giving my opinion on Trump here but I did see a very funny comment on Facebook about the wall. I don't mean to offend anyone.

The comment was that most immigrants enter the country on airplanes. Don't tell Trump. He will want to build a roof.

I mentioned that to Clyde and he said he didn't believe the immigrants were hitching rides on airplanes. They would have to have the money for it.

Anyway, I thought it was a fun joke!



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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/radford-flower-garden-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!



Near Childress Again Original 18" x 24" Watercolor painting $894
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/near-childress-again-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 24" x 36" canvas print size for the special!





Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430.00
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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430.00
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Print of Mabry Mill in Fall and Check out those Pigs...

January 5th, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Print of Mabry Mill in Fall and Check out those Pigs...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am so pleased to sell a wall art print of Mabry Mill in Fall to a great Texas patron! This is one of my favorite fall paintings of this beautiful sight in The Meadows of Dan. Tourists stream to this old mill all the time. When we visited it there were people all over the beautiful grounds. It is one of the most popular attractions on The Blue Ridge Parkway! If you are ever in Virginia be sure to check it out!

Mabry Mill in Fall Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670
Wall Art Prints and Prints on computer, kitchen, school, beach, and clothing accessories Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter
Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I have been catching up on the great TV sitcom Married with Children. I was too busy to watch TV when it was on and didn't know what a hilarious show it is! The actors are terrific and the writers are fantastic!

The humor, especially the barbs that come out of Al's mouth, are so like Clyde's humor that I accused him of writing it and hiding the money in a Swiss bank account.

Yeah, and look at those pigs flying by the window and don't wait for me while I take a very expensive cruise around the world.

Tell me that isn't something Al would say! You know it is!



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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
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Fall on the New River Original Soft Pastel painting SOLD
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Lion Stare Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313.00
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Watching her Language and Keep it in Spirit Only...

January 3rd, 2019

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Watching her Language and Keep it in Spirit Only...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I actually worked on a painting, did computer work, went to yoga class, went to Line Dance class, practiced the church piano for Sunday and fixed dinner. House is a mess and I did a load of dishes before and after dinner. I wonder why I am tired? I wish I were on a beach where the sun is shining.
Still a lot to do.

The trick is to do it without cussing. I find it is hard to watch one's language when haste makes waste and the kitchen demons are after me. I know they are in there. I am clumsy but some things fall without my help.
LOL!

Pawleys Island Pink on the Beach Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Pawleys Island Morning Light
Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-morning-light

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Last night we were watching a PBS program on Foxes and at one point in the show the foxes were on a cliff and there were whales below.

I love to look at whales! I want to see a whale.

I just look in a mirror.

You lost thirty pounds and have kept it off for a year. I can wrap my arms around you twice!

Ok, I have been lazy about keeping up the blubber but in spirit I am still waddling around.

Keep it in spirit only.

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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
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Fall on the New River Original Soft Pastel painting SOLD
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Lion Stare Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313.00
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Memphis Lights and Not that Hat...

December 31st, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Memphis Lights and Not that Hat...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


New Years Eve! Time for resolutions or, as I saw on Facebook - the to do list for the first week of January. Well, I don't really make any resolutions. I just keep on trying to improve. I have some ideas for more art promotion that I hope will be helpful. Too much to do to pick out certain tasks for resolutions.

I am ending the year on a nice note! Sold another print of Memphis Lights to a great Tennessee patron! This Skyline Beauty painting is certainly very popular!So I look forward to 2019 and hope it is a great one very all of us. Happy New Year!



Memphis Lights Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
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Rushing Water
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday Clyde noticed a real nice colorful hat at a store in Christmas colors. He was thinking of buying it when he noticed what the design was. He pointed it out to me and I realized the red and green motiff was of marijauna leaves.

I said I guess that hat is for people that want to have a Hempy Christmas.
Clyde added and a Hempy Hemp New Year!

Not going to buy one. I am crazy enough without wearing something that will make people think I am a pot head.





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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
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Fall on the New River Original Soft Pastel painting SOLD
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Lion Stare Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313.00
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist got out to a Movie and Printer on Fire...

December 29th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist got out to a Movie and Printer on Fire...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I actually got out to a movie today and got away from this computer! That was great! We saw Aquaman. I am not real big on super hero films but this one was especially fun for me since I love to watch marine life and I love all the fascinating special effects in these movies. There certainly were a lot of great white sharks. I got a lot of my work done this morning so I was glad to see a movie!


Pawleys Island Fisherman Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $1296
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Farm Near Fancy Gap Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/farm-near-fancy-gap

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Today I needed to make two prints and, as usual, my printer booped and beeped for such a long time. All of our printers have been that way. Sometimes they print something right when I turn it on and other times it boops and beeps. I told Clyde I could write my memoirs and be done before I got a print off of this computer. He says he will not write any memoirs. It is all in his poetry.

Oh well, the printer will never be on fire like the one below, not unless I light a match.


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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
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Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist had a Great Holiday Break and Fun with Downward Facing Dog...

December 27th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist had a Great Holiday Break and Fun with Downward Facing Dog...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Christmas was great! Always love to see relatives! We made it down to Clyde's house without any spills of the food we brought. His mother was so grateful that we provided the dinner. She can't manage it anymore but she is cheerful as always and doing the best she can. I am so glad she has many friends and relatives nearby to help out. She is a great lady! Time to get back full force on all my art and computer work. So much to do! I am almost finished with the commission of Murray's Store in Roanoke. Still waiting on the lettering that is not very visible now that it is being used for storage. I hope everyone had a great Holiday! It has been so cold lately that I wish I were the lady in the painting!

Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items and Clothes Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html


View from Bridge from Wildwood Park Original 40" x 30"oil painting $2430.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/view-from-bridge-at-wildwood-park

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I can't believe I forgot to do my yoga last night. I take class twice a week but I try to do a shorter session every day. I was so tired I just went to bed. As I have said before I love what yoga does for me but I don't really like it.

I told Clyde that sometimes the teacher makes us hold Downward Facing Dog so long I want to start barking. He didn't have anything to add. I don't think I am going to get him to take class. Oh well. I better get my mat and head on over there.

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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
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Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is done with wrapping and You in a Santa Suit....

December 22nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is done with wrapping and You in a Santa Suit....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Not much to say today. I wrapped my last present and am trying to get other things done.

My commission is in a good place right now. I am waiting on a little more information about the store I am painting before I can get back to it. I think the patron is waiting until after Christmas which is a good idea.

I am anxious to get it done. Lots of ideas for abstracts and some ideas for more wildflower paintings. I am in the mood to work in oils and acrylics right now.

Anyway, the computer rules so I need to get to work. Hope everyone has a great Holiday!


Treble Play Original Acrylic Painting NFS
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Antler Swirl Original 16" x 20" acrylic painting $670.00
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

This morning when Clyde got back from early morning bird watching he saw a picture of a monkey in a santa suit on my twitter feed.

Look! Someone posted a picture of me.

Of you? That is a very young monkey.

It was a long time ago when I applied for the job.

I didn't get the job. I didn't even get a banana.

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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
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Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has a New Gallery on Website and A Great Way to Lose Weight...

December 21st, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am pleased with my first painting in my new series, Skyline Beauty. I have painted many Blue Ridge Mountain Skylines and will continue to paint them but this series gives me a chance to do some creative things with buildings.

I have always been fascinated by architecture. It is the slowest artform to change so it is a great visiual experience that connects us with our past while we enjoy it every day.


Art Prints


Star City Edge Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The Word Man is real busy being the Bird Man right now so I haven't gotten any quips from him lately but we both enjoyed a solution for dieting on Facebook.

The picture is of a plate of food with a fork and knife next to it. The fork and knife are both made with branches with thorns on them.

Yep! That would do it!





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This is the last time for Star City which has been on Special all December!

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Stepping Stones on The New River Original Oil Painting has been sold

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Riverview at Dusk Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Star City 25" x40" Original Acrylic Painting $2000

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is about Ready for Christmas and Maybe we should pay him...

December 20th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is about Ready for Christmas and Maybe we should pay him...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Thursday is run around day but there has to be more to my life than my painting so Yoga this morning and Line Dancing Class this afternoon! Good to get away but it is hard to get all the computer work done.

The latest layer of my commission is drying so I can get back to it tomorrow.

Still a few things to do before Christmas and I will be bringing the dinner down to my Mother-in-law's house. I brought too much for Thanksgiving but I would rather have too much than not enough.

We have no problem with leftovers!


Ranges By Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Sometimes I tell Clyde about the funny thing he said that I put into my blog. He usually reads it later. I told him what he said about the Frosty the Snow man statue in Radford- that he may be smiling, but when no one is looking he ducks behind a bush for a cigarette. Of course, he had something else to add.

He isn't just frowning about needing a cigarette. He is worried about climate change and is looking to buy an iceberg before they are gone.

Yikes! Maybe we should pay Frosty to stand there. LOL!

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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil painting SOLD
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Wading Original Acrylic Painting NFS
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Trying to outrun Santa and Frosty wouldn't do that...

December 17th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Trying to outrun Santa and Frosty wouldn

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am looking forward to getting back to some wild flower paintings after I finish my latest commission. It is coming along but the drying time for each layer has been longer than usual. I hope I can get back to it soon. I need to get out some acrylics for some abstracts but I just can't seem to get it together this time of year. I am still trying to out run Santa. Not much time left and I keep finding something I need to do.
Gee, I wonder if I am the only one complaining about Holiday stress?

As Snoopy once said, "My mind reels with sarcastic replies."


Memphis Lights Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
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Bloodhound Original 8" x 10" oil painting $168.00
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

In our little city there is a smiling Frosty the Snowman across from the bridge that people enter Radford from Fairlawn. It is looks real good there. When I pointed it out to Clyde the other day and remarked on how happy it looked he, of course, had a goofy comment.

Sure, it is smiling now, but when no one is looking it ducks behind a bush and smokes a cigarette.

Frosty wouldn't do that.

How do you know? No one is paying him to stand there and smile. I'll be he frowns big time behind the bush.
Another wacko comment from my curmudgeon.

Frosty may not smoke a cigarette behind a bush but I'll bet he would throw a snowball at Clyde if he got the chance.




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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil painting SOLD
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Wading Original Acrylic Painting NFS
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is off to a Wedding and No Pink Elephants...

December 15th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is off to a Wedding and No Pink Elephants...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Looking forward to a wedding today! A neice on Clyde's side will be taking that big step this afternoon. The church is an hour away so we said we would come if the roads are clear. Well, the back roads are not clear so we are going to take the interstate. We both hate the interstate but that is our only option. I have only been to one other winter wedding and it was beautiful! Time to get ready! All my artwork will just have to wait until way later today. Signing off from the internet.

Now that is something different!


Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

Rehoboth Beach Rides Original 30" x 40" oil painting $10,000.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/rehoboth-beach-rides

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The link under Rehoboth Beach Rides will take you there!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse








Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I have a lot of forms to fill out that are really irritating. We take turns getting them in. Clyde has one right now that may require him to check with an official that works with this sort of thing. Unfortunately, this clerical worker has to travel a lot and is hard to reach.

I mentioned that he would probably have to get help from that official and he said trying to get in touch with her is like trying to find a pink elephant when you aren't drunk.

Don't see any pink elephants out there and since we are tea totalers I don't expect to find one.



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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/radford-flower-garden-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!



Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!





Wading Original Acrylic Painting NFS
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-spin-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Counting the Minutes and The Fuse is lit...

December 13th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Counting the Minutes and The Fuse is lit...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Running around in circles today. So much to do! I still have some Christmas shopping to do and Yoga class and Line Dancing class are today. I will be playing the piano this Sunday for church so I have to go over and get used to an electric piano with action that is three times slower than my great Jesse French and sons upright.

Also, the paint on the third layer of my latest commission is about dry so I hope to get to that today, too. I hope all the people in Dallas that keep looking at my favorite beach painting, Rehoboth Beach houses are planning to buy a print. I sold that one years ago to a VA patron. It is a very popular one for prints.

Anyway, time to run out the door!


Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil Painting SOLD
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/rehoboth-beach-houses-kendall-kessler.html

On a Cliff Original Original 32" x 14" acrylic painting $936.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/on-a-cliff

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The link is under On a Cliff!

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse








Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Super rushed for time today and I don't have anything from The Word Man. Let's just say both of us are trying to outrun Santa without a sleigh or an airplane and the fuse is lit!


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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/radford-flower-garden-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!



Eagle Fire Original Oil painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!



Memphis Spin Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $246
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-spin-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell More Beach Prints and Just out of Reach...

December 10th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell More Beach Prints and Just out of Reach...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am very pleased to sell two more prints! One of them was of my most popular beach photographs to a great South Carolina patron and the other one was of a very popular Pawleys Island painting to a great New Hampshire patron! Both of these prints were for Christmas ornaments that can only be bought on Zazzle.

There are a lot of wall art prints and prints on household items and clothes on my Pixels site but, so far, no ornaments. Be sure to check out New River Artist on Zazzle!

Still working away on my latest commission and I am pleased with the progress. Because of the drying time of each layer I don't think I can have it ready for Christmas prints which would have been nice for the patron's family but oils just can't be rushed.



Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms Original Photograph NFS
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/rosy-evening-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html


Beach House at Pawleys Island Original Oil Painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/beach-houses-at-pawleys-island-kendall-kessler.html


The Straw Hat Original Original 22" x 20" oil painting $880.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/the-straw-hat

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under The Straw Hat!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse







Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My curmudgeon hubby is at it again. There was another Fix -Your- Back- With -This -Device commercial on last night we had not seen before. One of the buyers said after he used the device he took the first steps without a cane he had taken in a long time.

Clyde said that was because there was a pay check for being on the commercial just out of reach. He had to get there.

A little tequila would also help.


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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/radford-flower-garden-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!



Eagle Fire Original Oil painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!



Memphis Spin Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $246
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-spin-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Trying to Relax and Please Add those Minutes...

December 8th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Trying to Relax and Please Add those Minutes...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am trying hard to avoid work today which is a laugh. I have already completed the first stage of my latest commission, two loads of dishes, and some cleaning up. Workaholics have a hard time relaxing. I have noticed that when I do watch TV for about twenty minutes I am doing something with my hands the whole time I am watching the DVD. I have tried to stay perfectly still but I can't do it. Oh well. Better to have too much to do then nothing at all. I am never bored.

Fall on the New River Original soft pastel Painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art and Household items Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/fall-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html

Cascades in Giles County Original 20" x 24" oil painting $960.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/cascades-in-giles-county

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Cascades in Giles County!

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse







Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I grew up during a time period when people could not put their phones in their pockets. We managed to live without a cell phone for a long time and then realized they were necessary. I don't think there are many public phones these days. I have to have one for my Art business and Clyde has one because he should have one. Those birds are not going to call me from the Blue Ridge Parkway.

No one could ever accuse us of zoning out and staring at a phone screen. To give you an idea of how out of date we are, I bought Clyde a new phone weeks ago and he still has not transferred the minutes from his old broken phone to the new one.

Yesterday I suggested he do that before he is dead. Still hasn't happened. Maybe in a few days, weeks, years...





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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/radford-flower-garden-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!



Eagle Fire Original Oil painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!





Memphis Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $246
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-spin-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Running out the Door and Laughing at me...

December 6th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Running out the Door and Laughing at me...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Thursdays are difficult. Yoga in the morning and Dance Class in the afternoon. I don't really like Yoga but it sure likes me. I do like Line Dancing and will be real glad when the new class starts in Radford so I don't have to travel to Blacksburg. I need to get the next file of my latest commission to the patron soon. He was hoping I could finish the painting before Christmas, but that is unlikely due to the drying time of each layer. Anyway, time to get this published and get to class.
Cheers!



Lodge at The Peaks of Otter Original 16" x 12" oil Painting $384.00
Prints on Wall Art and Household items Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html




Tea Time Original 16" x 12" oil painting $384.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/tea-time

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Tea Time!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse







Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still having trouble with an itchy back. It doesn't matter how warm or cold the weather is there is one spot that itches all the time. The dermatologist said the skin was dry there and that might be the problem. Well, lotion doesn't help.

I asked Clyde why does this one spot itch all the time? He said it is because you can't reach it and your back is laughing at you. But I have a back scratcher and I rake it every night. Yes, but you can't carry that around with you all the time so your back has the last laugh.

Argh!


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Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" Oil painting $2080
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!



Pawleys Island Atmosphere Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/pawleys-island-atmosphere-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!





Richmond on the James Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Wall Art Prints are 25 percent off Today Only and Yea for more Meetings...

December 3rd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Wall Art Prints are 25 percent  off Today Only and Yea for more Meetings...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I was beginning to think Garfield is right about Mondays in spite of the fact that we workaholics don't see any difference in the days, when I saw a great announcement from the company that handles most of my print options!

For the first time Fine Art America is offering a 25% discount on wall art TODAY ONLY!!! Since I mostly sell original paintings and wall art prints I wanted to be sure to mention this!

Monday is looking better even though I got blue and red oil paint in my rug and on my face an hour ago.

This applies to my work on Fine Art America and my separate Pixels site!

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/


Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430.00
Prints on Wall Art and Household items Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html

Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/natural-rhythm

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Natural Rhythm!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last night Clyde was so pleased to get a phone call cancelling a meeting today. They always last so long and are after a hard days work.
Of course, that did not stop me from teasing him.

But you love meetings!

Oh yes. I have been thinking of holding a meeting to start more meetings on the days I don't have meetings.

Yes, and you could elect chairmen for those meetings and chairmen to start new meetings so you and they can really get the meeting ball rolling.

I think, as Snoopy once said, my mind reels with sarcastic comments.




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Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" Oil painting $2080
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!



Pawleys Island Atmosphere Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/pawleys-island-atmosphere-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!



Richmond on the James Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Gentle Fall and Overboard...

December 1st, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Gentle Fall and Overboard...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased that my favorite abstract painting, Gentle Fall, has a great Virginia home! There is a rather mystical look to the impasto surface of this work, hence the title. I prefer to work from representational subject matter but I also like paintings that are like music without words and am proud of my efforts.

I have included another favorite below Gentle Fall. As always, wall art prints and prints on just about anything including clothes are available. Be sure to check out the address under each painting to see all the possibilities to the right!



Gentle Fall Original oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art and Household items Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/gentle-fall-kendall-kessler.html




Nebulous Pink Original 10" x 8" oil painting $168.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/nebulous-pink

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Nebulous Pink.

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Many times I have mentioned how I try to eat organic food as much as possible. A lot of people think some of our health problems may be coming from pesticides and I think we are better off without pesticides whenever possible.

Anyway, Clyde thinks some of the people selling organic food may be taking it a little too far. I don't agree but he thinks it won't be long before pet owners can buy organic chew toys for puppies.

Okay, that might be a little over board.




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Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" Oil painting $2080
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!



Pawleys Island Atmosphere Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/pawleys-island-atmosphere-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!



Richmond on the James Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway



Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James and The Nightmare...

November 29th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James and The Nightmare...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James to a great Virginia patron! This certainly is a popular painting in my Beautiful Skyline series! Be sure to check them out on my website connected with Fine Art America and my new independent website on Wix!
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/


Richmond on the James Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art and Household items Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/ranges-by-arnold-valley-kendall-kessler.html



Memphis Reflections Original 12" x 9" oil painting $246.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-reflections

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Memphis Reflections!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday evening I told Clyde I wanted to tell him about the nightmare I woke up with.

Well, I was there, wasn't I?

No, you are not the nightmare I woke up with. This was after you left for work.

Oh.

We decided to get a separation and some dude found me an apartment to live in but he assumed I wanted him to live there, too! I sent him packing and then I woke up.

Wishful thinking?

No, I said it was a nightmare you boob!


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Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" Oil painting $2080
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!




Lion Explosion Original 20" x 16" oil painting $670.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lion-explosion-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the special!



Charlotte Spiral Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $246.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/charlotte-spiral-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist FREE SHIPPING OFFER extended to 12 tonight and How he gets around....

November 26th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist FREE SHIPPING OFFER extended to 12 tonight and How he gets around....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


The company that handles my print sales is extending the FREE SHIPPING offer until 12:00 tonight! Don't miss out on this great offer and be sure to check out all the print possibilities of my work to the right of each painting! Great household items and clothing items available for yourself or for gifts!

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/



Ranges near Arnold Valley 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430.00
Prints on Wall Art and Household items Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/ranges-by-arnold-valley-kendall-kessler.html



Memphis Green Original 12" x 9" oil painting $246.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/memphis-green

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Memphis Green!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The Christmas rush is upon us. As I said a while back Clyde said he had just taken off his Halloween mask when he saw Santa hiding in the bushes.
Well, I think that was either a strange siting or Clyde is getting ditzier than I am. Anyway, I saw a great cartoon of Santa and Rudolph in Airforce One!

Maybe he was hiding in the bushes!




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Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" Oil painting $2080
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!




Lion Explosion Original 20" x 16" oil painting $670.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lion-explosion-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!






Charlotte Spiral Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $246.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/charlotte-spiral-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway



Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Two Peaks of Otter Prints and Singing in the Shower...

November 24th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Two Peaks of Otter Prints and Singing in the Shower...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am so pleased to sell prints of Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter and Fall Reflections at Peaks of Otter to a great VA patron! I mostly sell originals and wall art prints but my work can be bought on many house hold items and clothes! Great gift possibilities! My work cannot be bought in stores.

This time one of the prints is on a phone case and the other is on a Christmas ornament! Be sure to check out my New river Artist store on Zazzle and my website that includes prints on Pixels and Fine Art America!



Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864.00
Prints on Wall Art and Household items Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html


Fall Reflections at Peaks of Otter 12" x 9" Original oil painting $246.00
Prints on Wall Art and Household items Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/fall-reflections-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html


Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/natural-rhythm

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Natural Rhythm!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Thursday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse









Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde has a lot of talents but singing is not one of them. He plays the guitar very well but just can't hit the notes in a song very well.

In his own words, "If I sang in the shower the water would stop running as a protest."



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Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" Oil painting $2080
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!



Lion Explosion Original 20" x 16" oil painting $670.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lion-explosion-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!






Charlotte Spiral Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $246.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/charlotte-spiral-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway is doing the Thanksgiving thing and Brain Dead...

November 21st, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is doing the Thanksgiving thing and Brain Dead...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Getting ready for Thanksgiving with my husband's family. Usually I just bring a desert but this time I am bringing everything. My mother-in-law is not up to it this year. It is about time she took a break and I am bringing a lot of stuff that I hope doesn't come back home to me.

Since several family members don't like turkey so I am bringing turkey and ham and a lot of other traditional dishes. Looking forward to seeing everybody and I am not setting my scale back ten pounds as is advised on Facebook. I just won't step on it for a few days. It doesn't matter that much. I don't stuff myself at holiday meals. I love to eat and eating too much ruins the experience for me.

Anyway, hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

New River Trestle 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430.00
Prints on Wall Art and Household items Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/new-river-trestle-kendall-kessler.html


Apple and Pear Twirl 20" x 9" Original oil painting $360
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/apple-and-pear-twirl

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Apple and Pear Twirl!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Friday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I sent Clyde on a art supplies mission the other day. The best store for art supplies in this area is in Blacksburg where he works. I wrote down what I needed very carefully but I explained the brush I needed several times. I needed a no. 4 round ox hair oil paint brush, not a flat one.

I told him several times there are flat ones and there are round ones.

Yes, and there is partial brain dead and completely brain dead. I am the latter.

Ha ha. You can do it. Just think of the frown on my face if you get it wrong.

Okay. Now I have incentive. I won't get it wrong.

That's the spirit!






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Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" Oil painting $2080
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!




Dream Horse Original 20" x 16" oil painting $670.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/dream-horse-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the special!






Memphis Lights Original Oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-lights-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Claiming an early Victory and Flying Rattles....

November 19th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Claiming an early Victory and Flying Rattles....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


My latest painting is thankfully past the driving-me-crazy stage and I am starting to see how it will work out. Unless readers of this post paint, I am sure no one knows what I am talking about. That's okay. There are a lot of things I don't understand but have great respect for. Physics is one of those things. Chemistry is another. Actually I am not well versed in Science at all.

I know I use a lot of Math that can't really be put into a formula except for Linear Perspective so I don't think I am as ignorant of that science as I am of the others. I really love the arts. If I had more time I would study other things, especially History. I think learning really is it's own reward. I believe if people studied more we could solve a lot of problems.

Anyone listening to me? I hope so.


Bisset Park 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430.00
Prints on Wall Art and Household items Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/bisset-park-kendall-kessler.html


Buffalo Mountain in Fall Original 40" x 32" watercolor painting $2760.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/buffalo-mountain

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Buffalo Mountain in Fall!

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Friday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Last Thursday I braved the icy roads that were mostly slush to go to Yoga class. I should have know it would be closed. When I got home, I checked the website and the later class was still on so I went out again an hour later with my mat in the pouring rain. Of course, it was closed. Instead of the website I should have checked my phone that had a message that it was called off due to weather.

The next class was on Friday but it was a class for Moms and their babies. I told Clyde they probably would not want me without a baby.

Yeah, the mother's might throw one at you.

That's ridiculous. The baby might get hurt.

You're right. The babies would throw bottles and rattles at you.

I stayed home.






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Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" Oil painting $2080
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!


Dream Horse Original 20" x 16" oil painting $670.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/dream-horse-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!






Memphis Lights Original Oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Running around in Circles and Look to your left...

November 17th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Running around in Circles and Look to your left...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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Running around in circles today. Too much to do. I think I will try to get some dishes help today from the guys. Working all morning and the dirty dishes are piling up with reinforcements on the way for lunch soon. I have to get work on my latest wildflower painting that is at the driving- me -crazy stage and prepare a hardboard panel for a commission I need to get to very soon.

I told the patron I would have the first layer file for him in a few days so he can decide if I should make any changes before I go ahead with all the other layers. Anyone out there that thinks artists just play around with paint should know you couldn't be more wrong, with all due respect.
Back to the computer chores.


Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" Oil Painting $2080.00
Prints on Wall Art and Household items Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html

Near Childress Again Original 24" x 18" watercolor painting $894.00

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/near-childress-again

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Near Childress Again will take you there!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I guess it is the abrupt change in weather but I am waking up with a headache. I googled this problem and didn't see anything to be worried about. I am not a hypochondriac but I do worry about health. Hypochondriacs don't really want to get well from their imaginary illnesses. They just want sympathy. I just worry about serious problems.

Anyway, I mentioned to Clyde my morning headache and he said just look to your left. Ha ha. I told him the headache goes away when I get up and, of course, he said that was because he had left for work.

I think I may have mentioned this before but I am not going to look through all my blogs to find out.

Cheers!






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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

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Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top Original 20" x 16" oil painting $640.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-beauty-from-sharp-top-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the special!



Memphis Spin Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $246.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-spin-kendall-kessler.html

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to obtain new Commission and Santa in the Bushes...

November 15th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to obtain new Commission and Santa in the Bushes...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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Wow! Life is so different in the car these days. I can remember the days when no one talked on the phone. Now people are either on the phone or talking to their car with blue tooth. This morning while I was driving through a parking lot I had a call I had been waiting for regarding a commission.

Since I can't walk and chew gum at the same time I pulled over at an awkward angle where there was only one empty car so I could answer it. Of course, while I was in the midst of the conversation the driver came out to pull out and I tried real hard to angle my car better so they would not have a problem.

When I hung up and started to back up my car acted like it was in neutral so I thought I had foolishly pulled up on the curb.
Well, it acted like it was in neutral because it was in neutral. Early morning adventures for a sleepy lady. I now have the commission and my car works just fine.

Glad to get back to the studio to work on the second stage of Wildflower Swirl!

Wildflower Swirl Stage OneOriginal 40" x 30" Oil Painting NFS
Prints on Wall Art and Household items Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-swirl-stage-one-kendall-kessler.html



Tulip Curl Original 24" x 18" acrylic painting $894.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/tulip-curl

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Tulip Curl.

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

This time of the year I always hear a lot of people complain about how the season is rushed. Christmas decorations and marketing start earlier and earlier.
Clyde said he had just taken off his Halloween mask when he saw Santa Claus hiding in the bushes.





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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!




Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top Original 20" x 16" oil painting $640.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-beauty-from-sharp-top-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the special!




Memphis Spin Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $246.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/memphis-spin-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to begin new Wildflower painting and Not a Turkey

November 12th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to begin new Wildflower painting and Not a Turkey

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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Been jumping through hoops today with computer stuff and camera stuff. Waiting to hear from a Canadian visitor regarding one of my Skyline Beauty paintings he is interested in purchasing.

Also, having a hard time getting some good files of work and not happy with Youtube changes.
I want to publish a new one but I can't figure out how to add music. I know site change are to make things better but I always get mixed up.

Anyway, I have started a new wildflower painting and here is the first stage! I hope to have it on my site soon.

Wildflower Swirl Stage One Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting NFS


Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/taking-a-break-1


Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The link under Taking a Break will take you there!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Don't have anything from The Word Man today. We have been discussing Thanksgiving. We always go down to his Mom's house and celebrate with a lot of relatives. This year my mother-in-law is not up to it so I am going to try to bring Thanksgiving to her.

I am not much of a cook so that is like asking asking a turkey to come up with something which brings me to a great cartoon I just saw of a turkey with a groucho like mask on and a sign that said I am not a turkey!

I wish I could put on a mask and hold up a sign that says I am not a cook. Oh well, I will figure out something but I'll bet the Kroger Deli will have a lot to do with it!






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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!




Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top Original 20" x 16" oil painting $640.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-beauty-from-sharp-top-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the special!






Memphis Spin Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $246.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Working Away and Why would you choose Captain Kangaroo...

November 10th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Working Away and Why would you choose Captain Kangaroo...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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Way behind in all my work today but I hope to catch up. Lots of computer work, paper work and studio fun to get to. I know I have said this before but I love this Aunt Bea line to lazy Otis. Get to it!
My hands are like ice today so I put up some warm shore paintings from beautiful Pawleys Island!

Pawleys Island Atmosphere Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430.00
Prints on Wall Art and Household Items Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-island-atmosphere-kendall-kessler.html

Pawleys Island Evening Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/pawleys-island-evening

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Pawleys Island Evening!

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last night we were watching the hilarious Married with Children re-run! What a funny show. Clyde likes to flip back and forth between Star Trek and other shows during commercials.

Just for fun and in the hopes of getting a funny from him I asked him if he could be a TV celebrity, which one would he choose? Captain Kangaroo. Why? He is off the air.

Oh well. I tried. I think I will go watch Kangaroo Jack. If you haven't seen it, be sure to get it! Great movie!








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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

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Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" oil painting $2080.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the special!




Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting Sold
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Fun with Peggy's Garden and Where is your sticker...

November 8th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Fun with Peggy

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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So pleased to sell Fun with Peggy's Garden to a great Virginia patron! This is the second painting for this patron and he will be looking into buying others. As always wall art prints and prints on just about anything are available! Be sure to click on the link below the painting and see all the possibilities to the right!

Fun with Peggy's Garden Original Oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Wall Art and Household Items Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/fun-with-peggys-garden-kendall-kessler.html


Flowery Backyard Original 40" x30" Oil Painting $2430.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/flowery-backyard


Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is under Flowery Backyard.



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, we voted , and, as usual, we were happy about some results and unhappy about others. I'm sure that pretty much sums up everyone's viewpoint. All day long I saw pictures of people with the I voted sticker and we were given stickers. I knew Clyde would not put one on. Neither did I. Maybe we should be that is just not for us.

I teased Clyde with, "Aren't you going to put on your sticker?"

No, if I did it would be on my beard and would say My beard voted but I stayed home.

Okay, that is a really weird one from my Curmudgeon guy but I like it!






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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" oil painting $2080.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the special!



Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting Sold
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Print of Canoes at Mountain Lake and The Dump...

November 5th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Print of Canoes at Mountain Lake and The Dump...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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Pleased to sell a wall art print of Canoes at Mountain Lake to a great Canadian patron! This is one of my favorite paintings of the beautiful setting of the hit movie Dirty Dancing that starred Patrick Swayze! Be sure to click on the link to see all the print possibilities on computer accessories, home items, and clothing items! Great Xmas ideas! My work is not sold in stores!



Canoes at Mountain Lake Original Oil Painting Sold
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/canoes-at-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Evening Light from Sharp Top Original 12" x 9" oil painting
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/evening-light-from-sharp-top


Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The link under Evening Light from Sharp Top will take you there!

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have a studio visit today so, of course, yesterday we had to bull doze the whole house! Clyde shoved a lot of his stuff that was sitting on the bed in our so-called guest room, that is really a computer room, into a closet. Wow, what a stuffed closet.

Before we started I told him I didn't want the patron to see such a messy dump.

Well, I won't be here.

I was talking about the house, not you.

Oh.






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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

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Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" oil painting $2080.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-pond-kendall-kessler.html


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Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting Sold
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Charlotte Spiral, FREE weekend shipping on prints, and Unsolved Mystery...

November 2nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Charlotte Spiral, FREE weekend shipping on prints, and Unsolved Mystery...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am pleased to sell another print of Charlotte Spiral to a great Massachusetts patron! I mostly sell originals and wall art prints but my work can be bought on just about anything from Fine Art America and Zazzle! This time the print is on a Xmas ornament! Be sure to check out all the possibilities for unique gifts! My work is not in stores.

ALSO, TODAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY THERE IS NO SHIPPING FEE ON PRINTS!!!! The offer ends at Sunday night. Shipping is very expensive so don't miss out on this great opportunity. As always, there is a 30 day money back guarantee on my prints.

Charlotte Spiral Original 12" x9" acrylic painting $246.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/natural-rhythm-kendall-kessler.html

Star City Play
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/star-city-play

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The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and puns go together like argh and groan! Actually I love them. I wish everybody did. Anyway here we go again.

Clyde and I were watching TV and he began to massage my calf.

Thank you! My calves are always tight.

Maybe you should give them some hay to make them happy. They won't pay you, though, since they are tight.

Why did I marry you? I don't watch birds.

One of the world's great unsolved mysteries.






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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

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Wading Original Acrylic Painting NFS
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beauty-and-danger-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 16" x 20" canvas print size for the special!




Bloodhound Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $170.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bloodhound-kendall-kessler.html

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Starting New Wildflower painting and Look out for Zombies...

October 31st, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Starting New Wildflower painting and Look out for Zombies...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am looking forward to painting today! I prepared the hardboard yesterday and now I can get started on another wildflower painting. I love to work with zillions of colors and nuances of colors and wildflower paintings are great for that. Constant change of color and texture as I load up the board. Today will just be the first layer and a lot of composition decisions and then things will really get going in a few days. Love oil paint!






Herons Cove Original 30" x20" pastel painting $1230.00

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/herons-cove

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Low on humor right now. Clyde is not asphyxiating me lately. I do hope that I either die with a paint brush in my hand or a laugh.

I did see something about calendars that I thought was funny. Of course, you have to like puns or you will groan big time. Clyde thought it was good.
Did you hear about the crooks that stole a calendar? They both got six months.

Okay, don't groan too loud. It is Halloween and you don't want the neighbors to think you are being attacked by a zombie.








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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

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Wading Original Acrylic Painting NFS
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beauty-and-danger-kendall-kessler.html

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Bloodhound Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $170.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Having a Monday blah day and Getting the parties together...

October 29th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Having a Monday blah day and Getting the parties together...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I don't know of a lot to do on my blog today. I know what I don't want to do which is what I just did. I completely modified my last post like I always do and then realized I was working on the last one and not the new one. I foolishly left that one so it would not change but forgot to copy my changes so I have to start all over again. Arghhhh! Since I am a workaholic I don't usually have the Monday blahs but I am this time. Hope the rest of the day is better.

Need to get into the studio. There is no computer there.

Blue Ridge Mist Original 16" x12" oil painting $384.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/blue-ridge-mist

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The Republicans and Democrats are so far apart these days that I thought this was a great cartoon! A picture of a donkey head with an elephant's trunks. Clyde said it looks like forced marriage.

Call it a Demacan or a Republicrat.





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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Wading Original Acrylic Painting NFS
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beauty-and-danger-kendall-kessler.html

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Bloodhound Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $170
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Memphis Spin and Internet eyes...

October 27th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Memphis Spin and Internet eyes...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I actually got out and danced last night! That was great! I really do spend so much time at home these days that getting away is such a nice experience. Been too busy with restoring a frame and postal stuff to paint so I want to get right to that.

I started another Skyline Beauty painting of Memphis TN with a limited palette for a change of pace. The first stage is getting a lot of hits! I am pleased that my abstract works are appreciated. I prefer working from images of this beautiful region but I also like to paint different things in a more expressive style. It is all good to me!

Glad to sell a print of one of my more recent ones, Memphis Spin to a great AR patron! Though I mostly sell original paintings and wall art prints, this one is on a bag. Be sure to click on the print options to the left of the listing to see all the possibilities!

Memphis Spin Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/memphis-spin-kendall-kessler.html

Washington Wave Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting $246.00
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/near-the-dedmon-center


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am have thinking about how tricky and dangerous the internet is and then I saw this cute illustration of a many eyed octopus that makes me think of it. In some ways the internet is like a many eyed monster.

Clyde said to think about the word. It is a net and what do you get with a net?

Fish?

Suckers. There are all kinds of fish with suckers.

I guess we all have to try not to be a sucker fish.

Wow. That is a weird one from the Word Man.






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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

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Beauty and Danger Original 20" x 16" Acrylic Painting $670.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beauty-and-danger-kendall-kessler.html

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Wildflower Magic Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Fall on the New River and Monkeys are Smarter than that....

October 24th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Fall on the New River and Monkeys are Smarter than that....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Fall on the New River certainly is a popular painting! Another print of it was bought today by a great Virginia patron. A great North Carolina patron owns the original. Check out the print possibilities below the picture of it. This certainly has been a busy day.

I am communicating with a patron who is interested in a commission which I am glad to do. I had so many online things I wanted to do today but the day is about shot and I didn't get to much. Oh well. I do the best I can as the days slip right out of my fingers. I am sure I am not alone in that regard.

Cheers to me and everyone else!


Fall on the New River Original oil painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/fall-on-the-new-river-kendall-kessler.html



Near The Dedmon Center Original 14" x 11" oil painting $313.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/near-the-dedmon-center

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I still have not ordered Clyde's Smart Phone. I told him I wanted him to find some plain pans that won't poison us and he hasn't done that yet so we are even.

I was thinking about what he said last time about how hard it will be for us to get a new phone going. He said it would be like two monkeys in a tree trying to open a banana with a coconut. Well, I think two monkeys in a tree would be smarter than that.

He said I was right. One of them would eat the banana and clunk the other one over the head with the coconut to open it. That sounds more like it!

LOL!








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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

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Beauty and Danger Original 20" x 16" Acrylic Painting $670.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beauty-and-danger-kendall-kessler.html

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Wildflower Magic Original Oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Sugarloaf Mountain and Two Monkeys in a Tree...

October 22nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Sugarloaf Mountain and Two Monkeys in a Tree...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am so pleased to sell my original painting of Sugarloaf Mountain to a great Texas patron! This is a very popular Blue Ridge painting and it is great to have a good home for it! As always wall art prints and prints on many household items and clothes are available. Be sure to click on the link to see all the possibilities to the right!


Sugarloaf Mountain Original oil painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/sugarloaf-mountain-kendall-kessler.html

Sunset Near Fancy Gap Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sunset-near-fancy-gap

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Oh no! Clyde wants to get a new phone. Panic in the streets or at least in our house! When I bought my smart phone that is way smarter than me neither one of us could get it going so we had to talk to someone with a thick accent only to find out it was defective. We sent it back and got one we finally managed to get going. So far so good. I have not heaved it out the window.

Clyde is thinking of getting one like mine so the nightmare will begin again. He says it will be like two monkeys in a tree trying to open a coconut with a banana!







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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-stroll-at-isle-of-palms-kendall-kessler.html

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Beauty and Danger Original 20" x 16" Acrylic Painting $670.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beauty-and-danger-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!






Wildflower Magic Original Oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out and The Lodge of Peaks of Otter and What really happened to the Mastodons....

October 20th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out and The Lodge of Peaks of Otter and What really happened to the Mastodons....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am so pleased to sell another print of my best seller, "Reaching Out", to a great VA patron! As I have mentioned before, "Reaching Out" was selected to be on the set of the popular sitcom The Mindy Project which ran for six seasons. Also pleased to sell another print of the beautiful lodge and lake at the popular Blue Ridge Resort, The Peaks of Otter! Check out the print selections for both with the links under them. The originals are still available!

Reaching Out Original 18" x 24" charcoal drawing $20,000
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-memphis-green-kendall-kessler.html


The Lodge at Peaks of Otter Original 16" x12" oil painting $384.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/the-lodge-at-peaks-of-otter-kendall-kessler.html


Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 24" x 18" oil painting $864.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/cloud-swirl-over-the-peaks-of-otter

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Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is taking a break from mirror jokes to get back to age jokes. He says he is so old that he kicked a mastodon in the butt and then pointed to another one and they battled it out.

Then the others joined in for a battle royale.

Now you know why they are extinct.





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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lion-stare-kendall-kessler.html

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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to present new Skyline Beauty painting and Dial a Nut...

October 19th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to present  new Skyline Beauty painting and Dial a Nut...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am pleased to present another Skyline Beauty painting of Memphis TN! For the last two Skyline Beauty paintings I have used a limited palette for a change of pace. I prefer to use all the colors of the spectrum of light and modulation in between those colors but it has been interesting using a mostly analogous system. Check them all out in my Skyline Beauty gallery on my website! My completely independent site is coming along. I hope to have it done soon!


Memphis Green Original 12" x 9" oil painting $246.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-memphis-green-kendall-kessler.html





https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/bloodhound

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Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have said before Clyde calls me to make sure I get up. I like to come up with funny answers. My favorite has been, "Who dat?" The other day I
used that one and he said Crazy.

Crazy? Why are you calling me?

I thought this was Dial a Nut.

Right people but wrong place.

I like that one. I think I will answer, Dial a Nut for a while.

I think we both might be a few chips short of a whole cookie.






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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Blue Ridge Parkway is Doing Fast Yoga and You do not want to glow in the dark...

October 15th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Doing Fast Yoga and You do not want to glow in the dark...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I have been doing what could be passed for fast yoga today. So much of the poses we take when we do housework are the same as yoga poses. The difference is I am not breathing slowly when I do table top to clean the bathroom floor and my downward dogs to pick up stuff on the kitchen floor are pretty quick.

I am so pleased that my arms have gotten a lot stronger and I can hold the downward dog pose for a very long time which is what the teacher requires us to do. I use to want to let out a dog yelp and get back to table top before my arms bent.

Anyway, now it is time to sit in front of the computer and get to all the sit down work I need to do. I really am a workaholic and sometimes I think I am on skid row, clicking and typing my fingers off.


Sharp Top Glow Original 14" x 11" oil painting $313.00

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sharp-top-glow
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Saturday night there is a old horror movie channel show on with a host that likes to make a lot of jokes about the movies. Last time he had a crazy advertisement for glow in the dark clothes. I asked Clyde if he would like a glow in the dark outfit.

No, then people that want to do me in could see me better.

Who would want to do that?

Don't you know why hunters are required to wear blaze orange?

So they don't get hit by a deer hunter.

No. It is blaze orange so a hunter that sees you can blaze away.

Ha ha. So no glow in the dark clothing for you.

Right.

Clyde doesn't like to hunt but his Dad lived to hunt so I thought this joke would be fun to put here!

WE INTERRUPT THIS MARRIAGE FOR DEER SEASON


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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670.00
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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Checking out Glencoe Museum's 20th Anniversary...

October 13th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Checking out Glencoe Museum

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Come on down to Glencoe Museum in Radford Va for the 20th Anniversary celebration! Here is a list of what is going on and one of my paintings will be in an exhibit of local scenes!

The celebration will include the opening of a new gallery and history exhibits that delve into Radford’s story. There will be refreshments and activities for all ages including living history interpreters, children’s activities and historical presentations.

Among the presenters will be Robert C. Whisonant; Paul Quigley, Director of Virginia Tech’s Center for Civil War Studies; and history professors Dan Thorp and Mary Ferrari.

The culmination of the event will be a special presentation by acclaimed Civil War Historian William C. Davis who will present, “Love Among the Ruins,†a talk based on his upcoming publication of the over 500 Wharton Civil War letters.





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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have to leave in an hour and just don't have anything for this section today so I am just going to get on over to the 20th Anniversary of Glencoe museum and Clyde can go watch birds. Cheers!




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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Lion Stare Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313.00
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Wildflower Rush Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway is Pleased to Sell Two Suggestions Prints and Stick in the Mud...

October 10th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Pleased to Sell Two Suggestions Prints and Stick in the Mud...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am so pleased to sell two prints from my Suggestions series to a great Va patron! This patron contacted me about looking at some originals, too. He recently bought a condominium on beautiful Smith Mountain Lake. I will be pleased to have some of my work at that great location!

If you haven't checked out my Suggestions gallery on my website, please do! These are paintings that are only available in print form. Sometimes I like to just put paint on paper and look for images to show up and then I bring them out for a strong expressionistic effect. I use inexpensive acrylic paint and inexpensive paper for these paintings which is why I don't have them for sale but they are great in print form!

Most patrons buy them for wall art but they are available on clothes, computer items, beach items, and kitchen items. The two that were bought for wall art are Sunflower Burst and Wading. Wading that is picture above is one of my favorites from this series! The other one that sold is Sunflower Burst. Check them out in the Suggestions Gallery for print options!



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have always had problems with popular phrases. I guess I am the stick in the mud that would have had no problem letting Latin die. We all know that if language does not change, it dies. Well, I always thought the use of the word "cool" was weird and didn't use it for most of my life.

Since it just won't go away I finally started to use it a few years ago. Like I said. I am a real stick in the mud. Do people use stick in the mud these days? Anyway, I am getting irritated with the phrase, it is what is it. I asked Clyde if it is what it is, what is it?

His response. If it is what it is it might be what it ain't. You have to think about that one but I like it!







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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Lion Stare Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313.00
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Wildflower Rush Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has some Twitter fun and Playing by Ear...

October 8th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has some Twitter fun and Playing by Ear...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Once in a while a troll or whatever appears on my computer radar. Today I was asked to stop posting pictures in my tweets. I have had this ridiculous request before from this person. I am on twitter to promote my artwork so pictures are going to appear in people's feed.

If people don't like seeing my artwork they should not follow me so I told this person I had unfollowed him and he should unfollow me so he won't get anymore unwanted tweets.

He not only unfollowed me. He blocked me so I blocked him.
Enough of that nonsense!



Rock Garden Original 42" x 30" oil painting $2720.00
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde has been kindly putting up with a lot of piano playing these days. I am working on recording some pieces I love for two reasons. My mother, who plays much better than me, likes to hear me play so I will send her a CD. The other reason is my fingers are not going to be able to play forever. They are stiffer than when I was young and I want to preserve some of my playing, especially the piece I wrote.

Anyway, I don't have a music room so Clyde, the most diplomatic person I have ever known, never complains.

Anyway, I saw a cute joke about pianists. Why does the hare have his head on the piano keys? He is playing by ear! Love it!







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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Lion Stare Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313.00
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Wildflower Rush Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Fighting with the Mouse again and That is Scary...

October 6th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Fighting with the Mouse again and That is Scary...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


No one can tell me a computer mouse is not alive. We bought a new one a while back because the one we had was doing crazy things. Cleaning it and changing the battery made no difference. The one we have now is doing those weird things right after cleaning it and a battery change. The reason I say it is alive is because it does all kinds of crazy things certain times of the day and then reverts to working perfectly.

I think it is protesting all the hours I am using it and letting me know when it wants to take a nap. I will end this with a LOL but I am not kidding, just trying to keep from hurling it out the window.


Snail Kite Original 11" x 9" mixed media painting $208.00

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I love humor about the brain and if I could remember, there is a great old cartoon with an animal asking another animal, "Where do you get these brains?" You had to see it to get the humor but I think a lot of us would like to be able to purchase a great brain.

There was a great funny on Facebook the other day that I loved. A person is very concerned that a zombie is looking for brains to eat and walked right past him. Now that is an insult! Hope that does not happen to me!








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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Snail Kite Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Tiger Lean Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is trying not to Cuss and Here for the Jokes...

October 3rd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is trying not to Cuss and Here for the Jokes...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am not going to bore anyone with my latest device fiascos except to say every one of them messed up today. From this computer to my phone everything was in a bad mood today. I will not go into detail. I talked to all of them in a very impolite voice with very colorful language and I hope they behave tomorrow.


Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing today. Clyde and I are too irritated over the computer mess up today to laugh much. Maybe when he watches Star Trek tonight he will come up with something I can use. Beam me up Scottie! I only come for the jokes!







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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Snail Kite Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Tiger Lean Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway is Fighting with Email and Right to your Front door...

October 1st, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Fighting with Email and Right to your Front door...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Computers, computers, computers. One screwy thing after another. I have learned a lot but if I were not marketing artwork on the net I would probably be the next thing to computer illiterate. Now my Gmail will not come in. It has not been in since last night which was very frustrating because I am communicating with a patron that is looking into buying Autumn Pond.

Fortunately there are great people to help. I asked some other artists and one said try a different browser. I did and now I can get into my gmail. I just looked up the term computer illiterate and had to laugh big time at the actual meaning. It refers to people that can't get the hang of a computer no matter how much you help them.

Ok, I may not have a doctorate in Computer Science like my brother but if I didn't know anything about computers I am sure I could learn. I think that term should just refer to ignorance of computers not complete lack of ability to use them.





Autumn Pond Original 40" x 26" oil painting $2080.00

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have often said that it is a good thing that all the side effects of drugs are listed on commercials but now I am not so sure it is the best approach to educating the public.

The list is so long that more and more people might think they should not get immunizations since they can have side effects, too. I do not want to see polio or whooping cough come back.

Anyway, the other night there was a commercial that listed the most common sides effects of the drug that was advertised.

Clyde chimed in with, "The most common side effect is a coffin delivered right to your door that costs a whole lot more than this drug."

Enough said. LOL!








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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Snail Kite Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Tiger Lean Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Escaping and Emails in my Dreams...

September 29th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Escaping and Emails in my Dreams...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am getting help with my Youtube problems from a great photographer here on Wordpress! I may get to figuring out more about my camera today but I may just back away for a while. My studio and my computer have me lassoed too much of the time so I think I will make a break for it and not work so much today. Hope everyone has a great Saturday!


Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 24" x 18" oil painting $864.00

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I spend so much time on the computer that Clyde said I need to get a t-shirt that says Computer Slave. I think he is right. I did a lot of work last night so I wouldn't have to do so much today but there is always a computer chore in my future. I can't get ahead but I do sneak away sometimes. It is beautiful outside so I will get out today. Here is a great joke about those of us that live on a computer. Love it!

Man says to his wife in bed. I don't get up to check my email at night. I have them forwarded to the people in my dreams and they read them to me.





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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Snail Kite Original 11" x 9" Mixed Media Painting $208.00
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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Having more Technology Problems and Swat that thing...

September 27th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Having more Technology Problems and Swat that thing...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I know my camera has some years on it but why can't I put the name and number in Google and get instructions that I can use. I look up something I need help with and when I follow the instructions the selection that I need in the menu is not there. Are cameras updated without changing the precise name of it? I get so frustrated with all this stuff.

I still use Aperture because I finally figured it out and now I am told it is on the way out so if I do have a question it is almost impossible to find the answer. Youtube no longer has the stabilization feature or the color adjustment feature so now my videos will have a slight shake and the colors will be washed out.

It seems to me I should be able to make those adjustments with my camera but I can't figure it out. I will check the instruction manual that I got with the camera and hope I can find the answer there.

Of course, I have to find the manual. ARGH!

Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top Original 20" x 16" acrylic painting $660.00

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We are still swatting mosquitoes. The other night while Spock was trying to destroy a weird creature in a shuttle craft Clyde worked hard to kill a mosquito in our bedroom. I was the scout that kept losing it in the shadows and he was the warrior with the fly swatter.
Finally it landed where I could see it on a door and Clyde got it. We cheered and Clyde went to bed while I did some computer work.

It was going okay when I noticed something in my hair. Of course, it was another mosquito. I lunged at it as it flew away and then disappeared. Later, I was reading a book in the living room and one flew right by me.

I told Clyde the next day it must be a family of them all working together to get us. Yeah, a SUCKY family. I would say argh, but I love puns!

Saw a cute joke about a parent mosquito asking a young mosquito how his first flight went. Great! Everyone was clapping for me!





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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Snail Kite Original 11" x 9" Mixed Media Painting $208.00
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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Working on New Website and The Mosquito Lunge...

September 24th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Working on New Website and The Mosquito Lunge...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am more than halfway through my new website on Wix! What a lot of work. I am one prolific artist and when it is done there will be a little over 400 originals available for purchase. I have been painting for more years then I care to admit and have sold a lot of work.

At this point I have originals and prints in 31 states and 6 countries other than the US. A lot of artists throw away the ones they don't sell but I can't do that. I have worked too hard to discard any of them. They are like children that I am determined to find homes for. Not all of them are framed.
When someone requests one of those I either get them framed or they have them framed.

Some of mine are professionally framed but most of them are in good but inexpensive frames that patrons either keep the work in or have the work framed to suit their needs.


Karen's Gift Original 30" x 40" acrylic painting $2430.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Almost the end of September and we are still getting mosquito bites. I don't know how they are getting in but this morning one was hovering above me and I lunged for it. Of course it got away and Clyde spent some time chasing it in the computer room but lost sight of it.

Saw a cute joke about mosquitoes on the net. A vegetarian mosquito is attacking an orange. The caption is This blood orange really sucks.

I don't think there are any vegetarian mosquitoes around here, just big time blood suckers. I wish I had counted all the bites I had gotten the past few summers. I'll bet this summer was a record number.

Wow! Those ones I got on my hand last night really itch.






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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Snail Kite Original 11" x 9" Mixed Media Painting $208.00
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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents new Memphis Tennessee painting and Teeth look Okay...

September 22nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents new Memphis Tennessee painting and Teeth look Okay...

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Well, I am back to my Skyline Beauty series! I really enjoy this series in acrylics. I love the way I can achieve a bunch of layers in one session due to the drying time of the paint. I used to think that was a major disadvantage of acrylics but now I think it is an advantage - at least an advantage for how I paint. I decided on another view of the Memphis TN skyline and am very pleased with the first stage.

I may just tweak it and have one listing but I will see what happens when I get back to it. I was starting with just the center area of the canvas for my Skyline Paintings and then filling it up in the second layer but this time I wanted to cover the whole canvas for the first stage. I will be painting one more Memphis painting and will probably have two layers that are quite different.


Memphis Reflections Stage One Original acrylic painting NFS
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Snail Kite Original 11" x 9" mixed media painting $208
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Wow! There certainly is a massive effort to convince everyone their teeth should be as white as a piece of tissue paper. Of course, there are lots of products to buy to achieve super white teeth. I don't think teeth are meant to be white as snow. I knew a girl that had teeth so white each one of them looked like a little flashlight.

Clyde said maybe people should just put a flashlight in their mouth. Then they wouldn't have to work so hard to get them white.

I think I will just brush and floss. They look okay to me.





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Bisset Park Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Pawleys Island Atmosphere Stage One Original Oil painting NFS
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Dream Horse 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Prints of Pawleys Island Atmosphere and Fun with Star Trek...

September 21st, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Prints of Pawleys Island Atmosphere and Fun with Star Trek...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


We are all glad to see the water go back to the New River! We certainly got by with minimal flooding. I am glad that I am all paid up on my Home Owners Insurance. Funny thing. Well, not that funny but definitely an age thing. I accidentally paid it twice and when I was going over my statement I discovered the error. I realize that last statement is strange to a lot of people, if not most people.

I know I can bank online but all this online stuff makes me nervous. I just don't think it is safe. I was rather surprised that the company cashed both checks. I called about it and the local representative said my computer listing has a refund. Why couldn't they just send back one of the checks?

Anyway, I need to be more careful but I am glad it has been a very long time since I made that sort of error. One time I put the amount for my credit card bill on the check for my phone bill. Of course, they issued me a refund.

I know I am not alone in saying this age thing is not fun. I just keep on thinking of the lady in her nineties that performs on a balance beam! Yes, we can keep going for a long time!

I am real pleased to sell some prints of the second stage of Pawleys Island Atmosphere to a great Va patron! This time a box of greeting cards was bought! Don't forget that my prints are on a number of household items, stationary, clothes, and kitchen and computer accessories! All the options are at the right of the listing!



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North Albemarle in McLean, VA Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430.00
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I look forward to watching Star Trek reruns with Clyde. They are on the hour before he goes to bed and I can usually goad him into saying something I can use here.

If Star Trek has 400 crew members, how come we only see a few in the bridge and the captain and senior officers only take a few crewmen with red shirts that usually get killed. Where are the others?

They are below playing badminton and complaining that this five year mission isn't getting them any lines for the show.

Love to watch Star Trek with you.

You are just here writing your blog.

No, you just wrote it. Thanks!






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Bisset Park Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Pawleys Island Atmosphere Stage One Original Oil painting NFS
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Dream Horse 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist just got Rain and What did He say about our Marriage...

September 17th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist just got Rain and What did He say about our Marriage...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


We waited for some torrential rains but it looks like it did not happen here. Roanoke had some severe flooding but we just got wet. The people on the coast did not have to evacuate their homes but North Carolina sure got pummeled. Love the beach but definitely do not want to live there!

I made a mistake in my last blog on the Specials. They ended Thursday, not Friday. Senior moment. I looked up a chart that compares Alzheimers symptoms with regular old age symptoms and so far I am still on the right side of the chart. I am reading at night to try keep my mind together and I know playing the piano helps. I really need to get back to reading Spanish novels. You have to stay sharp to keep up a foreign language. I have forgotten some words and some grammar so I had better get back to it before I can only say hola. Our library has next to nothing in Spanish. I guess I need to see what I can get on Interlibrary loan.

Anyway, I am hanging in there and painting away! Here is the final stage of Pawleys Island Atmosphere!


Pawleys Island Atmosphere Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430.00
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Osprey Evening Original 10" x 8" oil painting $168
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last time I wrote about the different times that Clyde and I go to bed due to our schedules. He is in bed at 9 so he can get up at 4. I stay up to 11:30 and get up at 7:30. Funny thing. Every night at 9 I have an overwhelming desire to go to sleep and then I start to wake up .

I told Clyde that the reason my body wants to go to sleep at 9 is because we are soul mates. He gagged and said we were more like a ship wreck without a ship.

Ha ha! I love to goad him. Wait, did he really say our marriage is like a ship wreck? Oh well. I asked for it. LOL!











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Pawleys Island Atmosphere Stage One Original Oil painting NFS
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Dream Horse 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Worried about Coming Storm and Fun with Star Trek...

September 10th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Worried about Coming Storm and Fun with Star Trek...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Wow, my painting progress seems very unimportant in the light of the coming storm! It looks to be quite a devastating one. A local weatherman, Kevin Myatt, is so concerned he said we should pray! Never heard that before from a weatherman.

I am so glad we live in the mountains and on a hill. Hopefully our little home won't be knocked over or flooded. We have one very large tree out front. I hope it doesn't land on our house during the high winds.

Oh well, we are stocking up on extra food and water and I think I WILL pray.

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Beauty and Danger Original 20" x 16" acrylic painting $670
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

For some reason we do not understand, certain channels on our TV disappear and then others appear. Right now a station that we did not have is on and has Star Trek episodes every day. Even though I have seen most of the episodes multiple times and I am not that big of a fan, I like to watch it with Clyde because he usually has some fun comments. Last night we were watching one with the crew stuck on a planet because the transporter would not work.

They have shuttles. I have seen them many times. Why don't they use them rather than the transporter. Also, if they are stuck, why can't they send a shuttle down?

Oh Clyde. The shuttles were probably sent out and arrested for parking tickets. Then they were towed away by the Klingons.
I think that is as logical as a machine that can take people apart and then reassemble them elsewhere.

Spock probably would not agree with me.










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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil painting SOLD
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Liberty Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Arm Wrestled it Down and Nut Case...

September 8th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Arm Wrestled it Down and Nut Case...

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Well, I arm wrestled my latest painting down and now it is just a matter of finesse. I hope I don't have back problems the next time. It is never good for me to have to leave a painting for a while and then begin work again. I am really tired of the saying, Seize the day, but it does apply here.

I have to seize the paint brush since I am changing every day and if too much time elapses between painting sessions the painting starts to yell at me. I don't like being yelled at.

Anyway, I am very pleased with the end result and when I have finished the tweaks it will go on my website!

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address under the below painting will take you there!


Forest Green Original 10" x 14" oil painting $300
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A while back I told Clyde I thought I was a little on the nutty side but I am a well functioning nut. No artist likes to rant that artists are not nuts more than me, but I do think I am a little off - at least according to others. I think if I were actually tested I would come up normal but I am definitely a non-conformist to say the least. I hate to shop for clothes. How many girls can say that? The stores are full of them.

I love to paint even though at times I have thoughts of opening a vein due to frustration. If I had time I would play the piano most of the day even though the music running through my head can be an excruciatingly difficult experience. I wish there were an off button.

Oh well. Clyde is out studying birds right now and some people call him nuts. If every one did what he does we would not have environmental problems.

Saw a great joke on the internet about mental illness.

A psychiatrist asks his patient that is lying on the sofa, "Is nut job hyphenated?"








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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil painting SOLD
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Liberty Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist wants to Escape and What is that is your beard...

September 5th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist wants to Escape and What is that is your beard...

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Sometimes I think I should just take a break from all my work and just relax. I used to despise shopping and still don't like it but these days it is a break. There are zillions of things I would do if I could talk myself out of computer work and artwork but I am driven to get my art out to people and that requires a lot of effort every day.

I did get to the lake a few times this summer and my hubby went with me! He is not much for swimming but birds and butterflies always show up so he is happy where ever he goes. He actually writes down data every single time he is out of the house. Now, that is dedication!

Anyway, I am hoping to make a lot of progress on my latest painting today. It started out good but I had to take such a long break from it that it is presenting problems right now.

Live to paint, love to paint, but it can be a real pain in the you know where at times.


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Zinnia Spin Original 12" x 8" colored pencil drawing $222
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday Clyde was about to leave the house with food in his beard.

You have food in your beard.

That's just my reserves.

I thought your reserves were the pieces you drop on your chest when you lie down.

Those are my auxiliary pieces.

Considering how we eat and the clothes we wear I guess people could say we are uncouth.

I lost my couth in my youth.

Argh! The Word Man strikes again.

You know this is going on the internet.

Yeah.






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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil painting SOLD
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Liberty Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Struggling with Latest Painting and Free Shipping until Midnight...

September 3rd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Struggling with Latest Painting and Free Shipping until Midnight...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


FREE SHIPPING ON PRINTS THROUGH midnight SEPTEMBER 3RD!!!!!
Fine Art America is again giving patrons a huge Labor Day weekend price break!

As we all know shipping artwork is very expensive so be sure to take advantage of this great Holiday Special!

Painting is such a weird process. One minute you think a painting is coming along and will be done soon and then the painting starts talking to you and asks you about your current approach to it. I hate, hate, hate wasting paint and sometimes I hold back on my loaded paintings because of the cost of paint. The second stage has a strong impasto surface but I thought I still needed one more layer which I started a few days ago but now I am working in areas because I don't think I need to cover everything again.

Some areas are truly done and I don't want to mess them up. The third layer is always the hardest and I'll best most people reading this have no idea as to what I am talking about. Oh well, I know there are other artists that understand. Love what I do but it is not easy. I still have both ears. I refuse to let it drive me nuts although I think Van Gogh would have had mental problems despite his profession. It ran in his family.

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Evening River Motion Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The Bird Man is out doing his thing with our son. Last night he saw over 250 hawks from our back yard as some neighbor kids made fun of him and teased a dog. Clyde has endured insults about bird watching his whole life so the rude comments he receives just roll off his back. The time someone reported him because they thought he may have been a terrorist was not something he could ignore.

I admire his naturalist efforts and have learned a lot from him about our fragile environment. I am too antsy to spend all the hours he does studying birds but I think it is great and I am extremely impressed that he has uploaded over 20,000 sightings to ebird at Cornell University. I don't think ignorance is bliss but I do think a lot of Americans think it is. We need to shape up.

Saw a funny cartoon about today's Holiday.

Happy Labor Day! Now stuff your self with hotdogs like a good American!



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Bisset Park Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil painting SOLD
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Liberty Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Clyde and Alan and Definition of Family...

September 1st, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Clyde and Alan and Definition of Family...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


FREE SHIPPING ON PRINTS THROUGH midnight SEPTEMBER 3RD!!!!! Fine Art America is again giving patrons a huge Labor Day weekend price break!
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I am real pleased to sell a print of one of my favorite family portraits to a great CA patron! This painting is very special to me. My husband would rock our son to sleep lying down and most of the time whenever he picked him up he would fall to sleep in his arts. I guess he associated sleep with Daddy's arms.
The painting was sold years ago but wall art prints and prints on many other items are available! Link under painting!

Clyde and Alan Original Oil painting Sold
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Camellias Original 10" x 13" Oil Painting $275
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before I love movies! I get a lot of great ones from our library and netflix. I can hardly stand to watch TV with all the commercials. It usually takes me several days to watch one due to the fact that I have so much to do and am a workaholic. Hard for me to sit still for the whole movie.

Anyway, I highly recommend Permanent which is a very funny comedy about a young girl that ends up starting the school year with an awful permanent she can do nothing about.

There is a lot more to the movie and one line will live with me forever! I told it to Clyde and he agreed! A lady in therapy gives her definition of family.


A family is like a plant. You water it and hope you didn't get a weed. Love it!









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Bisset Park Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Lion Stare Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is looking forward to lake time and Not like the President's Signature...

August 29th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is looking forward to lake time and Not like the President

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I wanted to get back to my latest shore painting but I got sidetracked so I am going to get in there and at least clean off my palette so I can work tomorrow. The trick is how to paint, get all my computer work done, and still get to the lake to swim before the afternoon showers. I hope the rain will hold off so I can swim one more time before the lifeguards quit for the summer.

People are allowed to swim without them but I would rather have them there. I have only used my float once this summer and I am looking forward to spinning around in it one more time. I am a responsible adult but in many ways I never grew up and I highly recommend staying a kid and never losing the desire to have the same fun we had when we were little!

I have finished the second stage of Pawleys Island Atmosphere! Getting a lot of hits on this stage as well as the first stage! Be sure to click on the link and see all the wall art prints and prints on just about anything to the right.


Pawleys Island Atmosphere Stage Two Original 40" x 30" Oil painting NFS
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-island-atmosphere-stage-two-kendall-kessler.html





Imaginary Flowers Original 20" x 9" Oil Painting $380
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/imaginary-flowers

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday I was adding some Skyline Beauty paintings to my new Independent website and updating them on my website connected to Fine Art America. As I added them to my new site I also let the revised listings go to social media sites.

A twitter friend saw one of my New York skyline paintings and thought it resembled Donald Trump's signature. That had never occurred to me so I looked up his signature and didn't see the resemblance so I tweeted that I had not intended the painting to look like his signature and couldn't see the resemblance myself.

I didn't think the friend that tweeted the comment meant any offense but she let me know she just thought the up and down motion of the brushwork looked like his signature.

Clyde said you should have asked the friend to buy it and then she could compare it up close with Trump's signature. What a shameless opportunist and I wish I had thought of that! LOL!









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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Lion Stare Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has made a Promotional Change and The Chirp and Delete Club...

August 27th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has made a Promotional Change and The Chirp and Delete Club...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Can't think of much to say today except I finished the second stage of Pawleys Island Atmosphere and am looking forward to the last stage. The first stage that is getting a lot of hits is in the video at the top of this post. I will post the second stage on my website connected with Fine Art America soon.

I am working hard to finish my independent website with Wix but it will take a long time. There is a lot to see already but a lot more needs to be added and then I need to learn how to promote it effectively.

I have also decided, for now, to just send out my newsletter from Fine Art America. I started one with another site because I thought the number of paintings that could be added on the Fine Art America one was too few. Either they have changed their format or I was not working it correctly. There is plenty of room so I will not use the other one that aggravates me no end. The computer really likes to burp and default big time with that site and I have had enough!

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The link under the below painting will take you there!




Chinese Orchids Original 10" x 14" Oil Painting $285
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/chinese-orchids


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

You know you have been living with a Bird Watcher or Birder, as they say, for a very long time when you go looking for him when you see unusual birds on the internet. Lots of times people want an identification of an unusual species or an explanation of certain types of behavior so I ask The Bird Man and he groans he should be paid for his expertise but he always helps out.

Sometimes I wonder about all these Nature programs. Are there any other inhabitants of this planet that are carefully studying us, making reports, and trying to figure out our behaviors? I don't think so but I do love the cartoon with bird using binoculars!

Crows are very smart and have learned to adapt to the changes we have made in the environment so I am just waiting for one of them to fly off with Clyde's binoculars and start checking us out. Wonder what they would say about all the paintings I make.

Clyde said they have probably learned to read and they want him to hit the delete button on all those poems he writes. That would explain all the bird noise right outside the window.








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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Lion Stare Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Watching out for Scammers and Don't Blow it Up...

August 25th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Watching out for Scammers and Don

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Selling artwork on line can be a very tricky thing. There are a lot of scammers out there and I have known of artists that were tricked out of a lot of money. I am very careful and haven't fallen for any schemes so far. One of the most popular one is the shipping scam. The fake buyer sends a check for an amount that includes a very high shipping fee. The artist is requested to cash the check and give the shipper the several thousand dollar fee to the carrier. Of course, the check is no good and the artist is out a lot of money and the artwork.

Right now a guy from another country is looking into buying one of my paintings. He seems legitimate but, as always, I make sure the check is good and the shipping fee is up to him. I didn't start painting yesterday. Been at this a long time. That reminds me. I need to check my credit score. I have not done that in a while.

The internet is great in many ways but it is also very dangerous. Crooks love it, too.

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address under the below painting will take you there!

Blue Ridge Morning Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/blue-ridge-morning

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When I want to get a quip from Clyde I have learned the best place to get them is when he is watching TV. He usually has some fun comments for shows and commercials. I just have to remember to write them down. I always think I won't forget them but I do.

Last night we were watching a Magician's show and he was flipping the channels all over the TV because of the ridiculous number of commercial breaks. He said the real magic is the commercials. They make the magicians disappear.

That's for sure! One commercial that kept appearing over and over again was an advertisement for a beach vacation that has a song we have heard so many times Clyde said he liked looking at the pictures of the beach but the song made him want to blow up the TV. It is a nerve wracking ditty.

Love the beach but this commercial has got to go!







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Blue Ridge Horse Pasture Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
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Other Pears Original 14" x 10" Oil Pastel Painting $300
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is up to her Elbows in Oil Paint and Pet Rock Opinions....

August 22nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is up to her Elbows in Oil Paint and Pet Rock Opinions....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Soon I will be finished with the second stage of Pawleys Island Atmosphere which is pictured in the first video above. It is coming along and it doesn't seem to be such an arm wrestling event as usual. It is great to get better and better at a medium and not encounter so much frustration. Yes, it would be boring if there were no conflict but the ride to the end is not as bumpy as it used to be.

I used to destroy ones that just didn't work out. I don't do that anymore. Some are better than others but they all have merit and the benefit of many decades of working at my own style. I have accomplished a lot and my surfaces are complex and visually compelling.

Pat that back and get back in the studio! Love what I do but I don't do it for free. It is not easy. It is artWORK!

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The address is below under the title of the pictured painting.





New River Trestle Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/new-river-trestle-1

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When I look at the stars, which I don't do often, I am astounded by the fact or theory that we are the only planet in the universe with life. As more and more planets are discovered that may not be true at all.

I asked Clyde if he thought there was intelligent life some where else. I got the usual curmudgeon response.
If there is, I hope they are smarter than us and don't tear up their planet to make life easier or fight others more effectively or whatever all the things we have invented are supposed to do.

My Dad was always so impressed with our technological advancements. He said that pollution and climate change could be looked at as the details that needed to be taken care of. I don't see anyone taking care of these details. I see people fighting tooth and nail to ignore these problems in the name of money.

Clyde is not the only one that gets on his high horse. Sometimes the crazy artist wants to chime in, too.

Clyde said another planet's pet rocks are probably laughing at us.

Ask a curmudgeon for an opinion and get a curmudgeon response.






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Blue Ridge Horse Pasture Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
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Other Pears Original 14" x 10" Oil Pastel Painting $300
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Making Progress on Website and Not all those blood suckers are bad...

August 20th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Making Progress on Website and Not all those blood suckers are bad...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



I am still working away on my Wix website. Considering all the artwork I need to add to it, it will take a long time to complete, but I do want to get traffic there as soon as possible so I will have my header painting with the link to it on my website! Not sure why there is a add to cart button. I have not added the online store option yet so patrons will have to contact me right now.

Eventually I will have the Fine Art widget on it for people that want prints. For now I will include that link under the painting, too! Please check out what I have there so far! Quite a lot to see. I am hoping to paint today but it is so dark out that it will be difficult to see the warm colors. Light is everything. My Daylight Florescent lights can only compensate for so much.

As I have mentioned before, the main reason I do not paint plein air is because of the extreme change in light from outdoors to indoors and my work is not going to be hanging outdoors somewhere. It is very important to me that the colors are accurate in home light and office light. Hope to get more light soon.

Sailboat Sunrise Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/sailboat-sunrise

https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/sailboat-sunrise-kendall-kessler.html


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
I can't believe the number of mosquito bites I have had this season. I am not outdoors much and all our windows have very secure screens but I keep getting more welts. They seem to prefer me over Clyde and I probably scratch them while I am sleeping because they turn into massive lumps. Recently I was bit in the same place on each thigh.

I told Clyde that I think a couple of sisters decided to have a competition to see who could get the most. One of them said to the other, "You take this thigh and I'll get the other one and may the best blood sucker win." The one that got the right thigh won by a landslide, body slide, leg slide - whatever.

Anyway, I don't think a Hobbit like me with secure screens should be getting this type of bite action. They must sneak in on our clothes when we come in the door. I hate mosquitoes. They really do suck. I decided to look up whether or not we would be better off without them and here is what I found. I am not surprised that we should not try to eradicate them. Everything works together in nature like an airplane in the air. We should not try to get rid of any bolts or that airplane is going to crash.

Should we try to eradicate mosquitoes?

No, because not all are bad. Mosquitoes are a fly in the family Culicidae, and there are over 3500 species of them! The females lay eggs usually in still water, anything from a shallow pond to a flowerpot or birdbath or puddle. The larvae live in the water, eating microbes and small particles or algae. They pupate in the water, and the adult mosquito eventually emerges from the water surface and flies off.

What do adult mosquitoes eat? Most are vegetarian. They drink flower nectar, plant sap, and fruit juices, and never drink blood. Killing these species is not necessary: in fact, it’s counterproductive.

The more than 90 species of one such harmless genus, Toxorhynchites, also known as the “elephant mosquito†because of their great size, are an ally to our cause: their larvae eat other mosquito larvae! Since they are helpful, we should make sure any strategies we use to kill bad mosquitoes will leave these gentle giants alone.









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Blue Ridge Horse Pasture Original 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
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Other Pears Original 14" x 10" Oil Pastel Painting $300
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Pawleys Island Atmosphere and Fun with Koalas...

August 18th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Pawleys Island Atmosphere and Fun with Koalas...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Too much to do today so I am trying to get most of it done early. One of the problems with oil paintings is that even with a cover on the palette the expensive paint is drying as I am typing so I have to get in there and get to work. Acrylics dry almost as fast as you put it out on the palette so they have to be used up each session. I would agree with acrylic painters that there are many advantages to that medium but oils are just so much richer in my opinion. And they can be built up into a fascinating web of brushwork.

Well, time to get off of my High Horse and get to the studio. Right after I finish the laundry, scan some music, and do some dishes. I am finally getting to the second stage of Pawleys Island Atmosphere now that my back is better. I put the first stage up a few weeks ago and it is about to hit 2000 hits! Definitely a keeper!
The painting is picture below and prints are available of this first stage. Busy, busy, busy!

Pawleys Island Atmosphere Stage One Original Oil Painting NFS
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Our church has a great Faith and Film night and so far I have supplied most of the films since I am a huge film buff. I know of a lot of uplifting films that pertain to faith and last night we saw Return to Me which is one of my all time favorite films. It is about regaining hope and happiness after a tragic loss. I won't give the plot away but it centers around a zoologist who works hard to get a great habitat for her gorilla friend.

The actress Bonnie Hunt and Director of the film is from a large Catholic family and she wanted to make a film about Catholics. Most of the kids in the film are her relatives. Anyway, it is a great romantic comedy, emphasis on comedy, and I highly recommend it. Carroll O'Conner is one of the principal players.

I don't have a funny from Clyde today. He said a few crazy things but I forgot to write them down so here is a free clip art funny. Not sure why the word koalified is partially hidden. The site did say free clip art. I am very careful about these things. Just wish I could get creeps to stop stealing my stuff.

Seems like all the ones I check into are out of range or not pursuable.

Argh!!!






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Memphis Lights Original Oil painting SOLD
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Coyote Chill Original 18" x 24" Oil Painting $890
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Riverview Spring and Namaste right on out the Door...

August 15th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Riverview Spring and Namaste right on out the Door...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so tired I am feeling like the Walking Dead lately. Okay, you know you are an old person that does not watch much TV when you make a reference to something and not know what you are referring to. I decided I had better look and now I know The Walking Dead is a TV program about Zombies. I wouldn't say I am a Zombie but now that my back is completely well I am working too hard at everything. Sometimes I wonder why I am such a workaholic. I don't wonder long. Got it from my Dad. He didn't drink at all. He worked and so do I.

I know of too many people that developed a bad alcohol problem so I am not about to take up drinking. I might like it too much. I love everything that I do. I just wish I could turn into some sort of supergirl that helps the planet but still has time for everything else. Long ago I traveled to Spain with my mother and was having some stomach problems. She insisted I take some sort of medicine that had a tranquilizing effect on me. I never felt better in my life! Drugs are not the answer either.

Just wish there were more hours in the day and I had more energy. Shouldn't complain, but we all do.

Anyway, glad to sell a large framed print of Riverview Spring to a great Virginia Beach patron! Check out all the print options below. A terrific Richmond VA patron owns the original!

Riverview Spring Original Oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yoga has helped me very much and I would recommend it to anyone that would like to keep their body going. I learned a few years ago that exercise is not enough. Muscles seem to freeze with age. All the swiming, skating, and dancing is not enough.

Anyway, I go to class twice a week and also do small workouts at home. I like what it does for me but I don't like Yoga at all. It is strenuous and time consuming.

There is always a clock there and I try hard not to keep looking at it but I am anxious for the class to end.
I told Clyde I am always very glad to Namaste my butt right out the door when the class is over!





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Memphis Lights Original Oil painting SOLD
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Coyote Chill Original 18" x 24" Oil Painting $890
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to a Shore painting and Ruff, Rest, Ruff...

August 13th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to a Shore painting and Ruff, Rest, Ruff...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Google and I are becoming close companions as I work on my independent website which I think I have published. I hit the publish button and I now have an address but, as usual, I am very confused with the site directions. I keep going back to Google and ask questions on how to work the site. The help buttons on sites tend to confuse me and chats drive me crazy. I have spent hours on those getting more and more confused. I have 82 paintings on it right now but they are not in collections which is something I should have done when I started.

I am going to take some time to set up the collections and then add more work. I am one prolific artist so there is a lot to add. I will add the Fine Art widget when I figure out how to do that. Now people will be able to go to the print collection on Fine Art America but my independent site will have all of my available originals so people won't have to wade through over 900 selections to find the paintings that are for sale.

Now that my back is completely well I am going to work on the large painting of the marsh side of Pawleys Island that I started three weeks ago. The first stage that I uploaded for print sales has already gotten 1800 hits.It is the cover image for the Youtube at the top. It is not going to be easy. I don't know about other painters, but I have to be in practice with the medium just like I have to be in practice to play the piano well. I would start a little one but I think I will just risk having to scrape expensive paint off this new large painting if it messes up.
Art is so much more complicated then I think most people realize it is.

Dream Creek Original Oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/dream-creek-kendall-kessler.html

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the link!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I think I have mentioned before that we have problems with barking dogs in our neighborhood that seem to really get into it when we are trying to sleep. One neighbor manages to get dogs that bark slowly over and over again. Bark, rest, bark, rest, bark, rest,etc...
We have decided that it is practicing for a band it is going to form. The name should be Ruff Ruff and the Monotonous.

Dogs are great in many ways but I would love to have a dog free night. I don't sleep well as it is and I hate being awakened by a dog over and over again.

A lot of people these days like to look at everything as good. I hear people say the phrase, It's all Good, all the time. I don't think they would say that if they slept by our window on a cool summer night.

Time to get some more tea so I can wake up.





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Bisset Park Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART

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Memphis Lights Original Oil painting SOLD
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Coyote Chill Original 18" x 24" Oil Painting $890
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out and Look out for that Door....

August 11th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out and Look out for that Door....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I will never look at my front screen door again in the same way. Today as I was going out to mail a package the bottom metal section caught my heel and gave it a big gash. It bled for a while and then stopped so I don't think I will need stitches but ouch!!! One time my mother clipped herself with the dishwasher door. After that every time I got near it she said watch out. I thought she was being overly cautious but not anymore.

I will be creeping out the front door for a long time. It was a freak accident and I let out some loud choice words. I was hoping nobody heard me but my great neighbor came over to make sure I had not fallen down and hit my head or something. Great to have nice neighbors! If I weren't chained to a computer I would socialize more. I will try to make more time for people. Life is so short.

The good news is I sold another print of my best seller to a great Australia patron! "Reaching Out" is my most popular nude drawing and as I have said, ad nauseam, it was chosen to be on the set of the hit sitcom The Mindy Project which ran for six seasons.

Check it out below and my Specials end this evening!



Reaching Out Original 24" x 18" Charcoal Drawing $20,000
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/reaching-out-kendall-kessler.html

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, I am back to trying to find the answer to an Insurance question and being sent round and round in circles. I have a pad filled with the numbers I should call. Each person I call has a number I should call instead of their number. I think I may have the right one now but a robot answers and those robots drive me crazy. I say the wrong thing and they can't quite hear it and we go round and round in circles.

I will never forget how one company had my son older than me so they weren't going to cover his health costs. That one took months to straighten out.
Clyde said maybe they will send you the answer in 2096 when we are dead.

That won't do. I will strike up a conversation with the robot on Monday.








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Bisset Park Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bisset-park-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!

Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a Print of a Thesis Painting and When to Lie to a Judge...

August 9th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a Print of a Thesis Painting and When to Lie to a Judge...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to sell a print of Blue Life to a great New York patron! This painting is one of many paintings that I did for my thesis. I compared the use of color of The Impressionists with the use of color of 20th century colorist Pierre Bonnard.

The thesis was both a written study of these artists and a comparison of their technique. I painted the same subject matter as I thought Monet, Renoir, and Bonnard would have painted them given what I know of these artists and what they wrote about regarding their approach to art.

Blue Life is a simple pitcher painted in the way I thought Pierre Bonnard would have painted it. I am very pleased with the strong glowing colors that are like those he used in his work. He pushed the color to it's limit.

Blue Life Original 10" x 8" Oil painting NFS
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day I heard a TV judge tell a litagant not to ever lie to a judge in court.

I asked Clyde when should someone lie to a judge?

When you offer to buy them a martini and then go out the back door leaving the tab for the judge.

That says it all.









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Bisset Park Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bisset-park-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!


Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/smith-mountain-lake-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print size for the special!




Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a print of Bloodhound and Math Therapy...

August 6th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a print of Bloodhound and Math Therapy...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Wow! It is so great to be back to a computer that does not bump me off a page or give me grief when I want to copy paste something. I decided while I was away visiting family that all my computer work could just drop off a cliff. Laptops and me do not get along. Sometimes I want to shoot this one but not as often as I want to shoot a laptop. On the plus side I am real pleased to sell a print of Bloodhound to a great New Jersey patron!



Bloodhound Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bloodhound-kendall-kessler.html

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
I have great respect for Mathematics and I don't like all the quips about how someone that has not used Algebra in their adult life wonders why they had to take it in High School.

Actually we use Algebra and Calculus every day with our devices and many High School students haven't decided what they want to study in college so if they decide to become an engineer then they will be behind when they start college if they didn't take Algebra in High School.

Everyone should have to take Algebra.

All that aside, I do love the cartoon with the caption - Dear Math. I'm not a therapist. Solve your own problems.

I asked Clyde if he had anything to add to the cartoon and he said he couldn't add.

Ha ha.






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Bisset Park Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bisset-park-kendall-kessler.html
Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!

Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART

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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting SOLD
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART

Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a Print of Richmond Ripples and The Automated Cup...

July 30th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a Print of Richmond Ripples and The Automated Cup...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

My To Do List is so long today I want to hang it up somewhere and shoot it over and over again until it looks like swiss cheese. Oh well. I have already done a lot of work and there is plenty more to do.

To quote the Irish restaurant owner that Carol O'Conner played in one of my favorite movies, Return to Me - I am blessed with work. Now that is the attitude to have, not pot shots at the list.

Anyway, pleased to sell a print of Richmond Ripples to a great Massachusetts patron! Check it out below and click on the link to see all the prints option to the right. Original is still available!


Richmond Ripples Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246.00
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/richmond-ripples-kendall-kessler.html

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Wow! I think the objects in our lives are becoming way too automated. What was the problem with rolling down a car window?

Why do people have riding lawn mowers when they could get some exercise pushing a mower?

Now there is a cup that stirs the drink for you. When I mentioned that to Clyde he asked if the cup takes the temperature of the liquid, too? Actually, there are cups that do that.

Well, I have said it before and I will say it again. If they computerize bathrooms we are going to need an out house.







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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Blue Ridge Horse Pasture Original 16" x 12" Oil painting SOLD

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Nesting Original 10" x 8" Mixed Media Painting $190

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist's Back is Back and Maybe it should be The Do Not Do It LIst...

July 28th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Back has been better all week! Yea! I am still taking it easy so it doesn't act up again. We never appreciate our backs until they hurt big time! Cheers! Lots to do and not much time to do it.



Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/wildflower-current-kendall-kessler.html

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing today. Clyde and I both have a very long To Do List and that is not funny at all. If Clyde were here he would probably say change the words to do to don't do it and have a great day!

Feel like I am trying to get somewhere on one of those stationary exercise machines that we would never buy. No room and no desire to run in place. Our exercise must cover some territory, even if it is Line Dancing in the Living Room which I did do last night for the first time in three weeks!

Maybe we can get to the Lake today! Dream on!







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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Wildflower Magic Original Oil painting SOLD

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Memphis Lights Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Happy and Do Not Paint a Pony...

July 26th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Happy and Do Not Paint a Pony...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Back to Yoga but still taking it easy. Twice I thought my back was completely better and twice the piriformis muscle acted up again. Still not painting.

One thing I have noticed over the years is that when I paint if I am in pain I can hardly feel it. All my attention is on the painting. Oh well, I can still play the piano. We creative types have a hard time slowing down but sometimes the body insists we stop working so hard.



Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/ranges-by-arnold-valley-kendall-kessler.html
Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I didn't have a funnie from Clyde but I did see a great artist joke on the internet. Well, great to me. I love puns.

A cowboy rides into town in the Wild West and shoots an artist.

The sheriff asks him, "Why did you do that?"

The cowboy says, "I thought he was going to draw."

Clyde liked the joke and added another one.

Just be sure you don't paint a pony.

Why?

It might ride off into the sunset.

Ha ha. Yes, Sheldon. That was a sarcastic ha ha.

Clyde came through with something after all, however weak.



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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Wildflower Magic Original Oil painting SOLD

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Memphis Lights Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Hoping all is well and Thumbing a Ride....

July 23rd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Hoping all is well and Thumbing a Ride....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

I hope this is the last time I say my back is better. Don't want to jinx it. I thought it was better two other times and that piriformis muscle just laughed at me and started acting up once again. I have slowed down to a crawl but there is so much to do. My studio and house will just have to exist without me for a little longer.

Connellys Run Original 30" x 20" Acrylic painting $1230
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/connellys-run-kendall-kessler.html

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Saturday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde's work computer is so much faster than ours that he is known to make a few choice comments about this one. I'll just print one of his "G" comments.

Yesterday he was trying to print out a four page document and it was going so slow he claimed it was slower than a snail thumbing a ride on a turtle.






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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Wildflower Magic Original Oil painting SOLD

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Memphis Lights Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Skyline Beauty Print and Someone needs to take them out...

July 21st, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Skyline Beauty Print and Someone needs to take them out...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Still nursing a sore back and wondering if I should get a straight jacket to keep me from working. I am able to do a little light housework and Clyde says stopping me is like trying to stop a train. Oh well, I hope I can get back to my latest painting soon. The first stage has over 1000 hits already! I just put it up a few days ago. I shouldn't complain.

I sold a print of Monumental Flare to a great Ohio patron yesterday! That's worth a smile! I am very pleased with the success of my Skyline Beauty paintings! Hope to get back to them soon, too!

Monumental Flare Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/monumental-flare-kendall-kessler.html

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Sunday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is back to his mirror quips.

When I look in the mirror it says have mercy.

It does not.

I think when I retire I will buy a mirror and shoot it.

Our reflections are not the mirror's fault.

That's what you think. There is a whole army of them out to get us. Somebody has to start shooting them.

ARGHH!





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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Pawleys Island Fisherman Original 24" x 18" Oil painting #1296.00

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Skull Island 40" x 30" Oil Painting NFS

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Discouraged and A bee that is too busy...

July 19th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Discouraged and A bee that is too busy...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

This is getting to be a monotonous note on my blog. Last time I was so thrilled to be better and back to work and here I am again complaining about my back. When it feels better this time I am not going to do much of anything for days.

Got to get well. Planning a trip to see family at the end of the month. This workaholic has got to slow down and smell some roses.

First I have to find some roses that do not require me to bend down.

Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Very discouraged with my piriformis problem. I have so much to do. Usually I am like a very busy bee but since this muscle keeps acting up I am like the bee in the cartoon I saw. The bee is carrying buckets of honey that is too heavy for him.

Clyde said I should let the honey ferment and then drink it.

I'll bet that would take care of the pain in my back!



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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Pawleys Island Fisherman Original 24" x 18" Oil painting #1296.00

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Skull Island 40" x 30" Oil Painting NFS

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Back to Everything and Watch out for those buns...

July 17th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Back to Everything and Watch out for those buns...

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Yea!!! My back is well and I can get back to work not that I stopped work completely. But for me the last few days have been a vacation. We workaholics pay for being workaholics. I can't help it if I am a revved up painter. Also, there is always a dirty dish in my future and various other household chores.

And my piano must be played. It isn't a piece of furniture. Anyway, I will be working on the second stage of Pawleys Island Atmosphere. I posted the first stage a few days ago and already have close to 900 views of it! Since it is doing so well I decided to post it here again! Prints will be available of all stages.

Pawleys Island Atmosphere Stage One Original 40" x 30" Oil painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Wow! I decided to look up the calorie count of a very popular restaurant that specializes in buns. I don't want to get into any trouble here so I will not give the name. One of the buns has a calorie count of 1080! A lot of them are 500 and there is only one item that is 250.

Clyde said you get 250 calories when they let you lick the spoon that they use to ice the buns.






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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Pawleys Island Fisherman Original 24" x 18" Oil painting #1296.00

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Skull Island 40" x 30" Oil Painting NFS

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Discovered the Shipping Error and Don't Fall into the Computer...

July 14th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Discovered the Shipping Error and Don

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Well, I would like to blame my shipping mistake on my computer and I sort of can. I know I updated the business address on my mailing list but the computer reverted back to the old one. I know that for a fact because I changed one yesterday on the list and when I saved the changes the old one was still there.

I should have double checked with the one I had in a Facebook conversation with the patron but I guess I didn't so I think both the computer and I deserve a great big raspberry!

Anyway, the patron now has it and loves it!

Please check out Stage One of a new Pawleys Island painting! I am looking forward to working on it as soon as my back is completely well.

Pawleys Island Atmosphere Stage One Original 40" x 30" Oil painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I used to have a cup of coffee in the evening and we both drank those great zero calorie vitamin drinks but he has quit them due to some esophagus problems he has.

He says he still drinks one cup of regular coffee at work so he won't fall into the computer, break it, and then get fired.
I doubt that will happen.






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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Eagle Fire Original Oil painting SOLD

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Natural Rhythm 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Slipped up and This is how you use it...

July 11th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Slipped up and This is how you use it...

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I can't believe the mistake I made last week. I sent a painting to the old business address of a repeat buyer and the carrier gave it back to the Post Office. My return address is on both sides of the package and my phone number is right under the address but I didn't get a call. I was so sure I put the new address on the package but I didn't. Hope it is sent back to me and then I will ship it to the correct address. No charge.

Dream Creek Original Oil painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have always been amazed that so many people are too lazy to pick up their trash. A friend of mind retired to a beach house and picks up trash around her property.

My mind reels with sarcastic remarks on this subject. Maybe the manufacturers of trash cans should put instructions on how to use it on the front.

Here's Clyde's suggestion.

Put your trash in here or jump in yourself.

Wow! Not going to say that one to anyone but I am going to allow it here. I think only people that are too lazy to pick up their trash will be offended.

Hope no one sends me a nasty note.







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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Eagle Fire Original Oil painting SOLD

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Natural Rhythm 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Trying to Rest and How not to Convalesce...

July 8th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Trying to Rest and How not to Convalesce...

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Not getting much done today as I have been forcing myself to avoid work so my back can completely heal up. Still, there is always some computer stuff to do. It is the Never Ending Computer Story we have all joined.

Received a scam from a so called Facebook friend who is no longer a facebook friend. The nerve of some people. I gave him the link to the google post that exposed this scam and he said it was not a scam and completely legit.

I did not start typing my fingers off on a computer yesterday. I have been around a computer monitor and all the scams for a long time now.


Tulip Curl LIght Original 24" x 18" Acrylic painting $894.00
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When it comes to back problems I will never learn how to convalesce. When I start to get better which is usually the second day after it goes out I try to do too much and then I am in big trouble.

It is a lot better today which is the fourth day after the injury and I am not going to do much of anything. Clyde has K.P. and all other chores.

Over the years I have heard a lot of different approaches to back pain. One wife of a chiropractor said ice should be used the first day or so and then heat. Others have told me to start with a heating pad. Still others say to alternate between cold and hot.

I have decided on the alternating hot and cold treatment.

I will not try Clyde's suggestion which is, lean back and get the whiskey out.
Since we are both teetotalers, booze is not an option.

Not so far.







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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Eagle Fire Original Oil painting SOLD

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Natural Rhythm 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Crawling Back to work and Crazy Lady...

July 6th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Crawling Back to work and Crazy Lady...

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I am glad to be back to another Pawleys Island painting! I wanted to do another gazebo on the marsh side that was not as large as the one at the top of my blog. Just on the first layer. Hope to have a print of it up soon!


Pawleys Island Morning LIght Original 24" x 18" oil painting $894.00
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde has had his share of knee problems but, so far, no back problems. That's my domain. I did go for a long time without any trouble and then ouch! I pushed a mountain of groceries up a hill when my back was a little sore and yesterday it was at the I -can't- do- much- of -anything sore.

A lot better today so my awful workaholic self is crawling back to everything. I was very good yesterday and did not make it worse which is my usual way of handling an injury. So look out house, computer, and studio! Here comes the crazy lady!

Yesterday I was hobbling around but today the art maniac is back!










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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Dream Creek Original Oil painting SOLD

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Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Celebrating the Fourth and Fooling Penn and Teller...

July 4th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Celebrating the Fourth and Fooling Penn and Teller...

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Happy July 4th! We went down to Bisset Park for a great time with food and vendors! Alan won some prizes with games and I bought some beautiful bracelets! We sat by the beautiful New River for a while and then headed back home! Fireworks tonight!

Liberty Original 10" x 8" oil painting $168
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other night we were watching Penn and Teller and I suggested to Clyde that he go on the show and perform a magic trick.

He said sure. He would read a poem and Pen and Teller would say he FOOLED them!

They thought they had a show but Clyde read a poem and made the audience disappear ! Now that's magic!



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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Dream Creek Original Oil painting SOLD

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Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Remembers a great Friend and Balloon pants...

July 1st, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Remembers a great Friend and Balloon pants...

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Another Sunday shot out of a rocket. Oh well. After church that Clyde officiated at we attended a wonderful celebration of the life of Richard T. Jackson, a good friend and excellent neurologist who will be greatly missed. His three terrific sons gave a program complete with slides and music. It was very well done and we saw a lot of people we have not seen in a long time. Life is fleeting. It is always great to get together with friends.




Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" oil painting $670
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Friday we all went to Claytor Lake and had a great time! Clyde even got into the water for a while and found a strange dark colored shell that looked just like some of the small conch like shells we used to find at the beach! He keyed it out when we got home.

Before we went to the lake Clyde hauled out a bunch of clothes in an attempt to find his bathing suit. Now that he has lost 36 pound he has a lot of balloon pants that we need to get rid of.


He said some of them were big enough for an elephant's butt and his at the same time!







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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Dream Creek Original Oil painting SOLD

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Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Stepping Away from the Computer and Seize the Lake...

June 29th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Stepping Away from the Computer and Seize the Lake...

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So much to do but I will get to the lake this evening! I try real hard to seize the day but it just slips right out of my fingers! I am counting off the things I must get done and then I will drag Clyde to the lake for what will probably be his only time this summer.
That's okay. We aren't The Bobbsey Twins.

Pawleys Island Morning Light Original 24" x 18" oil painting $894
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Still no funnies. Oh well. I am going to dunk Clyde in Claytor lake this evening. He doesn't really like the water and told me this morning he doesn't have any slides so I am going to the store and get him some. No excuses this time. There are plenty of birds and butterflies he can watch there.

I will make sure he doesn't have his keys in his pocket. I will never forget the time his keys fell into the lake and we had to scramble for them. That was a mess! I know he isn't looking forward to the lake but I am.

Summer is always over before you know it. You have to seize the lake!





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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Evening Light from Sharp Top Original 12" x 9" Oil painting $246

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Lion Explosion Original Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Dream Creek and They Packed their bags...

June 27th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Dream Creek and They Packed their bags...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist




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I am so pleased to sell one of my favorite Dreamscapes to a great Virginia patron! As always, wall art prints and prints on just about anything are available on my website connected with Fine Art America.

Soon, I will have a completely independent website of originals that will have a link to print options!



Dream Creek Original oil painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Looks like I don't have a funnie today. I kept waiting for one from Clyde as the ants packed their bags and moved into the bathroom, but nothing. Time to get that Ajax and try that.

I literally work my butt off. It is definitely smaller than it used to be. Some of my clothes are getting too big. I will have to get around to the hated chore of shopping.

I know. A big sarcastic Boo Hoo to me.

Anyway, maybe I can goad Clyde into something for the next blog.







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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Evening Light from Sharp Top Original 12" x 9" Oil painting $246

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Lion Explosion Original Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Prints of Memphis TN and Rehoboth Beach and Why is my Paint brush up there...

June 24th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Prints of Memphis TN and Rehoboth Beach and Why is my Paint brush up there...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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I am so pleased to sell two large prints of Memphis Skyline paintings to a great Tennessee patron and one large print of Rehoboth Beach Houses to a great Pennsylvania patron! Also, I will be meeting with an Interior Designer about a commission this week.

Busy, busy, busy!

Memphis Lights Original acrylic painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

All of my life I thought I was definitely different. High School certainly proved that. I didn't fit in at all and lived in my own world of art, music, and literature. When I was a kid and definitely different I told people I knew I was crazy. I didn't think it was because I was an artist. I used to argue with people and students that artists are not crazy.

Van Gogh had a history of mental illness in his family and I think it is very likely he would have had problems regardless of what career he took up. I gave up on that one and just agree with people that think artists are nuts. Now that I am pretty old I have noticed some strange mental lapses.

I told Clyde sometimes I think I am losing my mind and then I say to myself, did I ever have one? Oh well. I may be on the wacky side and getting wackier by the minute but I am a well functioning nut with a lot of paintings to paint.

Why is my number four paint brush on the shelf with the cookies?





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Taking a Break Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Evening Light from Sharp Top Original 12" x 9" Oil painting $246

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Lion Explosion Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Feeling Better and How about a Rickshaw and mint julep...

June 22nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Feeling Better and How about a Rickshaw and mint julep...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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Feeling better but still dragging after the dreaded colonoscopy. Glad I don't have to have another one for five years! This time the prep medicine made me nauseated and bloated. That never happened the other times. Oh well, done and done! Now back to my artwork! Here's some flowers to cheer me up!



Flower Field Original oil painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I live about ten minutes from the hospital so unless it is something serious we don't wait on each other. The one in the hospital calls the other one when the procedure is done. Yesterday I was asked by the receptionist who would be waiting for me or picking me up. I told her and gave her the number.

Every other person I came into contact with asked me with a slightly worried look on their face if someone was going to pick me up. I would be woozy and unable to drive. I told them Clyde who was only ten minutes away. One of them asked me twice.

When we got home I told Clyde I was asked that question over and over again. He said I should have told them no and they were going to have to drop me in a rickshaw and drag me home and please include a mint julep.

Just a joke! The staff was great!











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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670

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Yin Yang Party Original Acrylic Painting NFS

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist does not Love Tomorrow and You are Loved...

June 19th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist does not Love Tomorrow and You are Loved...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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I am not looking forward to tomorrow or Thursday. It is that awful time again for a colonoscopy. Yuck! I am glad that the prep has changed so much. I just have to be on the liquid diet tomorrow. It certainly is an important procedure and I am glad there are people in the medical profession that are willing to do it. Wish there was an easier way.

Oh well, Friday is coming!


Connelleys Run Original 30" x 20"acrylic painting $1230.00
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Sometimes I see a joke on Facebook that cracks me up and I have to run and tell Clyde. He is a much tougher audience.
While I am gasping for breath he may be laughing but not losing it like me.

This one really caused me to lose some air.

Always remember that Jesus loves you because everyone else thinks you are a jerk.

Actually, I changed the last word. I don't want to offend anyone. No disrespect to anyone's faith intended.










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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670

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Yin Yang Party Original Acrylic Painting NFS

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Second Stage of Coyote painting and Raise the White Flag...

June 18th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Second Stage of Coyote painting and Raise the White Flag...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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Happy Father's Day! Our son took us out to dinner to celebrate! I lost my great Dad seven years ago and miss him every day. I hope everyone has a great celebration! Please check out the Second Stage of my latest wildlife painting, Coyote Chill! Working on the third stage now. Prints will be available of all stages.


Coyote Chill Original 24" x 18"oil painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, I think this will be the last post this summer on the Ant Chronicles. There are no ants in any of the rooms! I keep expecting to see one holding up a white surrender flag or saluting us for our victory.

Clyde said not to wish for that. If one shows up it will be to case the joint for crumbs and then signal the troops to come back.

No!!!!!!!

If that happens I will be waving the white flag!







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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670

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Yin Yang Party Original Acrylic Painting NFS

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Yoga Hurt and They are not People...

June 13th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Yoga Hurt and They are not People...

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My yoga teacher pulled some modifications of old moves that she learned at a yoga learning session of some sort and I think those new moves might be a little too much. I have a sore muscle in my hip I didn't have before today's class. Hope it doesn't get worse. Lots of work to do but I think I had better take it easy. I will do that right after Line Dance class. Hope I don't pay for lack of caution.


Pawleys Island Morning Light Original 24" x 18" oil painting $894


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Some interesting developments regarding dogs these days. Man's best friend sure is getting some special treatment. I recently saw a car seat for dogs. Looked just like one for a baby.

The other day there was a dog food commercial that claimed to put the puppy back into a fat, old, lazy dog. First there was a video of the fat dog looking pretty awful and then the same dog trimmed down and running around like a puppy.

My curmudgeon hubby said the videos were presented backwards. The dog got fat and lazy off of the miracle dog food. Don't get me wrong, dogs are great, but they are not people and I think we need to dial back some of these efforts to turn them into humans with fur.

Lots of pictures of them wearing clothes, too. Next thing you know they will be sitting on boosters seats and eating with a knife and fork at the table.












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Beauty and Danger Original 20" x 16" Oil painting $670

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Monarch Original 21" x 15" Acrylic Painting $652

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Done with Arm Wrestling and They May want to start a Rock Band...

June 11th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Done with Arm Wrestling and They May want to start a Rock Band...

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The arm wrestling is over for my latest painting! I am getting exactly what I want. When I started I wasn't sure what I wanted for my latest wildlife painting. I knew I wanted to get an intense expression with a complex surface. I am almost done and will be glad to add it to my portfolio! It is completely different from the first layer. Now I want to get to a large painting while I am in practice with oils. It is my main medium but when I go to the very different medium of acrylics I have to get my ease back with oils or I waste a lot of expensive paint. Looking forward to the last session! When my painting is working I feel like I'm out on the bay enjoying life!

Boats on the Chesapeake Bay Original Water painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Lately I have had Steven Sondheim's song Send in the Clowns on my mind. I told Clyde it is because of the ants. For several mornings now I have been singing Where are the ants. There ought to be ants. I have been singing that because there aren't any in the kitchen but a little later I sing the last two lines. Don't bother. They're here.

One or two keep showing up but I think we are on the verge of success. I am starting to put back a few things on the shelves that are closed but I know from past experience that ants can work their way in.

Clyde said to quit singing the first two lines or a whole troupe of them may hear it and come in with a very loud, Don't bother. They're here!!!! They might to start a rock band.

Fingers, knees, and eyes crossed!



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Beauty and Danger Original 20" x 16" Oil painting $670

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Monarch Original 21" x 15" Acrylic Painting $652

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Arguing with the Computer again and Beam up the Execs...

June 8th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Arguing with the Computer again and Beam up the Execs...

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I am arguing with the computer once again. Trying to bulk edit my listings on a site and only a few were changed. I know I checked the change all listings simultaneously box but, as usual, the computer did what it wanted to do. They really do have minds of their own. I just wish they had a cooperative mind or I was much more computer saavy. I would say back to the drawing board but that doesn't apply here. Back to the computer screen that I am looking at too much.

Here is the first stage of my new wildlife painting!

Untitled Wildlife Painting Stage One Original 24" x 18" oil painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I was very surprised that a show I liked so much has been cancelled! The Last Man on Earth was great with great actors and writers and the last episode is a cliff hanger. A small group of survivors was on its own for a long time and some of them even reproduced. In the last scene they are surrounded by dozens of people with gas masks on. That's it? Show cancelled?

I complained to Clyde and he said well Star Trek was thrown out way before it completed it's five year mission.

Yeah, they were beaming people up all over the place and then the space rug was yanked out from under them.

Maybe they should have beamed up some TV execs and had a talk with them.

Oh well, I guess I will never know how the merry band on The Last Man on Earth handled all those other survivors.




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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430

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Country Sunset Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $160

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Enjoying the Day and Waving to all the Ants...

June 5th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Enjoying the Day and Waving to all the Ants...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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Trying hard to get some things done today but Tuesdays are body maintenance day with Yoga in the morning and Line Dance in the evening. Also, I needed to get a hair cut but I did manage to paint a little so who am I to complain? Beautiful day that I got to look at from my studio and car. Anxious for the hot weather. Too cold to swim at the lake right now. Looking forward to getting there as soon as the water and air warm up!

Memphis Lights Original 16" x 12"oil painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday I woke up with the intention of just greeting the ants as guests. All of the food items they can get into are sitting in a chair in the living room. What a place for a pantry! According to Clyde they don't usually climb furniture. He has always been right about that in the past and so far every thing is fine.

When I entered the kitchen there weren't any ants. I couldn't believe it. Maybe the traps worked this time. Yea!!!! I almost put everything back but I thought I would wait and later on there were two walking along the counter and thumbing their noses at me.

Today there was a party walking around in circles.

A Wordpress friend said to try Ajax. I think I will put that on the grocery list.




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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430

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Country Sunset Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $160

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Moving Along with Website and Money in Traps...

June 3rd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Moving Along with Website and Money in Traps...

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I can't believe that I am deciphering things on my new Wix website! I have such a hard time figuring different site layouts but I am moving ahead. Sometimes I have to look up instructions on Google and then when I go to the Wix site the word I need to see is, of course, not there.

The instructions are clear but sites are always changing and aggravating me to no end. It took a long time of going around in circles but I got the No Right Click set up so in most cases people can't steal my images. I say most cases, because I am sure there are some clever computer geeks that can get around these protective devices.

Oh well, hopefully people can't get prints for free. I am going to add more work and then publish it while I add a lot more work. Then I am going to work to make the connections I couldn't make with my website on Fine Art America. Hope all goes well!

Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" oil painting $964
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, the ant traps are not working. The ants crawl all over the trap but don't go in.

Clyde says that is because they know it doesn't work but they are just checking it out because they have stock in the product.

But if the traps don't start working the ants are going to lose their shirts, or whatever they lose on the stock market because no one will buy them.

I guess they figure it will be a long time before people figure it out and by that time they will be rich.

What happens when they become rich?


They kick the queen out and move to a bigger ant hill.









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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430

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Country Sunset Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $160

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Oils and Bite the Bullet...

June 2nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Oils and Bite the Bullet...

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I am real pleased to get back to another wildlife painting. I have had such a hard time starting this one that I went back to acrylics for another Suggestions painting. I already posted it in another blog but there was a problem with the website so it wasn't available for prints. It is there now.
Other than a strong appreciation for nature I am not into statement art. I am a formalist and will probably always be a formalist but a message can be read into this painting. We all lose so much that was important to use when were kids. The balloons that are just floating around can be taken to refer to that loss.
Anyway, like all of my paintings, the way I handled the colors, spacing, and texture is what it is mostly about.

Lost Balloons Original Acrylic Painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I take a lot of vitamins. When I was young I studied up on nutrition and have been mindful of it ever since. I have made some mistakes, especially with potassium. The daily requirement is so high it is tricky to get enough. Anyway, a while back I bought multi vitamins just for women and forgot about them. I am working on finishing them up and just use the ones for adults. I noticed the women's vitamins are huge. They are the size of a bullet.

Clyde said maybe they are the size of a bullet because women have to bite the bullet. Perhaps.

I saw a cute joke on the internet about vitamins. A guy claims he gets all the vitamins he needs at work. Vitamin C from coffee, Vitamin D from doughnuts and vitamin B from bagels.




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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil painting SOLD

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In Charge Original Acrylic Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Away on Website and Ask your Doctor...

May 30th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Away on Website and Ask your Doctor...

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I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

I am feeling real good about the work on my website. When it comes to different sites I am like a bull in a china shop. I keep hitting wrong keys. I think I know my way around this one now and can keep adding work to it which will take a long time. When I have a good number of works up I will publish the site and keep adding more.

As I said, now people won't have to wade through close to a thousand images to find originals that haven't already been sold but are available for print sales. This will be great to put all available originals on my own website that is not connected to any other website! Yes. Moving forward!

Wildflower Rush Original Oil painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is still thinking up jokes about the Ask Your Doctor commercials with the long list of side effects. I am so glad they publish all those side effects so people might think twice about taking certain drugs.

Clyde's latest version of the warning is, this medication can give you 400 diseases if you take it. Pick three.








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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil painting SOLD

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In Charge Original Acrylic Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Scrambling Around and Yes I will take a picture...

May 27th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Scrambling Around and Yes I will take a picture...

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Not getting anything done today. I feel like I am on a treadmill running around but not getting anywhere, or trying to walk through deep sand. Anyway, it is a holiday so maybe I should take the hint and relax. Yeah, fat chance of that for a workaholic. I did manage to get my newsletter out last night. If anyone here would like to be added to it, please let me know and have a great Memorial Day Weekend!

Wildflower Magic Original Oil painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I like to take a lot of walks through the beautiful Radford parks, especially Wildwood Park. These days I think it is important to have a cell phone with us in case of emergencies. I left mine in the car so I asked Clyde if he had his. I wasn't sure if his took photos so I asked and it does.


Why, are you going to take a picture of the mugger while he is mugging you?


Sure. Then he can have a nice picture of himself when he steals your money and your phone.






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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil painting SOLD

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In Charge Original Acrylic Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Suggestion Painting and They are Marching Again...

May 25th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Suggestion Painting and They are Marching Again...

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I am real pleased to get back to some Suggestions paintings! They are quite a trip. In these paintings I paint in an Abstract Expressionist manner and then look for some forms to pull out. This time it looked like balloons swirling around. Here is the first stage which may be the last stage. I don't have it up for print sales due to some problems with the site that sells my prints. I keep getting an error message when I try to add something to my portfolio. I hope they fix that soon.

Lost Balloons Original Acrylic painting NFS



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Time once again to add a post to the Ant Chronicles. I have a new strategy for getting rid of them. I am cleaning their paths over and over again with ammonia hoping that will asphyxiate them or at least make them think twice about congregating in our kitchen. The ant traps don't work. It sure takes a while to find all their meeting places.

This time they set up a motel in an enclosed plastic mouse trap that did not have any bait. It is funny how you see one or two and then zillions.

Clyde says they probably have cell phones they use as soon as they see a crumb. Last year he said they get on a horn for a shout out but he thinks they have updated their methods by now.






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Nesting Original 10" x 8" Oil painting $190

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Morning Color Dance Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Painting $864

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Needs to get back to Work and Another Lawyer Joke...

May 22nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Needs to get back to Work and Another Lawyer Joke...

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Got to get back to work and I don't mean computer work. I get real uptight when I can't get to a painting. I have a gessoed board and I hope I can get the first layer of a wildlife painting started tomorrow. On our trip to Wintergreen I saw the first and only bear I have ever seen. Glad I was in a car riding away. I prefer wildlife from a distance, on the TV, or in a painting.


Tiger Lean Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

There are a lot of aggravating commercials on TV right now. A local lawyer is telling us over and over again to support our great service people such as fireman, policemen, etc.

My curmudgeon husband added, and we will be right behind them to sue you if they need us.

Another lawyer joke. The world is full of them!








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Nesting Original 10" x 8" Oil painting $190

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Morning Color Dance Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Painting $864

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Glad to be Back and My I-pad amost turned into a frisbee...

May 20th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Glad to be Back and My I-pad amost turned into a frisbee...

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Glad to be back home after a grueling trip to Wintergreen resort near Charlottesville, Va. We had a great time but the trip there was an awful experience in horrible fog and the trip back was behind about 500 bicyclists on some sort of race. Clyde had to crawl and get around a few at a time for what seemed like forever! When we finally got to the Blue Ridge Parkway so we wouldn't have to travel on I-81, it was closed. We had to go through Roanoke and get on an extremely congested I-81.

Like I said. Glad to be home.




Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Wow! We just got back from a Naturalist Symposium that Clyde was a part of. It rained and rained and rained. The wifi was so miserable that my i-pad came very close to becoming a frisbee. There was so much water I'll bet I could have skimmed it like a rock over the sidewalks.

I don't know why I think I can get any internet stuff done at resorts. I finally gave up and declared myself off the grid and had a great time at several lectures and the pool! Great hot tubs! Clyde did a terrific job as always!

If you ever want to see all the naturalist stuff he does just put his name in Google!









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Nesting Original 10" x 8" Oil painting $190

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Morning Color Dance Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Painting $864

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Print of Memphis Lights and Speeding Ticket...

May 17th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Print of Memphis Lights and Speeding Ticket...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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I am so pleased to sell a print of Memphis Lights to a great Tennessee patron! The original is owned by a great Virginia patron that commissioned me to paint it a while back. Of course, wall art prints and prints on just about anything are available. Click on the link under the painting to see all the possibilities!





Memphis Lights Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Like my dear father I am a workaholic. I don't know if that is hereditary or if there is something in our chemical makeup that causes me and caused him to work all the time. One time when he had to be in the hospital he was given a tranquilizer and could not believe how great he felt. My mother slipped one to me on a trip and I have never felt better. I don't want to take something to slow me down. I like working but yesterday I decided I should cut back and not do as much as I usually do.

I called Clyde to tell him I was sort of chilling - taking a mini-vacation.

He asked if someone came to door and gave me a Speeding Ticket.

Ha ha.

Yes, Sheldon. That was another sarcastic ha ha.











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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670

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Eagle Fire oil Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about New Website and Not Equipped for Quips...

May 15th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about New Website and Not Equipped for Quips...

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I am very excited about launching my own completely independent website! Right now my website is connected to the website that sells prints of my work. My new website will only have originals for sale. Considering how on all the pages that I offer originals for sale, there are a lot of sales, looking through my current website for available originals is quite time consuming. Now patrons can find originals all in one place!
It will be a while before I publish it but it will happen!





Evening Flight Original 12" x 16" Oil Painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Low on funnies lately. I sidled up to Clyde and asked if he had a funny for my blog.

No.

But you usually have all sorts of quips pouring out of your mouth.

Well, I am not equipped to drop quips out of my mouth right now.

How can I get them going again?

Pay me.

I don't have any money.

Then I don't have any quips.

Shoot. I guess the birds and the butterflies have all his attention right now.











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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670

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Eagle Fire oil Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Chilling Today and Why do they do that...

May 13th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Chilling Today and Why do they do that...

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Chilling today with my family on a great Mother's Day! I have done some work on the net but for me it has been a day off. Too much time in front of a computer makes an artist a grouch with a paint brush. Hot but beautiful outside! Glad we got out! Cheers!





Riverview Spring Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde gets really aggravated with shoe laces these days. For some reason the ones he has been getting like to untie themselves without a finger of encouragement from him. He will be walking along and presto change-o the shoes are untied.

We have decided that they are that way on purpose so people won't have to work hard to untie them. Since they come apart on their own Clyde has decided they must treat the laces with slug slime and the ones he buys have too much of it.










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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670

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Eagle Fire oil Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Skyline Beauty Painting and Give us a Call...

May 11th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Skyline Beauty Painting and Give us a Call...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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I am pleased to present the first stage of another Skyline Beauty painting! It is great to have some time to work on these. I hope to
have the finished one up soon!





Memphis Edge Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day I saw a commercial that astounded me. The announcer was asking for people that had suffered injuries due to
medication to seek financial compensation. There was a long list of injuries and the last one was death.

The list was written out and the announcer read it including the word death.

I told Clyde and he added, If you can read this you are not in heaven. Give us a call.









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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" acrylic painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy with New Mouse and HIjacking Santas Sleigh...

May 8th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy with New Mouse and HIjacking Santas Sleigh...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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We have a new mouse zooming all over the screen! It selects, it deletes, it does not send me to another page all by itself! Yea! I guess these mouse things eventually die. The one I called Zippy certainly did. Not sure what to name this one but it is certainly doing it's job right!





Lion Stare Original 14" x 11"Oil Painting $313
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Our phone rings all day long with scam messages. Sometimes the caller is listed as a friend but I have learned not to pick it up. Scammers are using friends names to try to get an answer. I just let the answering machine do its thing.

Clyde said he is surprised these people don't hijack Santa's sleigh and come down the chimney after us.

Yikes! Glad we don't have a chimney!








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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" acrylic painting $670

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Parkway Artist is Saying Good bye to the Mouse and He needed a Burger...

May 6th, 2018

Parkway Artist is Saying Good bye to the Mouse and He needed a Burger...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Clyde is going to get me a new mouse this week and it will not come a moment too soon! I told him we should torture this one before we scrap it. I don't feel bad about saying that since it is a just a creature in name only. I may at least throw it up against a brick wall. I had to start over four times yesterday on my newsletter because it kept deleting the whole thing when I tried to delete a single word. I started just backing up to delete but then it deleted the words I didn't want to delete all by itself.

This is the most aggravating computer device I have ever had - bar none!






Pawleys Island Morning Light Stage Two Original Oil Painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Shipping costs continue to astound me.

This past week I mailed two paintings that were the same size in the same package to addresses in Virginia, not that far from each other. The first one was going to be so high I decided to take a chance and not insure it, a decision I greatly regretted right after I dropped it off. I worried over it and was so glad when the patron contacted me to say it had arrived safely. The next day I insured the second one and the price was less than the other one without insurance. Go figure!

Clyde said the first one was so high because the clerk forgot his lunch and needed a burger.

I doubt that. LOL!













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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" acrylic painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Still yelling at the Mouse and Better with Wine...

May 4th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Still yelling at the Mouse and Better with Wine...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Today my mouse was barely crawling around the screen. I decided to change the battery to see if the new one that was put in recently was bad. Well, the mouse is still up to some tricks - selecting when it wants to and deleting a few emails before I can open them, but it isn't crawling now.
Yea! I guess.






Riverview Spring Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
A very unusual site started following me on Twitter. Verse on Wine. A poetry competition with a difference. Now that is different. I told Clyde. I like his response!

A site where everything tastes better, and is better, even bad poetry.

Well, I'll bet bad poetry would sound better with a lot of wine.

No offense to the site. Just joking around!







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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Stepping Stones on the New River Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Eagle Fire Original oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Still Fighting with the Mouse and Working at Home Advantage...

May 2nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Still Fighting with the Mouse and Working at Home Advantage...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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Well, this rodent is working a little better but not much. I know it is not the battery. I guess these mice just die on you and you have to replace them. This one is not very old so I think it has a lot of nerve to act up so much. Anyway, I mailed out two paintings this week so that is always good.

Cheers!






Isle of Palms Sunset Origina 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Wow! Yesterday was such a pain! Between this ridiculous mouse that selects when it wants to, problems in the studio, and a printer that did not want to print I was cussing up a storm!

I called Clyde and griped and cussed to him for a while. When he came home I told him the great thing about working at home is you can cuss up a storm and no one has to hear you.

Except me.

Oh yeah. Whoops! Well I'm sure you have heard worse.










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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Stepping Stones on the New River Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Eagle Fire Original oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Trying to Chill and Maybe Over ripe would work...

April 30th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Trying to Chill and Maybe Over ripe would work...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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I am trying to relax between work. The work never ends but that is the way it is. I will be mailing two paintings out this week so crates have to be made. Crating artwork is a real pain but it just can't be put in any old box. It has to be double boxed and completely immobilized or it can be damaged. I learned how to do this in school. Also, lots of internet stuff to do.

Relaxing on Sunday is an art.






Near Purgatory Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Lately I have been thinking about all the words we have for old age. Senior citizen is a nice one. It implies seniors are the top of the heap. You have to wonder about "mature". Considering how our bodies are falling apart mature seems a little off the mark.

I asked Clyde what he thought.

Over ripe might work better.

That sounds about right to me.











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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Stepping Stones on the New River Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Eagle Fire Original oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Another Wildflower painting and Grow Some potatoes...

April 27th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Another Wildflower painting and Grow Some potatoes...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
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I am so pleased to sell another wildflower painting! Wildflower Magic has a lot of subtle color nuances that I am especially proud of. This painting will go to a great Richmond patron who is buying it for his mother's birthday! Artwork does make for great gifts. As always, wall art prints and prints on just about anything are available by clicking on the link under the painting!






Wildflower Magic Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


The other day I actually spent some time dusting the house. I am really bad about that chore. Too many hurdles to get around. Even a feather duster can't take care of the dust in our dump.

When Clyde came home I told him I was dusting because I saw there was an inch of the stuff on everything. I am trying to get it down to half an inch.

Either that or start growing some potatoes.

That sounds like too much work. I can live with a half an inch of dust.











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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Pawleys Island Morning Light Stage One Original Oil Painting NFS

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A Break in the Clouds Original oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is About done with Pawleys Island Morning Light and Oreos off a Truck...

April 24th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is About done with Pawleys Island Morning Light and Oreos off a Truck...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I have had such a positive response to the first stage of Pawleys Island Morning Light that I decided to offer it in my Special Promotions sections at the bottom!

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Still working on my latest Pawleys Island painting and I'm sure it will be done soon. I have uploaded the second stage to my website. The final stage will probably not look that different so I will just change the second stage to the final stage. Just tweaking areas right now.






Pawleys Island Morning Light Stage Two Original Oil painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


As I have said before we eat at much organic food as possible. I have given up on the homemade frozen yogurt thing with organic ingredients. I can't find a recipe I like that has less than 400 calories a half a cup so I am sticking with store bought that has 130 a half a cup. If that is because they add sea weed, so be it. I'll take my chances with their additives.

I make my organic bread and cookies. I was very surprised to see organic oreos so I am buying them sometimes.

I told Clyde how amazed I was to find organic oreos.

Are you sure they weren't hijacked off an oreo truck and put in to boxes that have organic on the label?

I hope not.









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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Pawleys Island Morning Light Stage One Original Oil Painting NFS

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A Break in the Clouds Original oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Wildflower Rush and Purple Beard...

April 22nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Wildflower Rush and Purple Beard...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I have had such a positive response to the first stage of Pawleys Island Morning Light that I decided to offer it in my Special Promotions sections!



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
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I am real pleased to sell Wildflower Rush to a great Virginia patron! This is a very popular painting and a number of prints of it have been sold. As always, wall art prints, and prints on just about anything are available on my website! Be sure to check out all of the options!






Wildflower Rush Original Oil painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Our bodies certainly change a lot as we age. I knew Clyde would not know about one of my changes so I told him.

You know what is really funny about aging?

There is nothing funny about aging.


Yes there is. I have to put on glasses to see the few hairs that grow on the front part of my legs that used to be filled with hair. That hasn't happened to you. You still have the same amount of beard hair.

Give it time.

Why, what will happen?

It will turn purple.

Why will it turn purple?

So it will glow in the dark and you can find me when I fall.

Now, that is a weird answer.











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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Pawleys Island Morning Light Stage One Original Oil Painting NFS
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A Break in the Clouds Original oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artists is Pleased with latest Painting and Drop it out the Window...

April 20th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artists is Pleased with latest Painting and Drop it out the Window...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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I am so pleased with my latest shore painting! It took a turn that I didn't think was going to work out so I thought I had a lot more time to work on it but now I think it just needs some tweaking. The atmosphere is just what I wanted and I hope to add it to my portfolio on my website real soon! Here is the first stage again! Lots and lots of hits and compliments on it!






Pawleys Island Morning Light 24" x 18" Oil painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


This rodent is really acting up! The battery was just changed so I know that is not the problem. The selection holds when it feels like it. Sometimes when I select words the mouse mixes up the letters.

Then the real fun one is when I select something and am flipped to a different page on the computer!

Yikes! I complained to Clyde and he said maybe it is time to tie a strong on it, drop it out the window and let some cats play with it.

Sounds good to me.









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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Ranges Near Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" oil painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Scrambling Today and No Livestock out Back...

April 19th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Scrambling Today and No Livestock out Back...

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Yikes! Time is tighter than a favorite pair of pants that I have not worn in a while. I bought them thinking I would probably never wear them because they are so tight but they are really comfortable, much to my surprise!

Anyway, I am past the staring point today but have a long run ahead of me. I am determined to get every thing done as I zoom past the finish line!
We'll see!






Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge 24" x 18" Oil painting $884
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


For some reason the amount of meat that we get in a serving of take out Chinese food varies quite a lot. I started to get the large because sometimes there just was not enough meat. Clyde gets the small and has noticed that he was getting less and less pork.

He thought they were just getting chincier.

I explained to him that it just varies a lot and yesterday he had more than enough and I had enough for two people.

Now he believes me. He said maybe it just depends on the size of the pig they catch that day.

Ha ha. Pretty sure there isn't any livestock out back.











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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Ranges Near Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" oil painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at a Mountain of Stuff and I will get it done...

April 15th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at a Mountain of Stuff and I will get it done...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist!




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Wow! We usually dine out Sunday evenings but there was a tornado watch and a horrible storm going on. We decided to stay put and of course the storm fizzled out. Oh well. That's the way the weather report goes. I am so tired but I have a lot to do so I had better get to it!






Wildflower Current 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A while back I decided to tackle all the mess in our house a little bit at a time. I have too many regular things to do with housework and artwork to try to organize it all at once. I have finished two rooms, two closets, and a bathroom.

I will spend some time on another closet and then I will bravely enter this room unarmed and wrestle it down. It is filled with mountains of Clyde's stuff so I don't know if victory will be mine.

I told him cleaning and organizing a little of it at a time can be done. You can take anything that way.

That's what the old roach said to the fly swatter. It died anyway.

Okay, that was a weird funnie but I like it!











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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Ranges Near Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" oil painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited over New Painting and Still Hobbling along...

April 13th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited over New Painting and Still Hobbling along...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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I am real excited about my current Pawleys Island painting! I have the first layer done and I like it so much that I am offering it for prints! Now it is going to change quite a bit so I can get a much more complicated surface. I hope I will not be sorry that I didn't leave it as is. Here it is!





Pawleys Island Morning Light Stage One 24" x 918" Oil painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

In my last blog I said our Prius had never gotten over the loss of our Ford so it laid down and died. Well, I guess it decided to carry on because it is now repaired and zooming along! We had to pay for a very expensive battery. The Prius has two batteries and the little one conked out.

Of course, it is past the warranty. Cars parts know just when to die. Some sort of automotive intuition. Anyway, we are glad we don't have to buy a new car. This one should hobble along for a few more years.

Clyde and I are both hobbling along pretty well. You'd think the car could do the same thing. Our parts aren't replaceable.










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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Snail Kite Original 11" x 9" Mixed Media painting $208

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Blue Ridge Parkway Has Had Enough Today and Not in the Trash...

April 11th, 2018

 Blue Ridge Parkway Has Had Enough Today and Not in the Trash...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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Too tired to blog. I am going to just say hope your Tuesday is great, get some nighty night tea, and pass out.





Blue Ridge Magic from Sharp Top Original 12" x 9" Oil painting $236
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last August we had to buy a new car as one of our cars laid down and died. I think the other one has never gotten over it and it took a turn for the worse and had to be towed to the repair place.

Since Clyde was without a car today I had to drive him to work which is a 30 minute drive. I like to have some humor in this section and I pretty much depend on Clyde for the funnies.

I didn't have one today so I asked him if he had anything I could use.

I thought I gave you a few. What did you do with them? Dropped them in the trash wishing they were me?

Wow, he is one glib writer.

Enough said!











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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Snail Kite Original 11" x 9" Mixed Media painting $208

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Youtube and Not Dying....

April 6th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Youtube and Not Dying....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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My mouse is driving me crazy today. The selecting is whacky. I can't select and then write over it. It knocked one of my youtubes to the bottom when I was trying to change something. I know what the problem is. I keep putting off changing the battery. It needs new juice but I keep pushing the old one a little more. After my last loud cussing session I think I just may get off this seat and get a new one.





Morning Color Dance Original 24" x 18" Oil pastel painting $864
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I read an interesting tweet today. If a writer falls in love with you, you will live forever. I don't know about other writers, but Clyde is always cracking me up with his off beat sense of humor.

So in my case if a writer falls in love with you, you are in danger of asyphixiation.

I may laugh to death some day but what a way to go!







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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Sweet Pea Morning on the Blue Ridge 24" x 18" Oil Painting $860

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Egret Reflections Original Oil painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Work and What a Curmudgeon...

April 4th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Present New Work and What a Curmudgeon...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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I am pleased to present my latest impasto oil painting! This one came together so well I could pinch myself but I don't like pain.
This is definitely my most complex painting so far. Every square inch is an explosion of color and texture and my joy comes right through every brushstroke!





Fisherman at Pawleys Island Original 24" x 18" Oil painting $1296
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is not interested in writing novels or humorous books. Poetry is his thing but every once in a while I tease him about writing a book.

Since he is such a curmudgeon I said he should write a book called The Stupidity of Everything. He said that would take 5000 pages for the first sentence.

Now that's a curmudgeon deluxe!









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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Sweet Pea Morning on the Blue Ridge 24" x 18" Oil Painting $860

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Egret Reflections Original Oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is off the Stage and Harpoon Blues...

April 1st, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is off the Stage and Harpoon Blues...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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I have been doing my Happy Dance today! I played for Thursday night's service, Friday night's service and today's service but I don't play next Sunday! Great to have a break! As I have said before, I love to play the piano but I don't like to perform.
Stage fright is awful. I thought I was done with the stage when I retired from teaching but somehow I got back on. Oh well. I hardly shook at all today so I am getting better at it and I get great compliments from the parishioners!





Bisset Park Rapids Original Acrylic painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is still working diligently to improve his knee with exercises and leg lifts. He also gets a shot every so often right into the knee which is very expensive. I asked him if it hurts.

He said the small ones that are administered more often than the big one don't hurt but the doctor said Insurance will not cover those. It will cover the one with a big needle. So, in order to keep the Insurance Company happy Clyde has to be harpooned every six months.

Yuck.












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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430
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Country Sunset Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $160

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Egret Reflections Original Oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Talk to Brother and Why not Drink...

March 30th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Talk to Brother and Why not Drink...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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One great thing about Social Media is that a lot of what I do to keep up with it can be done while I talk on the phone. Just finished a good conversation with my brother while I got a lot of computer chores done.
Always like to talk with him about computer stuff. He has a doctorate in Computer Science so he is not next door to clueless about this helpful but aggravating device.
Cheers on a Friday! Good Friday is you celebrate it!




Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde doesn't speak Spanish but I like to practice my Spanish around him because he usually comes up with a funny comment on it.
I also like to us a little Spanglish now and then. The other day he asked me when I was leaving to go Line Dancing.

I said around quarter after dos a clock.

After you had a dose of what?

I don't drink booze. I married you. Why would I drink booze?

Why wouldn't you?

Ha ha and again, yes Sheldon, that was a sarcastic ha ha.








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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Country Sunset Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $160

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Nesting Original 10" x 8" Oil painting $190

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Feeling Lucky and Trying not to fall out of a chair...

March 27th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Feeling Lucky and Trying not to fall out of a chair...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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Roads are great now but a lot of surrounding areas will not have power for a few more days! What a Spring storm! Our power was only off for a few hours. We certainly have had it easy compared to some. I hope that was the end of the winter weather that showed up late.





Blue Ridge Sunset Original oil painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day I said to Clyde while he looked parked in the living room chair without hope of removal. Looked like he was stuck.

Anything new?

No.

Anything old?

Yeah, sitting right here in this chair trying not to fall off.

Don't think that will happen. He is 36 pounds lighter than he was last Spring but I think he can still stay in a chair.










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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Country Sunset Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $160

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Nesting Original 10" x 8" Oil painting $190

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Digging out of the Snow and Check the Computer Room...

March 25th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Digging out of the Snow and Check the Computer Room...

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Fifteen inches of snow! Wow! Radford City is great about snow removal. We were able to get out by early afternoon. Not sure how many times the plow came through but I know it was more than twice!

Where I come from if you want the snow off the street you had better pick up a shovel and get to it!





Fairlawn Eve Original 12"x 9" oil painting $236
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A while back I mentioned I actually put the cheese in the drawer with scissors, tape, rubber bands, etc. It was there for quite a while before I found it and decided that was one huge senior moment.

Well, the other day I couldn't find the lettuce that I was sure I bought with my weekly grocery trip. I told Clyde to look out. He may find lettuce in one of the drawers.

He said to check the computer room.

Why the computer room?

Because that is where you are parked most of the time. Put lettuce in the Google search and it will probably show up.

How can the lettuce get into a computer?

Why not? Computers are sucking up our lives. Maybe it can suck up some lettuce.

Groan.






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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Country Sunset Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $160

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Nesting Original 10" x 8" Oil painting $190

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Not Looking Forward to Spring Snow and More Phone fun...

March 23rd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Not Looking Forward to Spring Snow and More Phone fun...

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Not looking forward to being snowed in tomorrow! I hope the forecast does not come true. If it does I am putting on some boots and walking around in it. I have not done that for a long time and I always used to say if we have to have winter it should come with snow.

It really is beautiful and Radford is great about clearing the roads.

Maybe Spring will show up on Monday!





Another Rocky Knob Original oil painting SOLD
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Check it out! 40" x 50" is a great size!

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The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We are still getting private caller calls all day long and I am still respecting their privacy and not answering. We are also getting a lot of out-of-area calls, too.

Clyde said he hopes they get their area back. It must be tough to be out of it.

I agree and don't answer those either.






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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Evening Flight Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384

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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dragging and What to do with Private Callers.....

March 20th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dragging and What to do with Private Callers.....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
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I am dragging today. So much to do and I have been real slow at getting to anything. Laundry and dishes are done but the computer is laughing and pointing the mouse at me. Got to get back to typing and clicking my fingers off.

Yikes!





Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12" oil painting $384
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Check it out! 40" x 50" is a great size!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Our Land Line rings all day long with vendor calls of one sort or another. Some have addresses but most of them say private caller.

Today I saw a cute joke about these calls.

It says private caller so I am going to respect their privacy and not answer!

Clyde said we get so many private calls that he thinks one of these days someone will show up with a private caller hotline and put it in our house. Nothing surprises me these days!











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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.





Evening Flight Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Artist is Excited about Current painting and Dog Joke...

March 18th, 2018

Blue Ridge Artist is Excited about Current painting and Dog Joke...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

My current genre painting is coming along so well I may have to pinch myself to see if I am dreaming! I am in the third stage and the brushwork and colors are singing! Painting can be such a difficult experience. The ones that have less arm wrestling are a wonderful journey! Hope to have the third stage done soon so I can add it to my portfolio!





Side Street Original acrylic painting SOLD
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Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Friday! Now Fine Art America can offer HUGE canvas prints for these specials at a lower price!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday we saw a commercial about a dog food that helps out of shape dogs get their vigor back.

The worn out dog is lying on the floor. The next scene shows the same dog running around catching a ball and looking great.

Clyde said that's the dog's stand-in.

The first dog is chewing on a fattening treat right after he told the director that running around after a ball was not in his contract.







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Isle of Palms Sunset 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Evening Flight Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384

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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another New River painting and Another Weight joke...

March 16th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another New River painting and Another Weight joke...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

I am real pleased to sell another New River painting to a great VA patron! The same patron that commissioned me to paint an enlargement of Wading bought New River Spring. That will make four paintings for him!

Most people that buy my paintings buy more than one. Great to have repeat patrons! As always, large and small wall art prints and prints on just about anything available on my website. Be sure to click the link under the painting to see all the possibilities!





Riverview Spring Original 12" x 9" oil painting SOLD
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Please check out Clyde's book!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day I learned something new about health and wanted to tell Clyde.

There is another reason to keep your weight down other than all the things I have been preaching to you about.

So when people throw rocks at you, you are a harder target to hit?

No, we all know that one. A doctor has a hard time checking out ovaries if the patient is over weight.

Glad to know. Last time I checked I didn't have any ovaries.

Ha ha. Yes, Sheldon, that was a sarcastic ha ha.











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Ranges by Arnold Valley 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with latest Work in Progress and I was talking about my clothes...

March 13th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with latest Work in Progress and I was talking about my clothes...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
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I am excited about my new genre painting of a man fishing at Pawleys Island on the marsh side. I have completed two stages of it and after I make another video for Youtube I will start on the third but the second is close to what I want!
The colors and textures seem more spontaneous than usual as I try to not over think the work which is very hard. Anyway, looking forward to working on it tomorrow!





Chinese Orchids Original 14" x 10" oil painting $285
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Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Friday! Now Fine Art America can offer HUGE canvas prints for these specials at a lower price!
Check it out! 40" x 50" is a great size!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Sunday afternoon I was changing out of my church clothes and into some crummy clothes that Good Will would hand back to me if I tried to donate them.

I said to Clyde there is nothing too crummy for around the house.

Thank you.

I was not talking about you. I was talking about my clothes.

Oh.

Wow, there is nothing too crummy to wear around the house and there is hardly anything I say that Clyde won't turn into a funny!














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Ranges by Arnold Valley 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Lost March and Watching him sleep...

March 11th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Lost March and Watching him sleep...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
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You know you are losing it when you get your March 1 Business License renewal over due notice and say to yourself, "But it isn't due yet! It's February." That actually happened to me a few days ago.

Time is moving too, too fast! Somebody slow it down a little! Somehow I misplaced the first ten days of March.
Yikes!


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Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Friday! Now Fine Art America can offer HUGE canvas prints for these specials at a lower price!
Check it out! 40" x 50" is a great size!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before Clyde goes to bed much earlier than me. He has to get up at 4:00 and I don't sleep well. I have learned that if I stay up late I will sleep better. Just wish I didn't have to get up at 7:30.

Anyway, oftentimes when I come into the bedroom I notice that Clyde is asleep with a smile on his face. I asked him about that and he said maybe it is because he is basically happy for a sad sack curmudgeon.

Well, I guess if you are a curmudgeon it certainly helps to be a happy one!










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Ranges by Arnold Valley 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting SOLD

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Fall on the New River and Goats eat Junk...

March 9th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Fall on the New River and Goats eat Junk...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

I am real pleased to sell another print of Fall on the New River to a great VA patron! This is my most popular New River painting. A great NC patron owns the original.
Working hard on my latest Pawleys Island oil painting. So glad to be back to oils. The only problem is I am low on paint and a number of the tubes I use are now $50. Yikes! Got to sell or I can't paint.




Fall on the New River Original pastel painting SOLD
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Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today! Now Fine Art America can offer HUGE canvas prints for these specials at a lower price!
Check it out! 40" x 50" is a great size!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have said before, Clyde wakes me up from his office at work. Fun alarm clock! Lots of times when I answer I say, "Who dat?" The last time he said an old goat.

Hey, goats eat things other than food, right?

Yeah.

Well, maybe I can get the old goat to eat some of this mess in the computer room?

I doubt it could take care of all that stuff. I still think our only hope is to lob a few grenades.

In other words, the mess stays where it is.

Yep.









Ranges by Arnold Valley 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
Link to this Painting https://fineartamerica.com/featured/ranges-by-arnold-valley-kendall-kessler.html
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Wildflower Rush 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Acrylic painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Watched the Day shot out of a Cannon and He knows what not to say....

March 6th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Watched the Day shot out of a Cannon and He knows what not to say....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
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I wanted to get this blog out this morning but the day got away from faster than it usually does. Oh well, I like the saying about it all being good. I hear a lot of people say that and it is helpful to just keep going in spite of adversity and be content. I would be a lot more content if someone would hours to the day but I don't think that will happen. Better to have too much to do then not much at all.
Back to work!




A Break in the Clouds Original Oil painting SOLD
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Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Friday! Now Fine Art America can offer HUGE canvas prints for these specials at a lower price!

Check it out! 40" x 50" is a great size!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is a very smart husband. He was not married yesterday and he knows all about the things that should not be said to a wife. I was joking with him about how some husbands will make comments about their wive's weight.

I am not overweight but I goaded him with a whiny, am I fat?

If you were bigger than the side of a house I would say no. I want to stay alive.

Like I said. Smart husband.













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Ranges by Arnold Valley 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Wildflower Rush 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168

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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Acrylic painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Forward to Her Replacement and The Urge to be Stupid...

March 4th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Forward to Her Replacement and The Urge to be Stupid...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Well, got through another church service with shaking legs as I played the piano. Did okay but I get so nervous. A friend of mine that plays the organ said after a while you just play and it doesn't bother you anymore. When is that going to happen? I have been playing for over a year. Oh well, I will keep at it until someone else will take over for me.

Looking forward to that!




Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 24" x 18" Oil painting $864
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Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Friday! Now Fine Art America can offer HUGE canvas prints for these specials at a lower price!

Check it out! 40" x 50" is a great size!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Right now there is a commercial about a drug that helps people stop smoking. The testimony people give is that it really reduces the urge to smoke.

Clyde said wouldn't it be great if there was a pill that would reduce the urge to do something stupid?

Considering all the counter productive things people often do, I think that pill would be great!


I'd take it!












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Ranges by Arnold Valley 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
Link to this Painting https://fineartamerica.com/featured/ranges-by-arnold-valley-kendall-kessler.html
Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.





Wildflower Rush 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
Link to this painting https://fineartamerica.com/featured/other-pears-kendall-kessler.html
Click on the 50" x 40" canvas print size for the special!




Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Acrylic painting $670

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Click on the 40" x 50" size canvas print for the special offer

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Start New Oil Painting and Go Watch some Birds....

March 2nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Start New Oil Painting and Go Watch some Birds....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Well, looking forward to a new oil painting today! I have a number of ideas but I think a Pawleys Island one is what I will start with. Beautiful but cold day so the studio is where I want to be!




Pawleys Eve Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/pawleys-eve-kendall-kessler.html

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Today! Now Fine Art America can offer HUGE canvas prints for these specials at a lower price!

Check it out! 40" x 50" is a great size!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday when Clyde came home I told him there was something I wanted to say to him but it went right out my head.

You changed the locks but it didn't work?

No.

You meant to change the locks but forgot?

No.

Maybe the next time you come home with a snarky comment I will remember.

Go watch some birds.












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Ranges by Arnold Valley 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Morning Color Dance 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Painting $864

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In Charge Original Acrylic painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Handling Aggravation and No one does that...

February 27th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Handling Aggravation and No one does that...

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Working at a hundred things at the same time but I am trying to get my latest commissioned painting of an enlargement of Wading on its way to Richmond. Had to take some pictures with very few mishaps. I didn't trip over the tripod but I did have trouble attaching the camera to it. Sometimes the little gizmo fights me. Anyway, ran into a frame problem so I will be mailing the painting tomorrow.




Wading Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I always get the Bird report from Clyde and a lot of people think that is all he studies which is not at all true. He studies all wildlife and plants, too.

The other day he told me he was out watching a plant grow.

No one watches a plant grow.

It was moving faster than me.

One for the naturalist books. As Charlie Brown would say,"Good grief".













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Ranges by Arnold Valley 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Morning Color Dance 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Painting $864
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In Charge Original Acrylic painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has many new Ideas and Wedding Fun...

February 25th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has many new Ideas and Wedding Fun...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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I have a lot of new ideas for paintings and looking forward to starting them. I want to get back to my main pursuit which is colorful impasto landscape paintings. I also have some ideas from Pawleys Island visits and some wildlife ideas. What I don't have is someone to add hours to the day. Oh well. I know I am not the only one that wants that sort of help.

Cheers!




Rolling Autumn Original 12" x 9" Oil painting SOLD


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We recently watched a movie that had an elaborate wedding. It involved a wedding planner, lots of guests, dance lessons for the wedding party, rehearsal dinner, lots and lots of pre-wedding drama, etc.

We threw something together with the help of my Mom and just had the two immediate families at a club. I didn't even want a cake but the minister said we should have a cake, but I did not stuff Clyde's mouth with it. Don't like that custom.

Anyway, after the movie with the fancy wedding Clyde said if I had wanted all of that stuff he would have gotten a speeding ticket zooming down the interstate in the opposite direction. I think our simple wedding was right for us.










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Morning Color Dance 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Painting $864

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In Charge Original Acrylic painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is still watching paint dry and Why not Blow them a Kiss...

February 23rd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is still watching paint dry and Why not Blow them a Kiss...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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I am getting the crate ready to send my enlargement of Wading to a Richmond painting. Artwork has to be immobilized for protection so it has to be double boxed. It is a pain to cut all the cardboard pieces but it has to be done. The paint is still wet in a number of places so it looks like it won't be shipped until next week. Oh well, it will be sent out as soon as possible.




Sweet Pea Morning on the Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil painting $864
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I mentioned that Mark Zuckerberg wants to be my Facebook friend and Prince Harry is following me on Twitter. Well, now the official Facebook Office is following me on Google+! Their page has no information but does have a few gullible followers.

Scammers all over the internet. I also get a lot of scam messages on Facebook. Clyde said I should blow them all a kiss.

How do I blow scammers a kiss on the internet?

There is probably a tutorial on that. Look it up.

Ha ha.








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Ranges by Arnold Valley 40" x 30" oil Painting $2430

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Other Pears Original 14" x 10" Oil Pastel Painting $300

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Nesting Original 10" x 8" Mixed Media painting $190

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Other paintings and You will not guess...

February 20th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Other paintings and You will not guess...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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Paint is still drying on my enlargement of Wading. Some oil paints are dyes and they take forever! Staring at it doesn't hurry the process. I wish it did. Oh well that's art for you. Time to get back to some other paintings.




Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


This morning I spent a full hour at a car dealership waiting to find out why my check engine light is on a car we bought in July 2016.

When I got home I told Clyde he would never guess in a million years why that light was on.

The gas cap was loose.

How did you know?

It is in the manual.

Then why didn't you check?

Don't know.

Okay, do you have a funny for my blog?

You are looking at one.

Not after wasting my time at the dealership.

Okay, nothing today.

That's for sure. Arghhh!!!!!








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Other Pears Original 14" x 10" Oil Pastel Painting $300

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Nesting Original 10" x 8" Mixed Media painting $190

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at wet paint and Pigs Flying by my Window...

February 18th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at wet paint and Pigs Flying by my Window...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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Waiting for the paint to dry on my latest commission of Wading. Should be soon. I hope to be able to mail it out at the end of this week! I think it has turned out real well and the patron contacted me to say he was looking forward to getting it.

Below is the original that he wanted an enlargement of. Prints can be bought of this one. I don't know if I will offer prints of the enlargement. The spacing is a little different due to the change in proportions. Still thinking about that.




Wading Original Acrylic painting NFS


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Wow, some very important people want to get to know me! Prince Harry is following me on Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg wants to be my friend on Facebook! Scammers to the right of me and scammers to the left of me! Scammers all over the internet.

Clyde said he was sure that Mark Zuckerberg and Prince Harry want to discuss a collaboration of my artwork for the Palace and Facebook!

Just saw a whole pack of pigs flying by my window!














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Other Pears Original 14" x 10" Oil Pastel Painting $300

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Nesting Orgininal 10" x 8" Mixed Media Drawing $190

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Blue Ridge Parkways Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Star City Play and Waking up with a Headache...

February 16th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkways Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Star City Play and Waking up with a Headache...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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So pleased to sell another print of Star City Play! This is my most popular Skyline Beauty painting that was also licensed for invitations for The Rutherford Company in Roanoke, VA! This time the print is on a child's t-shirt and the great patron is in Texas.




Star City Play Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $236
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday when Clyde called me to wake me up I told him I woke up with a headache and it wasn't him.

Are you sure? Take two aspirin and see if I go away.

Just joking. Love him and especially love to goad him.










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Evening Flight Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384

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Tiger Lean Original Oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Artist is About Finished with Latest Commission and Yes, you will need to know this...

February 13th, 2018

Blue Ridge Artist is About Finished with Latest Commission and Yes, you will need to know this...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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I have just about finished the enlargement of Wading and will send it as soon as it completely dries. I know there are a lot of artists that prefer acrylics and the main reason is the drying time but they just don't have that rich glow that oils do. To each his own!



Wading Original Acrylic painting NFS


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Sometimes I think about teaching, mostly I have night mares about it. Clyde didn't have any problem with standing in front of large groups of students. I had a lot of great students but the problem with teaching is you tend to remember the difficult ones more than the good ones.

I feel sorry for teachers. They have to contend with cell phones and students that think if they learn how to use Google, that should be all the education they will need. Saw a cute cartoon with a teacher showing a child 1 + 1 = 2. She said to the child that, yes, she would use this knowledge later in life.

Yikes!









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Evening Flight Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384

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Tiger Lean Original Oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island and Where did I put the Cheese...

February 11th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island and Where did I put the Cheese...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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I am real pleased with my latest commission. Enlarging a painting can be tricky, especially if it has complicated brushwork as this one has. The original is only 6" x 5" and was painted with acrylics. I am painting the 24" x 18" one in oils. Oils is my favorite medium. I hope to have it done in a few days and then send it after it dries.

Also, pleased to sell another print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island to a great Chicago patron! This painting and Breakers at Pawleys island are my two most popular shore paintings!



Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original 60" x 41" oil painting SOLD


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I was talking to Clyde about how I am getting ditzier and ditzier. I need to read more. I play the piano every day. That is supposed to help but I am doing some really strange things.

The other day I cut the plastic to open a cheese packet, got a piece of cheese and then put the scissors and cheese in the drawer. Clyde said one time he put his phone in the frig. He said his brain must be fried. Too much time spent writing poetry.

Should have been drinking beer.












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Evening Flight Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384

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Tiger Lean Original Oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working on Latest Commission and No rest for the Stupid...

February 9th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working on Latest Commission and No rest for the Stupid...

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Waiting for the paint to dry on my current commission. Some artists work wet-in-wet but I prefer to add layers to dry layers. I think the thin to thick method of painting is the best.

Most people don't realize that most paintings are done in layers and oil paint layers can take quite a while to dry. Well, I will work on some others while I wait.

Acrylics dry practically as you brush them on.



Memphis Lights Original Acrylic painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have a tendency to work so hard that I injure myself. Now that I do Yoga every day it doesn't happen anymore, hardly ever, well, once in a while.

I told Clyde I have a new take on the saying, "No rest for the weary". I say in my case, "No rest for the stupid" .

I doubt I will ever wise up.






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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430

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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Eagle Fire Original Oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Waiting for Paint to Dry and Ripe Fruit...

February 6th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Waiting for Paint to Dry and Ripe Fruit...

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I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
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Waiting for the paint to dry on my current commission. Some artists work wet-in-wet but I prefer to add layers to dry layers. I think the thin to thick method of painting is the best.

Most people don't realize that most paintings are done in layers and oil paint layers can take quite a while to dry. Well, I will work on some others while I wait. Acrylics dry practically as you brush them on.



Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I keep hearing this commercial that talks about "Feel Good Fruit".

I asked Clyde which fruit isn't "Feel Good"?

The fruit that falls off a tree and hits you in the head.

That makes sense. Especially the fruit that is over ripe and has a tenant.

My Dad used to joke around about being a famous singer when he was young. He said he was so good people would throw fruit at him. He wondered why they threw fruit that was very, very ripe.

LOL!





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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430

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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Eagle Fire Original Oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Stuck inside and Why do that...

February 4th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Stuck inside and Why do that...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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We are snowed in and I am working around the guys. We workaholics have a hard time relaxing in front of the tube. It takes me days to watch one movie because I keep jumping up to work like a fool that doesn't know any better. Oh well. I love my work so that is why my butt doesn't stay stationary. I am about to jump up right now!



Snow Pines Original 7" x 5" Oil painting $75
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Thinking outside the box. That saying has always sounded weird to me. I know what it means but I still think it is a strange way of saying try a different approach to something, so I asked the Word Man what he thought it meant. He says you find a box and get inside. Then you get out and see if you have a thought.

I think if I did that, my thought would be why did I get into that box?










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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430
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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Eagle Fire Original Oil painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Pleased to begin new Commission and Not an Alien...

February 2nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway is Pleased to begin new Commission and Not an Alien...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist




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I mailed Memphis Lights out yesterday and will begin a new commission today! A patron that owns two of my paintings wants an enlargement of one of my Suggestions paintings, Wading. These paintings are done on small pieces of cheap paper and I use cheap paint so I don't offer the originals for sale, but great prints of them can be purchased. This patron wants an original so I am pleased to enlarge one with good paint on canvas!



Wading Original Acrylic painting NFS

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde loves the X- Files. I am so glad they are back on! It is not for me but he really enjoys that show.

I asked him if he was really an alien since he liked the show so much.

No.

Are you sure?

Positive. Too Tired.

You have to be energetic to be an alien?

Of course. How else would they get here and be on the X- Files?

As Archie Bunker would say, case closed. Or is it? Is the answer to my question still out there or in our living room parked in front of the TV?








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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430

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Country Sunset Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $160

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Lion Explosion 16" x 20" Original Acrylic painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to get Praise from Patron and I got Something...

January 30th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to get Praise from Patron and I got Something...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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Finished my Memphis Skyline Beauty commission and the patron has thanked me over and over again! Commissions are tricky but I have never had a complaint, knock on wood! Since it is a commission I will have to ask her permission to sell prints. Hope so! I am pleased with how it turned out and I would love to add it to my website!



Memphis Lights Original Acrylic painting Sold

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Today I got nothing for this part of the blog. Clyde and I have a standing argument about the use of the double negative.
I say, if you say I got nothing then you really have something.

You are applying math to grammar.

No, I am being logical.

No, you are applying math to grammar.

Anyway, today I got nothing funny for this blog unless you think our argument is funny in which case I am right!!!! I got something!









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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430

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Country Sunset Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $160

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Lion Explosion 16" x 20" Original Acrylic painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Playing Away and Revenge of the Fat...

January 28th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Playing Away and Revenge of the Fat...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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I seem to be doing better on the church piano as it gets worse. Now there are two c sharps that I have to hit with a hammer to get them to play. A lot of keys in the treble stick a little. They play, but not evenly.

The church is thinking about scrapping this piano and buying a new one! I hope that happens. It is bad enough having real bad stage fright without having to play on an instrument with an uneven keyboard.


Connellys Run Original 30" x 20" Acrylic painting $1230

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last time I mentioned that Clyde was complaining he was cold since he lost his fat layer. Now he says his ex-fat is mad at him and is waiting to take over again with a vengeance! Get rid of the low-cal popcorn and bring on the fritos!

He is just joking. Actually he is very glad to lose the excess weight and wishes he did it sooner. That is not just his crazy calorie counting wife talking. He really is glad but he does miss the warmth of the blubber layer.



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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430

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Country Sunset Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $160

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Lion Explosion 16" x 20" Original Acrylic painting $670

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Blue Ridge Artist got away from the Computer and Missing his fat...

January 25th, 2018

Blue Ridge Artist got away from the Computer and Missing his fat...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Got away from the computer today and now I have to catch up. Don't have much to say. My commission is coming along and I finished the other paintings. Below is one that I added to my website.
Another painting from my Suggestion series. This one is really wild. Looked like a creek overflowing its banks into the woods. Check it out!



Creek Rush Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde was complaining about how much he has to wear to be able to sleep these days now that he lost his layer of fat.

Where did you put your fat?

I don't know.

You hauled it off somewhere and now I have to wear pjs and sleep under a pile of blankets.

I guess the days of sleeping in his underwear are long gone.





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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430
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Nesting 10" x 8" Mixed Media Painting $190
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Dream Horse 16" x 20" Original Acrylic painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is working on several paintings and Rocks don't walk to the middle of the road...

January 23rd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is working on several paintings and Rocks don

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Still working on my latest commission and two other paintings I started before I received the commission. Always paint in a lot of layers going from thin to thick paint. I think a lot of people don't realize that a painting is rarely done in one layer. Lot of time goes into each one. Better get back to it.
Cheers from my studio!



Country Sunset Original 10" x 8" oil painting $160
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

There is one constant on our street that is annoying. We have to look out for big rocks that are usually right in the middle of the street. I think some of the kids think they will make great bases when they play baseball or kickball or whatever.

Clyde agrees. He said rocks don't walk out to the middle of a road and park themselves. They had help getting there.







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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430
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Nesting 10" x 8" Mixed Media Painting $190
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Dream Horse 16" x 20" Original Acrylic painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James and Computer Mafia...

January 21st, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James and Computer Mafia...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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I am real pleased to sell another print of James on the River to a great VA patron! This is my most popular Skyline painting and I am glad a great Richmond patron owns the original!

I did a lot better on the piano today at church and there is hope on the horizon.
The secretary says she is looking for my replacement and then I will just be a sub. Hallelujah! I love to play the piano but the stage fright is awful. Today I only shook part of the time. Great improvement! Anyway, I am working on a Skyline Beauty Commission. The studio is where I belong.
Not on stage.



Richmond on the James Original acrylic painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

More computer woes. Now I see why there is a commercial on T V with a kid imitating his grandmother with a hammer that he is going to use on the computer. The grandmother says there is a better way. Sometimes I don't think so.

Our new anti-virus protection is blocking Clyde from putting his bird research on ebirds at Cornell University. He said with all the aggravation we are having with this protection software we would probably do better to get the Mafia to stand over our computer.

Contrary to what kids said to me, the former Kendall Feriozi, I do not have connections with the Mafia.








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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430
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Nesting 10" x 8" Mixed Media Painting $190
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Dream Horse 16" x 20" Original Acrylic painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to begin a Skyline Beauty commission and No Shortage of Nuts...

January 18th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to begin a Skyline Beauty commission and No Shortage of Nuts...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

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Well, we aren't snowed in today. We did get to the store yesterday but it was a creepy crawly ride. Roads look good today and that is great since I need to get out and check on some stretched canvases. A patron wants a commission but she would rather not have a frame. She doesn't want a large painting so I am going to see what sizes are available here. I don't want to have to wait for an order. Time to get going.



Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original 25" x 18" pastel painting $960
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We were snowed in yesterday but the main roads looked good enough in the afternoon for us to get to the store. While I was making out the list I checked on the nut supply. Clyde eats a lot of peanuts. We had plenty. I said to Clyde we have lots of nuts from the store and nuts all over the house.

Tell me something I don't know.





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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430
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Bloodhound Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168
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Flower Path to the Blue Ridge 12" x 9" Original Oil painting $226
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Skylines and What if....

January 16th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Skylines and What if....

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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I am finally back to some Skyline Beauty paintings and I am real pleased with the first stage of a Memphis TN one! I am too rushed today to get it on my site but it will be there soon! Time to move on to the next chore and then Line Dance!
Got to dance!



Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

More discussions on the computer takeover. Clyde's car pulled a computer problem and that got us talking about cars that drive themselves. Not for it.

Clyde said what if someone hacks your car and drives you backwards down the interstate!

Yikes!







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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430
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Bloodhound Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168
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Flower Path to the Blue Ridge 12" x 9" Original Oil painting $226
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Print of Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand and One minute Showers...

January 15th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Print of Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand and One minute Showers...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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I am pleased to sell a large print of Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand to a Utah patron! The original is owned by a Virginia patron and it is one of my favorite shore paintings! I love Pawleys Island and hope to go there again soon! I love the mountains but the shore is my second favorite place to be!



Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand Original Oil painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We are still without a good supply of hot water. The main part of our solar system is not fixed so we just have a very small water tank on top that we get a little hot water from. If we had the new solar system that does not go through water we would most likely have the system fixed and could take a bath instead of a one minute shower.

I said to Clyde that it is rough when you have an antiquated system.

He said like me?

Ha ha.

Talking about our solar system and if you are antiquated then so am I.





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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430
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Bloodhound Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168
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Flower Path to the Blue Ridge 12" x 9" Original Oil painting $226
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Line Dancing and How to Carrion...

January 12th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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I am so pleased that my Line Dancing teacher has started class again! She has been very ill with Lyme disease and is still on pain medication but we are back on the floor! I love to dance and it is great exercise. She always gives us quite a work out! Looking forward to taking class every week!



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Tuesday there were about 30 vultures at the end of our street picking through trash. I told Clyde about it and asked he is had a funny about vultures for my blog. He has been asked to speak for the vultures since people want to send them away. They are firing rockets to try to get them to leave. Where are they supposed to go?

Clyde hates to get in the middle of this because people that support the vultures become his good friend and those that don't become his enemy. There is no middle ground. So he said he could not come up with a funny.

Vulture humor doesn't fly with me. He did it anyway!

Also saw a cute vulture joke. Keep calm and carrion. I hope we can carrion here and not send them packing.






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Evening Flight Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Dislikes Dreams and Fun with Aliens...

January 9th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Dislikes Dreams and Fun with Aliens...

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I can't believe I am starting a new series of nightmares. I wish I did not remember my dreams so vividly. I don't think I will ever stop having nightmares about teaching despite the fact that I did well and received great evaluations- but now I am having nightmares about playing the piano at church.

I guess I have these dreams because I have very bad stage fright or I am just nuts. That's okay. I will keep on playing. Our former organist said after a while you just play and the stage fright goes away. Hope so! Now back to my studio where no one sees me paint! Yes!!!!

Treble Play Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is a fan of The X Files. I never could get interested in it. The other day I asked Clyde if he thought there really might be some aliens on earth.

Sure, every time I look into the mirror.

Ha ha.

Actually, no. If there were aliens on earth they would either leave or use some bug spray on us.

I hope they leave.






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Wildflowers Near Fancy Gap and Fun with Cracker Jacks...

January 7th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Wildflowers Near Fancy Gap and Fun with Cracker Jacks...

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I am very pleased to sell a large print of Wildflowers Near Fancy Gap to a great Canadian family that sent me such a terrific compliment on my artwork! A great Ohio patron owns the original.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is such a great place to get ideas for paintings. These wildflowers caught my eye and I based a very expressive impasto painting on a photograph I took of them.

Be sure to check out my flower gallery on my website. I have quite a number of floral paintings that I am very proud of.


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I can't remember if I mentioned before that I do not have an engagement ring. I am not about to go through all my posts to find out. Anyway, I don't have one because I didn't want Clyde to put a lot of money into something that I would probably lose. I can keep up with large things but not small things. It took a long time for me to realize that most people think the absence of a ring(I did lose the wedding ring) is a definite indication of marital status.

I decided to buy a $9 fake diamond ring at Walmart so people, especially guys at places where I line dance with my class, would not have any doubt of my marital status. I have no problem with losing a cheapo ring. The other day I said to Clyde that I really liked the engagement ring he finally got me.

He said he it was about time I found the box of cracker jacks he bought me.










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Spending More Money and The origin of Crows Feet...

January 4th, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Spending More Money and The origin of Crows Feet...

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Well 2017 was the year of Spend That Money with a new roof, new car, and new heating system. The cost for the heating system is going into this year and I think our new car had a talk with our old car and told it to drop dead. It broke down yesterday and the repair cost is quite high. Hope we don't have to bury it and get a new one.

Happy New Year!

Emerging Hawk Original 20" x 16" Oil painting $670
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday I was trying to goad Clyde into making one of his weird comments and he did not disappoint me. Since he is a bird expert I asked him why do people get crows feet? He said when people are drunk a drunk crow lands on their face and walks around.

Now that is a weird one! I am watching crows very closely now and glad I don't drink.





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Pawleys Island Marsh View Original 60" x 41" Oil Painting $4920
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dragging and The Bluebaru is fine...

January 2nd, 2018

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dragging and The Bluebaru is fine...

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I usually really get into plans for the New Year that I keep for a quite a while but this year I am dragging. I am going to try to get it together and look forward to all the great things that are going to happen and ignore the bad things as much as possible. There is always a painting in my future!

There is an uplifting song about finding that one song that lasts your whole life long. I found that song a long time ago along with a lot of daily clean up. Some people say artists are congenital slobs. I am a frustrated slob because I hate to have a mess around me but I don't have time to paint and clean up so I just look the other way until it is so bad I can't work.

Here's to the New Year and being able to walk in my studio!

Connellys Run Original 30" x 20"Acrylic painting $1230
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, we took the Bluebaru for its first check up. Since our new car is blue and is a subaru, Clyde gave it the name, Bluebaru. I like it! Wow, oil changes now cost about $80! I don't think the car was sick in any way but the dealership sent us a notice it was time for a check up.

Maybe they wanted to give it some vaccinations so it won't get sick. Whatever it takes to keep the Bluebaru going and to keep our bank account a bank account with money in it.








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Planning 2018 and CIA Joke...

December 31st, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Planning 2018 and CIA Joke...

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Thinking about how to start another year without spending too much time on the computer but I don't have a game plan yet. In fact, I have added more things to my promote art list. Yikes! Oh well. I thought when I retired from teaching I would have more time and not work so hard but I am working harder.
The studio calls and I answer just as soon as I can get away from the computer. Here is my latest Suggestion painting. I am on a roll with this series right now!
Hope everyone has a great New Year!

Ghost Tears Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Tomorrow Clyde will start calling me again to make sure I am up so I can take Alan to work and get all my work done, too. As I have said before, sometimes I tease him when I answer. The one I use the most is,

Who is this?

The last time I used that one he said the CIA.

The CIA? Why would the CIA be calling me?

Clyde Idiot Association.

Oh, that CIA.












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Blue Ridge Magic from Sharp Top Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236
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Nesting 10" x 8" Original Mixed Media painting $190
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Suggestion painting and Kissing Joke...

December 28th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Suggestion painting and Kissing Joke...

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I am having a great time with my new Suggestions paintings They keep me on my toes. It is great to just look for forms to appear in a blaze of color. I always see something in the brushwork to pull out. One time I thought nothing had come up and then when I looked again there was a fox and some bird shapes. This is a great exercise for a visual person and they are certainly available as prints. Sometimes I go into them again but most of the time the first session is the last. Here is my latest!

Fish Flip Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other night there was a program with a lady kissing a pet. I don't like that. It is just not for me.

I told Clyde I would not kiss an animal.

Thanks a lot.


Enough said. Not talking about him.







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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Nesting Original 10" x 8" mixed media painting $190
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Fall on the New River and Printer Not So Fun...

December 26th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Fall on the New River and Printer Not So Fun...

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I am very pleased to sell a print of Fall on the New River to a great California patron! This is my most popular New River painting. The original was sold the first time it was exhibited to a great NC patron! Wall art prints and prints on many other items are available by clicking the link below the picture!

Fall on the New River Original Pastel painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I was waiting for our printer to print while it booped and beeped for quite a while. I told Clyde that I could read my memoirs while that printer warmed up. He said you could write them. He is right. I don't actually have memoirs right now but I probably could write them while our printer does it's weird song and dance routine before it finally spits out a copy.

There it is! Yea!




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Nesting Original 10" x 8" mixed media painting $190
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to present another Suggestion Painting and How do they do that...

December 21st, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to present another Suggestion Painting and How do they do that...

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In spite of all the Christmas stuff I am still able to paint which keeps me smiling. Here is another one of my very spontaneous Suggestion paintings!.

Emerald Mist Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A while back I mentioned that Clyde thought the Christmas light thing was getting out of hand. Some houses are one big glow of lights. He said soon people will probably get a early start and put them on their Thanksgiving turkey.

Much to my surprise, yesterday I saw a recipe on the internet for turkey gravy that had glitter in it! Glitter! I can't imagine what can be used to cause gravy to glitter without poisoning people but I guess someone found a way!

Clyde was not surprised.




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dragging a Paint Brush and Bumping into Poles...

December 19th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dragging a Paint Brush and Bumping into Poles...

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I am really dragging my brush today. I wanted to paint but I have so much to do that it may not happen. Hope I can get done and get in there. Painting is not easy but it always makes me smile - at least at the beginning before the arm wrestling.



Blue Ridge Magic from Sharp Top Original 12" x 9" Oil painting $236
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

This morning Clyde and I had a "Think Battle". I told him I was having a hard time thinking of something funny for my blog and he said to stop all that thinking. That's what's wrong with this country.

What? People don't think. They just stare at a phone and walk into poles or wreck cars.

I think I won that one.








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist watched the day Shot out of a Rocket and The Quest...

December 18th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist watched the day Shot out of a Rocket and The Quest...

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Another Sunday shot out of a rocket! Too busy is better than not busy enough but I wish I could lasso a few hours and make them sit still for a while. I didn't get anywhere near a painting today so I am extra crispy grumpy right now but I will get back to it tomorrow and try not to be so grumpy. Try. I may not succeed but as we all know, laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone. So time to get back to laughing!

Wildflower Rush Original 8" x 10" Oil painting $168
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We are still wondering if we have animals running across the roof or taking up space in our attic. It takes a dare devil to get in our attic. The entrance is a little tiny hole in the closet that we have to use a ladder for and the insulation gets all over our clothes so we have to cover them with a sheet. No one wanted to do that today. Anyway I heard something that sounded like an animal hammering on our roof.

When I told Clyde he said, "Oh good. Here I go on my never ending quest to try to fix things I can't fix here. It turned out to be a neighbor doing something with his lawn. It really did sound like it was on our roof. Oh well. The quest goes on and on!

We still do not have much hot water but that quest will continue when a part arrives for the solar guy to work with.






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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Eagle Fire Original oil painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Print of Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms and More Kitchen Aggravation...

December 14th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Print of Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms and More Kitchen Aggravation...

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I am again pleased that one of my photographs was appreciated enough for a sale to a great Missouri patron! As I have said a ridiculous number of times, I live to paint but I do have several collections of photographs that I am proud of.

This one came from my favorite collection, the I Love the Beach series! This time the print is on a Christmas ornament! Nice to know my artwork is celebrating Christmas! If you are looking for a truly unique gift, be sure to check out my work on my website and on Zazzle for a great selection of ideas!


Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms Original Photograph NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday Clyde was helping me with my Ice Cream maker that also makes frozen yogurt. First, we figured out that I had left out a step in the process and that was why it was not rotating so we had to wait until the partially frozen yogurt thawed out again before another try.

Still did not work so Clyde asked me to clear off everything else on the counter so he wouldn't break anything else when he slammed the machine up against the wall. Well, the machine is still in one piece but the frozen yogurt never happened.

I might buy a new one or I might just keep on eating the stuff in the store that has a zillion weird things listed in the ingredients.






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Richmond Ripples Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236
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A Break in the Clouds Original oil painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Paint and Connecting...

December 12th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Paint and Connecting...

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I was real excited about my latest pastel but then it got to be too much. I still had a lot to do and I just wanted to get back to a brush so I put it aside again. It will be done someday but now I am back into my Suggestion paintings. I start out with an Abstract Expressionist approach and then look for forms to bring out. Here is the first one. I started to see two treble clefs so I made them stronger and added a third one. I like the way it turned out!


Treble Play Original acrylic painting NFS
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https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

There is a rather sappy saying on a commercial right now about food. The writer is appealing to our emotions during this Holiday season. Food is how we connect. I asked Clyde if food is how we connect. He said food is how he connects to the plate and keeps on connecting. Me, too!







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Evening Flight 12" x 16" oil painting Painting $384
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Richmond Ripples Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236
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A Break in the Clouds Original oil painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Charlotte Spiral and Stay Dry...

December 10th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a print of Charlotte Spiral and Stay Dry...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


I am so pleased to sell a print of Charlotte Spiral! I am so glad people are responding favorably to my Beautiful Skyline series! I WILL get back to them soon. I am taking a break from my current pastel portrait to throw a brush around and work on some Suggestions paintings.

I especially like working in an abstract expressionist manner and then pulling out recognizable forms. Be sure to check out my Suggestion series on my website. Sold a lot of prints of these paintings. The originals are done with inexpensive paint and they are on cheap paper which is why I don't have the originals for sale. All kinds of prints available.

Not so for the Beautiful Skyline series. Originals and prints are available. This time the print is on a Christmas ornament. Don't forget you can get my work on just about anything!

Charlotte Spiral Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting $236
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com



I wanted to again mention that I am offering my original paintings with FREE SHIPPING for the Holiday season! Shipping artwork is very difficult and expensive so this is my gift to my patrons at this beautiful time of year! Just click on the Contact Artist button under my picture!





Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Friday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have mentioned before that Clyde goes to bed at 9:00 because he gets up at 4:00 to go to work. Oftentimes I am watching a DVD around 8:30 and would love to keep going. The combo VCR/DVD player in the living room does not work since our cable provider had us do some sort of adjustment. The other rainy night he came in at 9:00.

You planning on sleeping here?

No, I can go out in the rain and be comfortable.

Bye! Sleep tight or should I say sleep dry.

Needless to say I was the one that left the room.








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Evening Flight 12" x 16" oil painting Painting $384
Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print for the 40% discount.



Richmond Ripples Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236
Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the special!


A Break in the Clouds Original oil painting SOLD
Click on the 36" x 24" size canvas print for the special offer

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy to See work done on the Solar Unit and A Fat Visitor...

December 7th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy to See work done on the Solar Unit and A Fat Visitor...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


The solar guy is back! The unit is still broken but we have our main heat from a heat pump. We have a little hot water from the small water tank that is attached to the main system. You have to have a very old solar system to understand what I am talking about.
Anyway, he will be delving into the inside of the main tank and figure out what needs to be ordered. I hope it is not an entirely new system. They cost $10,000. If we have to pay for all the attempted repairs and a new system I will not be happy. Back to work.



Ranges Near Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430

Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com


I wanted to again mention that I am offering my original paintings with FREE SHIPPING for the Holiday season! Shipping artwork is very difficult and expensive so this is my gift to my patrons at this beautiful time of year!






Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Friday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, we have another bird trying to scare it's image away by pummeling itself on the window. This time it is a cardinal. A few days ago there was a very large blue jay just sitting outside the window.

Clyde said watch out. Even though it is a fat one it is still probably looking for more. Don't put your fingers out the window. It may think they are finger food.

He really is going to punnel me to death. Most of the time they crack me up but sometimes I groan like people that just don't like puns.
Who am I kidding! Looking forward to the next one!





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Evening Flight 12" x 16" oil painting Painting $384
Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print for the 40% discount.


Burning Shore Original Oil Painting SOLD
Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the special!


Terrier Tug Original Acrylic painting NFS
Click on the 20" x 24" size canvas print for the special offer

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Another print of Smith Mountain Lake and Fun with Santa...

December 5th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Another print of Smith Mountain Lake and Fun with Santa...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


I am real pleased to sell another print of Smith Mountain Lake to a great Virginia patron! This time it is on a jigsaw puzzle! Don't forget that you can get my work on just about anything for yourself or for a truly unique gift. Smith Mountain Lake is my best selling lake painting. I have sold lots of wall prints and prints on various items of this beautiful mountain lake. The original is still available and would make a beautiful addition to a home or office space.

Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" oil painting $670
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com



I wanted to again mention that I am offering my original paintings with free shipping for the Holiday season! Shipping artwork is very difficult and expensive so this is my gift to my patrons at this beautiful time of year! Click on the Contact Artist button under my picture if you would like to purchase an original!




Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Friday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have been seeing a lot of somewhat naughty images on Facebook of Santa Claus lately. I don't like that. Kids are on the internet, too.
Anyway, I saw a cute joke about Santa. He is looking at a computer screen and sees he has over 200 million facebook requests.

He says he knew Facebook was a bad idea. I told Clyde and he said the naughty list would be even longer.

Oh well. Happy Holidays!





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Evening Flight 12" x 16" oil painting Painting $384
Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print for the 40% discount.


Burning Shore Original Oil Painting SOLD
Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the special!


Terrier Tug Original Acrylic painting NFS
Click on the 20" x 24" size canvas print for the special offer

Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway



Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Offering Free Shipping for the Holiday and Fun with Quick Sand...

December 4th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Offering Free Shipping for the Holiday and Fun with Quick Sand...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Well, I shook my way through church today. I like to play the piano by myself but I don't think I will ever get used to playing for an audience. It is really hard on my stomach and I shake most of the time I am playing. I know there are others that can play but I can't seem to get any one to take a turn.

Oh well, I paint by myself but I could paint in front of people. When I taught at Radford University I gave a lot of demonstrations, sometimes in front of 200 students. No problem.

Queen Annes Lace Original 40" x 30" oil painting $2430
Prints on canvas, paper, metal etc. at kendall-kessler.pixels.com

Art is my life and always will be!

I wanted to again mention that I am offering my original paintings with free shipping for the Holiday season! Shipping artwork is very difficult and expensive so this is my gift to my patrons at this beautiful time of year!






Be sure to check out my Special Promotions at the bottom of the blog that end Friday!

Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Fiddling+at+Midnight%27s+Farmhouse



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last night I was watching a program on quick sand. It was very interesting. Contrary to what is seen in movies, people do not sink all the way in and they can get out with help. They have to wiggle their limbs as much as possible to begin to loosen the grip quick sand has on people. One guy was stuck for thirteen hours in quick sand and a helicopter was unsuccessful at pulling the victim out. He was eventually helped out with a ground crew.

Clyde came in when I was watching the program and said quick sand just really sucks.

Okay, I love puns but that one made me groan.

I hope the next one is better!




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Evening Flight 12" x 16" oil painting Painting $384
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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting SOLD
Click on the 36" x 24" canvas print size for the special!

Original Terrier Tug Original Acrylic painting NFS
Click on the 20" x 24" size canvas print for the special offer

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print of Richmond on the James and Chapter One of Memoirs...

November 30th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print of Richmond on the James and Chapter One of Memoirs...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist




I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a


I am so pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James to a great Virginia patron! I am glad my Skyline Beauty series is appreciated and I will get back to them as soon as I stop choking on pastel dust and get my latest portrait done!

I wanted to again mention that I am offering my original paintings with free shipping for the Holiday season! Shipping artwork is very difficult and expensive so this is my gift to my patrons at this beautiful time of year!

Below is the address to my Etsy shop. Use code CHNY7. The same goes for my originals on my website but patrons have to click the Contact Artist button there to get the free shipping. I hope everyone is having a great Holiday Season!


https://www.etsy.com/shop/towheehillstudio



Richmond on the James Original Acrylic painting SOLD
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Please check out Clyde's book!

The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the address!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last night Clyde was taking a long time in the kitchen making his lunch for today. I asked him what he was doing.

Writing my Memoirs.

Well, what do you have so far?

Eating raisins.

That's it?

Yes.

Later when he was getting ready for bed I asked if he had written any more.

No, Eating Raisins is the first and last chapter.
End of story.

You'd think there would be something about me, or poetry, or birds...







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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Another Rocky Knob Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Eating Dust and The Joke Source...

November 28th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Eating Dust and The Joke Source...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a



I am still choking on pastel dust but not as much as I was. My methods always change and now I am using a gentler approach to the medium which does not create as much dust. My oil painting technique has changed a number of times and I was especially happy when I was content with thin layers. It was so much less expensive than what it is now. I am not happy now unless I use my own type of impasto technique with brushes.

Oh well. I am not only inspired to make artwork but I am also inspired to actively sell it. Can't paint without expensive supplies. Sometimes I have a really hard time letting one go but then I remember I can't take it with me and am glad I found a good home for it. Such is the life of a crazy artist!




Waterway Near Pawleys Island Original 10" x 8 oil painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I keep trying to keep a humorous section on this blog. It isn't easy. I now have great respect for comedy writers. Still, I love to laugh and want this section to be something to laugh about or at least smile at. Last night I asked Clyde if he had a funny for my blog and he said no.

Oh no! You are my main source of humor!

Well, the source fell off the horse and it is galloping backwards.

Good enough for me! I love his wacko sense of humor!


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Evening Flight 12" x 16" oil painting Painting $384
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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
Click on the 40" x 30" canvas print size for the special!


Another Rocky Knob Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Offering Free Shipping on Originals and Crack of Dawn Joke...

November 26th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Offering Free Shipping on Originals and Crack of Dawn Joke...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I wanted to be sure to let everyone know that for the rest of 2017 I am offering my originals with FREE SHIPPING! Shipping artwork is difficult and expensive so that is my Holiday gift to my patrons!


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a




The link to my Etsy shop is below. Use the code CHNY7!



Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12" oil painting $384
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com
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Please check out Clyde's book!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Sometimes Clyde is so tired at night that he falls asleep in the chair while watching TV. I told him that happens because he gets up at the Creak of Dawn. I know, because I hear the dawn creaking when he gets up. He countered with, he gets up at the Creep of Dawn and he is the creep that I am hearing getting up so early. Well, either way his fatigue is justified. I'm sure I would fall asleep if I got up at 4:30 most mornings.

Here's a cute joke from someone that needs more sleep.

I already want to take a nap tomorrow. I think that is a good saying for Clyde!




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Evening Flight 12" x 16" oil painting Painting $384
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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Another Rocky Knob Original Oil Painting SOLD
Click on the 24" x 20" size canvas print for the special offer

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist had a Great Thanksgiving and Back to the Computer Guy...

November 23rd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist had  a Great Thanksgiving and Back to the Computer Guy...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
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Glad to step away from the computer and into my mother-in-law's house! We always have a great Thanksgiving there! Clyde has terrific relatives and we get into lively conversations and a lot of laughing. I wish everyone could have a wonderful Thanksgiving and I am so thankful that we are all physically well and doing well.

Cheers!

By the way if Lee of Planet Earth Newsletter is reading this, I can't click on your blog. Read the Life with The Word and Bird Man below.


Liberty Original 10" x 8" oil painting $168
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at kendall-kessler.pixels.com


Please check out Clyde's book!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

More computer fun. My mind reels with sarcastic comments which is a great line in one of the Peanuts comics. We now have a new ant-virus system that is blocking things right and left. For some strange reason, it is blocking a blog here that I like very much. If Lee of Planet Earth Newsletter sees this, I can't click on your blog.

Time to get a young computer guy to help us out again.

Clyde is at it again with his crazy computer comments. When Ask Jeeves was around to get information he asked Jeeves how much money he made and where he lived.

Now, we have Siri which we don't do anything with. If we did, Clyde would ask Siri when would computers take over the world. Of course, she would say they already have. Yikes!!!





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Evening Flight 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430
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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to choking on Pastels and Hope you got a postcard...

November 21st, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to choking on Pastels and Hope you got a postcard...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

Well, I am back to choking on pastel dust as I try to finish a family portrait. Question to self. Why do I do this again? Oh yes, because I love it. Like my Mom always said, one person's heaven is another person's hell. My artwork is my heaven but sometimes it seems like the other place. I had better get back to work. I don't like to be away from brushes for too long.

Natasha Original soft pastel painting SOLD
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Please check out Clyde's book!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Will wonders never cease. A while back our can opener opened its last can and I have not replaced it yet because I am not sure if I want another one like it. It pressures the top off so there are no jagged edges which is great, but not if it isn't going to last long. Well, today I decided to try it one more time and it worked just fine.

I called Clyde and told him about the can opener miracle. Actually, I said it must have been on vacation. He said he hoped it sent a post card. Ha ha. Anyway, here is a cute appliance joke.

Facebook is like the refrigerator. You know there is nothing new but you keep checking it anyway. True!






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Evening Flight 40" x 30" oil painting Painting $2430
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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the special!


Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy to have Hot Water again and Psycho Moment...

November 20th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy to have Hot Water again and Psycho Moment...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address
https://goo.gl/rV7F9a

We finally have hot and cold water! Still, a part has to be replaced on the system but it looks like we won't have to buy a new one! I thought just having cold water was bad but on Friday there was a big problem and we had to turn all the water off and drain the solar tank. That really stunk but the repair guy came in on Saturday and fixed the pipes that were leaking. He did that for free! I look forward to taking a hot shower today - the first one in our house is three weeks!


Boats on the Chesapeake Bay Original watercolor painting SOLD

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

2017 has been The Fall of the House of Kessler. I always loved The Fall of the House of Usher by Poe. Since we had to get a new roof and were without hot water for three weeks and all water for one day, it seemed like we had our own fall this year, nothing like that great story, of course. Clyde spent eight hours assisting the repairman yesterday since he was not able to have his assistant present. Also, the repairman is fighting cancer. His wife wants him to quit but he says the work keeps his mind off the cancer and the chemotherapy. He is winning the battle.


I told Clyde I was going to try to take a shower and see if there is enough hot water even though the system is not completely repaired. He said not to scream if it gets cold or he will think I am having a Psycho shower.

I know I won't have a Psycho shower but if the water turns icy I will be sure to have the first showing of the short film, A Screamo Shower.

Well, mission accomplished a little while ago and no screams! Yes!!!!!




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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist needs a Crystal Ball and Thinking of You...

November 16th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist needs a Crystal Ball and Thinking of You...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I would greatly appreciate a Google review if you like my work! Here is the address!
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Yesterday we spent well over an hour taking buckets of water from the solar unit to the sink as it just dripped, and dripped, and dripped. The repair guy thought he had figured out what to do so we would have hot water before he really got in and repaired it. Well, it didn't work. We found out another thing that was wrong internally so it just started spewing water from the tank that he filled up again. I hope we don't have to pay a big repair bill and then have to replace the unit anyway.

I think we need a crystal ball for this one.


Wild Flower Magic Original 10" x 8" oil painting $168
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Tuesday I had my mouth raked by a very good dental hygienist. It took a little longer this time so I asked if there was a lot of build up. She said there was more than usual on the lower teeth. Okay, I brush my teeth after everything I eat. Then I use one of those tiny brush tooth pick things to make sure I got it all. I floss at least three times a day and I have a kit in my purse.

I think the only way I can keep my teeth clean is to stop eating or only eat through a straw. Anyway, my mouth was quite sore all evening and I figured I would have night mares, which I did.

The next day I told Clyde that I think when we are uncomfortable we get nightmares. The other nightmares I get when I am not in pain are because I am thinking of you. I couldn't resist that one even though it is not at all true. Just trying to keep some humor in the blog!

He is a good sport and agreed that one would be a good funny for the blog.




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Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384
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Owl Stare Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist's Latest Computer Rant and I beat him to the Punch Line...

November 14th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist




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Yikes, what a day! We got hacked and had to spend time and money getting our computer back. I have no idea how it happened. I have not clicked on anything out of the ordinary and I did not download anything. I hope that is the end of that problem that sucked up most of the evening. Computers are the worse time suckers ever.


Stream original oil painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, we still do not have hot water. I think it has been three or four weeks. I am starting to lose count. The repair guy yesterday worked hard on it and repaired part of it but now he needs a part that will be hard to find due to the age of the system. He has a similar solar system that is still going strong after 40 years so he thinks he can get this one going again! We may not have to replace it.

When I talked to my mother about it she said we would probably have to replace it. I told Clyde that and he asked why. Because it is so old.

I beat him to the punch line this time with, No I will not be replacing you.

Here's a cute age joke!


The bad news is that I have a bad memory and am no good at math. The good news is that I have no idea how old I am.
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking forward to working in Pastels and Fun with Music...

November 12th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking forward to working in Pastels and Fun with Music...

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Looking forward to getting back to a pastel portrait of my son and his girlfriend! I still have some work to do on my latest Peaks of Otter painting but it is just some tweaking here and there. This Sunday has been filled with too much work so I hope I can get away for a while. Cheers!


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Poor Clyde has to listen to me gripe about playing the piano for the church. No one else will do it except the pastor's wife and they are leaving soon so I guess I will have to play more then I am playing now. Yuck! Stage fright is an awful thing that I can't seem to shake but I get through it and keep on trying to talk others into taking a turn. They are all turning a deaf ear to me.

Saw a cute musician's joke. The instructions for the beginning of a piece were gently and four p's for very soft. The caption is "How about if I just don't play?" Sounds good to me!










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Forward to Escaping The Computer Room and Missing Class...

November 9th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Forward to Escaping The Computer Room and Missing Class...

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I am real pleased with my latest Fall painting! I have one more layer to go but it won't look that different. Sometimes the arm wrestling isn't that bad! Well, bowling tonight! Yes, no where near the Computer room and I do not stare at my phone at the Bowling Alley.


Fall Reflections at The Peaks of Otter Stage Three Original 11" x 14" oil painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have not had a Dance class since summer! My poor teacher has Lyme disease and she does not feel well enough to teach. Lately I have been complaining to Clyde that I miss my class. He said he knows what that is like. He has always been a no class guy.

I really am going to get punnelled to death by him but what a way to go! I love puns. They always crack me up and he does have class!


Cute dance joke. Dance like no one is watching because they aren't. They are looking at their phones. That's the truth!





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Current Painting and Perils of Humpty Dumpty...

November 7th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Current Painting and Perils of Humpty Dumpty...

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Working away. I guess we all do that. I never thought I would be doing so much work on a computer but that is the way it is these days. I am pleased with the progress on my latest Fall painting. I just wish there were more light. When I have to depend on my daylight flurorescent lights it is hard to see the warm colors.

There are special artist lights but then the painting only looks good when that light is turned on.
A combination of window light and daylight flur0rescent works best for me. My work is made to be seen in homes and I work hard so they look good in natural and/or incandescent.

Back to work!


Blue Ridge Magic from Sharp Top Original 12" x 9" oil painting $236

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Since it really is Fall now as is evident by the color changes and cooler weather, I was looking around for some Fall humor. Here's one. It was a terrible summer but Humpty Dumpty had a great Fall.

Clyde added... All winter he sat and shivered. Spring came and he fell all to pieces. I think that takes care of poor Humpty Dumpty!

The temperature is supposed to drop 20 degrees today.

That is a fall I don't want but I think it is about time.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Print of the cover of Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse and Icicle Fingers...

November 5th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Print of the cover of Fiddling at Midnight

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Three weeks without hot water and counting. I can't believe it but Clyde found someone in Roanoke that has the same old solar system we have and he will work on it. The only problem is he is quite ill and won't be able to come for two weeks. So we will be heating water on a stove for a lot longer than we would like to.

Oh well, smile and the world smiles with you. Cry and you cry alone.

Anyway, I am real pleased to sell a framed print of the cover of Clyde's book, Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse to a great Kentucky patron! Yes! That is a cheer up note and The Aquatic Center isn't going anywhere so I can wash my hair there.


Fiddling at Midnights Farmhouse Original 20" x 16" oil painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Now that the weather is finally changing, my hands are starting to turn into icicle holders. The hands get cold but those fingers really are as much like icicles as fingers on a human can be.

I don't know why they get so cold. I wear layers in the house. If we adjust the heat to accommodate me, the other two will sweat big time. Clyde is the opposite.


Cute joke about cold people on the internet. If you are cold, stand in a corner. They are usually 90 degrees. Sorry, I just love puns! Clyde said all he got from standing in the corner were the jeers from class mates.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Becoming a Regular at The Aquatic Center and Maybe that Word should be Revised...

November 2nd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Becoming a Regular at The Aquatic Center and Maybe that Word should be Revised...

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Two weeks without cold water and when we use cold water in the kitchen the solar system leaks. The heat pump people are doing their inspection today. I hope there is nothing wrong there. One good thing about this problem is I make sure I find the time to get to the Aquatic Center so I can have a hot shower after swimming. I saw something that I thought was very interesting yesterday. The life guard did not sit in the chair. He stood by the pool for a while, walked around the pool, and then stood again. I thought that was a smart way to handle that job. Sitting is so bad for us. That was a very smart life guard!

Here is the second layer of Fall Reflections at the Peaks of Otter. I will be working on another layer tomorrow. Prints are available of all stages of the painting.

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde mentioned to me a while back that there is evidence that our I. Q.s are going down and the researchers think it has something to do with the time spent on the internet. He thinks we may have to rethink the word Homo Sapiens. Since Sapien is the New Latin word for wise maybe we should change the name to Stupidicus Maximus.

Okay, he said it, not me, although considering some of the things we do that causes harm, it is looking like a possible replacement for Homo Sapien.



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Heating Water and Go Outside or Else...

October 31st, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Heating Water and Go Outside or Else...

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Still no warm water and a lot of smart mice running around leaving their calling cards. I was getting discouraged over the lack of success with the traps and worried that they had gotten too smart for them when I found one this morning. Yea! I don't like to kill them but they were too smart for the Have a Heart trap so they either need to vacate the premises or pay the consequences. I hope they are packing their bags right now.

I have started another Fall Peaks of Otter painting. This one is of the beautiful lake in front of the lodge. Here is the first layer!



Fall Reflections at The Peaks of Otter Stage One Autumn 14" x 11" oil painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I try to find time to read. It is difficult since I am practically manacled to a computer. I don't want to read online books. It is tough on the eyes so I do get books from the library. Radford library has a great collection and they get new books in all the time. Sometimes I pick something out without my glasses and wonder how that one got in my house.

Clyde always checks out what I get and gives me his opinion. The last book I checked out was a rather unsophisticated illustrated book of poems that I thought was something else. Clyde was not at all impressed with it. I told him I got that book by mistake. He said the author wrote it by mistake.

Well, that's all from the Critic's corner today!





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Heating Water and Chasing Mice...

October 29th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Heating Water and Chasing Mice...

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We are still getting cold water from the bathroom and heating it on the stove. If we use the water in the kitchen the broken water tank starts spewing it out. The Aquatic Center is looking real good right now. We can get a hot shower there so I think I will be swimming more this week and hoping the plumber can find a replacement unit for our tank. Fingers and toes crossed!



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Wow! We really have a mouse infestation. A few days ago we caught two and then re-set the trap and didn't catch one so we thought we were done. Then as I was walking down the hall yesterday a mouse smiled and waved at me as he ran into the kitchen. Clyde is beginning to think they have figured out that the mouse trap is no place to nibble. There is a great mouse joke that says it all. A mouse is happily eating cheese next to a trap that has a sign. The sign has the words Better Cheese. The mouse says no thanks!

I can only hope that any mice we still have will start getting stupid real fast.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Groaning and Crazy Week...

October 26th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Groaning and Crazy Week...

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Wow! Not my favorite week. Our Solar System sprang a leak and now we can't use our hot water and it leaks every time we use the cold water. Both the plumber and the solar tech guy said this is the way it has to be until we get a replacement part for where it is leaking.

We will probably have to replace the whole unit. It is one of the first models and uses a water heater. The new ones provide direct electricity without going through a water tank. I have to keep heating water on the stove to do dishes while emptying buckets of water at the unit.

New roof, new car after one died, and now a new heating system. 2017 has been the Year of Spending Money. Yikes!



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde's work phone and our landline have had another fight and they aren't speaking to each other. I think they need counseling so they can get their tech act together. Between our dying solar system, phone trouble, and a new mouse running around our house, Clyde is feeling old.

Whenever he complains about being old I pretend I am older. I tell him that you are only as old as you feel which makes me about 85. He said he has rolled past 100 and can't get up.



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Escapes to the Pool and Famous Beatrice Author Quote...

October 24th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Escapes to the Pool and Famous Beatrice Author Quote...

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I finished Wildflower Mist and if I were not so tired I would put it on my website and here. I actually escaped today and went swimming! I can't believe how warm the water was at the Aquatic Center. Usually it is a little hard to get in. Still have a lot to do so I need to publish this and as Aunt Bee said to Otis, Get to it!



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, Clyde's work phone and our phone have made up. He can now give me a wake up call on that phone instead of his cell phone. I am so aggravated with computers right now that it is hard to look on the funny side. The Twitter massacre and my inability to figure out my smart phone that is way smarter than me has me uptight. Thousands of twitter accounts were blocked over and over again. I was one of them. We still don't know what the problem was. I am in now but I wouldn't be surprised if they lock me out again.


Here's a little old time religion for you. You have to believe in the Bible for this one. According to Genesis God made people physically work for their existence. We have invented many ways to avoid work and look what has happened to our environment and our bodies as a result. As Beatrice Author's character in the hit show Maude said whenever she thought someone had done something wrong, "God will get you for that!" Just a thought from a crabby artist.


Here's a joke to lighten my mood. My boss told me to have a good day so I went home. I am home and I will try to have a good day in spite of all my work.







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with latest Painting and Talking to a Cat...

October 23rd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with latest Painting and Talking to a Cat...

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I am very pleased with Wildflower Mist so far! It is quite different from my usual work. It is not from a dream but it does looks like one of my Dreamscapes. I have done a little more work on it and will replace the second stage file with the final file.



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Friday we received a present on our back porch - a dead mouse. Clyde said it looked like it had been wounded so that is how we know it was a present. Yuck! later as I was going out I saw a cat near the car giving me a meaningful look. I told Clyde that it looked like the cat was asking me if I liked the present. I told it no and don't bring me any more. Clyde said he had better get a bull dozer and go through his stuff because I am turning into a Cat Lady and he had better get going.

Not true and it would take more than a bull dozer. He may need to lob a few grenades. Just kidding! Since he has lost 25 pounds I can't say the extra weight is more to love so I will just say the piles of his stuff in the computer room is more to love. I wish everyone could see the scowl on his face as I show him this post. I would take a picture but he would not like that.
















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Moved on to new Painting and Is it always Blue....

October 19th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Moved on to new Painting and Is it always Blue....

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I am on the second stage of a new Suggestions painting and, as usual, I gained something and lost something with this layer but I am still pleased with this floral that appeared out of the paint yesterday. Here is the first stage!



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

For a number of days now Clyde has not been able to give me my wake up call from work. Of course, we assumed it was our phone and I was going to have to call the provider. Well, it turns out it was his phone at work. He tried to call with his cell phone and connected just fine. Since we have had a lot of trouble with our landline I told him that maybe he should bring that one home and they can fight it out.

Great phone joke. Someone left his cell phone at home and asks a friend if the sky is always blue like that. I'll bet a lot of people would see things they have never seen before if they left their phone home. Strange new world.











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Another Original and Halloween Fun...

October 17th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Another Original and Halloween Fun...

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I am so pleased to sell another original painting! As I have said many times I live to paint but I can't take them with me so I am glad this painting has a great Kansas home! Oil paint is my main medium but sometimes I like to work in acrylics and I am pleased with this one. As always, prints are still available up to 60" x 47"!



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Halloween and Christmas decorations are at the stores now. A Witch in one aisle and Santa in the next. I bought one of those parrots that repeat what you say in a parrot voice. We had one a long time ago but it broke so now I can put one out on Halloween for the kids to laugh about.

When we left the store there was a bake sale outside. It was called a Spook Sale. Clyde said that a Spook Sale must be when you don't know what you are getting until you buy it and then you are scared when you find out.



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Blue Ridge Parkway Finishes Queens Annes Lace and Who is in the Kitchen...

October 16th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Finishes Queens Annes Lace and Who is in the Kitchen...

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I finally finished my latest painting and am tearing myself away from it. It has been quite a ride with a lot of twists and turns but I got very close to what I wanted and now it is time to quit before I think I can get exactly what I want. Not possible in my opinion. We artists always think the next one will be perfect. It keeps us going! Here is the final file that I put on my website of Queen Annes Lace.



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I can't believe this happened early Saturday morning. I had one of my very rare leg cramps and got up to walk around. When I got to the kitchen I thought I heard a strange noise and when I turned on the light it was Clyde doing exercises. I nearly had a heart attack to go along with the leg cramp. He said he always does exercises in the dark. The really strange thing is I did not notice he was not in bed when I got up. He is the only person to my left. Not hard to account for.

Anyway, my leg got better very quickly and he went out for his Saturday morning bird walk.

Cute burglar joke. A dog is being comforted by another dog about a burglary. The worse part about the theft was it was a cat burglar. Love it!



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Tearing Herself away from Latest Painting and Bad Dogwood Joke..

October 12th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Tearing Herself away from Latest Painting and Bad Dogwood Joke..

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I am trying to tear myself away from my latest painting. It has worked out real well and now is the time to quit before I over work it but the changes I did today worked perfectly! One good think about impasto paintings is you get to the point where you either have to quit or get a spoon to add more paint.
I think one more day will do it and then I will get back to some Skyline Beauty paintings and maybe some Suggestions paintings and Center of My Mind paintings. Looking forward to not smelling mineral spirits for a while!


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I learn a lot from Clyde. He is a walking encyclopedia. I hardly ever stump him. I did the other day. He was talking to me about a variety of tree that was outside our car window while we waited for Alan and his girlfriend. There were a lot of Dogwood trees next to the tree he was talking about. It occurred to me that Dogwood is a rather strange name so I asked him how it got it's name.

He didn't know so I decided that maybe it was named long, long ago right before people noticed that trees had bark just like dogs. I am surprised Clyde did not get out of the car and walk away.

That was a bad one! I guess I had better stick to the Wordman's humor.



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Skyline Beauty Print and Better that Way...

October 10th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Skyline Beauty Print and Better that Way...

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I am so pleased to sell another print of Star City to a great Roanoke VA patron! The Rutherford Company sent me the invitation it was used for. They look great! This time the print is on paper and framed for a colleague. So glad to see my Skyline Beauty paintings gaining in popularity! As soon as I finish my latest wildflower oil painting I will return to this series.


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Recently a store that serves great chicken and other meals re-opened after a break while they renovated the place. We love this store and buy lunches there often so we were so glad when they opened up.

The other day I went in and noticed they had a new floor which looks great ,and the serving area is different. Before, customers could see the workers cooking the chicken, burgers, etc. Now, that part is blocked off.

Clyde said maybe they thought it would be better if we don't see the times the food lands on the floor and one of them says it will probably taste better that way. Just kidding! Great place! We will be there for chicken soon.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Another Skyline Beauty Print and Mansion LIfe...

October 7th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Another Skyline Beauty Print and Mansion LIfe...

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I am real pleased to sell a print of Richmond Ripples to a great Virginia patron! This is one of my favorite Skyline Beauty paintings!


Richmond Ripples Original 12" x 9" acrylic painting $236

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day I was chanting what I always chant when the Colonel comes on and points to five dollar meals.

Colonel - Here's a five dollar meal.

Me - Here's a fattening five dollar meal.

Colonel - Here's a five dollar meal.

Me - here's an extremely fattening five dollar meal.

Colonel - Here's a five dollar meal.

Me - Here's an incredibly fattening five dollar meal.

You get the point. Don't get me wrong. I loved KFC when I was a kid and didn't care about being chubby and I fell back in love with it when they introduced baked chicken for people like me and every one else that does not work all day on a farm, roof, construction, etc.

Clyde said he remembered that the Colonel was a slender man. He probably was fond of saying to himself, I got everyone hooked on this fattening fried chicken, made millions while I lived in my mansion and ate quiche.





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Aggravated and Spinning....

October 4th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Aggravated and Spinning....

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I am having a hard time finishing my latest large oil floral. It is coming along but I picked up a cold that is wearing me out and using all the tissue in the house. Oh well, I hope it is gone soon.


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Another day, another computer problem. Yesterday when Clyde called to make sure I was up I complained about how the computer kept spinning. It just would not wake up. He said to pour some coffee on it and put it out of my misery.

Sounds like a great plan to me!

Now, today I can't modify my latest Youtube without skips occurring that are not in the original video. Argh!!!

Another day, another computer problem. Yes, I already said that.

Here's a computer joke I can relate to. A man is holding a gun on his computer and saying now you will do exactly what I tell you to do!













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island and Go to Bed...

October 2nd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island and Go to Bed...

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I am so pleased that a great Florida Designer bought a large print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island! This is one of my favorite paintings and my only very large painting. Marsh View at Pawleys Island is 60" x 41" and is one of my most popular shore paintings!


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde spends his evenings checking on the hawk migration in the back yard. Lately, a bird keeps pecking at the computer room window where I am attached to this merciless machine. This bird keeps hiding behind part of the window frame so I can't see which species it is. I keep telling him The Bird Man is out back.

I told Clyde and he said he talks to a cat bird every evening before it goes to sleep,
What does it say?

Probably, why don't you take those binoculars and yourself inside so I can go to sleep without a huge predator by my nest.
Makes sense to me.

Cute parrot joke.

What do you call memory loss in a parrot? Polynesia!





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Two Prints and First Favorite...

September 29th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Two Prints and First Favorite...

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My painting is still behaving and a great Ohio patron bought two prints of my work yesterday! That should keep me smiling until the next time my brush goes sailing out the window. This time the sale was prints on mugs. I mostly sell wall art but my work is available on just about anything!


Stream Original Oil Painting Sold

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I like to tease Clyde about the food he won't eat. He claims that he is not that picky but he is the only person I have ever met that does not like barbecue sauce. Yesterday I told him I was going to get groceries so he could have his favorite meal. His reply was,

Orangutan pie?

Now you know that is your second favorite meal.

Monkey Ghost Souffle?

That's the one.

Actually it was fish. As I have said before, Clyde hates fish. He forces himself to eat it once a week but he thinks we should all just let them keep on swimming.



Cute joke on the internet. What do fish do at a Foot ball game? They wave.









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Blue Ridge Parkway is Happy Again and The Perfect Mate...

September 26th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway is Happy Again and The Perfect Mate...

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Well, my painting is behaving itself again. I figured out how to solve the composition problem and am now having a great time on the last layer. Now, how long will the great time last. Who knows? I really think this one is going to be highly successful but it might fight back and then I will move on while it sulks. I have learned over the years how to keep my sanity and still paint.

For the millionth time, I really do love to paint!



Pawleys Island Egret Original 14" x 11" pastel painting $313

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I love to mention to Clyde the things I read on the internet. He usually comes up with a fun quip. I told him yesterday that according to the almighty computer, people should marry people that are good for their mental health. He added, and good for their bank accounts. I guess that is how you can avoid the saying,

Money talks but all mine ever says is goodbye.





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Frowning and Look for a Cliff...

September 24th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Frowning and Look for a Cliff...

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Well, the painting I am working on is sneaky. It was working just fine for a while and then it decided it was arm wrestling time. Argh! I have a composition problem that I just can't ignore so it is back to the easel with a frown on my face. When will these paintings ever learn to let me win once in a while? Oh well, I never get exactly what I want, but I do come close and almost all of them look better after some time has passed.

I really do love to paint in spite of all the evidence to the contrary.



Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original 25" x 18" pastel painting $960

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Ravens are so smart. I was listening to a short program on them yesterday and the speaker said they are as smart as a three year old child! Clyde says he talks to Ravens all the time. He doesn't know what they are saying but he has fun talking to them and listening to their answers. I saw a cute raven joke. Edgar Allan Poe is writing next to what appears to be a passive aggressive raven. It keeps saying Never Mind!

I wonder if that is what a raven says to Clyde and he just doesn't get it?

Clyde disagrees. He thinks the raven is telling him to look for a cliff and see if he can fly off of it.




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Current Progress and Gluten Free What?

September 21st, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Current Progress and Gluten Free What?

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Once in a while a painting doesn't make you want to throw your brushes out the window. The one I am working on right now is one of those paintings! I love to do wildflowers and this one is coming along nicely. We artists need that kind of experience once in a while.

None of us took up painting to art wrestle our way through it. We find out that is the way it is done after we have been painting for a while - right after we get hooked!


Horse Pasture 16" x 12" Oil painting $384
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde has lost about twenty pounds and has probably five or ten to go. He still has a little extra around the middle. He has been losing about a pound a week which is all anyone should lose a week in my opinion. Anyway, I was looking around for something funny regarding weight loss and saw one with a sign outside a barber shop. Gluten free haircuts.

Now I know everyone is concerned about what they eat these days, but what the heck is a gluten free hair cut? Clyde said it must be like a gluten free computer. Now I am worried. I don't know if my computer is gluten free. I better check. LOL!










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Thankful for Internet Friends and The Time Fairy...

September 19th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Thankful for Internet Friends and The Time Fairy...

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I am so thankful for people on the internet that are less computer challenged than me! I have been trying to figure out Roundteam for some time now and just get more and more aggravated. A great friend on Fine Art America gave me instructions and I think I have finally have a way to reduce some of my clicking time on this machine! Yes!!!!!



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still trying to find time to do too many things in a day. Of course, exercise is an important part of anyone's day and that certainly takes up time. I exercise for thirty minutes and yoga for 15 every day. Sometimes the exercise is a walk.

On our last walk I was complaining to Clyde about how I needed more hours in the day. I asked him where is that Time Fairy? He said she is looking for her watch.

Well, I wish she would find it and start waving a magic wand for the rest of us!



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Watching the Weekend fly away and Not That...

September 17th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Watching the Weekend fly away and Not That...

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Okay, where did Sunday go? I guess it hitched a ride to Saturday and they catapulted right on out of here.

Oh well, Clyde and I got to finish a great movie about a poet. We both thought it was an excellent film.

Anyway, here I am back at the computer. Let's see how fast I can get things done so I can see what the other rooms in the house look like.



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Friday and Saturday were shot out of a rocket. I can't believe how fast some days go by. Too much to do all the time which is, of course, better than not enough but days shot out of a rocket are a bit much. Friday I called Clyde to complain about how much I had to do and how far behind the eight ball I was.

Then I told him I had made an executive decision.



Throw me out?

Not yet.

We are eating out tonight.

That is a lot better than throwing me out.

Yes.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Locks Herself Out and Beach front property in your future...

September 14th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Locks Herself Out and Beach front property in your future...

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Wow! I can't believe I did that. I have all of my keys on one chain. It I didn't I would never be able to find my keys. Yesterday my car keys magically separated themselves from the others. Of course, I didn't reattach them and paid for that this morning. I picked up the car keys and left the other keys. I am lock happy so I was locked out of my house.

I tried to call Clyde and got the answering machine over and over again. As I sat in my car feeling like an idiot I decided I could use the time to clean off the car port so I at least would not look like an idiot sitting in her car. Finally, after 30 minutes had gone by, Clyde called me and reminded me that we left a key with our neighbor when we went on vacation.

Argh!!!! I could have gotten right in. I got the key from the neighbor and finished cleaning off the car port.
Lots of other aggravations after that. One of those days!

One great thing. The patron that licensed one of my Skyline Beauty paintings of Roanoke sent me the invitation it is being used for! It looks great! Hope I can go!




Star City Play Original 12" x 9" Oil painting $236
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still getting a lot of financial advice spam. As I mentioned last time, first a lot of weight lost spam, then brain improvement spam, and now financial advice. I am looking forward to what they will try to sell me next.

Clyde said the next one will be someone trying to sell me Beach front property in the eye of a hurricane.

Sounds right to me!






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A Break in the Clouds Original oil painting Painting sold
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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Smiling Today and What offer is Next...

September 12th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Smiling Today and What offer is Next...

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I am getting a lot done today. I hate to waste time but sometimes I get a little down and it is hard to get to everything. I am smiling today and I intend to keep on smiling! My new wildflower painting is coming along. I think the texture on this one will be exceptionally intricate.

One sculptor told me the reason I like elevated texture is because I really want to turn it into 3-d art. I have run into a number of sculptors that think 3-d is the only art there is. Well, I do love sculpture but 2-d will always be my favorite. Love that paint!



Jumbled up Wildflowers Original 9" x 7" Oil painting $136
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A while back I mentioned that I was getting a lot of weight loss spam. Then they stopped and I started to get a long list of brain improvement spam. Now I am getting a lot of financial help spam.

First my weight, then my brain, and now my finances. Clyde said they must think you are a fat stupid person that ain't got no money.

I wonder what I will get next. The spammers are running out of things to help me with.
















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A Break in the Clouds Original oil painting Painting sold
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Blue and Facebook Irritations...

September 10th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Blue and Facebook Irritations...

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Not my favorite day. Oh well. I don't have cancer and I don't live in Florida so my aggravations amount to nothing when I think of the problems I don't have. Time to smile!



Eagle Fire Original Oil painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Today I received a pornographic picture message from a so-called Facebook friend. He is no longer a Facebook friend. I am liking Facebook less and less. I need it for social media marketing but sometimes it is like being in a wild bar. I don't go to bars. I am pretty much a hobbit painter and perfectly happy that way.

There is a great Facebook joke on the internet that is advice from Garfield. Facebook needs three more buttons. 1. Dislike 2. Who cares? 3. You're an idiot Clyde does not like Facebook at all and does not have a personal page, only a business page. He says Facebook is like a never-ending breakfast of styrofoam.


Weird comment, but I like it.


















A Break in the Clouds Original oil painting Painting sold
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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Starting New Floral and Fall Bird Humor...

September 7th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Starting New Floral and Fall Bird Humor...

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I am looking forward to starting a large wildflower painting! I just finished Hidden Beauty and now I want to work on a bunch of different wildflowers on a large scale!

Look out studio! Here comes the paint!



Mountain Sunset Original oil painting SOLD

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

It's Hawk Migration time and Clyde is trying to get up to Rocky Knob and check it out. What he doesn't like to do this time of the year is lead hawk migration programs.

Birding is like fishing. Sometimes they just aren't up there and then the group is so disappointed but since he is the Bird Man he has been asked to lead one and he will.

Saw a cute bird joke on the internet. A bird is sitting on a wire and asks, "So what's so great about being online?"

Clyde added "I am going to fly south and laugh at all of you!" Happy Fall tweeting!












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Moving on and How to Endure Internet Aggravation...

September 5th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Moving on and How to Endure Internet Aggravation...

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I am determined to get better at using sites. Lots of time I look up instructions only to find the button I am supposed to click is not there. Argh!!! I try to find current instructions so I don't have to chat.

Chats are incredibly exasperating! They take forever and the clerk never ever reads the question you send when you request a chat.

They always ask you what you want over and over again. Well, I am not giving up. I will go to those chats and sit here until I get the right answer.

There are plenty of great drinks and snacks I can have while I try to get through! I will Party Chat!



Balloon Ridge Original acrylic painting NFS

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last week was not my favorite week. Between trying to figure out if I really wanted Wordpress.org and a particularly difficult painting , life was not good.

I am pleased with the results in spite of the fact that what I ended up with was not what I was going for at all.

Oh well. As I have said ad nauseum, it would be boring if I could get exactly what I wanted. I will never get that carrot but I do get close.

I asked Clyde how do you spell aggravation? He said C-l-y-d-e? No, it is P-a-i-n-t-i-n-g.

I really do live to paint but sometimes I am reminded of what Daffy Duck said one time in a sarcastic way. This is a life?













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Changes her Mind and Ghosts will Take over...

September 1st, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Changes her Mind and Ghosts will Take over...

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After an extremely irritating week of attempting to be self-hosted I have decided to do more research before I have my own website.

I can't believe the number of people that I talked to on various sites that either completely ignored my detailed question or just skimmed over it. I had to repeat myself over and over again.

Time to look into this matter all by my computer challenged self. Yikes!



Lion Explosion Original 20" x 16" oil painting $670

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I came very close to being self hosted when Clyde convinced me that if I were self hosted very powerful demons would infect our computer.

He said that maybe even some of Merlin's descendants would take a crack at making me more miserable than I already am on this machine.

I am not going back to school and learn computer programming. Computers are always changing and I know I wouldn't be able to keep up.

So.... I am going to do more research and ask the almighty computer to help me. Here's to more clicking away!

Cute joke on the internet! Algorithm - Words used by computer programmers when they don't want to explain what they did.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist presents new Youtube and Weight Loss or Brain Improvement...

August 24th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist presents new Youtube and Weight Loss or Brain Improvement...

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I am looking forward to working on a floral! Such beautiful flowers all around me and I love to interpret them in sumptuous oil paint! Hope to get all my work done so I can start this afternoon!



Tulip Edge Original Acrylic painting Painting NFS

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

For quite a long time I was getting spam messages about weight loss. A very long list over many weeks.

Now I am getting spam about how to improve my mind. I asked Clyde why he thought I was getting the weight messages first.

He said maybe because in this country the size of our butt is more important than the size of our brains.

Of course, it isn't the size, it is the wrinkles. Even I know that.

Okay, the size of our butt is more important than wrinkling up our brains.

I hate to think that may be true, but it might be where this country is heading. LOL!


I was surprized to see a book that has the title, "Training your brain for dummies." I thought it was a joke but it isn't. Maybe I should order one!












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A Break in the Clouds Original oil painting Painting sold

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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Latest painting and How to Line Dance...

August 22nd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Latest painting and How to Line Dance...

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I finished my latest Peaks of Otter painting and will now move on to some floral works. I am really in the oil paint groove right now but will return to my Skyline Beauty series soon!



Evening Light from Sharp Top Original 12" x 9" Oil painting Painting $236

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
I am missing Line Dancing Lately. My teacher has Lyme disease and she isn't feeling well enough to hold class so I am dancing in my living room.

I do that a lot anyway, but now it is the only Line Dancing I do. I saw a cute joke about Line Dancing that I told Clyde about to see if he could add something funny to it.

Don't feel bad if you feel like you are always taking one step forward and two steps backward. Congratulations! You just learned how to Country Line Dance!

Clyde said that would be bad news if you were on a cliff. I told him that doesn't work since no one would do that. He said a bird watcher would.

Look! I can't quite get a good look at that hawk. Whoops!

Clyde has had some weird accidents while bird watching but I don't see him ever falling off a cliff. Oh well. That was the best he could come up with today so I will laugh anyway!











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A Break in the Clouds Original oil painting Painting sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell New River Rush and New Favorite Mirror Joke...

August 20th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell New River Rush and New Favorite Mirror Joke...

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So pleased that a great North Carolina patron bought New River Rush! Love the New River! Of course, all sorts of prints are still available! Click on the link and check out all the print options!



New River Rush Original Oil painting Painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde has come up with another mirror joke.

My favorite so far was the mirror didn't want to reflect us anymore and wanted to die and come back as a dog dish.
Now I have a new favorite.

He said he thought he saw the mirror draw a gun on him. He didn't know whether to raise his hands or try to cover up his body so the mirror didn't have to reflect him.

Mirrors really do lose their ability to attract us as we age. LOL!











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand and The Mouse Reformed itself

August 17th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand and The Mouse Reformed itself

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So pleased that a great Virginia patron bought Pawleys Island Sunrise in the sand! This is my favorite sunrise painting and I know it will have a great home! Of course prints are still available. Click on the link below the painting to see all of the prints options from wall art, computer art, to many other home items!





Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand Original Oil painting Painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am starting to believe there is a computer supernatural world that we are living in. Tuesday I detailed how my mouse was driving me crazy and I was going to heave it out the window. We have not cleaned it, changed the battery or even turned the computer off and on and now it is working perfectly!

No problems at all! Clyde does not think computer ghosts are at work. He thinks the mouse read the blog and realized it had better shape up or become a missile.

Somehow that does not quite compute. The mouse is putting my words down so it has to know what is written. Maybe it can put the words down without actually reading them every time and this time it did.


I like my computer ghost theory better.












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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter 24" x 18" oil painting Painting $864

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Misty Blue Ridge Autumn Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313

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Blue Ridge Parkway has Avoided a Problem and Zippy will Touring outside my Window....

August 15th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway has Avoided a Problem and Zippy will Touring outside my Window....

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Started this day with a twinge in my back. That usually means I will be in big trouble with a horrible back spasm that lasts for a week. Well, knock on wood, it went away but I did take it easier than yesterday. Sometimes I just work too hard and pay for it. Maybe this time I avoided the problem! Yes!!!!




Boats on The Chesapeake Bay Original watecolor painting Painting SOLD

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Zippy has gone completely mad! I should never have bragged on this little rodent. It isn't that old but if we can't get it working better I will be heaving it right out the window. Of course, after I throw it out the window I will go get it and recycle it somewhere if that is possible.

It goes where I don't direct it like it is drunk, it eats letters when I hit return, and I have to hit sites on the drop down list over and over again. If I try to delete a section of words many times the whole page I am working on disappears.

This thing is bonkers!


Clyde said maybe it wants more cheese. Well, it can start scrounging for something to eat outside my window soon!


AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGH! What was wrong with a mouse that is connected to the computer? Those little buggers worked!










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Misty Blue Ridge Autumn Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is on the Edge and Whales in my Future...

August 14th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is on the Edge and Whales in my Future...

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This day got shot out of a cannon and I am going to cry uncle real soon.  I am having so many computer problems that I am giving up for today. 
I may try again later or I may throw the computer out of the window.  We'll see...

 
 
 
 
Blue Ridge Glow Stage One Original 12" x 9"  painting  Painting  NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde started talking about the possibility of our going on a Pelagic Tour, something we have been wanting to do for a long time.  I really am not interested in taking a cruise.  I don't think that is for me, but a tour to see ocean creatures sounds like a great adventure! 

Clyde is a little concerned about the possibility of a bad storm on the ocean but he thinks they are careful about watching the weather.  

I told him I would love to see whales. He said well you have seen me.  

Ha ha, you are about five pounds from your ideal weight.  You may have had some extra weight but you were never a whale. 

Well, I was on my way but I got derailed by a calorie counting wife. 
Yes, you did and let's keep it that way.  LOL!


 
 
 
 

 

 
 



 
 
 
 
 
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Misty Blue Ridge Autumn Original  14" x 11"    Oil Painting   $313


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Blue Ridge Parkway is Headed to the Lake and Good Hair Day...

August 10th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway is Headed to the Lake and Good Hair Day...

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I am working very hard this morning so I can get out to Claytor Lake but the temperature right now is 64 so I may change my mind. There sure are a lot of reasons why I can't go a lot of the time.

Work, rain, and more work keeps me away and the summer is slipping away. I am all packed in case I do go.

Here is the final stage of Blue Ridge Magic from Sharp Top!





Blue Ridge Magic from Sharp Top Original 12" x 9" painting Painting $236

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I am real pleased about the sales of Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse! We keep on hearing great things about the book from patrons! We would really appreciate a review so hit the link to leave one!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I buy shampoo for both of my guys. Alan's shampoo has to say For Men and be in a black bottle. No girl's stuff for him. Clyde could care less so I buy some cheap shampoo that I guess is for everyone but it has a sweet bottle.

The kind I buy has different labels for different colors and I don't pay any attention to them but yesterday I noticed the kind I usually buy says Daily Clarifying.

I asked Clyde if that meant if you use this shampoo you should check every day to see if you still have hair? If you don't use it will you lose your hair?
He said he checks every day and he still has hair so I guess I better check the label and buy that one every time. LOL!

















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Apple Splash Print and No Hammer for him...

August 9th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Apple Splash Print and No Hammer for him...

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I am so pleased to sell a large metal print of Apple Splash to a great Arkansas patron! It is great to sell such an expressive piece. My main emphasis will always be the beautiful ranges of Southwest Virginia but I paint in many different directions and it is great to see all my work get out to people!





Apple Splash Original Acrylic painting Painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When we were visiting family last week we got into some interesting conversations with my brother who has a Ph.D in Computer Science and was working on restoring some old computers from the '90s. I'll bet he never hits a computer with a hammer.

It is great to talk with someone as knowledgeable as he is about the computer takeover. He has no desire to get a car that drives itself and he doesn't want a lot of computer gadgets in a car.

His comment on computer screens in cars was,

Why would you want a computer screen in your car? So it can distract you and then you die?

Here's a great funny on cars with computer directions.

The author of the windows file copy dialog visits some friends.

I'm just outside town. Should take fifteen minutes, no wait, six days, no wait, 30 seconds.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Sifting through the Laundry and Zipping all over the Screen...

August 5th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Sifting through the Laundry and Zipping all over the Screen...

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So much to do! Trips are a lot of work. Lots to do to get ready and then lots to do when you get home.
The mountain of laundry is the worst part and I can never get good internet reception when I am away so I have lots of computer work to do.

Oh well, the laundry is done and the studio is almost cleaned up enough for a Monday patron. A cluttered trail to the easel is not enough when I have visitors.

So now it is computer time.

Cheers to everyone, especially me!




Eagle Fire Original Oil painting Painting SOLD

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My mouse, I call Zippy the Wonder Mouse because it has been the greatest mouse ever, is starting to act up. I think it has dementia and it is some sort of selective dementia. Clyde is not having any problem with it while I am chasing it all over the screen as the day goes on.

In the morning Zippy is great but by the afternoon it starts zooming to places I didn't send it. Also, some of my emails go directly to deleted as soon as I click on them. I guess it could be a battery problem but we replaced the battery recently.

I hope Zippy is not letting me down. I think wireless is for the birds.

Cute mouse joke!

A mouse is holding a big piece of cheese and tells his friend that she said he was a little cheesy!















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy about the Roof and Trying to get some ZZZZs...

July 28th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy about the Roof and Trying to get some ZZZZs...

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The roof is done! I may take a picture of it to remember it by as the weather starts working on it.

Anyway, we are still picking up nails and the head guy inspected everything and said he would be back with a magnet to make sure all the nails are off the grounds.

Yes! No more very loud cussing and banging by my window! The job is done!




Buffalo Mountain in Fall Original 40" x 32" Oil painting Painting $2760

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Oftentimes Clyde and I don't get a lot of sleep. Lots of noise when the windows are open. Dogs, dogs, dogs. I wish they didn't have to bark every time a leaf falls off a tree. Well, it seems that way.

The other day I was awakened by a dog that just barked continuously for a solid fifteen minutes at 6:30. Clyde said the same dog woke him up at 2:00.
He also saw a full grown buck on our street.

Maybe that is why we have so many barking dogs. There is no hunting in the city limits so Clyde says they are all hitching a ride to their Sanctuary City.

I wish they would go somewhere else so I could sleep.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Peaks of Otter painting and Afraid of The Dark...

July 25th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Peaks of Otter painting and Afraid of The Dark...

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The roofers are back and it sounds like the house is going to cave in! I know they are doing a great job but it sure is loud! I will be so glad when they finish!

I am real pleased with my new Peaks of Otter painting! This one is a few from Sharp Top! Love these mountain vistas!




Blue Ridge Magic from Sharp Top Stage One Original Oil painting Painting NFS

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The Bird Man recently gave a Butterfly lecture at Wildwood Park to a great turn out! He really knows how to wow an audience! It is nice to be married to such a knowledgeable guy.

I have learned a lot from him but I can't keep all that stuff in my head. It just won't stay there so I like to ask him ridiculous questions.

Last night I asked him why Fireflies have lights. He said because they are afraid of the dark. Now I can remember that one!

There are a lot of great butterfly jokes on the internet. A moth is a butterfly after it removes it's makeup. Love it!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Sees a Python and Check out Bell's Invention...

July 23rd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Sees a Python and Check out Bell

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Had a great time at Claytor Lake yesterday and, of all things, got to see an African python up close! There is a Discovery Center exhibit there 10 am to 5 pm Wednesdays through Saturday for a while.

Most of the wildlife species are local but one of the curators had a python that kids were having a great time petting on the grass!

Here is one of my few snake paintings that was done for Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse!

Snake Curve Original Acrylic painting Painting NFS

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, in addition to a new car, we are getting a new roof and it is half on. Lots of expense this year! I hope the other car lasts a few more years.
These roofers have been interesting to say the least. When I came home from Line Dancing Class last Tuesday night there was a truck loaded with roofing supplies sitting in our driveway. Clyde didn't see it drive up.

We figured they would be starting the next day. Well, the next day no one came. Clyde said if they didn't show up he was the owner of a very worn truck with the supplies we paid for.

Clyde called and was told the supervisor's wife went into labor and that is why they didn't show. Okay, the next day they showed up with a crew that should be listed in the Restricted Version of Home Repair. One of the guys need the "F" word in every sentence.

They worked hard for two days and the roof looks great! They said they wanted to work over the weekend so they could get the job done by early next
week. No one showed. No one called.

I think I need to introduce this crew to the telephone. It is a great modern convenience.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Listening to Roofers and The Diet End is in Sight...

July 20th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Listening to Roofers and The Diet End is in Sight...

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I have very loud roofers right over my head right now and am having a hard time getting any work done. It sounds like the roof is about to cave in. Hope they do a good job and hope they finish soon!

Lighting The Ridge Original oil painting Painting SOLD

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is still losing weight slowly but surely! He has about eight pounds to go and then he will decide if that is enough. I figured out what he should weigh and we are going with that but he still may have a little extra to shed.

I do hope this takes the pressure off of his knee so it will get completely well! I was teasing him last night about the diet.

What are you going to do when you lose all the extra weight?

Buy a large pizza.

You can't eat bread.

Okay, I'll slide the toppings onto some rice cakes.

Yuck!

I know he won't do that for two reasons. The first reason is me. The second reason is he is determined to keep the weight off - so pizzaless rice cakes it is!














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Blue Ridge Parkway is Loving The Peaks and Big Book...

July 18th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway is Loving The Peaks and Big Book...

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So many ideas! So little time! I am going to start on another Peaks of Otter painting today and I hope it goes a little easier than the last one. Not quite done with the first one but I needed a break! Just need to tweak a few things. Studio, here I come!


Sharp Top Glow 12" x 9" oil painting Painting $236
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Still loving the new car and haven't wrecked it, dented it, or sloshed through a mud puddle yet. I am a little concerned about the huge book on how to operate it. Yikes!

Everything is so complicated now. I didn't have a computer screen in the old car and was a perfectly happy motorist. I will start with the skinny book and if that one does not answer my questions then I will have to read the big one.

Clyde got used to all this stuff with the Prius but I hardly ever drove that car so I pretty much ignored the screen. Computers are continuing to hunt us down.

I have said it before and I will say it again.

If they start computerizing the bathroom, I will need to build an outhouse!

















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Avoiding Work and I think I need a Sign...

July 16th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Avoiding Work and I think I need a Sign...

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I have been working at not working today but there is so much computer stuff to do, so here I am! I finally got a new youtube done but I have to add a few things before I hit the publish button.

I got a few things done and then escaped to the park!



Morning Color Dance Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Painting $864

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Since one of our dilapidated cars is about 50 years old we decided it was time to get on over to a dealership and get a new one. We were hoping for $500 on the trade in but only got $300. And I spent two hours cleaning that thing out! There were bags of doggie treats under the seat that must have fallen out of my son's girlfriend's shopping bags.

Of course, that was not all I found under the seat and in the cracks. What a mess! I had to use clorox on the floor mats to get the stink out.


We found the car we wanted and proudly brought it home!

Even though I think I have a lot in common with Buddhists, and just want a car to get me from point A to point B, it is fun to have a new car!
We drove it the park and I was so careful. I told other motorists to watch out for my new car even though they couldn't hear me.
Back off!

No scrapes today!

I took forever to make a left. I could see a car way in the distance and it was not going to get near my new car!

I don't like to put bumper stickers on a car so maybe I should make a flag with the words, CAREFUL, NEW CAR! and just wave it at other motorists.
If that doesn't get me put away I don't know what will.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Fighting with a Painting and Groundhogs...

July 13th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Fighting with a Painting and Groundhogs...

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I am really in the art wrestling stage with my latest painting from The Peaks of Otter resort.

It almost hit the trashcan stage but I managed to rescue it this morning.

Now it is finally coming along. As I have said many times, if I could get want I want out of a painting without some aggravation it would be boring. This one has been ANYTHING but boring!

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Bisset Park Rapids Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Now that the house next door has been empty for quite a while, the ground hogs have moved in. They live under the old shed and visit our back yard all the time to get produce from our fruit trees. They have an under the fence tunnel that they use to go back and forth. When they are not taking our fruit they are sunning themselves in the empty house's backyard.

I see them all the time when I park. They give me dirty looks and I dare you to do anything about our theft looks constantly. I am starting to consider them to be Varmint Cong like in Caddy Shack and it is really tempting to light fire crackers under the shed when they are not looking but we will figure out another way.

Clyde said they probably could care less about their shadows but they are always looking for ours while they steal us blind.

I think Varmint Cong is a good name for them.

















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working around the Rain and Time Travel Joke...

July 11th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working around the Rain and Time Travel Joke...

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I meant to get this post out this morning but I had so many other things to do and then the lake called my name and I had to answer! Great day to swim and I always remember what Charles Schultz said about seasons this time of the year.

Summers fly. Winters walk. I would add summers get rained on a lot, too.


I am determined to work around the rain this summer and get some time at Claytor Lake. I hope I can convince Clyde to come out Thursday evening. He isn't much for swimming but there are always birds to watch!



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Like a lot of people, I have trouble grasping certain scientific theories. I found Math and Science to be rather difficult. I could do it but it always required a lot of effort learning something I was not interested in.

Do not misunderstand. I am glad I was required to take Algebra and I know that we all use Algebra and Calculus every day, just not specific formulas. They are incorporated into the technology all around us.

The theory that really blows my mind is time travel which I don't think is at all possible. If it happened, it happened. If it hasn't happened, it hasn't happened.

I saw a great joke about time travel on the internet.

Interested in time travel? Meet here last Thursday at 7:00. I asked Clyde about it and he said he wanted to go but he was too early.









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Wants to Relax and Just Helping Out...

July 8th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Wants to Relax and Just Helping Out...

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Well, we went walking early since rain was predicted for the afternoon and nothing but sunshine. I could have gone to the lake, instead I am working away in my house. I never know when to quit.

I just don't have the relaxed nature that a lot of people have. I wish I did sometimes, but, like my Dad, I like to keep very busy and there is always more to do than I can get done. Still, I wish I would just cool it once in a while.

The store, dinner, and dishes are next. I better get going!

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Paris Joy Stage Two Original Acrylic Painting NFS

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Right now we are getting next to no reception on our TVs that are not hooked up to cable. I am not about to pay for three and we are wondering if the antennae is messed up in some way. Ever since the digital takeover we have gotten varying amounts of reception but this is ridiculous.

I am always hearing the squirrels running across that part of the roof and then taking a nose dive for the tree in front of my window in the computer room. I am wondering if they have damaged the antennae in some way.

Clyde thinks the reason we get a little reception is that some of the time a rat or squirrel is holding it up in hopes of getting some cheese or nuts for helping out. If they would hold it up all day I would be glad to sling some cheese and nuts up there.


Maybe when we get our ancient roof replaced the roofer can check it out. Hope he doesn't trip over a squirrel.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Presents First Stage of Peaks of Otter painting and Still Looking for The Time Fairy

July 6th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Presents First Stage of Peaks of Otter painting and Still Looking for The Time Fairy

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I decided I could beat the afternoon thunderstorm problem by going to Clayter Lake this morning! As soon as I got there everyone was called out of the water as one of the lifeguards heard thunder. I didn't hear anything at all but we waited and after a while they let us in.

Yea! Love to swim in the lake and summers fly like rockets! Here is the start of my latest Peaks of Otter painting! Lots of ideas from our recent visit!

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Sharp Top Glow Original Oil Painting NFS

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I saw a cute joke about retirement the other day that I'll bet Clyde will understand soon when he retires. The only bad thing about retirement is you never get a day off!

Wow, that really applies to me! I thought when I retired from teaching at Radford University I would have all the time I needed to work on my artwork and promote it.

Well, I can honestly say I am working much harder at my artwork now and always wishing for more time. Maybe I should go back to teaching so I can get some rest. LOL















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Celebrating and What a Quack...

July 4th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Celebrating and What a Quack...

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We just got back from the Fourth of July festivities at Bisset Park! Lots of fun and great food! If you are in the area, be sure to check it out!

Games, music, clothing booths, etc! Fireworks this evening!

Happy Fourth!



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Liberty Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I don't have a funny from The Word Man today but I found a good one on the internet for the Fourth that sounds like something he would say!

Why did the duck say bang? Because he thought he was a firequacker.

Don't groan too loud.

Today we celebrate!















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Acrylics and Getting it off...

July 2nd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Acrylics and Getting it off...

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I am so pleased to be back to working with a brush! I have been spending a long time working on a portrait of my son and his girlfriend in pastels. I love pastels because it is such a direct medium and the texture is like nothing else, but they do take a long time to build up.

I am pleased so far and will begin the final stage soon but right now I want to work with a brush. I have a lot of ideas for more oil paintings of The Peaks of Otter that I want to get to right after I complete the second stage of Paris Joy!

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Paris Joy Original Acrylic Painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am so proud of Clyde! He has lost twelve pounds and has about eight to go. As I have said before, a well-balanced diet plus calorie counting is the best way to lose weight and maintain weight loss.

No, you can't eat huge slabs of pie or eat mounds of french fries unless you work it off the way our ancestors did every day with farm work or similar exercise.

But you can have things you like to eat. He has no complaints and when he loses all the weight he can up his calorie count to a maintenance number.
We were talking about all the other awful ways of losing weight, including Weight Watchers which is actually a great program but who wants to attend meetings?

Clyde said you can't be a Weight Watchers Anonymous like Alcoholics Anonymous. Everybody knows.

Your gut will not set you free!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Heading for the Lake and Keep Laughing...

June 29th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Heading for the Lake and Keep Laughing...

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I am determined to get out today and go to the lake. I just wish it were a lot hotter. I'm sure that water is like ice water with all this cool weather. I will get in. I have learned to take a very cold shower with my bathing suit on and then the water is not such a shock to the system.

My guys are at work so I will go alone. That's okay. I have never had much of a problem being alone. I think artists tend to be that way so they can be crazy without people mentioning it all the time.

I'm a happy wacko and I don't need to be straightened out.

The temperature is rising. Yea!!!!!

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Wildflower Rush Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Now that Clyde and I have been married for about 100 years I am starting to worry about his longevity. I can't imagine life without The Word and Bird Man.

No marriage is perfect and there are times I want to set fire to all his stuff in the Computer room but we do get along real well and I hope we die together.

When I was a kid I liked to read Greek myths and there was one about a woman being granted one wish and she wished she and her husband would die together. I thought that was a great wish.

I told Clyde that he had to last as long as me because I didn't want anyone else.

He replied, "Why, do you think you will do worse? Did I set the bar that low?

Now that was a fun retort. He keeps me laughing!













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Blue Ridge Parkway is Back from The Peaks and Not to Worry...

June 27th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway is Back from The Peaks and Not to Worry...

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We are back from The Peaks of Otter and I am under a pile of work. Yuck! The weather is gorgeous. I can see it from my window, well, sort of. We still have some paper covering most of it to try to ward off birds that keep banging into their reflection.

Still, I know it is a great day and maybe I will see it up close after I sort through everything I have to do. Onwards and upwards and then out the doorwards.

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Chinese Orchids Original 14" x 10" Oil Painting $285

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We got away for a few days. Since Clyde's knee is still bothering him we decided to visit the beautiful Peaks of Otter resort! What a great place! I have done many paintings of the Peaks!

Anyway, since we were only going to be gone for a few days we didn't ask a neighbor to check on our house and phone messages. There isn't a lot of valuable stuff to steal in our house so we don't worry about that.

Clyde said, if they take the computer, fine.

After a pause he added we couldn't get that lucky.

Considering how it has sucked up so much of my time and I have been known to threaten to re-locate it to the ground outside the window I can see why he said that.

We had a great time! Clyde's laptop had so many things wrong with it that I couldn't get any work done!

Now that is a vacation!















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Butterfly photograph and Broccoli Joke...

June 22nd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Butterfly photograph  and Broccoli Joke...

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This time of the year I often take pictures for painting ideas. Most of my paintings are interpretive works from photographs that I take but sometimes I get one that I prefer to present in my Creative photograph series.

Recently I took some pictures of a Great Spangled Friterally and here is one I decided to post in my wildlife photographs album. I have not met the

medium I don't like!


Great Spangled Fritillary Original Photograph NFS

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Unlike a lot of people, especially kids, I love broccoli! I look forward to Tuesday night when we get Chinese and I always get a broccoli dish. Actually, to be more accurate, I always get chicken and broccoli but it is embarrassing that I always get the same thing.

Nothing is as good as chicken and broccoli. Anyway, sometimes the broccoli is fantastic and sometimes it is a little less then fantastic and I am getting to the point that I can tell by looking before the first bite.


I told Clyde I must be some sort of broccoli psychic. He said maybe I am a broccoli whisperer. I think that is a bit much.


Oh well, there are a lot of great broccoli jokes on the internet.

I love the one where the broccoli says I don't like you either!





















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Blue Ridge Parkway Book Launch was a great Success and Here they come again...

June 20th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Book Launch was a great Success and Here they come again...

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The book launch for Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse was a great success!

The church sanctuary was full, the food was great, the bluegrass musicians were fantastic, and Clyde sold a lot of books!


The book can now be purchased on Amazon!





Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, it is that time of year again. Another contribution to my Ant Chronicles. Last year wasn't very bad and I am hoping for a good summer with little ant activity.

We have tried every ant cure in the entire world and still see ants. So far I keep seeing one in the bathroom which is weird. I asked Clyde why there is only one.

He said it is scouting the place out before getting on a horn and calling in the troops. I don't doubt it.

Saw a cute joke on the internet about ants. Why was the little ant confused? All his uncles were ants. Love it!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Invites Everyone to Book Launch Tonight and Edible Dishes...

June 16th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Invites Everyone to Book Launch Tonight and Edible Dishes...

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Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse book launch is tonight at 7:00! Everyone is invited!

The great event will take place with snacks and blue grass music at Christ Lutheran Church! My illustrations will be flashing on the screens and I will bring the cover painting! Everyone is invited!





Eye Crator Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A long time ago I heard the saying about the only two things that are certain in life - death and taxes. Well, after many decades of standing in front of a sink, I would like to add, dirty dishes. I saw a cute saying on the internet about dirty dishes. If you can't do dishes, don't eat.

Also, there was one about using edible plates! That sounds like a great idea but then the glasses, utensils and pots would have to be edible and I don't think my guys would go for that.

Clyde has been working diligently to reduce the size of his pot.

I don't think I could get him to eat one.











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Forward to Book Launch and You will Receive my Bill...

June 14th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Forward to Book Launch and You will Receive my Bill...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



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I am going to keep on promoting Clyde's book launch on June 16th!

Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse was published by Cedar Creek Publishing!

The great event will take place with snacks and blue grass music at Christ Lutheran Church! My illustrations will be flashing on the screens and I will bring the cover painting! Everyone is invited!

The book can now be purchased on Amazon!

Here is another one of my illustrations for the book!

Shadow Heron Original Acrylic painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Now that the windows are open, the dogs are barking more and more and louder and louder.

I have done a lot of paintings to the sound of barking dogs.

One of our neighbors always manages to get a dog that barks continuously and monotonously. It really jangles my nerves.

I saw a cute picture of a dog with the caption - If you wanted that stick, why did you throw it?

I told that one to Clyde and he added- If you want me to get it, you will receive my bill. Why don't you go fetch something on Facebook? Love it!


We had a dog that would not play fetch.


I don't blame her.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Skyline Beauty print and Song of my People...

June 13th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Skyline Beauty print and Song of my People...

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I am real pleased to sell a print of Capital Swirl to a great New York patron! My Skyline Beauty series is gaining in popularity! Be sure to check out the gallery on my website. I am currently working on Paris skylines.

Capital Swirl Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $236
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I am going to keep on promoting Clyde's book launch on June 16th! Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse was published by Cedar Creek Publishing!

The great event will take place with snacks and blue grass music at Christ Lutheran Church! My illustrations will be flashing on the screens and I will bring the cover painting! Everyone is invited!

The book can now be purchased on Amazon!





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The lawnmowers are blaring a lot of the time now and some neighbors like to get it done as early as possible to avoid the afternoon heat.

I saw a great lawnmower joke on the internet.


You are asleep at 7 am? Let me play the song of my people.


Clyde added, and now it is your song. Wake up!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Pawleys Island and Keep Those Scams Coming...

June 9th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Pawleys Island and Keep Those Scams Coming...

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I am real pleased to sell another print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island! This painting is my most popular shore painting. I have sold more prints of this painting that the other shore paintings. The original is still available!





I am going to keep on promoting Clyde's book launch on June 16th! Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse was published by Cedar Creek Publishing and they are hosting the launch!

The great event will take place with snacks and music at Christ Lutheran Church! My illustrations will be flashing on the screens and I will bring the cover painting! Everyone is invited!

The book can now be purchased on Amazon!

Here is another one of my illustrations for the book!

Blue on a Rock Original Acrylic painting NFS

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I get a ridiculous number of scams practically every day. I am always a little worried when I see that I have messages on Messenger. I should be glad to see that I have messages but I get a lot of scams so I am very wary about what is there.

Today I received an email thanking me for ordering something that I didn't order. The thank you made my mind reel with sarcastic replies.

It is tempting to answer the email with,

Thank you for sending me another scam! I have only received five today and three of them shut down my computer. I don't know what happened to the other two!

A few weeks ago one of them blew up the computer and it fell through the floor after one click on a link which is why we have a new computer! We can't wait to see what happens next!


Keep those scams coming!















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Favorite Illustration and Writers Joke...

June 7th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Favorite Illustration and Writers Joke...

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I am going to keep on promoting Clyde's book launch on June 16th! Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse was published by Cedar Creek Publishing and they are hosting the launch!

The great event will take place with snacks and music at Christ Lutheran Church! My illustrations will be flashing on the screens and I will bring the cover painting! Everyone is invited!

Here is another one of my illustrations for the book. This one is a personal favorite!

Train Spirits Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The Word Man and I are looking forward to the book launch of Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse on June 16th at Christ Lutheran! His launch is one of a series of literature readings that are hosted by Christ Lutheran.

Clyde came up with the name Rough Draft Coffee House. We celebrate creativity in a coffee house atmosphere.

The name that Clyde came up with goes great with a writers joke I saw on the internet this morning. Why are writers always cold? They are surrounded by rough drafts! Love it!












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Promoting Book and Fun with Towhees...

June 5th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Promoting Book and Fun with Towhees...

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I am going to keep on promoting Clyde's book launch on June 16th! Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse was published by Cedar Creek Publishing and they are hosting the launch!

The great event will take place with snacks and music at Christ Lutheran Church! My illustrations will be flashing on the screens and I will bring the cover painting! Everyone is invited!

Screech Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still griping about Towhees in Wildwood Park. To think, I named my studio after that beautiful, but irritating bird. I really get tired of hearing, "Drink your tea", over and over again on our walks.

I asked Clyde if it had another song. He said it didn't have one. It was a one-hit wonder long ago and is trying desperately to make a come back. I guess I just have to learn to love it.

I found a joke that applies to this bird.

Why did the bird go to the hospital? To get tweetment.

Maybe if a Towhee got tweetment it could come up with another song. LOL!












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Forward to Book Launch and A Convert...

June 3rd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Forward to Book Launch and A Convert...

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June 16th is the Book Launch for The Word Man's book that was published by Cedar Creek Publishing!

The great event will take place with snacks and music at Christ Lutheran Church! My illustrations will be flashing on the screens and I will bring the cover painting!

Everyone is invited!

Fidding at Midnights Farmhouse Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I finally have a convert! People have been asking me how I have kept my weight down my whole adult life. First they ask if I am just naturally slim which is not at all true. I had to fight weight gain as a child and teenager. I went to the library and read a book on nutrition and figured out where I was going wrong.

Now I know I must eat a balanced diet and COUNT CALORIES. No one has believed me until now. Clyde is losing about a pound a week and is not HUNGRY or MISERABLE! I am so proud of him. I'm sure the weight loss will help his knee problem.

The other day I told him he was really losing it. I let out a big laugh when I saw his face and, of course, said, I mean weight, not mind!

I saw a cute weight joke on the internet. A woman is weighing herself in a towel. Her response is, "This towel must be very heavy."











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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Lion Explosion 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with latest painting and You are on the Show...

June 1st, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with latest painting and You are on the Show...

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I am so pleased to be back to oil paint and I think the second stage of Blue Ridge Mist turned out well! I will probably not change much in the last stage, but there are a few things I would like to tweak!

Misty Blue Ridge Autumn Stage Two Original Oil painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before, I like to watch Judge Judy. There have been times that I wanted to lay some people out that were doing me wrong but if I did let them have it, my circumstances would probably have been worse so I kept quiet.

I love to watch her lay people out that are wronging someone.

You do have to wonder about the intelligence level of a lot of the people that are on the show. Clyde thinks the show scouts people that are not too bright so the show will be entertaining. He has a theory.

He thinks they are given the following questionnaire.

1. Are you stupid?
2. Are you very stupid?
3. Would you complain to the police that the cocaine you bought is no good?

If you answered yes to no. 1, you are on the waiting list. If you answered yes to number two, you are on the short list. If you answered yes to number three then we will pick you up within the hour.

You are on the next show.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Forward to The Book Signing Party and Fun with The Bird Man...

May 30th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking Forward to The Book Signing Party and Fun with The Bird Man...

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Clyde and I are looking forward to June 16th when Christ Lutheran will host a Book Signing Party for Clyde's book, Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse! I am pleased with the illustrations I did for the book and they will be flashed on the screens.

I will bring the cover illustration in a frame. Hope we get a great turn out! The book is now available on Amazon! Check it out!


Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse Original Oil painting NFS

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Haven't heard a funny from The Word Man lately, he is too busy trying to get to the remote fast enough to click off people running for office and ranting his usual rant about politics.

Since he is also The Bird Man, I like to ask him about birds when we go walking.

I am not up on migration patterns and oftentimes I see a bird I don't think I know and then find out from him that it is one I do know. They sure look different from different angles and in different light.


I did see a cute bird joke about migration on the internet. The picture is of two birds covered in snow on a tree branch. One of them says to the other, "I told you we should have migrated."












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Oils and Why They Say That...

May 27th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Oils and Why They Say That...

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Glad to back to oils and I am very happy with the first stage of my latest Blue Ridge painting! I love oil paint the best, but I get more uptight when I paint in this medium. A lot of painters consider watercolors to be the most difficult painting medium. I can't agree. I consider oils to be the most difficult, but I love it!


Misty Blue Ridge Autumn Original 14" x 11" Oil painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


When Clyde and I take walks at Wildwood Park the towhees are always yelling "drink your tea" over and over again. It is a pretty bird call but it can get monotonous. The other day I read in a blog that drinking tea actually fights the bacteria in our mouths which, of course, helps with tooth decay.

When I told Clyde that, he had a whacko theory as to why towhees keep on telling us to drink our tea. Maybe they once had teeth and are now telling everybody to drink their tea or else! Now that's a weird one, even for The Bird Man!










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Tired of the Rain and Pencil Fun...

May 24th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Tired of the Rain and Pencil Fun...

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Rain, rain go away! We are having a monsoon right now in Radford. My Line Dance troupe had to cancel a performance last night. I was looking forward to that one since it is at the old train station in Pulaski and there are vendors that I usually buy from while we are waiting to perform. Oh well. I think most of the vendors cancelled too. We need the rain but we don't need a weekly deluge. Hope to see the sun soon!


Sailboat Sunrise Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Sometimes it really is the little things that are super irritating. I am trying to compose a piano piece just for fun. I have been playing the piano since I was twelve and it never occurred to me to write music but I thought I would give it a try. I can't believe how slow it is going. I have always been good at reading music but now that I am trying to write it I can't remember all the different symbols for the notes in the bass which is crazy, since I read them every day without any problem.

Also, my pencil keeps breaking and our electric sharpener is jammed and the little plastic one just keeps breaking the pencil. One of these days I will finish my amateur attempt at composing and get it copyrighted. I'm sure someone will want to steal it. I would put LOL but Clyde thinks it is a nice piece of music so you never know. He has spent quite a bit of time studying music and has written a few pieces that I like.

I saw a cute pencil joke the other day. Knock knock, Who's there? A pencil. A pencil who? Never mind. It's pointless.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is not Wishing for that and Death of That Gadget...

May 22nd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is not Wishing for that and Death of That Gadget...

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Well, my ipad has bit the dust. The store clerk said you can't replace the battery. Once it is gone, that is the end of the ipad. That is a sorry end for a device I paid a lot of money for and hardly ever used.

I will try getting a different cable and see if that works but I will probably have to get a new ipad which I doubt I will do. I will just use a laptop when I need something in my studio. Time to get in there.

It really is a dreary Monday, so I need to work so I can cheer up.


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, the cat problem is almost over! Two of our neighbors wanted a kitten and they got them before they went feral. There is one left that they are trying to coax away from the mother. According to Clyde, they are about the age when the mother will push them away so this works out right for the neighbors and the cats.

Not sure what will become of the mother. I called Animal Control but they have not responded yet. Oh well. The kittens are so adorable that I told Clyde I wished we could have a cat and Alan and I wouldn't have allergic reactions and the cat would be no trouble and I wouldn't be the one to take care of it.

I was waiting for the "Careful what you wish for admonition," but I got a weird Clyde response instead. Watch out for what you wish for. You may need a 42 page document that guarantees the wish won't bite you!

That sounds about right. LOL!













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Fighting the Phone and Cats....

May 20th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Fighting the Phone and Cats....

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Does the computer baby sitting ever end? I bought a iPad years ago that I hardly ever use and now when I need it, it won't charge. I guess I need to get a new battery. Also, I can't use Chimera on my phone.

The site claims I have too much on my phone but I need all the Apps I have.
I guess I need to eliminate images but does that mean they will disappear from Instagram? I can't have that.

Time to go on Google and ask the almighty computer some questions.


Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Once again we are having cat problems. Years ago one tried to adopt us by trying to sneak into our house. We don't want a cat. Two of us are allergic to cat and dog hair. This time a mother and three kittens are lounging around in the shade on our carport.

The mother does not have a collar and the neighbors don't know anything about them. This will not work. Clyde said three people that don't want cats with four cats on a carport is a miss-match made in the shade. Time to call Animal Control.

Anybody want a kitten?









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Putting on her Mask and His Clothes are Growing...

May 17th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Putting on her Mask and His Clothes are Growing...

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Lots of work to do on my new pastel portrait of Alan and Sarah! It will take a long time but I have been wanting to do one for a long time and I finally got a good photo of them to work from.

So I will put on my mask and Get to It, like Aunt Bea said to Otis on The Andy Griffith show when she was acting as his warden in their home! Great show!


Mother's Day Gift Original 30" x 20" Soft Pastel painting $1200

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Not sure, but I think I have mentioned before that people have been telling me for decades that I have lost weight. I am the same weight I was when I got married with the same measurements so I have often wondered why people are always saying that to me. I guess I have withered with age.

Just wish they wouldn't say it with such a big smile. That implies I needed to lose weight which I don't think is true. According to the doctor's chart my weight is exactly what it should be. My BMI is on the low end of normal.

Now Clyde is another matter. He is trying to lose some weight to take the pressure off the knee that was injured. He is losing about a pound a week which is fast enough. Anyway, he recently received a comment on his weight loss that I have never heard before.

A friend said his clothes are growing on him.

Love it!











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Pastels and TV Signal Theory...

May 15th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Pastels and TV Signal Theory...

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I am real excited about starting a soft pastel portrait! It has been a long time since I worked in pastels. They are a mess but I don't have to clean brushes or a palette after each session which is great! I started today without a mask but will put one on the next time. That stuff gets in the air and practically asphyxiates me. You have to really love Art to put up with all the problems. I certainly do!


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned a number of times before, we are not at all happy with the digital TV takeover that forced us to get cable or never see PBS again. We are not about to pay for cable for all three sets, so the TV in our bedroom has a mind of its own and sometimes has a signal but oftentimes does not have a signal and no stations come in. We have been told various ridiculous things regarding the lack of signal.

My favorite is the amount of leaves on the trees affects the reception. Lots of leaves right now so nothing comes in most of the time. Clyde has another theory. When a chicken clucks in China, our TV won't come in. Lots of clucking right now.

I contacted a company in China today that keeps on stealing my images and selling prints of them. I had lawyers try to get compensation for me but they were not able to do anything about it in spite of the US office the company has. I didn't mention clucking chickens to them. Just wish they would stop stealing my paintings.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Presents Paris Burst and Something in the Kitchen...

May 13th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Presents Paris Burst and Something in the Kitchen...

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Had a great time watching Time Bandits last night at Christ Lutheran! Time Bandits is a great History and Theology spoof that Clyde and I have seen many times. Everyone loved it! Great comedy!

Paris Burst Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $236




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

So glad Zippy the Wonder Mouse is working again! Clyde said it may just need a new battery. That was it. I guess that is why it was zooming all over the screen in places I was not pointing to. It was looking for something to eat.

I know that is ridiculous, but with all my computer adventures it is hard not to think of it as a living creature determined to irritate me within an inch of my sanity.

Oh well, one computer problem at a time.

I do believe in evil spirits in the kitchen. I now have proof. I placed the one grocery bag with the eggs and light bulbs on the table where there was plenty of room. When I got back with another bag, it was on the floor with a broken bulb.

Now you know that was some sort of Irritation Demon determined to ruin my day. LOL!












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Glad to be Home and Bacteria Discussion...

May 10th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Glad to be Home and Bacteria Discussion...

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This day got shot out of a rocket! So much to do, so little time. I am glad to get back to this blog. I prefer to publish them in the morning but there was no way that was going to happen. Time to finish this and then get to other stuff, including some relaxing.

Cheers on a busy Wednesday!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before I have switched to organic food for the most part. It won't keep us from dying but I think our chances of getting cancer from pesticides is greatly reduced. Not afraid to die. Terrified of cancer treatment. Anyway, I bought an ice cream and yogurt machine because I can't find organic frozen yogurt in the store.

There are great selections for organic ice cream but none for frozen yogurt. Since I make our bread now, I didn't really want to do this but I thought I would give it a try. These devices are great but there is still a lot of work involved, especially with the yogurt maker.

The yogurt has to soak for 2-4 hours on a cloth and then ingredients have to be cooked on a stove and frozen over night. The machine just kind of shakes it around and then, of course, there is clean up. Anyway, most of the ice cream selections are twice the number of calories of what is in the store.

I tried the lowfat strawberry yogurt and am not happy at all. I guess it has to be eaten right after it is made. I froze it and now it takes a chisel to get it out of the container. Yuck! The fruit is crunchy with ice and I don't like the taste at all. I have to leave it out for a full hour before it is soft enough to get out of the box. Can't heat it up.

Clyde said I should put it on a rack and buy a bunsen burner.

Ha ha. I think I will take my chances with store bought frozen yogurt , smart alec.

There is a great joke on the internet about cultured bacteria. The two bacteria are discussing different operas and which one is the best. Love it!













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Skyline Painting and What is Wrong with Zippy...

May 8th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Skyline Painting and What is Wrong with Zippy...

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I didn't get the chance to paint over the busy weekend but I did today! I am real excited over a new Skyline painting of Paris that I am doing in stages! Below is stage one and I finished the second layer today. Not sure if there will be a third. We'll see tomorrow!


Paris Burst Original Acrylic painting NFS





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I looks like Zippy the Wonder Mouse is starting to have problems. I am beginning to think a computer mouse has a shorter life than a real mouse. I guess we just need to give it a bath. It is wandering across the screen and not landing right without a lot of assistance which may confirm the old age theory.


Must have dementia. I hope we can get it back to the wonder it once was. The new one that came with our new computer is slow and awkward and I don't even like the shape of it. That one is a loser to begin with.


Oh well. At times like these I like to look for jokes. There is a great cartoon with a wife asking her husband who is hunched over a computer to help her open a jar. His response was download and install java.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Getting it Done and Bumper Joke...

May 5th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Getting it Done and Bumper Joke...

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Well, I am getting it together today! No appointments, no workers at my house, and no bills to pay. Wait a minute. I haven't paid any of the bills. Oh well, always busy is better than nothing to do. Now to get to everything.


Field of Beauty Original Oil 40" x 30" painting $2430






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yes! Our third lawn mowing contact showed up and did a great job! He had to take down part of the fence to get his huge mower into our back yard but he put it right back up. Finally! I am no longer scared that I will be attacked by deer ticks if I walk in my yard and Big Foot is no where in sight! He can't hide behind our grass now.

On to more crazy stuff from the Word Man. Last night we were talking about bumper stickers. Neither one of us uses them. Not sure why. We just don't, but I do like to read funny ones. The word bumper prompted some word play from Clyde. What do you call a lazy, no-good cat? A bumpurr.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist wonders where the day went and Big Foot is not going to help...

May 3rd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist wonders where the day went and Big Foot is not going to help...

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Where did this day go? I am finally back to this computer to finish this blog and then check on some other sites. Beautiful day! I saw it from the window as I did a lot of household chores.

Hope I can get out there before we get out Mountain Spring Freeze. Spring always just about changes it mind in the mountains and then it finally decides to go ahead with it. Looking forward to summer!


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We are now waiting on out third contact to get our lawn mowed that is so high it could hide Big Foot. Clyde thought he saw him there when I said the yard was getting scary.

The second contact said he would not be able to get his equipment through our back yard gate but he contacted someone else that still hasn't called us.

I asked Clyde if he ever got a text back from Big Foot and he said Big Foot was ignoring us. He is probably down at the river fishing with our third contact.

Clyde doesn't want me mowing it because our mower is tricky to start so I think I am going to go get a scythe.

Time to take a blade and knife it down.











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Blue Ridge Parkway Presents Stage Two and Great Mouse

May 1st, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Presents Stage Two and Great Mouse

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Well, I am finally ready to finish this blog and send it out. So many things to do today that it got lost in the shuffle. I am pleased to present the second stage of my latest New River painting! Prints are not available just yet but I wanted to show it. I am pleased with this stage and will probably not change it much in the final version.


Riverview Spring Original 12" x 9" Oil painting $236



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A while back I talked about our awful mouse that kept clicking off and ate batteries like they were made of cheese. Then Clyde bought a great mouse that I named Zippy, the wonder mouse! It zooms all over the screen, hardly ever needs a battery and still works like new! Yesterday we spent most of the day, with help, setting up a new computer, printer, and scanner.

The Radford Public Library can breath a sigh of relief. I won't be getting prints there anymore and complaining about how dark they are. I told one of the clerks and she probably told the others so they could do a celebration dance. Just kidding! Well, who knows?

Anyway, the new stuff is great, except for the mouse. It is slow, awkward, and I just don't like it so I turned it off and turned Zippy back on. Great to have an excellent little rodent! If Zippy ever acts up we will get Zippy 2!









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Getting it Done and Getting Big Foot to do it...

April 28th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Getting it Done and Getting Big Foot to do it...

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I am at the arm wrestling stage of my latest oil painting. First layer is always fun then it gets hard but I still love what I do. If it were easy, it would be boring. Always an exciting experience! Glad I am preserving the layers to they are never completely lost!


Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil painting $313


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Okay, the guy that is going to take care of our lawn that really does look like it needs a hay baler still has not showed up.
In Wednesday's blog I said I had mentioned to Clyde that it is looking scary out there and he said maybe Big Foot it lurking behind the grass. I said I thought I saw him.

Yesterday he said maybe Big Foot could do the job.

Today I asked him if Big Foot was going to chew the grass down and he said he texted him. Waiting for Big Foot to mow our lawn. How many people can say that?

Love it!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Presents First Stage of New Oil and Big Foot Sighting in Back Yard...

April 26th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Presents First Stage of New Oil and Big Foot Sighting in Back Yard...

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Finished the first layer of my new New River oil painting! Love, love, love oil paint! Great stuff! Check out the beginning below!


Riverview Spring Original 12" x 9" Oil painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde's knee is hurting less and less while our grass looks like it needs a baler. He doesn't want me to do it. Not sure why. I think I could get it done but he would rather hire someone until his knee is better.

He called me this morning to see if his lunch was still in the fridge. It was. Then he mentioned the tree guys are coming today to chop down some trees.

He also mentioned he was getting someone to mow the lawn. I said good, it's scary out there. He laughed and said maybe Big Foot is lurking behind the grass.

I think I saw him! Yikes!

Saw a cute Big Foot t-shirt on Pinterest.

Big Foot doesn't believe in you, either.

Love it!














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Blue Ridge Parkway is Back to Oils and I am not going to do that...

April 24th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway is Back to Oils and I am not going to do that...

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I am so pleased to back to oils! Been walking with Clyde and getting Spring inspirations! The first one is a beautiful New River view from Riverview Park. I have the first layer done and anxious to get to the second. Love oil paint! I am also going to start a pastel portrait soon. So much to do! So little time.


Stepping Stones on The New River Original Oil painting SOLD Prints on paper, canvas, etc. available


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde was able to walk up a flight of stairs yesterday without pain! Yes! His knee is improving so I think I should be able to get a funny out of him.

I told him I was completely dry in regards to funnies. How do I get wet again?

He said I should go outside in our present deluge, go on down to the river, jump in and tell my jokes to the fish.

Okay, that was a weird one, but it is all I got on a drizzly Monday so I took it.


Great heaven joke on the internet! A guy is trying to check in but St. Peter tells him he almost made it, but those fish stories and pictures on Facebook. Really?











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Getting Outside and Changing...

April 21st, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Getting Outside and Changing...

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Love the weather right now. Not too cold or hot. Just right. We are in for a deluge this weekend so it is time to step away from the computer and get outside. Clyde and I walk very slowly until his knee is better. I hope I will get a good report when he gets home. The progress varies. Hope every one has a great weekend!


Bisset Park Rapids Original Acrylic painting SOLD


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is still having trouble with his knee in spite of exercise and weights. It will be a long time before he is better but you have to give him an "A" for effort! His sense of humor is coming back and I am getting some goofy answers to my questions.
Yesterday I called him and opened with,

You know how we all change a lot as we age.

No, I am just an older monkey.

Well, I have changed a lot. When I was young I wasn't that interested in History and now I am fascinated by it. I want to read all that whaling history in Moby Dick. Where is it?

Who knows?


Got it from the library and now those parts of the book don't seem to take up as much of the book as I thought they did.


There is a great Moby Dick funny on the internet. Herman Melville is puzzled about a piece of paper that he is holding. I white whale is staring at him and saying it is a restraining order, idiot.










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Smiling and Too Pooped to Joke...

April 19th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Smiling and Too Pooped to Joke...

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I was determined today to have a good Wednesday. I don't know what it is about Wednesday's, but things seem to just go wrong. I am pleased to report this evening that I had a good Wednesday and hope the evening is good, too.

Lots to do but the glasses strand with little tiny fake pearls did not burst all over the kitchen floor and no rants over technology, though the rants can happen any day of the week. I won't get into all those other Wednesday irritations that usually occur. Beautiful day!

Cheers!


Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is using weights now to strengthen his knee. I was real pleased to find an adjustable set so he can take it slow. Still not getting much humor from him right now. I asked him if he had a funny for my blog and he said he was too pooped out, popped up, blowed up, and busted to come up with a joke.

Well, I guess that is a writer with a sore knee's way of saying nothing right now. Saw a great surgery joke online. In the middle of an operation the doctor tells the nurse to go to Surgery.com and click on the Are you totally lost icon. The patient hasn't been put under yet. YIKES!












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Technology Challenged and Keep Walking...

April 17th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Technology Challenged and Keep Walking...

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Technology has me screaming at times. I needed to correct something and when I told the person on chat I did not know the number I needed to use correct the situation, he gave me a link to the same page where I needed that number to correct the situation.

Arggh! I explained that goof up to the next online chat agent and she rectified the situation but this was after I had gone through a bunch of other online circles that turned into dead ends. One technology problem can take up way too much time. Cheers on a Monday! I need some.

Check out my latest Skyline Beauty painting! I am working on Paris now! Been there twice!


Paris Twist Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $236




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is able to walk more, but every once in a while his knee locks up and he lets out a yell. I will be so glad when he is better. He gets another shot today.

When we walk in the park I take my camera. I never know when I will see something for inspiration. The last time he asked me if I had my camera and I told him I wasn't taking it.

He said we would be sure to see a Big Foot sighting or some paranormal activity that could actually be photographed.

After we had walked for a while I mentioned that we hadn't seen anything that was weird. He said, oh no? Look to your right. I was on the left. Ha ha! Yes, you are weird but I have a lot of photographs of you. Don't need anymore just yet. Keep walking.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has her Fingers Crossed and Facebook Goof...

April 14th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has her Fingers Crossed and Facebook Goof...

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Getting a lot done today. So far, the ear pulsing is not there! Maybe the pulsatile tinnitus is due to a sinus infection that I am getting over. Fingers and paint brushes crossed!


Burning Shore Original Oil painting SOLD




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is still working with a sore knee and not joking around much. I think the funny barometer will rise as the pain decreases.
Anyway, a funny thing happened to me on Facebook the other day that reminded me of a favorite show, The Middle. A friend sent me a message proclaiming his love for me. He is always complimenting my artwork so I didn't want to be harsh. I thanked him and said I didn't think he should be saying that to a married woman.

He apologized, said he was married too, and had been hitting the moonshine. On a favorite episode of The Middle, Frankie tells Mike after a great party that she would like to invite all their friends over for a party.

She sent them emails that night and in the morning when she sobered up and realized she didn't really want to have a big party, she said, "We need a breathalyzer on that computer!" Love it! I think that Facebook friend needs one, too. That wasn't the first time he had sent me a strange message.









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is pleased to present new Suggestion painting and Loss of Funny Bone

April 12th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is pleased to present new Suggestion painting and Loss of Funny Bone

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Check out my latest Suggestions painting! This one looked like it just splashed together, hence the title!


Apple Splash Oil Acrylic painting NFS




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have said many times, I love to laugh and I try to have something funny on my blog. My father was hilarious and he always ended a conversation with a joke. He knew how to live!

Clyde cracks me up all the time and I depend on him for funnies. I didn't have anything for today so I called him up and asked him if he had a funny. Not today. He said his hurt knee has kicked his funny bone right off.

Even when he can't think of anything he comes up with something! Love it! Here is one I saw on the internet that Clyde can relate to.
A doctor is talking to the Gingerbread man about his hurt knee.

Have you tried icing it?












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Another Blue Ridge print and Half Lived...

April 11th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Another Blue Ridge print  and Half Lived...

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I am real pleased to sell a large print of Color Ripples on The Blue Ridge to a great California patron! The owner of the painting is also in California! Prints will always be available. Click on the link below and look to the right for all the options!


Color Ripples on The Blue Ridge Original Oil Painting SOLD


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still considering all the phobias I have and I mentioned my knee phobia to a friend and she agreed and added hip phobia. At a certain age you realize that exercise and keeping your weight down may not be enough.

Clyde is still recovering from knee surgery and I am worried about my knees. Oh well, to quote a favorite movie, Strictly Ball Room, a life lived in fear is half lived. I wonder if I am even at a quarter lived with all my fears.

Saw a good funny phobia today. I have a phobia of german sausage. Yes, I fear the wurst. Love it!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Skyline Painting and Why so Many Bananas...

April 7th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Skyline Painting and Why so Many Bananas...

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Check out my latest Chicago Skyline Beauty painting! This is the first stage but I think it may be the last.

I like the spontaneous flowing paint which I will probably lost if I work on it again. Decisions, decisions, decisions!


Chicago Flow Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Since Clyde's knee surgery he is having trouble with his stomach as well as the pain in his knee. He used to always eat a banana a day but is leaving that one out for a while.

I am trying to eat one a day, too, since they have a lot of potassium but I don't like them that much. For some stupid reason I bought too many at the store the other day.

Oh well, instead of Send in the Clowns I will be singing Send in the Monkeys this week. Don't bother. They're here!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Prints of Natural Rhythm and Weird New Phobia...

April 5th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Prints of Natural Rhythm and Weird New Phobia...

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I am so pleased to sell FIVE large prints of Natural Rhythm to a great Kentucky patron! This is one of my most popular paintings! I know I will sell many more! The original is still available.


Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have a lot of fears. I am a very timid person. I am afraid of heights and I have no desire to get in an airplane unless I have to. If God had meant us to fly he would have given us wings. I know you can't get away with saying that one anymore but I say it anyway. No one can get me on a motorcycle. They don't have seat belts.

All of the doors to my house are practically barricaded. If I were a crook I would just walk in and if someone is home I would say, "Whoops! Wrong house." Recently a thief that specialized in stealing things from homes said that on TV and I was not surprised.

Anyway, since Clyde's knee surgery I have a new fear. I am afraid of my knees. He takes good care of himself and so do I so I am worried I will tear the meniscus, too. I didn't kick real hard last night at Line Dance Class.

I don't think there is a term for knee phobia but I definitely have it. I guess that's one for the books! LOL!




















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Blue Ridge Parkway is Looking for the Funny Side and Leaving a Message I do not want...

April 4th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway is Looking for the Funny Side and Leaving a Message I do not want...

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I am still griping away about the noise in my ear but I don't think I will cut if off like Van Gogh did. Pulsatile tinnitus is aggravating but I can stand a constant noise.

Intermittent noises really get to me- like the robin outside my window that keeps banging against its reflection to chase off the robin in the window. I guess I am going to have to cover the window so the bird can't see it. Not right now. Studio time is next.




Smith Mountain Lake Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Now that I am one of many with Pulsatile Tinnitus that isn't going away I am looking on the funny side. I saw a great cartoon about it.

A woman tells her doctor that she has a ringing in her ear. When she ignores it, it leaves a message. Clyde added and when she calls the number she just gets a busy signal.

That's life with a ringing ear.

















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Ringing Away and Mo and Schmo...

March 31st, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Ringing Away and Mo and Schmo...

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I am going to see the doctor again today about this awful pulsing and tinnitus. Yesterday it was so much better I thought it was gone and then at 9:00p.m. it got real bad. I took some Sudafed and woke up this morning with all that noise and I don't mean All that Jazz like the movie.

I like jazz but this Pulsatile Tinnitus has got to go! I'm not sure if I should be worried. You know how the internet is. It can be nothing or something very serious. Oh well. The doctor will know what to do.


Rolling Beauty Original Oil Painting SOLD


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Well, now we know why the peanut butter was eaten off a trap and then later a mouse was caught. There were two and we got the second one today. We think they were a couple of brothers, Mo and Schmo.

Mo figured out how to get the food without getting caught and then Schmo came along and was not so lucky. Anyway, Mo must have slipped up today or there are more! Oh no!

Hope a family has not moved in. We are not a New Mouse version of The Borrowers!











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is getting Sprayed and Wrong Trap...

March 29th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is getting Sprayed and Wrong Trap...

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Beautiful day and I could not be more behind in my work. Lots of distractions today including two plumber visits. Our water bill is four times what it should be so the plumber was called to see if there is some sort of leak.

He said no so I guess we will have a city official out to verify what he said. Then I asked him to fix the little spray nozzle on out kitchen sink. When he left it sprayed me when I turned on the faucet. I forget about it twice before the plumber came back. Glad he came back. I was tired of getting sprayed. Visit two did the job.


Chinese Orchids Original 14" x 10" Oil Painting $285


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We didn't catch the mouse yesterday and found out that one of the traps is broken. When Clyde got up the working trap had a lot of evidence of a mouse around it and the peanut butter was gone. The mouse had managed to lick it off and not get caught. Clyde said that mouse must have a college degree.

Well, when I got up and looked the trap was upside down with the mouse dead underneath it. I told Clyde and he said it may have a college degree but it must have failed How to Avoid a Mouse Trap 101. We figured it just wanted to make sure it got all the peanut butter.

Anyway, bye bye mouse! If you had just used the Have a Heart trap you would still be around to enjoy this pretty day!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy for Her Mountain Man and Look out...

March 27th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy for Her Mountain Man and Look out...

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Clyde is getting better and hopes to get to work tomorrow. I don't know. The knee is still a pain in the knee so I am not sure he can drive for thirty minutes and then put in eight hours. Oh well. I guess he can claim victory and retreat after a few hours. We will see!


Bisset Park Rapids Original Acrylic Painting SOLD


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Once again we have a visitor we don't want. Lots of nasty evidence of a mouse in the kitchen. The first one we caught with a Have a Heart trap and Clyde took it down to the river.

The second one was caught in the same trap but managed to get out so we used the killer kind. I was hoping we could get the third one with the Have a Heart trap, but no luck so we will use the killer kind again.


In this case, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing for this mouse. It has successfully figured out how to avoid the Have a Heart trap so it will pay for that knowledge. As Clyde says, the more you know the more it comes back to bite you! Look out Smart Alec! You will be bit this time.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist wants to fly the Coop and Time to get to some Artwork...

March 25th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist wants to fly the Coop and Time to get to some Artwork...

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It is great to see Clyde getting around without the walker! His knee still hurts but he is walking, mostly without assistance. He will see the doctor Monday and hopefully go back to work on Tuesday or Wednesday.

It is nice having him around but I am getting tired of being a caretaker. It really is hard to put a sock on someone. I am getting the hang of it. Oh well. It is a beautiful day and maybe I can get into the studio for a while.

Cheers!


Heart Twirl Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is doing better each day but this confinement is getting on my nerves and I can't find time to paint so I just wish I could be on one of those wild amusement park rides right now with the beach to stage left!

















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents new Chicago painting and Wrong Shower...

March 23rd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents new Chicago painting and Wrong Shower...

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I am starting to catch up on some of my computer work as Clyde hobbles around the house. His knee is getting better every day and he should be back to work next week. That is a whole lot better than six weeks with no weight bearing on that leg! So glad it was just a tear!

Wild Chicago Ride Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I both have advanced degrees but the other day we both decided we must have degrees in Stupidology. While he was taking a shower in the bathroom with a shower/tub combo we were talking about how great it would be to have one of those showers that you walk in and sit down.

Then it occurred to me that we could have been using the bathroom in the bed room that just has a shower stall. We couldn't believe how stupid we had been. For days he has been painfully lifting his leg over the bath tub when he could have been walking into the shower.

What a couple of Stupidologists!















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Gets a Great Thank you and No jobs for that....

March 20th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Gets a Great Thank you and No jobs for that....

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It is always great to hear from patrons! The couple that bought Eagle Fire sent me a picture of it in their Montana home. I think they picked a perfect place for it and I am glad it has a good home. I will miss that one a lot. It is my favorite painting from my Kendall Expressions series. I guess it just had to fly the coop!

Eagle Fire Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting SOLD


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is starting to get his sense of humor back as the condition of his knee improves. He is just taking tylenol now and the swelling is way down. He is drinking lots of fluids which, of course, means lots of trips to the bathroom.

He said if he were looking for a job right now all he could put on the resume is able to go to the bathroom. I don't think there is a call for frequent bathroom visitors.

Unemployment sure would take a nose dive if there were jobs for that!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Appreciates Home Health Care People and Nurse Joke...

March 18th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist  Appreciates Home Health Care People and Nurse Joke...

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Wow! Clyde is hobbling around after knee surgery and I am gaining appreciation for Home Health Care workers. He is great about taking care of himself but there are so many things he can't do right now so he has to call on the reserves , which is, of course, me.

I am having such a hard time getting everything done but that's life. I am still so happy that he will be well in a few days and not on disability. The doctor repaired the tear and said his knee looks great! He doesn't have to use a walker. Yes!!!!!

Also, happy to sell another print of Smith Mountain Lake to a great Florida patron! I have this one on special at 40% off for a large canvas print! Check out the special below! It ends today!


Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is a great patient but things are not too funny right now. Every once in a while he turns his leg wrong and has quite a bit of pain. He is not taking the pain medication, just a very strong form of aleve. He doesn't want to deal with the side effects of the strong stuff.

Anyway, I did see another cute funny about nurses. You don't mess with a nurse. They are paid to stick needles in people. Love it!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Attached to the Screen and I wish Tomorrow was more than a Day away....

March 15th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Attached to the Screen and I wish Tomorrow was more than a Day away....

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I am really on the tread mill lately. Like my father-in-law would say, I am like a three legged bear. Making a lot of tracks and getting nowhere. Hopefully I can get most of what I need to do finished and still have time to paint.

I wish painting could be number one but art promotion is number one. So much time on the internet I am beginning to think there are invisible chords coming from the screen that are wrapped around my fingers.

Puppet to a machine. Oh well, I can cut the strings some of the time but they just seem to reattach themselves.

Ranges near Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Tomorrow is the day! Knee operation and 24 hour patient care duty for me. Not looking forward to this. I saw a cute joke on the internet about age.

I'm not old. I just need some WD-40.

Wouldn't it be great if you could just put a little of that on your knee instead of costly surgery? Oh well. Clyde bites the pain bullet tomorrow. I bite the nurse bullet and we both bite the finance bullet.

I wish I could shoot old age without dying.


















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Away and Thursday is coming...

March 13th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Away and Thursday is coming...

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So much to do today that about the only thing I am looking forward to is supper which is spaghetti! Love it! Actually, I am looking forward to painting. Always looking forward to painting. Sales are slow right now. Hope that picks up. Got to find homes for all my creations!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Thursday we will be checking Clyde into the hospital for his knee operation. Not looking forward to that. I will be on call around the clock when he comes home. A friend told me yesterday that her knee surgery helped but now her knee is bothering her again. Ouch! That is not good news.

My brother mentioned to me that the third leading cause of death is medical mistakes. Thanks for that one bro! I used to worry about the risks of anesthesia but Clyde was under for three hours when his wrist was operated on so I am confident he will be okay. Found a great hospital joke that we can all relate to.

A guy is lying on the floor clutching his heart. In his hand is the hospital bill.















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist hates Paperwork and Getting to the Point...

March 12th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist hates Paperwork and Getting to the Point...

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Beautiful cold day. Clyde, of course, has already been out checking on wildlife. He saw a bald eagle at Bisset Park. I think I will finish up the taxes. Yuck. How do all these things get in the way of painting? It's a conspiracy cooked up by the paper work people that shove piles of documents at you every time you wake up. Yuck!

Pear Twist Original Acrylic Painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

So far, so good! Clyde is able to sleep without aspirin. The surgery is on the sixteenth and Insurance will cover it. Well, we know how that goes. Big co-pay to start with and then a bunch of bills later, but a lot of it will be taken care of by the Insurance company. Yes!

He still has pain but can sleep on his side so he doesn't blow a hole in the roof with his snoring. That helps me out!

Two nights ago he woke me up and I asked him if he was going to have to take tylenol.
He said no but he may get to that point.

Is there a line?

What?

You said you may get to that point. The fastest way between two points is a straight line. Maybe you can use a line to go from the point of pain to the point of no pain.

Big groan from Clyde.

Okay, I am not as good with the word play as he is but I do try.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Doing the Health Dance and Sleep Dilemma...

March 9th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Doing the Health Dance and Sleep Dilemma...

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Yes! I dodged another high costing medical procedure! My doctor says the pulsing and constricted ear problem is due to the extreme changes in weather! No ridiculously high MRI for me! I will just keep on yawning and ignore the pulsing.


Check out my latest Suggestion painting! I think the pears are doing a a dance, too!

Pear Twist Original Acrylic Painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde will have his knee operation on the sixteenth. He can not take any form of aspirin until then and I am concerned that he will not be able to sleep. He can take tylenol but I doubt that will help much. It never helps me with any kind of pain. He says the pain is at its worst when he is lying down.

I told him that maybe he will have to try to sleep standing up like a horse and he said that we could glue him to the wall and see how that works out. I don't think glue on his skin is a good idea.

Maybe we can use wall paper paste and seal him in the way Lucy thought she sealed Ethel in on one of the I Love Lucy episodes.


















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Losing it and Towhee at the Window...

March 7th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Losing it and Towhee at the Window...

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Well, today was a first. I am getting more forgetful with age but I have never left the house to mail a painting without the painting. Argh! I got to the post office to pick up my mail and just as I was about to go to the shipping service outlet I use, I realized the painting was still in the house.

Yikes! Beam me up Scottie! I don't know where I am any more.

Butterfly Mist Original Acrylic Painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Years ago I was trying to come up with a name for my studio. I asked Clyde and he thought Towhee Hill would be a good name since there are so many Towhees around here and our house is on a hill. It is a beautiful bird so I decided that would be a good name.

Lately, both of us have noticed a lot of Towhees at the computer room window where I spend so much time promoting my artwork.

Yesterday I noticed one that just seemed to be staring in the window as I was finishing the work to send out a painting to Montana.

Clyde thinks the bird is looking for his cut. After all, I did use his name.

I thought that was pretty funny and here is another bird joke on the internet.

Irritable owl syndrome. Back off jerk!















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is looking at the Sunshine and Insurance Aggravation...

March 3rd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is looking at the Sunshine and Insurance Aggravation...

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Such a beautiful day in spite of the cold! I have so much to do but I will get out later. Having a great time working on Suggestions paintings and have the last stage of Butterfly Mist to post and will post two stages of another one soon! Everybody have a great weekend!


Butterfly Mist Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Things are not real funny right now. Clyde has to have an MRI tonight at 10:00. Guess the hospital is backed up so we get to make a night run. If the MRI does not back up what the doctor's office x-ray shows, the insurance company will not pay for the operation. Clyde is in pain, the cartilage in his knee is torn and the insurance company is in charge. Yuck!!!

Anyway, I did see a cute artist joke today. A lady is painting a cute little kitten and telling her teacher she is exploring her dark side but she is beginning to think she doesn't have a dark side.

Love it!












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is not Looking for a Date and Red Green was not Right about Duct tape...

March 1st, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is not Looking for a Date and Red Green was not Right about Duct tape...

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I like Facebook but I think people should read the status before they friend someone. I am getting a lot of scam messages from guys every day. Guys, if I accept your friendship request, it doesn't mean I want a date. I am MARRIED. Great to be Facebook friends but I don't see Facebook as a Dating Service.

This morning I got cussed out by a guy because I do not chat online with people that I don't know personally. I read their posts and hope they read mine but there are way too many scammers on the internet to chat with strangers.

If that is a problem, unfriend me. Don't cuss me out!



Here is the first stage of my latest Suggestions paintings!

Butterfly Mist Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I both love The Red Green Show. We really miss watching it on PBS. I may have to order a few of the DVDS. The satire on that show is great.

Well, the other day I learned that Red Green is wrong about duct tape. He claims it is the handy man's secret weapon. I hate to sew. There are buttons on my coat that are about to come off and I still haven't reinforced them.

Last week I decided to use duct tape on the tears of one of my recycle bags. It looked liked it worked! Then I went to use the bags for shopping and the tape was hanging off. My hero is wrong. LOL!










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Fighting the Blahs and Stupid Question...

February 28th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Fighting the Blahs and Stupid Question...

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I got so busy yesterday that I forgot to put this one up.


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I am fighting the Monday blahs and trying to get a lot of things done. I just found out that I don't have any bubble wrap and I need to mail a painting out soon so time to get to the store.

I am getting some very irritating messages on Facebook that are probably from scammers. Wouldn't it be great if there was some kind of automatic scammer alarm system? I realize that is a ridiculous idea but I am trying to think of something funny to cheer me up.

Oh well. Yoga tonight and Line Dance tomorrow! Yes!


Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil painting $884


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Usually, on Saturday or Sunday we go out to a fast food place and I always get a chicken sandwich but I never get the fries. For a number of reasons I don't eat fried food and if you ever try one of those fries cold you know how bad they taste. I'll bet there are other things in them besides potato.
Sometimes I get the baked potato at Wendys.

Saturday, we went to Wendys and I just got the sandwich and when we got home I wished I had gotten the potato. I was still hungry so I decided to boil a potato.

The potato was a little bigger than I wanted so I asked Clyde if he could eat the rest. His answer was, do pigs oink?

Okay, stupid question. Let' move on.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Painting Away and Insurance Fun...

February 24th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Painting Away and Insurance Fun...

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I am on a roll! I have completed another Skyline Beauty painting and the first stage of another Suggestion painting! I am especially pleased with the new Chicago painting. The soft modulation of color really drawings the viewer in. I really do live to paint!

Chicago Peace Original Acrylic painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde has been trying a number of natural remedies for his sore hip and knee with no improvement. The other day I suggested acupuncture. He said that was a great idea. Maybe it will hurt so much he will jump up and run after the person that put the pins in and the pain in his body would disappear!

Okay, no acupuncture.


None of the remedies have worked because the doctor visit revealed torn cartilage in his knee which is causing the pain there and radiating out to his hip. The hip is fine. Just pain by association with an injured knee. He will have to have an operation.


Yikes! I wonder how much will be covered by insurance. A couple of dollars? We can only hope!













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Coloring Drops and Everone if on the Phone...

February 22nd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Coloring Drops and Everone if on the Phone...

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I am real pleased with another Suggestions painting. In this one I started to see drops in all the swirling color so I made them stronger and entitled it Color Drops!




Color Drops Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Everyone is on their phone. The other day Clyde and I were behind a car that was slowly veering off to the left on a neighborhood rode. I slowed way down so I wasn't near the wayward person in case they crashed into a car that was supposed to be in that lane.

A while back I was walking on the Radford Rec track and two girls were walking side by side while staring at their phone. Not a word between them.

I was told last week that teachers have given up on getting kids to put their phone away. Now they have some sort of interactive screen that they use with their phones. Wow! Glad I retired from teaching.

Anyway, Clyde's comment was an army from another country could invade ours and no one would notice. Everyone is on their phone.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Spinning Roses and They are not Alive...

February 20th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Spinning Roses and They are not Alive...

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Still back in my Suggestion Series! I am going to try to get back to the Skyline Beauty series soon but I really enjoy my excursions into expressionist painting. I almost always start to see recognizable objects and love pulling them out. Here is my latest!


Rose Spin Original Acrylic painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

After two days of an irritating virus fight that resulted in yet another purchase of a back up system, I was again complaining to Clyde about the aggravations of living on a computer.

He said he wanted to kill them.

They aren't alive.

They are more alive than we are.

Are you saying the Matrix is coming true?

Been true. We are already in it.

Uh oh!

That's a scary thought.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Suggestions and Calorie Smashing...

February 17th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Suggestions and Calorie Smashing...

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I am real excited to be back to my Suggestions Series! It is great to just react to the paint and see if any recognizable forms show up. My first one, Serpent Swirl, has already gotten over 100 hits and a lot of attention on Instagram! The originals of these paintings are not available for purchase but small and large prints are!


Serpent Swirl Original Acrylic painting NFS


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is still having a lot of trouble with his hip so it is off to the doctor next week. I hope he can get some help. I am so glad he is cutting back on sugar since he could stand to lose a few pounds. There are a lot of fattening things I avoid because I know I could easily put on twenty or thirty pounds if I ate them.

Clyde laughs at the thought that I could get fat. He says if a calorie shows up I beat it over the head with a brick. Ha ha. Calorie counting has kept the weight off me my entire adult life.

If every one ate a balanced diet, exercised and counted calories we would not have an obesity problem in this country. My sermon for the day. No one listens to me, but it is true.










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Kicking up her Heels and House Infraction...

February 15th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Kicking up her Heels and House Infraction...

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Need to practice some Line Dances for Saturday. We performed this last Saturday and now we will be doing it again this week. Yikes! We did well . The audience was great! I have to travel to Pulaski for class but the class may be moving to Radford soon. Oh yes. That would be great!


Rolling Autumn Original Oil painting SOLD


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still looking for my glasses. I bought a chain and attached it to the pair I keep in the kitchen. I keep those on top of the fridge. It is against the law for them to be put anywhere else. Well, I broke the law and was just about ready to give up when they showed up on my dresser.

I told Clyde. you know you are hopeless with glasses when you lose the one with the chain attached. Maybe I should put them on in the morning and not take them off until bed time. Yikes! I hate reading glasses but I can't do without them.

Just saw a cute joke about eye exams. Santa Claus is in the chair. The opthamalogist tells Santa he doesn't care if he puts him on his naughty list, he is still going to dilate his eyes.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Presents New Youtube and New Remedy...

February 13th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Presents New Youtube and New Remedy...

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Too much to do all the time. Not looking forward to shopping for a car. Clyde has pretty much decided which one we should get so we just need to narrow down the details. I always let him decide on big purchases. I will always go for a low price tag. He buys quality items. I buy things that will break. Glad one of us has some buying sense.

Heart Twirl Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is doing a little better with his hip problem and the funnies are starting to fly again. I read about a joint remedy that involves drinking plain gelatin the first thing in the morning. It is prepared the night before and left out to swell. I'm sure plain gelatin tastes awful.

I told him I would put a cover over it so the rats don't get in. He said I just wanted to make sure there wasn't any taste to it. Ha ha. We don't really have rats. This morning I asked him how it tasted.

He said it was a party. He almost lit candles.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dragging and Not the Book I want to see...

February 10th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dragging and Not the Book I want to see...

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Wow! $728 to get the Prius fixed! Time to buy a new car. Dragging on a Friday. Oh well. As a friend said long ago, "What is the use of complaining?

Someone will just complain louder. Time to cheer up.

Mabry Mill in Fall Original 20" x 16" Oil painting $670




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Nothing funny today. Clyde is still having a lot of hip pain and I am discouraged about a number of things right now. Maybe I can find something funny elsewhere before I get to a lot of work.

Found something funny regarding the medical profession which is appropriate since we are both trying to figure out what is the best approach for a hip remedy. Doctor, physical therapy, massage therapy, yoga in a chair, etc.

Picture a guy in a dentist chair about to be worked on. He asks the dentist if that is a Dentistry for Dummies on his shelf.
Love it!









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is the Taxi today and Walk Slow...

February 8th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is the Taxi today and Walk Slow...

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We are still down a car. I hope it won't cost too much to fix it. I just got back from driving Clyde to work. The Prius has been a great car but it is getting to the do we fix it or buy a new one stage. I think it is time to start looking for a new one. Yuck! Hate shopping.


The Cascades in Giles County Original 20" x 24" Oil painting $960





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Poor Clyde is still having a lot of hip pain. He is considering a trip to the doctor to make sure he didn't injure himself in some way. My muscle spasm is completely gone today. Yesterday Clyde wanted to get out and walk since it was somewhat better. I was still a little sore.

My grandfather's saying about small towns came to mind as we started walking the trail. Go slow, see the town. Go fast, see the judge. Well, yesterday the saying was walk slow, see the park, walk fast, hurt the butt. We were not moving very fast.










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Chinese Orchids Original 10" x 14" Oil Painting $285
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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dealing with Car problems and Of course you know Murphy...

February 7th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dealing with Car problems and Of course you know Murphy...

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One car down. Our Prius gave Clyde a nasty note about break fluid. Needless to say, the repair people towed it. Can't take a chance on the breaks going out. Hopefully the other car will keep going. They are both very old. We are waiting for one to croak and then get a new one. Oh well. As my grandmother would say, "Such is life"

Side Street Original Acrylic Painting SOLD






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I mentioned to Clyde that he knows about Murphy's Law.

He said he wasn't even sure if he knew Murphy.

Ha ha.

Anyway, of course he knows about Murphy's Law. I'll bet just about everyone has heard one of his laws that states, "A good deed never goes unpunished."


Well, today I added another one. I have been working hard to correct my bad habit of dropping things. Last week I pulled a muscle in my back and it is still sore. Since that happened I can't believe how many things I have dropped.

So, new law. The probability of dropping something sky rockets when your back hurts.









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Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Chinese Orchids Original 10" x 14" Oil Painting $285
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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is off for a Walk and Do not start Packing...

February 4th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is off for a Walk and Do not start Packing...

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Beautiful, cold day! I would love to take a walk but it is too cold for me. Guess I will get on over to the Rec Center and use the walking path. That is always a lot of fun since it overlooks the basket ball court. I like to watch the kids play!

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Chinese Orchids 10" x 14" Original Oil Painting $285








Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Both Clyde and I have been aggravated this week with some pain. He is having a hard time with his hip and I pulled a muscle in my rear end. We both hate to be slowed down.

So much to do all the time but we have had to rest. I am behind in all my computer work and I don't dare paint right now. That sort of work has caused
a number of physical problems in the past.

I told Clyde I hated having a pain in the butt.

He said he had better start packing.

Ha ha.










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Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Chinese Orchids Original 10" x 14" Oil Painting $285
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy with Stage Two and Not much help...

February 2nd, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy with Stage Two and Not much help...

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I am very happy with the second stage of Lincoln. It may be the last stage. I will spend some time tweaking it but it probably won't change that much.



Lincoln Stage Two Original Acrylic Painting NFS




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before many times, I am not that great with computers but I am determined to learn and improve my skills. There are a number of things I can do to increase my audience for my artwork but when I try, I seem to go around in circles asking the computer and others how to do things that seem so simple.

Since Clyde has a computer job I ask him for advice. Right now I am trying to improve my SEO. When I asked him to help me with my SEO he said why do you need short eared owls?

Okay, what else would a bird watcher that does not have a website, is not on twitter, facebook, pinterest, etc. say? I had that one coming.










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Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original 25" x 18" pastel Painting $960
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Wildflower Rush 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to Portraits and I just woke up...

January 30th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to Portraits and I just woke up...

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I am taking a short break from my Skyline Beauty series to work on a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. I like to make portraits of people I admire and hope to paint many more. I am real pleased with the first stage of this painting! It will be in color but the first black and white stage is captivating!

Lincoln Stage One Original Acrylic Painting NFS







Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I said last time, we really are wrapped up in our computers these days but when the first thing you hear when you wake up is a sleep commercial character saying she needs an answer to her email before you wake up, you know things are getting out of hand!

My son turns on the TV in the morning and that line greeted me as I got out of bed. Yikes!!!!


I told Clyde and he said it is probably in his spam folder and he ignored it. Good cover!



I saw this joke somewhere online. Sleep is for people without the internet. Oh no!!!!!! Time to step away from the computer!






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Eagle Fire Original Oil Painting SOLD
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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original 25" x 18" pastel Painting $960
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Wildflower Rush 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell more Prints and What is up with that...

January 28th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell more Prints and What is up with that...

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I am so pleased to sell prints from completely different galleries on my website! A great West Virginia patron bought a print of The Lodge at Peaks of Otter and a great Charlotte NC patron bought a print of Charlotte Flip! All of my different directions are getting around!


Charlotte Flip 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236




The Peaks of Otter Lodge 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Wow, we really are wrapped up in our computers or phone if you prefer. Phones are too small for me to work on but I do work with Instagram on it.
I am having an account problem with a site that I have never had a problem with before. Clyde said it is New Years computers not at work.

What do you mean?

They are all still drunk from the New Year's Eve party.

Okay. That settles that.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Watching the Rain and New Diet...

January 26th, 2017

THERE SHOULD BE PAINTINGS BELOW LIKE ALWAYS, BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY JUST ARE NOT SHOWING UP ANY MORE. I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON BUT SO FAR I HAVE NOT FOUND A SOLUTION. THE PAINTINGS CAN BE FOUND IN MY PORTFOLIO

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Lots of rain for days and days. I don't mind rainy days. You don't have to wear sun glasses and I like the sound of it but I do think after a while it affects my mood. Time to think of some sunny thoughts as I get all my work done!

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Side Street Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting SOLD

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

There are a lot of funny names for diets. One of my favorites is the Seafood diet. I see food and I eat it. Clyde's sister came up with one that I hadn't heard before. She has neuropathy and has to take medication for severe pain in her legs and, of course, has a very restricted diet.

She is on The Spit it out Diet. If it tastes good, spit it out. Yikes! So far, in spite of my love of sugar I don't have diabetes and hope to keep it that way.

I tried to give up refined sugar twice. Can't do it.

I think we should all take a minute to pause and give all diets a big raspberry! None of us are getting out of this alive and I am not giving up my sweets, but I do believe we should try to have a reasonably good diet so we won't be miserable while we are here.

Cheers and where is my Snickers?











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Cascades in Giles County Original 20" x 24" Oil Painting $960


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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Eagle Fire and Please do not kick it in...

January 25th, 2017

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Eagle Fire and Please do not kick it in...

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I am so pleased that a great home has been found for my favorite painting from my Kendall Expressions series! Eagle Fire will go to a great New Jersey patron! Be sure to check out more of these exciting paintings in my Kendall Expressions gallery on my website!


Eagle Fire 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting SOLD



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As we are all aware, there is a lot of misinformation on the TV. This, is, of course, nothing new. The publisher William Randolph Hearst made a lot of money in the 1920's and '30s on yellow journalism that created some myths about various groups in this country.

Clyde is becoming more and more aggravated with certain programs on TV.

He said he is afraid to watch them.

Why?

He might break his foot when he kicks the TV.













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Cascades in Giles County Original 20" x 24" Oil Painting $960


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Burning Shore

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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Skyline Painting and What was he thinking...

January 21st, 2017

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I love to play my piano every day but I hate having it tuned. That hour of noise is awful! I have a great tuner who takes great care of my piano and he did that today. My ears are still ringing. I wish there were a magical way to tune a piano without any sound. LOL!

Check out my latest Skyline Beauty painting! I am now working on Chicago scenes!
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Chicago Spin Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I was watching TV when Clyde came into the bedroom. I said I guessed he wanted me to turn off the TV so he could go to sleep.

You can blow it up for all I care.

How about an ax?

Whatever will kill it.

Clyde, it's not a vampire.

No, it's worse than a vampire. It sucks everything out of you.

Just joking, but I do remember reading somewhere that the inventor of TV was sorry he invented it. Hmmm... Don't know if that is true or not. You never know about the media.














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Cascades in Giles County Original 20" x 24" Oil Painting $960


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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Yin Yang Print and Sleep Apnea...

January 18th, 2017

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I am so pleased to sell a print of Yin Yang to a great Wisconsin patron! My Whimsy gallery on my website is catching on! Be sure to check it out! This time the print is on a puzzle! Be sure to check out my work on Zazzle for my work on a zillion items. It isn't always about the wall!

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Yin Yang Flower Original Acrylic Painting NFS






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When I finally got to bed last night Clyde was snoring so loud I was surprised that I was able to get to sleep.
This morning I mentioned it to him and said I hoped he didn't have Sleep Apnea.

He said he wasn't worried about that but he did hope he didn't have Slap Apnea.

What's that?

The danger of being slapped while snoring.

Well, if that has happened, I was asleep too.

I think I need a nap.
















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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting Sold


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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Catching on and It is on the way out...

January 16th, 2017

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The guys are out of the house for a while so it is very quiet and I am determined to get my computer work done so I can paint. I spent thirty minutes with internet service people trying to get messenger back on Facebook. I did it this time without any cussing or a desire to throw the computer out the window!

You really can teach old dogs new tricks but I still don't want to learn how to create digital paintings. Not for me. Love my oil paint!

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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $884
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, I am starting off the New Year with our very old computer. My printer has a mind of its own. I printed out a photograph with no problem and then when I tried to print out a very short text document it just printed out a blank piece of paper.

Clyde said if it could talk, it would say that's all for 2017. Happy New Year!

Let's see how happy it is when it gets junked.












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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Heart print and A big Yes someday...

January 13th, 2017

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So pleased to sell a print of Heart Twirl to a great Minnesota patron! If I had to pick a favorite out of my heart paintings it would be this one. The brushwork and vibrant color make it a terrific visual experience! Be sure to check out more in my Whimsy and Suggestions galleries on my website!

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Heart Twirl Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is still working away on Mount Clydemore which is becoming MountClydeless. It sways to the right and then the left but things from the summit are being taken down and either eliminated or reassigned.

A lot of his naturalist records are being recorded on Cornell and other sites where he hopes the information will be of use.

This room looks like something you would see at a recycling station when it is full and people just leave their stuff so they don't have to take it home again.

It used to bother me but considering all the important information that is all over the place, it doesn't bother me now.

I will shout a big YES if it is straightened out!










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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting Sold


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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Looked at the Snow and Wading through it...

January 11th, 2017

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Way to much to to today and I have a meeting with my son's supervisors at 2:00. Yikes! Today should be a slightly lazy day since the guys are back at work and I have the house to myself.

I never stop but I was looking forward to taking a little time off to stare at the snow.

I just looked out the window, so that's it. Back to work. Cheers!


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Chinese Orchids 16" x 12" Acrylic Painting $384



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before, I like to think the reason our computer room is a disaster with all of Clyde's archives is because he is a genius. I read somewhere that geniuses are in to so many things they can't possibly keep it all organized.

Okay, let's go with that. I call it Mount Clydemore and every once in a while it erupts! Clyde has been working hard the last few days to try to straighten it out. Good luck!

Anyway, there was an hilarious joke on Twitter that we both got a big kick out of.

God gives his biggest battles to his greatest soldiers.

He must have me confused with Rambo.

Love it! Clyde may need a Rambo to straighten out his mess.












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Zebra Curve Original 24" x 18" Acrylic Painting $894


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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Another Skyline Beauty print and Bathrobe over my Clothes...

January 9th, 2017

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The guys are home today due to the snow so I am hiding the mouse in my pants pocket whenever they come near the computer room. I have an ipad but I hate using it. Too small. So much to do and it is too cold to walk in the snow.

I have boots and cleats. I hope to get out there before the weather is 60%. What a roller coaster winter!

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Star City Edge 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday Clyde was watching the Miami Dolphins versus Pittsburgh Steelers. I asked him if it was a good game. He said it was great because he was not there. Too cold.

I was wearing a heavy bath robe over my clothes and he was lying on the bed in a t-shirt and no socks.

Must be nice.


















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with New Skyline paintings and Nice Guy...

January 7th, 2017

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Trying to catch up on paper work and get all my other work done, too. I am pleased with my two latest New York Skyline paintings that include the Statue of Liberty! Love my Skyline Beauty series and will be doing more of them. Need to order more oil paint as I have a number of ideas for large oil paintings. Got to get moving!

I seem to be attached to this computer but there are other rooms in the house.


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Manhattan Beauty Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236




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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday we met with an Insurance agent regarding the hole in our roof due to wind damage. The contractor repaired it and said we should file for a new roof since there is so much wind damage including another hole over the car port.

Clyde is a very nice, accommodating guy - a little too nice so the day before yesterday I told him I needed to mention something he probably already knew.

Pack my bag and get out of here?

No. Don't tell the Insurance agent that it is all our fault and we are sorry he had to make the trip to check it out.

Okay, he wouldn't say that but he really is a nice guy - a little too nice.















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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Crossing Her Fingers and Insurance Joke...

January 4th, 2017

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Fourth day of the new year and we are working on an insurance claim for our wind damaged roof. Our heating system was making a funny noise last night. I hope we won't be calling about that. The noise happened a while back and I called for help and, of course, there was no noise when the repairman arrived, just the aggravation of paying him to come and check so this time I am waiting for it to actually break before I call. Here's hoping that does not happen. The roof problem is enough!
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Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Insurance is always a hit or miss thing as we all know. We are in the process of trying to get our Homeowners Insurance to pay for the wind damage on our roof. The roof needs to be replaced. I hope we can get them to come through after all these years of paying them but I have a feeling they will claim it is just wear and tear over the years.

Clyde had a great comment on this situation. They will probably claim they have proof we are squatters and don't even own the home. Love it! Just a joke. No offense to insurance agents.











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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864


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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has a Roof Problem and Scraping off Paint...

January 2nd, 2017

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Second day of the new year and there is a puddle in my studio. Yikes! A roof repair man came over and informed us that our roof shingles are 20 year shingles so we have been living on borrowed time. Time to fork out the big bucks for a new roof. Not the way I wanted to start 2017, but that's life. Cheers! I am going to have to say that a bunch of times to myself. Drip, drip, drip.
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Buffalo Mountain in Fall Original 40" x 32" Oil Painting $2760


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Painting can be such an aggravating experience. What I want and what I get are not always the same thing. Actually, as I told my students, you never get exactly what you want, but if you work hard you will get close.

I may have mentioned before something a teacher said to me that I think about a lot.

Scraping off paint is a good thing. It means you are learning something. The other day I asked Clyde what was the most important thing an artist learns when she scrapes paint off. He replied, not to bang your head against the wall? No. The very high cost of paint.
Here's to a new year and hopefully some great sales. I live to paint but I can't take them with me and oil paint is very expensive.















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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is not going to get it done and Would not get Beans...

December 30th, 2016

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One more day to work on my end of the year resolution and I probably won't make it. I got the easy half done but going through my two huge file folders and making all those decisions on what we absolutely have to keep and what we can trash is not going to happen in 2016. On well, I got closer to keeping my end of the year resolution than any New Years resolutions I have made in the past. I think I will try this again at the end of 2017.

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Riverview at Dusk Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I both love music. I play my piano every day and I am actually trying to write something. He plays the guitar very well and has written some music, but, for some reason, he can't sing. He isn't tone deaf, he just misses some of the notes.

In his own words, if he had to sing for his supper he wouldn't get beans.














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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864


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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670

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Smith Mountain Lake 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist makes an Old Year Resolution and Car fun...

December 28th, 2016

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Lots to do today! I don't make News Years Resolutions but I decided, just this once, to make an End of the Year resolution. I am way behind in my paper work so I am trying to get that done before 2017. I made Clyde a committee of one to handle one part of it that we need some kind of bookkeeping book for. He is much better at buying things than I am. Here's to the 31st and may the clerical force be with us!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I love funny bumper stickers! Yesterday as we were coming home from a walk in Wildwood Park we saw this one.

Back off. I'm not that kind of car.












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Dream Flowers Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313


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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Morning 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is on a Roll and Exgaggeration...

December 26th, 2016

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We had a great time with relatives yesterday! Lots of laughing. Both of our families are great for funnies! I love to laugh! Back to work today on my Skyline Beauty paintings. Here is the first of three new ones. I am really on a roll!
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Rolling on New York Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last night Clyde was watching a movie that seemed like it was lasting forever. When I mentioned to him that it must be a very long movie he said there are enough commercials for it to last to New Years 2019.

I said that was a crazy exaggeration so he said, "Okay, 2018."


That's better.














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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting SOLD

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Blue Ridge Parkway Watched the Day Leave and Comfortable Home Life...

December 23rd, 2016

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I like to publish my blog in the morning but the day didn't just get away from me. It rocketed right out the door and has probably landed in the middle of next week. Anyway, I started another Skyline Beauty painting, this time another New York one that I would have posted below if the day hadn't flown the coop. Oh well, I will post it soon. Have a great week-end!lightridgecopyright

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I like to wear decent clothes when I leave the house so I have to change a lot. As soon as I get home I take off the jewelry and put on clothes that Good Will would probably hand back to me.

The other day as I was changing back into my house uniform Clyde was lying on the bed in his usual stained t-shirt and baggy pants that are either pjs or just look like pjs.

I told him that just because he wears his Sunday best around the house doesn't mean I have to.

You can imagine the look he gave me. Sometimes you don't need pictures.

















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Blue Ridge Parkway is Loving Her Work and More Window Fun...

December 21st, 2016

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I am really getting into my Skyline Beauty paintings right now. I am very pleased with DC Jumble! The color contrast and intricate brushwork make this a painting that practically jumps off the wall! Check it out! Finished another one today and should have it up tomorrow.

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DC Jumble Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have another technology rant.

The other day I called a number that I have called a zillion times and was told it was out of order. I looked online and there was the number I always call. I tried again. Not in service. So I called an office connected with this office in downtown Radford.

The clerk tried the number and had no problem so I tried again. Not in service. I called the downtown office again and asked them to a call the number and have them call me.

Finally, contact. I informed the clerk that the number on the site was incorrect because the number that showed up on my phone was different. She said it was correct. They have five different lines. Why wouldn't it work for me?

As irritating as that was my new mouse I call Zippy the Wonder Mouse, because it works, was acting up and zooming all over the screen without me.

I called Clyde and said I was going to slam the phone into the computer and throw them through the window. He said good - then we would only have one bill - the bill to fix the window. We don't want to be cold.


Well, that was a fun rant. Time to smile and think of the Holidays!












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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset 25" x 18" Soft Pastel Painting $960

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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell a Charlotte NC print and Not joking...

December 19th, 2016

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I am so pleased to sell a print of Sweet Charlotte to a great Charlotte NC patron! That is certainly a great home for it!
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Sweet Charlotte Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236



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Clyde and I both got a kick out of this one! My Line Dance class did one of our Christmas programs at a Retirement Center on Saturday.

As we were setting up, a very nice gentleman started talking to me about his background. He was of Italian descent so I told him I was half Italian. He asked which half? I cracked up. I had never thought of it that way but he was not joking.

He just wanted to know whether my Dad or Mom was Italian.
Anyway, here's to my great, first generation in America, Italian Dad who is no longer with us!

We all miss you Dad!














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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset 25" x 18" Original Soft Pastel Painting $960

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter and They will never find him...

December 19th, 2016

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I am so pleased to sell another print of Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter to a great VA patron! Such a popular painting!

Also, here is my latest oil painting. I love the marsh part of Pawleys Island and there are a lot of wonderful birds to see on the shore and in the marsh!

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Pawleys Island Egret Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313

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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A popular phrase these days is the desire for closure. Yesterday when someone on TV announced they needed closure, Clyde asked who is this Closure? Everybody seems to be looking for him. Does he owe them money? I don't think they are ever going to find him.

Ha ha. Another weird funny from The Word Man.














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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset 25" x 18" Original Acrylic Painting $960

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Loves paintings Skylines and They bring the ocean

December 14th, 2016

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Anxious to get to work on another New York Skyline painting! I love all types of art and it is great to get back to some abstracts!

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Richmond Ripples Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When I was teaching at Radford University I had some night classes so on Mondays we ordered Pizza and Tuesdays we got Chinese take out. For some reason we still do that. The habit took hold and didn't let go.

I love broccoli and almost always order chicken and broccoli. Yesterday I was wondering why I hardly ever ordered shrimp and broccoli, so I ordered it.
Later, as I was downing one drink after the next I remembered why and mentioned to Clyde that I don't order it often because it is the saltiest dish there.

He said that is because the shrimp bring the ocean with them.

Okay, I like that one! Cheers!















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Beauty and Danger Original 20" x 16" Original Acrylic Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back to Skylines and Out the Window...

December 12th, 2016

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I finished my latest Skyline painting. Now I am working on New York ones and I decided to upload this one in stages. I think I am done but I may go into it one more time. The second stage is not as complicated as the first so I may add more brushwork. Anyway, here they are!
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Coloring The Big Apple Stage One Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting NFS


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Coloring The Big Apple Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde goes to bed early due to his work schedule. Last night I was very tired and on his side of the bed. I said he was going to have to pick me up.

Just kidding, of course. I don't want to hurt his back.

He declined and I asked if he was going to, at least, give me a hand.

He clapped.

Argh! I love his word play, but sometimes I think it would be nice to write a bunch of it on a baseball and slam bat it right out the window. Maybe someone would find it and like it or hate it. If the finder liked it, Clyde's crazy stuff would make their day. If the finder hated it, he or she could pelt it on down the street.

Have a great day all you people that are not married to writers! Everyone else, too, of course!













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Beauty and Danger Original 20" x 16" Original Acrylic Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell More Richmond Skyline Paintings and Maybe We are...

December 9th, 2016

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I am so pleased to sell two more prints of Richmond on the James and one of Richmond Gold! My Skyline Beauty series is gaining in popularity! I just completed another oil painting and now I am going to get back to my Skyline series and some portraits. These will be in acrylic so I can turn the exhaust fan off now. Yea! I hate that noise!

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Richmond on the James Original Acrylic Painting SOLD



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Richmond Gold Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day I read about a theory that people that talk to themselves are not scatter brains. They are geniuses!

Well, I talk to myself all the time, especially when I am trying to arm wrestle a painting down. I not only talk to myself, I practically scream. There have been times that I looked out the window to make sure no one heard me.

Clyde talks to himself in the car. He mostly yells at other motorists that aren't being lerts. He tries real hard to be a lert. Sorry. I couldn't resist that goofy word play of his.

Anyway, the above certainly proves we are either geniuses or very cantankerous people. LOL!















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Beauty and Danger Original 20" x 16" Original Acrylic Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway is all Healed up and Just get the Bag...

December 7th, 2016

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My leg is completely well after sort of falling off the stage at The Draper Mercantile and I am anxious to get to work on my latest oil painting of a marsh egret at Pawleys Island. It is coming along. Love oils!

Nothing like this beautiful medium that does not have to be put under glass. The impasto surface is winding around in a delicate and expressive way that I work hard to get. Hope to have it online soon!

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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original 25" x 18" Oil Painting $960


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Since I paint in oils I need a plastic bag at the end of a session to put the paper towels in that are covered in paint and mineral spirits.

Monday, Clyde was home when I was painting due to car problems and when I finished painting I asked him to get a plastic bag for me so I wouldn't get paint on the cabinet where they are located.

I told him I never plan ahead.

He said he was the evidence for that.

Ha ha. Just get the bag.













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Horse Pasture Original 16" x 12" Original Oil Painting $384

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Fell off the Stage and What do you Want....

December 5th, 2016

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Our Line Dancing Performance went well on Saturday until I stepped off the stage and didn't notice the wood rim around it for cords. I fell but another line dancer caught me. Still, this is one time Line Dancing was not good for me. My left leg hurt all yesterday. It is getting better today. Oh well, we had fun!

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Into The Gorge Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Last night I asked Clyde what he wanted for Christmas. Here is how the conversation went.

What do you want?

Nothing. I am too lazy to want something.

That doesn't make any sense.

Lazy people don't make sense, dollars either.

End of conversation. He really is going to punnell me to death. LOL!













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dancing Tomorrow and Pig Pen Buddies

December 2nd, 2016

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Looking forward to performing at the Draper Mercantile Tomorrow! Line Dancing is the greatest way to stay in shape and we like to bring it to others to celebrate the Holiday Season! Come on out and see us!

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Mabry Mill in Fall Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Over the years I have thought about that old saying that opposites attract and wondered how Clyde and I got together. We are so much alike. I finally realized that we are different in one way. I am painfully shy and have to put on an act when I am around others so I can talk. He is not the least bit shy.

I won't go into all the ways that we are alike except one. Even though I can organize stuff and he couldn't organize a pair of shoe laces, we are complete slobs in the way we dress and handle food.

A match made in a pig pen!












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Horse Pasture Original 16" x 12" Original Oil Painting $384

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Dancing This Weekend and Argh...

November 30th, 2016

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Anxious to get to work today but Tuesdays are tough so I am always very tired on Wednesdays. I wish Yoga and Line Dance weren't on the same day but I love them both so I don't miss class unless I have to.

We have a performance at The Draper Mercantile this Saturday at 10:00! Come on out and see us do our thing!

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Blue Ridge Cloud Burst Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

Tuesdays we get take out from a great Chinese restaurant that is fantastic at cooking broccoli. I don't know what they do but other restaurants don't compare!

Once in a while it isn't great but sometimes the broccoli in the stores is a little bitter so there isn't much they can do about that.

Clyde said maybe it had a hard life and that is why it is bitter.

Argh! It is a good thing I love puns or my poet husband would have to write himself into a corner and stay there.














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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Original Oil Painting $2430


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is on to Something Else and Not Outstanding...

November 28th, 2016


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Lot of ideas on what to do next! I still have more ideas for Blue Ridge Parkway paintings, my favorite work, but it is time to take a break. I still want to do at least one more oil painting before I have to order more white.

I am considering an egret. I didn't marry the Bird Man for nothing! He has taught me a lot about birds which is why I know what an egret is. Anyway, I did get the studio cleaned up - well a little cleaned up - okay, I still need a bulldozer but I can walk in almost every part of it now! It is my messy home away from home in my home.

Time to get back in there.

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Morning Color Dance Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I haven't heard a crazy funny from Clyde lately so I called him up to goad him into something. There is a cute one going around about how a guy wants to stand outside so he can say he is outstanding.

Clyde's response was, well don't lock the door behind you with the key inside.

Not bad for a Monday. I don't think I need to be outstanding. I probably would forget my key. Cheers! on a cloudy, cold day!


















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Offers Free Shipping Today and Spouting Poetry...

November 25th, 2016

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For Black Friday Fine Art America is offering FREE SHIPPING ALL DAY!

I decided to add FREE SHIPPING on my originals as well and will have the same offer tomorrow! Don't miss out!

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Riverview at Dusk Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde likes to watch super hero dramas. Some of them are not that good in his opinion but he still watches them when he is too tired to read and just wants to relax.

Just for fun I mentioned to him that he should be the next super hero on TV.

He said people are not ready for a crazy superhero spouting poetry as he flies through the air trying to save the world.
It was just a thought!













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is pleased to sell another Richmond on the James print and Maybe it is True this Time...

November 23rd, 2016

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I am so pleased to sell another print of Richmond on the James to a great Virginia patron! A great Richmond VA patron owns the original! I am anxious to get back to more sky lines as soon as I finish with my latest Blue Ridge Parkway paintings.

I am on the third stage of my latest Blue Ridge Parkway painting and it is coming along! They are always a struggle but the arm wrestling match is going my way this time rather quickly. Yes! This one is 20" x 16" and I hope to have it on my website soon!

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Richmond on the James Original Acrylic Painting SOLD



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday Clyde said Warren Buffett is going to give him millions! I said since this one isn't from Africa or Asia maybe it is true!
He said yes and the Easter Bunny is going to kiss Santa Claus and shoot at all the pumpkins flying by.

I don't think Warren Buffet is sending us any money. Just a hunch.















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A Break in the Clouds Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting sold


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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Still Elbow Deep in Oil Paint and What do you think of this one..

November 21st, 2016

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Clyde and I talked with his publisher yesterday and everything is full speed ahead for his book, "Fiddling at Midnight's Farm House! I am looking forward to seeing the finished version and selling it on Amazon. Clyde will be traveling for a lot of readings.

Still hard at work on new Blue Ridge Parkway paintings and I am so pleased with how much attention they are getting, especially Porter Mountain in Fall! It has only been up a week and there are over 400 hits on it!

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Porter Mountain in Fall Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I mostly count on Clyde to come up with something funny that I like to post here, and that happens quite often. He is not always happy about how I quote him and the other day he said he can't make jokes anymore, I am worse than a reporter. Of course, that comment had me running to the computer.

He just can't win. I am always there looking for some funny to grab! Is that marriage or what?

I called Clyde to see if he thought what I wrote today was funny. He liked it. I said you never know. Charlie Chaplin wrote about how sometimes his movies would crack up one audience and then get hardly a snicker from another one.

Clyde replied that maybe some audiences are sober and others are not.

With that remark I will stop. Have a great day!












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is still working on Mountain paintings and Not Helpful...

November 18th, 2016

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I am getting so many hits and compliments on my latest Blue Ridge Parkway paintings that I decided to paint one more. This one will be 20" x 16". The other three are 14" x 11". I can hardly wait to get started! Sometimes I wish Clyde were not an artist, too. Then he could do all my promotion and paper work like Whistler's girlfriend.

We will be talking to the publisher about his book this evening that has a bunch of my illustrations so I really shouldn't complain!



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Blue Ridge Pasture Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day I thought I was coming down with something. I felt a little warm when I woke up. When Clyde called I told him I may have picked up a bug.

He said drop it.

You can't drop germs.

Sure you can, but they pick up five more.

Then why are you telling me to drop it.

To make you laugh so you can cheer up.

Bye.













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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Original Oil Painting $2430

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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Current Favorite and Time to Laugh...

November 16th, 2016

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I finished all three of my current Blue Ridge Parkway paintings and will upload them all. I am especially pleased with Porter Mountain in Fall. This painting has the most complicated system of brushwork I have ever used in a painting.

This is a hard concept to explain but since I also play the piano I often try to explain art with music. If you like music with a lot of notes and chords then this painting is for you!

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Porter Mountain in Fall Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I always try to look for humor and there certainly is a lot of it on the internet and Clyde cracks me up almost every day. I have several funnies from him that I will post but today I have one from Google + that we both liked.

Someone posted a great looking dish with beans and eggs and the caption was for viewers to enjoy a great vegetarian meal. The only comment was, "Mmm! Where's the beef?"

Here is another one. Becoming a vegetarian is a Big Missed Steak.


No offense to vegetarians. We all need to laugh at ourselves. There are zillions of artist jokes out there! I have spent my life listening to how artists are all crazy. Just because we are is no reason to point it out all the time! LOL!












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Isle of Palms Sunset Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Original Acrylic Painting $670

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Peaks of Otter Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Yin Yang Print and Which one has the Brain..

November 14th, 2016

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I am real happy with my latest Blue Ridge Parkway paintings! Painting is always a crap shoot as I have mentioned before. We think we know what we are doing but it is always a mysterious process that incorporates what we are aiming for and what happens along the way.

My last three have been quite a ride and I am almost done. I will probably paint one more Parkway painting before getting back to some skylines and abstracts.

I am real pleased to sell another print of one of my most popular Yin Yang paintings to a great German patron! Glad they are appreciated!

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Yin Yang Flow Original Acrylic Painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am staying out of the conversations about the result of the election but I am saddened by what is going on. People know right from wrong but many are using the election as an excuse to do wrong things.

I saw a comment on Linkedin that could apply to either candidate so I won't get into trouble if I discuss it here. The member said one of the candidates left a rich lifestyle to help this country while the media has told nothing but lies about this candidate.

Clyde's response was that any person that believed that must be living in a hole with a computer that does not have access to news sites.

I would have to agree. I have seen a lot of documentation in the media that looks and sounds pretty iron clad to me regarding the faults of both candidates.

Just saw a cute computer joke. Caution. This machine has no brain. Use your own.

I mentioned that to Clyde and he said well that makes two brainless things in the computer room. Is he talking about me or him or both?















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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Original Acrylic Painting $670

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Peaks of Otter Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864

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Blue Ridge Parkway is not Complaining Today and Yes they do Meet...

November 12th, 2016

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Yesterday was Gripe and Work Day for me but I am not a veteran so I shut up about my problems and thought of their great sacrifices. We owe our lives and our freedoms to these brave people and they should be honored every day.


I am getting a lot of attention on one of my current Blue Ridge paintings, Pink Clouds! I am uploading the different stages on my site so patrons can order prints. The original will be available soon!

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Pink Clouds Stage Two Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I see a lot of comments on the internet that are gripes about Math. I don't agree. We would be in sad shape if engineers didn't know their algebra and the convenient devices we use would not exist without complicated systems of Math.

Anyway, there are a lot of fun Math jokes on the internet. I called Clyde to tell him the one about how it is a shame parallel lines will never meet since they have so much in common.

His reply was break the speeding limit and you will know all about how parallel lines meet when the cop pulls you over.

Love it!















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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Original Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased with Progress and Work that Mat...

November 9th, 2016

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My three new Blue Ridge Parkway paintings are coming along a little faster than usual which is great as I have a lot of other paintings I want to get to. So many ideas, so little time!

Although I don't entirely agree with this Albert Einstein quote, I do think he had a good point. If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. I don't agree with the people part, but definitely agree with the things part of the quote.

Anyway, cheers!

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Near Purgatory Original Oil Painting SOLD



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I can't think of much that is funny today. I won't get into details but the problem with this election is one of them had to win and I am scared for the future of the country so I will keep on painting and hoping disaster will not happen.

Here is a little yoga humor.

I read somewhere that muscles are like taffee in their construction and how they behave. I told Clyde my Yoga class is quite a Taffee Pull. He said that was okay, just don't wear out the mat.


















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Nesting Original 12" x 9" Mixed Media Painting $236

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy with Her Oils and Time to get up...

November 7th, 2016

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Still working hard on three new Blue Ridge Parkway oil paintings. Love oil paint! Oils will always be my favorite medium. It is a difficult medium but the textural effects that can be achieved are amazing! It is always like a magic act.

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Rolling Autumn Original Oil Painting SOLD



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before, Clyde gets up in the middle of the night to go to work so he calls me to make sure I am up.
Since I know it is him I either groan, say Jello, or Who dat? Today I said Who dat?


Here is how the conversation went.

Who dat?

Dat Nobody.


Mr. Dat Nobody or Dr. Dat Nobody?


Doctor Dat Strange Nobody.


Maybe it should be Doctor Dat Strange Nobody Who.


A little Doctor Who humor for today. Don't groan too loud.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Celebrating Today and Where is that Space Suit...

November 4th, 2016

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It's my birthday and I'll paint if I want to, paint if I want to, you would paint too if you were as crazy as me! Just kidding! I will paint but I will enjoy my birthday, too.

Clyde is coming home early to go out to lunch with me! He is a sweetie!

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Ranges by Arnold Valley Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Wow! Election day is almost here and I still don't have a space suit so I can vote. Holding my nose will not be good enough this time.


Clyde says he would rather have a real donkey or elephant this time. He would like to see an elephant back up and sit on both of them. He would pay to see that circus.

No offense to readers that have strong convictions about one of the candidates. We have big time problems with both of them.













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Nesting Original 12" x 9" Mixed Media Painting $236


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Blue Ridge Parkway is Back to Mountain paintings and I can sit on my Feet...

November 2nd, 2016

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I am so pleased to be meeting friends for dinner tonight! I haven't done that in a long time and I always love to get out of cooking dinner. I am not much of a cook and all of Clyde's restrictions make fancy things out of the question. I would probably do well in England. I like plain food. No offense to any Brits but that is what we hear about their cuisine.

I will get to paint. I am real excited about my current Blue Ridge Parkway paintings! They are done in stages based on photographs that I take. I always put so much of myself into them that they are quite different from what I started with. I can reproduce photographs but that is not what my art is about.

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Fairlawn Eve Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Had a great Yoga class yesterday! I am amazed at the changes in my body. When I started Yoga classes I kept looking at the clock. I wanted it to be over. Now I am not yelling in my head that easy pose is anything but easy and no, I cannot sit on my feet. Sitting on my feet was next to impossible when I started.

I am not into the religious aspects of Yoga, so I just don't mention that as the teacher really is into the chanting and meditating. I have respect for it but I just don't agree which brings me to a cute yoga joke. A woman is talking to her therapist and she tells him that Yoga has taught her to stretch rather than jump to conclusions.

I told that one to Clyde and he said sounds good, just don't stretch the truth.

Love it! No offense to serious Yoga students, but as my teacher often says, it is so good to laugh.















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Horse Pasture Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384

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Into the Gorge Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Two Paintings and Yoga Word Play...

October 31st, 2016

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Feeling better today! Not a real bad bug. So much to do. No time to be ill. I am pleased that I need to ship two paintings to a great New York Patron!
Also, a great North Carolina patron bought a print from my I Love the Beach photo series!

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Lighting the Ridge Original Oil Painting Sold



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Lake Sunset Original Oil Painting Sold

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Pink Clouds at Isle of Palms Photograph NFS




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have been talking a lot about Yoga to Clyde. It has helped me a lot and he thinks he will probably start taking lessons to see if it could help his hip injury.

I have only been taking lessons for a year but I realize more and more that I have been doing some Yoga for a long time. Ever since my Mom made us kids clean the bathrooms I have been doing Downward Facing Grunge. I didn't scrub floors until after I was married and that is when I started Table Top Scrape. That one is also good for the bathroom. I sort of do Legs up the wall when I can't reach something under the bed with my hands, but it is Legs Straight in Front.


Love Yoga! The Yoga we do in class and Household Yoga! Got to keep moving and stretching!












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Dragging and Right Answer...

October 28th, 2016

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I have been dragging today. Glad my bug wasn't too severe. I got a lot done in spite of congestion and a low grade fever. It is hard to stop a workaholic.

I told Clyde I was feeling crummy and didn't want to finish all my computer work. He said shoot the computer. You will feel better.

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Sailboat Sunrise Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

All of us have been fighting a bug this week. Something awful is going around. I don't care how much hand sanitizer people use, you can't avoid some illness. The only way to stay germ free is to wear a space suit around people. I don't think that will catch on.

Anyway, we are all doing better and had a good supper. Afterwards I made coffee. I usually pour his and mine but we take different things in it. I like truvia and milk and he likes sugar and cream. I accidentally put truvia in his.

I told him I was sorry for the mistake and, of course, he didn't mind. He knows that coffee with truvia is much better than complaining about it and having it poured on his head.


Smart husband.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is headed for the Studio and Watch out for that Tree...

October 26th, 2016

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Too much to do on the computer today and I had to leave to check on something at church. Yikes! I will get in the studio today! Studio or bust!



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Bull Mountain Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

In Virginia texting while driving is against the law. The fines go up to $250.

I asked Clyde how can an officer know if someone is texting while driving?

His answer was if the officer sees a car wrapped around a tree with someone hanging out the window holding a cell phone - still texting- that would do it.

Smart Alec. I guess everyone should have blue tooth and talk to their car while driving and leave the phone alone.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to Mountain Paintings and Nap Get Together

October 24th, 2016

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I can't wait to finish my computer chores and get in the studio! I have three new great ideas for Blue Ridge paintings. It will be great to get back to oils, my favorite medium. I have to scrape the palette and then I can get started! Yes!

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Sweet Pea Morning on the Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $884


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

There is a new commercial about sleep that I have noticed a lot but Clyde saw it for the first time yesterday. Some guy is trying to sell the world's greatest pillow and he is a member of the National Sleep Foundation.

Of course, Clyde had some comments for that one. Is he a member of the National Sleep Foundation so he can sell the pillow? When they have meetings at the National Sleep Foundation does everyone come to take a nap?

I'll never know. When I can't sleep I stare at the ceiling and after a while I fall asleep. My pillow is fine.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Loved the Trip and Halloween Special

October 21st, 2016

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We had a great time at The Peaks of Otter! The last time we were there we took the bus up to Sharp Top and walked down. I don't remember the quarter mile trek mostly up stone stairs to get to the top after the bus drops you off!

That was not easy for me in spite of all the exercise I get and the yoga I do every day. My pulse was racing.

My mountain man husband and son zipped on up without any problem. Oh well, it was great and the lunch at the lodge was perfect. I think they must make their own bread. The bun for my chicken sandwich was fantastic!

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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Still super happy with my new mouse! Once in a while the pointer is in the shade and I think the signal is lost! Oh no! I can't bear to have Zippy the Wonder Mouse acting like the old rat. So far, I am always wrong and Zippy is connected and clicking away! Oh yes!


Clyde is at his usual word play and he doesn't know if anyone else has come up with this one but I am going to print it anyway in anticipation of Halloween.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is pleased to sell a Skyline Beauty Print and Mouse Fun...

October 19th, 2016

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It is great to sell a Skyline Beauty print! This time it is on a Christmas ornament. If you like my work but are out of room on your walls be sure to check out my work on Zazzle and Fine Art America. Prints on clothes, ornaments,computer accessories, phones, clocks, music accessories, kitchen items, bedroom items, etc.! Check it out!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am so pleased with our new mouse! It zooms all over the screen, clicking everything in sight and it works for half the pay of the old one - just one battery! Also, so far it has not lost the signal once!

I told Clyde I am going to name it Zippy the Wonder Mouse. He said that was a good name since it is a wonder that it works. The old rat certainly didn't.


That's for sure! So glad we chucked that one! Actually, we still have it. Where is the recycle burial ground for computer mice?













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist sells another print of Reaching Out and Where is the Remote...

October 17th, 2016


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I am so pleased that another print of Reaching Out was sold to a great Nevada patron! My best seller really gets around. I can now add another state to my sales. I now have artwork in 27 states and six countries! Yea! My work marches on.

Reaching Out can still be seen on The Mindy Project on Hulu! The show ran for three seasons on Foxtv. The print is located across from Mindy's desk in her office.
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Reaching Out Original 24" x 18" Charcoal Drawing $20,000


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I like to lie down on Clyde's chest when he watches TV in our bedroom. It is nice and cozy that way. The problem is the remote always gets lost when I do that.

Last night I mentioned to him that when I lie down on his chest he has remote problems. He, of course, replied, my problems are not remote. They are all around me.

I knew he would say that. I didn't marry a writer yesterday.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist will have a painting in Horizons and New Addition...

October 14th, 2016

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I am so pleased a great Presbyterian group licensed one of my paintings for an issue of their magazine! I will certainly get a copy. After all the time I have spent trying to get compensation for all the theft of my work it is great to be asked and paid for the use of my work.

I find image thieves practically every day and most of them are beyond the reach of my lawyers.

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Alan on the Couch will be in the Horizons Nov/Dec issue in an article called "Extra Adults" in the department "Stories from the Ages", an intergenerational look at faith.


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Our new addition to our computer family has arrived! What a great little mouse. I can't believe we put up with that lazy rat that kept losing connection and moved like a snail. We really should have chucked it out the window a long time ago.

The new one is black with a red top like some sort of racing car. It zooms around the screen, never loses signal and has a right click. Clyde said it is one that can travel so I guess we have to buy it a little suit case.

If I could feed it computer cheese once in a while, I would!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is pleased to sell two Blue Ridge paintings to a great New York patron and Keep it on the desk...

October 12th, 2016

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I am not a great sleeper. Never have been, but last night was awful. Not much sleep at all. I finally gave up at 5:30 and just got up. Oh well. I always have lots to do but today is especially loaded with computer and art chores so I wish I had slept. Time to quit griping and get to work.

I really should not be complaining. Yesterday I shipped Cloud Color to a great New York patron and last night she purchased Rolling Autumn! I hope to get that one out tomorrow. Great to get more and more of my work out to the public.


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still hunched over a laptop and not happy about it. Clyde is going to get a new mouse today. He is going to see if he can get one that attaches to the computer. The wireless one has been a real pain in the neck. Do people still use that expression? It has been losing the signal since we got it. It just doesn't like to stay connected.

I want a new rat that can be tethered. I came so close to hurling the other one right out the window. The computer is too big to throw out the window so I make sure there isn't a hammer in the closet.

I keep my hammers on the other side of the house. It is safer that way.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Aggravated and Feed it to a Cat...

October 10th, 2016

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I hate it when the computer is acting up. I don't back all the desk top stuff on CDs like I should so now I can't get a lot of my work done. The mouse is being a real rat. I hope we can either fix it or buy a new one that won't be hurled out of the window.

Meanwhile I am hunched over a laptop. I will have to endure this position or move it. I think it will be moving soon.
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, we have a new computer problem What else is new? Now the mouse will move and the pointer is there but it won't click on anything.

Clyde tried a few things last night and I am trying some things today. I hate working on a laptop so I hope we can figure out what is going on.
I searched on Google for others with this problem and tried their solutions. Nothing happened.

I called Clyde to complain and he said when he comes home and sees a sick cat wandering around or broken computer parts all over the lawn he will know I solved the problem.

I am not going to put catnip on the mouse and feed it to one of the strays that is stinking up my bushes, but there may be broken parts all over the lawn.
My back hurts.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Blue Ridge painting and Why...

October 7th, 2016

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What a week! I am really doing the Friday dance which is kind of silly for me since I am a workaholic and don't quit on the weekends. Oh well, it is the thought that counts! Anyway, I got all the illustrations for Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse done and just mailed another Blue Ridge painting to a lady in California.

The painting was purchased by a great patron in Washington for her friend! Crates for paintings really take some time to make but I got it done in addition to the illustrations and tons of computer work. Big pat for my back!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde reads all the time. I read, paint, play the piano, and am reasonably fluent in Spanish, so what's up with all of our senior moments?


You know you are having too many of them when you yell at yourself that you have to turn on the oven if you want it to cook something.

That happened to me today. Yikes!











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is about to do Cart Wheels and Life with Word Play...

October 5th, 2016

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I am just about ready to do some cart wheels which would be a miracle since I have never been able to do a cart wheel. Oh well, in my mind I will do them and then dance. I have sent most of the illustrations for Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse to Cedar Creek Publishing and will send the rest today.

Oh yes!!! Time to get back to my work. Lots of ideas!
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde does not like having a little extra weight and mentions the size of his belly a lot, especially when he is bloated due to his digestion problem. I tell him he is not fat, just a little portly.

The last time I said that, it triggered some word play. He asked me if I see a lot of fat clouds do I say it is Portly Cloudy? Then he added if you say it is Partly Cloudy, which part of the cloud?


Life with a writer. It's fun. Here is one I found. What kind of underwear do clouds wear? Thunderpants.













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Blue Ridge Parkway can see the Finish Line and Wading through the Breaks...

October 3rd, 2016

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I am working hard at getting all the files of the illustrations for Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse to the publisher today and tomorrow. I have nineteen illustrations plus the cover and a few of my paintings on my website are going to be used for the book, too. I have some very expressive paintings that

Clyde thinks will work well with certain poems. Lots to do but I can see the finish line! YES!!!!!


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We are still ranting away about TV commercials.

Last night Clyde got so irritated with the length of the commercial break that he said he could drive to Christiansburg and back before the program returned.

Christiansburg is about a fifteen minute drive from here. That sounds about right.

Here's a good commercial joke I found on Google.
The key to eating healthy. Don't eat any food that is advertised on TV.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Heart Cloud and Fun with Vultures...

September 26th, 2016

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I am real pleased with my latest illustration for Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse! I was going to change it and let Clyde decide between the two for the book but now that I have it online I think I will probably just move on to the next one.


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde liked the bird jokes I posted last time in honor of his contributions to this section and, of course, he came up with one of his own right after I quoted the others.


What did the buzzard say to the grocer? This meat is too fresh. Love it!













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Getting Them Done and Laughing Every Time...

September 23rd, 2016

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Trying to get a few more illustrations done for Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse but I really am getting tired and a little low on ideas. I will check out some more poems today and hopefully get one done today and one tomorrow. I will be glad to get back to my Skyline paintings, Kendall Expressions, and my main work of this beautiful area.
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When I started this blog I really didn't know what to say other than stuff about my artwork which is difficult. I communicate through pictures, not words.

After a while I just wanted to have some humor so I started this section of the blog. I thought I would probably burn out and stop trying for funny stuff even though Clyde supplies me with a lot of it without trying. It is just the way he is.

I am pleased that I keep coming up with funnies here. Sometimes I do borrow from other sources but I still keep this section going and I think as long as I have a blog I will keep on laughing as I write.

To cease to learn is to cease to live. Well, to cease to laugh is also to cease to live!

In honor of my main contributor to this section here are some great bird jokes.


What did the chicken say to the duck when it was about to cross the road?

Don't do it. You will never hear the end of it.

What did one bird with binoculars watching people say to the other bird.

It is a legitimate hobby.

What did the Blue Footed Booby say to his friend about his feet?


Yeah, I wanted black but this is the only color they had that fit.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Illustration and Raptile...

September 21st, 2016

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There sure are a lot of image thieves on the internet. One of my paintings is still on a Hong Kong based site. They are selling canvas prints of it. They have a US office but the lawyers still couldn't do anything about it. I know of one artist that just doesn't even do reverse image searches. He would rather ignore the problem. I am not giving up.

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Blue on a Rock Original 9" x 12" Acrylic Painting NFS






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I was so pleased with my latest lizard illustration for Clyde's book that I told him how much I liked it before I showed it to him so he wouldn't be sleeping on the couch for finding fault with it.

He wasn't married yesterday and was quite pleased with it. I think he was sincere so I didn't need to threaten him after all. LOL!

Just for fun I looked up some lizard jokes and found a bunch of great ones!

What do you call a lizard that tells jokes? A Stand up Chameleon.

What do you call a lizard that sings! A Raptile.

I mentioned those to Clyde and he came up with one. What do you call a reptile that wants to succeed? An Iwanaguana.















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Files another Infringement Suit and Will it Keep me Awake...

September 19th, 2016

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Well, I guess it is nice to know my recent uploads of illustrations for Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse are well received. I just filed another infringement case. This time it is for Eye Crater.

I hope the lawyers can do something about it. So far several of my paintings have been taken down but there is still one on a Chinese site for sale as prints. Time to send a DMCA notice.


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is great about giving me the weather report. I don't keep up so I have no idea what is next.
Last night he said there was a chance of rain during the night.

I asked him if it would keep me awake.

He said if a kid in China droped a coin on the carpet it would keep me awake.

He followed that up with if a bunch of guys at a poker game in China shuffle cards it would give me insomnia for a week.

I would hope for a little rain today to fall on him but he wouldn't care. He has no problem walking in the rain.

Oh well. Back to work.

















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Blue Ridge Parkway Begins Revisions and Put it Before Congress...

September 16th, 2016

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I now have fifteen illustrations for Dancing at Midnight's Farmhouse which is scheduled to be in print January 2017. I still have time to do more as the revisions are going very fast. I revised four today.

We are also considering some of my paintings in the Suggestions gallery. Some of them would work well with this book.

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before, Clyde calls me from work to wake me up. He gets up in the middle of the night to go to his job. Most of the time I am already awake but sometimes he does get me up.

The other day I was so tired I just let out a loud groan when I answered.
He said it sounded like a proposal to put before congress. He was sure it would get as much attention as other bills.


Ha ha. I wish I could go back to sleep when he calls.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Two Prints of Bisset Park and Hiding Places

September 12th, 2016

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I am so pleased to sell two prints of one of my favorite New River paintings to a great Virginia patron! One on a paper print and one on a t-shirt! I love the thought of someone walking around with my painting on their shirt!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A lot of people believe there is a sock eating monster in the dryer. How can one sock disappear? When I was in school an Art student made a great claymation video of the monster poking its head in the dryer for socks.


I think there is an eye glasses monster that steals my glasses. I don't want to get one of those chains but I may have to. I only allow them to be in one of two places so that's how I know there is a thief.

I mentioned this to Clyde and he said if that's true then there are a lot of strange little sock creatures wearing broken glasses running around the house looking for hiding places.

I'm sure he is right!
















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has stopped pulling her hair out and Probably not that long...

September 10th, 2016


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Train Spirits Original Acrylic Painting NFS


My illustrations for Fiddling at Midnight's Farm House are coming along. I have the first stage of eleven and am working on number twelve today. So far Train Spirits is Clyde's favorite. I am so glad the publisher loves the cover illustration. I am excited about how it will look with the text. Hope to hear from her soon.


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, my main computer woes are over for now but my Instagram feed on my phone seems to be locked. I have no idea what to do with it.
When our young friend was helping us with our computer he was appalled to learn our computer is five years old.

We updated it a few years ago but that doesn't seem to matter much these days.

Clyde said one of these days if a gadget lasts six weeks it will be time to have a big party - a retirement party.


Sounds about right to me.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a Print of Beach Beauty and Put it out of our Misery

September 8th, 2016

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I am so pleased to sell a print of Beach Beauty to a great UK patron! This is one of my Suggestion paintings. In these paintings I start off with an abstract expressionist approach and then when something starts to appear I go with it and make it stronger. I also add other objects to the composition.
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am so glad I can use our computer again. The virus was caught in the back up system so we just had to replace that.
While the computer was being scanned I was working on a lap top that came real close to becoming a frisbee hurtling out the window at 90mph.

I kept an eye on the scan and it finally finished and there were instructions on what to do next.
I ran to the next room and told Clyde the computer was giving us instructions.

He gave me instructions instead. Shoot the computer and put it out of our misery.

That was tempting. Good thing we don't have a gun.







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Celebrating Hubby Birthday and Some day...

September 1st, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Celebrating Hubby Birthday and Some day...

Crator Eye Original Acrylic Painting NFS

I am so tired but I am making progress. I now have six illustrations for Midnight's Farm House plus the cover illustration. The publisher said she loves the cover and now she is working with arranging the text on it.

It is my husband's birthday and we had a great supper out. I used to say dinner but I have lived in the South my adult life so I say supper. Whatever! Cheers!




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is very unhappy about the convenience devices that are being used by businesses. He is concerned that these devices will more and more replace jobs while they save corporations money on wages and retirement plans for people. They can just replace the device with a new one. No medical insurance is necessary.

He says that perhaps in the future the robots will unite with the poor unemployed and lead the attack on the CEOs.

Well, that is much more serious than funny so here is something I saw on Twitter that cracked me up.

A guy wants to write about all the things he ought to do before he dies. It will be called his Oughtobiography.
Love it!













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Cover Illustration and Lucy, I am Home...

August 29th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Cover Illustration and Lucy, I am Home...

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Fiddling at Midnight's Farm House Original Oil Painting NFS

The other day I meant to present the cover illustration for Fiddling at Midnight's Farm House which is scheduled to be published January 2017 but forgot and had to change my title for the blog. Here it is today. It is not on my website yet. I am still not completely happy with the file so I will try again.

I woke up so tired that I kept falling asleep while I was doing my stretching exercises that my Dad taught me years ago. You don't forget to do them when you start the day with them. Anyway, lots to do and I managed to get in the studio and worked on another one. Lots of illustrations to do before October 1!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is becoming more and more exasperated with digital TV. We both long for the days of a few channels that came in and stayed in. We have cable on one TV so we can see some channels and Public TV but that doesn't help Clyde when he is relaxing in the bed room.

The other day programs were flicking in and out and Clyde was about to quit when I Love Lucy came on and he thought he would give it a try.
I told him it would flick out between the Baba and the Lu. He didn't even get to the Lucy I'm home line before turning the set off.


Such is life in the digital age. Where is that time machine?













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Works well under Pressure, knee trouble, and Not a Hot Dogger...

August 29th, 2016


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I think Tuesday night's Line Dance performance on a surface that looked like a cobble stone street in Europe may have done something to my knee. I keep thinking it is better because it doesn't bother me in the day time but it keeps waking me up at night with a lot of pain. Oh well, I figure it will be better soon. I have plenty of aspercreme.


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I now have four first stage paintings for Fiddling at Mid Night's Farm House. I hope to get another one done tomorrow. I want to have a lot of time to fine tune them. I am one of those people that works better under pressure so studio, here I come!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day on a walk through Wild Wood Park I was thinking about several guys we know that suffered serious injuries while showing off, well actually one was just taking a risk he always takes.

I mentioned to Clyde that I was glad he was not such a hot dogger like those guys. He said he didn't have the nerve for daring stunts. He was more like a cold puppy than a hot dogger.


I'll take a cold puppy any day!

















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Blue Ridge Parkway Presents Second Illustration for Book and What I would like to ask Einstein...

August 22nd, 2016

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Don't forget! My fantastic Yoga Teacher is offering free yoga classes all August at Life in Balance in Christiansburg, VA! Check it out! Mims is a great teacher and yoga has helped me out with some muscle problems. Yes!!!!!



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Blue Fin Cat Stage One Acrylic Painting NFS

I am happy with my latest illustration for Fiddler at Mid Night's Farm House. I am going to get a lot of them mostly done and then re-work them a little.
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Since we couldn't go swimming yesterday, we went for a walk and I managed to get a few Monarch photos I like. I may add them to my Wildlife photography gallery or I may turn one into a creative oil painting. Photography is a great medium, but oil painting is my passion.

I mentioned to Clyde an interesting post on Facebook. The caption was if you could be stuck in an elevator with a famous person, who would you select? I said Einstein and Clyde said Einstein would probably say, "Why did you bother me? I was having a great moment of relativity and you called me back to ask some question you think I can answer?

Well, that is the last time I try to talk to a famous person that is no longer with us, or at least, that is the last time I mention the desire to talk to one to Clyde.

I want a rain free day to go swimming. I need to dunk Clyde in some water.









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents First Book Illustration and Cloud Tales...

August 21st, 2016


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I am real pleased with my progress so far on the illustrations for Fiddler at Mid Night Farms House. I talked with the publisher a few days ago and was quite surprised at the number of illustrations she wants for the book which will be about 112-114 pages. So far, Clyde has 80 poems but he said he can add others if I can't get enough illustrations done between now and October 1st.

I have finished the cover and will put it up soon but above is the first illustration of an expressive screech owl. I will probably modify it somewhat so I have it uploaded as Screech Stage One. I want to get to the first stage of a lot of illustrations so I can figure out how much time I have left to fine tune them.


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday Clyde and I went to Claytor Lake for a short swim. The sky was cloudy and even though it wasn't supposed to rain Clyde was concerned about a black cloud that was forming. He studies weather patterns and I ask him before I check the local report.

When we got there people were swimming. As soon as we plunked down our chairs everybody was called out of the water. We waited a while under the awning and, as usual, Clyde had a comment on most people's reactions to a little water. He said you would think the devil was coming down on them.

Today I asked Clyde if we could go swimming. He said he read the clouds and they said," Put on a bathing suit, drive to the lake and see what happens. I dare you."


It is raining right now.











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell some Music without Words and No Garden for Us...

August 19th, 2016

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I am so pleased to sell a large canvas print of Spiral to a great California patron! This painting is from my Center of my Mind paintings. All of these paintings are like music without words. I love all levels of abstraction and am very proud of the sensuous movement in this one!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still working on buying food that won't harm us. We spend a lot of money on organic products and I make my own bread with a bread machine. Still, I have read that to avoid GMOS I need to also get organic sugar. Clyde is going to see if he can get it in bulk since the packets at the grocery store are so expensive.

I hope there is no funny business going on with these products. They say they are certified but I wouldn't put it past people to lie about that. How would I know?


Any way, I mentioned to Clyde that it would be nice if we could grow our own food without pesticides. We don't even grow a few things due to the huge population of ground hogs in our neighborhood.

If we started a garden a ground hog would chase us into our house squawking and thumbing its nose at us.








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Blue Ridge Parkway is about to start Cover Illustrations and Nice Comment...

August 15th, 2016

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I am about half way through Clyde's manuscript and I have a lot of ideas for illustrations. The publisher wants five so I think I will start one I am sure I want to include. Hope to get to it today.

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

During our visit to see relatives we had some very interesting chats with relatives. As usual, I learned more about computers from my brother who has a doctorate in Computer Science while I am maybe a little better than a chimp randomly hitting the keys.

My younger sister reminded me of a saying of Dad's that my Mother also repeated on occasion.

When it comes to our mental health, we are all walking a tight rope.
I would like to think my tight rope is over a lake and once in a while I belly flop but I get right back on.

Clyde said if his were over a lake there would be a herd of elephants waiting for him when he slipped off.
Maybe his is a few feet off of one of the mountain ranges he loves and where he is happiest.

Now, that's a nice thought from the old lady. Pat that back!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Away and I know I brought more with us...

August 12th, 2016

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Still reading great poetry and coming up with illustrations for Fiddler at Midnight's Farm House. Clyde's poetry is great and I would say that even if I weren't his wife. I have always admired writers and wanted to marry one. I never went looking for one. Strange how things work out. He asked me out. I didn't go after him. I got what I wished for!



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, this is something new. When we were away and staying in a very nice hotel, I noticed something strange on the last day when we were packing up.

I like to bring snacks on trips and I brought some bags of candy and separate pieces of Russel Stover's candy in foil. I know I brought a lot of those and I had only eaten one of them. Clyde said he had also just had one.

There were only two on the last day. I think the cleaning crew may have helped themselves. I was surprised that this hotel did not have a safe in the room so I took my small box of jewelry with me every day. I didn't think I needed to take my chocolates with me.

Since I wasn't positive about the chocolate I left a tip anyway. I'll bet that crew would love to see us again. A tip and chocolate! They got something out of that visit, too!










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Reading Poetry and Dietary Dilemma...

August 10th, 2016

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I am enjoying Clyde's manuscript. He really is a great writer and a lot of the poems remind me of the Spoon River Anthology. When I was in High School the Drama department presented a show of readings from that anthology. We all thought it was great! Clyde's new book Fiddler at Midnight's Farm House is based on his experiences growing up on Ferrum, VA. and will be published by Cedar Creek Publishing Company.


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

More dietary quips. As I have said before, we try to eat organic as much as possible but you can't always find what you want. I have reason to believe that all the pesticides in our food are causing illnesses, including cancer. I am not afraid of dying but I am scared to death of chemotherapy so I spend extra in the hopes of avoiding cancer.

Well, I love mint chocolate chip cookies once in a while and I can't find organic ones so I get the regular ones. I told Clyde I hoped they weren't too bad for me.

He said as long as you or the cookies don't glow in the dark, you are probably safe.

I ate one in the dark. So far, so good.











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is not Mellow and I do not do that...

August 8th, 2016


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Got to get to Clyde's manuscript so I can work on some individual poem illustrations this week. These will be black and white but I will make them as expressive as the cover. I still have a little to do on the cover.

Also, got to get a painting mailed and a lot of computer work. Busy, busy, busy.

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I love my Yoga class! I am so glad I took up this great muscle stretcher. A few years ago I couldn't touch my toes without bending my knees. I can now!

I have noticed that my legs look somewhat different since I started Yoga. The calf muscle that was getting small again after my Skating Rink closed is getting big again!

This is crazy but my feet look different. I mentioned to Clyde that they look longer. He said all the better to kick his butt. I don't have to reach as much.
I do not kick Clyde's butt. Not once. Hardly ever.

Recognize that WC Fields routine? If you haven't seen one of his films, check one out! They are great! The Gift is my favorite.










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Back in the Saddle and Pudding Instead of Ice Cream...

August 6th, 2016

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We had a great time visiting relatives and now I am again parked in front of this Trojan Horse. Spammers to the right of me, spammers to the left of me. I am just trying to reach nice people and especially nice people that like Art!

My sister has a daughter-in-law that plays the violin and the piano. I had a great time talking to her! I played some Satie for her and she played a theme song from a popular movie.

My mother was a fantastic pianist but can't play any more. I am so sorry she never recorded her music. I really do live to paint but I play my piano every day. Love all the arts!

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True Blue Hearts Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde has noticed a little weight gain in spite of his restrictive diet. We certainly have found a lot of subsitutes but he isn't as thin as when he started his Fructose Malabsorption diet.

He can eat ice cream if it doesn't have high fructose corn syrup in it. I buy organic chocolate chip for him and he has it almost every night in spite of the jello I usually have in the fridge.

I mentioned to him the other day that I am going to start making more pudding. The ice cream he eats has 200 calories per tablespoon. No wait, 200 calories per teaspoon!

He didn't buy it. He doesn't count calories like I do but he has some knowledge of what is in what. Oh well. The pudding does have a lot less calories so I will get in there and make some. When there is pudding, he picks that over ice cream.









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is going to take a break and Someone has to Honk...

July 29th, 2016

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In a few days I am going to take a break from blogging and just put up some of my Youtubes. My fingers are tied in knots with all the typing I do on various sites. I need to get out of this room and see the world, or at least the neighborhood beyond this one.

Lots of loud music on this street. I hate to shop, but in stores I don't have to hear music that would make a lion run for cover.

Anyway, I and The Word Man will be back in a few days but you still get to see my promotions. Can't let up.

My motto will always be Live to paint but I can't take them with me.

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Heart Twirl Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I saw a cute funny on the internet about phones. They really do seem to be attached to people's hands these days.

Anyway, it is a good thing that not everyone is staring at their phone. Someone has to honk when the light turns green.

I called Clyde to tell him that one and he added, or yell when it turns red!


Happy motoring!








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist keeps getting stuck to her chair, and Should I put it under the bed...

July 28th, 2016

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I don't have a lot to say today. I have been so busy and I still have a lot to do. I was literally stuck to this chair. It is wood and we prefer it without a pillow. I was sweating so much that I was quite stuck. I finally gave in and turned on the air conditioner. I always prefer an open window but this summer is quite a scorcher. I hope I can find time to paint tomorrow.
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Monday I was working on some computer chores in the evening when I started to hear some thunder. It was very soft so I kept on until there was a loud crack and I said, okay, I hear you! Time to turn off this time sucker.

Clyde was watching TV. I joined him and mentioned I had turned off the Trojan Horse. The storm really got going and Clyde said he hoped the computer would be okay. I told him I turned it off and un-plugged it. Did he want me to put it under the bed?

He said yes, just like a little puppy.

I wonder if The Bird Man is starting to crack. He is outside every evening studying the various populations around our house. Maybe I should take his binoculars away for a while. LOL!







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Frying and Egg Separation...

July 25th, 2016

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So hot! I don't want to put on the air conditioner yet since it is cloudy outside but if the temperature in here gets to the cooking my goose level, I will. I have pretty much finished my cover illustration for Fiddling at Midnight's Farm House and now I need to touch up parts of it and get to work on the other individual poem ones. Got to start reading the manuscript.


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We will be visiting my Mom and other members of my family soon so I decided to bake a loaf of zucchini bread using my Mom's great recipe. She doesn't like cake that much but she does like fancy breads and her recipe is quite complicated.

When I got to the part about separating two eggs I groaned. I have always found separating eggs to be difficult. It is so easy to break the yoke right into the white.

I yelled at Clyde and asked him if he could separate eggs. He said sure! He would take two out of the carton and put one in the living room and one in the garage. We don't have a garage.

Okay, car port.










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Loves Claytor Lake and That is the Shirt for Him...

July 23rd, 2016

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Got out to Claytor Lake yesterday! Such a beautiful day for the beach! There are a lot of good reasons to live in Southwest Virginia but Claytor Lake tops my list! There were a lot of boats zooming by so the water was very active which is a lot of fun in an inner tube! I am always so sad when Fall comes and the beach is closed. I like the different seasons but summer fun is number one!

I don't have a painting of Claytor Lake but here is a favorite from Pawleys Island!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before, Clyde and I wear clothes at home that would probably be rejected by Good Will. We just aren't into clothes and I was flabbergasted to see $400 dollar tickets on summer blouses in New York- and that was the cheap rack!

We spend very little money on clothes and both of us hate to shop so there is no danger of going broke over a huge credit card bill.

I found a great joke shirt for The Bird Man. He wears a lot of t-shirts and this one would be perfect! The front of it says THIS IS A CHEEP SHIRT. Now that says it all! Tweet tweet!










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy over New Illustration and Dog Art...

July 18th, 2016

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I am finished with the first layer of my cover illustration for Fiddler at Midnight's Farm House so I am going to get back to Pawleys Eve today. Got to take a break. There is still a lot to do but I have plenty of time.

Now I have to get some ideas going for illustrations on some of the poems. Yikes! An artist's work is never done!

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Pawleys Eve Stage Three Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Three times a week I like to include some crazy thing The Word Man says and sometimes I am ahead of schedule with quips, but today I didn't have anything. We have been having a lot of political discussions and we are both so concerned over the upcoming presidential election that it is hard to joke about it.

When Clyde called from work this morning I asked him if he had anything funny for my blog and he didn't. Later he called and said he walked around for fifteen minutes trying to think of something but no funny came to mind.

Oh well, there was something cute on Facebook the other day. The caption under a dirty rear view window was, My window is not Dirty. That's my dog's nose art. Love it!









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Youtube and Walking through the Woods...

July 16th, 2016

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More progress on my Cover Illustration for Fiddler at Midnight's Farmhouse. Ran into a few problems that were solved today and I hope to have most of it done tomorrow. Next week I will have to work in areas to strengthen the light effect and description. I will be so glad when it is done! Yes!


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I like to walk in Wild Wood Park as much as we can. I was pleased we got there today. Often times I bring a bag with my camera and my glasses in case I see a butterfly on a flower that would make a good photograph to add to my wildlife gallery on my website. I only have a few photographs in that gallery.

I told Clyde to be on the look out for good photo possibilities and he looked puzzled and asked me if I had my camera.

I told him I was always packing. Camera, not gun, of course. I have decided that if I don't have my camera Tom Hanks will probably walk right through the park. I wear something with deep pockets and put the camera in one pocket and my glasses in the other one.


He didn't show up and I didn't get a single wildlife photo. Oh well, back to the easel. I love all mediums but photography is lowest on my list. I do have some good ones, though.





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Ahead of Schedule and No Assistance from NASA...

July 14th, 2016

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I am so pleased with the progress on my cover illustration for "Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse"! I think I will be done with it next week which is much sooner than I thought I would finish it. I will be glad to get back to Skyline Beauty paintings and more Kendall Expressions paintings! Onward!


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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Before I tell this story, I need to say we live very close to the Fire Station.

Tuesday, I finally figured out something on Youtube that has been driving me crazy! I have such a hard time with that site. I will always remember the time our young computer friend couldn't help me with one problem and I finally figured that one out! Proud day!

I was so excited that I ran outside to tell Clyde. I told him that after all the time I put in trying to figure it out, my success seemed like such a great accomplishment!

He said a great accomplishment would be to see the computer soaring over the Fire Station, gaining acceleration, and landing on Pluto without any assistance from NASA.

Clyde doesn't like computers. No kidding! Right?







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Away and Making up Words...

July 11th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Away and Making up Words...

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I don't think I am going to seize the beach today but I will get a lot of work done and get out and walk. Such beautiful weather! I hope I can get to the beach at Claytor Lake on Wednesday.

No time tomorrow but the water is calling and I will get out there soon with my new inner tube float. Looking forward to it!

Here is the second stage of Pawleys Eve. I am very pleased with the intense surface quality but there are a few changes to be made. I don't have this stage on my website yet but will add it later today or tomorrow for prints.


Pawleys Eve Stage Two Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting NFS



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Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day I almost made a serious driving error with Clyde in the car. I guess I am one of those people that can't chew gum and walk at the same time. I never make these crazy errors when I am by myself and I have never made this one.

Yesterday I mentioned the error to Clyde and said I hoped I wasn't getting Alzheimers. He said the error I almost made didn't seem like Alzheimers.

I replied that maybe it is Stupidheimers. In that case I may have started that disease many years ago.

New word for the first day of this week!

LOL!






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is on the Clock and Ballast Blues...

July 9th, 2016

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I am trying to cut back on my workaholic ways a little so I have put myself on the clock. I am counting all the hours I work in a day and see if I can work in more fun time - especially on the week end like normal people.

Whoops! I used the "N" word! I know I can't really use that word when I am talking about myself. Oh well. Some people go crazy. Maybe a crazy artist can aspire to be normal. There's that word again!

Time to clock out and watch part of a movie. Cheers!

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Zebra Curve Original 24" x 30" Oil Painting $894




Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Every once in a while we have some crazy electrical problem to deal with. A few days ago the fluorescent light over the kitchen sink went out. It was out for two days and I assumed the bulb had died. I hadn't gotten around to getting another one, when, on the morning of the third day it came back on and stayed on.

I called Clyde at work and thanked him for getting up in the middle of the night and getting a new one at Walmart and replacing the old bulb for me.

He said welcome and to please call any time to thank him for fixing something he didn't fix.

Turns out the ballast was bad and our great electrician fixed it with a smaller one with a much brighter light!









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is getting water all over herself and Consolation Prize...

July 7th, 2016

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Trying real hard to get everything done and falling behind. Sometimes I feel like I am trying to push water up hill and then an alarm goes off and I have to quit and all the water smacks me right in the face.

Oh well, I did get to paint for a while and now I have a zillion other things to do before the end of the day alarm goes off.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

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Claytor Lake in Fall Original 24" x 30" Oil Painting $1490

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Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

One of Clyde's co-workers likes to get contributions to play the lottery. Right now the lottery is 300 million and he collected a dollar from three other workers, including Clyde.


If they win Clyde will receive 80 million. If they lose he will lose a dollar.

I told Clyde that maybe the worker that started this Lottery Co-op should give everyone a candy bar if they lose.

Then I realized if he gives everyone a candy bar that would just about be the whole budget.

I really don't see 80 million or a free candy bar in our future.









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist wishes everyone a Happy Fourth and Lots of Shine...

July 4th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist wishes everyone a Happy Fourth and Lots of Shine...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

We are having a very soggy Fourth here in Southwest Virginia so we won't be going to the activities in Bisset Park this morning. Usually this is a hot, sunny day but not this year. Oh well, hopefully the fireworks will still go off this evening.

Hope everyone has a great Fourth!


I have finished the second stage of Pawleys Eve and I am pleased with the intense color contrast and mood. Not done yet but prints will be available for this stage and well as the first later today!


Pawleys Eve Stage Two Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting NFS



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

In our conversations the upcoming presidential election seems to take prominence these days. There are so many interesting things to say about both candidates.

I mentioned to Clyde that I was amazed at all the support the two candidates are getting. His reply was people always believe there is a nut in shining armour.

Maybe that armour is so shiny that people aren't really seeing what's inside.










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to Oils and That was Fast...

July 3rd, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is back to Oils and That was Fast...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Back to oils and working away on a small one. I am going to start work on a very important painting next week so I needed to get back to my main medium so I won't be scraping off expensive paint when I start the large one.

As usual, I had a bad start since it has been a while but things came together today. Below is the first stage of another Pawleys Island evening scene along the marsh side. Love that beach resort!



I don't have a title for this one yet and it is not on my website but it will be soon and prints will be available


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

One great thing about being an artist is we don't really grow up. Maybe some do but I definitely didn't. I have always been a responsible adult but still a child at heart.

I love to swim laps at Claytor Lake and they allow floats in part of the lake so the other day I bought an inner tube to rock around in and tried to blow it up. It was so hard that I took breaks during the day to work on it and it was still practically flat when it was time to pick up my son.

When I got home, much to my surprise it was completely inflated. Clyde got it done in a few minutes. I was amazed and he said now we know for sure which one of us is full of hot air.

And I thought it was me!






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another print of a Break in the Clouds and Old Goat Status...

June 29th, 2016

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I am so pleased to sell another print of A Break in the Clouds to a great Virginia patron! This is my second best seller and it is great to have it in so many different locations in the US and one in Canada! All sizes are available and it is also available on a lot of home and beach items. Click on the link to see more!

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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting Sold


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

We are getting so much rain lately that it is hard to get the grass mowed with a soaked yard.

The other day Clyde said he had intended to mow the yard but then we had another deluge and I said you will either have to get a goat or chew on it yourself.

He said he was just the old goat to get it done.

Okay, people have to be really up there in age to consider us young but I don't think we are old goat status yet or, at least I would like to think we aren't.







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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Beach Houses at Pawleys Island Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist got to the Lake and Smarter than Me...

June 27th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I was able to spend time at the lake yesterday! Finally, no rain! My guys are planning to go with me this Wednesday if the weather is good. Looking forward to it! Summers go by so quickly. We have to seize the beach!

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Farm Pond Reflections Original Oil Painting Sold


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I spend a lot of time on the computer but not a lot of time on our phones. I went from the simplest type of phone without camera, internet, etc., to a smart phone.

I have had so many problems with my phone. The other day my sister called and it didn't ring. She wrote me on Facebook that she left a message. When I checked, the phone had a message but then when I tried to find it, it disappeared.

I told her on Facebook to try again. When the phone rang, I pressed the button and the end call button lit up so I let out a four letter word. Then I heard my sister say hello and wondered what the four letter word was about.

My smart phone is way smarter than me. Clyde says for us the phone is a new four letter word - fone.








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Not getting to the Lake Today and I Hope we Brought them up right...

June 24th, 2016

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I have been trying all week to get to the lake but the weather is not cooperating. I had all my stuff in my bag, ready to go, and it started to sprinkle. I can still walk in my studio so today would be a good day to get some more work done but I would rather be swimming.

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In Charge Original 10" x 8" Acrylic Painting $168



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Like most people, we have two cars. They are getting old.

One of them is thirteen years old and the other one is seventeen.

I mentioned to Clyde that our cars are now teenagers. I hope we brought them up right.

He said they would probably just drive off and leave us for good.


Or fall apart. I am betting on the latter. They are starting to hobble along.








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist was Headed to the Lake and The Pink Panther...

June 22nd, 2016

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I got up early to get things done so we can all go to the lake this evening but it sure is cloudy out there. My weather man husband says this will probably be a good day but I have my doubts. Still so much to do but I will be ready. Love to swim!

I wrote the above this morning and didn't get a change to post this until now. We got rained out. Oh well! Maybe tomorrow!

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Boats on the Chesapeake Bay Original Watercolor Painting Sold


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Every day I read articles about the upcoming presidential election and I don't know if I am reading fact or fiction . As Harold Walowitz from The Big Bang Theory once told Raj. "Grow up Raj, there is no room for truth on the internet."

I like to ask Clyde what he thinks about all the stuff I see about the candidates as he really keeps up and is good at dividing fact from fiction. So far, I am not happy with what I am hearing from him.

In another post I mentioned the candidate he thought we should vote for. He said we should write in Scooby Doo.
He has since changed his mind. Now he thinks we should vote for the Pink Panther. At least the Pink Panther comes with a good theme song.

As usual, he is right.

Who doesn't like the Pink Panther theme song?






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Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original 60" x 41" Oil Painting $4920

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a print of Contemplation and Driver Rights

June 20th, 2016

I am real pleased to sell a framed print of one of my favorite Dream paintings, Contemplation to a great Virginia patron! I live to paint and sometimes paintings show up in my dreams.

I have painted a number of them and they are in my Dreamscape Gallery on my website.

The patron said the painting reminded him of his mother standing in her flower garden every morning!
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Contemplation Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $660


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Today as we were coming back from the park there was a tail gator about to kiss our bumper. This car had very dark windows, so, as usual, I complained about dark windows. I think it is my right as a motorist to know whether or not other drivers are awake when driving near me.
Also, as usual, Clyde had something to say about driving rights.

Much to my surprise we all have a constitutional right to carry a gun but a driver's license is a privilege. He was born in August so when we got home he showed me the renewal form and sure enough, it does clearly say privilege.


I guess we should all carry a gun but not all of us are allowed to drive. I know a lot of people think that if we all had guns that would solve the mass shooting problem, but I think if we all have guns the terrorists will just start heaving bombs.

I am not going to carry a gun or a bomb but I would like car windows to be clear.










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell a Heart Rainbow Print and Nothing Today...

June 17th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am very pleased to sell a print of Heart Rainbow to a great California patron! This is one of my favorite heart paintings and is only available for prints. Be sure to check out this great gallery called Whimsy!

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Heart Rainbow Creative Photograph NFS

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I have been racking what is left of my brain and thinking of things Clyde has said lately and not a funnie in sight! Nothing good on Facebook either. I guess I will just have to declare June 17th 2016 No Funnies Day.

Maybe I should give Clyde a call and see if I can goad him into a good quip. On no! He must really be busy. Can't get an answer.

Oh well! Maybe tomorrow. I can at least post some great Blue Ridge Discovery News. Cheers!

Tonight is the Blue Ridge Explorers Club Full Moon Hike.

Here is the address!

http://blueridgediscoverycenter.org/events-blog/2016/3/20/blue-ridge-explorers-club-full-moon-hike







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Print and Early Calls...

June 15th, 2016

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I am very pleased that another print of one of my Creative Beach photographs was sold to a great Georgia patron! I am a painter but I do have several galleries of creative photographs on my website and this is a popular one!

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Rosy Evening at Isle of Palms Creative Photograph NFS


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde starts his day at 4:30 a.m. I start my day, usually at 7:30 a.m., sometimes earlier. Clyde calls me at 7:30 to make sure I am up so I can take Alan to work.

Since I know it is he that is calling, I like to say silly things when I answer. Yesterday I used one of my favorites. "Who dat?" He replied "Ain't Much, over here with Uncle Nothing."

One of these days someone will call me very early and I will probably be very embarrassed. My phone tells me the number but I don't always look.

Oh well. Like Lucy of The Peanuts comics once said, " If you watch out for every word that comes out of your mouth, you won't ever get much said."
Yes!









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Breakers at Pawleys Island Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist will put down the Shovel soon and Great Novel Title...

June 14th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am still shoveling out my studio but I can see a light at the end of the room and when it is done I will take a picture of it to remember it by as it piles up again.

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Burning Shore Original Oil painting Sold


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I can always count on Clyde for humor. He has often mentioned to me that people didn't appreciate his sense of humor when he was growing up so he would usually keep it to himself.

I think he is hilarious and I hope readers here appreciate it. I have had favorable comments about his quips and this section of the blog gets a lot of traffic so I will continue to post his funnies.

His latest is a publication quip. He has decided to write a book on Fast Food restaurants and call it Lord of the Fries. Love it!





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is so Tired and What a Smart Husband...

June 11th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I can't believe how much better my studio looks! I still haven't shoveled it all back in after finishing my video but I am getting rid of things that I no longer need and organizing the rest. I wonder if the neatness will last more than one day. Hope so!
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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I seem to working harder and harder at my artwork and at household chores. I am way too cheap to hire a cleaning women so I do it all myself and lately it has been running more and more into the evenings. Yuck!

The other night I mentioned to Clyde that the old saying, " From sun to sun a woman's work is never done"should be "From sun to sun a stupid woman's work is never done " - Women that can't seem to get other members of the household to help out.

He agreed with me as he picked up a dish to wash. Smart husband!







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist can walk in her Studio and Which bar should we have....

June 8th, 2016

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My living room and hall is still covered with stuff from my studio so I can walk in it and film a special Youtube that will encompass all that I am as an artist.

I hope to get it done today and, after some research, I will post it next week. Then I have to get busy on a very special assignment for Clyde. More about that later.

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Ocean Swirl Original Acrylic Painting NFS



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

A few years ago Clyde fell into a gopher hole and injured his hip. Despite therapy he is still having trouble. He has had a few other falls over the years and I worry he may have another one.

As we were walking through Wildwood Park the other day it occurred to me that maybe we should make our bathroom safer since a lot of serious accidents happen there.

I asked him if he thought we should add a bar to our bathroom. He said sure, salad or booze or both?

A teetotaler funny for today. I was surprised that teetotaler is not spelled teatotaler. I checked.

Cheers!










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Blue Parkway Artist Got it Done and The Whiskey is not Elusive...

June 6th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Spent all morning hauling stuff out of my studio and setting it up for a youtube that I hope to get done in a few days! I think this one will be so much more than my usual update videos.

It will encompass all that I am as an artist and my goals. I am going to work hard to promote this one and hope all my Fine Art America friends will view it!

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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original 40" x 30" oil painting Sold

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Every once in a while there is a program about extraterrestrials that is fun to watch. I don't know what to make of these shows but the two commentators in the last one said sometimes extraterrestrials are elusive.

Clyde said he thinks extraterrestrials are sometimes elusive because the whiskey is not elusive. Cheers!







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Blue Parkway Artist got it Done and My Bird Joke...

June 3rd, 2016

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I send out a newsletter every two weeks. One comes from Fine Art America and the other comes from Mail Chimp. Mail Chimp is a great service but that monkey really gets on my nerves.

I don't know if it is my computer or the site but it seems to stall in certain places so I think I am doing something wrong. I am learning to just wait and that monkey will stop throwing coconuts at me and come down from the tree and help me out.

Anyway, I got it done yesterday. Yes!!!!

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Winding Flower Path Original Oil Painting Sold


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde has wanted me to hear the song of a white eyed vireo and yesterday there was one chirping away in Wildwood Park. This bird takes notes from other birds and combines them into a song that sounds like, "Quick, give me the beer check." The song irritates the other birds.

I told Clyde I knew why it is saying "Quick, give me the beer check." One of the loudest most repetitive birds in that park is the towhee which says over and over again, "Drink your tea."

I think hearing that all day long would make any bird want to say "Quick, give me the beer check." I surprised it doesn't add, "I'm out of here."









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Morning Color Dance Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Painting $864


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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Away and I think I will need a Space suit

June 1st, 2016

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Way to much to do today. I have so many computer chores and I am going to try to attend a webinar in a few hours. I think my paint brush will have to stay where it is today. Yikes! Back to work!

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Jumbled up Wildflowers Original 9" x 7 " Acrylic Painting $136


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The upcoming presidential election really has me worried. I am concerned, as always, that money is deciding the race for the nomination.

As I have mentioned before, Clyde always says to hold your nose and vote. Unless things change I will need a space suit this time.







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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Loved Angry Birds and Maybe it is The Weight

May 30th, 2016

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Please click on my latest Youtube! I will have a short one up soon and one that requires a lot of prep.
We had a great time at the movies watching Angry Birds! Clyde didn't like the preview he saw so he was pleasantly surprised. It was hilarious! Good to tear myself away from the computer once in a while.



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Zebra Curve Original 16" x 20 " Acrylic Painting $670



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I am having more trouble with my old car that may or may not be a problem. I keep hearing a strange noise that sounds like some sort of plank that is trying to fall out of the bottom. It mostly happens when I back the car in or out of our driveway.

I have started driving Clyde to our park walks to see if he can figure out what it is. Of course, there is no sound when he is in the car.

He said maybe his big butt is applying so much weight to the car that the sound is being squished.

Clyde does not have a big butt.









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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting Sold


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has Two Enemies and Over the Edge...

May 28th, 2016

For some reason when I use part of a blog here for the next one, the one I use is turned into the new one and both show in the
Community blogs. So here is the one that disappeared. If anyone knows why this happens, please let me know.

I have two enemies right now - Image Thieves and Moths. Spending a lot of time fighting both of them. I have been cleaning out our shelves due to an infestation of moths. Also finding more internet thieves that insist on stealing my work for print sales and free downloads.
I hate the war I am fighting with both enemies but the Image Thieves certainly take first place.

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Radford Flower Garden Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The next presidential election has me scared. I have never seen such a strange race and I do worry about the future of this country. I am not going to give out any names but I think Clyde is right. He says one of the presidential hopefuls has enough hot air to send us right off the edge.
I'm not real sure which edge he is referring to but I certainly agree with the hot air.







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Stepping Stones on the New River Original Oil Painting Sold

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Tiger Stare Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about New Youtube and Short on Quips...

May 28th, 2016

I am still fighting the Image Thieves and moths but I am excited about my next Youtube which I think will be a great one! I have written a terrific script and will use a lot of my artwork in this one. It will take a while before it will be ready to upload but I am working on it. I may put up a short one soon but I think I want to concentrate on this one.

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Creek Bridge Original 24" x 18 " Oil Painting $884



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I don't have a funny from Clyde today. I asked him yesterday if he had any quips but he said he was so busy with his heavy duty poetry and naturalist activities right now that it has taken the funny right out of him.

I know that won't last!




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Stepping Stones on the New River Original Oil Painting Sold


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about New Youtube and Short on Quips...

May 28th, 2016

I am still fighting the Image Thieves and moths but I am excited about my next Youtube which I think will be a great one! I have written a terrific script and will use a lot of my artwork in this one. It will take a while before it will be ready to upload but I am working on it. I may put up a short one soon but I think I want to concentrate on this one.

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Creek Bridge Original 24" x 18 " Oil Painting $884



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I don't have a funny from Clyde today. I asked him yesterday if he had any quips but he said he was so busy with his heavy duty poetry and naturalist activities right now that it has taken the funny right out of him.

I know that won't last!




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Stepping Stones on the New River Original Oil Painting Sold


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Tiger Stare Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Fighting the Image Thieves and What the computer and the T.V. did...

May 20th, 2016

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I am spending more and more of my time fighting the image thieves. I don't even have to do a reverse image search on Google. I just put my name in Google and find sites that have stolen my work for sale as prints or free downloads. Argh!

I have two cases pending right now. I hope my lawyers can get the compensation that I deserve.

I only sell prints on Fine Art America and Zazzle. If you see my work for sale on another site, please, please, do not buy them there. I will not be compensated and it hurts my sales!

I honestly live to paint, but I am not a Sunday painter. I am a trained artist with a Master of Fine Art in Painting and Printmaking. You can read my profile for a partial list of my awards and accomplishments. It is my job and it is an arduous one that takes up most of my time.

I don't work for free.
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Charlotte Gold Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is great about listening to my gripes so I don't mind telling him them. I try not to but sometimes you just have to moan about irritations.

Sometimes he cuts me off with a quip. I was about to lodge another computer gripe when he said he knew what it was.

The computer tap danced on the T.V. and they both ran off together.

That wasn't it.






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Sunset at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents Richmond Fun and Bouncing all Over the Place...

May 6th, 2016

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I am real pleased to present my finished version of Richmond Fun. The painting has very complicated color and brushwork patterns in a playful scene of this beautiful Virginia city.

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Richmond Fun 12" x9" Acrylic Painting $236





Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before, I love word play. When you marry a writer the words bounce all over the place like ping pong balls.

The other night I heard Clyde let out a loud groan and I thought he said old. I always like to tease him when he says that. I tell him he is just a baby.

Actually the word he said was "oh" so he corrected my tease. He said at his age they were synonyms.

Anyway, here is a great pun that cracked me up on Facebook. Clyde liked it, too.

I have a phobia of German sausage. I fear the wurst! Love it!



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Loving the Weather and Puppy Pull...

April 30th, 2016

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We all got out and walked yesterday! Yes! Wildwood Park is so beautiful and the weather here right now is perfect. Not too hot. Just right.
I want to finish another Skyline Beauty painting and then I want to get back to at least one Suggestion painting where I just fling the paint around until something shows up.

Then I help it along with my own interpretation. I have a lot of those in my Suggestions folder on my website but it has been a while so I will go that direction before I decide on another famous portrait.

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Petal Play Original Acrylic Painting NFS




Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde seems to be over his awful cold. He didn't attempt to break the sound barrier last night and we went for a walk in Wildwood Park. As I have mentioned before the beginning of the path is next to a sharp drop off and Clyde always walks right next to it.

As usual, I aggravated him by telling him not to walk so close to the edge. He said, "Why don't you tie a rope around me and drag me along like a puppy?

Okay, we acrophobiacs are irritating but I wouldn't do that. Or would I?

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Fairlawn Eve Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236

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Path on Sharp Top Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313

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Breakers at Pawleys Island Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell Another Print of Near Purgatory and A Cold that would bring down Godzilla....

April 28th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to sell another large canvas print of Near Purgatory to a great Maryland patron! This Blue Ridge Parkway vista sold the first time I exhibited it.

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Near Purgatory Original Oil Painting Sold




Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

No funnies from The Word Man lately since he is still ill with a cold that would take down Godzilla. Clyde doesn't get colds. He gets The Plague. At night he practically breaks the sound barrier trying to breathe.

He is doing better and said last night was the best night he has had in a long time. 7-10 days my foot. Colds may last 7-10 days for most people, but not Clyde.

Anyway, there was a great aging funny on Facebook. A man in The Forgetful Support Groups says he is Fred and he is forgetful. Everyone in the room says, "Hi Carl".

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Path on Sharp Top Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313

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Kendall Kessler Presents First Stage of New Beethoven Painting, Tarzan, and The 2016 Mount Rogers Rally

April 22nd, 2016

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I finished the first stage of Beethoven Energy and hope to get to the second today. I am determined to express my feelings about this music in every brushstroke. I hope it will be an exciting interpretation of a great musician. The colors are going to fly!

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Beethoven Energy Stage one2016




Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have said before, I love movies and order all kinds on Netflix. I especially like documentaries and was enthralled with The Wolf Pack.

I also like to consider films Clyde might like and oftentimes I get a winner for him.

The other day I told him I had a wild movie he would like. Before I could say it was a wilderness documentary he said,

Six monkeys shoot each other and try to blame it on Tarzan? Let's see him swing his way out of this one.

What a crazy mind. Love it!






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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original 60" x 41" Oil Painting $4920

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents First Stage of Beethoven Painting, Tarzan, and The Mount Rogers 2016 Rally

April 22nd, 2016

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I finished the first stage of Beethoven Energy and hope to get to the second today. I am determined to express my feelings about this music in every brushstroke. I hope it will be an exciting interpretation of a great musician. The colors are going to fly!

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Beethoven Energy Stage one2016




Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have said before, I love movies and order all kinds on Netflix. I especially like documentaries and was enthralled with The Wolf Pack.

I also like to consider films Clyde might like and oftentimes I get a winner for him.

The other day I told him I had a wild movie he would like. Before I could say it was a wilderness documentary he said,

Six monkeys shoot each other and try to blame it on Tarzan? Let's see him swing his way out of this one.

What a crazy mind. Love it!

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The 2016 Mount Rogers Rally is almost here!


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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original 60" x 41" Oil Painting $4920

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about New Portrait Series and Not a Remote...

April 20th, 2016


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I am real excited about my new painting! Since I love music so much I have decided to paint some of my heroes. I already have one of David Garrett but I can not offer it or prints of it for sale.

I can offer paintings of musicians from long ago for sale so that is another project I want to work on.
I am starting with a portrait of Beethoven and I intend to make it very expressive and upload it in my Stages of my Artwork gallery and my Kendall Expressions gallery.

As soon as I get off the computer I will get it started

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I can not offer this portrait for sale or prints of it.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I don't have anything from The Word Man today. He hasn't been feeling well lately. We think he is having allergy problems. I think he should get tested to see what is bugging him. He is dragging his sinuses- I mean feet.

Anyway, there was a great joke on Facebook yesterday. I love chocolate and so does Clyde so I hope this doesn't happen to us someday.
A guy is sitting in an arm chair trying to change channels with a remote when his wife comes in and tells him it isn't the remote, it is a bar of chocolate. Yikes! The fun of aging!

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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original 60" x 41" Oil Painting $4920

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist loves to swim with a friend and I did not hear a Scream...

April 15th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

If you don't like to swim laps because it is boring, swim the breast stroke with a friend! It is amazing how fast those laps are done when you are yakking away the time! I did that yesterday and it was great!

Here is my latest Skyline Beauty painting of Richmond. In this one I used colors I don't usually use and much looser brushwork.

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Richmond Spin Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Last Wednesday I was watching TV in the living room when I saw a rather large object coming down the hall way. It was too big to be an insect so I knew it had to be a mouse. When I approached it, it ran into a closet. I told Clyde and he said once you have a mouse in the house, you usually have more. They are hard to get rid of.

This is our third mouse. Clyde got out the mouse traps and had forgotten how to set them. I am always griping about computers but they certainly can be a big help. He looked up the brand and there was a video on how to set them.

He went into the the kitchen and yelled to me that if I heard a scream, then he did it wrong.
No scream! Yes! I hope we catch the little stinker. May all your homes be mouse free!


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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original Pastel Painting 25" x 18" $960

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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist loves to swim with a friend and I did not hear a Scream...

April 15th, 2016


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If you don't like to swim laps because it is boring, swim the breast stroke with a friend! It is amazing how fast those laps are done when you are yakking away the time! I did that yesterday and it was great!

Here is my latest Skyline Beauty painting of Richmond. In this one I used colors I don't usually use and much looser brushwork.

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Richmond Spin Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Last Wednesday I was watching TV in the living room when I saw a rather large object coming down the hall way. It was too big to be an insect so I knew it had to be a mouse. When I approached it, it ran into a closet. I told Clyde and he said once you have a mouse in the house, you usually have more. They are hard to get rid of.
T
his is our third mouse. Clyde got out the mouse traps and had forgotten how to set them. I am always griping about computers but they certainly can be a big help. He looked up the brand and there was a video on how to set them.

He went into the the kitchen and yelled to me that if I heard a scream, then he did it wrong.
No scream! Yes! I hope we catch the little stinker. May all your homes be mouse free!


Blue Ridge Discovery News

Here is an address to more information!

The Young Explorers Club, ages 9-18, comes together to explore, discover and share the wonders of the Blue Ridge. Email lisa@blueridgediscoverycenter.org to learn more about the Club and our upcoming trips.















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Fairlawn Eve Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236

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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original Pastel Painting 25" x 18" $960

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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway is not Pooped and Open Mouth and Insert Foot...

April 13th, 2016


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I must be building up some endurance. An hour and fifteen minutes of Yoga and an hour and a half of Line Dancing yesterday and I am not pooped today! Yes, you can teach old bodies new tricks!

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Evening Flight Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The other night Clyde stepped on a small rock in our bed room. I quipped that I didn't think we had rocks in the house but there may be some in my head. He replied that one must have fallen out.

Wrong reply! Of course, he should have said you don't have rocks in your head, dear! Oh well. I walked right into that one. Open mouth, insert foot!

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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original Pastel Painting 25" x 18" $960

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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting Sold

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Fairlawn Eve Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236
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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original Pastel Painting 25" x 18" $960
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Skyline Beauty Painting and When is she going to leave...

April 8th, 2016

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I am real pleased with my latest Skyline Beauty painting of Richmond! I was going to just have one layer in my portfolio as I was happy with the loose brushwork and spontaneity of the start but now I am using some very complicated small brushwork on it so I will include this work in my Stages of my Art gallery. Here is the first layer!

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Richmond Ripples Stage one Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

That female cardinal is either going to get rid of the hussy in the window or die trying. The first thing I do in the morning is practice my piano music for a half and hour. I don't have time to practice more. I wish I did.

Since the cardinal is now trying to scare her image away that obviously moved to the living room window after Clyde papered the computer room window, she is adding a beat that I don't want. I have always found timing to be a little difficult and would prefer a conductor but this is ridiculous. She is not keeping time at all!

I have a metronome but I am not a robot so that doesn't help either. I change the tempo to suit my expression. I don't want the cardinal to pummel itself to death, but I wish it would give up.

Oh well, The Bird Man wanted me to announce a rather rare siting today - A Forsters Tern was spotted in Radford, VA this morning.





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Again, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather! Here is an address for more information!

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Mabry Mill in Fall Original Oil Painting 20" x 16" $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Presents New Skyline Beauty Painting and When is she going to leave...

April 8th, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am real pleased with my latest Skyline Beauty painting of Richmond! I was going to just have one layer in my portfolio as I was happy with the loose brushwork and spontaneity of the start but now I am using some very complicated small brushwork on it so I will include this work in my Stages of my Art gallery. Here is the first layer!

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Richmond Ripples Stage one Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

That female cardinal is either going to get rid of the hussy in the window or die trying. The first thing I do in the morning is practice my piano music for a half and hour. I don't have time to practice more. I wish I did.

Since the cardinal is now trying to scare her image away that obviously moved to the living room window after Clyde papered the computer room window, she is adding a beat that I don't want. I have always found timing to be a little difficult and would prefer a conductor but this is ridiculous. She is not keeping time at all!

I have a metronome but I am not a robot so that doesn't help either. I change the tempo to suit my expression. I don't want the cardinal to pummel itself to death, but I wish it would give up.

Oh well, The Bird Man wanted me to announce a rather rare siting today - A Forsters Tern was spotted in Radford, VA this morning.





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Fairlawn Eve Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236

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Mabry Mill in Fall Original Oil Painting 20" x 16" $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Ignoring Housework and She found that Woman...

April 6th, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am really dragging today but the studio is calling my name so housework can wait. Got to paint!

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Rolling Beauty Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The female cardinal that was driving me crazy banging into the window so she could scare off her reflection has found the hussy once again! I guess she didn't believe that woman had left so she checked out the other windows and starting crashing into her again.

Well, at least she picked a window in the living room so the noise isn't nearly as bad.
The Bird Man really doesn't want to paper all the windows and I agree with him. I told him that now that the cardinal is not plowing into the window next to me, the wireless mouse is staying connected. When she was hitting the window in this room the mouse disconnected over and over again.

The Bird Man decided that the cardinal was really in love with the mouse and now that she can't see it she is searching other windows to find that hussy that stole the love of her life. The mouse was disconnecting in an attempt to hide.

Now that is one ridiculous story - even for The Word Man!

Well, if Kermit the Frog can marry Miss Piggy and have frog and pig children in The Muppets Christmas Carol, who knows what can happen between a cardinal and a wireless mouse.

Time to get off this computer.



Blue Ridge Discovery News

Again, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather! Here is an address to more information!

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Mabry Mill in Fall Original Oil Painting 20" x 16" $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy and Great Smell...

April 1st, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

My back is completely well now so it is time to work too hard and injure something else. Just kidding. I do try to pace myself but there is so many things I want to work on. Maybe I can get a lot done today without hurting myself!

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New Memorial Bridge at Dusk Original 30" x 40" Oil painting $2430



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I like perfume and colognes. I never wear them because a lot of people are allergic to them and I don't want to be the cause of discomfort. My Dad wore one that I thought smelled great.

Clyde doesn't use them either but he always smells good to me. The other day when I hugged him I told him he smelled good. He said it was amazing what a little soap and water can do. Ha ha. Shampoo is great, too! I wonder if anyone is allergic to the smell of shampoo. If so, we are all in big trouble!



Blue Ridge Discovery News

Again, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather! Here is an address for more information!

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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864

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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting Sold

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Owl Stare Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Happy and Great Smell...

April 1st, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

My back is completely well now so it is time to work too hard and injure something else. Just kidding. I do try to pace myself but there is so many things I want to work on. Maybe I can get a lot done today without hurting myself!

Art Prints

New Memorial Bridge at Dusk Original 30" x 40" Oil painting $2430



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I like perfume and colognes. I never wear them because a lot of people are allergic to them and I don't want to be the cause of discomfort. My Dad wore one that I thought smelled great.

Clyde doesn't use them either but he always smells good to me. The other day when I hugged him I told him he smelled good. He said it was amazing what a little soap and water can do. Ha ha. Shampoo is great, too! I wonder if anyone is allergic to the smell of shampoo. If so, we are all in big trouble!



Blue Ridge Discovery News

Again, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather! Here is an address for more information!

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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is trying to slow down, and Hoping to Paint...

March 30th, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I did too much on Monday. I will never learn. When I really get going with everything I usually injure a muscle. This time I have a sore muscle in my upper back. I'm sure it is from too much computer clicking, typing, and painting.

Oh well, it is getting better. I hope I can paint today but I probably should take a day off. I received quite a twinge right after typing the last sentence.

Cheers!

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Evening River Scene Original 30" x 40" Oil painting $2430



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday at Yoga we were in a new restorative position that was quite different from previous ones and, as always, the instructor was talking to us about relaxing and focusing on what is good in our lives and not to think about things that make us anxious.

She mentioned a number of things that might have been making us anxious and then she said that we might be anxious about how long she was going to keep us in the pose.

I had to laugh out loud at that point because I was wondering when we would move on to another pose. The others laughed a little, probably to be polite to me.


Oh well, when I told Clyde he said I do laugh easily. He is right but I still think he comes up with hilarious quips. He married his best audience. He didn't have a funny to add to this situation. Next time!



Blue Ridge Discovery News

Again, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather! Here is an address for more information!

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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting Sold

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Owl Stare Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Looking at a Cardinal and I should not have eaten That...

March 25th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

As usual I am working on this life sucking device but today there is a change in the room. A poor female cardinal keeps knocking herself against the window. Since I am married to the Bird Man I knew right away what was going on. She is trying to frighten off the bird she is seeing in the window so she can build a nest without competition.

This happened yesterday afternoon and Clyde opened the window to change the angle of light so she wouldn't see her reflection but I don't think that will work today. It is cloudy. Oh well, I will consult The Bird Man when he gets home.

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New River Trestle Original 30" x 40" Oil painting $2425



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I love fancy candy in boxes. I don't eat a lot of it but once in a while those hand built chocolates are great! The other day I bought a box and when I opened it the candy was as old as me. There was white stuff on all of the pieces. I really wanted a fancy chocolate so I ate two and then regretted it.

Chocolate that old does not taste good.

It was so bad that I called Clyde and told him if I die from food poisoning he should sue the store where I got the chocolate.
As usual he had a smart alec remark. He said probably all he would get would be two pieces of good chocolate after he paid the lawyers thousands of dollars. He would be pushing a broom until he was 102 to pay for the suit.

Ha ha.




Blue Ridge Discovery News

Again, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather! Here is an address for more information!

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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864

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Bull Mountain Original 14" x 11" Acrylic Painting $313

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Red Eyed Hoot Original Acrylic Painting NFS

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Watching a Cardinal and I should not have eaten that...

March 25th, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

As usual I am working on this life sucking device but today there is a change in the room. A poor female cardinal keeps knocking herself against the window. Since I am married to the Bird Man I knew right away what was going on. She is trying to frighten off the bird she is seeing in the window so she can build a nest without competition.

This happened yesterday afternoon and Clyde opened the window to change the angle of light so she wouldn't see her reflection but I don't think that will work today. It is cloudy. Oh well, I will consult The Bird Man when he gets home.

Photography Prints

New River Trestle Original 30" x 40" Oil painting $2425



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I love fancy candy in boxes. I don't eat a lot of it but once in a while those hand built chocolates are great! The other day I bought a box and when I opened it the candy was as old as me. There was white stuff on all of the pieces. I really wanted a fancy chocolate so I ate two and then regretted it.
Chocolate that old does not taste good.

It was so bad that I called Clyde and told him if I die from food poisoning he should sue the store where I got the chocolate.
As usual he had a smart alec remark. He said probably all he would get would be two pieces of good chocolate after he paid the lawyers thousands of dollars. He would be pushing a broom until he was 102 to pay for the suit.

Ha ha.




Blue Ridge Discovery News

Again, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather! Here is an address for more information!

The Young Explorers Club, ages 9-18, comes together to explore, discover and share the wonders of the Blue Ridge. Email lisa@blueridgediscoverycenter.org to learn more about the Club and our upcoming trips.













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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge is on Special all March

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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864

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Bull Mountain Original 14" x 11" Acrylic Painting $313

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Red Eyed Hoot Original Acrylic Painting NFS

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Pawleys Island original and More and more hours...

March 21st, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to sell another original painting of beautiful Pawleys Island to a great Texas patron! I am also pleased that I managed to crate and ship two paintings today. The patron that bought Waterway near Pawleys Island wanted it by Thursday so I was determined to get it out today so he wouldn't have to pay a huge shipping fee.

The great Richmond patron that bought Richmond on the James will have his painting tomorrow afternoon! UPS works wonders when you are shipping in the same state you live in!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde has been watching me get sucked into the computer for more and more hours. Here is his latest quip on today's technology!
Computers are like a bad marriage. You keep going back for more. In my case the two have really become one flesh. LOL!


Again, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather! Here is an address to more information!

The Young Explorers Club, ages 9-18, comes together to explore, discover and share the wonders of the Blue Ridge.

Email lisa@blueridgediscoverycenter.org to learn more about the Club and our upcoming trips.




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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864

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Panther Stare Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670


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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell another Pawleys Island original and More and More Hours

March 21st, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to sell another original painting of beautiful Pawleys Island to a great Texas patron! I am also pleased that I managed to crate and ship two paintings today. The patron that bought Waterway near Pawleys Island wanted it by Thursday so I was determined to get it out today so he wouldn't have to pay a huge shipping fee.

The great Richmond patron that bought Richmond on the James will have his painting tomorrow afternoon! UPS works wonders when you are shipping in the same state you live in!

Art Prints


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde has been watching me get sucked into the computer for more and more hours. Here is his latest quip on today's technology!
Computers are like a bad marriage. You keep going back for more. In my case the two have really become one flesh. LOL!


Again, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather! Here is an address to more information!

The Young Explorers Club, ages 9-18, comes together to explore, discover and share the wonders of the Blue Ridge.

Email lisa@blueridgediscoverycenter.org to learn more about the Club and our upcoming trips.




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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge is on Special all March

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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864

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Photography Prints

Panther Stare Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670


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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Panther Stare Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Skyline Beauty Painting and Big Foot Left the Set...

March 14th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased that another one of my originals will find a great home in Richmond, VA! I uploaded Richmond on the James on Saturday and it sold on Saturday. So far, it is my favorite painting from my Beautiful Skyline gallery on my website.

I have skyline paintings of Roanoke VA, Charlotte NC, and Richmond VA and will be painting other skylines as well. Be sure to check out the gallery! I am also working on my Kendall Expressions gallery and will be painting another wildlife one soon! Panther Stare has been a big hit!

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Richmond on the James Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting Sold

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I said last time for some strange reason, Clyde has been associated with The Big Foot legend by one of Alan's friends. We often laugh about that, especially considering Clyde's small shoe size.

I also mentioned a movie on a search for Big Foot that Clyde jokingly said he starred in. Well, we watched the movie and it was quite funny at the beginning and then deadly serious at the end.

Clyde confessed that he walked off the set when realized it wasn't a comedy. We liked the movie but I was disappointed that Clyde wasn't really in it.

LOL!


Also, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather. Here is the latest, great event for children and adults!
March 17th 7pm - 8pm
The Young Explorers Club, ages 9-18, comes together to explore, discover and share the wonders of the Blue Ridge. Email lisa@blueridgediscoverycenter.org to learn more about the Club and our upcoming trips.













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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge is on Special all March

Photography Prints

Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864

click on the 40"x 30" canvas print for the 40% discount.

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!


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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670


Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the special!

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Stepping Stones on the New River Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Skyline painting and Big Foot Left the Set...

March 14th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another Skyline painting  and Big Foot Left the Set...


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased that another one of my originals will find a great home in Richmond, VA! I uploaded Richmond on the James on Saturday and it sold on Saturday. So far, it is my favorite painting from my Beautiful Skyline gallery on my website.

I have skyline paintings of Roanoke VA, Charlotte NC, and Richmond VA and will be painting other skylines as well. Be sure to check out the gallery! I am also working on my Kendall Expressions gallery and will be painting another wildlife one soon! Panther Stare has been a big hit!

Sell Art Online
Richmond on the James Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting Sold

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I said last time for some strange reason, Clyde has been associated with The Big Foot legend by one of Alan's friends. We often laugh about that, especially considering Clyde's small shoe size.

I also mentioned a movie on a search for Big Foot that Clyde jokingly said he starred in. Well, we watched the movie and it was quite funny at the beginning and then deadly serious at the end.

Clyde confessed that he walked off the set when realized it wasn't a comedy. We liked the movie but I was disappointed that Clyde wasn't really in it.

LOL!


Also, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather. Here is the latest, great event for children and adults!
March 17th 7pm - 8pm
The Young Explorers Club, ages 9-18, comes together to explore, discover and share the wonders of the Blue Ridge. Email lisa@blueridgediscoverycenter.org to learn more about the Club and our upcoming trips.













Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Monday!

40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee!
Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge is on Special all March

Photography Prints

Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864

click on the 40"x 30" canvas print for the 40% discount.

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!


Sell Art Online

Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670


Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the special!

Photography Prints
Stepping Stones on the New River Original Oil Painting Sold

Click on the 50" x 40" size canvas print for the special offer

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Wading through the Mess, Blue Ridge Discovery Center News, and Changing...

March 7th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I thought I was sick yesterday but today I don't have any symptoms! Must have been allergies. My son is sick with some sort of bug that is going around. I know he doesn't mind a day off.

It seems like I have been running around in circles today, not getting any thing done. Oh well, it is a beautiful day and I hope I can wade through the mess long enough to finish my latest Kendall Expressions painting. The second stage may be the last. I will figure that out today.
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Claytor Lake Cabin in Fall Original 24" x 30" Oil painting $1490


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I don't have any funnies from Clyde today but there was a great one about butterflies on Facebook. A caterpillar is waiting on his girlfriend who is in a tree in a chrysalis . The boy friend can't understand why she is taking so long.

She said she went up to change. Love it!

Also, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather. Here is the latest, great event for children!

March 17th 7pm - 8pm

The Young Explorers Club, ages 9-18, comes together to explore, discover and share the wonders of the Blue Ridge. Email lisa@blueridgediscoverycenter.org to learn more about the Club and our upcoming trips.












Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Tomorrow!
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Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge is on Special all March

Sell Art Online

Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864

click on the 40"x 30" canvas print for the 40% discount.

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

Photography Prints
Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670

Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the special!

Photography Prints

Burning Shore Original Oil Painting Sold


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Blue Ridge Parkway is Wading through the Mess, Blue Ridge Discovery Center News, Changing...

March 7th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I thought I was sick yesterday but today I don't have any symptoms! Must have been allergies. My son is sick with some sort of bug that is going around. I know he doesn't mind a day off.

It seems like I have been running around in circles today, not getting any thing done. Oh well, it is a beautiful day and I hope I can wade through the mess long enough to finish my latest Kendall Expressions painting. The second stage may be the last. I will figure that out today.
Sell Art Online

Claytor Lake Cabin in Fall Original 24" x 30" Oil painting $1490


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I don't have any funnies from Clyde today but there was a great one about butterflies on Facebook. A caterpillar is waiting on his girlfriend who is in a tree in a chrysalis . The boy friend can't understand why she is taking so long.

She said she went up to change. Love it!

Also, The Blue Ridge Discovery Group is gearing up for better weather. Here is the latest, great event for children!

March 17th 7pm - 8pm

The Young Explorers Club, ages 9-18, comes together to explore, discover and share the wonders of the Blue Ridge. Email lisa@blueridgediscoverycenter.org to learn more about the Club and our upcoming trips.












Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that end Tuesday!
40% off Regular Price with a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee!
Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge is on Special all March

Sell Art Online

Sweet Pea Morning on The Blue Ridge Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864

click on the 40"x 30" canvas print for the 40% discount.

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

Photography Prints
Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670

Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print size for the special!

Photography Prints

Burning Shore Original Oil Painting Sold


Click on the 36" x 24" size canvas print for the special offer

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print of Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter and A Place for More Wrinkles....

March 2nd, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to sell another print of Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter to a great Connecticut patron! The Peaks of Otter is such a beautiful place.
My family and I have been to the resort several times and hiked down from Sharp Top.

The deer are so used to people that they wander around the grounds with no fear of people.

Great place!
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Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Oftentimes Clyde and I talk about the changes in our bodies with age. I am working hard to try to counter some of the physical problems with yoga and he walks for miles every day.

All the exercise in the world will not stop the ravages of time and I have noticed quite a difference in my hands in the winter. In the summer they look pretty good but when the weather is dry the wrinkles are so pronounced.

I showed them to Clyde last night and he said,"That is nothing. My hands are so wrinkled that they are looking for new places to put wrinkles."

He groaned when I said I was going to put that in my blog. Well, I thought it was funny!
















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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Sell another print of Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter and A Place for More Wrinkles....

March 2nd, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to sell another print of Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter to a great Connecticut patron! The Peaks of Otter is such a beautiful place.
My family and I have been to the resort several times and hiked down from Sharp Top.

The deer are so used to people that they wander around the grounds with no fear of people.

Great place!
Photography Prints

Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $864



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Oftentimes Clyde and I talk about the changes in our bodies with age. I am working hard to try to counter some of the physical problems with yoga and he walks for miles every day.

All the exercise in the world will not stop the ravages of time and I have noticed quite a difference in my hands in the winter. In the summer they look pretty good but when the weather is dry the wrinkles are so pronounced.

I showed them to Clyde last night and he said,"That is nothing. My hands are so wrinkled that they are looking for new places to put wrinkles."

He groaned when I said I was going to put that in my blog. Well, I thought it was funny!
















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

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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting Sold

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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Enjoyed the Sunshine and More Computer Fun

February 29th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Beautiful weather today! It is great to get a break from the cold. I am still sorting through The Bermuda Triangle and finding some things I need to add to my computer records so the time is well spent. I hope to get to my current painting later and work on some records. Busy, busy, busy!
If anyone knows why my typing is showing up a while after I type it, please let me know what I need to do with my Mac. This is extremely irritating.
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Craftsman Original Oil Painting Sold

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Clyde made an election comment that I cannot print but he does have a suggestion for record keeping in this country that might be helpful. Not funny, just helpful.

After hearing about the latest computer crisis concerning IRS hacking that involves a large number of people, Clyde commented that perhaps we should not have extremely important records on line. If we reverted to paper records then the information could not be hacked and there would be more jobs.

Something to consider in our computer dominated world.

I did see a cute comment on Facebook. If we are going to have an extra day in March, why does it have to be a Monday? -Maxine











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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting Sold

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Natural Rhythm Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

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Blue Parkway Artist is Writing Things Down and I will Let you Know...

February 24th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I wrote down three things I needed to do yesterday and didn't do a single one of them. I remember years ago hearing my Dad say he had so many things on his mind. I now understand what he was talking about.

So much to do and so little time. Maybe I can get those three things done today in addition to the stuff I tackle every day. I don't want the list to keep growing.

Cheers!

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Taking a Break 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I don't have any more political quips from The Word Man that I can print but there was a great funny on Facebook that we both liked.

I ordered a chicken and an egg on the internet. I will keep you posted on which one arrives first.














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Eagle Fire 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Parkway Artist is Writing Things Down and I Will let you Know...

February 24th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I wrote down three things I needed to do yesterday and didn't do a single one of them. I remember years ago hearing my Dad say he had so many things on his mind. I now understand what he was talking about.

So much to do and so little time. Maybe I can get those three things done today in addition to the stuff I tackle every day. I don't want the list to keep growing.

Cheers!

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Taking a Break 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I don't have any more political quips from The Word Man that I can print but there was a great funny on Facebook that we both liked.

I ordered a chicken and an egg on the internet. I will keep you posted on which one arrives first.














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Eagle Fire 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Taking a Break and I can print that one....

February 22nd, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I have decided to take a break from my Skyline Series because I have a great idea for a new Kendall Expressions painting. Not sure which medium I will use but it will be a 20" x 16" one. In spite of all my chores I will get the preparations going today!
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Old Fashioned Kitchen Again Original 11" x 7.5" Color Lithograph $170



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde finally said something about the upcoming Presidential election that I can print! He is not happy about how the preliminaries are going and he said if it comes down to two he really cannot support he is tempted to write in Scooby Doo!



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Eagle Fire 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil Painting Sold

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Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Eagle Fire 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670
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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original Oil Painting Sold
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Add Another Country to Patron List and A Bunch of Writers...

February 17th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to add another country to my list of locations for my work! A great patron in Switzerland bought a print of one of my favorite paintings in my Yin Yang series!
Now I have artwork in 26 states, Washington D.C., Canada, Germany, England, Australia, Russia, and Switzerland. My work marches on!

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Yin Yang Flow Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still plowing my way through my studio. Right now it looks worse than when I began. Oh well, I am finding things so that is great!
I consider our computer room to be Clyde's studio where he has all his writing stuff and birding stuff.

When I complained about how hard it is to clean up my studio I suggested he clean his up.

He said he didn't have a studio, just a Messyo.

That's for sure! Fat chance of that being sorted out. He does take a few things out of there to recycle so I shouldn't complain. Don't let anyone tell you writers don't have a mess like artists do. NOT TRUE!

Writers aren't exactly people. They are a whole bunch of people trying to be one person. - F. Scott Fitzgerald



Well, that explains it. All that mess is coming from more than one person! LOL!













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Natural Rhythm 40" x 30" Pastel Painting $2430


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Charlotte Spiral Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Add Another Country to Patron List and A Bunch of Writers...

February 17th, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to add another country to my list of locations for my work! A great patron in Switzerland bought a print of one of my favorite paintings in my Yin Yang series!
Now I have artwork in 26 states, Washington D.C., Canada, Germany, England, Australia, Russia, and Switzerland. My work marches on!

My Special Promotions end today! I will renew Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand all February. Check out the listings at the bottom of the post.
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Yin Yang Flow Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still plowing my way through my studio. Right now it looks worse than when I began. Oh well, I am finding things so that is great!
I consider our computer room to be Clyde's studio where he has all his writing stuff and birding stuff.

When I complained about how hard it is to clean up my studio I suggested he clean his up.

He said he didn't have a studio, just a Messyo.

That's for sure! Fat chance of that being sorted out. He does take a few things out of there to recycle so I shouldn't complain. Don't let anyone tell you writers don't have a mess like artists do. NOT TRUE!

Writers aren't exactly people. They are a whole bunch of people trying to be one person. - F. Scott Fitzgerald



Well, that explains it. All that mess is coming from more than one person! LOL!













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

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Natural Rhythm 40" x 30" Pastel Painting $2430


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Charlotte Spiral Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Avoiding the Bermuda Triangle and Not Outer Mongolia...

February 15th, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Lots of snow out there! I could be getting a lot done in the Bermuda Triangle but I just can't face it today. I will probably just add more to it and start a new painting! As always, I will be very careful and not mess up the studio in any way.

Wow, those pigs look great flying above the snow covered roofs!

Isle of Palms has just passed the 1000 hit mark! Check it out below!

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Isle of Palms Sunset Original 40" x30" Oil Painting $2430


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


One think I can count on is the lack of close parking spaces at the grocery store when it is freezing out there.

The other day I was about to leave when I told Clyde I would probably get a parking place in Outer Mongolia. He asked which grocery store I was going to.

I was going to the one across the river. He said that was Outer Mongolia. Ha ha. I don't think the people living in that community would agree!




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Natural Rhythm 40" x 30" Pastel Painting $2430


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Charlotte Spiral Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236

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Natural Rhythm 40" x 30" Pastel Painting $2430

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Charlotte Spiral Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Very Cold Wednesday, and Vulture Humor...

February 10th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I don't have a lot to say today. I have my igloo suit on and will soon finish my latest painting. My studio is the coldest room in the house. I learned years ago that a thick bathrobe over my clothes is much better than a sweater.

I would have to turn the heat up much higher than is reasonable if I didn't wear it. I don't know why I am such a cold person but my hands are like ice this time of the year. Anyway, I am hardly ever down, just cold. Time to get to work!

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Emerging Hawk Stage One Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting NFS


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde doesn't have a funny for me today but I found a site that has some great bird jokes despite the name. Here is one from Really Bad Bird Jokes.com

Two vultures were in the desert eating a dead clown. The first vulture asks the second vulture: "Does this taste funny to you?"

Clyde is always cheerful. He has so much to do that he doesn't get into bad moods. The only time I see him a little down is when the weather is so bad that he is prevented from getting outside to check on birds and other wildlife.

It doesn't matter how cold it is but when there is ice on the roads he doesn't get out to his favorite spots. So glad the roads are clear today.

Another day, another bird record!















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




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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original 25" x 18" Pastel Painting $960

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Wildflower Rush Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Very Cold Tuesday, and Vulture Humor...

February 10th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I don't have a lot to say today. I have my igloo suit on and will soon finish my latest painting. My studio is the coldest room in the house. I learned years ago that a thick bathrobe over my clothes is much better than a sweater.

I would have to turn the heat up much higher than is reasonable if I didn't wear it. I don't know why I am such a cold person but my hands are like ice this time of the year. Anyway, I am hardly ever down, just cold. Time to get to work!

Photography Prints
Emerging Hawk Stage One Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting NFS


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde doesn't have a funny for me today but I found a site that has some great bird jokes despite the name. Here is one from Really Bad Bird Jokes.com
T
wo vultures were in the desert eating a dead clown. The first vulture asks the second vulture: "Does this taste funny to you?"

Clyde is always cheerful. He has so much to do that he doesn't get into bad moods. The only time I see him a little down is when the weather is so bad that he is prevented from getting outside to check on birds and other wildlife.

It doesn't matter how cold it is but when there is ice on the roads he doesn't get out to his favorite spots. So glad the roads are clear today.

Another day, another bird record!















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




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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original 25" x 18" Pastel Painting $960

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Wildflower Rush Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Hates Excuses and A Weird Way to Lose Weight...

February 8th, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Mondays don't usually bum me out but I definitely got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I think the cold weather is getting me down a little.
Usually I like the change of seasons and just because I have to wear a heavy bathrobe over my clothes is no reason not to enjoy looking at the pretty snow outside.

I am one of those extremely cold people.
If I turned up the heat to accommodate me the others would burn up.

Anyway, I didn't paint when the light was right so now I am mad at myself. I don't usually accept any excuses to keep from painting but I did this time.
Oh well, time to cheer up and look forward to spaghetti tonight!



Owl Stare Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The fat funnies keep on showing up on Facebook and I love to share them with Clyde.

It seems there is a way to get rid of unwanted fat without any sort of diet or exercise.

On the Dawn Detergent label is this; "DISSOLVES FAT THAT IS OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE."


Clyde replied, "Does that mean you have to sit in the dishwasher to see if it works?"

Well, there goes that method.
















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




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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original 25" x 18" Pastel Painting $960

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Wildflower Rush Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Still Sore, New Skyline Beauty painting, and Lambs Tail....

February 3rd, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

In spite of a sore neck I was able to go to Yoga yesterday and the class was full! Great to see so many people there! I just avoided any position that involved turning my neck to the left. It is still sore.

I still don't know why I woke up Monday with a horrible pain.

Anyway, it is just about gone. Yes!!!!

Check out my latest Charlotte NC Skyline painting!

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Charlotte Gold Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned ad nauseam I spend a lot of time on the computer promoting my artwork. I used to run around to galleries which was quite a chore so I really shouldn't complain about all my computer chores, but I do.

I am always thinking about what I need to do and don't want to do and then I am reminded that most of the chores take two shakes of a lamb's tail.
Well, the problem is there are so many chores that I am shaking that lamb's tail all day long.

Clyde said I should watch out. Peta might come after me.

Ha ha.











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Spring Roses Original 24" x 20" Oil Painting $980

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Blue Ridge Swirl Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Still Sore, New Skyline Beauty painting, and Lambs Tail....

February 3rd, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

In spite of a sore neck I was able to go to Yoga yesterday and the class was full! Great to see so many people there! I just avoided any position that involved turning my neck to the left. It is still sore.

I still don't know why I woke up Monday with a horrible pain.

Anyway, it is just about gone. Yes!!!!

Check out my latest Charlotte NC Skyline painting!

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Charlotte Gold Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned ad nauseam I spend a lot of time on the computer promoting my artwork. I used to run around to galleries which was quite a chore so I really shouldn't complain about all my computer chores, but I do.

I am always thinking about what I need to do and don't want to do and then I am reminded that most of the chores take two shakes of a lamb's tail.
Well, the problem is there are so many chores that I am shaking that lamb's tail all day long.

Clyde said I should watch out. Peta might come after me.

Ha ha.











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Spring Roses Original 24" x 20" Oil Painting $980

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Blue Ridge Swirl Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working Away and Sea gulls over the Bay...

January 29th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

So glad that whatever bug I have isn't very bad. Stomach is sore and I have a little congestion but I don't have to stop. I want to get to the studio when I finish computer stuff.

I wanted to go swimming this afternoon but I may be contagious so I will stay here. Plenty to do and I have a great Emile Zola movie for breaks!

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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting Sold


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Since I am trying to stay away from people I haven't been goading Clyde for a joke. But I saw a great one on Facebook that is right up the Bird Man's alley!

Why do gulls fly over the ocean? Because if they flew over the bay they would be bagels.

Love it!













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Spring Roses Original 24" x 20" Oil Painting $980

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Wildflower Current Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2530

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A Break in the Clouds Original Oil Painting Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Working Away and Sea Gulls over the Bay...

January 29th, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

So glad that whatever bug I have isn't very bad. Stomach is sore and I have a little congestion but I don't have to stop. I want to get to the studio when I finish computer stuff.

I wanted to go swimming this afternoon but I may be contagious so I will stay here. Plenty to do and I have a great Emile Zola movie for breaks!

Photography Prints
Burning Shore Original Oil Painting Sold


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Since I am trying to stay away from people I haven't been goading Clyde for a joke. But I saw a great one on Facebook that is right up the Bird Man's alley!

Why do gulls fly over the ocean? Because if they flew over the bay they would be bagels.

Love it!













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Spring Roses Original 24" x 20" Oil Painting $980

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January 27th, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I hate doctor's appointments. Who doesn't? They take a big chunk of time out of my busy day and this time it is the Eye doctor. That one is always very long due to the drops time.

Oh well, I am glad there are people that are willing to help the rest of us out. Quite a difficult profession, and oftentimes a thankless one.

My work will wait for me.


Here is my latest Skyline Beauty painting!

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Charlotte Flip 12" x 9" AcrylicPainting $236



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I saw a cute episode of Mike and Molly the other night and something Mike said reminded me of how, in many ways, I am one of the boys.

When we are home Clyde and I dress in clothes that Good Will would probably not accept. I have a lot of messed up clothes to paint in. I hate wearing a smock.

Since we wear junky stuff we don't bother with napkins.

On the show Mike is home with the guys. No girls. He brings in the food in the living room, announces what they have , and says, "And if you have a shirt on, you have a napkin".













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Still Staring at the Snow and Thoughts of Florida...

January 25th, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

So much to do today I am getting dizzy thinking about it. I often think about Einstein's theories on time and how it can move so slowly for some people.
My time moves like a rocket and I have to run to get aboard!

The snow sure looks pretty. Maybe I will escape and walk in it for a little while. That would be great!

Winter Cheers!

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Bull Mountain 14" x 11" Oil Painting $313

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is a mountain man and loves his home. He has walked up and down these mountains countless times and works hard to educate people about this gorgeous region of Virginia.

After spending two and a half hours shoveling snow yesterday he said, "You know you are getting old when you want to move to Florida even though you hate Florida more than snow.

We aren't moving and he doesn't want to buy a snow blower. Glad the roads are clear today.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Staring at Snow and Avoiding a Binge...

January 22nd, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Wow! Lots of white stuff out there! Our street has not been plowed but I can see traffic moving on one of the main roads from my window. The guys have shoveled the sidewalk twice now and it is still pouring down.

I'll never forget what my brother did when we were kids. He would clear off the driveway after about an inch or two had accumulated and then repeat as often as necessary. That way he was just pushing it off rather than lifting heavy snow.

Now he has a snow blower.


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Ballet Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before I have fought the battle of the bulge my whole life. I can't imagine what it would be like to have the freedom to eat anything without gaining weight.

Anyway, I have learned lots of tricks over the years to keep my weight down and I recently discovered a new one that surprised me.
Once in a while I get the munchies and give in and then am mad at myself. I hate being stuffed. It ruins the great experience of eating. It is like I have to over eat once in a while to remind myself I don't want to do that.

Exercise is supposed to make you hungry but if I choose to exercise when I am about to over eat it actually takes my appetite away!

Since Clyde is also prone to eating a little too much I told him I had a new way to stop the munchies.
He said," Sew your lips together? That would probably do it but if you can still eat, then you deserve it."

Smarty pants.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Stumbling Around and You know you are having a Bad day when....

January 20th, 2016


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I have Line Dance and Yoga on the same day for a while and I really am tired at the end of the day. I am always tired but last night I was extra pooped!
Anyway, lots to do today and I keep running into road blocks that I put in my Life with The Word and Bird Man section.

I will keep moving and stop tripping, I hope!

I don't care how cold it is right now, I wish I were at the scene below! Love the beach!

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Rehoboth Beach Houses Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting has Been Sold


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

When my son was little I read a lot of Sesame Street books to him. One of our favorites was Grover's Bad Awful Day. It is a great book to read to kids so they can get through tough times. Well, I certainly thought about that book this morning.

You know you are having a bad day when the pajamas you threw on to the dresser falls in the trash can.

You know you are having a bad day when your water filter just sits there and does not fill up the pitcher.

You know you are having a bad day when you click on something and get a phony virus infection notice that you can't get off without turning the computer off.

Lastly, you know you are having a bad day when you call your husband to ask about a computer problem and the computer gives you a dirty look and just spins and spins and spins.

I bought groceries so I could say I got something done this morning and now I am back to computer work.

Cheers!















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Sells a Painting from New Series and I do not know where they live...

January 16th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I have my work cut out for me today as usual. I hope I can get to a new Skyline Beauty painting but I need to build a crate to send a painting out. That is always quite a chore. Artwork has to be immobilized and double boxed.

I have to measure and cut out the boxes and sides which always takes a lot longer than I think it will. I also have some photography to get done and a zillion computer chores.

Oh well, can't complain about selling another original! I am so pleased my new Skyline Beauty series is appreciated! Star City Sparkle was sold to a great Virginia patron!


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Star City Sparkle Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting has been Sold



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Lately there have been some great funnies on Facebook. I always like to tell Clyde about them. He usually comes up with another one to go along with it.

Yesterday someone posted I am so glad I don't have to hunt for food. I don't even know where sandwiches live.

Clyde added, you think that's hard. None of those critters ever let me put mustard on them.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Sells a Painting from New Series and I do not know where they live...

January 16th, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I have my work cut out for me today as usual. I hope I can get to a new Skyline Beauty painting but I need to build a crate to send a painting out. That is always quite a chore. Artwork has to be immobilized and double boxed.

I have to measure and cut out the boxes and sides which always takes a lot longer than I think it will. I also have some photography to get done and a zillion computer chores.

Oh well, can't complain about selling another original! I am so pleased my new Skyline Beauty series is appreciated! Star City Sparkle was sold to a great Virginia patron!


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Star City Sparkle Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting has been Sold



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Lately there have been some great funnies on Facebook. I always like to tell Clyde about them. He usually comes up with another one to go along with it.

Yesterday someone posted I am so glad I don't have to hunt for food. I don't even know where sandwiches live.

Clyde added, you think that's hard. None of those critters ever let me put mustard on them.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Presents New Skyline Beauty Painting and Frozen...

January 14th, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am really enjoying my Beautiful Skyline Series! I still have a lot of ideas for the Roanoke Skyline but I will move on to others. Live to paint! I can't say that too many times.

I just wish I had an agent for all the other work. Oh well, time to move on to some computer work and then Yoga! Love it! My joints especially love Yoga!


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Roanoke Energy Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I don't know if it is me or the media or both but I am getting rather paranoid. I mentioned this to Clyde and he said he was too scared to be paranoid.
Frozen in his tracks waiting for the next rock to fall out of the sky! LOL!
















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Completes Third Skyline Painting and Pants Power...

January 7th, 2016


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am determined to film another Youtube today. I still can't figure out my Star software so I won't be making any Demo videos until I can get some help. Hope to get that going soon but I did manage to complete my third Skyline Beauty painting!

I especially like the yellow accents on this one so I entitled it Roanoke Sparkle.




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Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Because I am so "focused" as a lot of people call artists, I am not always up on the latest slang. I love word play and like to see these new sayings. One I have never understood is ,"Put on your big girl pants". It is a cute saying but how are pants going to help anything?

I asked Clyde about the saying and he said, what I thought he would say, that the pants are a symbol of maturity. You put on your big girl pants so you can be tough.

Okay, that is what I thought it meant, but then why did someone post this? Put on your big girl pants and if that doesn't work, put on your granny pants. I really don't think granny pants would be tougher.

Although the granny on Beverly Hillbillies really could kick up a storm! So maybe pants do make a difference! LOL














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Mad at Her Back, New Heart Painting and Fun and Games

January 3rd, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I have not had any trouble with my back for years until two days ago. I work so hard to stay in shape with exercise, stretching exercises and yoga that I get so mad when it acts up.

When I do too much a muscle just starts to spasm without any reason. I have had it happen when I rolled over in bed. This time a muscle acted up as I turned to get paint off of my palette.

It ain't easy being a workaholic.

It is getting better and I bet I will be back to my easel tomorrow! Cheers and enjoy your pain free back if you have one!


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Heart Glow Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Lately Clyde has come up with some great jokes about political candidates for president. I wish I could print them but we would like to keep our "Never Been Sued" status.

I remember a judge's words that people can say just about anything about famous people but I don't want to find out the hard way that there are some things that can't be said.

Say it, forget it, write it, regret it. I live by that motto.

Anyway, there are a lot of cute weight jokes on Facebook right now. Here is my favorite latest one.

It's all fun and games until your jeans won't fit anymore.
















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Blue Ridge Parkway has a New Gallery on Website and A Great Way to Lose Weight...

January 3rd, 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am pleased with my first painting in my new series, Skyline Beauty. I have painted many Blue Ridge Mountain Skylines and will continue to paint them but this series gives me a chance to do some creative things with buildings.

I have always been fascinated by architecture. It is the slowest artform to change so it is a great visiual experience that connects us with our past while we enjoy it every day.


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Star City Edge Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $236


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The Word Man is real busy being the Bird Man right now so I haven't gotten any quips from him lately but we both enjoyed a solution for dieting on Facebook.

The picture is of a plate of food with a fork and knife next to it. The fork and knife are both made with branches with thorns on them.

Yep! That would do it!





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Riverview at Dusk Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has New Heart Painting and Best Diet Plan...

December 28th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Forms, forms, forms! Every time I turn around I have to fill out a medical form which seems like a snap until I take a close look at it. I either have a lot of information to dig up or I am asked questions that don't seem to make sense about future medical expenses.

I call one office about the questions and they ask me to call another office and that office asks me to call another office.

Yikes! It really is a Monday!

Time to get back to art stuff so I can smile! Here is my latest Heart Whimsy painting!
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Heart Energy Original Acrylic Painting NFS





Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The Word and Bird Man is very busy right now so I haven't been goading him for funny quips. I'm sure some will turn up soon.

I always like to include humor in my blog. Humor is such an important part of my life so I am going to repeat another great one from Facebook about dieting.

This is from Broken Rail

Diet Day One:
I have removed all the bad food from the house. It was delicious!













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has New Heart Painting and Best Diet Plan...

December 28th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Forms, forms, forms! Every time I turn around I have to fill out a medical form which seems like a snap until I take a close look at it. I either have a lot of information to dig up or I am asked questions that don't seem to make sense about future medical expenses.

I call one office about the questions and they ask me to call another office and that office asks me to call another office.

Yikes! It really is a Monday!

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Heart Energy Original Acrylic Painting NFS





Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The Word and Bird Man is very busy right now so I haven't been goading him for funny quips. I'm sure some will turn up soon.

I always like to include humor in my blog. Humor is such an important part of my life so I am going to repeat another great one from Facebook about dieting.

This is from Broken Rail

Diet Day One:
I have removed all the bad food from the house. It was delicious!













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist was so Happy to Paint Today and a Couple of Whales...

December 26th, 2015


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I was so glad to get back to painting today. Too much to do this week and I finally got to the studio this morning and completed a new Heart painting from my Whimsy series. I put it up a little while ago and it already has well over 100 hits.

Still having trouble with my camera software. I just put up a painting on Instagram and it looks fuzzy. I know there is a focus button on my software but I can't seem to find it.

Oh well, technology and I are always going to fight it out. I get it eventually.

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Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I don't have anything from the Word Man today - at least nothing that I can print but we both got a big laugh out of a Daffy Duck funny on Facebook!
Daffy is at a bar and two large women with accents are sitting across from him.

He asks them if they are from Scotland and they say Wales, you idiot. So Daffy says, "Okay, are you two whales from Scotland?" He didn't remember much after that.















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Having a Yin Yang Party Today and Dinosaur Butt...

December 21st, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I was in a really bad mood this morning but I decided to do what my Dad always said to do. Either be miserable and enjoy yourself or get out of that bad mood.

Since I don't enjoy being miserable I am now in a great mood and ready to attack all my computer chores with both hands. The computer will not be thrown out the window today!

Since I was lower than a snake's belly I thought my Ying Yang Party would be a great painting to post today! Cheers and don't forget about my Special Promotions below that end tomorrow!

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Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I love to post quips about our age and have posted many but Clyde keeps coming up with new ones.
Whenever he gripes about being old I always say "Older".

Since he is a year older he always takes issue with that comment.
And I always remind him that we are only as old as we feel so that makes me about 85.

Yesterday he topped that. He said he felt older than a dinosaur butt in a mud hole.













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Having a Yin Yang Party Today and Dinosaur Butt...

December 21st, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I was in a really bad mood this morning but I decided to do what my Dad always said to do. Either be miserable and enjoy yourself or get out of that bad mood.

Since I don't enjoy being miserable I am now in a great mood and ready to attack all my computer chores with both hands. The computer will not be thrown out the window today!

Since I was lower than a snake's belly I thought my Ying Yang Party would be a great painting to post today! Cheers and don't forget about my Special Promotions below that end tomorrow!

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Ying Yang Party Original Acrylic Painting NFS





Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I love to post quips about our age and have posted many but Clyde keeps coming up with new ones.
Whenever he gripes about being old I always say "Older".

Since he is a year older he always takes issue with that comment.
And I always remind him that we are only as old as we feel so that makes me about 85.

Yesterday he topped that. He said he felt older than a dinosaur butt in a mud hole.













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Star City 25" x40" Original Acrylic Painting $2000

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Excited about Stage Two and Christmas Humour

December 16th, 2015


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I will paint today no matter what. Christmas preparations make it even harder for me to get to my work but I do get there. Have to paint. I couldn't manage it yesterday between my computer work and two important classes. Can't miss Yoga and Line Dance. So I will have a great Holiday attitude as I am throwing some oil paint around. Cheers!

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Emerging Hawk First Stage 20" x 16" Oil Painting NFS



I thought I would put this one up again since it is getting a lot of hits! 300 in two days! Still going strong today. Prints can be bought of it but the original will greatly change today!





Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is coming down with some sort of bug and not very funny right now so I decided to look on the internet for Christmas jokes and found a great site! Here is the site address and a few examples of the kind of goofy humor I love!

http://www.brownielocks.com/ChristmasJokes.html

Christmas Carol plus money - Jingle Bills

Snow and Frankenstein - Snowball Fright

Why did Santa get a ticket on Christmas Eve? He left his sleigh in a Snow Parking Zone













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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to Start New Hawk Painting and Gasping for Air...

December 14th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to be starting a new Kendall Expressions painting in oils! I usually do these in acrylics but my two favorite ones were done in oils so I decided to get back to very expressive oils. This one will be in my Kendall Expressions Gallery and Stages of my Art Gallery.

I just put up the first stage and I think it reproduced very well in spite of all the problems I just had with my camera. I hope there is nothing wrong with my trusty camera. Anyway, check out the first stage!
Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to be starting a new Kendall Expressions painting in oils! I usually do these in acrylics but my two favorite ones were done in oils so I decided to get back to very expressive oils. This one will be in my Kendall Expressions Gallery and Stages of my Art Gallery.

I just put up the first stage and I think it reproduced very well in spite of all the problems I just had with my camera. I hope there is nothing wrong with my trusty camera. Anyway, check out the first stage!
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Emerging Hawk Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting NFS




Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Our house is very dry right now. Clyde bought a new vaporizer that he hasn't set up yet because he thinks he will need to buy a table for it so it will be easier to manage.


Mean while I am reminded of one of those Maxine comics that I saw on Facebook today. Maxine says that age may have slowed her down but not shut her up.

Clyde and I don't usually snore that much but with the dry house I can definitely say age has not shut us up. I can't believe all the wierd snoring noises I hear from Clyde and he says I am sawing quite a load of wood.

I think that vaporizer will be set up soon or we will have to sleep at opposite ends of the house.











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Star City is on Special all December!
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Mabry Mill in Fall Original 20" x 16" Original Oil Painting $670

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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Starts New Hawk Painting, and Gasping for Air...

December 14th, 2015


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am so pleased to be starting a new Kendall Expressions painting in oils! I usually do these in acrylics but my two favorite ones were done in oils so I decided to get back to very expressive oils. This one will be in my Kendall Expressions Gallery and Stages of my Art Gallery.

I just put up the first stage and I think it reproduced very well in spite of all the problems I just had with my camera. I hope there is nothing wrong with my trusty camera. Anyway, check out the first stage!


Emerging Hawk Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting NFS




Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Our house is very dry right now. Clyde bought a new vaporizer that he hasn't set up yet because he thinks he will need to buy a table for it so it will be easier to manage.


Mean while I am reminded of one of those Maxine comics that I saw on Facebook today. Maxine says that age may have slowed her down but not shut her up.

Clyde and I don't usually snore that much but with the dry house I can definitely say age has not shut us up. I can't believe all the wierd snoring noises I hear from Clyde and he says I am sawing quite a load of wood.

I think that vaporizer will be set up soon or we will have to sleep at opposite ends of the house.











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Star City is on Special all December!

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A Break in The Clouds Original Original Oil Painting has Been Sold

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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670

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Star City is on Special all December!

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Mabry Mill in Fall Original 20" x 16" Original Oil Painting $670
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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670
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Star City 25" x40" Original Acrylic Painting $2000
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Pleased to sell Yin Yang Print, and Well Done, Grasshopper

December 9th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

It looks like I will be paying to use my free software. I should have known there was a catch. Since I actively sell my work and do advertise on my Youtubes I can not claim the home use only category so I have to buy more software to be able to use what I downloaded for free yesterday.

Yuck!
I do live to paint but as I have said before I can't take them with me so yes I do advertise and work very hard on the computer to sell originals and prints.

Check out my weekly specials below! Two of them end tomorrow and the third one is up all December!

I also have my work on all kinds of home and office items. A great Canadian patron just bought a Ying Yang Butterfly painting on a necklace! Artwork is great for Christmas gifts!

Be sure to look at New River Artist on Zazzle!
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Yin Yang Butterfly Original Acrylic Painting NFS





Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have said before I love all the arts and would pursue them all if I had a bunch of lives. I consider myself to be an excellent, highly accomplished visual artist, an accomplished pianist, and pretty good dancer.

I never thought about writing until I started this blog and it has been quite an interesting experience.

Clyde reads my blogs and comments on them. I think they are pretty good and well written so I got up my courage and asked the master what he thought.

Clyde has been published over 200 times in small press magazines and writes every day.

He said, "Well done, grasshopper!"

I replied, "But master you have never taught me the way of writing."

He said, "That is why I say well done. You never bother the master."



















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A Break in The Clouds Original Original Oil Painting has Been Sold

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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Too much Stuff, and Strobe Light

December 7th, 2015


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I just cleaned out a closet that just about slayed me. Too much stuff! One of the reasons I chose a small house was so we couldn't pile up a lot of stuff. It didn't work. I just have to spend more time than I want to hauling things out of here.

I have a laundry basket in the back of my car for stuff that needs to go. It fills up all the time! Yikes! Got to get the computer stuff done so I can paint. Got to paint!

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Rolling Beauty Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting






Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is a very considerate guy in many ways. He can't clean up his stuff in the computer room but I like to think that is because he is in to so many things he needs a secretary. I am not going to be that secretary.

Anyway, for many years he has been taking his clothes to the living room so he won't wake me up at 4:30. Yes, that is when he gets up for work.
I like to goad him because he usually comes up with a funny response. It occurred to me the other night that I didn't know if he dressed there or took the clothes to the bathroom so I asked him if he actually dressed in the living room.

He said yes, he opens the curtains and front door and turns on a strobe light so the neighbors can get a great view.

He does dress in the living room, not the bathroom. No strobe light.















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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Heart Painting and Downward Facing Dog...

December 2nd, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am racing the clock to get to a webinar today! So far I have not found these webinars very helpful. This one is 90 minutes long. Yikes! Can't they talk faster than that? I did get some work done on a painting and a lot of computer stuff, but, as always there is much more to be do.

I am so pleased with my latest Heart Whimsy paintings. Heart Flight is one of the most sensuous ones I have done so far. I am doing some of them in oils rather acrylics. Oils truly is my first love!


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Heart Flight Original Oil Painting NFS

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still having trouble with my new phone and apps. When an app says the work has been corrected I think that should be the end. Well, it isn't the end. I have to hit an arrow below the image to be able to use it. The phone is starting to get the same gripes my computer gets.

Of course, Clyde has a crazy comment about it. He says to see if that fancy phone can do the yoga move Downward Facing Dog and then let go when it can't support itself.
















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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670
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Dream Horse Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Sale of Reaching Out, and Pests...

November 24th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Such a beautiful Tuesday! Colder than a well diggers butt in Alaska but the light is gorgeous! I am very pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out to a great Georgia patron! Reaching Out is still my best seller and it is still featured on The Mindy Project on HULU!

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Reaching Out Original Charcoal Drawing $20,000




Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Over the years Clyde and I have had a horrible times with pests. The roaches in our first apartment were unbelievable. Before we left on a trip one time Clyde donned a mask and blasted the whole kitchen with roach spray. I called him The Lone Roacher. It worked. We never saw another roach after that.

Our house has been another story. We have done battle with roaches and ants for most of the years we have lived here. We finally got rid of the roaches but the ants always pay us a visit as soon as the weather is warm.

Now we are having problems with a wheat eating moth.

The other night I was talking about all the problems we have had with pests. Right after I said they have been incredibly strong and resistant Clyde said thank you.

I can always count on that pest to turn a conversation around and make it funny. For the record, Clyde was not one of the pests I was not talking about. LOL














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Sale of Reaching Out, and Pests...

November 24th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Such a beautiful Tuesday! Colder than a well diggers butt in Alaska but the light is gorgeous! I am very pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out to a great Georgia patron! Reaching Out is still my best seller and it is still featured on The Mindy Project on HULU!

Photography Prints
Reaching Out Original Charcoal Drawing $20,000




Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Over the years Clyde and I have had a horrible times with pests. The roaches in our first apartment were unbelievable. Before we left on a trip one time Clyde donned a mask and blasted the whole kitchen with roach spray. I called him The Lone Roacher. It worked. We never saw another roach after that.

Our house has been another story. We have done battle with roaches and ants for most of the years we have lived here. We finally got rid of the roaches but the ants always pay us a visit as soon as the weather is warm.

Now we are having problems with a wheat eating moth.

The other night I was talking about all the problems we have had with pests. Right after I said they have been incredibly strong and resistant Clyde said thank you.

I can always count on that pest to turn a conversation around and make it funny. For the record, Clyde was not one of the pests I was not talking about. LOL














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Smith Mountain Lake is on Special all November

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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670
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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting has been Sold
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Blue Ridge Parkway Gets More Help from the Computer Doc and I Know That...

November 14th, 2015


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am very pleased with my latest Heart interpretation painting! This time I put the memory of a person that one may be thinking of or lost, etc. The face I put in the heart is ghost like and the marks around the heart emanate her presence.

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Heart Memory Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler
I am still cleaning out the mess in our house and now that I am in the computer room with all Clyde's books and documents the progress is very slow. I pile the stuff up on the living room couch and he goes through it bit by bit when he gets a chance. So much to go through!


Housework truly is an impossible task, especially when I have so much to do on the computer. Sometimes I think I just need a bulldozer. Of course a match would really finish the job but then I would have to take everything outside so we would still have a house to live in. That is way too much work. Back to the bulldozer idea!













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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original 25" x18" Pastel Painting $960

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Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original Oil Painting $4920

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Blue Ridge Parkway Gets More Help from the Computer Doc and I Know That...

November 14th, 2015


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am very pleased with my latest Heart interpretation painting! This time I put the memory of a person that one may be thinking of or lost, etc. The face I put in the heart is ghost like and the marks around the heart emanate her presence.

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Heart Memory Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler
I am still cleaning out the mess in our house and now that I am in the computer room with all Clyde's books and documents the progress is very slow. I pile the stuff up on the living room couch and he goes through it bit by bit when he gets a chance. So much to go through!


Housework truly is an impossible task, especially when I have so much to do on the computer. Sometimes I think I just need a bulldozer. Of course a match would really finish the job but then I would have to take everything outside so we would still have a house to live in. That is way too much work. Back to the bulldozer idea!













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Smith Mountain Lake is on Special all November

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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original 25" x18" Pastel Painting $960

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Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original Oil Painting $4920

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Heart Painting, and Do you Remember...

November 6th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

So pleased to eat lunch out today with a friend! That will tear me away from the computer! Beautiful day! I hope to get a walk in later that is not around and around in a circle!
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Melting Heart Original Watercolor Painting NFS

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I both got a kick out of a great post on Facebook! A lot of people put up posts about the past and ask if anybody remembers. They are fun but someone decided to put up a joke about those posts. The picture is of a cave man using a rock for a tool.


The caption is "Share if you are old enough to remember making tools from rocks." Love it!











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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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

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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Heart Painting, and Do you Remember...

November 6th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

So pleased to eat lunch out today with a friend! That will tear me away from the computer! Beautiful day! I hope to get a walk in later that is not around and around in a circle!
http://kendall-kessler.artistwebsites.com/featured/melting-heart-kendall-kessler.html
Melting Heart Original Watercolor Painting NFS

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I both got a kick out of a great post on Facebook! A lot of people put up posts about the past and ask if anybody remembers. They are fun but someone decided to put up a joke about those posts. The picture is of a cave man using a rock for a tool.


The caption is "Share if you are old enough to remember making tools from rocks." Love it!











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Smith Mountain Lake is on Special all November

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Smith Mountain Lake Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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

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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway is Please to Sell another print of Natural Rhythm and a Turtle would do Better...

November 2nd, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
I awoke to the sound of my son screaming in the kitchen. He had dropped a large glass jug of apple juice on the floor and began to clean it up. When I got there he had apple juice foot prints in the rug in the living room.

He got up all the glass without a scratch but didn't clean the mop out so he had mostly pushed the apple juice around the floor. I showed him how to get the mop clean so he could finish the job.

Then I cut myself on my plastic capuchino jar. Didn't think that was possible but it was. I have so much to do and I am determined to paint so I had better get going!

Pleased to sell another canvas print of my popular painting, Natural Rhythm to a great Maryland patron!

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Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I just got off the phone with my brother who has a doctorate in computer science and does computer contracting out of his home. Clyde works on a computer all day and knows a lot more about this machine than me. I sit in front of it and sometimes think I could get a turtle to walk across the keys and get things done faster.

I am Computer LD. Once I figure something out I have got it, but it takes a while. Of course, then things change and I am lost once again. Now I am trying to figure out why my instragram icon on my phone keeps taking me to a message screen and then I can't change it. I'll figure it out just in time to update it and get lost again. Cheers!














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Cascades in Giles County Original 20"x 24" Oil Painting $960

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Spring Roses Original 20" x 24" Oil Painting $980

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Lion Explosion Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Begins New Whimsy paintings and We need Education...

October 26th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I have started work on the next symbol paintings in my Whimsy series. What better symbol to work with than the heart? I have a lot of great ideas for interpretive paintings of hearts and here is my first one!


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Heart Squiggle Original Acrylic Painting NFS

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I often discuss what appears to be climate changes. There are a lot of indications that our climate is changing and adversely affecting our environment. Of course the melting of the polar ice caps is one of the strongest indication of change.
I am surprised that so many people do not believe there is a problem.

A lot of people point to heavy snowfall in their area which they say proves there is no warming trend. They don't realize that the entire world has to be taken into consideration, not just one area. Winter 2015 was the warmest one on record. If they actually studied the issue they may change their minds.

Clyde's response is there seems to be something going on with our environment that is not good. What is not going on is education.
















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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Zooming Along and We Have Come a Long Way Baby

October 14th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am running around in circles today! So much to do and my son is home sick. Yikes! I have to get him to the doctor at 11:30 which means I have to start painting much earlier than usual if I want to catch the best light in the studio. Still looking forward to Line Dance tomorrow! Got to paint, play the piano, and dance! They all keep me going!

Well, I did get to paint in spite of all my chores and now I will publish this! Cheers!

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Eye of the Squirrel Original 18" x 24" Acrylic Painting $994


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before, Clyde and I are not happy with digital TV. We were just fine without it and could get public television. Since we lost the public television station with the digital takeover we were forced to get cable but we will not pay cable for all the TVs so our bedroom TV blips in and out.

Sometimes the stations come in and sometimes they come in with a lot of abstract art stills. Lots of times only one station comes in.

Last night I reminded Clyde of how television was when we were kids. We turned the set on and the stations came in. We didn't need a bunch of others and it would work in any room.

He replied, "We've come a long way baby!" He was, of course, being sarcastic. We would both like to go back to the old way.














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Cascades in Giles County Original 20" x 24" Oil Painting $960

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Blue Ridge Swirl Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Youtube, and Cows without Milk...

October 10th, 2015

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Please click on my latest Youtube! Here is the address! https://youtu.be/gxadYC3nYGo

So much to do all the time! I try to put up youtubes once a week or so but it is difficult. The Youtube usually just takes a few minutes but the editing takes a lot of time. I like to add music but it is so hard to find something that doesn't drown me out. I have learned to practically yell but my voice is still too soft for most of the music on Youtube.

Oh well. Please click on my latest very short one. It is under 50 seconds.

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Bloodhound Original 8" x 10" Acrylic Painting $168




Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler


When I started using Facebook there wasn't a lot going on. I didn't have many friends and there weren't a lot of posts. Now I have well over 2000 and the posts are a lot of fun! I like to read about friends and the jokes are great!

When I see a good one I have to tell Clyde and he usually has an addition that is funny and oftentimes funnier than the original joke. This time he didn't have anything to add.
I love this one! Puns are great!

What do you call a cow that doesn't give milk? A milk dud.


















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Sad News, and Living with Dinosaurs...

October 3rd, 2015



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Another mass shooting. It has become a routine way of life and I wish it would stop. I don't want to get a gun. I wish I didn't even have to consider that option to feel safe. I will not get one but I will always worry about my safety and the safety of my family. A mass shooting could happen anywhere and I don't see an end in sight.


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Path on Sharp Top Original 11"x 14" Oil Painting $313

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

In many ways Clyde and I are not comfortable in the 21st century. People talking on cell phones while driving, our computer dominated society, and computerized roads. These things are kind of hard to take in.

I other night I teased Clyde when he complained about cell phones that we need to get into the 21st century. He replied that he was not in the 21st century. He was still picking dinosaur teeth out of his butt. Of course, I said there were no people around when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

His reply was, "How do you know? Where you there?" Typical crazy Clyde answer! LOL!








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Working on a Large Floral landscape and Up a Tree...

October 1st, 2015

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I just finished the first layer of my new painting and uploaded it to my portfolio. I usually get the first layer done in one day but this is a large painting and I was not feeling well yesterday. Much better today!

Cheers!


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Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I have been without a cell phone for two weeks. I can't believe the problems I have been having with phone service. I went online to transfer my number and minutes to a better phone and received the notice that once the old one went dead I had a few more steps to do and then the new one would be ready to use.

Well, I book marked the instructions and when my old phone went dead the book mark was gone so I went online to try to get to that step and could not get there. My only option was to call and get help from someone with a strong accent that I could barely hear. She said I was all set and could use the phone.

WRONG!

The phone would not change screens so I called again and after a long time the representative said for me to send it back after I received a label in the mail. I received a box the size of the first box. I had already carefully packed the phone in the first box. Inside the second box was a Fed Ex envelope.
My instructions were to send the phone back in the flimsy envelope. I kept the phone in the plastic it came in and asked the Fed Ex man if the phone would be all right sent that way. He said yes.

Anyway, Clyde and I have had so many problems with phones that he said we were like a couple of monkeys up a tree without a coconut.














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Smiling, The Inflectionist, and a Name...

September 25th, 2015

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Wow! Is there something new about computer file size? I scanned my issue of The Inflectionist and the file size is 35 Megabytes! I have never successfully uploaded a file that size anywhere but today I put it on Facebook and Wordpress! I am very pleased with the magazine cover and the article! If you are interested in purchasing a great UK magazine the link is below!

http://www.shop.inflectionist.com/



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler


Clyde and I had to laugh big time over a Facebook joke! The seventies band America wrote a song called A Horse with no Name. The guy is going through the desert on a horse with no name. Someone on Facebook said that at any time during that desert trip the guy could have given the horse a name. Just saying!

No offense to fans of America!














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Working Away, and Next Time for Sure...

September 23rd, 2015


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I was going to post a new Ying Yang painting but I got side tracked so I will probably have it up tomorrow. Beautiful weather! Clyde and I took a walk in beautiful Wildwood Park and now I am back to work. Cheers!

I am promoting The Inflectionist as much as possible! It is great to have one of my paintings on the cover and an article on me! So here is the link! Please buy a copy!

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Claytor Lake Cabin in Fall Original 30" x 24" Oil Painting $1490

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I had such a bad experience with a sales representative over the phone that I had to call Clyde and tell him about it. The woman I talked to kept spelling my name wrong but insisted she was spelling it correctly. She was also rude about a number of other things she asked me.

I have had students on the verge of getting an "F" for a course speak in a politer manner to me and that is saying something these days. One student put me through the ringer because she insisted the "C" she received was incorrect. Her helicopter Dad called the president of the University to complain.

I have been happily retired for four years.

Anyway, at the beginning of the conversation I was given the option to fill out a survey about the service at the end of the call. I declined but I will be sure to do that next time!















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Owl Stare Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Painting on UK magazine Cover, and Get off it...

September 21st, 2015

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I am promoting The Inflectionist as much as possible! It is great to have one of my paintings on the cover and an article on me! So here is the link! Please buy a copy!


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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I am pretty sure I have mentioned this before but I have something else to say about it. There is an actual disorder that is a fear of sitting.

When someone fears sitting, they may actually have anxieties about being trapped, or being unable to sit still. The fear of sitting is known as Cathisophobia

I think I may have Cathisophobia but my fear is different. My Dad was always telling me to get off my butt and get to work! He is no longer with us and we miss him greatly but I will always hear him saying that. I think my fear of sitting is that if I don't get off my butt it will be kicked into the middle of next week! LOL!


Clyde grew up on a farm so he knows all about getting off his butt!












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Yin Yang Spring Original Acrylic Painting NFS

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Bloodhound Original 10" x8" Oil Painting $168

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Has a Painting on the cover of The Inflectionist and Bioblitz this Weekend

September 17th, 2015

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So pleased that the paper issue of The Inflectionist is now available! My painting, Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms is on the cover and there is a great article on me in the magazine!

The Inflectionist is an online magazine. Paper copies are available twice a year.
I am excited to be selected for this great publication!

Most of the writers possess journalism degrees and some of the team are actually well known figures in the music and literary industries, including Kevin Stea (who was in Madonnas "Vogue" and Michael Jacksons "Black or White") and Adam Jacot De Boinod (a writer for the TV show "QI").


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Morning Stroll Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2425

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The Bird Man is looking forward to the Bioblitz this weekend! Check out the information and join this great environmental effort!
Rocky Knob BioBlitz September 18th/19th, 2015


The Blue Ridge Parkway will soon be holding its first BioBlitz in almost 15 years and would love to have you join us for our next one. A BioBlitz is a 24-hour biological inventory of a designated area conducted by people with a wide variety of specialities and experiences. BioBlitzes have been used on the Parkway and elsewhere to get a better idea of what plants and animals are at a site, and to allow site managers to better manage these important natural resources.

Our job is to protect the natural resources in our park. Unless we know what’s out there, it’s awfully hard to protect it. Your species lists will tell us what we have and what to be concerned about.



It will be fun!!! Normally fun isn’t supposed to be a justification for a scientific endeavor, yet we’re looking forward to getting in the field with old acquaintances and making new friends. What could be better than walking through the woods with fellow naturalists looking for plants and animals?

The BioBlitz will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 18, 2015 and continue until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, though people are welcome to begin anytime Friday morning if they are want to get an early start. On-site registration will start at noon at the Rocky Knob Picnic Area pavilion at Milepost 169. Activities for schools will also begin Friday morning. We will hold the BioBlitz rain or shine.

The BioBlitz will be held in and around Rock Castle Gorge in the Rocky Knob area of the Parkway near Floyd (VA). The approximately 3,600-acre site is located along the Parkway between Milepost 165 near Tuggles Gap and Milepost 174 at Rock Castle Gap. This area includes mature second-growth forests, seeps and streams, wetlands, successional forests and agricultural fields.

We are inviting specialists, naturalists and nature lovers to join us for all or part of the 24-hour, 2-day event. Participants will be provided a map and information about the area and then set free to inventory anywhere in the site. There may be opportunity for non-specialists to join specialists with their fieldwork.

Do not travel alone! Let someone know where your group will be and when you will get back.
Only park vehicles in safe locations off of roads and be sure to follow all traffic laws. Pull out of the

way for faster moving vehicles.
Use care hiking on slippery and uneven surfaces. Do not exceed your capabilities. ) Watch where you place your hands if you search crevices rocks, under logs, etc.
Carry a first-aid kit and other safety gear with you.
Weather can rapidly change at this time of year; be prepared for inclement weather.

It will help the Blue Ridge Parkway manage its natural resources.
It’s a great chance to meet face-to-face with people you’ve talked to on the phone or whose publications

you’ve read. Spend the day with your colleagues. Develop new personal and professional relationships.
It’s a chance to learn something about your local area. There’s more to the Parkway than just the road!

Come on out and see what’s out here!

It will be fun!!!

Please turn in a list of what you find, or let us know when you plan to share your findings, before leaving the BioBlitz. Information we would like are species names, locations where they were found, numbers observed, etc. We will happily accept copies of photographs of what you find. Collecting any specimen is only allowed with a permit issued by the Blue Ridge Parkway. Please apply for permits early https://irma.nps.gov/rprs/Investigator/Index . We will have a closing session at 2:30 Saturday afternoon where everyone can share their findings.

Registration can be completed ahead of the event at http://goo.gl/forms/RC9F4fOnVs . Or you can register on-site at the Rocky Knob Picnic Area pavilion at Milepost 169 beginning at noon on Friday. Contact Bob Cherry, Blue Ridge Parkway Wildlife Biologist, by email at Bob_Cherry@nps.gov if you have any questions.

The Blue Ridge Parkway, in linking the Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks, is dedicated to enhancing the outstanding scenic and recreational qualities of the corridor that it traverses; conserving unimpaired its significant natural and cultural resources, and promoting in perpetuity the public enjoyment and appreciation of the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. Learn more about the Parkway at www.nps.gov/blri


















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist has a Patient Today...

September 14th, 2015

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I can't believe one of us is already sick! Too soon! The weather is beautiful and we are very careful to wash our hands, etc. but Clyde has a nasty bug with fever and congestion.

The fever is down and he has taken a decongestant. Hope it is just a cold and goes away soon.

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Tiger Lean Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313

This is one of my favorite wildlife paintings. I think it is one of my most sensitive paintings!

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The Word Man is out and I hope he is better soon! I like to include some crazy thing he said here but he is not up to any quips right now and I don't have anything right now either so enjoy the day and I'm sure something funny will happen soon!

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Did Not Get to Dance, New Ying Yang Painting, and Only a Click Away...

September 9th, 2015

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I can't believe I had to miss Line Dancing again! I was on my way and the car did that awful transmission lurch so I turned around and thankfully made it home. Either the fluid is low or it really is time to replace my old Ford.

It has been a great car and I hope we can get a few more years out of it. I hate shopping of any kind but it has to be done sometimes! Hope we can get it fixed before the Thursday class.

Got to dance!

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Ying Yang Flower Original Acrylic Painting NFS



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I talk a lot about computers and how they have taken over. I do appreciate being able to sell my artwork on this so called time saving device but it certainly has its draw backs.

A lot of really wild things get passed around on Facebook. Oftentimes serious posts aren't true. I sure have seen a lot of death notices that were false. As one of the characters on The Big Bang Theory said to another cast member, "Grow up, there is no room for truth on the internet."

As Clyde says, "Stupid is only a click away."




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Popular Sunset painting, and Major Staple

August 31st, 2015


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I sure do spend a lot of hours on this time saving device trying to figure out one thing and am usually unsuccessful. Great machine but sometimes I wonder about the time saving part. I want to add my website annotation to my Youtubes and according to Youtube my URL is not valid.

I have looked at a lot of discussions on the problem and am still not able to do this one thing. Now I know why kids are majoring in Computer Science. They, of course, want to make a good living but how else are they going to use this machine without intense aggravation? It certainly is a study all its own.

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I try to eat well. Ever since I found out about a friend's friend who's cancer is reversing itself without chemo we have switched to organic for almost every thing. She just stopped eating foods with pesticides and her tumor is shrinking.

Still we have to have our staples and we both agree chocolate is one of the main ones. I buy the organic chocolate but it just isn't as good as Russel Stovers so we are just going to have to take our chances with that one! Got to have this top notch staple! LOL!











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Coneflowers Original 30" x 24" Oil Painting $1470

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

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Into the Gorge Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting $236

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Blue Ridge Painting, and Claustrophobic...

August 28th, 2015


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There is hope for this extremely computer challenged lady. I just have to remember that computers do not always do what you tell them to. I was complaining how I followed the instructions on how to add a twitter list and nothing happened.

Well last night I did exactly what I did the other time and this time it worked! A computer is a machine that thinks and sometimes it thinks it isn't going to help me. I guess it gets over the tantrum and decides to let me get something done.

It is a little like taming a difficult dog. Nice doggy, nice doggy! Come , sit and I will give you a treat. Nice computer, nice computer. Do what I ask you to do and you won't be thrown out the window.


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Rolling Beauty 12" x 9 " Oil Painting $236


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As always Clyde plays with words. He has a new one that is rather strange. According to the Word Man the true meaning of claustrophobia is fear of Santa Claus. Now that is different. When I asked him why this definition since people love Santa Claus. No one is afraid of him. He said just go to a mall at Christmas time and observe the crying toddlers dumped into a strange man's lap all covered in white and red.


He certainly has a point there!




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Kicking the Computer Again and I like that attitude...

August 25th, 2015


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I try so hard to work on computer stuff that will help me out of all the extra work that I would rather not do, but, as usual the computer is fighting me. I followed the directions to the letter to add a list on Twitter so I can add people to the list and cut down on all this retweeting.

The list is not there after three attempts. My computer is up to date. I just added the latest update and still the computer hates me. Aarghhhh!!!!!!


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Clyde Stage Four 30" x 40 " Oil Painting NFS

Almost done with this portrait. Still some work to do on the hands and the colors. Real pleased with it so far!

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I work hard at our art. I paint every day and he writes every day. I intend to keep on as long as possible. I hope I will die with a paint brush in my hand.

The other day I saw a wonderful quote. A famous opera singer in his nineties was asked why he was still singing. He said because he was making progress! Yes!!!!!















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist Got Away for a While and I Wear Them...

August 23rd, 2015

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I got out to the lake for a while on Friday! Got to get away from work and relax with a friend. She lives on the lake so we are practically swimming in her back yard! Love it! Super cheers!




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Nesting Original 8" x 10" Mixed Media Drawing $190

I am real pleased with the attention I am getting on this expressive mixed media work! I put it up a couple of weeks ago and it has already surpassed the 1000 hit mark! Yes!

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Most of the time, even when it is hot, I wear pajamas. If I don't, after a while I wake up and have to put them on. My temperature seems to change a lot during the night. Clyde says the same thing.

There is a great funny on Facebook that cracked me up! The cartoon is of an apartment fire and someone backing down the fire escape with out any clothes on. The caption reads, "Good reason to always wear pajamas!"












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist New Painting Available for Prints and Say What...

August 19th, 2015



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I think it is time to step away from the computer again. My left eye is red and I guess it is from too much computer screen. It doesn't hurt but it looks awful. I put eye drops and hope it gets better soon. I will try to get everything done soon and get off. Cheers!




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Bloodhound Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I saw something on Facebook that must be a joke. An African American is holding up a sign that says, Mothers should not have to worry that their sons will be killed every time they rob a bank. The person holding the sign is not smiling and looks quite serious. Clyde says it is a joke. I guess I am foolish to think that it might not be a joke but nothing surprises me.














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I think it is time to step away from the computer again. My left eye is red and I guess it is from too much computer screen. It doesn't hurt but it looks awful. I put eye drops and hope it gets better soon. I will try to get everything done soon and get off. Cheers!
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Bloodhound Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting NFS
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
I saw something on Facebook that must be a joke. An African American is holding up a sign that says, Mothers should not have to worry that their sons will be killed every time they rob a bank. The person holding the sign is not smiling and looks quite serious. Clyde says it is a joke. I guess I am foolish to think that it might not be a joke but nothing surprises me.





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Coneflowers Original 30" x 24" Oil Painting $1470
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Tulip Edge Original Acrylic Painting NFS
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Ridgeland Winter Beauty 10" x8" Oil Painting $168
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Going to Figure these Things out and Smack...

August 17th, 2015



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I fight with my computer all the time. I have mentioned many times that it hates me but I am determined to get things done in spite of this helpful but irritating machine.

I now have artwork on the popular site Wanelo. I have made a number of mistakes in my listings so I use the trash button to eliminate them. They are not on my page but if I put my name in the search they are still there. In the help section that question is not there. I guess I will have to contact them. Hope I can figure it out on my own.


Regardless, I am working real hard so I can get to the lake this afternoon! That will put a smile on my face!

Cheers!




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Sifting Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am amazed at the number of phobias that are listed on the internet. Since it is the internet I can't be sure they are true but they are there. Fear of sitting and fear of mirrors are the two that fascinate me the most. They have fancy names but I don't want to look them up right now.

Anyway, Clyde and I were discussing them on our walk yesterday and he came up with a great one. Smackaphobia- fear of being smacked by someone. That definitely should be added to the list!











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Second Stage of Rolling Beauty, and In Only Two Weeks...

August 14th, 2015



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Working on the third stage of Rolling Beauty and am not real happy with it. I am going to take a good look at the first stage before I go any further. In the process of pulling out the forms and adjusting color I seem to be losing some of the energy of the piece. Art really is a crap shoot. Right now I will claim victory and retreat until I can get into a better frame of mind.

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Rolling Beauty Original 12" x 9" Oil Painting NFS







Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The Word Man doesn't have a funny today but I know he will have one soon. He isn't trying to come up with funnies for this blog he just naturally cracks me up all the time. Anyway, I had to show him this great joke on Facebook. Got a lot of likes for this one.

Two side by side pictures of a guy with a huge pot belly. The only difference is in the second one the guy does not have his glasses on. The caption reads In Only Two Weeks Robert Lost His Glasses!















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist New Print Sales and Whale Sighting

August 12th, 2015

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Line Dancing was great last night! I finally got the hang of one that is rather difficult - at least difficult for me. We had a good sized class and Tuesday the 25th we will be performing at the Train Station in Pulaski, VA! Come on out!

We always have one easy dance we invite the audience to try with us! Lots of fun and The Farmers Market has great stuff there!
Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out which is my best seller and is still featured on the set of The Mindy Project! The show was on Foxtv for three seasons and is now on Hulu. Also sold print of Isle of Palms Sunset to a great Minnesota patron! Love the shore and wish I could visit more often. South Carolina has gorgeous beaches!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I kid around a lot but I do have the greatest respect for my Poet/Naturalist husband and here is a link to his latest publications. If you want to know more about the Word and Bird Man, just put his name in Google! Lots and lots of great stuff about him!



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The other night we were talking about whales. I have always been fascinated by the shore and marine life. One of my favorite films is Blue Water White Death which was a documentary on the great white shark.

I said to Clyde that I saw a whale once off the Delaware coast when I was eighteen. He said that was nothing, he would be seeing one in a few minutes. He was about to take a shower. Okay so he isn't as skinny as when we were first married but he is certainly isn't whale size. LOL!











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Monday Mad

August 10th, 2015

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I hate to follow up a discouraging post about gun violence with a Monday Blues story but this is one irritating Monday. We all have them. I spent an hour with a computer operator at RU trying to get rid of some wierd announcement I get when I try to go to the site.

After a full hour of back and forth and his manipulation of my computer he said they were having a short and that was the last word I heard from him.
If he doesn't try to call me back it will be a little hard not to think he was making that up because he just couldn't solve the problem. I will wait and see.

Now I have to log in to all my sites with pass words I have a hard time remembering. That was not fun.
I had to go see about a rather sudden growth on my forehead later today and, to modify an old hit song, all she wants to do is paint!

Cheers, it really is Monday!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday we were discussing music after church. Our organist is great! She also plays the piano and the guitar and was trained in voice! I always thank her after church because I know how much work goes into music. I play my piano every day. Clyde has studied music more than I have and is familiar with the historical development of the art. He can play the guitar very well but doesn't read music.

We were talking about singing and how hard it would be to sing really well. A singer can't drop a note the way pianists can and get away with it. Clyde said that he would be dropping notes right and left and everyone would be headed for the door if he sang solo. I don't think anyone is considering asking him to sing.











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Venting and Do Not give them the Keys...

August 7th, 2015

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From now one when I go on a trip and am staying where I am promised Wifi service I am going to plan on not getting much done. Either we live under a bad computer star or that promise is always false!

I try to cut back on computer stuff when I am away but I don't like it when I am cut off.

Oh well, as one of my friends said years ago, "What is the use of complaining?" Some one will always complain louder. Cheers!

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Looking Through the Grass Original Acrylic Painting NFS











Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Einstein was right. Everything is relatives. I love my relatives but we all have some that we just don't jive well with. We just got back from a visit and I was a bit bothered by a few verbal jabs I received there.

Funny thing, on the way home at one of our stops I saw a book with this title. People Can't Drive you Crazy if you don't give them the Keys. I got to stop giving that one the keys!











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Working Away, and When Noahs Ark Lands in Radford...

July 27th, 2015


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I am just about done on a commission. I am very pleased with the results. It is in the style of my Suggestions paintings but I had the subject matter before I started. I always welcome commissions and get great compliments on them!

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The Following Original Acrylic Painting NFS








Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I like to wear skirts. When we were first married I wore them a lot and then for some reason I just started wearing pants most of the time. Recently I found the greatest skirt! It is a pull on so it isn't binding no matter how much I eat. I hate the way pants bind in the waist. It is so uncomfortable.

I am definitely going to look for more of these easy wear, easy care skirts. I told Clyde he should get back to the dress of one of his ancestral groups, the Scottish, and wear a kilt for comfort.

He said he would wear a kilt when Noah's Ark lands in Radford. Lots of rain out there today but I don't think he will be wearing one anytime soon. LOL!

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Apple a Day Original Acrylic Painting NFS

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Commission, New Sale, and Free Car Ventilation Service...

July 24th, 2015

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In spite of the aggravations of my current painting I still have hair on my head! The work went much better today and I am pleased to begin work on a commissioned painting!

A great Virginia patron saw my latest Suggestion painting, Terrier Tug, and asked me to paint a red blood hound in the same style.

Also, I sold my first pillow with one of my most popular paintings on it to a great Illinois patron! I hope no one sits on it! LOL!

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Owl Stare Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When I am on the computer I often run into the next room to tell Clyde when I see a good funny! I am always hoping he can add to it. This one has a serious note to it, but it is still funny.

On Facebook there was a picture of a car with a broken back glass. The caption was, Free Car Ventilation Service.

Leave a dog in an over heated car and we will do the rest!






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is not Going Crazy and What...

July 23rd, 2015

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You really have to love painting to put up with the aggravation. Sometimes it is so difficult and then I remember that I don't let them drive me nuts and just keep going. My portrait of my husband is bugging me big time and I may have to alter the whole thing. I am not going to scrap it but it does have some problems that must be worked out.

I can't explain most of what is bothering me but another artist would understand. I need to get to the end and put it away. It is amazing how most of my paintings improve greatly with age. They are just like people that you love. No matter how old they get, they still look great!

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Scent Original Acrylic Painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day Clyde was telling me about some symptoms that seemed like menopause. Hot flashes and other things that we women go through. I asked him if he was going through Manopause.

He said no but he was sure he was going through Stupidinfinity. The stupid never ends. Just keeps going.

Not true, but it is a cute joke!






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist is Going Swimming and Burn a Calorie for Me...

July 19th, 2015

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I had a great time swimming in Claytor Lake the other day! I have been in three times this summer and hope to get there many more times before the end. Summers really do fly and winters walk as Charles Schultz said in one of his Peanuts comics.


Between the weather and all my work it is difficult to get there but I try hard to find the time. Got to swim!
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Claytor Lake Cabin in Fall Original 30" x 24" Oil Painting $1490



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When Clyde and I were first married I was very conscious of weight control as I have been most of my life. I was worried that I would start to lose the battle of the bulge so I made sure I exercised every day.

One day as I was working out in our bedroom Clyde was lying down eating some vanilla wafers. He looked at me and said, "Lose a calorie for me!" Now, that would be great if someone could work out for you and you could just lie down and eat!

Some genius needs to work on that one!










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Happy Patron, and Ready to Heave them out the Door...

July 18th, 2015

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I live to paint. I really do and it is great when I find homes for my originals. The patron in Richmond emailed me to say the painting is perfect, looks better than the listing, and my packaging was perfect! I love to hear all that since computer monitors are all set up differently.

I order greeting cards of my work once in a while to check on how the work looks online. So far, I am doing a great job. Still, that doesn't mean the viewer is seeing exactly what I have uploaded so it is great to hear from happy patrons!

I am also an amateur pianist and I love to play my piano every day. It is hard to find the time but I usually can get in a decent amount of time. I am concerned that my fingers are not as good as they used to be. They don't hurt, so I don't think I have arthritis, just some stiffness from age.
Oh well, I can still play and enjoy it very much.

I was adding my music to my Youtube videos but that got to be too time consuming and Youtube has great background music!

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Fairlawn Eve Stage One Original Oil Painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Ants, ants, ants. They were having quite a party in the bedroom. Now they have adjourned to the bath room again. I put out the drops and a queen dies but others must take her place because they are all over the counter once again.

They snub their noses at me and give me dirty looks because I haven't put out any drops today. We are getting low on the stuff and Clyde is not sure he can get more. I think a friend gave him this bottle. Guess I will have to go online for more.

I am about ready to pick them up one at a time and heave them out the door! See how fast they come back in for drops after that.









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Original Painting Sale, and Hour Tax...

July 11th, 2015

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I am pleased and a little sad to sell one of my favorite Blue Ridge Mountain paintings, "Another Rocky Knob". This one is special as it is the main site where my husband has researched birds and butterflies most of his life. He also leads hawk watches there in the fall.

As I have said before, I live to paint but I can't take them with me so I am glad this painting is going to a good home in Richmond, VA. The patron is buying it for her boyfriend for his birthday! Original artwork is a great gift. It is the unique expression of one artist. Of course, prints will still be available.
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Another Rocky Knob Original Oil Painting Has been Sold




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am still griping about how little time there is in a day to get everything done. Both my husband and a Wordpress friend said if I had more hours I would just find more things to do. They are right but I would like to try out an addition.

I think I would take a little more time off if there were more hours in the day.

Clyde said if it were possible to add two hours to the day the government would tax you for four!








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Suggestion Painting, and The Computer Attacked Me...

July 6th, 2015

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I am trying hard to stay away from another Blue Ridge Mountain painting now that I have started on my portrait of Clyde. If I get involved in another landscape I won't be able to concentrate on the portrait.


Below is my latest Suggestion painting! I am very pleased with the color modulation in Sun Burst!

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Sun Burst Original Acrylic Painting NFS




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

If you have read many of my blogs then you know I often get exasperated with the computer. It is a great machine but it is also very irritating.

Sometimes I am tempted to chuck it right out the window but I know it would creep back in and expect me to fix it up.

Anyway, the other day I called Clyde at work to tell him I had a hole in my pants and a bleeding gash on my leg. Not a very bad one but it was bleeding! The computer attacked me!

Okay, I was about to sit down and slammed my leg in to the table it sits on. I have never done that before and since computers have minds of their own I insist on blaming it for this mishap.

I think it has heard all of my gripes and decided to strike first. LOL!









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Painting on The Cover of The Inflectionist, and Wow...

July 4th, 2015

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I am real excited about having my painting on the cover of The Inflectionist soon! The tentative date is July 20th for the hard copy magazine! There will also be an article on me. The Inflectionist is growing a fan base quite rapidly and I am pleased to be in one of the hard copy issues that is printed twice a year. The other issues are online.

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Morning Stroll at Isle of Palms Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2430







Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

When Clyde got home today I had to tell him about the TV court case that made me say, "Wow!" I spend most of my time on the computer or in the studio but I take breaks and when I do sometimes I like to look at one of those court room shows. I could not believe the one I say yesterday. It is so hard to believe anyone would allow that kind of story about themselves to be on TV.

I guess the litigants get paid quite a bit to appear.

Anyway, it seems a girl was suing a one night stand guy for causing a fire in her home that totaled around $1400 worth of damages. Get this. They were out dancing when she invited him home. She lit candles for a romantic atmosphere. He thought she was a well endowed girl and when she took her clothes off and he could see she had been wearing a padded bra he ran out of the house, accidentally knocking over a candle that caused the fire.
Wow, now that is one shallow guy and he appeared on TV to let the world know his character.

Wonder if he will get a date anytime soon.







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, A Naturalist, and A Better Looking Monkey...

July 1st, 2015

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I am real excited about my new painting that I haven't started yet! The Word and Bird Man is going to sit for me! I have done a number of paintings of my favorite model but they were all based on photos. This is going to be great!

If you have ever wondered why artists paint themselves or family members there is a very logical reason. Family members don't charge a modeling fee. There are other reasons as well but I think the lack of a modeling fee is number one - at least it is to me!

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Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler


I have started setting up for a portrait in oils of Clyde. Right now I am deciding on the spacing, value patterns, and lighting. I had Clyde in there a few days ago to work on the lighting. After a while I told him I didn't need him just yet. Still have some decisions to make. He suggested I get a monkey to sit - a better looking monkey. No, he is the monkey, I mean man I want for the painting!





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Alan Painting, and Kind, Blind, and Out of my Mind...

June 29th, 2015

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Glad to get some rain! We have some tomato plants and they were sagging a little. Clyde can't eat tomatoes so I think it is real nice of him to plant them for me and Alan.

A few days ago I worked real hard to get all of my work done so I could get out of here.

I am one of those rare girls that does not like to shop but my summer shirts are falling apart so I sucked it up and went to a store. I was thinking that maybe I could break my ten minute shopping record but that didn't happen. I did find three very nice shirts!

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Alan Oil Painting has been Sold









Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I love to goad Clyde because he almost always comes up with a funny I like to post. Laughter is very important to me and sometimes he makes me laugh so hard I have to gasp for break. So far, we haven't had to call 911!

As I have mentioned before I have always thought Clyde was a handsome man and he still is after all these years. He thinks I am kind, blind, and out of my mind but I don't agree.

The day after our anniversary I told him I married Gorgeous George. His reply was then why did you marry me, too? Ha ha! I am not a bigamist, you fool!







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Lithograph, and Ding Dong The Queen is Gone...

June 25th, 2015

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I have a number of lithographs that are not online so I am trying to catch up on my uploads. All of my lithographs were done when I was getting my MFA. I enjoyed lithography very much but the set up for that type of printing is more than I want to get into it.

I live to paint and a lithography press costs as much as a car and I would really need another studio for all the different stages of the work.
I am glad I still have a number of them and have hand colored some as well. Here is the black and white version of Kitchen.



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Kitchen 8"x 6" Oil Painting NFS





Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Something very strange has happened this summer. We started out with the biggest army of ants I have ever seen. They would come in every day and sit around in a perfect circle around the poison drops I set out and just keep coming. Some days there were just a few so I would put the drops out and another army would come in.

There were so many that after a few days there were three perfect circles around the drops. I guess the ones in the back would just push the ones that were closer away so they could get some. It just didn't seem that the drops were working so I quit putting them out.

Well, the other day there weren't any. Yesterday, no ants. Today, no ants. I guess it just took a very long time to get to the queen so DING DONG THE QUEEN IS GONE! Yea!









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Blue Ridge Mist Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Loving It, and What a Way to Go...

June 23rd, 2015

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I am having such a great time working and I do mean working on my latest mountain sunset! I enjoy my Kendall Expressions and Suggestions but my style of mountain landscape painting is what I love the best! I finished the third layer today!

Be sure to check out my galleries by clicking on the link! See all my different approaches to what I love to do!


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Fairlawn Eve 12"x 9" Oil Painting $236.00






Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

We both like chocolate but I am especially addicted to it. I don't think a day goes by without some sort of chocolate. I don't just have a tooth that craves sugar. My whole body craves it. I think the only way I would give it up is if I were put in a straight jacket .

Anyway, yesterday I read on the internet that twenty bars of chocolate at one time is a lethal dose! I told Clyde this and he, of course said, "What a way to go. You may have a sugar overdose but you wouldn't care." I don't know about that. One bar is plenty for me!










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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Addition to my Porftolio, and Not Tom Cruise...

June 21st, 2015

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I didn't get to paint today. Too many other things to do but I will get to paint tomorrow. I am very excited about my latest mountain painting! It is really coming along and I am glad I am documenting the different stages for myself and for people that would like to buy a print of one of the stages.
I may mess something up and wish I had left it alone but now I can at least see the versions I lost. It is always an arm wrestling experience but I'll get it done. Cheers!


Here is my latest Kendall Expressions addition to my portfolio! I am real pleased with the vibrant energy in this one!



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Owl Stare 20"x16" Oil Painting $670.00





Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before, I love to joke around about internet scammers with Clyde. The other day Tom Cruise asked me to be one of his friends on TSU. A lot of people put up twitter accounts with a celebrity name and picture, but they also include a disclaimer that the account isn't really the celebrity's account.

This one on TSU just had the actor's picture, birth date, and nothing more. I decided to have some fun with the scammer. I sent him or her a message asking if the account was a fan page for the famous actor. The response was, "Fan page, is that picture really of you or someone else? " That sentence could mean the scammer was wondering why I was questioning the account or affirming my question.

I said it was me and the next message I received was exceptionally vulgar. Definitely not Tom Cruise! LOL!








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Sale of Reaching Out, and How Many Years...

June 18th, 2015

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I am pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out to a great Texas patron! Reaching Out is my best-selling print and it sure is getting around. I have enjoyed seeing it on The Mindy Project for three years. Now the show is online on Hulu.

Also glad to sell two framed Blue Ridge Mountain paintings to a great Springfield, VA patron! I am back to work on another mountain painting and have uploaded the first stage. My mountain paintings are my favorites!

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Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I mostly watch movies. I find great ones at our library and order from Netflix, so TV can be quite annoying with commercials. I especially hate the ones that are repeated twice in the same break.

Clyde and I were discussing the one by a Roanoke business man that comes on all the time. Clyde told me it has been voted the mostly likely to be muted commercial on local TV.

This businessman makes the claim that he has been helping people for quite a few years and we were wondering how many years we have been tortured by his ad. I don't think the number of years we have had to watch it is as many as the number of years he claims he has been helping people, but I'll bet it's close. Argh!!!









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Coneflowers Original 20" x 16" Acrylic Painting $670


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Dragon Stare Available for Prints or Purchase, and a Few Tacks Short...

June 16th, 2015

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I added the final stage of Dragon Stare to my portfolio! I like it!


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Dragon Stare 18"x 24" Acrylic Painting $994




Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The other day Clyde and I were watching a talent show and were utterly dumbfounded by one contestant that threw himself into a pile of tacks. I really have a hard time with that as a talent. He did bleed, but not that much.

Clyde's comment was he must be a few thumb tacks short of a bulletin board!








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Oils, and Texting While Driving...

June 15th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I have two large canvases ready to go! Since I have been working in Acrylics I will first paint a small oil so I can get used to the difference in paint. There is a big difference in how I handle the two and the drying times is completely different.

I don't want to be scraping off expensive oil paint because I am out of practice.
Art is just like Music and I can say that because I am reasonably proficient on the piano. I found out that for my Kendall Expressions paintings and my Suggestion paintings I have more success getting what I want with Acrylics but my favorite medium will always be oil paint. Great stuff!

Here is another painting from my Suggestion Series to end things with Acrylics for a while!




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Heart Twirl Original Acrylic Painting NFS






Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde often complains about other drivers tail gating him and texting and driving. In South West Virginia deers are an ever present danger so we try to keep the speed down to the speed limit which I think very few people do. I think most people think the speed limit is really at least ten miles more than what is posted.


Anyway I made him laugh the other night when I told him I was almost hit by someone that was texting while driving. I don't think I was in any real danger. I was in the grocery store when some guy almost creamed me with his cart while he was fooling with his phone. Maybe they should post no texting or driving while shopping! LOL!







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Dragon painting about done, and VSO Foray...

June 12th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Dragon painting about done, and VSO Foray...

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I think I am about done with my latest Kendall Expressions painting. In the fourth layer I decided to play off complicated areas with broad color fields. I am pretty sure I am not going to make any more changes.

The final state is to the left but I don't have it available on my website yet. Soon!

Time to get back to a local painting. Love this gorgeous New River Valley and I have plans for a large floral landscape based on a field near Childress, VA.

Clyde and I had a great meeting with the president of Ferrum College, Jennifer Braaten. We enjoyed looking at the college's art collection and talking about Ferrum history. Such a great school and beautiful campus!










Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The VSO Breeding Bird Foray is turning out to be a great success. The Bird Man was worried he wouldn't have enough help but he has recruited 26 so he is smiling big right now! The Foray goes through this Sunday and he will be out checking on all of the populations every day. These surveys are important indicators of environmental health due to the fact that birds are much easier to find and monitor than other wildlife. Go Bird Man!!!







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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Acrylic Painting $670

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Peaks of Otter Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Ferrum College Visit, and The Round Table...

June 10th, 2015

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I am working on the third layer of my latest Kendall Expressions painting. Now I have hit a bump. Not sure if I want to continue with the more complicated system of colors that I started today or stay with broad colors and brush strokes.

Yesterday I met with the president of Ferrum College, Jennifer Braaten. She showed me what is happening with art there and is considering buying one of my paintings for the school and one for her home.





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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island Original 24" x 18" Acrylic Painting $1350








Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The ants are back in full force!!! Yikes! I have the poison drops out but they are still here. I refuse to put out dangerous pesticides and have tried all the natural ones. The drops can't hurt us in any way but the ants are supposed to take the poison back to the nest and kill the queen.

Well, yesterday I noticed there were only a few so I put more drops out. Big mistake! I could not believe how many ants showed up and sat perfectly round the drop and sipped away. It made me think of the knights of the Round table but I don't think they were solving any world problems.

I mentioned the round table to Clyde and he said they were probably solving more problems than Congress. Wow! Big government burn!!!









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Ferrum College Visit, and The Round Table...

June 8th, 2015

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I am working on the third layer of my latest Kendall Expressions painting. Now I have hit a bump. Not sure if I want to continue with the more complicated system of colors that I started today or stay with broad colors and brush strokes. I won't be able to get back to it until Wednesday.

Tomorrow I am meeting with the president of Ferrum College, Jennifer Bratten. She wants to show me what is happening with art there and is considering buying one of my paintings for the school and one for her home.






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Silver Lining at Pawleys Island Original 24" x 18" Acrylic Painting $1350







Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The ants are back in full force!!! Yikes! I have the poison drops out but they are still here. I refuse to put out dangerous pesticides and have tried all the natural ones. The drops can't hurt us in any way but the ants are supposed to take the poison back to the nest and kill the queen.

Well, yesterday I noticed there were only a few so I put more drops out. Big mistake! I could not believe how many ants showed up and sat perfectly round the drop and sipped away. It made me think of the knights of the Round table but I don't think they were solving any world problems.
I mentioned the round table to Clyde and he said they were probably solving more problems than Congress. Wow! Big government burn!!!










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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Acrylic Painting $670


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Cloud Swirl over the Peaks of Otter Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Working Away, and Keep on Swimming...

June 6th, 2015

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I hope to get to the second stage of this painting today but I might have to wait until tomorrow. I wanted to present the first painting in my new Gallery, Stages of my Artwork one more time! The internet is certainly great in many ways.

I am so pleased to be able to offer prints of my work in different layers. There are so many of them. It would be crazy to try to upload all of them but I am going to upload the last layer of each day I spend in the studio on each painting.

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Dragon Stage One Original 24" x 18" Acrylic Painting NFS



Also, the VSO Foray in Franklin County, Va starts today! Come on out and join this great, important birding effort!

The VSO Foray this year is in Franklin County, Virginia June 6 - 14th.
Information on nesting birds in Franklin County is scant. There has been only one previous foray that covered a small portion of Franklin County in 1976. The only other organized breeding bird study in the county was the Atlas Project, 1984 - 1989. This is a great opportunity for participants to contribute to a better understanding of nesting birds in this part of Virginia.

Evening gatherings will be at Ferrum College. For directions to the College click here. Specifically these will start at 5 pm each evening. We'll meet at the gazebo beside Adam's Lake on the Ferrum campus. We'll wrap up around 6 pm, and make plans for the next day as needed. Todd Fredericksen will have a cook out at his home on the evening of June 9th. I'll post directions soon for how to get to his home.

Some general reminders:
We won't call in birds for the foray counts.

Don't enter private property without permission, and be sure to call ahead when we do have permission. Thank the owners for letting us on their property.

Don't skip "boring" areas (towns, farmer's fields, etc.).




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Once a week we eat fish. Clyde hates fish. Alan and I like fish very much. The other day Alan and I were discussing the fact that I mostly buy salmon. Fresh salmon is great but we also like cat fish. There are others I like but Clyde can't stand them.
Alan and I were trying to decide which one we liked the best when Clyde said he thinks they should all just keep on swimming.









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Dream Horse Original 20" x 16" Acrylic Painting $670

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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original Pastel Painting $936

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Print Sales, and Sheldon may be Right...

May 31st, 2015

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I am real pleased to sell a print of Tulip Dance to a great Colorado patron and Claytor Lake Cabin in Fall to a great Virginia patron!

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Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
We recently got back from a great beach trip and are pooped! I love the shore and with the exception of some computer problems, it was all that I wanted in my yearly ocean fix! The weather was perfect. I swam in the ocean every day! I don't know about other artists but I definitely did not grow up. I still want to splash around in the ocean like I did when I was a kid!


Oh, I forgot about the trip itself. Too much traffic! I think Sheldon Cooper of The Big Bang Theory is right. Take the train! We are looking into that possibility. The interstate traffic gets worse every year. I would love to take the train and then rent a car. That mode of transportation is looking better and better!


Here is one of my favorite shore paintings!


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









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, A favorite Still life , and In your Lap...

May 30th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Here is one of my favorite Suggestion paintings! Please sure to click on the painting to see more! The originals are not for sale but small and large prints on paper, canvas, or metal are available!



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Apple a Day Original Acrylic Painting NFS



Life with The Word and Bird Man

For various reasons we have been going to a lot of fast food joints lately. I like fast food but prefer Chinese. We go to those restaurants a lot, too.

One of the fast food restaurants has the motto that people should eat like they mean it. I see that commercial all the time.

When we go there we always comment that we have to use a lot of napkins because the sandwiches are quite slippery. It is hard to keep the condiments in the sandwich.

I came up with a new slogan. Eat like you want it to fall in your lap!

Just joking around! Great sandwiches!



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, A Favorite , and I Did not thinkg that would Happen...

May 27th, 2015

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Here is one of my favorite paintings that was sold right after I painted it. Such fond memories of Rehoboth Beach!

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Life with The Word and Bird Man

I am still working hard to keep my teeth clean so I won't be harpooned by the hygienist. I hate having exposed roots. I am using my kit when we eat out and are not going home right away.

So far Clyde is being very patient. I try to move fast but my teeth are so close together that it takes time to floss them. Yesterday I may have over done it. I have had floss stuck in my teeth before. It eventually melts away.

This time I found long slivers of melted dental floss in my mouth at the end of the day! Yuck! I didn't think that would happen.


I am reminded of a cartoon with a guy that has holes at the top of his teeth. The dentist's comment was maybe he was flossing a bit too hard. LOL

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Stepping Stones on The New River Original Painting has been Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Work in Progress, and That is a Big Duh...

May 14th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Work in Progress, and That is a  Big Duh...

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I am on the third layer of my latest Kendall Expressions painting! I have added a lot of linear accents and some color modifications. I have signed it but I am not sure if I want to change a few more things. It is always hard to know when it is done. I never get exactly what I want but I do get close!







Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Years ago someone mentioned to me that women often become more and more like their mothers as they age. I was thinking about that the other day when I was brushing my teeth for the umpteenth time.

I can't believe that I decided to ask Clyde what he thought about that saying as I flossed my teeth.

My mother brushes her teeth four times a day and uses a different brush each time. They she flosses and uses a water pick. She says it takes her twenty minutes to do this due to her bridge work. Of course, her determination to keep her teeth perfectly clean is also a reason for the duration of the event.

So I am standing in the kitchen with dental floss in my teeth asking Clyde is I was becoming more and more like my mother! Well, that's a big duh!









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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Work in Progress, and Dental Ninja..

May 13th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Work in Progress, and Dental Ninja..

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

My latest Kendall Expression painting is coming along. The picture to the left is the third layer. I am working hard to keep a lot of visual energy in each stage! I love the way tulip petals eventually curl and I am using that beautiful shape as a strong, repeating motiff in this work.





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Since my last awful dental cleaning I have decided to fight back! I take good care of my teeth but now I am a teeth cleaning ninja! I brush immediately after eating anything.
I use my water pick that I was worried about using due to the problem of cleaning it.
What do you use? A toothbrush to clean it?

Not only am I flossing after every meal, but I now have a kit in my purse with brush, toothpaste and floss. I told Clyde we need to invest in dental floss stock since I am buying it all up.

If the dental hygienist says I have heavy tartar build up next time I will eat a dental instrument!







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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Suggestion Painting, and Another Mirror Joke...

May 10th, 2015

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I have started another Kendall Expressions painting. I am using Acrylic paint this time and trying to be looser with the colors and forms. That is always hard for me. I am an Impressionist at heart and Impressionism is an intense, scientific approach to light and shade as found in nature.
I am still working on my Suggestion Series at the same time. Be sure to click on the gallery link on my website to check these folders out!

Here is one of my latest Suggestion paintings. Love the flowing motion and color contrast in this one!


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Tulip Edge Original Acrylic Painting NFS

Pillow Puff 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 a pillow shape on the right showed up so I added others for a flowing still life. I am especially pleased with the strong blues and purples in this one.




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have posted a lot of mirror jokes from the Word Man. One of my favorites is the mirror wants to quit reflecting him and hopes it will come back in another life as a dog dish.

Now the mirror is threatening to call 911. Mirror abuse.

LOL!






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Suggestion Painting, and Another Mirror Joke...

May 10th, 2015

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I have started another Kendall Expressions painting. I am using Acrylic paint this time and trying to be looser with the colors and forms. That is always hard for me. I am an Impressionist at heart and Impressionism is an intense, scientific approach to light and shade as found in nature.
I am still working on my Suggestion Series at the same time. Be sure to click on the gallery link on my website to check these folders out!

Here is one of my latest Suggestion paintings. Love the flowing motion and color contrast in this one!




Tulip Edge Original Acrylic Painting NFS

Pillow Puff 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 a pillow shape on the right showed up so I added others for a flowing still life. I am especially pleased with the strong blues and purples in this one.




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have posted a lot of mirror jokes from the Word Man. One of my favorites is the mirror wants to quit reflecting him and hopes it will come back in another life as a dog dish.

Now the mirror is threatening to call 911. Mirror abuse.

LOL!






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Volvo Painting Finished , and Beam me Up...

May 6th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am pleased to add the final photograph of my recent painting to my portfolio. The selection that said Work in Progress now says Volvo Energy! Check it out! The painting is now available for purchase or various print selections!

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Volvo Energy 18" x 24" Acrylic Painting $994.00
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde likes Science fiction and enjoys various science fiction shows and movies. We still watch Star Trek re-runs. I mostly watch them for the fun comments that Clyde comes up with.

He has a lot of the lines memorized and notices when one is missing so more commercials can be shown. He says that problem is getting worse and worse. He thinks one day this will be an entire Star Trek episode.

Beam me up Scottie!
Okay, I'm beamed up.

The End











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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Print Sale, and another Tune up...

May 4th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
Please to sell a print of A House in Blacksburg to a great Virginia patron! The original is still available but I am always glad to get my work to new places in prints as well as originals! It is great to be able to sell prints on paper, canvas, or metal, framed or un-framed!


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House in Blacksburg 32" x 42" Oil Painting $2668








Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Well, here I go again. We are getting another computer tune up. This amazing machine needs more attention than our cars do. I wish it didn't have to spend so much time in the shop, especially since the shop is also my home.

We have a great young friend to help us but it usually takes most of a day- so is this machine such a time saver or is it something we have to baby sit and burp all the time? I just sold a framed print online so I guess I have a lot of nerve to complain, but I do get exasperated with our computer.












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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Still Dragging, and Gone Bad...

April 30th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


For the first time ever I uploaded a Work in Progress to my website. I am so pleased with my latest Kendall Expressions painting that I wanted to give an internet preview! I hope to have it done in a few days and then I will upload the final picture for sale or prints!

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Work in Progress Kendall F. Kessler












Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is better but I am still dragging and neither one of us has come up with a new funny but there is another great one on Facebook! Picture this. A man opens his refrigerator and a gun is aimed at him.

The caption reads, "Honey, the chicken has gone bad."

Now that one really put a big smile on my weary face! I do believe in the old saying that laughter is the best medicine. I need a truck load right now.















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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Work in Progress, and How do you like your Emails...

April 29th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



I have a hard time getting things done this week. I caught a cold and it is slowing me down. I did get to paint but it was hard standing up. I have some computer chores and then I will rest.

For the firs time ever I uploaded a Work in Progress because I am so excited about this current work that I couldn't wait until it was done to put on the internet. I hope to have it done in the next few days!


Cheers! Stay Well!



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I have been talking about the barrage of emails we get every day. Emails are sort of like eggs. Some people send stringy ones. They email you over and over again in the same day. They can't seem to wait for an answer.

Some people send hard boiled ones. These are ones that are so loaded with information that it looks like they have been cooking their thoughts for a long time.

Clyde and I like the over easy ones. These are rather short emails from people that don't expect you to answer in ten minutes or even the same day. I have one correspondent that never answers right away. Sometimes he answers in a day or so and sometimes it is a week. I never worry about those kind of emails. Too many hard boiled ones today. I will get to them tomorrow.




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Avian Adventures, Bird Sleuth

Weekly on Tuesday, Thursday, until Apr 30, 2015


Where
Grayson County High School

Created by
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Radford Flower Garden 11"x 14" Oil Painting $313



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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset 36" x 24" Original Soft Pastel Painting $936




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Purple Blue Ridge Sunset Original Soft Pastel Painting has been Sold



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Work in Progress, and Great Funny Post...

April 26th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Work in Progress, and Great Funny Post...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist





Kendall Expression Work in progress

I am real excited about this new painting! I am attempting to add intense visual energy and excitement to this popular Volvo 2015 car. This is the first stage and is a detail.

When it is done I will post the whole work.










Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I don't have a funny of my own and Clyde has not been feeling well but there was a great one on Facebook! I laughed out loud!

There was a picture of an adorable baby in a sink and the caption read, "If you see something my Mom put on Facebook, remind her that I am still in the sink."

Love it! I have over 2000 Facebook friends, a fan page, and a Community page. I get such a kick out of sharing gems like that one!


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Avian Adventures, Bird Sleuth

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Where
Grayson County High School

aaron@blueridgediscoverycenter.org





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Favorite Cityscape, and Where are those Pigs...

April 23rd, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I was able to spend a good bit of time on my latest Kendall Expressions painting! I hope to have a work in progress video up tomorrow! I think it is really coming along!

Here is a favorite Kendall Expressions Cityscape! A great patron in New Jersey owns the original work!

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Side Street Original Acrylic Painting has been Sold







Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Longevity runs in my family so I have been trying to get my body in better shape without hurting myself. My Dad was real big on swimming so I try to swim once a week but it is not a weight bearing exercise so I walk and Line Dance.

It has been my mistake not to stretch before activities and I have discovered some muscle problems due to this mistake.


A while back I realized I could not touch my toes so I have worked hard to gradually stretch out those muscles and now I can touch my toes.


Now I am trying Yoga with a DVD and it is quite an eye opener! The teacher can sit with her legs crossed and touching the floor. I can't even get near the floor. She says to sit on a pillow so hips are higher than knees. Doesn't help one bit!


I am determined to get those knees down but those pigs aren't flying by the window! My right knee is a little sore today so I have to take a break.


Maybe one of these days I will get those knees down and a whole slew of pigs will fly right by!


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Avian Adventures, Bird Sleuth

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Where
Grayson County High School

aaron@blueridgediscoverycenter.org






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Kendall Expression Painting, and I Can not Believe I Forgot...

April 20th, 2015

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Not much to say today. So much computer work that I am determined to get away for a while so this will be short and sweet. I am very excited about my new Expressions paintings and I will get in there soon to work on my latest! I am very please with The Eye of The Squirrel and have added it to my website!


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Eye of The Squirrel 24"x 18" Acrylic Painting $994



The Eye of The Squirrel is an intense, expressive painting from my series Kendall Expressions. My work has always had Expressionistic elements combined with Impressionistic elements. In these works I am emphasizing my expressive side. I am very pleased with the look in the squirrel's eye and how the animal seems to sink into an other worldly space.

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


I can't believe that I forgot that Line Dancing was cancelled last night. It is a half hour drive to Pulaski and I made that trip for nothing. Clyde said that must have been a short class.

I hang appointment notices from the kitchen doorway and mark all over the calender. I try to read as much Spanish as I have time for on the internet and still can't find my glasses or remember some important things said to me like class cancellation.


I guess I will just have to keep remembering the saying on Facebook that it isn't age that is causing memory problems, it is just that I have so much information over the years that I can't keep track of it all.


That sounds good!


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Two Favorite Lithographs ,and those Military Guys are after me...

April 15th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


My artwork takes me in many directions. This June there will be an article on me in The Inflectionist which is an online magazine that is hard copy twice a year.

Most of my work consists of oil paintings about The Blue Ridge Mountains but I also work in many other mediums, styles, and subjects.
Here is one of my favorite lithographs.

The girl has an especially pensive, beautiful look on her face and the light models the right side of the form and then the girl seems to flatten out into a mystical space.

The second one has been hand colored for an expressive effect. Most lithographs are hand colored due to the difficulties in printing them in color.




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Young Girl 10" x 8" Black and White lithograph Proof $170



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Young Girl 10" x 8" Hand Colored Lithograph Proof $170



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Scammers to the right of me. Scammers to the left of me. Well, actually they are right in front of me on the internet and talking to me on my answering machine.

I asked Clyde to work on one of them for me. I keep getting a call about a mandatory credit card authorization or something like that. I get that message almost every day so I asked Clyde to ask people at work if there was anything to this call. I am not calling them back for fear of some kind of sneaky scam.

The other one I am getting practically every day is laughable. Good looking guys that are in the military and want to get to know me. I look like an angel and they are captivated by my smile. They want to captivate my bank account!


Yesterday's scam was especially funny. Two Google+ requests from two different guys in the military but the picture is the same. One is further back so I guess the scammer will think the picture they stole will look like a different person. Two scams for the theft of one picture. What a hoot!


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Radford Flower Garden 11"x 14" Oil Painting $313



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, One of my Watercolors ,and More Computer Moments...

April 12th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
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I was hoping to get a lot done on my latest Kendall Expression painting that is in the Youtube but my back kept me from working. Hope to get a lot done tomorrow. Here is one of my few watercolors.

I haven't met the media that I don't like but I don't paint a lot of watercolors. They are beautiful but I like oil paint the best!
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On The Rocks 10"x 14" Watercolor Painting $310




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler




I hate to beat a dead horse but when it comes to computers I just wish I could beat it and still have it work. I keep trying to remember how useful it is and resist the temptation to shove it out the window, but it is difficult.

Clyde is better at it than I am but he still has to wonder at how instructions that are made for dummies still don't work. I will never forget how I figured out that I can stabilize my Youtube video and then have to add music next or my voice will not be heard.

If I make any other modifications before adding music the voice over is gone. I had a young helper try to figure that one out and he gave up. I figured it out by accident. Pretty sure I mentioned this incident before but I am still harping on it.

Right now I need some more accidents as I try to figure out annotations on Youtube. I followed the instructions to add a link to my website and nothing happened. ARGH!!!!!!

Whoever works out these programs so computer dummies can use them is not doing a good job!




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Favorite Cat painting, and an Apple a Day...

April 10th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



Here is one of my domestic cat paintings. I think the title says it all! I am working on some more abstract animal paintings. This is one of my representational ones. I always have an expressionistic flare to all my work but in this one I stuck more closely to what I was working from.
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In Charge 8"x 10" Acrylic Painting $168



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


I have always enjoyed jokes, word play, and other kinds of humor and really get into laughing! As I have said before Clyde supplies most of the funnies for my blog but I do come up with some of my own and look for others on the internet.

Tuesday wasn't very funny. I wrote about how I was looking forward to Line Dance Class and then after I published the blog I threw my back out and missed class. At first I thought it wasn't going to be bad but the pain got to be too much to be able to drive so I missed class.
Fortunately it got better so I was able to go to the Thursday class in Blacksburg.


Neither of us came up with anything funny Tuesday but I saw something on another site that I thought was great and reflected how I felt.

An apple a day will keep anyone away if you throw it hard enough! Nobody threw anything at my back but it sure kept me away from my fun.




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Radford Flower Garden 11"x 14" Acrylic Painting $313



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Tiger Stare Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Favorite Cat painting, and an Apple a Day...

April 10th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



Here is one of my domestic cat paintings. I think the title says it all! I am working on some more abstract animal paintings. This is one of my representational ones. I always have an expressionistic flare to all my work but in this one I stuck more closely to what I was working from.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/in-charge-kendall-kessler.html
In Charge 8"x 10" Acrylic Painting $168



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


I have always enjoyed jokes, word play, and other kinds of humor and really get into laughing! As I have said before Clyde supplies most of the funnies for my blog but I do come up with some of my own and look for others on the internet.

Tuesday wasn't very funny. I wrote about how I was looking forward to Line Dance Class and then after I published the blog I threw my back out and missed class. At first I thought it wasn't going to be bad but the pain got to be too much to be able to drive so I missed class.
Fortunately it got better so I was able to go to the Thursday class in Blacksburg.


Neither of us came up with anything funny Tuesday but I saw something on another site that I thought was great and reflected how I felt.

An apple a day will keep anyone away if you throw it hard enough! Nobody threw anything at my back but it sure kept me away from my fun.




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Radford Flower Garden is on Special all April!

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Radford Flower Garden 11"x 14" Acrylic Painting $313



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Tiger Stare Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Suggestion Painting, Beach house Syndrome...

April 5th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am determined to get off this computer and get to work on my next Kendall Expression painting! I have a great idea for a new one and can't wait to get started! Here are two more of my Suggestion paintings!




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Balloon Ride Original Acrylic Painting NFS





Balloon Ride 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 balloon like shapes began to appear by a dark area that looked something like a cliff so I made it into a balloonscape! I am especially pleased with the flowing motion in this one.

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Flower Energy Original Acrylic Painting NFS


This time a vase like shape showed up to I decided to make a floral still life. I am always talking about how I like to put the life in still life so I added vibrant colors radiating out from the vase!

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I know I have ranted about TV commercials before but it is time for an update. Sometimes I wish it were still against the law for lawyers to advertise on TV. There is one that has been voted the mostly likely commercial to be muted. I hit it immediately. I guess I shouldn't criticize these people that just want to serve us because they love people.

Whenever there is a discussion about certain professionals wanting to help the public I always get the Beach House comment from Clyde. Their real motive according to him is they need to pay for their beach house. If you listen to Clyde you would think that all insurance agents, lawyers, doctors, and politicians are struggling to pay for a beach house.

A certain percentage of every bill goes to their beach house fund.

Just joking around! No offense to these professionals but I do wish there were less commercials on TV. I mostly watch DVDs but sometimes I watch TV. I think the advertisers could at least not show the same commercial twice in one break!

ARGH!



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

April 3rd, 2015

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!

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Red Mane Original Acrylic Painting NFS



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. Whoopee.

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 30"x 22" Acrylic Painting $1350






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Mountain Lake Painting, and What good is it if it is not Right...

April 1st, 2015

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 until tomorrow. 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!

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Red Mane Original Acrylic Painting NFS




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. Whoopee!

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 30"x 22" Acrylic Painting $1350





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Latest Blue Ridge Parkway Painting,and Yes, I did not Break the Camera...

March 29th, 2015

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!


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






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

March 24th, 2015

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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!


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Rushing Water 16"x 20" Oil Painting $660




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Wildflower Magic 8"x 10" Oil Painting $168




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 30"x 22" Acrylic Painting $1350



























Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Blue RidgeParkway Painting, and The Race...

March 22nd, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Blue RidgeParkway Painting, and The Race...

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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.





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




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Suggestion Painting, and You have to have one to Lose it...

March 18th, 2015

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



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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






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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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Blue Ridge Discovery Center, and Two Squirrels could do a better Job...

March 17th, 2015

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Now that the weather is warmer, be sure to go to The Blue Ridge Discovery Center for great Spring and Summer Happenings!
Here is the link!

http://blueridgediscoverycenter.org/


I am still hard at work on a 30"x40" Blue Ridge Parkway oil painting! Should be done soon!
Here are some more of my Suggestion Series! They are getting stronger and stronger!


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Apple a Day Original Acrylic Painting NFS

Apple a Day 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 an apple shape began to appear so I made it into a very lively still life. I am especially pleased with the brushwork in this one.


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Break Time Original Acrylic Painting NFS

This time a can shape began to appear so I made it into another fun still life. I am especially pleased with the color contrast in this one.





Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I love all the arts and if I had a bunch of lives I would seriously pursue every one of them! I live to paint but I also play the piano and line dance.


I have the greatest respect for artists and I hate it when people won't hire an artist when they need one. I am talking about commercials that have the people that are advertising act out skits to sell. That really gets on my nerves. I can't get to the mute button fast enough.

Locally, there are two businessmen that put on skits on commercials that are horrible! They make me appreciate actors and all they go through to master their craft.

They are so bad that I honestly think I could do a better job and I have never had an acting lesson.

Clyde says two squirrels from out back yard could audition for the commercial and do better even if they were hired to play themselves.








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Kendall Expressions Painting, and I forgot to Attach it...

March 15th, 2015

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My latest Blue Ridge Parkway painting is really coming along! Painting can be such a great experience! Sometimes it is so aggravating that I want to quit but right now I am riding a wave! Yes!


Here is another of my Kendall Expressions paintings.

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Peace 10"x 8" Oil Painting $168





Peace is one of my paintings in my Kendall Expressions. These paintings are only slightly based on people and things in the world. They are coloristic take offs that involve my own color and brushwork choices that express myself.
I am very pleased with these paintings! Be sure to check out the Kendall Expressions gallery on my front page!



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


I have so many things to remember all the time. Between my artwork, promotion, housework, and records I am always trying to get things straight.

We have greatly changed our diet due to a friend's testimony to the great benefits of organic food. She has two cancer stricken friends that are actually improving without chemo. They both went organic.

That is all the proof I need. I am not afraid of dying but I am petrified of chemotherapy.

Because of this change we have to go to many different stores to get what we need. My favorite organic seasoning has to be bought thirty miles away where Clyde works. I have been reminding him of this but he keeps forgetting. The other day I told myself to be sure to put the old canister out to remind him.

Of course, I forgot. I was so pleased when he called and said he remembered. I told him I was going to attach the empty canister to his arm after he went to bed so he would remember, but I forgot.

He said he attached it right after he took his morning shower. LOL!




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Coneflower Drawing, and I think we need a new Computer...

March 13th, 2015

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I have reached the turning point in my latest painting and am pleased that I think the hair pulling phase is over. I think it will be clear sailing to the end now, I hope.


Here is another favorite floral!


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Coneflower Twirl 16"x 12" Colored Pencil Drawing $394






Coneflower Twirl is one of my few colored pencil drawings. I haven't met the medium I don't like but my main passion is for oil paint. This drawing is in a white mat. Buyer can have it framed to suit his or her taste.


Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

After a number of days of frustration with this machine that is extremely helpful and extremely aggravating, I am frustrated but not giving up.

Still can't get the software I paid for to work properly and I don't have the time to do the computer chore it is supposed to do for me. I keep at it with support and hope to clear up the problems soon.

Last night after a particularly grueling session with this machine I went into the other room and told my husband that I thought we needed a new computer.

He asked why and I said because I just saw the one we have fly out the window.








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





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Christiansburg Painting, and Smoke Signals...

March 12th, 2015

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I wanted to get back to my latest large Blue Ridge Parkway Vista but today is his girlfriend's birthday so I am pressed for time.

Here is another Christiansburg painting!


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Near Reeds Again 20"x 30" Acrylic Painting $1230



Near Reeds Again is the companion piece to Near Reeds which was done in oil pastel. Years ago I did a show called Dual Images. I did the same subject matter twice but in a different medium.





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday we had a young friend help us out with our new TV problem. Our provider sent us a letter stating that we had to add some sort of transformer box to all our sets or lose channels. As usual, the instructions didn't make any sense to us so we needed to call in the reserves.


It turns out that after the box installation we need to use two remotes to turn on the sets! The old one is used to turn it on and off and the new remote is used to change channels. If that order is not used the set is scramble and does not work.


We put labels on the remotes and guess what? I picked up the wrong one, the one that we used to use to change channels and the TV died right before my eyes. Clyde does not remember what our friend said to do to restore the set so we will have to call him.


I also had him help me with my software that is supposed to help me with Twitter retweets. I had missed one simple step and was so glad that was fixed. Well, it still isn't working. I hate being so technologically challenged.

Clyde says we are technologically not even there, let alone challenged. He says if TV and phones get anymore complicated we will probably be using smoke signals and throwing rocks.

If the smoke signals don't work we can throw rocks to get attention. LOL!

There was a day when a set was turned on and the dial changed the channels. What was wrong with that? I only want a few channels. The digital takeover forced us to get cable because we lost PBS.





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





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Suggestion Painting, and I am Psycho...

March 8th, 2015

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I am anxious to get to work on my latest Blue Ridge Parkway painting. I had to order paint recently and for some reason I am having a hard time getting a good cerulean blue. That color was fantastic when I was young but for some reason it seems to have become chalky.

I ordered some very expensive small tubes and was amazed that the color wasn't as good as the less expensive large tubes. Go figure! I think I have enough for today and I have another order in.


Meanwhile, here is my latest Suggestion painting! Real proud of this one!

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Fantasy Universe Original Acrylic painting NFS







Fantasy Universe 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 nebulous spheres showed up so I decided to turn the scene into a fantasy universe. Outer space gone amok! I am especially pleased with the energy in this one.

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband's sense of humor is different to say the least. Most of it is based on word play which makes sense since he is a poet. He cracks me up all the time but sometimes the humor is not so funny as it is clever.


The other day he decided to walk to a small store that has a small grill when we were socked in with the snow. It is only a five minute walk and he walks as much as possible. He wanted to know if I wanted a Mountain Dew which I love but only drink once a week since it has so much caffeine and I am not a good sleeper.


Before he asked I was just about to ask him to get me one. I told him he read my mind. He replied that he was psycho. I said I think the work you are looking for is psychic. He said he knew but psycho is more fun to say.

Okay. Not worried. I know he is a great guy!



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Favorite Floral, and Who are you Talking to...

March 3rd, 2015

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I wanted to put up my latest still life but I haven't gotten a chance to post it today so here is another favorite!

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Spring Roses 24 x 20 $980

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


I like to argue with inanimate objects. I yell at my computer mouse all the time. It is battery operated and likes to lose contact with the computer frequently. I wish I had a cat to feed it to sometimes.

Anyway, the other night I was working with my weight to help strengthen my pathetic arms. I have always had weak arms and had a frozen shoulder a number of years ago so I try to swim once a week and use a weight at night.

Clyde put on the clean sheets and they were sagging at the end of the bed. I keep my weight under the bed. After I did the lifts I was trying to put the weight back but it kept getting caught on the bed spread so I yelled at it to get in there.

Clyde asked who I was talking to under the bed. Yeah, I guess that does sound bad but it was just my weight, dear! No guys under the bed.



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







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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting has been sold

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Into the Gorge Original 9" x 12" Oil Painting $236





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Suggestion Paintings, and I am psycho...

March 3rd, 2015

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I am anxious to get to work on my latest Blue Ridge Parkway painting. I had to order paint recently and for some reason I am having a hard time getting a good cerulean blue. That color was fantastic when I was young but for some reason it seems to have become chalky.
I ordered some very expensive small tubes and was amazed that the color wasn't as good as the less expensive large tubes. Go figure! I think I have enough for today and I have another order in.


Meanwhile, here is my latest Suggestion painting! Real proud of this one!



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Fantasy Universe Original Acrylic painting NFS









Fantasy Universe 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 nebulous spheres showed up so I decided to turn the scene into a fantasy universe. Outer space gone amok! I am especially pleased with the energy in this one.

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband's sense of humor is different to say the least. Most of it is based on word play which makes sense since he is a poet. He cracks me up all the time but sometimes the humor is not so funny as it is clever.


The other day he decided to walk to a small store that has a small grill when we were socked in with the snow. It is only a five minute walk and he walks as much as possible. He wanted to know if I wanted a Mountain Dew which I love but only drink once a week since it has so much caffeine and I am not a good sleeper.


Before he asked I was just about to ask him to get me one. I told him he read my mind. He replied that he was psycho. I said I think the work you are looking for is psychic. He smiled a sneaky smile and said he knew but psycho is more fun to say.

Okay. Not worried. I know he is a great guy!



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Rock Castle Gorge Painting, and God sent me a Message...

February 27th, 2015

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I am very pleased with my new Blue Ridge Parkway painting. It is only in the second stage but I think it is coming along beautifully! I ran into a great teacher from Radford University and she said students still talk about how much they learned from me! What a great compliment!


It has been one of those days. I wanted to put up one of my architecture paintings but I can't find the file in my folders so, since I have so much to do tonight I will just put up something from my collection here. Cheers!

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Summer Path at Rock Castle Gorge Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $2430











Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Scammers, scammers, and more scammers! Yikes! I am getting one or two every day or so. They all want so badly to get to know me. I talk to Clyde about them all the time. He says they may all be the same person posing as different guys.

Anyway the latest one wanted to know if I am having a good day, did I have a good night, and have I had my morning coffee yet. Of course, I can't be absolutely sure this guy is a scammer but I am 99.9% sure. If I am wrong and he comes across this blog, then sorry. I sincerely doubt that is the case.

I communicate a little with them in case they aren't scammers and then I stop.

I have had a lot of clever lines from these people over the years and I fully expect to one day get a message that God told them to contact me and give them my bank account information. I'll bet that is next!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Still Life Paintings, and Blue Ridge Discovery Center News...

February 24th, 2015

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I am real pleased with my current still life and hope to finish it soon. My newest Blue Ridge Parkway painting is also well under way. Here are two favorite still lifes! Mary Beth's Gift won second place in an International Show in Nogales Arizona!


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Mary Beth's Gift 14" x 17" Oil Painting $476



Mary Beth's Gift is one of my favorite still lifes. I am especially pleased with the use of line and intense color contrast in this work. I have always believed that it is not what you do in art but how you do it. This plant was given to me by an office mate and I liked it so much that I decided to make it into a work of art. I found the perfect doily that adds to the strong linear accents and contrasts nicely with the complementary colors.

This pastel painting won second place in the Pastel Division at an International Juried Competition in Nogales, Arizona.


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Old Plant Original Oil Pastel Painting has been Sold






Old Plant is a vibrant painting of one of our planters by an open window. I am especially pleased with the strong patterns and value contrast in this work. I haven't met the medium I don't like and oil pastels are high on the list of favorites. My main medium is oil paint but I am also love pastels and have won awards in both from prominent artists.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

It has been a while since I posted about the Blue Ridge Discovery Center that Clyde works with so here is some interesting news. The hikes will start up again in the warm weather!

BioSurvey: Matthews State Forest

In support of and compliance with the Virginia State Forest’s objective to demonstrate and educate, Blue Ridge Discovery Center is proposing a multi-year biological survey of Matthews State Forest. Through this project, BRDC will also bring attention to wildlife habitat and water quality while providing relevant data for future land use planning.

To reinforce the educational component, BRDC will enlist science and art teachers based in the Galax, Grayson and Carroll counties region. Through these teachers, we will create groups of students to conduct the field studies under the direction of BRDC staff and volunteers from local universities and colleges.








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Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670








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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Suggestion Painting, and He is so Ucky...

February 22nd, 2015

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I have finished the second layer of a floral still life that I am very pleased with! Now I am going to get to work on a large Blue Ridge Parkway vista! Here is another Suggestion painting!


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Dancing Mushrooms Original Acrylic Painting NFS






Dancing Mushrooms 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 a shape that seemed like a mushroom appeared so I made it stronger and added another one with expressive brushwork around them. I am very pleased with the energy in this one.




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


I'm sure everyone knows about all the online scammers that get a photo of someone else and post it as that person. We women get bombarded with scammers that tell us we are beautiful so they can scam money out of us in one way or another. I get those all the time but I am not always sure the person is a scammer so I communicate a little with them before getting rid of them.


My latest two scammers that use the flattery method have been on Twitter. One of them I knew right away was a scammer and I did not respond. The other one I was not so sure about so I said thank you. He then asked if I was married and I replied that I was.

His next comment cracked me up. He said my husband is so ucky. Well, I don't think he is ucky at all. Of course it was a typo which he corrected with the next comment. My husband is lucky according to him. After a few more comments I was convinced he was a scammer and unfollowed him.


The sad thing is that I do get these all the time so I guess some poor women are falling for their tricks or I wouldn't keep getting them. Lots of creeps on the internet! Watch out ladies!


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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670














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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Monarch Paintings, and They would be in here with Us...

February 18th, 2015

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am anxious to get to work on a still life. The flowers aren't going to last forever and I don't want to go anywhere. I just hope the guys are quiet to I can get some work done. Glad I have an exhaust fan. It covers up a multitude of noises.





Here is one of my few watermedia paintings.

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Monarch Original 15" x 21" Oil Painting $652










Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Radford is in the middle of a huge snow storm and Clyde has a lot of bird seed out. He has been griping about the squirrels. They get a lot of the seed.

According to the Bird Man, squirrels get lazy in the winter and go on Bird Seed Welfare.

I asked him what the squirrels are supposed to do. Don't they just hide away with their nuts? He said if that were true, they would be in here with us.

Droll, very droll.






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Golden Farm Scene Sketch



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Radford High Day Lilies Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313



Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Suggestion Paintings, and Gagging

February 16th, 2015

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I am so pleased that I started a floral still life today! I work hard to put the life in still life and I think this one is going to be a real eye catcher! Here are two more Suggestion paintings!

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Rainbow Rose Original acrylic Painting NFS






Rainbow Rose 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 a rose like shape began to appear so I made it into a many colored rose. I am especially pleased with the orange/blue contrast in this one.



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Puppy Stare Original acrylic Painting NFS




Puppy Stare is another sensuous, colorful painting from my series,
Suggestions. . This time a dog's nose like shape began to appear so I made it into a many colored puppy. I am especially pleased with the complicated brushwork in this one.


Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


I love to tease my husband. It is great to get a laugh out of him and he usually has a clever retort for me. I like to post those.
The other night I had to go out on some errands. I told Clyde I may return. He played along and said he hoped I would return. I told him I would if I didn't find someone sexier than him. Oh wait, there isn't anyone sexier so I guess I will return.


I think the groan he let out could be heard throughout Radford. I am surprised no one called up to ask if someone was dying.

I think he was still gagging when he got up for work the next day.


What is the point of being married if you can't joke around?




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Suggestion Painting, and This is Serious...

February 13th, 2015

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Lots of ambition but not much energy. So many people here have this bug. It sure is a community thing! I do have a new suggestion painting and hope to get to work soon. Cheers!


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Nebulous Original Acrylic Painting NFS





Nebulous 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 vague fish like forms showed up so I made them a little more visible. This time I decided to let the scene remain soft and more indistinct than some of my other Suggestion paintings. I am pleased with the soft effect.



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde and I still have this awful bug that we can't seem to shake. I should probably plant a tree when I am well. What a lot of tissues! Clyde will be seeing a specialist soon due to the ear problem he is having. Mine are fine.

The congestion is awful, the fatigue is bad, but the real problem is I don't want any chocolate! Now that is a serious illness! I doubt the chocolate industry will suffer but I am. I hope my taste buds get back in action soon!





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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670



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Cascades in Giles County Original 24" x 20" Oil Painting $960


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Blue Ridge Parkway Painting, and A Satellite Picture would be fine...

February 10th, 2015

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I am pleased to have finished my third Fall Blue Ridge Parkway painting and hope to start a new one soon! I am especially pleased with the atmosphere in this one!

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Magenta Fall Original 9"x 12" Oil Painting $236


Magenta Fall is a lovely Autumn scene on The Blue Ridge Parkway. In this vista the Fall colors are as exciting as the colors in the evening sky. A feast for the eyes! I live in the most beautiful place in the world!

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde watches a lot of nature programs and oftentimes they are on when I am in the studio so I can hear them, too. The other day I heard an announcer say that even though the grizzly bear was a long way off he was still glad to see one.

That struck me as an odd thing to say so I called out to Clyde that if I were in Grizzly country I would not want to see one close up. His answer was that he would prefer a satellite shot since he didn't think they can jump that high. Great exaggeration from the Word Man!

Clyde is a dedicated naturalist but, as I have mentioned before, he really doesn't want to go anywhere where the wildlife is waiting for him with a knife and fork as soon as he gets off the bus.

This isn't entirely true as he has spent countless hours walking up and down the Blue Ridge mountains and had some close calls with black bears. I guess hanging around grizzlies is one step too far!





Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Suggestion Paintings, and You do not really want to see Them...

February 8th, 2015

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Clyde and I are still stumbling around and his fever is back. Mine is definitely gone so I am trying to do a little more today. Trying not to over do but that is like asking the sun not to rise.


Here are some recent Suggestion paintings! The series is really keeping me busy, just not this week. Looking forward to getting back to it and starting a new Blue Ridge Parkway Painting!

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Where is the Fox? Original Acrylic Painting NFS




Where is the Fox 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 I didn't see any nebulous shape until the painting had dried.

I looked over at it and saw an abstract fox at the top the painting and then notice three bird like shapes in the center and at the bottom. I brought all of the shapes out a little stronger and am very pleased with the effect of a swirling painting that has to be sorted out by the viewer.




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Flower Spiral Original Acrylic Painting NFS

Flower Spiral 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 a zinnia like shape began to appear so I made it into a spiral flower scene. I am especially pleased with the bold blue in this one.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A whole week without bird watching. I know my poor husband is suffering as much from that as from this horrible bug. I live to paint and he lives to write poetry and observe nature. I'm surprised the birds aren't lined up outside the window and asking what is going on?

Anyway this illness has made me think about how unfair germs are. You can't see them. I think something this nasty and dangerous should be visible to the naked eye. I mentioned that to Clyde and he said what good would that do. They would just flash an obscene gesture and attack you anyway.

Good Point!


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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670





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Ridgeland Winter Beauty Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168






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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Pleased to Sell a Print of Dream Horse, and I am Revolting...

February 5th, 2015

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My husband and I have been very sick for days. This blog was supposed to be here on Monday. Better late than never!

A few hours ago I sold a print of Dream Horse to a great New York patron! That cheered me up!

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Anyway, here are two more portfolio selections. The first one is another one of my still lifes that I am very pleased with and the other one is another whimsical painting from my Suggestion Series!
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Apples and Flowers Original 9" x 12" Oil Painting $225


"Apples and Flowers" is an intense, intimate still life of golden delicious apples on a floral cloth with the same colors as the fruit and the bowl. The colors are strong and the painting has a cheerful impact on the viewer. The color and textures are continually modulated throughout the work. The painting is in a black composite frame.

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Stepping Out Original Acrylic Painting NFS

Stepping Out 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 a shoe like shape began to appear so I made it into a festive shoe scene with abstract party streamers.I love the party mood in this one.

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday I was dragging. Too much to do as always. I decided to be lazy anyway. I didn't clean up until before I fixed dinner and then I just left the dishes and went on to do other things, including watching an old Peter Sellers movie. I never watch a movie in one sitting so I will finish that today.

Clyde is feeling better and when he saw the dirty dishes he started to wash them. I came into the kitchen and told him I was revolting. I was expecting the not anymore than usual reply but I guess he was too tired for a retort.

Anyway sometimes you just have to come to a halt and relax. The work is always there waiting for you. And then the next day I was very ill with fever and I gave that to Clyde so now he has too illnesses to contend with. Yikes!

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Lion Explosion Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670


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Ridgeland Winter Beauty Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Suggestion Paintings, and I can not Print that...

February 1st, 2015

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I am still working hard on my Suggestions series. It is a great experience to let a painting tell me what to do! I also will have my third autumn Blue Ridge Parkway painting up soon. Here are two more Suggestion paintings!


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Mountain Path 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 a path with trees began to appear so I made the path and trees stronger.

This type of woods scene is a part of me. I spent so much of my time in the woods. It is no wonder I have a lot of this type of peaceful paintings.
Looking In Original Acrylic Painting


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Looking In is another sensuous, colorful painting from my series,
Suggestions. This time an eye with vertical marks around it began to appear so I made it into a scene of someone looking through a broken chain link fence. I couldn't be happier with the colors, textures, and mood in this one.



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband is still rather sick from a bug that started a week before Christmas. Talk about staying power. Anyway, he is my main source for humor so I was goading him last night.

I talked about the political party he hates. Actually he doesn't like either one but he does hate one more than the other. All I got were some expressive hand gestures and colorful language that I can't put here.

I talked about the games that he thinks are taking kids away from studying and loving the environment that he works hard to protect. I got some rather pointed comments involving the moon with that one.

I never did get anything I can put in print so maybe when he feels better I will get some funnies I can use.
The Word Man is down for a while but he will be back!






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Eagle Fire Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670 http://fineartamerica.com/featured/eagle-fire-kendall-kessler.html



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Radford High Day Lilies Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313


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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting has been Sold



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Floral Favorites, and Blast a hole to China...

January 30th, 2015

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Here are two more florals! Flowers are such great subject matter for artists. They draw you in with their beautiful shapes and colors!

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Mother's Day Gift Original 30" x 20" Pastel Painting $1230



Mothers Day Gift is a still life I did a number of years ago. My parents sent me flowers on Mothers Day which I thought was odd until I read the card. They wrote that since their mothers were both deceased they decided to honor me that year. I turned their beautiful gift into a striking still life. This is one Mothers Day Gift I will never forget. What a wonderful way to honor a child that has become a mother. I especially like the warm/cool color contrast due to the morning light effect


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460 Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313



460 is a painting of a stretch of route 460 on the way into Christiansburg, VA. I am especially pleased with the complexity of color and textural quality in this piece. The wildflowers in the front frame the scene beautifully. The painting is in a solid wood molded frame. This is a low-level impasto painting and is colorful and peaceful.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is still ill from a bug that is going around but that doesn't stop him from cracking me up with his humor. He certainly married his best audience. I love his jokes and word play.

Yesterday we were talking about all the super heroes on TV and in movies these days. They certainly are taking over the media. He is not happy with how some of them are portrayed. He says some of their powers have been wimped down.

For example, the TV Smallville Superboy is actually afraid to fly. Clyde can't understand that. What's the problem? If he falls he will just blast a hole through to China, drink some tea, and fly home.




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Floral Favorites, and That one Does not make Sense...

January 27th, 2015

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I still have some florals from my portfolio I haven't shown yet. Here are two popular ones!

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Poppy View Original Oil Painting has been Sold



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Shore Flowers Original 16" x 40" Oil Painting $1310



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I really do like to add something funny here since Clyde cracks me up most of the time but this time I don't have anything from him or me. I have started writing down the crazy things he says to me because sometimes I don't remember the quip.

Lot of times he groans right after making me laugh and says, "Don't put that on the internet". I do resist putting up some of them.

The other night he came up with a good one and I wrote it down. I was surprised when I looked at it today that I didn't get the humor. I must have left something out so I called him up and he couldn't remember what it was either.

Oh well, Facebook is always around for back up. Yesterday there was a picture of a beautiful horse with a mane blowing in the wind. The caption read, "Was she barn with it or is it Neighbelline!

Love it!




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Swirling Color Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Suggestion Paintings, and Blast it Apart...

January 25th, 2015

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I am still having a great time working on my Suggestions Series. I think I will probably keep this up so I can stop myself from getting too obsessive about my Blue Ridge Parkway landscapes. It is so easy to worry a painting to death. It helps a lot to work on more than one painting at a time.


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A Snake in The Color Original Acrylic Painting NFS




Snake in The color 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 a winding form appeared to I made it into a snake. I am very pleased with the blue accents in this one.




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Whatever Original Acrylic Painting NFS


Whatever 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 it took a long time before I saw any nebulous shapes and then the yellow spiral like shape showed up. I made it stronger and added two more. They could be flowers, spirals, ribbons, etc. I thought Whatever would be the best title. I am very pleased with the warm/cool color contrast in this one.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Computers, computers, computers! As usual, I am on a rant which reminded me of a decision I made long ago. I decided it would not be a good idea to have a gun in the house for protection. As my grandmother said when she was living by herself in her eighties, if a crook comes into my house he must bring his own gun. I agree. I think I would probably shoot myself in the foot if I had one.

Yesterday I became so aggravated with computer problems that I thought it would be nice to have a gun to blast it apart!


I guess Clydes' advice that I have printed here before is the better way to handle the situation.


Open the window and let gravity do the work.

Wow! I wrote the above a while ago and then went to work on finishing the blog and had a bunch of computer problems which proves my theory that computers have minds of their own and can read yours!


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Eagle Fire Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670



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Swirling Color Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Pleased to sell Another Print of Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter, and Waiting for The Pizza

January 22nd, 2015

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I am so pleased to sell another print of Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter to a great Virginia patron! This is a popular painting.

Here are two more favorite florals!

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Secluded Brook Original Oil Painting has been Sold



Secluded Brook is a peaceful, colorful look at a small meadow in the Mountains. I am especially pleased with the gentle brushwork in this painting.
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Tulip Twirl Original 5" x 7" Oil Painting $75



Tulip Twirl is a gem of color and texture. The beautiful flowers seem to dance on the canvas. The painting is in a solid wood molded frame.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When computers took over our lives Clyde made the comment that in some ways it is a Trojan Horse. When you consider the children that have actually committed suicide because of internet bullying, he does have a valid point.


They are great in many ways and I doubt I would have artwork in 24 states, Canada, Russia, Germany, Australia, and England if it were not for internet marketing.

Still, Clyde is still not keen on computers, especially since he has to be on one eight hours a day at work. The other night I remarked how much easier shopping is with a computer and he said he wouldn't be happy until you can get a pizza shoved at you through the printer.

Now, that would be something!


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Two New Print Sales, and Photographic Still...

January 19th, 2015

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I am so pleased that two more of my paintings will find their way into homes as prints. A great patron in Pennsylvania bought prints of these two paintings yesterday! I have sold a lot of prints but these are the first for these two! More and more of my portfolio is getting to the public! Yes!!!



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Original Oil Painting has been Sold



Orange and Blue Flower Field is a serene wildflower scene that has an exceptionally calming atmosphere. I especially like the way the clouds flow behind the trees.


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Only Rocks Original Watercolor Painting has been Sold



Only Rocks is a dynamic, expressive watercolor where the rocks are the subject matter and encompass the whole work. This painting draws the viewer into an intensely secluded world.




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is from Franklin County which, as most people know, is the Moon shine Capital. Ferrum, Virginia is a very nice place where his great great uncle George Kessler, along with two others, founded Ferrum College.

Still, the county does have a well-deserved reputation for boot legging.

Today when I was looking at other blogs with great photographs it occurred to him that a humorous photographic still could be a picture of two boot leggers running away from the Law that just found their still.

That certainly gives photographic still a new meaning! Had to laugh.




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Eagle Fire Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670


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Blue Ridge Jewels Original Oil Painting has been Sold



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


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Favorite Florals, and We must have a Big House...

January 16th, 2015

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I am working on another Blue Ridge Parkway Fall painting and am very excited about these new mountain paintings!


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Coneflower Twirl Original 16" x 12" $394



Coneflower Twirl is one of my few colored pencil drawings. I haven't met the medium I don't like but my main passion is for oil paint.


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Up Close and Magenta Original Oil Painting has been Sold

Up Close and Magenta is an exquisite floral with exceptional color contrast and sensuous surface.


Life with The Word and Bird Man- Clyde Kessler

If you read my blogs then you know I love to laugh and look for any opportunity to crack up and then share it with Clyde. Most of the funnies I post here are his or mine but sometimes I find things on Facebook that are fantastic.

The other day there was a strange little creature with the caption - Home is where I can look ugly and enjoy it! That is so true! I don't even get decently dressed or look into a mirror until have the day is gone.

I mentioned this one to Clyde and he said we must have a huge house to hold all his ugly. Not so! Clyde is a great looking guy and when the mirror in the bathroom actually came off the wall and shattered, he was no where near it!

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Eagle Fire Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

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Breakers at Pawleys Island Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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Blue Ridge Autumn Original Oil Painting has been Sold
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Suggestion Painting, and Not for Lunch...

January 14th, 2015

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I am very excited about my Fall Blue Ridge Mountain paintings and will hopefully be starting another one today! Also, my Suggestion series is great! I love working on two different styles and two different mediums at the same time! Keeps me on my toes!

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Into the Gorge Original 9" x 12" Oil Painting $236

Into the Gorge is an autumn look at the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia as seen from The Blue Ridge Parkway. Rock Castle Gorge is a sight I have been to countless times with my husband, Clyde Kessler. This is the main site where he studies bird and butterfly populations. There is an energetic motion in the sky that I am especially proud of. There is nothing like the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains!

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Dissolving Floral Original Acrylic Painting NFS




Dissolving Floral 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 I saw curving petal shapes so I emphasized the swirling motion and made the petals into flowers that look like they are falling apart. I am very pleased with the warm/cool color contrast in this one.



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


Today both of my guys are home due to the layer of snow outside. Clyde is still sick but was planning to go to work. Alan is very happy to have a day off.


I love my guys but when they are home all day I am reminded of a saying my mother always repeated when Dad was home. I married you for better or for worse but not for lunch.

Things have been a little messy today and I am not talking about the driveway. Oh well, another saying my mother often repeated was, it is winter, so dig in.


Cheers!


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Breakers at Pawleys Island Original Oil Painting has been Sold



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Blue Ridge Autumn Original Oil Painting has been Sold


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Pawleys Island Painting, and They Set up House...

January 12th, 2015

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I am very pleased to have finished another large Pawleys Island painting. This one is the companion piece to His Spot. Another view across the tidal creek at Pawleys Island where my husband studies wildlife on our vacation. The sun is just about behind the trees and spreading orange light on the scene.


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House by The Tidal Creek at Pawleys Island Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $2430
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Here is another favorite floral.


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Radford High Day Lilies Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313


Radford High Day Lilies is a colorful, textural painting of the beautiful flowers that are in patches at Radford High School. The crown vetch provide a great accent to the day lilies. I loved seeing these flowers when I picked up my son from school and now see them when I go to the library that is next to the High school. I am very proud of the complex surface of this painting. The colors and textures are continually modulated throughout the work.



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is still quite sick even though he was on penicillin for a week! He always has such a hard time shaking illnesses. They settle in his sinuses and affect his ears.

He is going back to the doctor today. Hope he can get something that will knock out this monster bug!

When Clyde gets sick the germs settle in and set up house and eventually a bank account! Nasty little things!


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Eagle Fire Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670



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Breakers at Pawleys Island Original Oil Painting has been Sold



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Blue Ridge Autumn Original Oil Painting has been Sold


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Suggestion Painting, and You need your own Boat...

January 10th, 2015

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Here is another one of my Suggestions paintings! I am very pleased with this series! Also, here is another painting from my Kendall Expressions paintings! These paintings are really catching on! I have sold a lot of prints of them and had two recent originals sold!






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The Following Original Acrylic Painting NFS

The Following 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 I saw two vague hooded figures at the right of the painting so I added one more and some nebulous stars. Make of it what you will!

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Landing Original 9" x 12" Oil Pastel Painting $236


Landing is another one of my creations in which I let my expressive side take over. The added color accents and movement add excitement to the scene.





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


As I have mentioned before, my husband calls me to make sure I am up. He goes to work at 4:30 am - yes am, and I am up at 7:30.
Often times he goes to a store on the way home and asks me if I need anything.

Since it was 3 degrees I asked him for some warm weather.

His response was I needed to get my own boat.


I asked him where would the boat go!


Florida, of course! Sounds good to me!


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Eagle Fire Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670



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Tiger Stare Original 20"x16" Acrylic Painting $670


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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting has been Sold


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Pleased to sell two more prints, and I can not Believe I said That...

January 6th, 2015

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Here are two more favorite florals!



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Shadows on Sunflowers Original Oil Painting has been Sold

"Shadows on Sunflowers" is an intimate look at some sunflowers in a vase against a backdrop of shifting light. The swirling textures enliven the surface and the colors are intense. The brushwork is complicated and sensuous.

I have always been fascinated with the colors of light and shade. I remember reading somewhere that many people consider warm and cool colors together to be like the music of the spheres.


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North Albemarle, McLean VA Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $2425

North Albemarle, McLean, VA is one of my series of garden paintings in McLean where I am from. This is a low-level impasto painting with a constant variation in color. The mood is cheerful and the surface is complex. The painting is in a silver-colored metal frame.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Clyde is very good about helping me with a stir fry meal I like to make. I am not much of a cook but this is one meal I make that I really like! I was extremely tired last night and when he asked me which pot I was going to use to par boil the broccoli and snow peas, I said the big round one.
I cracked up but he was not amused. I wonder if there are any other shaped pots.

I am pleased to sell two more prints! I am especially pleased to sell a canvas print of Tiger Stare! My Kendall Expressions series is really catching on!

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What a Great Day to Paint...

January 3rd, 2015

Actually, every day is a great day to paint! I am so glad I am an artist. It isn't easy and requires a lot of discipline but it really is the road less traveled by and it has made all the difference!

I haven't been putting up these short posts here but I thought I would on the week-ends! Cheers!


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Red Eyed Hoot Original Acrylic Painting NFS
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Pleased to Sell Two Originals, and It will not do me any damage...

December 31st, 2014

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I am so pleased to sell two favorite oil paintings to a great New Jersey patron! I sure have a lot of artwork in that state! Side Street and Chrysanthemums Like Fireworks are two paintings in my Kendall Expressions folder. It is so great to see my own take on Expressionism take off!

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I am still going through my portfolio for florals to show here. I like to use a theme on Wordpress and I have a lot of florals. Chinese Orchids is one of my favorite florals! The sensuous surface and magenta/green contrast go together so beautifully in this work!
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Chinese Orchids Original 14" x 10" Oil Painting $480

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Orange Trumpet Flowers Original Oil Painting has been Sold


Orange Trumpet Flower is an intense impasto painting. The surface is quite elevated and I am especially pleased with the flowing motion in this one.

Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A few days ago I mentioned a bruise between my knuckles on my left hand. I suggested to my husband that maybe I smacked him when we were asleep. His reply was that was why he sleeps to well. Well, yesterday I found a large bruise on the big toe on my right foot so I suggested to my husband that maybe I kicked him the other night when he was causing the walls to fall down with his snoring.

He doesn't snore often but when he does, look out! His reply was that kicking him wouldn't do me any good and definitely no damage to him. Is that the reply of a hard head?

LOL


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Eagle Fire Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670




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Red Eyed Hoot Acrylic Painting NFS



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Stepping Stones on The New River Original Oil Painting has been Sold


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Floral, and That is why I Sleep so Well...

December 29th, 2014


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Jumbled Up Wildflowers Original 9" x 12" Oil Painting $236



I am so stressed for time today and I want to be sure to promote my specials before they are over at 5:00 that I am just going to show one favorite floral. Got to work on a new Youtube while the guys are out of the house. It is hard to make a Youtube with TVs blaring away!

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


The other day right after painting I noticed a purple patch between one of my knuckles on the left hand. I knew right away that it wasn't paint. It was sore to the touch. I do not remember doing anything to cause a bruise so I said to Clyde that maybe I smacked him in my sleep with the back of my hand. His immediate response was sure, that is why I sleep so well. Joker!


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Ridgeland Winter Beauty is on special all December!

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Winter Ridgeland Beauty Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168
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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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Lion Explosion 20"x16" Acrylic Painting $670





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, New Blue Ridge Parkway Painting, and What is Heaven to One Person...

December 26th, 2014

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I have just completed a new Blue Ridge Parkway painting! I am very pleased with it. It is not available on my website for prints yet but tomorrow it will be available for purchase on my Etsy shop! I have just started another mountainscape. I am so pleased to be back to my main theme!

I can't copy/paste it here, so check out Kendall Kessler Art on Wordpress to see it!

I also want to present another Favorite Floral from my portfolio!


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Roanoke Beauty Original Oil Painting has been Sold




"Roanoke Beauty" is a small painting of Happy Hollow Ground Park in Roanoke, VA. This painting was sold out of Towhee Hill Studio. It is a colorful, textural view of a beautiful park ground. The boards are viewing platforms for visitors. This is one of many New River sites that have been inspirations for my paintings. I especially like to find sites with flowers so I will have a lot of color interaction.

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Now that my husband is off until 2015 ,is he sleeping in rather than getting up at 4:30? No way. He is still getting up and checking on the various bird and wildlife species in Radford, VA. No matter what the weather, the Bird Man is always outside doing what he loves. I went on just part of a Christmas Bird Count many years ago and thought I would freeze to death. I admire these people, but it is just not for me.

I couldn't agree more with the old saying that what is heaven to one person is hell to another. I'm sure there are plenty of people that would like to do anything rather than stand up at an easel for hour after hour. That is my heaven but it is a job and does take a lot of discipline. It is just like playing a musical instrument. You have to put in a lot of time every day to accomplish a work of art. I love my job but I could find a lot of other things to do. I truly do live to paint and I will be in there soon!


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Winter Ridgeland Beauty Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168

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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Floral, and HELP...

December 24th, 2014

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I am still going through my portfolio to showcase my favorite florals but I thought I would also show two new additions to my new series, Suggestions!




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Spotlight Rose Original 7" x 5" Oil Painting $75

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Fall Light Original Acrylic Painting NFS



Fall Light is another sensuous, colorful painting from my series,
Suggestions. This time I saw a lot of shapes that looks liked trees so I added a setting sun in an autumn setting. I am very pleased with the soft light in this one.


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Search Original Acrylic Painting NFS



Search 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 I saw a profile on the left side so I turned the painting into an intense girl's face. I am very pleased with the blue tones in this one.

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


I'm sure my husband is sick of hearing me complain about computer problems. It really is not practical to drop it out the window and let gravity do the work.

I am pleased that I figured out the Youtube problem by clicking rather then applying logic to a machine with an illogical mind but now I have another problem that is driving me nuts. I do not have the time to retweet all the people on twitter that re-tweet me. I have close to 16,000 followers.

I have Tweet Adder which is supposed to take care of a lot of the work but when I add names to the AutoTweet section, nothing happens. I followed the instructions of a tutorial and NOTHING HAPPENS! I am still spending a ridiculous amount of time re-tweeting others.


I have asked people on one site and didn't receive help. If anyone here knows how to get the AutoTweet going on Tweet Adder, please let me know!


Thank you!


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Winter Ridgeland Beauty Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168



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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting has been Sold


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Blue Ridge Parkway, Two New Florals, and Looking for the Light...

December 22nd, 2014

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Please check out my latest Youtube! I am so pleased that I can add music again. I think they are much better that way.

I have been going through my portfolio to show my florals. Today I thought I would show two brand new ones that are part of my series, Suggestions. These are paintings that I am doing based on an Abstract Expressionist surface. When I see a shape I go with it and develop a colorful, abstract painting.

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A Vase of Color Original Acrylic Painting NFS

A Vase of color 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 I saw a rounded shape at the bottom so I turned the painting into a soft focus floral. I am very pleased with the flowing, circular motion in this one



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Petal Play 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 I saw two large flowers in the position that I have them in the painting. They look like a cross between a petunia and morning glory. I am very pleased with the color in this one.




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

It has been quite cloudy lately so the light in my studio is not what I want it to be. As I have mentioned before, when it is very dark outside the warm colors are hard to see so I end up with stronger warms than I want. I sure do have to look for the light to work.

I remember reading about Pierre Bonnard when he was instructing a child he thought had talent. He remarked that they had to work before the good light was gone.

When you work with a zillion colors light is extremely important. This is not a problem for my naturalist husband who doesn't mind getting up in the middle of the night to catch the owls for bird counts. The stereotype of the bird watcher is completely false. They are rugged people that walk up and down mountains in brutal weather for accurate records.


I think I will quit gripping about the light and get to work. My studio is very comfortable.


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Winter Ridgeland Beauty Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168

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Wildflower Current Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $2425

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Eagle Fire Original 16"x20" Acrylic Painting $670






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Blue Ridge Parkway, More Favorite Florals, and Where is that Ugly Christmas Sweater...

December 21st, 2014

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Still showing some favorite florals! I never tire of painting flowers. They add so much to our lives and I love to work with all the different colors and textures and add something of myself into the interpretation.

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Color Flow Original Oil Painting has been Sold



Color Flow is an intense wildflower painting. I am especially pleased with the rivers of color and the complicated textures in this work.



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Bisset Park Flowers Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313



Bisset Park Flowers is a colorful section of cultivated flowers at Bisset Park in Radford, VA. My husband, Clyde Kessler, is currently on the Beautification Committee and serves as an advisor for Wildwood Park in Radford.
The painting is in a solid wood molded frame.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband and I don't give gifts that we haven't first discussed. Usually I just order something for me for Christmas and put his name on the package. He tells me what to get locally. Since we have that arrangement neither one of us has an ugly Christmas sweater. Neither family has ever given us one of those either.


Tomorrow I am going to a club to Line Dance and the owners want everyone to dress up in an ugly Christmas sweater. Well, I am not going shopping for one so that's that. Anyway, our class has nice white fur neckline cuffs and wrist cuffs. We decided to show up in those with a red shirt. Should be great fun!






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Winter Ridgeland Beauty Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168


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Wildflower Current Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $2425

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Eagle Fire Original 16"x20" Acrylic Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway, More Favorite Florals, and Arghhhh...

December 17th, 2014

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Here are two more favorite florals! I never tire of painting flowers. They brighten our world!


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Peggy's Garden Original 11"x14" Oil Painting $313



Peggy's Garden is a colorful Radford City garden. Peggy is a friend and she has always preferred gardening to housework. Her grounds are stunning. This view is just the beginning of an exceptional home garden

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Butterfly View Original 11"x14" Oil Painting $313

Butterfly View is a small oil painting of an intimate look at one of our Butterfly bushes. This is a colorful painting with a soft textural surface. My husband, Clyde Kessler, spends a lot of his time researching the birds and butterflies of this region. The painting is in a solid oak molded frame.




Life with The Word and Bird Man -Clyde Kessler


Computers are great in many ways but I HATE how you have to keep learning about them. I am the perfect example of the old dog you can't teach new tricks to. I am forever complaining about this machine to my husband who knows a lot more about them than I do. He sits in front of one all day at his job.

I sit in front of one mainly to promote my artwork. I live to paint but I can't take them with me so I work hard to find homes for them.

My computer rant today is every time a site informs me of the great new changes it has made I let out a groan. They rarely seem like better changes to me and I am always lost at first. I get tripped up by little things I 'll bet most people are not bothered by. I am computer challenged.

Okay! Rant over. Back to the good life! Cheers!


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Winter Ridgeland Beauty Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168





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Blue Tiger Original 20"x16" Acrylic Painting $670

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A Pair Original Painting has been Sold




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Print Sales, and Translation...

December 15th, 2014

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Please click on my latest Youtube!
I thought I would take a break from presenting my florals to mention some print sales! I have originals available and prints on just about anything!
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Blue Ridge Autumn Original Painting has been Sold



Just sold a print of Blue Ridge Autumn to a great Texas patron!


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Pawleys Island Beach Houses Original Painting has been Sold



A great patron in Missouri bought Christmas ornaments of this popular painting!
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The Blue Tiger Original 16" x 20" Acrylic Painting $670



A great Georgia patron bought this case!


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Smith Mountain Lake Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670



A great North Carolina patron bought a puzzle of this one!



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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
I have been having trouble sleeping lately due to some soreness in my legs. I think there should be some sort of meter that tells you when to quit so that muscles don't get mad at you. I do work hard but I don't think I do too much.

Anyway, my husband calls me at 7:3o to get me up so I can take our son to work. He gets up at 4:30 to go to work so he can get a parking place that is not miles from the office.

This morning when I answered I let out a long groan. His response was for me to translate. I explained that I had been awake every hour since 3:30 and that is why I groaned. He said go throw some rocks, or better yet, throw the computer out the window.

Now that is a great idea!

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Ridgeland Winter Beauty is on special all December!

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Winter Ridgeland Beauty Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168




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A Pair Original Oil Painting has been Sold


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Blue Tiger Original 20"x16" Acrylic Painting $670




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Blue Ridge Parkway, Another Suggestion Painting, and I Can not give you the Name...

December 12th, 2014

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It seems the harder I work on promoting my artwork the less I get done. There were two promo things I was going to do today and neither one of them is done. Oh well, I never quit so I will be at it again tomorrow. I am enjoying my new series and am especially pleased with my latest one that I added to Suggestions on my portfolio.

Please check out this vibrant series that I am creating out of what I see in the paint as I combine colors and react to their contrast and texture!
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Pineapple Burst Original Acrylic Painting NFS







Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler



The other day I asked my husband to call a government agency on behalf of our son. I was very busy and decided to delegate a little. He was at work and thought he could try to straighten something out on a break.

He got an actual human on the phone after only a few minutes wait and then was told the problem could be easily fixed but he was not authorized to communicate with the agency. I forgot that I was listed as the contact person. My husband was informed that it was another member of the family but they couldn't tell him the name.


I think after all these years my husband knows my name! LOL


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Winter Ridgeland Beauty Original 8" x 10" Oil Painting $168

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A Pair Original Oil Painting has been Sold


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Blue Tiger Original 20"x16" Acrylic Painting $670




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Blue Ridge Parkway, More Florals, and A Couple of Dinosaurs

December 10th, 2014

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I am excited about adding my latest Blue Ridge Parkway painting to my portfolio! It has been a lot of work and I will be glad to move on to another Blue Ridge Vista.

I am also pleased with my new series, Suggestions! I am really letting the paint tell me what to do and the results have been great! I working on a small scale so I can work fast and keep the spontaneity in them.

I still have a lot of florals to present here. Here are two of my favorites!



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Hibiscus Bush Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313



Hibiscus Bush is a colorful painting of a neighbors hibiscus bush in Radford city, VA. Sometimes one thing will catch my eye and I want to celebrate it with my colors and textures. I love the way the light hits this bush.


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Tulip Dance Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168



Tulip Dance is an exceptionally vibrant floral. I am especially pleased with the energy and bursting flow to this work. I was listening to David Garrett's crossover version of Vivaldi's Summer when I painted it. I think I captured the energy in that music and translated into an exciting flower dance.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


My husband and I have been married for more decades than I care to admit to. Over the years I have seen a lot of couples call it quits which is why I refer to us as dinosaurs. We go way, way back, just like those huge creatures.

Today it occurred to me which dinosaur we are! The Tyrannosaurus Wrecks! Perfect!


Cheers!

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Blue Ridge Parkway, More Florals, and I love it...

December 8th, 2014

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I am very excited about my new series, Suggestions! Here is the latest one plus two more floral favorites!

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Wading Original Acrylic Painting Not for Sale
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Wading 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 I saw a nude leaning forward so I brought her out and put her water. I think the peaceful effect is beautiful.

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Hybrid Rose Original 5" x 7" Oil Painting $75


Hybrid Beauty is a small gem painting with intricate color nuances and sensuous brushwork. This is a painting for people that like a constant change of texture and color though out a painting. The painting is in a solid wood molded frame.
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Mimosa View Original 9" x 12" Oil Painting $226
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Mimosa View is a colorful look at a field with wildflowers that is dominated by a Mimosa tree. The painting is in a white composite frame.



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


I am so glad I married someone that makes me laugh and he said the other night that he was glad he married someone that likes to laugh. We haven't had to call 911 yet but I do get to the point that I need to stop and breath! Whenever I find something on Facebook that I think is a real crack up I show him. The other day there was a great one that I know Clyde can truly relate to. He has worked with the Forest Service for many years and has had a few close calls with bears and one time he had to confront one running at him. He knew what to do so thankfully I am not a widow.


Anyway on Facebook there was a picture of a bear running toward the person that took the picture. The caption read, "Not a runner?" Now you are!


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Ridgeland Winter Beauty is on special all November!

Click on KENDALL KESSLER ART and then go to the painting in the Floral folder and click on the 24"x 36" canvas print of Natural Rhythm for the 40% discount.

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Ridgeland Winter Beauty 8" x 10" Original Oil Painting $168
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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting has been Sold
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Eagle Fire Original 20"x16" Acrylic Painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway, More Florals, and Maybe it was a Relative that knew about the Trap...

November 27th, 2014

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Great Thanksgiving! Cheers to everyone and here are some more florals!
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Waving Beauty Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

Waving Beauty is a sumptuous look at some pink tulips my husband grew. I love the way they are stretching out to get the sunlight which is the reason for the title. This painting would greatly enhance any home or office.

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Cascading Day Lilies Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670

Cascading Day Lilies is an intimate look at some Day Lilies my husband planted in our yard. He certainly has a green thumb. All of his flowers look great! I especially like the red/green contrast in this work. Years ago at a competition May Stevens exclaimed when she met me, Oh the red/green painter! I do especially like those two complementary colors. If you look carefully at my paintings you will find all the colors of the rainbow in all of them


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


A while back I wrote about a mouse that had settled into our kitchen. My husband bought a trap that was designed to catch the mouse and then re-locate it. The mouse was caught and my husband took it down to the river. He said the mouse looked at him with the saddest eyes. It was, of course, perfectly happy living in a cozy home and snacking on our food.

A few days ago when I opened one of the shelf doors a horrible smell came out. I have been cleaning out the space and haven't found a thing that would cause such a horrible smell. I told my husband that maybe a relative of the first mouse that knew about the trap avoided it and died a natural death behind the shelves where we can't get it. Revenge is sweet!


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Natural Rhythm is on special all November!

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A Break in The Clouds Original Oil Painting has been Sold
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Natural Rhythm Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $2425
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Beauty and Danger Original 16"x20" Acrylic Painting $670
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Blue Ridge Parkway, More Florals, and I think it is Spaghetti...

November 25th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
My current Blue Ridge Parkway painting is coming along. No hair pulling at this point! Here are two more favorite florals.
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Basket of Yellow Original 21" x 18" Acrylic Painting $986

Basket of Yellow is a striking still life that features a number of different types of flowers but the yellow ones stand out as the focal point of the painting. This is one of my most expressive still lifes with strong cool colors in the shadows and vibrant warm colors in the light. The color contrast creates an inviting mood. I always work hard to put a lot of life in still lifes.
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Daisies by a Stream Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313



Daisies by a Stream is one of my most expressive flower paintings. The flowers seem to dance and sing with interpretive colors, lines, and textures.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I was trying to remember a famous saying about how to be happy in life. The saying consists of three requirements for contentment. I couldn't remember the third one and it was bugging me so I asked my husband and he didn't know what I was talking about.


In order to be happy one must have someone to love, something to do, and....
Suddenly I remembered. The third one is spaghetti! Something to look forward to. I look forward to spaghetti every Monday night. It is a family tradition!

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Blue Ridge Parkway, More Florals, and That is only Day one....

November 23rd, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I still can't get the music added to my Youtubes. I think they are much better with music but when I add it my voice disappears. I do follow the directions to slide the bar to the left to favor the original audio but I still can't hear my voice.

Oh well. My current painting is still coming along. Sometimes they do not present too many problems. I hope this is one of them. Here are two more favorite florals!

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Radford Library Grounds Original 17" x 24" Acrylic Painting $846

Radford Library Grounds is a section of the sloping hill that is on the back side of the library in Radford City, Virginia. The trees provide beautiful colors and textures to the hill and the wildflowers are great accents. There are a lot of cultivate flowers as well in different parts of the property. It is a beautiful setting for my favorite building in the city.


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Flowers by an Ecotone Original 20" x 30" Acrylic Painting $1230



Flowers by an Ecotone is a beautiful, colorful wildflower scene by a wooded area. This is an exceptionally serene work that draws the viewer in. I have always been happiest in secluded areas and spent much of my time in the woods near our home and at a beautiful creek when I was a child. It is no wonder that I married a dedicated naturalist.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I am trying to find some time to read books. I used to read every night before going to bed and I am trying to get back to that. The other day I brought home a huge, very heavy book titled The History of the World.

The title was in big letters and when my husband saw it he said, "And that's just Day One!".

As I have mentioned before my husband read an entire set of Encyclopedias when he was a kid and his memory is incredible so now that I am trying to increase my knowledge of History I can ask him to clarify certain things. His answer is usually very informative and funny! I told him he really ought to write a history book entitled A Book of Clyde. I think it would be a best-seller!


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Blue Ridge Parkway, More Florals, and It will follow you out of the Room...

November 20th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I have started a new Blue Ridge Parkway painting and it is going great! Of course they are always great at the beginning before the battle royale. I will never stop loving painting and I hope someday to drop dead with a paint brush in my hand. Looking forward to tomorrow in the studio. So many paintings. Never enough time.


Here are two more florals.

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Radford Flower Garden Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313

"Radford Flower Garden" is a close-up of part of a garden in Radford, VA. The owners must use a lot of annuals as the garden is different every year. I am always on the look-out for red/green color combinations. I am quite the colorist but I like red/green color systems better than any others. As I have mentioned before, years ago at a competition when I was introduced to the famous artist May Stevens, she exclaimed, Oh, the red-green painter! I won a purchase award at the show.


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The Red Rose Original 14" x 16" Oil Painting $468



The Red Rose is a sumptuous, colorful still life that is centered around one red rose. The vase is full of roses and some wildflowers but the red rose stands out as the gleaming focal point of the painting. I am especially pleased with the color contrast and vibrant linear accents in this work

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As I have mentioned ad nauseum I spend a lot of time on this computer blogging about my artwork. I want my paintings to live after I am gone so I promo as much as possible. I was griping to my husband that I was ONE WITH THE COMPUTER and he said one of these days it is going to follow you out of the room. I don't doubt it!


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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670



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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Florals. and That was not a Haiku....

November 18th, 2014

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I am anxious to get back to some Blue Ridge Parkway paintings! Right now I want to present more of my floral paintings. Flowers are fascinating subjects.


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Flower Life Original Oil Painting has been Sold

Flower Life is an impasto floral that has an intricate surface and flowing motion. I am especially pleased with the brushwork in this painting. One of my favorite compliments is that people want to touch my paintings! The colors and textures reach out to the viewer!

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Radford Library Butterfly Garden Original 25" x 15" Acrylic painting $952



Radford Library Butterfly Garden is a painting I did of a flower garden my husband started at the Radford Public Library. The purpose was to attract butterflies into the area. The painting has beautiful color contrast and a nice flowing motion.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
The other day I saw a very funny but somewhat vulgar poem on Facebook about Winter. It was only one line and then The End. I showed it to my poet husband and he joked that it was not a Haiku - It was a Lowku! Love it!


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Eagle Fire Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Florals. and One Big Quirk

November 17th, 2014

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I am still struggling with my latest Pawleys Island painting but I can see light at the end of the canvas! It should be done today and then there will be finesse time another day as I fine tune it. I will be getting back to my main theme which is The Blue Ridge Parkway. I am looking forward to getting back to this gorgeous region.

For now I thought I would present more of my floral work. I have made a number of Youtubes on my florals but still have a lot more to show so here are two favorites


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Tulip Burst Original 10" x 8" Oil Painting $168


Tulip Burst is an exceptionally sensuous, sensitive, whimsical floral. This painting was done from my imagination and I am especially pleased with the color patterns, brushwork, and soft, glowing surface. I love to work with complementary colors and the over all orange blue effect in this one is especially appealing.

If viewers look at each tulip they will see a continual change in color and texture. The color nuances in each flower emphasis the blue-orange color scheme in the whole painting. I like to paint flowers but my favorite flower is the tulip.



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Tree Poem 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670


"Tree Poem" is a painting that reminds me of the famous poem, "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer. I consider my work to be visual poetry with complicated systems of color and texture. In this painting I wanted the land, sky, and flowers to visually support the tree.

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A few days ago I was having a strange pain behind my right knee. It would be intense at times and then go completely away. I kept thinking it was gone and then it would start up again. I mentioned this to my husband and said that maybe as we get older we get quirky pains.

His response was that if that is true then his whole body is one big quirk. The joys of getting older. LOL




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Dreamscapes, and You know you are tired when you do that...

November 13th, 2014

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More Dreamscapes
I hope I start having some more dreams with paintings. I would like to add some to this series. Such a strange experience to compose artwork in my sleep!

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Contemplation Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670


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Dream Creek Original 9" x 12" Oil Painting $226






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My husband calls me every once in a while to check on things and stop me from working for a few minutes. Today I had a fun thing to tell him. I am especially tired today but still at my work. I practically fell into my oil painting today which would have been a horrible mess. I will never forget the time I saw an art student actually sit in her palette. Glad I always stand up.


Anyway, the funny thing that happened today was at lunch. I always fix a sandwich and take it and a drink to our bedroom so I can watch a video. Today when I reached for my drink it was a bottle of mustard. I can't believe I brought that back instead of my drink. Tired, tired, tired!






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Lion Explosion Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Dreamscapes, and Studio Visits

November 13th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist and Dreamscapes



Here are two more of my paintings that are based on paintings I have seen in my sleep. I have a lot of nightmares but I also have a lot of great dreams. I don't try to figure them out but I am always glad when I dream of someone that has passed on. This happens a lot and my father and my grandparents live in my dreams. It is great to see them again and the dreams are almost always happy ones.


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Dream River Original 25" x 40" Oil Painting $2025



Dream River is typical of these paintings. There is usually a lot of this icy blue color and objects seem to sway around the space. Water is one of my favorite subject matters in my work so I am not surprised that I dream of river paintings. I often dream I am at the beach in the ocean.
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SerenitySerenity Original 24" x 11" Oil Painting $313



I especially like this one. There is something about the girl's eyes that is mystical. I have always leaned towards scientific explantions of strange events but I like to quote this line from Hamlet. There are more things in heaven and earth , Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosphy.


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I wanted to be sure to let readers know that I do schedule studio visits. I like to show people my work in a home environment. My work looks best when it is illuminated from outside natural light and in incandescent light.

I do require a phone call so I can make sure the visitor won't trip in my studio and to make sure I have out any particular works the visitor is interested in.

Give me a call or leave a comment here and I will get back to you as soon as possible
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Dream Paintings, and I will Look in my Sock Drawer

November 9th, 2014

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Dreamscapes

About a decade ago I began having dreams in my sleep of paintings I had never seen before. They look like mine but are less distinct and seem to wave. They also have less contrast and a lot more blue than my other work. A few years ago I decided to try to put some of these on canvas.
I rarely have those dreams now but when I do the paintings are by someone else in the dream. How strange that I would invent paintings for other people in my sleep!

What a fantastic experience!


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Dream Flowers Original 11" x 14" Oil Painting $313

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Dream Bouquet Original Oil Painting has been Sold


I especially like the flowing motion in this painting. The flowers and leaves move around the space much in the same way that the lines and colors in the cloth do. It is a feast of color!

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This morning when my husband called me to get me up I was so tired that we had a strange conversation. We can't get certain organic items here so once a week he picks up some things at a store where he works.
I know you want tomatoes but what about cabbage?

We still have some from last week.
I didn't see any. Where is it?

In the refrigerator.

The refrigerator? I never thought to look there.
Ha ha! Wow am I tired. Maybe I put it in the dryer.
Okay and I'll check my sock drawer. It must be around there somewhere.


Do you think he might have been a little sarcastic?


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Children Paintings, and That is a Wrap...

November 9th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



More Children Paintings
Here are two more child paintings. I especially like the movement in Bubble. The colors seem to dance around the little girl!

When my son was young he loved to blow bubbles and my husband bought one of those huge bubble blowers and had all the neighborhood kids standing around him while he sent giant squirming bubbles into the air!

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Bubble Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $840
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Bubble is a wonderful genre painting. The little girl has a fancy bubble blower and is focusing on the large bubble in front of her. This painting has great color nuances and pleasant, flowing space. It is on stretched canvas and professionally framed in a gorgeous gold stained auburn frame.




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Summer Fun Original 24" x 18" Pastel Painting $894



Summer Fun is an energetic pastel painting of a boy playing in a river. The colors and textures make this a vibrant genre scene of the beautiful warm weather.



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


My husband starts work much earlier than most people so he is my alarm clock. He calls me from work and most of the time I am already up. Today I was looking at some Facebook posts when I found something I liked very much!


After all these years with The Word Man I greatly appreciate word play. I liked it before I met him but now it is especially funny to me!

The one I saw today was - I JUST MADE A SONG ABOUT A TORTILLA. ACTUALLY IT IS MORE OF A WRAP.


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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original 18" x 24" Pastel Painting $894




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Natural Rhythm Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $2425


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Please to sell Two Prints, and Is There a way to Nail it Down...

November 5th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

So pleased to sell two large canvas prints to a great patron in Bristol, VA!

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I have been trying all day to get a blog done but this day has shot by so fast I am looking at all the things I needed to do in the rear view mirror!
My husband had a weird suggestion. He noticed I still have my mallet and chisel from a sculpture class I took a long time ago. Maybe I can pound or carve it into a better day that doesn't fly by?

Like I said. Weird suggestion, but what else would you expect from The Word and Bird Man?

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Original 32" x 40" Oil Painting $2580.00



The Mushroom Picker is a languid view of a mushroom picker at Pandapas Pond in Giles County. This is one of many sites that my husband, Clyde, researches for birds and butterflies. On one of his excursions he came upon this man and took a slide of him which I used for the painting. The light in this scene was intense and flickering though out the bank.
It looked like it was dancing around the figure.

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Original 20" x 19" Pastel Painting $790


My Turn is a delightful pastel painting of a toddler watering flowers. I love to watch children. They are in a world all their own. It is no wonder they like to believe in fairies! The flower garden is on the edge of a woods and the cool foliage colors beautifully accent the warm colors in the girl's hair and clothing. I live to paint but I also work in pastels and other mediums.

I am very proud of my American Artist Award from famed pastelist Daniel Greene.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist,Expressive People Paintings, and No One Stopped Him for a Ticket...

November 1st, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

More People Paintings
Sometimes I like to paint people that I don't know in an intensely expressive manner. The vendor here is bathed in coloristic light and strong cool shadows.

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Vendor is an expressive, colorful look at a street vendor in a parking lot. The color contrast makes this painting an especially eye-catching work. My work is unique to me but it harkens back to both Impressionism and Expressionism. This painting is one of my more Expressionistic works like the work of Edvard Munch, one of my favorite painters.





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Intensity is my most expressive portrait. The color contrast and strong brushwork make this an exciting visual experience. I love to push warm/cool color relations and get them to sing. This painting is a great example of that concept. The man is lost in thought but not oblivious of his surroundings. The shadows add to the expression and emphasize the value patterns that connect the space.



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A few days ago a bear was spotted in downtown Radford! This certainly doesn't happen very often but the incident inspired my husband to come up with his own report! Leave it to my husband to turn a scary event into something funny!


Early this evening a bear was sighted running a red light in downtown Radford.
It is supposed that it was late for a fraternity pledge or a movie. No police officer bothered to stop it for a ticket.


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Sister Paintings, and Working Away on a New Painting...

October 28th, 2014

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I have two sisters and they have let me make portraits of them which is something artists often do. Models are expensive and it is a great experience to paint family members.

This first one is of Nan when she was ten with the only dog she had growing up. My mother decided I needed a dog and we got this adorable poodle that we all loved. We liked to let the hair grow out rather then trim it.

Beau was a very sweet dog and Nan was devoted to him.

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nanandbeaucopyrightNan and Beau Original 20" x 18" $4000




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A Skater Original 22" x 40" Oil Painting $5000



Nan was quite athletic and became a Ice Skating instructor. I love to tell people that since it certainly isn't a run of the mill occupation. She excels at skating and teaching the sport.

I am glad I was able to paint her as a child and adult. She is an interesting subject and I am especially pleased with the expressive look in her eyes in this portrait.


My new painting is coming along but I think it is going into the arm wrestling stage. I guess if they didn't start out well I would never pick up a brush.
I love to paint but it is always a battle!





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Child Paintings, and The Computer did not like my Youtube...

October 26th, 2014

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Here are two more paintings of Alan's friends. Samantha is a little older than Alan but she was very nice to him. She was one of the first neighbors to talk to him from the fence that bordered both our homes. I did a number of paintings of Alan's friends but Samantha was the only one I asked to pose for me.


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Original Painting has been Sold



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Troy 24" x 14" Original Pastel Painting $3000



Troy Swan was one of Alan's friend at McHarg Elementary school. He moved away shortly after they became friends and I have often wondered how everything went for him in Richmond. He had a great time at one of Alan's Birthday parties.


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This time of the year my husband spends a lot of time watching migrating hawks from Rocky Knob on The Blue Ridge Parkway and in our backyard. What he doesn't want to hear is me screaming at the computer. I do get quite frustrated with this machine that has a mind of its own.

Yesterday I attempted to load another Youtube about my Floral paintings. The graph said it was 81% complete and there were only fifteen minutes remaining. An hour later there were still fifteen minutes remaining. Argh!


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Young Boy Paintings, and Trip to Mabry Mill

October 22nd, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Another one of my son's first friends was Paul. They are still friends and see each other at the Bowling League games. Paul used to live on our street but moved away a few years ago.

When Alan was very young I made this painting of a small boy walking through the woods. It was loosely based on a photograph of someone else. I changed the way the boy looked so that it was not a portrait. Alan insisted it looked like Paul and he wanted to visit my studio every day to look at the painting of Paul.

I decided to name it "Like Paul". There is a strong resemblance.

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Like Paul Original Oil Painting has been Sold



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Paul Again Original 20" x 30" Soft Pastel Painting $1230


Here is the second jeep painting of Paul. Alan and his friends got a lot of mileage out of that jeep!



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Dream Horse Original 20 x 16" Oil Painting $670



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I enjoyed my short trip to The Meadows of Dan with my husband on Monday. I have never painted Mabry Mill and I wanted to get a number of photos to work from. Such a beautiful place! I highly recommend this beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway site! Such a peaceful, lovely place and there is a great restuarant there as well!


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, One more Skater Painting, and He wants to add This...

October 19th, 2014

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This pastel painting, "Skating", is the last of my skating paintings. This one is a celebration of my sister Anne. In elementary school she joined the girl scouts and earned a badge for ice skating. The instructors at the rink were so impressed with her natural ability that they encouraged her to take lessons.

She became quite an accomplished skater and completed three of the preliminary tests to be an Olympic contender. She decided she didn't want to compete but has been an Ice Skating Instructor in Sterling, Virginia for many years. This painting is a celebration of her gift. She is the figure in the top center and the other skaters are famous skaters. I changed their faces so I wouldn't run into any copyright issues.

I have always been impressed with her skill. I also ice skated when I was a child but just for fun and exercise. When I moved to Southwest Virginia I took up roller skating since the nearest ice rink is in Roanoke, VA. As I mentioned in previous blogs, I was very disappointed when the local rink closed this past Spring. I hope another one opens up in the future.

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The other day I mentioned my husband's addition to all the warnings on drug commercials. He said that if you are dead, stop taking this medication.
Yesterday he added this. If you are dead, stop taking this medication and call your lawyer.

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Skater Paintings, and Blue Ridge Discovery Center Hike...

October 17th, 2014

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Here are two more skater paintings from the Dominion Skating Rink that was a great place for all ages in Christiansburg, VA. I especially liked watching the kids play trios! They had to skate hooked up and then turn around whenever the announcer said skate in the opposite direction!

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This skating painting is more about the glossy floor and decorative atmosphere then skaters. It was all great fun!




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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Skater Paintings, and Take a Number...

October 14th, 2014

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Here are two more paintings from my skating days in Christiansburg, VA. I am so sorry the Dominion rink closed and a few months ago Adventureworld Skating Rink also closed! If I want to skate now I have to travel to Roanoke. I wish there were more skaters in this area.



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Trios Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $2425

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(1)Wrong Way Original 20" x 30" Oil Painting $1225





Life with The Word and Bird Man

Yesterday I was talking to my husband about shingles as we were reminded by the TV for the umpteenth time to get the vaccine. I was surprised that he hadn't gotten one yet. I got mine a year ago and now I have to remember to get one every seven years. I have heard how awful shingles are so I do want to prevent an outbreak.

My husband wasn't concerned. He has a lot of pain in various parts of his body due to two different falls. His response was why should he get a shingles shot. The shingles would be just one more pain to deal with.

Take a number!

I'm not much for nagging but I think I will try to get him to get the shot.


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Riverview at Dusk Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670





Original 20" x 24" Oil Painting $670


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Lion Explosion Original 20 x 16" Oil Painting $670

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Swirling Color Original 16" x 20" Oil painting $670





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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Pawleys Island Paintings, and The Hokie Bug Fest was a Great Success..

October 12th, 2014

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I am going to take a one day break from my People Art Blogs to present two recent Pawleys Island paintings.

I have already posted His Spot but I thought it would good with my latest painting, Silver Lining at Pawleys Island.


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Original 30" x 22" Acrylic Painting $1350
Prints on Paper or Canvas Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART

Silver Lining at Pawleys Island is an intense shore painting at this beautiful South Carolina beach.
The light streaming down from behind the clouds created a startling effect and the birds are great visual accents to the scene.


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His Spot Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $2430
Prints on Paper or Canvas Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART


His Spot is a beautiful Pawleys Island evening painting. My husband is not much for swimming in the ocean. He is a self-taught naturalist and concentrates on bird populations. He spent many hours at this spot on the marsh side around the corner from the house we stayed at. He saw over 100 different species on our five day vacation.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler


The Hokie Bug Fest was a great success! There were approximately 5000 people there and it was a wonderful celebration of the life of William Bradford Alwood! He was Virginia Tech's first entomologist!


Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Two New Print Sales, and The Hokie Bug Fest

October 10th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

So Pleased to sell a large canvas print of Path on Sharp Top to a great Charlottesville VA patron and a huge canvas print of Eagle Fire to a great Springfield MO patron!

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I am going to take a one day break from my People Art Blogs to present two recent Pawleys Island paintings.

I have already posted His Spot but I thought it would good with my latest painting, Silver Lining at Pawleys Island.



Photography Prints
Original 30" x 22" Acrylic Painting $1350



Silver Lining at Pawleys Island is an intense shore painting at this beautiful South Carolina beach.
The light streaming down from behind the clouds created a startling effect and the birds are great visual accents to the scene.


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His Spot Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $2430



His Spot is a beautiful Pawleys Island evening painting. My husband is not much for swimming in the ocean. He is a self-taught naturalist and concentrates on bird populations. He spent many hours at this spot on the marsh side around the corner from the house we stayed at. He saw over 100 different species on our five day vacation.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler


Don't miss this great Blue Ridge Discovery Center event this Saturday! This will be great fun and a wonderful celebration of the life of William Bradford Alwood! He was Virginia Tech's first entomologist!


Hokie Bugfest!
Sat, October 11, 10am – 5pm


Where
The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, 901 Prices Fork Rd, Blacksburg, VA, United States

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Description
Join BRDC at the Hokie BugFest, a festival to promote the fun and excitement of the science of entomology and to celebrate the legacy of William Bradford Alwood - Virginia Tech's first entomologist. For more information visit: http://hokiebugfest.ext.vt.edu/


I hope you enjoyed my paintings of Pawleys Island by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Child Poems, and Stop taking this Medication...

October 7th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

When my son was young he liked to write poetry about his experiences with his Dad on bird hikes. One of his teachers asked me to illustrate two for a school fair.
These illustrations and poems are very special to me.

Art Prints


Original 21" x 18" Pastel Painting $5000


Shadow of Things to Come is a portrait of my son, Alan, when he began school. I loosely based this on a photograph. This is my most expressive portrait.

The colors and pastel marks were a frenzy of feeling for my child and his first days at school. I am especially pleased with the color contrast and deep shadow effect.


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Owls at Night Original 24" x 18" Tempera Painting Not for Sale


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Owls in the Trees Original 24" x 18" Tempera Painting Not for Sale






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Both of us get tired of all the advertisements asking us to ask our doctor about some medication. The list of side effects is always staggering!
The other day my husband added one more.

If you are dead, stop taking this medication.

Please check out my Special Promotions that will end Saturday at 5:00pm. Swirling Color is on special all October!

Click on KENDALL KESSLER ART and then go to the painting in the Dreamscapes folder and click on the 24"x 36" canvas print of Swirling Color for the 40% discount.

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!


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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting has been sold



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Swirling Color Original 20" x 24" Oil Painting $670

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Wildflower Current Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $2425


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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, People Paintings, and It Might Wake Up...

October 5th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Here are two more paintings of my son and one of his best friends, Paul! He moved and we just see him once in a while now but they had a lot of fun when they were kids!

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Original 40" x 30" Oil Painting $10,000

Rehoboth Beach Rides is a colorful, exuberant painting of my son at the rides at Rehoboth Beach in Delaware. He loved the rides and especially liked this carousel with the motorcycle. I have many fond memories of this beach resort.

My family vacationed there when I was growing up and I spent a lot of time at this amusement park myself.

I miss the boardwalk, especially the miniature golf. We now vacation at beautiful South Carolina beach resorts. This painting has great color contrast and complicated textural surfaces.


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Paul on Alan's Jeep Original 33" x 26" Pastel Painting $7,000



The title tells it all! One Christmas Alan got a motorized jeep and one of the first friends to try it out was Paul.


Life with The Word and Bird Man- Clyde Kessler

I try hard not to let food go bad in the refrigerator. I make sure it isn't stuffed with things that get hidden. Once in a while something does get overlooked and I have to throw it out.

The other day I had some rice that smelled just a little funny so I asked my husband to smell it. He agreed and said that cooking may kill what is growing in it or it may just wake it up -so chuck it.

I did.

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, People Paintings, and The Worry Co-op...

October 3rd, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


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Here is one of my favorite young paintings of Alan. The brushwork and color contrast is an intense celebration of life!
Alan Reading Original 14" x 11" Oil Painting $5000




This is an exceptionally complex impasto oil with an elevated surface of small and large brushwork. The colors are continually modulated throughout the work. The painting is framed in a solid oak frame.

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Natasha Original Pastel Painting has been Sold



Natasha was Alan's first friend. They had a lot of fun playing together and I will never forget seeing them riding down the street in Alan's toy jeep!





Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband and I are both worry worts. I got it from mother. She says if she doesn't have something to worry about that is current she gets something out of her worry bank. I am the same way.

My husband worries about some things that I don't worry about and vice a versa. We are a Worry Co-op. Works out nicely that way! All the worrying is covered by both of us!


Please check out my Special Promotions that will end Sunday at 5:00pm. Swirling Color is on special all October!

Click on KENDALL KESSLER ART and then go to the painting in the Dreamscapes folder and click on the 24"x 36" canvas print for the 40% discount.
There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!




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Natural Rhythm Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425


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Original 20" x 24" Oil Painting $670
Photography Prints

Blue Ridge Jewels Original Painting has been Sold


I hope you enjoyed my portraits by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, People Paintings, and Just to be a Fruitcake...

October 1st, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

Here are two of my favorite Alan paintings of the first Birthday party he attended. The guest of honor was two years old. Alan jumped up an down when he saw all the toys to play with!

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Original 25" x 40" Oil Painting $10,000
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"Birthday Party" or "A Child's View" is a painting done from a photograph I took at a two-year-old's party. I have often been asked why the title is "Birthday Party" since there are no balloons, cake, etc.
The two-year-olds were involved in parallel play and I wanted to paint something that showed the viewer how that age group sees the world. Since they are usually on the floor playing by themselves their view is oftentimes hands and legs of adults hence the second title.


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Original 25" x 40" Oil Painting $10,000
Prints on Paper or Canvas and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART

The Rest of the Party is a companion painting. Birthday Party or A Child's View is the other painting of this wonderful event.
I had never heard of a Birthday party for two-year-olds before this one.
My son had such a great time there. The first painting has parallel play with-in the context of adult hands and feet. This one focuses of the interaction between the adults and toddlers.




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband says a lot of strange things. That is putting it mildly. Anyway the other day he said he was going to make a peanut butter pie sandwich. He said that because he uses rice cakes instead of bread. I told him we didn't have any pie to make a sandwich with.
He said he was going to make one anyway.
I said he was going to make a peanut butter sandwich pie because he is a fruit cake.





Please check out my Special Promotions that will end Sunday at 5:00pm. Swirling Color is on special all October!
Click on Kendall Kessler Art and then go to the painting in the Dreamscapes folder and click on the 24"x 36" canvas print for the 40% discount.
There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

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Color Swirl Original 20" x 24" Oil Painting $670
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I hope you enjoyed my portraits by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, People Paintings, and Time to Swim..

September 28th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist



Here are two more portraits of my son Alan. These paintings are very special!

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Alan Looking at Me Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting $7000.00


Looking at Me is a painting of my son when he was nine months old. I did a number of paintings from photographs of Alan when he was young and I was amazed at how he seemed to pose for me when he was a baby.
In one photograph, as soon as he saw the camera he grabbed his foot and held it up and grinned.

We are always amazed at how fast our children grow up and I miss a lot of his younger years. I still have many vivid memories of all that he did and said. I wrote down many things he said so I wouldn't forget those times. I am especially pleased with the sumptuous light effect in this painting.

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Alan on The Couch Original 25" x 40" Oil Painting $10,000.00


Alan on the Couch is a painting I did years ago and was not happy with the result. I recently got it back out and worked on it and now I am satisfied with it. My son, Alan, is biting his lip and holding his ball for a rare still moment. I spent a lot of time chasing after him as he tried to jump over the sides of the couch.
I am especially pleased with the light effect and the bold brushwork in this painting.

I have done all my chores and now it is time to swim! I either walk, line dance, roller skate, or swim. Today the pool is calling me!


I hope you enjoyed portraits by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, People Paintings,Hang up, and Computer Greeting Cards...

September 26th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

More paintings of my favorite guys!

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A Naturalist's Legacy Original 40" x 27" Oil Painting $10,000






A Naturalist's Legacy is a painting in honor of my husband's naturalist achievements. The painting is symbolic as he has taught old and young people about the beautiful region he was born in.

Clyde Kessler, a well known naturalist in Virginia and North Carolina has been studying the bird and butterfly populations and migrations since 1975. He has participated in Christmas bird counts for the National Audobon Society since 1973.

His discovery in Virginia of the endangered Mitchell's Satyr in 1998 led to efforts to protect the species in the state. It was unknown in Virginia at the time. It is considered to be one of the most important wildlife finds in the second half of the 20th century.

Clyde has also led hawk watches since the mid 70's at Rocky Knob and other locations, and has surveyed Wildwood Park for plants and animal species for the city of Radford.


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Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $10,000



Rabbit in the Pool is a fun genre painting of my son and husband in a baby pool on our deck. My son had a lot of pool toys but my favorite one was a rabbit balloon toy with a carrot in his mouth. This painting is full of life!






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday I had a brainstorm, well maybe a brain shower but I thought it was a good idea! As usual, I am fighting the urge to tear out my hair as I try to figure out a site I work on.

It occurred to me that we need another Holiday for the Greeting Card Companies.

We can call it The I want to Throw my Computer out the Window Day. Think of how many people would buy a card!

My husband's response was, think of how many people would be killed by computers falling out of windows. Oh well, back to the drawing board- literally!




Please check out my Special Promotions that will end today at 5:00pm. Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter is on special all September!

Click on Kendall Kessler Art and then go to the painting the Mountain Paintings folder and click on the 24"x 36" canvas print for the 40% discount.

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

Art Prints
Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 18"x24" Oil Painting $864




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A Break in The Clouds Original Oil Painting has been sold


Photography Prints
On Fire Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670


I hope you enjoyed my portraits by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, People Paintings, and Hang up and Call Again...

September 21st, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


Here are more of my portraits of my favorite guys!


Photography Prints

Window Al Original 7" x 5" Oil Painting $500


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Concentration Original 7" x 5" Oil Painting $500


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A Naturalist Original 7" x 5" Oil Painting $500


A Naturalist is a portrait of my husband, Clyde Kessler, who is a well-known naturalist in the New River Valley.




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned a number of times my husband and I did not grow up with computers and I am beginning to be very thankful. They are great but they are extremely aggravating at times.

My husband is better with them than I am since he is one all day at work.
Yesterday I called him with another computer problem. Here is what he had to say.

You did not reach the I want to Throw my Computer out the Window Help Desk. Please try again.




Please check out my Special Promotions that will end Tuesday at 5:00pm. Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter is on special all September!

Click on Kendall Kessler Art and then go to the painting the Mountain Paintings folder and click on the 24"x 36" canvas print for the 40% discount.

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 18"x24" Oil Painting $864



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A Break in The Clouds Original Oil Painting has been sold

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On Fire Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670



I hope you enjoyed portraits and landscapes by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, People paintings, and Hawk Migration

September 18th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist


I am pleased to blog about my people paintings. They are very important to me. My two favorite models are my son and my husband.

I have done a number of paintings of both of them over the years and plan to do a new one of my husband when I can find some time and he is not out studying nature on a mountain top!

Art Prints

Original Oil Painting has been Sold

This painting is of Alan when he was a few months old. Clyde did not like to sit in a rocking chair so when he put him to sleep he would lie down and rock him.

I noticed that almost every time he held him in his arms, Alan would go to sleep. I guess he associated Daddy's arms with bed time.


Photography Prints

Original Oil Painting has been Sold

This painting is of Alan when he was a toddler. He liked to stare out the window. I am especially pleased with the energetic brush work in this painting. Frank Webb commented at a competition that I was able to weave paint together in a very impressive way.
I won one of the cash awards at the show.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Fall is Hawk migration time and hundreds are flying over! Two of Clyde's friends, Tom Moser and Todd Frederickson led a hawk watch at Rocky Knob with a class and there were 500 hawks, mostly Broad-winged hawks.


Kendall Kessler Special Promotions

Be sure to click on Kendall Kessler Art for my Special Promotions! Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter is on special all September.

Click on the Mountain paintings folder, then click on the painting and choose the 24" x 36" canvas print for 40% with a 30 day money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!


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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 24" x 36" Oil Painting $670



Thank you for looking at paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Sale of Reaching Out, and Chief of The Beef...

September 16th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway People Paintings

So pleased to sell another print of "Reaching Out" to a great Rochester NY patron! It is on The Mindy Project which has been renewed for a 3rd season! Look for it across from Mindy's desk!

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I have done a number of family and friend portraits over the years. I have also done some commissions but most of my people paintings have been done because I wanted to.

They are for sale and a number of them have been sold. My son's friends were a favorite source of inspiration.


I have also done a number of paintings of my husband and son. I remember, years ago, when Elaine DeKooning visited Radford University, she made a remark about portraits. She said they were like smoking cigarettes. A habit she couldn't break. I don't smoke but I do like to paint portraits and welcome commissions.

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Alan and Clyde Original 36" x 26" Oil Painting $20,000


This is a very important painting for me. Alan was nine months old and when he was two he smiled at the painting and climbed up on a chair and added the mark on my husband's right shoulder and the one on the right side of his nose with a crayon. He made it complete!



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Joy Original 12" x 9" Pastel Painting $2000.00


My husband has a wonderful saying that when someone is happy they smile all over themselves! This pastel painting is a perfect example!

Please check out my Special Promotions that will end Wednesday at 5:00pm. Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter is on special all September!
Click on Kendall Kessler Art and then go to the painting the Mountain Paintings folder and click on the 24"x 36" canvas print for the 40% discount.

There is a money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!


Art Prints

Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 18"x24" Oil Painting $864






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Eagle Fire Original 16" x 20" Oil Painting $670


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband is very good about helping with my stir fry meal. I do most of the work but he helps here and there. Yesterday I asked him to pound the beef to make it tender. I think that works much better than tenderizers.

Hey, please pound the beef.
Should I slam the ham, too?
We don't have any ham.
Okay, I will be Chief of the Beef.
Thank you, smart alec.


I hope you enjoyed paintings by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Beautiful Girl Drawings by a Blue Ridge Parkway Artist and It is a good thing he did not use a Pizza...

September 12th, 2014

Beautiful Girl Drawings by Kendall F. Kessler

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Original 24"x 18" Mixed Media Drawing $994


Looking at the Light is my favorite clothed model drawing. The flowing space and the soft pastel accents create a serene mood and peaceful atmosphere. I like to wear long dresses in the summer. They are so comfortable.

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Resting in The Studio Original 24"x 18" Charcoal Drawing $994



Resting in The Studio has a special moment to it that is accented by the sharp lines and austere quality of the drawing.

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have been reading a book on the history of Physics. I only took one semester of Physics but thought it was interesting. I like to learn.

Anyway, I was discussing with my husband the myth that Galileo dropped two objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to prove his theory that objects fall at the same speed, regardless of their weight.

Of course, as usual, he gave me a comical reply-

How do they know? I'll bet he really did that experiment and it is a good thing one of the objects was not a pizza. Someone would have grabbed it before it hit the ground!




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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter is on special all September!

Original 18"x 24" Oil Painting $864

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I hope you enjoyed my drawings of Beautiful Girls!

Beautiful Girl Drawings by a Blue Ridge Parkway Artist and Special Promotions

September 10th, 2014

Beautiful Girl Drawings by Kendall Kessler

I have a few more Beautiful Girls to show you and then I will more on to another aspect of my work. These are clothed. Sometimes artists like to dress up their models.

If I were wealthy I would get back to working from a live model but modeling is a hard job and their fee is high as it should be. My husband won't do it for me and I don't blame him and I am not going to model for myself with mirrors.

Too awkward and too embarrassing!

Anyway, I am proud of the ones I have done and especially proud of my best-seller on The Mindy Project! I am so pleased that the show has been renewed for a third season! Yea!!!!!!


This is another example of my work where I prefer the sketch to the pastel painting. The immediacy in the sketch and the strong contrast is more to my liking. I have always liked a wide range of values in my work.

Renoir once said that black was the queen of colors!




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Original 18"x24" Charcoal Drawing $894


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Model Hat Original 18"x24" Pastel Painting $894



Be sure to check out my Special Promotions that ends on Thursday. 40% off with a 30 day money back guarantee that includes shipping fee!

Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter is on special all September!

Art Prints

Original 18"x 24" Oil Painting $864



Photography Prints

Natural Rhythm Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $2425



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Pawleys Island Sunrise in the Sand Original 30" x 40" Oil Painting $2425




I hope you enjoyed my drawings of Beautiful Girls!

Nude Girl Drawings by a Blue Ridge Parkway Artist and Special Promotions

September 4th, 2014

Nude Girl Drawings by Kendall Kessler


Here are two more nudes that I am especially fond of! In this case I like the black and white version better than the color. I like the extensive color modulations in the second one but there is a visual drama in the first one that I think it extremely captivating!


Photography Prints


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Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

It is Hawk migration time and Clyde is either in the backyard or at Rocky Knob checking out what is going over! Here is the latest from The Blue Ridge Discovery Center!


Blue Ridge Expeditions: Hike Brushy Mountain North of Crandon
Sat, September 13, 12am – Sun, September 14, 12am


Where
Appalachain Trail, Brushy Mountain north of Crandon

aaron@blueridgediscoverycenter.org
Description
September 13th on Brushy mountain north of Crandon. All hikes are on the famed Appalachian Trail, a 2,200 mile footpath from Georgia to Maine, completed in 1937.



These three popular paintings are on special until tomorrow evening! 40% off regular price with a 30 day money back guarantee that includes shipping!

Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter will be on special the whole month of September!



Art Prints

A Break in The Clouds Original Painting has been sold

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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 18" x 24" Oil Painting $964


Art Prints

Lion Explosion Original 16"x 20" Oil Painting $670

Prints on Paper or Canvas and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
Just go to my portfolio page and then click on the Blue Ridge Mountains folder for the first two and Kendall Expressions for the last one. Then click on the painting and click on the 24"x36" canvas print selection for the special rate.

For Lion Explosion it is the 30" x 40" canvas print selection.


Thanks for reading my blog and I hope you enjoyed my Nude Girl Drawings!

Nude Girl Drawings by a Blue Ridge Parkway Artist and 31 Stomachs

September 2nd, 2014

Nude Girl Drawings by Kendall Kessler



Here are two more selections in black and white that I decided to make color versions of. What a great experience to look at a completed drawing and re-interpret it in color! As I have mentioned before, some of them I like better in color and some in black and white. Art is always an experience for me that can't be explained.

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Reaching Out 24"x 18" Original Charcoal Drawing $894

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Reaching Out in Color 24"x 18" Original Pastel Painting $894


When I taught in the Art Department at Radford Univerisity I would try to explain Art to students but I found the only way I could really explain it was to have them do it, which is why my Art Appreciation classes were "Hands On". When students had to make visual decisions then they started to catch on to what Art is all about. Drawing is integral to the discipline but Art is so much more then reproducing nature.

In this case I prefer the color painting to the black and white drawing. The color accents are strong and I like the light effect better in the pastel one.

Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler



Last year I decided to take off a lot of years from our ages. I asked my husband how it felt to be thirty years old! The only response I got was a sour look.

Yesterday was his birthday so I asked him how it felt to turn thirty-one. This year I got a sour look and a sour comment.

You mean turn 31 stomachs when they look at me?

Ha Ha. No, that is not what I meant.

Nude Girl Drawings by a Blue Ridge Parkway Artist and Open the Window and let Gravity do the Work...

August 31st, 2014

Nude Girl Drawings by Kendall Kessler

Yesterday I thought I had finished posting my black and white nude drawings but today I found two more in my portfolio. I thought I had put these up but they aren't in any posts. These two have an exceptionally delicate quality about them.

The first one is one of my few line drawings. There is some tone but the work exists in a linear format. I am such a colorist that when I work in neutral tones I always want to use a wide range of greys because they are color to me. In this one the line works beautifully to express the essence of a beautiful form.


Photography Prints

Original 24"x18" Mixed Media Drawing $994

Art Prints


Original 24"x18" Charcoal Drawing $994


In Waiting in the Light the model seems to appear out of a puff of smoke for a somewhat mystical look. I am very proud of the sensuous look of this charcoal drawing. As I have said before, charcoal is my favorite drawing medium.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I can not believe the aggravation I have had today with my computer! I have attempted a lot of tasks it does without complaint every day. Today it is on vacation or just being mean to me. I am reminded of what my husband says.

I have posted it before but it bears repeating. Instead of fighting with a machine, open the window and let gravity do the work! I am really tempted to do just that!


Thank you for reading my blog and I hope you enjoyed looking at My Nude Girl Drawings!

Nude Girl Drawing by a Blue Ridge Parkway Artist and I Can not believe it...

August 26th, 2014

Nude Girl Drawing by Kendall Kessler

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This will be the last of my black and white nude drawings that I will post. At least, I think this is the last one in my Beautiful Nudes Folder.

This one reminds me of The Thinker by August Rodin but it wasn't what I was thinking when I drew the model. I love the wonderful, expressive lines in ink drawings and am very proud of the intricate passages in this etching!

Next, I am going to post some color nude drawings I did from some of my favorite black and white drawings!
thinkingnude (1)Leaning into The Day Original Black and White Etching $180
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The painting, Lion Explosion is on Special Promotion on Fine Art America this month! 40% off of a large canvas print with a 30 day money back guarantee which includes shipping fee!
Just click on the Kendall Kessler Art and then click on the Kendall Expressions folder. Lion Explosion is in the folder and the 40"x30" size is 40% off all August!

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Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Another Ant Saga. This is exactly what happened. I am not making this up or changing the story in any way.

It looked as if we were finally rid of the ants for this season.

When they are here I take foods that they can easily get in or crawl on and put them on the table. My husband explained to me that ants do not climb up table legs. They prefer to stay along ledges. So I had his rice muffins on the table and thought I could finally put them on the counter.

Later that day I saw one ant make a bee line for the muffins! Just one! I looked everywhere in the kitchen for more but there weren't any! I gave that ant a dirty look and moved the muffins back to the table and it will be a long time before I move things back again!

Thank you for reading my blog and I hope you enjoyed the Nude Girl Drawing!

Nude Girl Drawings by a Blue Ridge Parkway Artist and Slowing Down a Little...

August 19th, 2014

Nude Girl Drawings by a Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

These two nudes have a strong look with an economy of marks. The expression in the first one is languid while the second one has a more forceful appearance. Charcoal has a great range of values and can be easily modified with conte crayons and pastels. It is a great medium and there is no limit to the expressive possibilities!

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Turning Beauty Original 24"x 18" Charcoal Drawing $894




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Strength Original 24"x 18" Charcoal Drawing $894

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler



My husband is better at preventing problems than I am so I am taking some advice he gave me a while back that, I, of course ignored. He always gets up every thirty minutes when he works on the computer and stretches. We are both at the seat fatigue years and I let it get so bad that I have a problem so today I am following the rule and trying to slow down a little. For me, I am working at a snail's pace.

I have probably shared this quote before but it bears repeating. When you finally get your head together your body falls apart. Oscar Wilde was right. Youth is wasted on the young. Now that I love my life and just wish someone could add hours to the day I wish I had that twenty year old body again!
Be sure to come see me and my artwork with four other local artists at Glencoe Museum in Radford VA at 6:00 tomorrow evening! Summer Path at Rock Castle Gorge will be on display along with four other landscapes!

Art Prints
Summer Path at Rock Castle Gorge Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425


Current Exhibition: Five Years of Art at Glencoe



This season marks the fifth year of Glencoe Museum’s “Gallery at Glencoe,” and to celebrate this milestone, the museum is hosting a series of three shows featuring the works of artists from the previous five years. The three shows will take place in August and November 2014 and February 2015.

The August show features the works of six talented artists whose works range from photography to painting to fiber art. These works reflect many different styles and provide something for everyone to appreciate—from traditional to avant-garde. These artists are Franchell Mack Brown, Alexander Crookshanks, Kendall Kessler, Susan V. Lockwood, Joyce Sims and RL Thomas.



Thank for reading my blog and I hope you enjoy my Nude Girl Drawings!

Nude Girl Drawings by a Blue Ridge Parkway Artist and You can not make Brownies out of Donuts...

August 17th, 2014

Nude Girl Drawings by a Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

I am still showing my artistic nude drawings and will be for a while. I am anxious to get back to my other work but I wanted to share these for a while. I am proud of the craftmanship and expression I achieve in these works.

There are so many mediums to use to make intensely expressive drawings. Conte crayons are a favorite medium but I think my favorite will always be charcoal. I especially like the charcoal blocks to get deep blacks and complicated textures.

Color is the most important part of my work so when I work in black and white or one color I like to have a wide range of values. Black and white drawings with a wide range of grays are like color to me.

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modellifecopyrightModel Life Original 18"x24" Charcoal Drawing $894

In this drawing, instead of inanimate objects on a table, there is a beautiful model. I am especially pleased with the use of space in this one.


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Stretch Original 24"x18" Charcoal Drawing $894


In Stretch I succeeded in getting a strong sense of volume with a minimum amount of lines and marks. You really feel the figure stretching out in this drawing!



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have never been good at sleeping. I have a hard time settling down and I tend to work so hard during the day that I am often sore when I go to bed. It usually takes me a long time to get to sleep while my husband drops right off.

I have a lot of very strange dreams. I think I remember so many of them because I don't sleep soundly and wake up a lot.

Last night I had one about brownies. I dreamed that I didn't have any flour but I did have some sugar coated donuts so I decided to use them! The dream ended before the taste test so we will never know. I think I will go make some brownies!

Sold Another Blue Ridge Parkway Print, More Beautiful Nudes, and Do you Mind...

August 14th, 2014

I am so pleased to sell a framed print of Sunset at Fancy Gap! Fancy Gap is a beautiful part of the Blue Ridge Parkway!

Art Prints

Here are some more of my Beautiful Nudes. As I have mentioned before, one of my Beautiful Nudes, "Reaching Out", was selected out of over 3 million works of art on Fine Art America to be on The Mindy Project. The show has been renewed for a third season!

Photography Prints




Dreaming Original Mixed Media 24"x18" Drawing $894


In this one the languid pose says it all. I took care to apply the charcoal and conte crayon in a flowing manner that echoes the mood of the model.
I will never forget what my mother said to me when I was a teenager and had just done something stupid. She yelled that I lived in a dream world.
Until that moment I had never realized that. She was right and it is a great place to be!


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Muse Original Mixed Media 24"x18" Drawing $894


In this one the hat on a nude model is fun and whimsical! The bars of the chair make it appear as if the model is purposely hiding and in her own world. The energetic shadow has a foreboding quality that makes for a great visual accent.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I hope this will be the last of the ant chronicles for this summer. The troops have slowed down. They aren't marching in formation or sitting around the poison drops in a perfect circle.

Now I mostly see them peeking out from behind objects on the counter. The other day a bunch of them were criss-crossing on one of the counters. Since they were moving in a random fashion I decided I could put peanut butter on a cracker with out moving to the other side of the kitchen.

As soon as I got the cracker out one of them made a bee line for it! I yelled, "Do you mind?" This is my cracker! Move on! It did and I finished making the crackers. The nerve of these ants!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More Beautiful Nudes, and It Hurts...

August 12th, 2014

Blue Ridge Artist

I still have a lot of beautiful nude drawings to share here. When I was in school I loved using different mediums to draw the model. Each medium has a unique expression and it is always fun to explore all the ways it can be used. There is no end to the different ways charcoal, ink, conte crayon, etc. can be used to enhance the drawing and make it something to be looked at for it's own sake.

Although I like all styles of art, I have never understood the fascination with photo-realism, or, as some artists call it, hyper-realism. When an aritst seeks to copy what photographs capture I wonder that they don't just make photography their medium. I have no problem copying a photograph or painting in a hyper-real style but I only do that if it is a commission. My work is about my reaction to what I see and how to put myself into it.

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Woman Alone with Shadows 24" x 18" India Ink Drawing $894

I love the wonderful linear accents of this drawing.

Photography Prints

Repose Original Drawing Not for Sale

This is one of my favorite charcoal drawings. The rich blacks and soft textures are especially intriguing in this work.



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband and I come from a time period when not many people tattooed their body. Now it is rare to see people without tattoos. I love what one person said on Facebook in response to the fact he had no tattoos. He asked if the person had ever seen bumper stickers on a Ferrari. Don't get me wrong. I am not against them, they just aren't for me.

We were discussing this on a walk and my husband was a little ahead of me. I think many people will not like the way the tattoo looks as they age. He replied that they can be taken off. I said and it hurts, too! He laughed because he had just said it was a painful procedure. I didn't hear him say that. Well, it does hurt!!!!!

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Another Sale of A Break in the Clouds, and more Beautiful Nudes

August 10th, 2014



I am so pleased to sell another print of A Break in the Clouds to a great Tennessee patron on another site! This painting sure gets around! It is my second best-selling print and 24"x 36" canvas prints of it at 40% reduced price are available for the next few days at Fine Art America! There is a 30 day money back guarantee that includes the shipping price!

Photography Prints

A Break in The Clouds Original Oil Painting has been Sold



Here are the Other two Paintings on the Special Promotion section!

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Burning Shore Original Oil Painting has been Sold


Photography Prints

Lion Explosion Original 20"x16" Oil Painting $670



My Beautiful Nudes

As I said in my last blog I am going to spend some time blogging about my artwork that is not of the Blue Ridge. Here are two more nudes that I am proud of. It is such a fascinating experience to work from a nude model. The contours on a person constantly change and the volume and life of the figure are obtained when an artist can get a precise contour.

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Drapery Pull Original 24"x 18" Drawing $894

This is my second best-selling nude drawing. I am especially pleased with the composition and light/dark patterns in this one. Like "Reaching Out", the model seems to be straining for something beyond the picture plane.


Photography Prints

Changing Original 24"x 18" Drawing $894

In this one the simple act of pulling a garment off has given the model a fluid, expressive look. Artists seek to capture a beautiful moment in time.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Once again, here is the latest news on the group my husband works closely with to promote this gorgeous mountain region!


Blue Ridge Expeditions: Hike on Garden Mountain
Sat, August 23, 12am – Sun, August 24, 12am



Where
Garden Mountain

aaron@blueridgediscoverycenter.org

Description
Join BRDC on August 23rd for a hike on the Appalachian Trail at Garden Mountain. For information about any of these free and fun hiking events, please contact Amy Roberts at 276-688-3793 or aarobert@vt.edu.

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, Some Expressive Nudes, and Blue Ridge Discovery Center News...

August 7th, 2014

My Artwork

Art Prints

Reaching Out Original 24"x18" Charcoal Drawing $894




When I was in school I spent many years working from a live model learning anatomy and learning how to draw expressive, artistic, beautiful nudes. The nude drawing is a very important part of our discipline and, as I have told countless students, anyone can draw the human figure but a true artist gets it right.

Most of these student drawings are thrown out but one of my professors was so impressed with mine that he said I should hang on to them. I didn't hang on to the stacks of drawing pads with gestures and contours but I did hang on to a number of the longer poses that I was pleased with. I am so glad I took his advice since, as I have mentioned before, my best-selling nude, "Reaching Out", was selected out of over 3 million works of art on Fine Art America to be on the set of The Mindy Project on FoxTV.

The drawing is across from Mindy's desk and the show has been renewed for a third season.

I have been blogging for some time about the beautiful mountains I live in so I decided to start talking about my other work.

Here are two more favorite charcoal nude drawings. I am especially pleased with the natural graceful look in both of these.


Art Prints

Kneeling Beauty Original 24"x18" Charcoal Drawing $894

It is very hard to explain what I accomplish in a work of art, but in this drawing the delicate turn of the head and the figure coming out of smoky marks of charcoal is captivating! I am very pleased with this drawing!



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Reclining Beauty Original 18"x24" Charcoal Drawing $984

In this one the weight of the figure that is pulled down by the pose and the expressive lines make for an intense visual experience!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Here is the latest news on the group my husband works closely with to promote this gorgeous mountain region!


Blue Ridge Expeditions: Hike on Garden Mountain
Sat, August 23, 12am – Sun, August 24, 12am


Where
Garden Mountain

aaron@blueridgediscoverycenter.org

Description

Join BRDC on August 23rd for a hike on the Appalachian Trail at Garden Mountain. For information about any of these free and fun hiking events, please contact Amy Roberts at 276-688-3793 or aarobert@vt.edu.

Blue Ridge Parkway Thomas Wolfe Ghost Story and Now it is War...

July 27th, 2014

My Artwork

Photography Prints
Coneflowers Original 24"x30" Oil Painting $1470

Art Prints

Blue Ridge Wildflowers Original Painting has been Sold


Photography Prints

Path to Rock Castle Gorge in the Evening Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425



Thomas Wolfe Ghost Story

According to the site ,Ghost Stories of Asheville, NC, there are so specific ghost stories about Thomas Wolfe's home at 52 Market Street but people have reported some strange goings on there. A man sitting in a rocking chair has been seen and a woman in the dining room has also been there.

Also a face peering from the upstairs window has been seen and on occasion there are sounds of a typewriter.

Also at Riverside Cemetery where Thomas Wolfe is buried a phantom Confederacy regiment is seen marching in formation. Could this be the one that was preparing for Civil War Asheville Battle that took place in 1865?
I got these stories from Ghost Stories of Asheville, NC.




Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler



My husband has told me repeatedly not to kill the ants. The drops with poison they are lapping up while they play cards are to be sent back to annihilate the nest. Well, I don't think the drops are working and we both are wondering if they have built up an immunity to the poison.

I decided yesterday to stop feeding them. They can go set up their gaming tables somewhere else. Today there is a significant decrease in their numbers but I am catching a few trying to get to the food in the cabinets. One of them had the nerve to crawl on my bread machine that is currently making bread!

That's it! Now it is war! I will kill every one I see. If they can't leave my house on their own volition then they will leave feet first!

Blue Ridge Parkway Floyd Fest and The Camps seem to be Merging...

July 24th, 2014

My Artwork


Sell Art Online

Men Original 7"x10" Hand colored Lithograph $150


Art Prints

Smart View Original Oil Painting has been Sold



Floyd Fest



Floyd Fest is a great celebration of life !

The event began in 2002, and spans four days each year with on-site camping and multiple stages featuring rock, bluegrass, reggae, folk, Yiddish, Cajun, and world music performers!

In addition to music, the festival features local arts and crafts, dance workshops, morning yoga lessons, story telling, poetry readings, and a Children's Universe tent.



Here is a promo for the Floyd Fest website! Be sure to check it out for more info on the artists that will be performing! www.floydfest.com



At FloydFest, we believe in the WHOLE SUM Festival experience- which is what makes our event more than just a music festival- it’s a total vacation package. Our beautiful Appalachian Mountain venue lends itself to breaking away between sets for a hike, bike ride, even a nearby float trip.cypfloydfest2013-39

Our Children’s Universe features performances, workshops, play equipment, and basically enough FUN STUFF to keep the kids entertained (and educated!) for four entire days.

The Healing Arts area offers ‘hands-on’ healing ranging from traditional massage to the more nuanced alternatives, as well as morning yoga classes and other natural refreshers.

The Teen Scene provides a space and outlet for our ‘rising adults’ to both get space and make healthy connections, and our Workshops and Panels are educational, informative and engaging platforms for the exchange of information and ideas.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We are still fighting the ants with little success. I put out the glucose drops that contains poison and they just seem to party down! They looked sluggish the other day but now they are back to perfect circles around the stuff.

Maybe they are playing cards.

Until today the small species stayed clear of the large ones but I guess they either called a truce or they are good friends now. Both types are everywhere in the kitchen and bathroom.

I'm sure a manufacturer will come up with another fool proof method for getting rid of them. We are the fools that prove the pesticide works for a while and then the ants become immune to it!

Blue Ridge Parkway Ghost Bridge and What am I going to do with the Two Gallons I ordered...

July 23rd, 2014

My Artwork

Photography Prints

Tuggles Gap Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425




Original 30"x 40" Oil Painting $2425

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Blue Ridge Meadow Original Oil Painting has been Sold



Helen's Bridge

Helen's bridge is located in Beaucatcher mountain in Asheville, North Carolina. Supposedly a woman hung herself there after losing her daughter in a fire. Now she wanders around the mountain in a long dress asking people if they have seen her daughter. Strange things happen on the bridge.
Many people have reported car trouble on the bridge or right after crossing it. Others have reported seeing strange monstrous, dark things coming out of the woods. Watch out!
I found this ghost story on Ghost Stories of Asheville, North Carolina.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have said before, I love to laugh. I had a hilarious father and am married to a hilarious guy. Their humor is different but I like both styles! I remember one day when I was a teenager my father cracked up my mother and me right before he took off for work.

She said she kept him around for laughs!

I miss him very much!

My husband keeps me laughing now and I look for opportunities to come up with some of my own humor.

The other night we were watching TV and there was a commercial about some sort of rejuvenating face mask all over the advertisers face. Clyde said he was so glad that I didn't spend time with goop on my face or cucumbers on my eyes.

I became alarmed and asked him what I was going to do with the two gallons of face mask I ordered? One for me and one for him!

He wasn't amused but I thought it was a pretty good quip!

Pleased to Sell Another Print of Reaching Out and They Look so Different...

July 21st, 2014

I am so pleased to sell another print of "Reaching Out" to a great Arizona patron! "Reaching Out" is my best seller! It sure is getting around! So glad The Mindy Project has been renewed for a third season with this drawing across from Mindy's desk!

Art Prints

Art Prints

Tea Time Original 12"x16" Oil Painting $384
Prints on Paper or Canvas and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART

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Apple Original Colored Pencil Drawing NFS
Prints on Paper or Canvas and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART


TWO OF MY FAVORITE STILL LIFES!


Haunted School near Asheville, North Carolina

In the 1970's The Clyde Irwin High School was built just outside Asheville, North Carolina. What was left of the Old County Home Graveyard was dug up to make room for the school. The remains from the Potter's Field were moved across the street and buried under wooden crosses. The spirits must not have liked the move as there are strange goings on since the transfer. Janitors that work the night shift at the school refuse to relate the strange incidents they witness!

Unmarked graves are said to still be beneath the Potters Field overlooking the School.
I found this ghost story on Local Ghost Stories of Asheville, North Carolina website! Great website!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

We continue to battle the big black ants and the small ones. I guess they don't like each other because the big black ones stay on the slips of paper in one part of the the counter and the small ones are in another section. I guess they are worried about fist fights.

Anyway, when we first put out the slips of paper with the poison they all sat around in a perfect circle, laughing and shooting the breeze. Now there aren't any perfect circles - just partial arcs and I have seen some ants look like they are about to fall of the paper on the ledges. Could it be they are drunk with all that glucose and can't find their way back to the nest?

Still, I don't see them waltzing through the shelves and getting into the food supply so I can't really complain that much, but I like writing about them!

Blue Ridge Parkway Ghost Story and The Ants were Just Sleeping in...

July 20th, 2014

My Artwork

Art Prints

Sweet Pea Morning Original 18"x24" Oil Painting $864




Photography Prints


Rocky Knob Original Oil Painting has been Sold


Photography Prints


Cloud Dance Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

Three beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway Mountain Vistas!


Calvary Episcopal Church Ghost

An Episcopal church in Fletcher near Ashville is said to be the site for a ghost. The church itself does not have a ghost but there are reports of a Phantom Rider of the Confederacy. The Phantom Rider is said to be the ghost of a woman on a palomino horse. She pauses at the road by the church and then gallops by as if she were being chased!
I got this story from Local Asheville Ghost Stories website.

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday I was so excited to NOT see the big black ants sitting around the poison enjoying life! I thought one of them had finally gone back to the nest and annihilated it! No such luck. They must have been sleeping in. They came back full force around noon.

We live with ants in the summer and that is all there is to it. We are not going to spray chemicals that are also harmful to us so I guess I will keep on feeding them. As long as they stay in all the little cafes, they aren't in our food, so I can't complain too much!
Don't forget about the next Blue Ridge Discovery Center Events at Floyd Fest on July 25- 27th!
In cooperation with the New River Land Trust, BRDC will host a series of educational booth activities throughout the week. Friday is iffy for BRDC, which also scheduled another farmers market day

Blue Ridge Parkway Ghost Story at Battery Park Hotel and I did not have to feed the Ants today...

July 17th, 2014

My Artwork
Art Prints

Lodge at The Peaks of Otter Original 16"x12" Oil Painting $384

Art Prints

Fairlawn Ridge Original Oil Painting has been Sold


Sell Art Online

Dock at Pandapas Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

Here is another great Blue Ridge Parkway Ghost Story!



The Battery Park Hotel is now apartment building. Supposedly it is haunted by a woman that was murdered in room 224. On July 17th, 1936 Helen Clevenger was found murdered. She had been beaten, her faced slashed and shot.

An employee Martin Moore confessed to the crime and died in the gas chamber. On stormy nights Helen is seen wandering the halls.



The roof was the scene for a number of suicides and people report seeing bodies falling from it.

I found this great story on The Local Asheville Ghost Stories website!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler



Yesterday I wrote how our kitchen is a 24/7 diner for ants this time of the years. We have a glucose poison they are supposed to eat and take back to the nest. This is not happening. They just sit around the poison in a circle and have fun rather than take it back to the nest and annihilate it.

We have two kinds of ants. Some very small ones and larger, blacker ones.

Today I was so happy that the large ones were not sitting around the poison talking and laughing! I guess one of them finally went back to the nest. There is still plenty of poison on the slips of paper so I don't have to serve them today.

The smaller ones are still here but they still have plenty of poison to sit around.

The waitress got a day off!

Blue Ridge Parkway Ghost near Asheville North Carolina and Our twenty four hour Ant Diner...

July 16th, 2014

My Artwork

Art Prints

Pawleys Island Cormorant Morning Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2430

Before I married Clyde I didn't know a cormorant from an osprey! He has taught me a lot and I am proud of this latest shore painting!

Photography Prints
Cheers Original 9"x12" Oil Painting $226

A Cheerful Still life!


I found another great ghost story on Local Asheville Ghost Stories website!



Battle Mansion is located near The Grove Park Inn. Supposedly, it is haunted by a servant girl named Alice.

They say she either fell or was pushed down the stairs. The mansion is also haunted by the former owner, Samuel Battle. He has been seen wearing a top hat and formal attire.

When the mansion was the location of 13WLOSTV Alice was often seen by employees. She wears a long, old fashioned dress. Sarah Harrison, the writer of this report talked with two employees of Grove Park Inn and one of them swore that some wires hanging from the ceiling were swaying back and forth on their own. The other worker said he was grabbed when he walked down the stairs. The man that grabbed him fit the description of Samuel Battle. He was presented a picture of the doctor and is sure of his claim. SPOOKY!

The mansion was demolished in 2006.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Kessler Ant Diner - Open 24/7!

Every year when the weather gets warm we have hoard of ants in our kitchen. We have tried everything to get rid of them without success. Ant traps don't work and we have tried a number of safe remedies that work at first and then the ants are back in full force. One summer talcom powder did the trick for a while and then they were back.

This summer we have a remedy that consists of putting a few drops of a glucose solution with poison on small squares of paper. The ants eat the solution and take the poison back to the nest. This one was working great for a while!

Now they are all just sitting in a circle around the drops having a great time!

Blue Ridge Parkway Water Falls and Blue Ridge Discovery Hike

July 14th, 2014

My Artwork

Art Prints

Secluded Waterfall Original 14"x11" Oil Painting $313

Photography Prints

Another Look at Five Mil Mountain Original 25"x40" Oil Painting $2025





I thought it would be fun to look at all the beautiful falls in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains! I have always been fascinated by falls and when I was in college I often hiked up to the Cascades in the Jefferson National Forest in Giles County.

The hike is two miles long and is an up hill climb. It is great fun to watch the rushing water and the light coming through the trees. I have one painting of what is called The Roman Road that I sold to a great patron in Martinsville. I also sold a print to the creator of that section of the trail.

The water is extremely cold in the pool at the falls but I spent many summers at Rehoboth Beach where the water is also very cold so I liked swimming under the falls! Some of my fondest memories are of that beautiful place! I hope to go there again sometime soon. It has been a while.




The Top 10 Blue Ridge Parkway Waterfalls
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Upcoming Blue Ridge Discovery Center Happening!


July 27th, 2014: The Channels, Clinch Mountain

Leaders: Ronald Kirby and Fred Newcomb

One of southwest Virginia’s most spectacular and unusual natural preserves will be explored on this Blue Ridge Expeditions (BRE) hike which is sponsored by the Blue Ridge Discovery Center (BRDC). The part of Clinch Mountain known as The Channels is an area of huge sandstone rock outcroppings where ancient forces have created a maze of giant fissures, some of which now serve as passageways somewhat similar to slot canyons of the western states.

The hike will be a 5 mile round trip of moderate difficulty and will take place on Sunday, July 27. Geology expert Fred Newcomb and Ronald Kirby will lead the group. Participants should call (276) 579-4011 to register and for more information.

Blue Ridge Parkway Biltmore Ghosts and The Word Man gets Published Again...

July 11th, 2014

My Art Work
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Mountain Lake Shadows Original 23"x30" Oil Pastel Painting $1380

This was the setting for the hit movie, Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze!

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Home on Chesterbrook Road Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425



Biltmore Ghosts


A while back I wrote about some ghostly activity at the Biltmore Estate. Yesterday I found out that there was a lot more to the story!

Back in 1914, George W. Vanderbilt died from complications from a surgery he had for appendicitis. His wife was extremely upset. So late at night, in the Library, she would sit in front of the large marble fireplace, and talk with George though he was never really there.

Her servants started to think she was losing her mind. To this day, late at night you can still hear her voice talking with George very softly. Also, you can feel George's presence in the Billiard Room, and the 2nd floor Oak Sitting room, one of his favorite rooms in the mansion.

During rainy late nights, George would sit and read. Workers report feelings of being watched, apparitions, voices, laughing, & screams. A headless orange cat has been seen by numerous visitors roaming the area between the Gardens and the Bass pond. The Pool Room is also a focal point of unexplainable events. The sound of people swimming echoes throughout the entire lower floor in the dead of night.

Insane laughter can be heard coming from the drain at the bottom of the pool. It is said to be haunted by a lady in black. Employees report hearing footsteps on the second floor. It's $10 for the small tour and $50 for the full tour of the house. But be sure you stay CLOSE to the guide. Odds are, there will only be 3 or 4 people touring with you.
I got this story from The Blue Ridge Parkway Guide online publication


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The Word Man does it again! This time He got a poem published in the San Pedro River Review fall issue! The name of the poem is "Gigging and it will be in print!

Blue Ridge Parkway Terror Town and How many Poets does it take to change a Light Bulb...

July 9th, 2014

My Artwork

Sell Art Online

Summer Path at Rock Castle Gorge Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

Art Prints

Violet Rocky Knob Evening Original 16"x20" Oil Painting $640

Photography Prints

Wildflowers by a Blue Ridge Sunset Original Painting has been Sold



Blue Ridge Parkway Terror Town

Located 1 mile past Zooland Campground on Pisgah Covered Bridge Road outside of Asheville (.5 mile past Forest Hills). There is old farmland there with a number of hauntings that have been reported over the years. The farm is made up of about 18 acres with several farmhouses scattered throughout.

A little girl's voice is heard deep in the forest. A boy who hung himself there haunts the upper farm.

An old lady and her husband haunt one of the houses. Her brother died in the woods near the house and can now be heard singing at night while he makes moonshine.

A shadow of a black horse has been seen running through the woods and then vanishes. There is a company who uses the location now for a haunted attraction called Terror Town so it is very easy to access during hours when they are there working. One of the staff lives at the park so don't try to visit this one without permission.


I found this story on The Blue Ridge Parkway Guide online publication


Life with The Word and Bird Man -Clyde Kessler

THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A SLUR ON MY HUSBAND OR OTHER POETS! IT IS JUST A FUNNY INCIDENT.

How many poets does it take to change a light bulb? In this case - none. An electrician was called in to do the job.

The other day my husband replaced the bulb in our porch light. Later, he turned on the light and it didn't work so he turned the switch off so he could see if the bulb was broken. As soon as he touched the bulb it shattered into a zillion little pieces.

As luck would have it we had already arranged to have an electrician over to work on a broken ceiling fan so he checked the circuit to make sure nothing was wrong with the light fixture. It was just a faulty bulb!

Blue Ridge Parkway Pink Lady and The Apple Turnover

July 8th, 2014

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The Pink Lady of the Grove Park Inn

Asheville's Grove Park Inn has a reputation as one of North Carolina's premiere hotels. First opened in 1913, the Grove Park was built by Edwin Wiley Grove and his friend and Son-In-Law Thomas Seely. Grove had made a fortune selling Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic throughout the South. Asheville and the nearby towns were popular health resorts at the time, and when grove visited Asheville on his doctor's advice he decided to stay.

Soon, he and Seely began construction on the inn, designed to rival the finest hotels in America. George Gerhswin, Harry Houdini, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and even President Obama have all stayed at the Grove Park. Known for its elegance and comfort, the Grove Park hosts several world-class restaurants and a superior spa on site. It's a beautiful, relaxing, romantic inn that you would never want to leave. And, according to legend, one guest never did.

The Pink Lady is the Grove Park Inn's resident and much-loved phantom. This kindly spirit has been seen and felt in the halls of the Inn for nearly a hundred years. She is said to be the spirit of a young woman who fell to her death from a balcony on the fifth floor of the Inn in the 1920s. She is usually seen in the form of a pink mist, or sometimes as a full-fledged apparition of a young woman in a pink ball gown.

There are various stories about who this young lady was and how she met her end. Some say that she had come to the Inn for a clandestine evening with married lover, and who threw herself from the balcony when he called an end to their affair. Others say she was a young debutante who accidentally slipped and fell to her death.

Whatever her origins, The Pink Lady is agreed to be a good-natured, even a kind spirit. She seems to particularly enjoy the company of children, and seems a little more willing to reveal herself to them than to adults. She has been seen by the beds of children who were taken ill during a stay at the Inn, speaking softly to them and gently stroking their hands. In one famous case, a doctor who had been staying with his family at the Grove Park left a note when he checked out asking the staff to thank the lady in the pink ball gown, and that his children told him how much they enjoyed playing with her during their stay.

The Ghost of the Pink Lady is also said to enjoy playing small pranks. She's been blamed for lights, air conditioners, and other electrical devices turning on and off by themselves. She seems to enjoy rearranging objects in the rooms. It's also been said that she'll occasionally wake up a sleeping guest with a good tickling on the feet.

While she has been seen all around the Inn, the spirit seems particularly attached to room 545. According to tradition it was from the balcony off of this room that the young woman fell to her death.

The Inn's employees are used to the presence of The Pink Lady, and treat her as just another part of the tradition of the grand old hotel.
How to Get There

The Grove Park Inn is located at 290 Macon Avenue in Asheville. The Inn is open year-round, reservations are recommended.



I got this great story from Stories from the Mountains. I usually paraphrase what I find, but this time I printed the whole tale! It is such a great one!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

When you live with a writer, word play is the order of every day. We were watching the news when a commercial came on about apple turnovers. Of course, my husband couldn't resist saying, "Why did the apple turn over? That cracked me up and I wanted to include it in my blog but, as always, he checked the internet to see if this joke was already around. It is and the answer is great! The apple turned over to see the banana split!

Blue Ridge Parkway Chicken Alley Ghost Story and Floyd Fest will be here Soon...

July 3rd, 2014

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The Ghost of Chicken Alley

Chicken Alley is a small, narrow alley in Downtown Asheville. Named because of the chickens that would congregate there in the city's earlier days, the most prominent chicken found today in Chicken Alley is the one in the large mural by local artist Molly Must that decorates the entrance.

Dr. Jamie Smith was a physician who practiced in Asheville at the end of the Nineteenth Century. He always carried his medicine bag and a cane with a silver pommel on it. He was known as a man who loved a good time.

Asheville was a rougher city in those days. Men who worked in the logging camps and nearby industries would flood the town on weekends looking for a drink and some company. Liquor flowed freely, virtue was easily bought and sold, and Dr. Smith loved every minute of it. There are those who say that the majority of his practice came treating the various social diseases that were the constant companions of the city's good times.

All of this came to an end in 1902, when Dr. Smith walked in to a bar called Broadway's Tavern, which was located in Chicken Alley. In a case of remarkably bad timing, Smith happened to stumble into the middle of a vicious bar brawl. He tried to break it up, but was stabbed in the heart by one of the men in the fight. He died instantly.

Jamie Smith's murderer was never caught. Broadway's Tavern burned to the ground the year after the fatal stabbing.

Ever since that night, people have reported seeing a strange figure walking in the alley late at night. He carries an old-fashioned physician's bag and a cane with a silver head.

The people who live Chicken Alley believe that this is the ghost of Dr. Jamie Smith. He has been seen for over 100 years, and throughout that time the figure's appearance has been described with remarkable consistency. Dr. Smith's fashion sense was apparently distinctive enough to make him recognizable even beyond the grave. The locals are divided as to the reason his spirit returns to the spot where he met his end. Some say he is still trying to stop the fight. Some say he still just wants a drink.
How to Get There

Chicken Alley is located in downtown Asheville between Broadway and Lexington. The Alley runs between Carolina Lane and Woodfin Street, and the entrance on Woodfin is clearly distinguishable by the large chicken mural.





Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The popular Floyd Fest is coming soon! This is a gala event with music and activities! The Blue Ridge Discovery Center will be there, too!


Floyd Fest
When Jul 25 – 27, 2014
Where Floyd, VA
In cooperation with the New River Land Trust, BRDC will host a series of educational booth activities throughout the week.

Blue Ridge Parkway Phantom Hiker and That is a Great Homework Excuse...

July 2nd, 2014

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The Phantom Hiker of Grandfather Mountain

Grandfather Mountain stands above Blowing Rock Highway near Linville. The mountain gets its name from the mountain's profile, which resembles the head of a bearded old man laying down in sleep.

Grandfather Mountain was operated as a private tourist attraction for many years until 2011, when it was purchased by the State of North Carolina and is now a publicly-owned nature preserve.

The phantom hiker of Grandfather Mountain is said to be an older man, bearded, with a rough appearance. People say he wears old-fashioned workman's clothes that look like they're from somewhere in the middle of the Twentieth Century. He wears a rough canvas army backpack and carries a long walking stick.

The phantom hiker is said to appear mostly as the evening is settling in, when most of the day hikers have left or are working their way back. He never says anything to himself or anyone else. He simply appears walking along one of the trails in the back country, moves swiftly ahead of anyone else he encounters, and then simply vanishes.

No one knows who this mysterious figure is. Some have suggested that he was a hiker who became lost in the the thick woods around the mountain, and fell or was injured and was unable to make his way back out. Others have said he's just the spirit of a man who loved the mountain so much that he chose to stay there after he died.

This ghostly hiker seems to do no harm. He seems to want little to do with people in general. He only seems to be there, like all the other visitors, to enjoy the natural wonder of Grandfather Mountain.

I got this story from Stories from the Mountains online publication.

How to Get There

Grandfather Mountain nature preserve is located two miles north of Linville on US 221 near Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 305. The admission price covers access to all the hiking trails, exhibits, and the famous mile-high swinging bridge.


The phantom hiker is said to appear on the backcountry trails around Grandfather Mountain

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband and I are having fun watching Welcome Back Kotter on MeTV. We saw a few episodes when the show first came out and thought it was great! We are having a lot of fun seeing episodes for the first time! We have both taught elementary school and college so we can relate to the shenanigans students put teachers through.

The other night Barbarino came up with the best homework excuse I have ever heard. He had another one of the students give Mr. Kotter part of the assignment and was told to look for the Homework Mugger for the rest! Love it!

Blue Ridge Story of the Origin of the Word Hootenanny and The Word Man gets Published Again...

July 1st, 2014

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The Story of Boojum and Hootin' Annie

Eagle Nest Mountain stands at the southern edge of the Balsam mountain range and was once home to the luxurious Eagle Nest Hotel. Guests at the hotel soon began to hear the story of a strange creature who lived in the area. The thing was not quite a man and not quite an animal — it stood about eight feet tall and every inch of its body was covered with shaggy grey hair, except for its human face. The creature was named Boojum, and he seemed to be harmless enough, but he did have two all-too human habits.

The first of these was the Boojum was greedy and he loved to hoard gems. Rubies and emeralds are found naturally throughout the mountains of North Carolina, and Boojum loved to hunt for these pretty, precious stones and hide them away in his own treasure hoards. He would then bury them in one of the secret caves on the mountain

Boojum's second habit was that he loved to look at pretty girls. Back in those days, a young woman who wanted to have a bath might head off into the woods to find a secluded pond at the base of a waterfall. There, safe from human eyes, she could strip down and bathe. A young woman enjoying herself in the water would often hear a rustle in the bushes and look up to see his hairy face peering down at her.

Now, most of these girls would quickly gather up their clothes and run off back home as soon as they saw him. But one young woman named Annie was braver than most, and one day when she was bathing in a stream deep in the balsam groves on Eagle Nest, she looked up and saw Boojum staring down at her. But Annie didn't run, in fact, she looked into Boojum's sorrowful eyes and saw that above all else he was just another lonely soul living on the mountain. Annie fell in love with those sad eyes, and she fell in love with Boojum, and she left her home and her family to go and live with Boojum deep in the mountain woods as his wife.

As much as Boojum loved Annie, and as much as Annie loved Boojum, Boojum still hung on to his love of jewels. On certain nights, he would leave his bride alone and go searching for jewels on the mountain. Annie, growing lonely, would go out in search of Boojum, and she developed a peculiar holler, something that sounded like a cross between a monkey and a hooting owl, that she would use to call out to Boojum. Boojum would use the same cry to call back to her, and eventually the two calls would come closer together until they came together on the hills.

Annie and Boojum calling to each other was often heard by guests at the Eagle Nest Hotel. Folklorist John Parris has said that Annie's owl-like holler was the source of the term "Hootenanny," which appeared in the language around the turn of the twentieth century and meant any kind of party or get-together. In the 1960's the term was expanded by pop artists to mean a gathering of folk musicians.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler


The Word Man really is tearing up the Publishing Turf these days! He was notified last night of four more accepted poems!
Editor Vanessa Eccles accepted four poems for the Fall Issue of Belle Rêve Literary Journal: A Southern Experience. That is scheduled for November 2014.

Poems are “Distances”, “Everything Is A Wager”, “Snow Frogs” and “Talking”.

The title of the magazine is from Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire. Belle Rêve is the name of the plantation home of Blanche & Stella.


Here is this magazine’s web page:

http://www.bellerevejournal.com/

Blue Ridge Parkway East Hall Ghost Story and The Word Man gets Published Again...

June 30th, 2014

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Nan Beau Original 20"x18" Oil Painting $740

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East Hall Ghost

East Hall Dormitory is on Appalachian State University. The story began in the 1960's. A student took her life on the lowest floor of the five story section. The cause is not remembered. She hung her self with a long silk scarf in the basement restroom.

Ever since then students have reported strange happenings. Whispering in the hallways, strange balls of light hovering near the ceiling in the dorm rooms, and one man claimed a ghost toppled him over after he heard the words, "My Dorm."

The strongest presence of a ghost is felt in the basement where the girl died. Students have reported seeing a blue mist about the size of a human being moving through walls and always ending the walk at the bathroom.

Whatever is going on, there seems to be an affect on the students that live there. There have been a lot of psychotic episodes and the school's mental health services keep a close eye on the students in this dorm and they are always on the look out for early signs that a student that has gone East!

I got this story from North Carolina Ghosts and Legends on the online publication Stories from the Mountains


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Once again The Word Man has published his work! I am very impressed with how frequently he is publishing his poetry these days! He is not sure how many times he has been published but he knows it is more than 200 times in small press publications!

This time three of his poems will be in The Kentucky Review! They will appear in the online publication soon and the printed publication in January 2015. Way to go Word Man!



Blue Ridge Parkway Biltmore Ghost and My Latest Beach Painting

June 27th, 2014

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I am very pleased to present the first of my latest shore scenes from beautiful Pawleys Island! I love the shore and we get there once a year. South Carolina has great beach resorts but my favorite is Pawleys Island. One of my best-selling prints, Marsh View at Pawleys Island, is one of my favorite paintings!

Pawleys Island Sunrise on the Sand is a sumptuous look at how the light reflects off the wet sand. In this sunrise there is more morning light on the sand than the water, hence the title.

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The Biltmore Ghost

The Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina was home to George Washington Vanderbilt who was one of the heirs to the Vanderbilt industrial fortune. He was born into a mountain of money and never had to work a day in his life.

When he was 26 he traveled to Asheville with his mother and loved the area so much that he purchased 126,000 acres and built a fabulous vacation home there The house is so big that one could sleep in a different bed room each night and not sleep in one twice for a year!

George was an avid collector of books, art, and artifacts and had a huge library. He and his wife had lavish parties and he usually had to be called out of the library to greet guests.

When he died in 1914 the estate passed through his daughter to his grand sons. They decided to open the house to the public. It is the largest privately owned home in America and the setting for a number of successful movies including Being There, starring Peter Sellers.

Today there are reports of ghosts on the premises. George is said to be seen in the library where he often retreated during storms. His wife's voice has been heard asking him to join his guests. The parties seem to still be going on. People sometimes hear laughter and loud voices at the pool which is no longer in use.


I got this ghost story from Stories from The Mountains online publication


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Yesterday I listed books on Appalachia that The Blue Ridge Discovery Center suggests for great reading about this gorgeous area of the world! I forgot to mention A Natural Sense of Wonder by Rick Van Noy includes a chapter on Clyde. Rick Van Noy is very impressed with the naturalist work my husband does and we were pleased he included him in his book!

Here is the list again!

For the Blue Ridge:

Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders - An Appalachian Mountain Ecology, George Constantz
A Fly Fisherman's Blue Ridge, Christopher Camuto

Other must reads:

A Songbird Journeys - Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds, Miyoko Chu
The Trees in My Forest, Bernd Heinrich
Winter World, Bernd Heinrich
The Beak of the Finch, Jonathan Weiner
Home Ground - Language for an American Landscape, Barry Lopez, Debra Gwartney
A Natural Sense of Wonder, Rick Van Noy

Blue Ridge Parkway Valle Crucis Ghost Story and Blue Ridge Discovery Center Books...

June 26th, 2014

Blue Ridge Parkway Valle Crucis Ghost Story and Blue Ridge Discovery Center Books...

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Valle Crucis Ghost Story


Another frightening story from Valle Crucis in The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina!



The name of the town comes from two streams that meet at right angles in the middle of the valley.

Two men were driving by an old stone church on highway 194 when a huge dog with gleaming eyes jumped out in front of them. The dog was a big as a man and had bristling fur and massive yellow teeth. The driver sped away only to see the dog in the rear view mirror following and actually keeping up with the car that was going 80 miles an hour!

The men really believed this dog was from Hell so the driver hit the accelerator one more time and sped over the bridge that goes across the two streams.

The dog stopped following them and the men wondered what it was about the water that stopped this supernatural dog!

The writer of the story claims he knew the driver of the car and considered him to be an honest man. The writer is very cautious about traveling near the graveyard of the old stone church and counts the seconds before he gets to the bridge!

I found this great ghost story on Stories from the Mountains online publication


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler
The Blue Ridge Discovery Center has a great list of books for people interested in this beautiful mountain region!

For the Blue Ridge:

Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders - An Appalachian Mountain Ecology, George Constantz
A Fly Fisherman's Blue Ridge, Christopher Camuto

Other must reads:

A Songbird Journeys - Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds, Miyoko Chu
The Trees in My Forest, Bernd Heinrich
Winter World, Bernd Heinrich
The Beak of the Finch, Jonathan Weiner
Home Ground - Language for an American Landscape, Barry Lopez, Debra Gwartney
A Natural Sense of Wonder, Rick Van Noy

Blue Ridge Parkway Chimney Rock Ghosts and Shoot that Sand...

June 25th, 2014

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Little Boy on The Beach

Yesterday I managed to go to the lake and swim for a while. While I was resting on the beach

I had a great time watching a toddler with a water pistol almost as big as he was. He was shooting the water, any vacant float he could find, and the sand! I love to watch kids! That one was really taking care of things!

Glad I wasn't one of the targets! Good parents!


The Chimney Rock Apparitions

Chimney Rock near Asheville, NC has been the home of some of the strangest apparitions ever recorded in North Carolina. A little girl saw a man on top of the rocks in 1806. She told her brother who refused to believe her. He went to the site and saw thousands of apparitions flying in the air!

The children called their mother who also saw the apparitions that seemed to be clothed in white and were all ages. In all, six people saw the flying beings. The account of this strange event was printed a few weeks later in the Raleigh Register and Gazette. In the summer of 1806 people reported seeing groups of beings that seemed to be in battle with each other that included horses!

Newspapers across the state carried reports of this strange battle and today many people consider the vision to be of the not-so-distant Revolutionary War.

Who knows what really happened. Today Chimney Rock is a beautiful park with many visitors.
I found this legend on the online publication, Stories from The Mountains.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The Bird Man is very happy to hear of one definite siting of the Metalmark butterfly in The New River Valley by the Virginia Natural Heritage Program. This butterfly is having a hard time surviving and Clyde has been working on improving habitat for this beautiful insect.

Conservation is extremely important to our welfare. As one ecologist put it, you can't keep taking bolts out of an airplane and expect it to stay in the air.

Last I heard, China is now spending a fortune on cross pollinating crops by hand since the honey bee has died out there. Conservation is also about money.

Blue Ridge Parkway Judaculla Rock and I Love it

June 24th, 2014

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I found another Blue Ridge Parkway Creature Tale! This one is a giant in Jackson County, North Carolina.


Judaculla

There is a rock near Cullowhee North Carolina that has strange inscriptions on it. According to Cherokee legend these markings were the work of a giant named Judaculla. Supposedly he lived in the region long ago.

The name literally means, "He has them slanting", which refers to the giant's eyes. He was awful to look at with seven fingers on each hand and seven toes on each foot. He was seven feet tall and very ugly.

Judaculla had control of the elements and all of the game.

There are many explanations for the markings on the rock. One involves a fall that left impressions, in particular, a foot impression with seven toes. Another is that Judaculla left hunting instructions on the rock as he was the master of all game and allowed the Cherokees to hunt.



The rock was an important focal point for the Cherokees and was the site of religious rituals until their forced expulsion in the 19th century. It is now an historic site that people can visit.



I found this legend on Stories from The Mountains online publication.


Out of the Mouths of Babes

I love to laugh! I especially enjoy word play! There was a great one today on Facebook. A small child says she has Grandma on Speed Dial! She calls it INSTAGRAM!

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The next Blue Ridge Discovery Center Even is Almost Here!


BRDC at Independence Farmers Market
Fri, June 27, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Where
Independence, VA
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Created by
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More kids oriented educational activities.

Blue Ridge Parkway Scalawag and Maybe It is Renting it...

June 23rd, 2014

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Mountain Lake in Giles County was the setting for the hit movie, Dirty Dancing with Patrick Swayze!

I found another paranormal tale about a wild man in The Blue Ridge Mountains!


The Scalawag from Blue Mountain

Jimmie Lee had heard tales about the legendary Big Foot or Sasquatch but never thought he would come into contact with the beast. He was twelve years old and staying with his uncle and two cousins for the summer.

One morning his uncle told the boys he saw huge prints near his apple orchard. Jimmie and his cousins decided to pitch a tent to see if they could see Scalawag! They were having fun and when the campfire got low they decided to go to sleep at around 11:00. About thirty minutes later, the narrator heard a strange hissing sound. He woke his cousin up and they both heard limbs cracking outside.

They saw with the flashlight a huge mammal like creature with long red fur eating apples in a crouched position. The creature turned and stared at them and they could see a strange human-like face with a pointy head. The face was the only part of the creature that did not have fur and was an orange-brown color. It let out a screeching howl and ran off into the woods.

The next day they saw the huge prints with toes in the ground. The uncle and aunt have heard the noise of the animal since this event and Jimmie Lee swears he has seen Sasquatch!

I got this story from About.com Paranormal Phenomena online

Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I have always been nervous about spiders since one of my childhood friends said she had a black widow spider in her garage. I stayed out of there! I am not that scared of them but I don't know one from the next so I am cautious.

The other day there was a small black spider in the computer room so I asked The Bird Man who is also very knowledgeable about insects to look at it. I yelled from the room that there was a spider in the room and would he come check it out.

He asked me if it had it's own web.

I said I didn't know. Maybe it is renting it.

The Word Man was not amused.

Blue Ridge Parkway Devils Tramping Ground and Worst 40th Birthday Card Ever - but very Funny...

June 20th, 2014

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Shark Beauty Original 16"x20" Acrylic Painting $670

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I am having a great time researching myths and legends of mountain sites that are near the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway! Here is another Native America legend about the Devil!

The Devil's Tramping Ground

The Devil's Tramping Ground is located in Western Chatham county near Siler City. It is forty feet long. The path forms a ring and is a foot wide. The center of the circle and the area around it is covered with grass and plants but nothing grows in the path.

If objects are place in the path at night they are removed by morning.

It is believed to be the ground where the devil walks in a circle planning his devious tricks. His foot prints make the path. He is gone by morning. The devil's foot prints are so hot the ground is scorched so nothing can grow there. It is believed animals avoid the path.

Spooky!
I got this great legend from Cherokee Indians - Native American myths and legends online publication


Worst 40th Birthday Card Ever

I just checked out a Good Neighbors DVD from the library. I love it so far! The opening scene has a man with a birthday cake with one candle. He opens a card and reads it. Mozart and Mendelssohn were dead by forty - Why aren't you?


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The Independence Farmers Market is coming up June 27th! This is another great event with The Blue Ridge Discovery Center! There will be activities for kids! Come on out!


BRDC at Independence Farmers Market
Fri, June 27, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Where
Independence, VA
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Calendar
BRDC Web Calendar
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Description
More kids oriented educational activities.

Blue Ridge Parkway Lover Legend and Where an Editor goes for...

June 18th, 2014

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

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Sunny Old Fashioned Kitchen Original 10"x8" color Lithograph $170

Here are two of my color lithographs! What a difference color makes in the expression of artwork!

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Coneflower Dance Original Oil Painting has been Sold

Oil paint will always be my main love!


The Legend of Blowing Rock

The town of Blowing Rock in North Carolina is named for a large over-hanging rock formation over a deep valley in the Appalachian mountains that has an upward draft. The draft is so strong that in winter snow blows upwards towards the rocks.

There is a story about this phenomenon that concerns two lovers from different Native American tribes.

Long ago a young chickasaw woman and her father moved deep into the woods to get away from the constant conflict between the Chickasaws and the Cherokees. One day she was in the woods gathering food when she saw a man that she feel in love with at first sight. He was a Cherokee.



They met secretly for months and then one day they were drawn to a cliff to see a strange color in the sky. The sun turned dark and became almost the color of blood. The man knew this meant there was going to be a war between the two tribes and much blood would be lost.

He didn't know who is should be loyal to- his tribe, or his love. His decision was to jump off the cliff and end his life. His lover was horrified and prayed to the gods that controlled the wind that he wouldn't die and he magically came back up to her on the wind.

The two used the example of their miraculous love to bring peace to the Cherokees and the Chickasaws.



I found this great story on Stories from the Mountains online publication


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband is always playing with words and cracking me up. We haven't had to call 911 yet but I see that day coming. Maybe one day I can laugh to death! I think that would be a great way to go!

Anyway, he came up with one I really like a few days ago. He was talking about revising different kinds of writing and came up with the word, revisal.

A revisal is where an editor goes to get religion! Love it!

Blue Ridge Parkway Moon Eyed People and The Word Man does it Again...

June 17th, 2014

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Here is one of my favorite Kendall Expressions paintings! See more on my website in the folder of the same name!

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Owls Electric Original 9"x8" Pastel Painting $174

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Porch Original Hand Colored 8" x 10" Lithograph $180

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Autumn Jewels Original Oil Painting has been Sold

One of my favorite Autumn scenes!


More Appalachian Cherokee Legends!



The Moon-eyed people were, according to the Cherokees, a race of small men that lived in the southern Appalachians. They were quite different from the Cherokee people in appearance. Their skin was light and and they were bearded. They were called moon-eyed because they could only see at night. Their sensitive eyes were blinded by the sun so they were nocturnal beings that lived in underground caverns.

Cherokee cosmotology is complex. They believe they live with other supernatural beings but the Moon-eyed people are never described as having other-worldly characteristics so some believe they may have been European settlers that arrived before Columbus.

The stone wall of Fort Mountain, George is said to be associated with these people. According to legend, this great wall is left over from a war between the Moon Eyed People and the neighboring Creek nation. The wall is 850 feet long with varying heights between two and six feet high. Again, according to legend the Creek nation drove the Moon Eyed People off in a battle at night when the light of the moon was strong enough to weaken the nocturnal warriors.


I found this great story from the online publication Stories from the Mountains!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

The Word Man has done it again! This time his poem, My Granny's Island has been accepted for publication by Leaves of Ink! Yea Word Man! The poem will appear in July's issue!

Blue Ridge Parkway Sirens and Another Mirror Joke...

June 16th, 2014

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Blue Ridge Parkway Way Sirens



The Lorelei live in the pools of Ashville, NC and here is the Native America legend regarding their existence! They are said to live in pools of rapidly flowing water.

The Lorelei are sirens that appear to travelers that stop for a drink in the heat of the day. They appear to be beautiful women. It is said that soft music can be heard blending in with the sounds of the water. Travelers see a beautiful woman beckoning to them. When the traveler reaches out their hand to touch the lovely image, they are drawn into the water by cold slimy hands. A skull appears, a loud laugh, and then silence.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have said before, I think my husband is very good-looking. He was when we were young and he still is now. He doesn't share that opinion and is always making jokes about his appearance.

The latest one is that the mirrors have 911 on speed dial and they hit it whenever he looks at his reflection. The cops are really getting tired of answering all the calls.


Just three more Days until the next Blue Ridge Discovery Center Event!

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For the next gathering I thought we'd meet around 5:00, June 19th at the Mexican restaurant in Independence. Please join us! Contact Eva Floyd with questions ecbaird@gmail.com 276.579.2464 The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner On a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory. For among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow: it is taking place by the hour, and we can watch. In this dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research, Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself. The Beak of the Finch is an elegantly written and compelling masterpiece of theory and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.

Blue Ridge Parkway Snake Legend and You just Proved your Point

June 13th, 2014

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Camellias Original 13"x10" Oil Painting $272

One of my favorite florals! I am especially pleased with the sensuous brushwork and color contrast of this painting!

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Hikers Boards near Pandapas Pond Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

These boards were placed in an especially wet section of the woods near Pandapas Pond in Giles Co.


Here is another great Cherokee animal legend from Lowell Kirk's online publication, Cherokee Myths and Legends!

The Uktena is a great snake with horns on its head and a blazing crest that looked a diamond on it's forehead. It is as large as a tree trunk and has scales that glitter like sparks of fire. It has rings or spots of color along the whole length and is considered to be a great prize to catch.

It can only be wounded on the seventh spot from the head which is where the heart and life of the animal are located. The blazing diamond is called Ulunsut'hi which means transparent. If a brave wins the diamond, he is considered to be the greatest wonder worker because the light dazzles the hunter and causes him to run toward the snake.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Age is relative. I have always wondered about people that think forty is ancient. It all depends on which side of the big 40 one is on. Anyway, my husband and I would not be considered young by most people and we are starting to have a few memory problems.

Yesterday I mentioned a few memory problems that were bothering me. Later I told him there was another age thing I wanted to mention but I forgot what it was. He, of course, said you just proved your point!

Blue Ridge Parkway Legends and A Fish Tale

June 12th, 2014

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Dream River is from my Dream Paintings series. These are paintings that are based on paintings I did in my sleep! If you would like to see more, check out my Dreamscapes folder!

Here are some more legends from the first people of the Blue Ridge Mountains!



The eagle was a great sacred bird to the Cherokees as it was to most tribes. It was especially important in ceremonies, especially war ceremonies. The killing of an eagle was only done by a designated eagle killer to get the prized feathers. The eagle killer was specifically chosen and trained for that purpose.

He was taught how to kill the eagle and what prayers were to be said afterward to obtain pardon for the sacrilege and ward off evil. Killing an eagle out of season could cause a front that would destroy the corn and the snakes to become more dangerous.

Eagle songs were song only after the snakes had gone to sleep for the winter and only a warrior or medicine man could wear the feathers.

The Cherokee believed in the Nunne'hi or immortals that lived throughout the Highlands. They were spirit people that loved music and dancing as much as the Cherokees did. Many of their homes were said to be on the high mountain balds but there are a lot of stories that associate them with the ancient mount of Nikwasi which is in Franklin, North Carolina.

I found these legends on Cherokee Myths and Legends by Lowell Kirk online.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

A Fish Tale

As I have mentioned before my husband is not able to eat many foods most people can eat but there are some foods he just doesn't like but tries to eat for health reasons.

Fish is one of them. He has to drown it in mustard but he is determined to eat something both my son and I love.

He is starting to get used to fish. Yesterday he asked me if I noticed that he didn't say anything bad about the salmon. I told him I assumed he didn't criticize the fish because he wanted to live to see another day. A little marital humor! I couldn't resist!

Blue Ridge Parkway First People Legends and Blue Ridge Discovery Center Event

June 11th, 2014

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Color Ripples on The Blue Ridge Original Painting has been sold

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I am finding more interesting myths and legends from the first people of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I especially like the stories about their interpretations of nature!

Cherokee Animal Legends

The Cherokees believe the sun was a woman that lived in the east and the moon was her brother that lived in the west. The Redbird was the daughter of the sun and eclipses were from a giant frog that lived in the sky and tried to swallow people. The lightening and the rainbow were the dress of the sons of thunder that lived in the west above the sky vault.

There are several stories about stars. One is that a dog stole some corn meal and was whipped. The dog ran across the sky to the north and sprayed the corn across the sky which created The Milky Way.

The buzzard is an important animal in their mythology. He made the mountains and valleys with his wings and is considered to be a doctor! That certainly is a different view of this bird than the one many people have today. Unfortunately many people consider the vulture to be a pest and a lot of locales work hard to drive them off which is a big ecological mistake.

I found these legends on Cherokee Myths and Legends by Lowell Kirk online.

More tomorrow!

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler



I wanted to be sure to announce the next great Blue Ridge Discovery Center Event coming up soon!


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For the next gathering I thought we'd meet around 5:00, June 19th at the Mexican restaurant in Independence. Please join us! Contact Eva Floyd with questions ecbaird@gmail.com 276.579.2464 The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner On a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory. For among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow: it is taking place by the hour, and we can watch. In this dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research, Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself. The Beak of the Finch is an elegantly written and compelling masterpiece of theory and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.

Cherokee Origin of Game and Corn near The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Pasta Buster...

June 10th, 2014

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Here is one of my recent Kendall Expressions paintings. I am going to go back to my main style for some shore scenes now!

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Imaginary Butterfly Original 18"x24" Acrylic Painting $894

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Blooming Apple Original Oil Painting has been Sold




I am still finding great Blue Ridge myths and legends of the Cherokee people! Such wonderful, magical stories! I was pleased that my husband was not familiar with the one I posted yesterday about the chickadee! I actually taught The Bird Man something!




The Origin of Game and Corn

Long ago shortly after the world was made there lived a hunter and his family on Looking Glass Mountain in North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Parkway can be seen from Looking Glass Rock. They had one son named Good boy. His brother came out of the water where the first boy played. They kept him and named him Wild Boy. They knew he had magic powers. The father always brought home much game for the family. They always had enough to eat.

One day Wild Boy transformed himself into a puff of bird down on the father's shoulder and followed him to a rock. The father moved the rock and deer came out and he killed one to bring home.

The next day the boys went to the rock and got game but forgot to put the rock back. The father punished them and told them now they would have to hunt for game.

The hungry boys went home and asked their mother for something to eat and she went to the storeroom for corn. The boys watched her rub her belly to fill a pot with corn and rub her legs to fill one with beans.

They decided she was a witch and she told them that when she died they were to clear the land around the home and they would always have corn. They didn't follow her instructions carefully so that is why corn does not grow in all parts of the world.

I found this story on the online publication, Native Languages of the Americas: Tsalagi/Cherokee Legends, Myths, and Stories


Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I mentioned before my husband is not able to eat many things most people have no problem with. The tomato is one of them but he can eat a small portion if it is cooked such as in spaghetti sauce. I think I am becoming somewhat sensitive to tomatoes and now after spaghetti I feel like I am going to pop!

I told Clyde we needed to go on a Pasta Buster walk and he said that sounds like a rock song. "Get outside and bust that pasta before they have to roll you out the door!" Get outside and bust that pasta! You know you don't need anymore!

I know the lyrics aren't much so far but maybe we will come up with more the next spaghetti night.

Blue Ridge Mountain Witch and Blue Ridge Discovery Center Happennings

June 9th, 2014

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This is my latest Kendall Expression painting! I will be returning to my main style for a while to do some new shore scenes!


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Osprey Evening Original 8"x10' Oil Painting $168

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Color Ripples over The Blue Ridge Original Oil Painting has been Sold

This beautiful mountain vista has also been stumbling since the middle of last week!

I came across a wonderful Cherokee legend about a witch in the Blue Ridge Mountains! What a great tale!

A long time ago there was a witch that was like an ogre. Her skin was like rock and could not be penetrated by any weapon but she could magically appear as a nice old woman. She ate human livers by putting her long stony sharp finger through a body and pull the liver out. The victim did not feel any pain and oftentimes was unaware they were being attacked. They would start to feel ill and waste away.

She would often fool little girls by offering to comb their hair and then cause them to fall asleep so she could steal their livers.

The council decided they must do something about this witch before she attacked everyone and destroyed the tribe. They dug a deep ditch and placed branches and leaves over it so it could not be seen. Then they set a fire to attract the witch.

She fell in but arrow after arrow just bounced off as she tried to get out. A Chickadee bird flew into the pit and landed on her right hand. The warriors aimed there and the arrow went into her heart that she kept clutched in that hand.

Cherokees believe the chickadee is a truth sayer and if one appears to someone on a journey they are sure to have a safe trip home!



I found this story on the online publication, First People, The Legends


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler



I wanted to be sure to announce the next great Blue Ridge Discovery Center Event coming up soon!


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Mexican Restaurant in Independence, Va
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For the next gathering I thought we'd meet around 5:00, June 19th at the Mexican restaurant in Independence. Please join us! Contact Eva Floyd with questions ecbaird@gmail.com 276.579.2464 The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner On a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory. For among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow: it is taking place by the hour, and we can watch. In this dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research, Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself. The Beak of the Finch is an elegantly written and compelling masterpiece of theory and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.

More Cherokee Legends in The Blue Ridge Mountains near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Blue Ridge Discovery Happening Tomorrow

June 5th, 2014

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For the last few days I have been blogging about Cherokee Animal Myths and Legends so I thought it would be a good idea to post some of my animal paintings from my folder Kendall Expressions. In these paintings I have let my expressive side take over!

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Bear Beauty Original 16"x20" Acrylic painting $670

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Antler Swirl Original 20"x16" Acrylic Painting $670

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Galloping Red Original 16"x20" Acrylic Painting $670

Yesterday I blogged about some of the Cherokee animal legends and thought it would be a good idea to add some more! I like to learn!


Cherokee Animal Legends

Yesterday I wrote about the skunk legend. The Cherokees believe the smell is a deterrent to disease. There is more to it. During the small pox epidemic of 1866 the animal was hung up and sometimes it was cooked and eaten. The oil was rubbed on the sick person's body because they believed the smell would repel the disease spirit.

The beaver is invoked when children are getting their permanent teeth since it has amazing gnawing ability. When children lose a tooth they run with it around the house four times and ask the beaver to put a new tooth in their jaw.

The dog does not appear much in their myths but some say it is responsible for the Milky Way. Another myth says the dog drives the wolf from the home and takes the comfortable place by the fire for himself.

The elephant which some Cherokees saw in shows is called The Great Butterfly because of its large flapping ears and long trunk which resemble the wings and proboscis of the insect.
I got this information from the online publication First People The Legends


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I wanted to again remind folks of the next Blue Ridge Discovery Center event this Friday!


BRDC at Independence Farmers Market
Fri, June 6, 9:30am – 12:30pm
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Cherokee Animal Legends and Vacuum Tales from Radford near The Blue Ridge Parkway

June 4th, 2014


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Liatris Flowers at Doughton Park Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

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Near Pawleys Island Original 11"x14" Oil Painting $313



I still have Pawleys Island on my mind! After I do some more shore scenes I will be getting back to large Blue Ridge Vistas!



I have put up a number of blogs on the Cherokee Native American legends about the Black Bear in The Blue Ridge Mountains and today I came across some other legends regarding other animals! Interesting stuff!

Cherokee Animal Legends

The primeval animals are thought to have been larger and stronger than their present day descendants.

The rabbit is the most prominent animal in their myths. It is a trickster and considered to be malicious. It is often beaten at its own game by those it intends to victimize. Ball players are forbidden to eat rabbits when they are in training because this animal seems to be so confused when it runs.

The meat of the common grey squirrel is forbidden to rheumatic patients because of the cramped position it assumes while eating.

The deer won its horns in a successful race with the rabbit.

The wolf is revered as a hunter and Cherokees abstain from killing it if they can avoid it. They believe a relative of the slain wolf will seek out the hunter and kill him.

The odor of the skunk is believed to keep off contagious diseases.



I found this information on the online publication, First People , The Legends


Life with The Word and Bird Man- Clyde Kessler

Over the years my husband and I have had a lot of trouble with vacuum cleaners. I try to be very careful not to pick up anything that will break it but I seem to manage to break them anyway. Either that, or they just break to spite me.

I am practically putting my head to the rug to check for objects since we bought a new one a while back. It is under warranty and I have the box and everything in it. This one will be replaced if something goes wrong.

The other day I was vacuuming our bedroom and my husband was standing nearby.

I said I checked and I didn't see any stupid thing on the floor.

He said he was standing on the rug but he didn't think that would be a problem. I didn't mean him! He is always there with a word quip! Keeps me laughing!

The Black Bear in History and Break a Leg. Life in Radford near The Blue Ridge Parkway

June 3rd, 2014

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Heron's Cove Original 20"x30" Pastel Painting $1230

The Black Bear

I have been blogging about Cherokee legends regarding the black bear so I thought it would be interesting to write about the influence of the black bear on other cultures. The Cherokees are not the only people that believe the black bear possesses healing powers.

This trait is said to be known by many cultures and it is believed this notion originated in the paleolithic period. The Ancient Greeks associated Artemis with the bear because of its self-healing properties.

There are many plants that are considered to be medicinal with bear in the name such as bear root and bear clover.

Some cultures believe so strongly in the bear's medicinal properties that the bear population is threatened by over demand. China has bear farms but also poaches bears in the United States and Canada.

Now that the bear is making a comeback in its natural habitat it is in danger from poachers.

I found this information on the online publication, Interesting Facts.

Break a Leg

Yesterday I had my regular eye check-up here in Radford. My doctor works out of two offices. He is in Radford for two days and in Salem for the rest of the week. Needless to say, his office usually has many patients.

Yesterday they were especially busy. When the assistant got to me she said, "Welcome to the Mad House!"

A few minutes later I heard another assistant say they were so busy she needed roller skates so she could break a leg and go home!

Now, that is one way out of work!




I wanted to again remind folks of the next Blue Ridge Discovery Center event this Friday!


BRDC at Independence Farmers Market
Fri, June 6, 9:30am – 12:30pm
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Blue Ridge Mountain Bear Man and More Blue Ridge Discovery Center News

June 2nd, 2014

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Blue Ridge Meadow Original Oil Painting has been Sold

The great Charlottesville patron that recently bought Blue Ridge Meadow emailed me to tell me it is stunningly beautiful! Now that is what an artist that sells paintings online wants to hear!


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Dirt Road to the Blue Ridge Original 18"x24" pastel painting $862

Wish I were on that road right now!

Here is another fascinating legend about the Cherokee Native Americans and the Black Bear!


The Bear Man

A Hunter shot one arrow after the next into a black bear and chased after it until the bear finally took the arrows out and told the man he couldn't be killed and asked the hunter to come live with him.

This bear was a medicine bear and could talk and read people's thoughts. The hunter was worried the bear would hurt him but the bear told him he wouldn't hurt him and there would be plenty to eat.

They came to a hole in the side of the mountain that widened as they entered. It was not the bear's home. It was a meeting place for bear councils. The other bears were alarmed at the presence of the hunter but the medicine bear told them it was only a stranger come to see them and he should be left alone.

The bear took the hunter to his home and rubbed his stomach and then his paws were full of chestnuts. He did this many times for different kinds of food and both he and the hunter had plenty to eat. The hunter stayed with him and his hair grew so long he was beginning to look like a bear.

One day the bear told him it was the day hunters would kill him. He told the hunter to put leaves over his remains after the kill. The hunters entered the hole, killed the bear, and then realized the hairy creature was a hunter that has been missing for some time. They left with big chunks of bear meat and the hunter. Before they left the hunter put leaves over the remains of the bear and as they were leaving the bear reappeared, shook off the leaves, and disappeared into the forest.

The hunter told the tribe to let him be by himself for seven day so he could shake off the bear nature and become a man again but his wife was so determined to see him that she went into him and took him home. He never became like a man again.

Legend has it that if he had been allowed to be alone and fast for seven days he would not have kept the bear nature.

I found this story on on the online publication First People The Legends.

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The next Blue Ridge Discovery Center Happening is this Friday!

BRDC at Independence Farmers Market
Fri, June 6, 9:30am – 12:30pm
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Blue Ridge Bear Chase near The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Writing on the Wall...

May 30th, 2014

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Field of Flowers Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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Natural Rhythm Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425



I really do have flowers on the brain right now!


Today I found a wonderful Cherokee bear story about Autumn!
The Great Bear

A great black bear ,Nyah- gwaheh was terrorizing a village. Children stayed out of the woods for fear of this animal. Four hunters set out to track down and kill Nyah- gwaheh. The bear was said to possess magical powers and could cause its tracks to disappear. The hunters had a magical dog that could see tracks days after they had vanished.

The four hunters were great hunters but one of them was fat and lazy. He always wanted to take breaks. On one break he reached into his pouch for a snack and found squirmy things in it which was a magical sign that the bear knew it was being hunted.

The bear ran and ran up the mountain to escape the hunters. It was so huge that it was easy to track. The forest was being torn up as it passed. As the bear tired it stopped in its tracks to kill the annoying dog and one of the hunters succeeded in driving an arrow through it.

They cut the bear up and roasted it when one hunter noticed strange sparks in the darkness far below his feet. They were no longer on the mountain but up in the air! The powerful magic of the bear had led them to the world of the sky!

The dog started barking at the pile of bones and they came alive and the hunters chased the bear across the sky.

Legend has it that each autumn the hunters chase the bear across the sky and when it is killed the blood drips from the sky onto the trees. The fat from the fire causes the grass to turn white.

I got this great story from the online publication, Cherokee Myths and Legends of The Black Bear


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Sometimes my husband and I joke about how we got together. It is rather unusual that a girl from McLean VA marries a naturalist poet from a town that is so small it could be on Hee Haws Salute the Small Town section of the show.

The latest quip is I didn't hold a poem to your head. You could have said no.

My response is I didn't see the puns on the wall.

Just kidding around! I am very glad I married my mountain man! He is the only one for me!

Blue Ridge Healing Waters near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Anticipation

May 29th, 2014

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Lion Explosion Original 20"x16" Oil Painting $670

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Eagle Fire Original 16"x20" Oil Painting $670




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I am real excited about my next series of paintings! I am going to do a number of large paintings of Pawleys Island including some sunset over the ocean scenes! It has been a while since I did a shore scene so I am looking forward to these new works.

I am going to do one more Kendall Expression painting and then get started. I have had a great time working on my own brand of Expressionism but I am anxious to get back to my own personal Impressionistic style. I really do live to paint and I love to find homes for my creations! I just mailed Small Flowers to a great Texas patron!



Here are two of my favorite Kendall Expressions paintings and the Youtube video I did on a number of them. I need to get back to making videos! I will soon!

Blue Ridge Healing Waters



The Cherokees have a tradition about healing waters in the Blue Ridge Mountains. According to legend there is a mysterious lake high up in the Smoky Blue Ridge mountains that all animals are aware of and trust to cure their wounds.

It is said that whenever a black bear is wounded by hunters it will go this lake and swim from one shore to the other and then be healed as soon as it reaches the other side.

Healing waters are a part of legends and myths of many cultures. Perhaps that is where we get the myth for the Fountain of Youth.



I found this story on Cherokee Myths and Legends of The Black Bear online publication.




Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler


I wanted to again mention the newest Blue Ridge Discovery Center happening that starts tomorrow!


BRDC Day at Independence Farmers Market
Fri, May 30, 9:30am – 12:30pm
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Intersection of 21 and 58, Independence, VA
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Kids programs will be provided on site.

Blue Ridge Black Bear Legend near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Pleased to sell another Original Painting...

May 28th, 2014

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Small Flowers Original Oil Painting has been Sold

This painting was sold today to a great Texas patron! She is saving her money to buy a large one next!

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Mostly Tulips Original 16"x20" Oil Painting $670

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Summer Path at Rock Castle Gorge Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

One of my favorite places on The Blue Ridge Parkway!

I really have flowers on my mind right now!

The Cherokee Legends of The Black Bear

The Cherokee Indians did not always inhabit the mountains of the North East. Some historians claim they have only been here five hundred years after migrating from the upper Mid-West but their traditions, legends and myths date back for thousands of years.

The Cherokee, along with all the Northeastern tribes were comfortable living with the black bear. The southern Blue Ridge Mountains have many Cherokee myths concerning the black bear. They have often seen the black bear as a spirit guide to their people and considered the white bear to be a special spirit. A few are born with white fur. It was a significant part of their ceremonial or religious practices.
Joining The Black Bears

One tale is about a boy that would leave the Ani tsa gu hi' tribe for a while and come back with significant amounts of hair on his body that was not previously there. The tribe asked him what was going on and he said he was spending time with the black bears where there was much food. He told his tribe they should all join the bears and live in peace with abundant food.

This tribe was part of the Cherokee tribe and they all decided to leave the Cherokees to live with the bears. They told the others not to worry, that they would live forever with the bears. There are Cherokees today that believe some of their people became black bears and their descendants are alive today.

I found this story on Cherokee Myths and Legends of The Black Bear online publication.

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

While we were on vacation I had a great time watching River Monsters! I loved to fish when I was a child so it was great to watch Jeremy Wade catch huge fish! In one episode he talked about the fishing method called noodling. The fisherman puts his hand in the fish's mouth and pulls it out of the water. Considering the types of fish he catches, it is a dangerous sport.

My mountain man laughed when I told him I had never heard of noodling. He said his Dad was doing that when he was a kid. I replied that I bet it is new to people like me that are part of the mainstream culture, not isolated mountain people. He said that was true. His people were so far up the holler the creek ran dry trying to get out.

Just joking! My husband's great-great uncle George Kessler was one of three founders of Ferrum College and Clyde Kessler is the most knowledgeable person I have ever known. Don't trust those mountain stereotypes!

Blue Ridge Folk Story near the Blue Ridge Parkway and Blue Ridge Discovery Center Happennings...

May 27th, 2014

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Blue Ridge Pasture Original 12"x16" Oil Painting $384

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Color Flow Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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Dusk on The Little River Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

Preacher Tale

I'm sure there are more ghost stories out there but I am going to look into other legends of the Blue Ridge Mountains. There are a lot of wonderful folk tales about famous people and about regular people attempting to better understand their mountain life.

A lot of them are humorous. I especially like this Preacher Tale that I got from Blue Ridge Folklife by Ted Olson.

It seems there was a church that was separated from the people by a patch of woods. There was a road that went around the woods to the church and there was a path through the woods that went directly to the church.

The pastor and a deacon were having supper at the deacon's house and were getting ready to go to church for an evening service.

The deacon remarked that the woods were full of bears so he was going to take the road. The pastor said the Lord would protect his people that do His will, which is what they had been preaching all week.

He finally showed up at the church all torn up and got up to the pulpit and told the congregation that the Lord will protect you if you are doing His will but he ain't worth a damn in a bear fight.

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The next Blue Ridge Discovery Event is this Saturday! Don't miss out on this great activity!

BRDC Day at Independence Farmers Market
Fri, May 30, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Where
Intersection of 21 and 58, Independence, VA
map
Calendar
BRDC Web Calendar
Created by
scott@blueridgediscoverycenter.org
Description
Kids programs will be provided on site.

Staunton Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Wedding Planner

May 26th, 2014

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Cup of Flowers Original 8"x10" Oil Painting $168

A cup of beauty to start any day!

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King on a Leaf Original colored pencil drawing has been Sold

A Beautiful Monday Monarch!

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Marble Twirl Original 21"x14" Oil Pastel Painting $618

One of my most intense still lifes!


A Staunton Ghost in the Bed Room



I am still finding Staunton Ghost Stories. Staunton, VA has so many ghost stories that there is an a tour people can take of the haunted sites! Many of them are residential.

Here is a scary one!

One man claimed his apartment on Church Street was haunted by an evil presence. He claimed the ghost had shown itself to four different people, including his girlfriend!

The ghost covered her mouth and pinned her down when she was trying to sleep. They consulted a professional medium and were told not to sleep there anymore. Of course,

he moved as soon as he could.

I found this ghost story on the online publication, Ghosts of America.


Life with The Word and Bird Man-Clyde Kessler

My husband, son, and I just got back from a great vacation at Pawleys Island in South Carolina! The weather was great, the food was great, and we stayed in a gorgeous, roomy house one minute from the beach!

Clyde saw 93 species of birds just walking a couple of minutes to a dock and my son and I got our ocean fix for the year!

Clyde planned everything. He found the house, decided which week would be a good week, etc.

It was such a great vacation that I told him he missed his calling! He should have been a Wedding Planner!



The groan he let out was heard throughout the whole island. There were rumors that the Real Estate Office had to close down for hours due to the incredible number of phone calls regarding the groan!

No offense to wedding planners! Just thought this would be a good funny for the blog.

More on The Staunton Theater Ghost near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Farm Days...

May 16th, 2014


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Wildflower Current Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

Very proud of the color contrast and flowing motion in this one!

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Kraft Avenue Blacksburg Virginia Original 16"x20" Oil Painting $670

Beautiful section of Blacksburg wildflowers!

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Bisset Park Sunrise Original Oil Painting has been Sold

This favorite sunrise painting is owned be a great patron in Germany!

Staunton Theater Ghost Story



Yesterday I wrote about the little girl that haunts a Staunton Virginia theater. There is a little more to the story and another story about a male ghost on the premises!

Sometimes rolls of coins would disappear and then show up in stacks and patterns in the projectionist room. It looked as though the ghost was playing with them. The girl seemed to be most active in the upper story and the projectionist room.

A tall man dressed in a Victorian suit has been seen in what was the orchestra pit. The suit did not fit. It was too tight across the shoulders. As I mentioned yesterday, the theater was originally an opera house.

I found this story online at Ghosts of America.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

As always, The 40th Mount Rogers Naturalist Rally was a great success! Now Blue Ridge Mountain lovers can look forward to next week's Farm Days! Clyde spent his early years on a farm and his father still has an extensive garden that we have enjoyed over the years! No one grows corn like Herman Kessler!

The Blue Ridge Discovery Center is hosting Farm Days at Matthews Living History Farm in Independence VA! Here is the address and a map can be found on the Blue Ridge Discovery Center website. The tour will include educational demonstrations and programs for kids at the farm museum! Come on out for a great time!
Matthews Living History Farm
107 W Main St
Independence, VA 24348

Staunton Theater Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and What an Error...

May 15th, 2014

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Spinning Original Tempera Painting has been Sold


One of my favorite florals. I am especially pleased with the movement that gives the flowers the appearance of spinning in space!

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Pawleys Island Evening Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

This is a beautiful home on the north end of this great South Carolina resort!

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Flowery Backyard Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

This painting combines my love of architecture with my love of flowers


Staunton Theater Ghost Story



The Gypsy 4 Theater of Staunton was once an Opera House. A fire broke out in the mid 1900's and significant damage was done to the building.

According to a former projectionist, very strange things have happened there. Once while threading a movie the person's eight inch braid was lifted straight up in the air.

A young blond girl, dressed in white and about eight years old was sitting on the pallet playing with the projectionist's hair! She silently laughed and vanished. The projectionist's mother

claimed to have run ins with the girl also, and she is a skeptic concerning paranormal sitings.

I found this ghost story on Ghosts of America online publication.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I have mentioned several times that my naturalist husband is uploading bird sightings to Cornell University. Yesterday he told me he is ranked 10th in the country for this information. In a number of blogs I wrote he is uploading over 2000 files.

I don't know how I got that so wrong! He has already uploaded 15,000 files and says he has over 30,000! Wow!

Staunton Ghost Story near the Blue Ridge Parkway and Standing Around the Water Cooler...

May 14th, 2014

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Flower Field Original Oil Painting has been Sold

I really have flowers on my mind right now! I miss this painting but it has a good home in North Carolina.

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Hibiscus at Bisset Park Radford VA Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

I am looking forward to seeing these beautiful blooms in the park! They are gorgeous!

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Blue Ridge Meadow Original Oil Painting has been Sold

This painting will be mailed out tomorrow evening to a great Charlottesville patron!

Staunton Asylum Ghost Story

In my search for ghost stories I am surprised at how many of them are in Staunton, Virginia! I guess there are a lot of creepy places there!

There is a haunted asylum there that is infamous for a doctor that use to cleanse his patients by torture! It was shut down many years ago but people claim they still hear screams and thumps in the building. One father and son actually video taped their experience.

I don't know what to think about the tape but it is a great ghost story!

I found this story on Deletion Quality.net






Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I work at home and I do mean work. Now that I am selling my artwork full-time I get up and work hard at promoting my paintings online. I am working harder since I retired from teaching at Radford University. I knew that would happen.

My husband works at V.P.I. and S.U. in Government Documents. Like any office, there are times when workers can take a break, especially if there is a party.

So today I got up and started to work right away and then decided to take a little break! Time for me to stand around the water cooler for a little while or celebrate a pretend birthday!

My husband is always glad when I let up a little. Two days ago a blood vessel in my right eye broke when I lifted my easel. My doctor said that if you take aspirin and then lift things the strain can cause that to happen. Next time I need to take something for soreness, I am taking Advil, which is what he suggested.

Another Staunton Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Put it on the Floor...

May 13th, 2014

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A Pair Original Oil Painting has been Sold

This is my most colorful still life. I am very pleased with the vibrant color contrast!

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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

Another Colorful Shore Scene! I am planning to do more soon!



Staunton is located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley about ten miles from The Blue Ridge Parkway. It is a town rich in history and some of it is supernatural. Among the haunts are a 1890 train wreck , civil war stories and unsolved murders.

At the train station Myrtle Knox was fatally wounded when the sleeper car derailed. Her opera troupe was napping when the incident occurred. She lost one of her legs below the knee, her shoulder was dislocated, an arm broken, and a piece of wood severed the femoral artery in her leg causing her to bleed to death.

Supposedly her spirit haunts the tracks and people have reported seeing her peer into the Pullman Diner which is now closed.

I found this story on One Writer's Way online.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I spend a lot of time in front of the kitchen sink washing dishes. We are one of the extremely few houses in America that does not have a dishwasher. I really don't mind. I grew up with one and we had to thoroughly clean the dishes, load the dishwasher and then put the dishes away.

I wash the dishes and put them in the rack. End of story. I like it better that way but sometimes I do complain about how much time I spend at the sink.

My husband said why don't you just lay the food out on the floor and yell come and get it!

Not a bad idea! Then I would only have to mop a little! Another great "modest proposal from the Word Man!

Staunton Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and So Pleased to sell another Original Painting...

May 9th, 2014

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I am so pleased to sell Blue Ridge Meadow to a great patron in Charlottesville, VA! This large oil painting is one of my favorites and I had it hanging next to my computer. Can't miss it there! I am glad it will have a good home!

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North Albemarle, McLean Virginia Original 30"x40" $2425

Here is a beautiful Mclean garden!


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Near The Dedmon Center Original 11"x14" Oil Painting $313

Great View of The New River by The Dedmon Center at Radford University!


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Near Kirby Road Original Oil Painting has been Sold

This is where I spent much of my childhood! It is no wonder I married a naturalist.


Staunton Virginia Ghost Story



I am still finding news ghost stories. Here is a Staunton, Virginia spooky tale!



The Bell Grae Inn Ghost Story



This Inn is haunted by Mrs. Bagsby since the 1800's. She unlocks door and play other tricks. It has been reported that she has caused the Inn's hot water supply to bypass a guest that she does not like.

The Inn claims guests can experience this ghost if they stay in Room 7! I thought 7 was a lucky number. Not in this case!


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I wanted to be sure to announce The 40th Annual Mount Rogers Naturalist Rally that starts today! What a great opportunity to learn about this wonderful mountain region and gain insight to ways to preserve the wildlife and natural beauty of this region I have happily spent my adult life in!

I cannot imagine living anywhere else and I never tire of painting the incredible atmospheric effects of The New River Valley and the surrounding areas!

Please come out and have a great time!


The 40th Annual Mount Rogers Naturalist Rally

This BRDC signature event highlights the crown jewel of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Southwest Virginia. The Mount Rogers area, which includes Virginia's three tallest peaks, has long fascinated scholars and explorers. Not only is there a wide variation in altitude, there are many different ecosystems and mini-ecosystems within a short drive or hike of each other.

Salem Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Mount Rogers 40th Naturalist Rally is Tomorrow...

May 8th, 2014

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Isle of Palms Sunset Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

This is where my head is at right now! Looking forward to our South Carolina shore visit!

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Fast Water Wildwood Park Original Oil Painting has been Sold


Beautiful view of Radford Virginia's popular park!



Today I came across a very interesting ghost story written by "an old man" according to the writer. It is intriguing to me that the author has a theory that perhaps we see these things when we are young and more perceptive to what is around us. He has not had a supernatural experience since this story.

As I have mentioned before, I am a skeptical person but I have had four strange events in my life that I cannot explain. Interestingly enough, the latest one was a few months ago and I am not young by most people's estimation of what young is.


Lunch Bucket Man

The writer's story happened when he was a student. He was traveling home to Roanoke via Rt. 81 via Wildwood Road. Supposedly the Wildwood Inn has quite a spooky reputation. The Inn was closed and he was pretty much the only car on the road.

As he approached the ramp to Wildwood Road he saw a tall thin man holding a lunch bucket, not a pail, but a bucket. The writer said he had seen that type of bucket carried by coal miners. When the car lights passed over the man there was no shadow. He didn't move or change expression.

He seemed to vanish and the writer tried hard to figure out what had happened but could not come up with a logical explanation. He has not had a similar experience. This was in the early 1980's.

I found this story on Ghost of America online.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The Mount Rogers 40th Naturalist Rally is tomorrow! I wanted to be sure to alert everyone again to this great event!


The 40th Annual Mount Rogers Naturalist Rally

This BRDC signature event highlights the crown jewel of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Southwest Virginia. The Mount Rogers area, which includes Virginia's three tallest peaks, has long fascinated scholars and explorers. Not only is there a wide variation in altitude, there are many different ecosystems and mini-ecosystems within a short drive or hike of each other.
The 2014 Rally will be May 9 & 10.

Friday Night Speaker - Nancy Lee Adamson PhD, Pollinator Conservation Specialist - East Region, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. An Introduction to Native Bees and Other “Beneficial” Arthropods of the Mid-Atlantic - learn about common native bees we can support by protecting and planting pollinator habitat. The program will highlight nesting habits of some of the 500 species of native bees in Virginia, as well as other pollinators, predators, and parasitoids that benefit from pollinator habitat.

Friday night entertainment - Ronald and Ellie Kirby will be bringing in the evening with some traditional old time tunes.

DOOR PRIZE! - David Richert has offered a free afternoon consultation on forest management as the friday night door prize.

Roanoke City Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Lives in Forest...

May 8th, 2014

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Golden Farm Scene Original Painting has been Sold

One of my favorite fall scenes!

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Water Wings Original 16"x12" Oil Paintings $384

Beautiful lake scene!

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The Rusty Silo Original 20"x30" Pastel Painting $1230

When my son was little he was fascinated by farms and especially liked to look at silos. He was always pleased to see The Rusty Silo!


It is no wonder that I keep finding more ghost stories in The New River Valley. According to Harper's Index, the ghost Research Society of Oak Lawn, Illinois Virginia ranks number one among states with the largest ghost population!



Some stories come from oral traditions and others are mentioned in books about the area. Again, I don't really believe in ghosts but these stories are part of our literary heritage and I love ghost stories!

The Woman in Black

In 1902 The Woman in Black terrified Bristol, Roanoke, and Bluefield. According to newspaper reports her name was spoken everywhere.

One night over 25 people saw her and claimed she was very beautiful! She never hurt anyone and people believed her to be the wife of an unfaithful husband.

Supposedly her mission was to make sure other men were faithful and would appear to them on occasion.



One night she appeared to a wealthy business man walking home after midnight. She asked him where he turned off which was twelfth street. She laid her head on his shoulder and he could not push her away. She said he was not the first married man she had walked home that night.

Two men tried to trip her on a downtown bridge. One stood at each end but when they got to her, she vanished.



I found this story on Hobby Haunted House online.


Life with Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

As I have mentioned before, it is great fun living with a writer because they are so good with humorous wordplay - or at least the one I married is.

I love to ask him questions that I am almost sure will lead to a crazy comment.

The other night we were watching a Star Trek rerun on TV. I don't watch much TV. I prefer movies when I have the time but it is fun to see those Star Trek characters again!

I asked Clyde what kind of name is DeForest Kelly. DeForest is such an unusual first name. He said it is German for lives in the Forest. Yeah, tell me another one Word Man! Just for fun, I looked it up. Lebt in Wald is lives in Forest in German.

Roanoke College Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Mount Rogers 40th Naturalist Rally this week-end...

May 6th, 2014

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Color Blast Original Oil Painting has been Sold

A terrific example of gorgeous evening color on The Blue Ridge Mountains!


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Cloud Color Original 5"x7" Oil Painting $75.00



One of my favorite cloud paintings!

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Riverview Reflections Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425



If I had to pick a favorite painting, this is it! The intricate surface, colors and textures are wonderful!


The Haunted Guest House of Roanoke College

The Monterey House on High Street on Roanoke College's campus is said to be haunted. The house was purchased in 2002 and is used for a guest house and meeting space. According to Dr. Tom Carter, the owner did not want to sell the house and told her children that the college would get the house over her dead body.

Supposedly the owner's body is one of many ghosts people come in contact with at the house. Students that have stayed over night have claimed they heard noises or felt tapping on their necks and hands. Dr. Carter asks his students to consider how their beliefs shape their findings and to try hard to discern exactly where the noises are coming from.

I don't know if this is something to boast about, but Roanoke College has a year round Hall o' ween house!



I got this information from Roanoke College online. There is a picture of the building in the article.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler
The much anticipated Mount Rogers 40th Naturalist Rally is almost here! All are welcome for this great mountain event!


The 40th Annual Mount Rogers Naturalist Rally

This BRDC signature event highlights the crown jewel of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Southwest Virginia. The Mount Rogers area, which includes Virginia's three tallest peaks, has long fascinated scholars and explorers. Not only is there a wide variation in altitude, there are many different ecosystems and mini-ecosystems within a short drive or hike of each other.
The 2014 Rally will be May 9 & 10.

Friday Night Speaker - Nancy Lee Adamson PhD, Pollinator Conservation Specialist - East Region, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. An Introduction to Native Bees and Other “Beneficial” Arthropods of the Mid-Atlantic - learn about common native bees we can support by protecting and planting pollinator habitat. The program will highlight nesting habits of some of the 500 species of native bees in Virginia, as well as other pollinators, predators, and parasitoids that benefit from pollinator habitat.

Friday night entertainment - Ronald and Ellie Kirby will be bringing in the evening with some traditional old time tunes.

DOOR PRIZE! - David Richert has offered a free afternoon consultation on forest management as the friday night door prize.

Bedford Virginia Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Word Man does it again....

May 5th, 2014

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Monarch Original 15"x21" Acrylic Painting on paper $652


Here is a great warm weather painting to brighten up anyone's day!

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Natural Rhythm Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

Another Spring Beauty! I have sold many canvas prints of this work. The original painting is still available!

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Road To The Blue Ridge Original Oil Painting has been sold

Bedford Ghost Story



I am still finding great New River Valley ghost stories! I don't necessarily believe they are true but they are interesting! You never know!

The Seven Gates of Hell

This ghost story is about a place in Bedford, Virginia called the Seven Gates of Hell. A house on a hill has seven black iron gates that lead up to the house. The story goes back to a legend that began in the 1900's about an insane family that went on a killing spree of African Americans.

Supposedly in the 1930s more were killed by the Klu Klux Klan. My source says The Knights on Columbus but I believe that is an error.

Anyway, the grounds are so spooked that people are too afraid to walk up the hill to the house. The gates are always open on Hall ' o Ween. Spooky stuff!

I found this story on Ghostvillage.com


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My poet husband is publishing all over the place these days! The other day he had one poem accepted for publication in Decades Review. The poem will published a few months from now. Way to go Word Man!

Clyde has been published in over 200 magazines! He is in communication with a publisher regarding a book! I see that day coming!


Another Roanoke Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Where is it...

May 2nd, 2014

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Beach Houses at Pawleys Island Original Painting has been Sold

This is where I want to be right now. We will be vacationing at this great South Carolina resort soon!

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Clouds Over Fairlawn Original 18" x 24" Pastel Painting $864

Another Beautiful Southwest Virginia vista!

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Cloud Dance Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

There are a lot of Sugarloaf Mountains. This is the one in our neck of the woods off the Blue Ridge Parkway!


The Ghosts of Beth Israel Synagogue



Laurie Platt has no doubt she has been in touch with the other side at Beth Israel Synagogue! She started to see and hear ghosts when she started her Folk Dance classes. A few times upon arrival she heard voices when the place was vacant.

Another time while dancing she looked up to see a woman floating in the back closet. She was dressed in a ninteenth century dress.

The next day she went to the library and found out that before the synagogue was built there was a house on the property owned by "Betty" and her husband. Supposedly Betty now haunts the Synagogue!

At other times another dancer and Laurie saw a short man standing on the stairs looking down at the hall watching them dance.



There certainly are a lot of ghost stories in Southwest Virginia and The New River Valley! It is great fun looking them up! I found this story on Ghosts of America.


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler and Where is it?

My husband has a huge library of his naturalist records, wildlife and poetry books. He is trying to get back some space in our computer room/guest room by putting these records online. The room is a wreck but I read somewhere that exceptionally intelligent people have a hard time organizing their things because they are involved with so many different studies.

I would like to think that is the case here so I won't set fire to the room.

I have to have my things organized or I can't find anything. I don't have trouble finding my keys because it is against the law for them to be anywhere but on the kitchen counter or in my purse. I have had panic attacks when they were just a little to the left or right of the spot and hiding behind something.

I only have one credit card. If I had more I would lose them. I don't wear a ring because I would lose that also. I can keep up with large things but not small ones.

Oh well. As a little boy said many years ago to my husband, "We lock the castle up with booming tamborines!" We manage, we manage!

Radford City Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and More Blue Ridge Discovery Center News...

May 1st, 2014

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Blue Ridge Sunset Original Oil Painting has been Sold


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Evening River Motion Original 16"x20" Oil Painting $670

THINGS I CAN'T EXPLAIN



I mentioned before that I am a very skeptical person and always look to logic and science to explain phenomenal happenings.

I also check people's motivation regarding their supernatural experiences. Does the person gain money from people's belief in their presentations?

Over the years people have built up a legend around Houdini as if he really did perform magic.

If you research his life you will find out that he did not consider any of his tricks to be supernatural and could explain each one of them. He did go around and expose mediums that claimed to be in contact with the dead.

I also mentioned that I have had three strange occurrences in my life that I cannot explain, but I forgot about this one.


Ghost at My Piano

I come from a family that has many artists and musicians. My grandmother and great uncle attended Peabody Conservatory and both taught music. My grandmother believed everyone should play an instrument and practice every day. She did not consider the arts to be an educational frill.

I have been working at my Art all my life. I cannot remember a time that I didn't spend time drawing and I didn't like coloring books. I wanted to make my own drawings.

I also enjoyed music. My mother wanted us to take lessons but she didn't make us take lessons.


When I was twelve I decided to take lessons and it was one of the best decisions of my life. I play every day and it is a wonderful experience. There have been times that I didn't play that much but I recently have gotten back to it and do my best to play everyday. My fingers are not as good as they used to be so I am working hard to improve my technical skill.


A few months ago when I was playing I could have sworn that I heard soft foot steps behind me as I played. No one else in the family was in the room. Since I am so skeptical I just considered the sound to be a trick of my mind.

It happened a number of times the next few days and now I don't hear them. I would like to think my grandmother was there with me! Who knows!


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

In addition to The Mount Rogers 40th Naturalist Rally on May 9th and 10th, there is a Farm Days outing coming up on May 21st through 23rd! This great event will be at Matthews Living History Farm Museum !

The event will include educational demonstrations and programs for kids! Come on out!

Another Roanoke Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Murphy is Stalking me again...

April 30th, 2014

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Poppies and Lace Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

Roanoke City Ghost Story

I keep thinking I am going to move on to other interesting aspects of the New River Valley and The Blue Ridge Parkway and then I find another ghost story to share! Ghost stories are so much fun and I didn't know about any of these until this year!

Here is another Roanoke one!

At The Patrick Henry Motel there are a number of ghostly apparitions. The Motel was built in 1925 and there are three ghostly men that supposedly hang around the ball room to keep an eye on things.

On the second floor there is a man with a pipe that sits at one of the tables. Some people say he kicks the tablecloth with his foot.

Many people claim they feel the presence of an elderly woman who died in one of the rooms!

I found this information on the online publication, Haunted Places.


Murphy's Law

When I was working on my Master's degree I worked for a professor that had a huge poster of Murphy's Law. He said a friend gave it to him. I read the whole poster and have never forgotten all the things that this mysterious Murphy does to us.

Sometimes I feel like Murphy is stalking me! My latest example of how, if anything can go wrong, it will, involves my favorite sport.

I have been skating since I was a child and my sister is so accomplished that she teaches ice skating in Sterling, Virginia.

Since there isn't a skating rink nearby I have been roller blading for many years in Christiansburg. The rink closed down but a few years later a fantastic one opened near the old one. The boot on one of my skates finally cracked apart and I had to buy new ones.

I have never liked the new ones so a while ago I ordered a very expensive pair that I knew would be great!

Last Sunday I drove to the rink with my old skates and they were closed. I figured that they were starting their summer schedule early so I went home and looked online. I was stunned to see that they were closed permanently!

The next day my new skates showed up! AAAARGH!
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Dominion Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425

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A Beautiful Moment Original 20"x 16" Oil Painting $660

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Since my husband is on a computer eight hours a day he knows more than I know. We did not grow up with them so we are baffled at times. Now I am trying to figure out a Yoast plug in that I downloaded.

So far we aren't cussing the computer but I think we will be soon! I wish one of us was a computer whiz! I hate how we have to call on someone that is our son's age to help. Such is life!

The Peaks of Otter on The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Mount Rogers 40th Naturalist Rally is almost here...

April 29th, 2014

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Now that the weather is finally warming up I am thinking about all the beautiful spots on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Peaks of Otter resort is high on my list and I have a number of paintings that were done from that beautiful place.

Here is the lodge. I am especially pleased with the dreamy reflections in the water and the serene mood in this painting.

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Peaks of Otter Lodge Original 16"x12" Oil painting $484.00



Color Swirl over The Peaks of Otter is my favorite one of the series. I have sold a number of prints of this colorful vista. The original painting is still available!

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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter Original 18"x 24" Oil painting $864.00

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Craftsman Original Oil Painting has been Sold


Craftsman is my tribute to the great mountain people I have come into contact with through my husband.


The Peaks of Otter

The Peaks of Otter has drawn settlers and travelers for more than 8,000 years. The community began in 1776 when Thomas Wood came down from Pennsylvania and settled there. The wife of one of Wood's descendants opened her home as the area's first lodging for travelers in 1834.

By the late 1880s the Peak of Otter was home to 20 families, a school, church, and resort.

In the mid 1900's it was selected for special attention as the National Parks Service developed recreation sites along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Abbott Lake was constructed and the resort opened in 1964.

I got this information from the Peaks of Otter online website.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband is still hard at work uploading over 2,000 bird files to Cornell University. He hopes the research he has been doing on the wildlife of this wonderful mountain region will be of help to future generations that seek to preserve his homeland.





The 2014 Rally will be May 9 & 10.

Friday Night Speaker - Nancy Lee Adamson PhD, Pollinator Conservation Specialist - East Region, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. An Introduction to Native Bees and Other “Beneficial” Arthropods of the Mid-Atlantic - learn about common native bees we can support by protecting and planting pollinator habitat. The program will highlight nesting habits of some of the 500 species of native bees in Virginia, as well as other pollinators, predators, and parasitoids that benefit from pollinator habitat.

Friday night entertainment - Ronald and Ellie Kirby will be bringing in the evening with some traditional old time tunes.

DOOR PRIZE! - David Richert has offered a free afternoon consultation on forest management as the friday night door prize.

Another Radford City Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Not just some Idiot...

April 29th, 2014

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Winding Flower Path Original Oil Painting has been Sold




The beautiful weather has inspired me to put up this colorful floral that was sold in a gallery in North Carolina.

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Mushroom Clouds Original 30"x40" Oil painting $2425



There is nothing like the beautiful light in the mountains! Not a cloud in the sky is fine, but I prefer skies with clouds!

Another Radford City Ghost Story.

I having a lot of fun looking up New River Valley Ghost stories. I am a very skeptical person but they are great stories whether or not they are are true!

La Rivierie which is located in Radford by The New River is said to be haunted by a Lady that appears in a mirror. The 10 room mansion was constructed by Mary Draper Ingles grandson but was destroyed in a fire before the couple moved in. The mansion was rebuilt according to the same specifications.

Some say the woman that haunts the mansion is Mary Draper Ingles. There is a woman's image that seems to be burned into the mirror that can be seen from a certain angle. Another theory is a that the image is of Anne Mclanahan who was a frequent visitor to the mansion. She was looking for her cat during a thunderstorm. Supposedly she was standing in front of the mirror when a lightening bolt blast seared her image in the mirror. The mirror was new and residents noticed the change after her visit.

People say she haunts the mansion and is referred to as The Lady in the Mirror.

I got this story from Strange USA.com


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband and I have had a lot of trouble with vacuum cleaners. I always look for objects that will break them, but, either I don't find them all, or the vacuum cleaners just aren't any good. This time I am determined to take good care of the one we recently bought and I have the box with everything in it so we can return it for a full refund. I don't like to insure household objects, but this time I am making an exception.

I used to have one that required bags but our new one has to be emptied. I am trying not to do anything stupid so I asked Clyde to empty it and then show me how. He showed me where the lever was and I then remarked that, of course, any idiot could put it back together. He said, with eyes wide open, not just any idiot, this idiot!

No problem. Maybe we can hang on to one this time!

Roanoke Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Clyde Kessleer poem in Rose Red...

April 25th, 2014


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Blue Ridge Autumn Original Painting has been Sold


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Lake Sunset Original 5"x7" Oil Painting $75.00

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Pink Light Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425.00

Roanoke Theater Ghost Story

The Grandin Theater in Roanoke was built in 1932 and is one of the first theaters with sound. It was closed for a while in the '50s and a homeless family lived there. Two of the children died there and some say that late at night you can hear a baby crying in the stairwell.

Former projectionists have stories about strange occurrences late at night. One time a small boy was sighted at the top of a staircase and the projectionist followed him because he thought the child hadn't left the theater after the movie. He saw the child walk straight through the doors of the nearest screening room.



I found this story on the online version of Collegiate Times. The article is called Ghostly Stories, Haunted Sites, and Sinister Sisters Who Scare.


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Yesterday I printed one of the two poems that Clyde just published in the online magazine, Red Rose. He is publishing his work all the time now and is included in an anthology. Here is the other poem that was published.

I hope you like it! I think his work is great! It is not easy reading so take your time and think about each word!

Elegy for a Time Freak
Clyde Kessler

I burn sundials on the moon.
Other time freaks are crating the ashes,
naming them all for all their frozen days.

At night, I know my true wish list
is a crater full of rum, a dark
breed of whiskey flowering like stars.

At work, you can trust my lighters
and rolling flints. The noon shadow
on my next bonfire is favoring silver
like a thunder-cloud to brood the Dead Sea.
There are no ratty scrolls here, nor heaven.

Radford City Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Clyde Kessler Ghost Poem published in Rose Red...

April 24th, 2014

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Pink Wave Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425.00

I thought it would be a good idea to put up a Spring painting. Pink Wave was inspired by the beautiful Cherry blossom trees at the Radford Public Library.


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View from Bridge at Wildwood Park Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425.00

Wildwood Park is becoming more beautiful each Spring Day!




Radford City Ghost Story



I had no idea there were so many ghost stories in Southwest Virginia! Here is another one!

A Former employee of Macados on main street in Radford wrote about a ghost story in 2005. The restaurant is modern and beautifully decorated on the outside but there is an old basement section with two pantries. In one section there is a window with glass that is not visible from the outside. The restaurant was once The Radford Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Supposedly there is a woman dressed in grey in the downstairs section and employees are told not to talk about her. Articles fly off the shelf at times and one cook says he did actually see her. They were face to face and then she faded away!



I got this ghost story from ghostvillage.com


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband is really tearing up the publishing turf these days! He just published two poems in the online magazine Rose Red! This is the third issue of this publication that he has had work in! Yea Word Man!

It is an interesting coincidence that one of the poems he published is about ghosts since I have been having a great time researching local ghost stories!

A Mount Juliet Ghost
Clyde Kessler

An old lady drowned in Nashville.
She was almost ghost of the year, blind.
Somebody heard a twanging in the oaks
and said she’s home by the soul’s voice
dreaming a tree that walks through stars.

None of a moonrise’s gold could fetch
her mind in a séance. A photographer
leased her apartment above a salon,
threw his best camera at a cop car,
it struck and killed a deputy by no luck.

You see vengeance spelled with a flood
is still the soul prying itself from hate.
You can build a new house in Mount Juliet.
You can throw parties that marry you off
imprisoned. The old lady walks you home.

Radford University Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and I think we read too fast these days...

April 23rd, 2014

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Memorial Bridge Original Oil Painting has been Sold

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New Memorial Bridge Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425.00


These two paintings are before and after Radford City paintings. The New Memorial Bridge is beautiful but I loved the complicated lattice work of the old one.


Radford University Ghost Story

I am still finding New River Valley Ghost stories!

There is a rumor that a girl hanged herself in an elevator shaft in Tyler Hall at Radford University when it was an all girl college. The story is that she was with child by a professor and became so despondent that she ended her life. Student/Professor relationships were strictly forbidden in those days.



The writer of the story for The Tartan in 1995 said that one night an RA told her he noticed the door was open to the old shaft and he looked in and saw a rope hanging from the top of it. The rope startled him since he was familiar with the tale but just thought it was another rope. He shut the door but had to shut it three more times that night.

Students on the third floor have reported sounds of a baby crying that seem to be coming from the attic.



I got this story from WHIM, RUs online magazine.


Too Much Information

I think we are so bombarded with words on the internet that we are reading way too fast and missing very important information. Since I am a professional artist and I sell online I communicate with a lot of people all the time.

Sometimes I get messages from men that would like a relationship with me that is more than friendship. I am flattered but I am happily married and I always send that in the message. Oftentimes after I send that message I get another message with the same request for a relationship.

We need to slow down a little!


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Before I met Clyde I didn't know anything about birds beyond a robin, crow, or eagle. I am still do not know anywhere near what he knows about bird and butterflies but I know a lot more now that when I was single.

Clyde is not much for the beach but I am not happy if I don't get there once a year. Many years ago at Rehoboth beach he pointed out an osprey to me flying over the waves. I had never heard of that eagle before that day. It is a beautiful bird and here is a painting I made to celebrate the flight of the osprey.


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Osprey Evening Original 8"x10" Oil Painting $168.00

Riverview Park near The Blue Ridge Parkway and It is Difficult at Times...

April 22nd, 2014

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Riverview at Dusk Original 16"x20" Oil painting $670.00




Riverview at Dusk is one of many sites that my husband researches for bird and butterflies. He is oftentimes there very early on Saturday and Sunday mornings. It is a beautiful Radford City Virginia park on The New River.


Difficult Times

The circumstances of my life are rather difficult at times. I am not going to be specific because of what a friend once said. What is the use of complaining? Someone will always complain louder.

Still, most of my friends do not have the problem I have to contend with everyday and sometimes I envy them. I do not have the freedom most people my age have and there are times I would like to scream and I do.

My husband and I do the best we can and that is all I am going to say. Enough venting. I have a lot of work to do.

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Nearing The Shoals Original 12"x13" Oil Pastel Painting $342.00


This is where I would like to be right now. I am very thankful that we will be at the beach in a few weeks.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I wanted to again mention 40th Mount Rogers Naturalist Rally that is coming up soon! Clyde is on the Board of Directors for The Blue Ridge Discovery Group and arranged for Nancy Lee Adamson to be this year's speaker. Don't miss out on a great time!

The 2014 Rally will be May 9 & 10.

Friday Night Speaker - Nancy Lee Adamson PhD, Pollinator Conservation Specialist - East Region, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. An Introduction to Native Bees and Other “Beneficial” Arthropods of the Mid-Atlantic - learn about common native bees we can support by protecting and planting pollinator habitat.

Recent Sale

If you are not in the market for an original or print I hope you will visit my Zazzle store for my work on just about anything! A great way to have my artwork in your home or a great gift! http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist

Yesterday a pack of Sweet Pea postcards went out to a great North Carolina patron!

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Sweet Pea Morning at Rock Castle Gorge Original 16"x20" Oil Painting $670.00

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Another Radford New River Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Spring Life at Wildwood park...

April 21st, 2014

Another Radford New River Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Spring Life at Wildwood park...




Life with the Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler



I have been painting in oils since I was twelve and I couldn't imagine my world without paint. Winston Churchill once said something similar about how he couldn't imagine a world without paint.

Even though I live to paint, I haven't met the medium that I don't like and my portfolio has a wide selection of different ones.

A year ago I decided to add photography to my lost list of mediums and my husband has assisted me in photographing wild flowers in the local parks.

Saturday I photographed the first floral signs of Spring at Wildwood Park. While we were there, a friend showed up and found a ring neck snake. I have always been fascinated by snakes so I took some pictures for my blog. Here is the best one.




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Near Pandapas Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425.00

Near Pandapas is another beautiful section of the woods near the pond in Gile County. When I was a kid I spent much of my time in the woods or at creeks and I especially liked to pull on vines like the one you see here.



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Home in Christiansburg Original Oil Painting has been Sold

This is a home in Christiansburg that caught my eye every time I passed it so I decided to make a painting of it and the field next to it.


Radford New River Ghost Story



I am amazed at the number of ghost stories in The New River Valley. I am a very skeptical person and don't believe in mediums or psychics but I do enjoy reading about these various sitings and what people report to be supernatural events.

Here is another Radford City one.



In the Online Ghosts of America a Radford resident reported seeing a man walk out to the middle of the lower section of the New River Trestle in Radford but before he hit the water, he vanished. There was no splash and the viewer thought it was a trick of the eye but he has found others that saw the same thing. He would like to know if there was a suicide off this bridge that is being repeated in spirit form.

Radford University Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and One of those Faces...

April 18th, 2014

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Boat House Mountain Lake in Giles County Original Painting has been Sold


This painting is of a beautiful section of Mountain Lake Resort in Giles County, VA. This popular resort was the setting for the great movie, Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze!


Radford University Ghost Story



Beneath the grounds of Radford University there is a network of tunnels that used to be used by students so they wouldn't have to go out in bad weather. The school was originally a girl's college.

There is a ghost story about one student that prowls the tunnels on Hall o' ween.

The tunnels were closed long ago and entrance to them is forbidden.

The girl's name was Elizabeth and she shunned the other students. They played tricks on her and sent her a note claiming a suitor wanted to see her at the Hall o' ween ball dressed as a princess and he would be her prince. She went to the ball and waited. He never appeared but a student handed her a note that requested she meet him in the tunnels. It was dark and she tripped and broke her neck and died instantly.

The legend is that she prowls the tunnels calling for her prince every Hall o' ween!



This story was written by Richie Ellis and printed in The Haunted Commonwealth online publication in 2010. The story is more complicated if you would like to check it out!


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The Mushroom Picker Original 32"x40" Oil Painting $2580.00




This painting is based on a photograph my husband took of someone picking mushrooms at Pandapas Pond. Oddly enough, the man resembles my husband.

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A Memory Original 26"x36" Oil Painting $1892.00


Since I am writing about New River Valley ghost stories lately, I thought this haunting painting would be great for this post! This painting is loosely based on a photograph I saw of a scene that reminded me of my grandmother's beautiful grounds in her home in Clarksville, Virginia. When I look at this painting I am reminded of our special visits to her home.


One of Those Faces

All of my life people have told me I look just like a relative or friend. It has never bothered me that I just have one of those faces but now I like to make a joke out of it.

The other night at a Chick Corea concert at Radford University it happened again. A lady in the seat behind me asked me to forgive her for staring but I look so much like her sister. We discussed backgrounds and hers was mostly Irish while I am half Italian but I do look more like my mother's Scottish and Irish side.

When the concert was over I looked over to the lady and said, "You must have a beautiful sister!" She said she did and we both laughed - but not too hard, of course!


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband is at it again publishing poems! This week he had five poems published in Still: The Journal. This is the second time he has had work published there and this online magazine won the 2014 E-Appalachia Award!



Also, another bird count is coming up in Franklin County on April 26th. There are teams that have mapped out locations to survey. People are welcome to join the effort. If you are interested contact my bird man at ckessler@vt.edu!

Christiansburg Ghost Story and I use Signs now...

April 17th, 2014

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Original Oil Painting has been Sold


Route 11 is the road I take to Christiansburg, VA. I loved this house and decided to make a painting of it. It was sold in Roanoke at Studios on The Square.




Christiansburg Virginia Ghost Story

This is a Ghost Story that has been around for more than a century. Mary Snead, Caroline Martin, and Virginia Wardlaw were educators that ran the Old Montgomery Female Academy.

The old building is gone. It is now The Old Christiansburg Middle School and currently houses Blacksburg Middle School students.

The women were notorious for killing off relatives for insurance money. They were never convicted of a crime until they left and moved to New Jersey in 1909. When they went to New Jersey they had a $20,00 insurance policy on Ocie Snead. The three women would pay for the suspicious drowning of Ocie.

Caroline was convicted and died later in a state mental institution.

Mary Snead pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Virginia Wardlaw starved herself to death before a judge could make a ruling. Her body is in an un-marked grave in Christiansburg.


Some people say the Snead Sisters, or The Sisters in Black still live in the halls of this local school.

I found this ghost story on the online WDBJ7.com articles collections

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The Crossing Original 25"x 30" Acrylic painting $1830.00



This is a painting I did from a photograph of a man and his daughter crossing The New River from Bisset Park. I changed the way they looked to protect their privacy. I just thought this would make a nice genre painting.


Life with The Word and Bird Man- Clyde Kessler

I have always been careful to the point of being uptight about schedules and my husband is the same way. We are both usually early to any kind of meeting. It is much easier to be early than on time. He has some choice words about people that are late. He has a descriptive word for someone that is five minutes late, another one for ten, and a very colorful one for someone that is twenty minutes late.

I never thought I would forget an appointment until about a year ago when I thought about the appointment in the morning and then forgot about it in the afternoon! I was mortified so now I actually post a sign that hangs down from the door frame to my kitchen so I won't forget.

Age really does change a person. This morning I had to be reminded by my husband to put the sign up! Yikes! What next?



Another Blacksburg Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Recent Bird Sightings...

April 15th, 2014


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Ghost Store Original 12"x 9" Mixed Media Drawing $221.00






Ghost Store is an abandoned building in a beautiful environment. I am a big fan of the movie, "Fried Green Tomatoes" and this drawing reminds me of those stores of long ago. I love to look at buildings from the past. There is an eerie ghostly quality about them that draws the viewer in.

I am especially pleased with the stunning light effect in this drawing. The light seems to be spotlighting the old building. This drawing was done with colored pencils and pastels.


Blacksburg Lyric Theater Ghost Story

Originally constructed in 1929 and opened on April 17, 1930, the Lyric Theatre is a blend of Art Deco and Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, designed by Roanoke architect Louis Phillipe Smithey. Most notable on the Lyric’s façade are the traditional Comedy and Tragedy masks.
1994-From 1989 to 1994, although closed as a film house, the Lyric continued to have a life as a large classroom rented to Virginia Tech and as the Democratic Party Headquarters each fall.

1994-1995 -In 1994, a group of citizens lead by the Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg banded together to create the Lyric Council, which was determined to reopen the Lyric and return it to its former glory. In February 1996, the Lyric was reopened for the first time in eight years. The theater was operated as a partially renovated space for two years while money was being raised for the full-scale renovations.

The theater is one of the few theaters left with an upper balcony and workers have reported hearing things and the feeling of someone brushing behind them as they walked by. There is a tale of a worker dying there years ago.



I got the ghost story information from The Ghost Hunter Store online. The information about the Lyric Theater is from The Lyric Theater website.


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Dock, Pandapas Pond Giles County Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425.00


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Path Near Pandapas Pond Giles County Original Oil Painting has been Sold



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This time of the year my naturalist husband pays close attention to bird sitings and told me yesterday that the following birds have returned for the nesting season in Radford Virginia. He is always out there keeping tabs on what's up in our area and in various sites on The Blue Ridge Parkway and other local sites. He is still in the process of uploading over 2000 files of sightings to e-Bird at Cornell University.

Saturdays Nature Walk at Wildwood Park was a great success! A good crowd came out for this pilot program and my husband and Nancy Kent are looking forward to more of these fun and instructive hikes in the future!

Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Cliff Swallow, there were several Cliff Swallows repairing last year’s nests on Memorial Bridge.

Our Blacksburg Ghost Story near The Blue Ridge Parkway and a Gorilla...

April 14th, 2014

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House in Blacksburg Original Oil Painting has been sold



Since I have been blogging about New River Valley Ghost stories lately I thought this painting would be a good one to put up. I had no intentions of painting a ghost house but the dissolution of form in the warm and cool colors, in a way, gives the impression of an other-worldly place.

Our Short Blacksburg Ghost Story

I am a very level-headed person and extremely skeptical of anything that is considered to be supernatural. I took a silly Big Bang test a while back to see which character I am like on the show, and, of course, it was Sheldon. My husband says I remind him of Spock from Star Trek.

Anyway, having said all that, I must say I have had three strange experiences in my life that I cannot explain.

Here is one of them.

Years ago my husband and I needed to get a larger apartment at the complex we lived at in Blacksburg, VA. The manager said F-67 was open and we grabbed it. They were having a hard time renting it and we couldn't see why. They were all alike.

Shortly after we moved in we were resting on our bed when we heard, very clearly, a voice that seemed to be coming from the closet. The word was Rachel in a strange voice. It happened a few more times and we just ignored it. We never heard it again.

The only logical explanation would be that someone that could throw their voice like a ventriloquist was outside and playing a trick on us. We will never know!


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Rain Pond, Huckleberry Line Trail in Blacksburg Original Painting has been sold


This pond no longer exists. It was at the Blacksburg Airport when my husband and I were first married. We would walk out to it every Sunday afternoon. That is such a pleasant memory.


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Rock Garden Original 32"x40" Professionally Framed Oil Painting $2720.00


This painting was inspired by the beautiful flower gardens at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg VA



Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

I try very hard to avoid problems on the internet. I know that people can copy a site and make it look like an official request for a phishing attempt. I know that people will try to get money from me by claiming they want to buy a painting and I need to pay their private shipping company out of the excess money on the check they send me. Of course, the check is phoney and I am out the shipping money.

I have never fallen for that one and never will.

I do download some sites that are designed to help me improve my art sales. They look perfectly okay to me.

My husband is much more cautious than I am and he says I would download a gorilla and let it walk around the house! I would not! We already have enough monkeys around here.

Ghost Story from The New River Valley near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Wildwood Nature Walk Tomorrow

April 11th, 2014

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Branches Over The New River from Bisset Park Original Oil Pastel has been sold



New River Valley Ghost Story

I have always loved ghost stories. On one vacation I read a selection of ghost stories by Edith Wharton that I especially liked.

The New River Valley has it's ghost stories and since I have painted so many scenes of the New River and The Blue Ridge Parkway that I thought it would be fun to include some of this region's hair raising tales.



The Holiday Inn sits on land that used to be a plantation known as Jacob's Lantern. There is a night club called "Attitudes" in the hotel. A manager has reported that he has been asked to turn down the music when there was no one playing music. He has also heard voices and laughter in the club when no one was around.

I found this ghost story in the online publication Shadowlands Haunted Places - Index Virginia.

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Evening River Scene Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425.00






Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Be sure to come with your children for The Spring Discovery Walk this Saturday with my Bird Man, Clyde Kessler, and photographer Nancy Kent! They are going to share their knowledge of flowers and insects in beautiful Wildwood Park in Radford City and Nancy will help visitors learn how to take great pictures!

My husband has dedicated his life to the preservation of his beautiful mountain home. He has led many nature walks in Radford, Ferrum, and The Blue Ridge Parkway, to name a few. I can honestly say he is the most knowledgeable person I have ever known. When he was a child he read the Encyclopedia and I don't think he has forgotten any of it.

I always ask him first before I look something up. It is very hard to stump him and unlike the comedic Expert Panel on the great Red Green show, he really does know what he is talking about.

On that hilarious Canadian show they have a panel of expert men that is dedicated to the three words men can't say which are-- I don't know. Clyde will say I don't know- but I hardly ever hear those words because he does know.


Come out for a great time!

Ghost Story on The New River near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Not a Crator on Mars...

April 11th, 2014

Ghost Story on The New River near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Not a Crator on Mars...

Aerial View of Yesterday's Loaf of Bread or My Bad, Awful, Day

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When my son was little I read a lot of Sesame Street books to him. His favorite was How to be a Grouch by Oscar the Grouch. The one I remember the best was Grover's Bad Awful Day. We all have those at times. It is one of those days that Murphy of Murphy's Law just stalks you.

Yesterday was one of those days for me. One irritating thing after another.

My bread machine for some reason has a hard time making a good loaf out of whole wheat flour. I don't mind when it doesn't come out right because it is more dense and the flavor is usually better but yesterday's loaf was horrible.

My husband said take a picture of it and tell your readers it is not a crater on Mars. It sure looks like one!


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New River Scene Original Painting has been Sold



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I have a lot of paintings on the beautiful New River as seen from Bisset Park and Riverview Park. New River Scene is one of my more energetic works. I was especially pleased with the movement in this painting and the fleeting look of the mountains through the tree limbs.









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New River Reflections Near The Dedmon Center Original 21"x27"acrylic on paper Painting $1164.00



Another beautiful section of The New River in Radford Virginia is close to the Dedmon Center at Radford University where I taught for twenty years in the Art Department. This painting has a beautiful glow and serene atmosphere. I love the way the reflections have been gently broken up by the ripples.

Ghost Stories about The New River

The Devil's Stairs is a site along N.C. 88, just east of the community of Warrensville. The spot got its name when the Norfolk & Western Railway (now Norfolk Southern) extended the rail line from Abingdon, Va., into Ashe County, N.C., around 1914. A section of rock at that bend in the river was dynamited, and the resulting formation resembled a set of giant steps ascending the side of the mountain.

The stairs may have been designated as the devil's because at least one construction worker is said to have been killed in the dynamite blast.



There are a number of versions of this North Carolina devil but here is what Dennis Lewis, who put this story on New River Notes, thought was the best!

It concerns a preacher who was driving home after a church service on a rainy, cold night. As the car neared the Devil's Stairs, the minister "saw a hitchhiker in a dark black raincoat that covered his head and face." The preacher stopped to offer the stranger a lift, primarily out of compassion due to the raw weather that evening.

"The hitchhiker did not say a word as he sat in the back seat," according to the account. The reverend "looked in the rear-view mirror several times, but never saw the hitchhiker's face. So he turned around and looked into the man's eyes, which were as red as fire and as big as a fist."



The startled minister pulled over to the side of the road to let the rider out, but when he got out and opened the back door he found no one inside the car.

More Bisset Park near The Blue Ridge Parkway and How it used to be on The New River...

April 9th, 2014

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Bisset Park Original
Original Pastel Painting not Available for Sale



I especially like the many New River scenes I have done. My favorite ones were done from different parts of Bisset Park in Radford, VA. When the weather is nice there are a lot of motor boats, canoes, and rafts gliding along the river.


Bisset Park Original is not available, because as luck would have it, it drowned in a gallery in North Carolina years ago. There was a tremendous amount of rain that year and the gallery flooded. The water rose over a foot and this pastel drawing was low enough for the lower half to be immersed in water! The gallery was insured and I was compensated for the painting but it no longer exists.

Afterwards, I decided to do an oil painting of the same spot. I wanted to get a very different look reflecting a different time of day and season. One of my favorite artists, Claude Monet, often did the same scene at different times of days and seasons and each one is a unique, beautiful creation. I love the way colors change throughout the day as the light shifts.


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Bisset Park 30" x 40" Original Oil Painting $2425.00



New River History

I love history and thought it would be nice to put in a little information on how different the river was years ago.

The river used to have many batteaux carrying cargo downstream as far as Bateau Mountain before the coming of the railroad. Bateau Mountain ,which is near Grandview, is now called Batoff.

The batteaux were propelled along the shallow rivers by crews pushing long poles along the side of the boats and steering with long sweeping rudders at each end.

The boats carried lumber, agricultural produce, and mercantile products.

A lot of the workers were African-American crews and captains. Because of the unique skills and abilities the job required, batteau crews could find an equality in their work that was not easily available for African Americans seeking employment in American society at the time. For most of the workers it was a vagabond life on the river.

I found this information on batteaux in the online publication New River Gorge

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

Again, be sure to join Clyde and Nancy Kent this Saturday in Wildwood Park for a great nature walk. Photographer Nancy Kent will teach young and old on how to get good photographs of flowers in insects!

The Mount Rogers Naturalist Rally is coming up. The Rally is Friday May 9 5:00 - 9:30pm at The Konnarock Community Center! Check out the Blue Ridge Discovery Center for more information!

Bisset Park Near The Blue Ridge Parkway and a Charging Rhino...

April 8th, 2014

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Fall on The New River at Bisset Park Original Pastel Painting has been sold


I have done many paintings of the beautiful New River which is actually one of the oldest rivers in the world. Many of the paintings come from Bisset Park in Radford, Virginia. Radford Virginia is about 30 miles from the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway.

Bisset is Radford’s largest city park and is located on 57 acres of riverfront land in the central part of the city. The park offers walking trails, athletic fields, picnic shelters, children’s playground, a sand volleyball area and other opportunities for outdoor recreation. The three picnic are available for group functions.

I especially enjoy walking by the New River and have painted it many times.


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New River Trestle Original 30"x40" Oil Painting $2425.00







The New River has been linked with numerous different names during our brief history in juxtaposition, with itself. It has been called the Wood, Wood's, Woods, Kanawha, The Great Kahnaway River, and the Cohnaway rivers by various different maps and legends.

One legend has it that various Native American tribes nicknamed it the "River of Death" and the "River of Evil Spirits." How did one of the oldest rivers, possibly on Earth, get the oxymoron of a name such as it has?

It has been documented that Colonel Abraham Wood, a noted English Fur trader, sent two men, Thomas Batts and Robert Fallam into what was then the unexplored outreaches of territorial Virginia. Discovering a river that they had never seen before, Batts and Fallam wrote "new river" on the map that they had drawn, and, without editing the map, turned it to the map maker, and thereafter the New River forever kept its name.

There are a number of explanations for the name of one of the world's oldest rivers. This account is the most accepted origin of the name. I got this information from New River Gorge, an online publication.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I wanted to again mention Clyde' Nature Walk with Nancy Kent which is this Saturday!

My naturalist husband is at it again! This week-end he will be leading a Spring Discovery Walk with Nancy Kent at Wildwood Park in Radford, Virginia. Nancy Kent is a great photographer and retired elementary school teacher.

The two of them are teaming up to help parents and their children learn how to photograph various insects and flowers! What a great way to start off the Spring season and enjoy nature in a beautiful setting! Come with your children for a wonderful and educational outing!



A Charging Rhino

Two weeks ago my husband and son had a nasty virus with congestion and ear infections. A week went by and I didn't develop any symptoms. I bragged that I didn't get it. I finally got sick last Saturday. I shouldn't have bragged!

I have to be at death's door to slow down. I am a workaholic and keep busy all day long. My husband thought I should rest.

I told him that asking me to rest is like asking a charging rhino to get out of the way! Not going to happen.

Looking Down From Sharp Top and The Bird Man is at it Again...

April 7th, 2014

Looking Down From Sharp Top and The Bird Man is at it Again...

View from Sharp Top Original 12"x16" Professionally Framed Oil Painting $484.00

I will have prints on paper or canvas of this painting soon!


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I will never forget the time my husband, son, and I walked down from Sharp Top mountain on The Peaks of Otter in Bedford County, Virginia. How great to see the world from the mountain's view! We walked around and around the pointed peak and saw people climbing up. I would never do that. I am not in that good of shape to walk up a mountain and I think my son would have complained big time about that type of walk even though he did spend his childhood walking with his Dad on long mountain trails and even encountered a bear one time at Rocky Knob!

I am especially proud of my painting, "View from Sharp Top", that was based on a photograph I took on the way down. This painting has an exceptionally complicated textural surface and the colors sing! Now that the Lodge has re-opened I hope we will find the time to visit this gorgeous resort again soon! Such a peaceful, beautiful section of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

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Great Valley Overlook Near The Peaks of Otter Original Oil Painting 30"x 40" in silver colored metal frame $2425.00


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Peachy Sunset Original Oil Painting has been sold



One of my favorite 20th century artists Pierre Bonnard once said, in so many words that an artist can learn a lot from the colors of a peach since they don't change like the colors in a sunset.



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

My naturalist husband is at it again! This week-end he will be leading a Spring Discovery Walk with Nancy Kent at Wildwood Park in Radford, Virginia. Nancy Kent is a great photographer and retired elementary school teacher.

The two of them are teaming up to help parents and their children learn how to photograph various insects and flowers! What a great way to start off the Spring season and enjoy nature in a beautiful setting! Come with your children for a wonderful and educational outing!

Water Falls Near The Blue RIdge Parkway and The Witch of Cedar Mountain

April 4th, 2014



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Creek Bridge Original Framed Oil Painting 18"x24" $884.00




The Blue Ridge mountains and the Smoky mountains are the oldest ranges in the United States so there are a lot of myths and legends about them. I posted one yesterday and thought it would be fun to post more!

I love legends!

Check out the brass plaque near the Walasi-Yi Center where the Appalachian Trail passes through the center’s breezeway, it’s otherworldly to say the least.

The plaque states; In Cherokee mythology the mountain (Blood Mountain) was one of the homes of the Nunnehi or Immortals, the “People Who Live Anywhere,” a race of Spirit People who lived in great townhouses in the highlands of the old Cherokee Country. One of these mythical townhouses stood near Lake Trahlyta. They were a friendly people that often brought lost hunters and wanders to their townhouses for rest and care before guiding them back to their homes.



I got this legend from Blue Ridge Highlander.com

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Canoes at Mountain Lake Original oil painting has been sold





Life with the Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

My Bird Man is pleased to see the chimney swifts return! There were two recent sitings on Bent Mountain.

Here is some information on this beautiful bird from the Cornell online publication - All About Birds.

A bird best identified by silhouette, the smudge-gray Chimney Swift nimbly maneuvers over rooftops, fields, and rivers to catch insects. Its tiny body, curving wings, and stiff, shallow wingbeats give it a flight style as distinctive as its fluid, chattering call.

This enigmatic little bird spends almost its entire life airborne. When it lands, it can’t perch—it clings to vertical walls inside chimneys or in hollow trees or caves. This species has suffered sharp declines as chimneys fall into disuse across the continent.

More on The Great Smoky Mountains Near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Who can fall down the hardest...

April 2nd, 2014

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The Very Blue Ridge Original Painting has been sold



So far I have two paintings from The Great Smoky mountains of North Carolina.

They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province which is why I entitled the above painting, The Very Blue Ridge even though it is a range in the Smokies. Both of them have been sold, but, as always, large and small prints on paper or canvas are available on my website.

North Carolina Myths and Legends

There are a lot of myths and legends about North Carolina mountains.

Here is one I really like.



Brown Mountain is a low ridge in Burke County that is a showcase for one of the last, great unexplained phenomena in the world.

During the night, usually in autumn, mysterious glowing orbs can be seen to rise up off the mountain, hover and wobble about fifteen feet up in the air, and then disappear.

There's no denying that the lights are real. They have been observed by countless witnesses and photographed on many occasions. But what they are is still unknown.



Explanations have varied over the years.

The Cherokee were aware of the lights, and claimed that the lights were the souls of Cherokee women searching for their men who had died in a great battle between the Cherokee and the Catawba that took place on Brown Mountain.

Other legends say that the lights are the the ghostly echoes of lights that appeared during a search for a murdered woman in the 19th century.



I got this legend from Brown Mountain Lights on the online publication, North Carolina Ghost Stories and Legends.

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Golden Blue Ridge Sunset Original pastel painting 18"x26" $936.00




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Kudos to Clyde for getting five more poems published yesterday in Mystic Nebula and Rose Red. Mystic Nebula is a science fiction poetry magazine and Rose Red is a fantasy poetry magazine. He really is on a roll lately!

I love to skate. I have been skating for most of my life but a number of years ago I decided I should quit because I feared getting a bad injury. I took up Line Dancing and loved it but missed skating.

This year I decided to go back and just skate when there aren't a lot of people at the rink and wear pads. I read on the Internet that skating is actually one of the lower risk sports and would be even lower if people would wear pads.

I still get nervous due to skaters that can't skate very well and reckless skaters.

The other day a bunch of teen-age boys were skating at break neck speed and playing tag. I told my husband it would be great if rinks had adult skates like pools so I could skate in peace.

His reply was they should have a session for all the macho skaters that want to see who can fall the hardest without mangling himself. The words he used were more colorful but I strongly believe in G-rated posts! Although I will post an occasional tasteful nude. It's art!



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The Great Smoky Mountains near The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Mindy Project is back...

April 1st, 2014

The Great Smoky Mountains near The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Mindy Project is back...

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The Great Smoky Mountains Original Painting has been sold



Another great range mountain range in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains is The Great Smoky mountains. This is another region my husband, Clyde Kessler, researches for birds and butterflies. The national park is an extremely popular park.

It was established in 1934 and is the largest national park East of the Rocky Mountains and receives 9-10 million visitors a year. The park is home to 4000 plant species, 140 tree species and around 1600 black bears.

It is known as the salamander capital of the world with 30 species.

I got this information from 75 facts about the Great Smoky National Park printed in the online publication, Escape to the Smokies

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Shadow on a Ridge Near Rocky Knob Original Oil Painting 30"x40" $2425.00


Life with the Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler



Shadow on a Ridge Near Rocky Knob is another favorite painting from the Rock Castle Gorge section of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I have more paintings from this area of the Blue Ridge Parkway than any other location. This is where my husband does most of his bird and butterfly research.

He is a well-known naturalist in The New River Valley and has led countless nature hikes in his beautiful home region.

He is also a poet and had five poems accepted for publication today! He is really on a roll right now. He has had over 200 poems published in magazines and one in an anthology.

The Mindy Project is Back on The Air!

I am so pleased The Mindy Project is back on TV with a new episode tonight at 9:30pm on FoxTV!

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Reaching Out Original charcoal drawing on paper in white mat $894.00



Be sure to look for my best-selling print, "Reaching Out", which was chosen out of over 3 million works of art on Fine Art America to be on the show! It is in Mindy's office and there have been many shots of it last season and this season!

More Peaks of Otter Beauty on The Blue Ridge Parkway and It flies...

March 31st, 2014

More Peaks of Otter Beauty on The Blue Ridge Parkway and It flies...


Deer at Peaks of Otter Original 30"x40" oil painting $2425.00



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Distant View of The Peaks Of Otter Original Professionally framed 12"x16" oil painting $484.00






As usual I have had a rough start with Wordpress due to the fact that I am somewhat computer challenged. Oftentimes they don't make sense to me and I get confused over how different sites are set up. I started with a post on The Peaks of Otter and thought I had published two but now I see the second one is still a draft so here I repeated this morning's version. I hope the readers on Wordpress don't get too much of The Peaks of Otter from me.


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Farm Pond Original Painting has been sold



Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband works on a computer all day long and is much better at understanding them than I am . We have a wireless mouse at home which drives us crazy! We regret switching from the attached mouse. Ours is one rotten little rodent!

Lately it was moving so slow that it took forever to get things done on my website and other sites. My husband opened it and spent a long time cleaning it. I thanked him and told him my mouse has wings now! He said, with a frown, that is a bat. Oh well. I will take a bat over that slow rodent any day!

The Mindy Project is Back on The Air!

I am so pleased The Mindy Project is back on TV with a new episode this Tuesday at 9:30pm on FoxTV!

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Reaching Out Original charcoal drawing on paper in white mat $894.00



Be sure to look for my best-selling print, "Reaching Out", which was chosen out of over 3 million works of art on Fine Art America to be on the show! It is in Mindy's office and there have been many shots of it last season and this season!

One More Painting of Roanoke near The Blue Ridge Parkway and I cannot find it...

March 28th, 2014

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Campbell Avenue Original Painting has been sold


Here is one more of my paintings of beautiful Roanoke, VA before I move on to other great places in Southwest Virginia. This one is a great celebration of the beautiful pear trees that adorn Campbell Avenue.

I always include my phone number on the back of my paintings and was very pleased when the buyer called me to tell me how thrilled she was with the painting. She bought it at a gallery and hung it in her office. I have seen her a number of times since then and she always tells me how much she loves it!


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Near the Cascades Original hand colored lithograph proof has been sold

I have other versions of this lithograph that are available on my website



Life with the Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband and I are noticing signs of aging that we don't like. I'm sure no one likes the memory problems and general ditziness that we all get if we don't die young.

The other day I looked up Alzheimer's symptoms to make sure I am not developing that disease. I found a list of symptoms of aging with two rows. The first one was Alzheimer's and the second row was age. All of my symptoms are found in the second list. Yea!!!

Yesterday I said to my husband I just can't cut the mustard anymore. He said he couldn't even find the mustard!

Radford Roosting Festival

The festival is tomorrow so I wanted to print the information one more time!

Radford Roosting Festival

RADFORD, VA -The Radford Visitor’s Center will be celebrating the 7th annual Radford Roosting Festival on Saturday, March 29rd in Bisset Park from noon – 3 pm. Families are welcome and there is no admission charge.

This year’s festival will include live birds, educational birding stations, a photo contest and children’s activities.

There are three scheduled presentations that are sure to be of interest to attendees.

Scheduled presentations are:

12:00 p.m.-Jason Davis/SELU

‘Flying family dynamics: Bluebirds, parenting and stress’

1:00 p.m.- Sarah Foltz

‘Town & country: How to be an urban bird’

2:00 p.m.-Jessica Zielske/The Mountain Lake Conservancy

‘Avifauna & geology of Mountain Lake’

Also scheduled is a not-to-be-missed bird walk prior to the festival with Clyde Kessler, local bird expert with Radbird, an outfitter and touring company that specializes in interacting with local birds. The walk sets off at 9 a.m. from the Radford Public Library, 30 West Main St.

More Roanoke Beauty near The Blue RIdge Parkway and The Radford Roosting Festival is Saturday

March 27th, 2014

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Leaving Roanoke Original tempera painting in white mat 18"x24" $864.00



Here is another Roanoke painting that looks at the Blue Ridge Mountains from the inside. In "Leaving Roanoke" I have captured a special moment when the car lights and street light have just come on but it isn't dark yet. The colors of light and shade are still prominent and the mood is serene even though the traffic is heavy.

The view of the mountain ridge reminds us of a great city that is nestled in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains!

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Ferrum Original Oil Painting has been sold



Kendall Kessler Youtube videos

I also have some of my work on Youtube! Please check out my paintings there as well as my website. I am an amateur pianist so I included a number of piano pieces I like as background music.

I have one about my Beautiful Nude series which includes my drawing, "Reaching Out", which was chosen out of over 3 million works of art on Fine Art America to be on The Mindy Project. It is in the main character's office and there have been many shots of it in various episodes. The show took a break but will be back in April.

Here is the address!

Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

The Radford Roosting Festival is this Saturday and we are hoping for good weather so the Bird Man can do his thing and entertain participants in his bird walk! Don't miss it!

Radford Roosting Festival

RADFORD, VA -The Radford Visitor’s Center will be celebrating the 7th annual Radford Roosting Festival on Saturday, March 29rd in Bisset Park from noon – 3 pm. Families are welcome and there is no admission charge.

This year’s festival will include live birds, educational birding stations, a photo contest and children’s activities.

There are three scheduled presentations that are sure to be of interest to attendees.

Scheduled presentations are:

12:00 p.m.-Jason Davis/SELU

‘Flying family dynamics: Bluebirds, parenting and stress’

1:00 p.m.- Sarah Foltz

‘Town & country: How to be an urban bird’

2:00 p.m.-Jessica Zielske/The Mountain Lake Conservancy

‘Avifauna & geology of Mountain Lake’

Also scheduled is a not-to-be-missed bird walk prior to the festival with Clyde Kessler, local bird expert with Radbird, an outfitter and touring company that specializes in interacting with local birds. The walk sets off at 9 a.m. from the Radford Public Library, 30 West Main St.

More Star City Beauty near The Blue Ridge Parkway and Chasing Tigers...

March 26th, 2014

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Foggy View from Mill Mountain Original painting Professionally Framed 30"x40"x2" $2625.00



Here is another great morning vista from Mill Mountain in Roanoke city which is in the Blue Ridge Mountains and near The beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. In this painting I emphasized my brushwork to enhance the visual energy of the scene. One of my favorite compliments on my work is that it reminds people of the work of Vincent Van Gogh who is one of my favorite artists. I think both of the paintings in this blog are good examples of his influence.

My favorite compliment is that many people say they want to touch my paintings. I consider my surfaces to be unique, intense expressions of my feeling for nature so I am not surprised when I hear that response from admirers.

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Ridge Light Original painting has been sold



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As I have mentioned before, my husband is involved with the Blue Ridge Discovery Center which is a wonderful organization that seeks to get people outdoors and enjoy and learn more about the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains.

Today I thought I would share a program called CHASING TIGERS IN THE BLUE RIDGE

The Blue Ridge harbors so many treasures. In the Central Virginia Blue Ridge exists a phenomenal ecosystem, one that was probably shaped by raging braided mountain streams during the last iceage. It contains many disjunct species. In fact, over 90 species that are well outside their typical range have been documented here. It’s an odd mix of coastal plain, Appalachian and northern plants and animals. While several rare and endangered species exist here, today we focused on a well known Blue Ridge phenomenon: Salamanders.


The Rivanna Chapter of Master Naturalists hosted its annual salamander hike to this part of the Blue Ridge. With a strong group of nearly 30 people, we headed to the George Washington National Forest and into the heart of the 30,000 acre wildlife management area known as Big Levels. While we expected to see several species, the one that had our hearts was the State Endangered Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum). It has been documented at this site but rarely has it been seen.

We found a single Tiger salamander, along with two other species of the same genus, the Marbled and the Spotted. The tiger was just under 7 inches long, and thus a small one. They are typically anywhere between 7 and 14 inches in length! For all involved this was a very special day; a once in a lifetime experience. Thank you John Holden for leading the walk! Excellent, as usual.

Roanoke Star City and They would not tell us...

March 25th, 2014

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Star City original oil painting 25"x40" $2000.00


I am especially pleased with the complicated system of color, the intense brushwork, and the overall mood of this painting.

The Star City

Another great Blue Ridge Mountain locale is Roanoke city which is near The Blue Ridge Parkway. It is also known as The Star City.

It was originally called Big Lick and was established in 1852 and chartered in 1874. It was called Big Lick due to the salt which drew wildlife to the site near the Roanoke River. The name Roanoke is said to have originated from an Algonquian work for shell money. This was also the name of the river that bisected it and the county. The river is probably where the shells came from.

I got this information from Wikopedia and my husband, Clyde Kessler.

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Blue Ridge Meadow Sunset Original pastel painting has been sold


Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

Again, before I print this comment my husband made about people I want to emphasize that he is well-liked by all that come into contact with him and is the most diplomatic person I have ever known. He is quite a contradiction - a very sweet curmudgeon!

Sometimes I am in awe of all we can do. Computers, airplanes, spacecraft,etc. My husband is not as impressed with our accomplishments because of all the problems technology has created for this limited spaceship.

The other day I said to him that ants don't have computers. His response was, if they did, they wouldn't tell us.

Then I said we can fly but we don't have wings. He said there are so many people filled with hot air that they could probably get anywhere they wanted to go without an airplane. Life with a curmudgeon! Lots of fun!

More Smart View Beauty on The Blue Ridge Parkway and Pleased to sell prints of Smith Mountain Lake and Near Smithfield Plantation...

March 24th, 2014

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Original pastel painting has been sold



I have not been to Smart View many times but both of the paintings I did from that site sold. It is a gorgeous place and I'm sure we will visit again sometime. My favorite Blue Ridge Mountain paintings include clouds. I have always been fascinated by cloud shapes and the colors of light and shade on them. I especially like the colors in the evening when the contrast is not so strong and the spectrum is easier to see.

Recent Print Sales

It is great to sell my paintings over and over again in print version! On my website patrons can get my work on paper or canvas, framed or un-framed, and in a great selection of sizes. Some of them can be bought in around size 40"x60"! A canvas print of Smith Mountain Lake was sold to a great Virginia patron on Fine Art America and a paper print of Near Smithfield Plantation was sold to another great Virginia patron on Zazzle.

The originals are still available.

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Smith Mountain Lake Original Oil Painting 20"x16" $670.00



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nearsmithfieldcopyrightNear Smithfield Plantation Original pastel painting 14"x22" $648.00



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My husband has had his poems published over 200 times in magazines and one of them will soon be in an anthology.

Here is one of the five just published in The Writing Disorder!

DIPLOMACY

by Clyde Kessler

Trees here, never being trees,
are always born from growling binary stars
slumming the world. You can dream them
with a cluster of orchid flowers strangling
a flag, hoisting it inside a plum seed,
or home across your brow where all
imagination is suspect, and isolated.

You can fall from orbit, go crazy,
track the moonrise across fallout shelters.
You can divvy up the salt, the stress,
the last communiques, wolf pups, jonquils,
two dazzle bolts, three crates of kit puzzlers,
and the last bag of visors whittled from skulls.

Trees, never being trees, have been painted
towards our frozen city, to start new wars.
I read you the news, you read me a reply.
Our diplomats start shooting each other.

Smart View on The Blue RIdge Parkway and This is Spring?

March 21st, 2014

Smart View on The Blue RIdge Parkway and This is Spring?

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Original Painting has been sold



Another beautiful vista on The Blue RIdge Parkway is Smartview. I have done one painting and one pastel painting of this great place. I willl never forget the day we had a picnic there. I was teaching at Radford University and working hard at motherhood, painting, and housework and I was so tired I was practically lying down on the picnic table.

I still wanted to take some pictures to base some painting on so I got up and got some great shots of Smart View and then turned around and took a shot of the creek which was so peaceful. Most of my paintings are based on my photographs and slides. Pein air painting is not for me.

My work is meant to be viewed indoors and it is done with many layers going from thin to thick paint. If I paint outdoors and then bring it inside, it is a completely different painting.

Creek at Smartview was bought by a great Blacksburg patron who later commissioned me to paint a creek scene with his wife and a child by her side. She was pregnant and knew nothing of this painting. A Baby shower was coming up and he worked on a baby tapestry that was the same size as the painting. At the shower he had my painting under a sheet of fabric and his wife told everyone she already knew what it was. She was sure it was the tapestry. When he took down the sheet and revealed a painting with her and a child by a creek she was flabbergasted.

What a great gift, great surprise, and a great husband!

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Bluestone Lake Original oil painting 30"x40" $2425.00



Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband is quite a self-taught scholar and one of his favorite subjects is the weather. He has been studying the patterns all his life and when he was a child he would tell his mother what to expect and she said he was right most of the time.

I always check with him if I am going out anywhere. One time at an outdoor show in Roanoke on a very sunny day he came up to me and said I had five minutes and then it would be raining. Everyone around me thought he was wrong. Five minutes later there was a river running down the road.

Needless to say he is concerned with what he calls climate disruption. He agrees with scientists that think global warming is real whatever the cause which brings me to my blog title. This is Spring? There is another cold front on the way and I am not looking forward to it!

Bull Mountain on The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Radford Roosting Festival...

March 20th, 2014

Bull Mountain on The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Radford Roosting Festival...

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Bull Mountain original oil painting 11"x14" $313.00

Original for sale

Another beautiful vista off the Blue Ridge parkway is Bull mountain. I am especially fond of the color nuances and impasto brushwork in this painting. My paintings are done in a series of layers and I put myself into every one of them. The last one is the hardest and that is when I really push to express my intense feelings for nature in every color and texture.

Bull Mountain is one of my more expressive works and I will soon have it on my website for print sales. Right now it can be bought at Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy or out of my home studio by the same name.

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Color Ripples over The Blue Ridge Mountains Original painting has been sold



The great California patron that bought Color Ribbons over the Blue Ridge Mountains also bought two other paintings. Most of my patrons buy more than one painting. There are many local patrons that have four.

Life with the Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I wanted to again announce the Radford Roosting Festival where my Bird man will be leading a bird walk. Only nine more days. No admission charge!

Radford Roosting Festival

RADFORD, VA -The Radford Visitor’s Center will be celebrating the 7th annual Radford Roosting Festival on Saturday, March 29rd in Bisset Park from noon – 3 pm. Families are welcome and there is no admission charge.

This year’s festival will include live birds, educational birding stations, a photo contest and children’s activities.

There are three scheduled presentations that are sure to be of interest to attendees.

Scheduled presentations are:

12:00 p.m.-Jason Davis/SELU

‘Flying family dynamics: Bluebirds, parenting and stress’

1:00 p.m.- Sarah Foltz

‘Town & country: How to be an urban bird’

2:00 p.m.-Jessica Zielske/The Mountain Lake Conservancy

‘Avifauna & geology of Mountain Lake’

Also scheduled is a not-to-be-missed bird walk prior to the festival with Clyde Kessler, local bird expert with Radbird, an outfitter and touring company that specializes in interacting with local birds. The walk sets off at 9 a.m. from the Radford Public Library, 30 West Main St.

More on Carvins Cove near The Blue Ridge Parkway and So glad to get this Email...

March 19th, 2014

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Photography Prints Original oil painting has been sold



Carvins Cove was a prepatory painting for my larger version, "Misty Morning at Carvins Cove. Carvins Cove is the water source for Roanoke, VA. I sold this small version and then started on the larger work. It is the same locale but the paintings are quite different.

Carvins Cove is such a beautiful jewel in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia! I have lived in southwest Virginia my adult life and can't imagine living anywhere else! I stare at my beautiful surroundings from my house and car and am always amazed by the magical atmosphere!
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oil on canvas 14"x11" $313.00


Sugarloaf is another mountain range near Rock Castle on The Blue Ridge Parkway

Life with the Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler



I like to tease my husband about all that he does for the natural world. I don't know anybody else that gets up early to check on wildlife populations in their surrounding area. On week-ends and when he is off from work, that is what he does.

Sometimes I call him Saint Clyde of Radford since much of what he does is what Saint Francis of Assisi did. He hates it when I do that and gives me a sour look. He claims that what he does is what people are supposed to do. But who else is doing what he does without payment? He is not perfect but it is great to admire your spouse!

Satisfied Patron

Monday I mailed Beach Houses at Pawleys Island to a great patron in Maryland. As always, it took quite some time to crate up a 30"x40" oil painting on masonite. It has to be bubble wrapped and double boxed. I am always glad to drop it off at UPS.

I am always uptight when I sell anything on the internet due to the different calibrations of monitors. I am always worried that the painting does not look like what the patron is seeing on their end.

I have never had an unhappy patron, and, as usual I received a glowing report about my work! The patron could not be happier and now I can relax!


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Beautiful Carvins Cove near The Blue RIdge Parkway and Walking Behind a Horse...

March 19th, 2014

Beautiful Carvins Cove near The Blue RIdge Parkway and Walking Behind a Horse...

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Carvins Cove

Another great place near The Blue Ridge Parkway is Carvin's Cove. I have done three paintings so far of this beautiful section of The Blue Ridge Mountains and will probably do more in the future.

Magic Light at Carvin's Cove is probably my favorite! I am especially pleased with the light effect and the cool colors in the mountains and water. I think this is one of my most magical paintings and it was sold to a great Roanoke patron.

Carvins Cove Nature Reserve is the second largest park in the nation. 11,363 acres of Carvins Cove is protected by the largest conservation easement in Virginia's history and is overflowing with recreational opportunities including hiking, biking, fishing, and boat rentals. There are more than 40 miles of trails.

I found this information on Carvins Cove in the online publication Roanoke Outside.com

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Misty Morning at Carvins Cove original oil painting 32"x42" professionally framed $2952.00


Life with the Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

When I say I married the Bird Man I don't mean I married someone that likes to look at birds once in a while. Clyde is a serious conservationist and has been keeping records on bird populations since 1975.

He is working hard to add his 15,000 data reports to E bird at Cornell University. For most of our marriage he has worked part-time with the U.S. Forest Service in The Jefferson National Forest researching bird, butterfly, and dragonfly populations.

The Trojan Horse

My husband and I didn't grow up with computers but now they are an essential part of our life and we are thankful for them in many ways but the computer can be a Trojan Horse. We all have to be careful of harmful invasions.

I don't know if anyone else has called the computer a Trojan Horse but lately I think it is a fitting title in another way. Between my husband's work and my artwork we spend a lot of time in front of a computer screen.


Lately I feel like I walked behind that horse and got kicked hard right in the butt! I have to remember to get up every so often or maybe we should get a very high table for the computer so we can stand up!

More on Tuggles Gap on The Blue Ridge Parkway and Radford Roosting Festival...

March 17th, 2014

More on Tuggles Gap on The Blue Ridge Parkway and Radford Roosting Festival...

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original oil painting 30"x40" $2425.00


My husband's roots are deep in the Appalachian mountains and he has ancestors in Rock Castle Gorge and also in Tuggles Gap. His great-great-great-great grandfather Pryor Pendleton married Mary Tuggles in 1807.

I wanted to post another section of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Tuggles Gap. The Blue Ridge Parkway has so many gorgeous vistas. In Near Tuggles Gap I caught a section of the Blue Ridge with two churches across from each other. I think the structures makes for a great focal point in this paintings.

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In Park in Floyd I had originally thought of painting the scene without the truck but then I thought it was a great focal point and color accent. I'm sure the buyer of the painting at a gallery agreed!


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I wanted to again mention the Radford Roosting Festival where my Bird man will be leading a bird walk. No admission charge!

Radford Roosting Festival

RADFORD, VA -The Radford Visitor’s Center will be celebrating the 7th annual Radford Roosting Festival on Saturday, March 29rd in Bisset Park from noon – 3 pm. Families are welcome and there is no admission charge.

This year’s festival will include live birds, educational birding stations, a photo contest and children’s activities.

There are three scheduled presentations that are sure to be of interest to attendees.

Scheduled presentations are:

12:00 p.m.-Jason Davis/SELU

‘Flying family dynamics: Bluebirds, parenting and stress’

1:00 p.m.- Sarah Foltz

‘Town & country: How to be an urban bird’

2:00 p.m.-Jessica Zielske/The Mountain Lake Conservancy

‘Avifauna & geology of Mountain Lake’

Also scheduled is a not-to-be-missed bird walk prior to the festival with Clyde Kessler, local bird expert with Radbird, an outfitter and touring company that specializes in interacting with local birds. The walk sets off at 9 a.m. from the Radford Public Library, 30 West Main St.

Tuggles Gap on The Blue RIdge Parkway and So Pleased to sell Beach Houses at Pawleys Island

March 14th, 2014

Tuggles Gap on The Blue RIdge Parkway and So Pleased to sell Beach Houses at Pawleys Island

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Blue Ridge Magic 11"x14" oil/canvas $313.00



Tuggles Gap

Another beautiful section of The Blue Ridge Parkway is Tuggles Gap. I especially like excursions there for the gorgeous scenery and for the Tuggles Gap restuarant!

I have done a number of paintings around the Tuggles Gap area and and especially pleased with Blue Ridge Magic. This painting certainly shows the viewer how the Blue Ridge Mountains got its name!

Tuggles Gap is sparsely populated with only 39 people per square mile. The nearest town larger than 50,000 inhabitants takes a little over a mile by local transportation.

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Lighting The Ridge oil/canvas 11"x14" $313.00

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Yesterday I was so pleased to sell one of my popular beach paintings, "Beach Houses at Pawleys Island, to a great Maryland patron! This is one of my favorite paintings and one of my favorite places to visit. We have been going to Isle of Palms the last few years but this year we are going to Pawleys which is the setting for a number of my beach paintings.


Life with The Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

I wanted to be sure to announce the Radford Roosting Festival where my Bird man will be leading a bird walk. No admission charge!

Radford Roosting Festival

RADFORD, VA -The Radford Visitor’s Center will be celebrating the 7th annual Radford Roosting Festival on Saturday, March 29rd in Bisset Park from noon – 3 pm. Families are welcome and there is no admission charge.

This year’s festival will include live birds, educational birding stations, a photo contest and children’s activities.

There are three scheduled presentations that are sure to be of interest to attendees.

Scheduled presentations are:

12:00 p.m.-Jason Davis/SELU

‘Flying family dynamics: Bluebirds, parenting and stress’

1:00 p.m.- Sarah Foltz

‘Town & country: How to be an urban bird’

2:00 p.m.-Jessica Zielske/The Mountain Lake Conservancy

‘Avifauna & geology of Mountain Lake’

Also scheduled is a not-to-be-missed bird walk prior to the festival with Clyde Kessler, local bird expert with Radbird, an outfitter and touring company that specializes in interacting with local birds. The walk sets off at 9 a.m. from the Radford Public Library, 30 West Main St.

Beautiful Doughton Park on The Blue Ridge Parkway and Mountain Man...

March 13th, 2014

Beautiful Doughton Park on The Blue Ridge Parkway and Mountain Man...



Liatris Flowers at Doughton Park 30"x40" $2425.00



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Another beautiful park in the Blue Ridge Parkway is Doughton Park which is a 6,000-acre landscape of lovely meadows and pioneer cabins near Sparta, North Carolina.

My husband really gets around on his journeys to study birds and butterflies and I especially liked our excursion to this site. The Liatris flowers are stunning and I really took off with the colors for this painting!

The park has 30 miles of hiking trails through pastures, valleys, and along streams. It is one of the best places on the parkway to view wildlife including white-tailed deer, raccoons, red and gray foxes and bobcats.

In addition to the gorgeous Liatris flowers, flame azalea and rhododendron bloom in the late spring. Guided nature walks and craft demonstrations are offered in the summer season.

The two pioneer cabins are the Brinegar Cabin(ca.1885) and the one-room Caudill Cabin(ca.1985). Other structures were lost in the great flood of 1916.

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Original Painting has been sold



Life with the Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband is from Franklin County which is famous for moon shine and a creek that is named after all the fighting among the mountain people. The first time I traveled the road along Shooting Creek I thought the named referred to the flowing water down the mountain.

Clyde Kessler is one of the most knowledgeable people I have ever known. He is well-educated and read an entire set of encyclopedias when he was a child. His great-great uncle George Kessler is one of the three founders of Ferrum College.

Still, he is technically a mountain man and has a beard and a moustache. On one of his excursions to study bird and butterfly populations with friends from Blacksburg, VA he had gone off a little ways from the group and someone came up to one of his friends to say he had seen a real mountain man! I'm sure he meant someone that lived in a cabin with a gun. What else could the friend say but yes you did!

Rhododendrons on Black Rock Hill On The Blue Ridge Parkway and Clyde Kessler Poem to be accepted into an Anthology

March 11th, 2014

Rhododendrons on Black Rock Hill On The Blue Ridge Parkway and Clyde Kessler Poem to be accepted into an Anthology

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Rhododendron at Black Rock Hill $2425.00

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I love flowers, especially wildflowers. I am always amazed by the rhythm I see in natural settings which is why one of my paintings of wildflowers is called Natural Rhythm. The colors seem to connect in beautiful patterns and form wonderful shapes and color accents in their surroundings.

This painting of Rhododendron at Black Rock Hill is a great example. The flowing motion of this patch is beautifully accented by the surrounding trees and the colors sparkle.

I haven't done a painting of the Blue Ridge Mountains from this overlook but I am sure I will in the future. I never tire of painting this wonderful region of Virginia. I can't imagine living anywhere else and I am sure the Bird Man will continue to show me enchanting surroundings.



Here are two more Blue Ridge Wildflower paintings. Be sure to check out my floral folder on my website! http://kendall-kessler.artistwebsites.com/art/all/florals/all

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Blue Ridge Jewels Original painting has been sold



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Wildflowers by a Blue Ridge Sunset Original painting has been sold


Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband recently found out that the poem he just had accepted in Contemporary Haibun Online has also been accepted in an Anthology. This is the ninth poem he has published in this magazine and now an anthology!

Fiddling in January is a special kind of poem. A haibun seems more like prose to the average reader and is called prosimetric. I will post it on the next blog.

My Artwork on Just About Anything

In addition to originals and prints I have my work on Zazzle where patrons can get my paintings on computer, kitchen, and office accessories, clothing, and even toys!

The other day someone in Texas bought a bumper sticker with my painting, "Blue Tiger", on it! Fun to think of my painting on the back of a car!


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Tiger Stare 20x16 acrylic on canvas $670.00

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Buffalo Mountain on The Beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway and When Pigs Fly by my Window...

March 10th, 2014

Buffalo Mountain on The Beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway and When Pigs Fly by my Window...

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Buffalo Mountain in Fall

Original Painting 32x40 $2760.00

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Another gorgeous mountain vista off The Blue Ridge Parkway is Buffalo mountain. The name comes from the strong hump on the ridge. Buffalo Mountain Presbyterian Church was built by the Reverent Robert Childress who was the subject for the book "The Man Who Moved a Mountain" This is a great book that I highly recommend!

Buffalo Mountain in Fall is one of my favorite Blue Ridge Mountain landscapes. The colors of light and shade in fall are especially beautiful. The violet is intense and it is difficult to paint the atmospheric effect and not lose the cool colors in the warm colors. They look as if they are floating together in space.

More Blue Ridge Vistas

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Violet Evening on Rocky Knob

oil on canvas 16x20 $640.00

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When Pigs Fly by my Window

I am a workaholic. It is extremely important to me to sell my work. I can't take them with me and I hope they will all have homes when I am gone. I depend on friends to get me out once in a while, but mostly I am either painting or working at promotion strategies.

Saturday I told my self I ought to try to take a break and rest. Right as that thought was going through my head a pig flew by my window and winked! Of course, I didn't take it easy but I did get a lot of work done!

Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

You know you live with The New River Valley Bird Man when Lowes calls you up to ask how to get a hawk out of their store. This happened a few minutes ago and I left a message with Clyde at work since he is away from his desk right now.

I know he will know what to do!

The James River off The Blue Ridge Parkway and More Blue Ridge Discovery Center News

March 7th, 2014

The James River off The Blue Ridge Parkway and More Blue Ridge Discovery Center News

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I have always loved water. When I was a child I spent as much time as I could playing at a creek near our house. I loved the sound of the water and walking on the rocks.

Creeks, rivers, and, of course, the ocean are places I would rather be than anywhere else. Much of my artwork includes water.


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Original Painting $2425.00



I am especially pleased with the peaceful moods I captured from two views of the James River off the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is another site my husband researches for bird and butterfly species.

I will never forget how beautiful the water looked and how magical the reflections were on this day. My husband, I, and our son Alan walked all around this location and these paintings are two views from the walkway bridge under the Harry Flood Byrd Memorial bridge which was constructed in 1959 . I am especially pleased with the complicated system of greens in these paintings and the colors reflected in the perfectly still water.

More Blue Ridge Beauty

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Life with the Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler

One of my husband's good friends, Scott Jackson-Ricketts, will be leading a hike this week-end!

Here is the info for all those that want to have a great time!

Attention to all interested parties. This Sunday, weather permitting, some of us BRDC explorers will be running up to the highlands, the Whitetop area specifically, to search for snowy owls and other winter migrants. If you are interested, please contact me at scottjr@ls.net for arrangements and car-pooling opportunities.

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Also the 40th Mount Rogers Naturalist Rally is coming up soon! Here is the link to this great celebration! http://blueridgediscoverycenter.org/mount-rogers-naturalist-rally

Arnold Valley on The Blue RIdge Parkway and Connect the Dots...

March 6th, 2014

Arnold Valley on The Blue RIdge Parkway and Connect the Dots...

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Another great mountain site on The Blue RIdge Parkway is Arnold Valley. I am especially pleased with the atmosphere in my painting, "Near Arnold Valley" from one of the overlooks there. The blues were really taking over the range on this day.

Near Arnold Valley 30x40 oil painting $2425.00

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My painting does not show the valley but rather the ranges near it, hence the title "Near Arnold's Valley.

The name comes from Steve Arnold who established his homestead there in 1749.

I am always been fascinated with what we artists call the disollution of form due to atmospheric conditions. That is one of the reasons I love The Blue Ridge Mountains. The colors change with each new day.

One of my heroes, Claude Monet, was also fascinated with color changes. He didn't think it was possible to actually paint a landscape accurately since colors change so quickly due to light and atmosphere.

He would put down each color as he saw it and said the result was a naive impression.

Life with The Bird and Word Man

My husband has commented that I remind him of Spock on Star Trek because he thinks I have a logical mind. Although I wouldn't want people to think I am that fictional character I am pleased by the compliment.

My husband said he did not think his mind was logical but I disagree. I told him his mind is logical and he is much more knowledgeable than the average person.

I did admit that sometimes he has trouble connecting the dots.

His reply was, "What dots?"

Of course he is kidding...I think...maybe...

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Be sure to check out my special large canvas prints on Fine Art America! Two more days on 40% off prints of Burning Shore, Marsh View at Pawleys Island , and Breakers at Pawleys Island! There is a 30 day money back guarantee which includes shipping charges!

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Burning Shore

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Marsh View at Pawleys Island $4920.00

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Breakers at Pawleys Island

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Purgatory on The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Blue Ridge Discovery Center

March 5th, 2014

Purgatory on The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Blue Ridge Discovery Center

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Another gorgeous spot off the Blue Ridge Parkway is Purgatory. My husband took me there for inspiration and I was fascinated by the view and the name!


Purgatory Mountain rises above the Great Valley. The road passed through the town of Buchanan, at the base of the mountain.

The strenuous trip down the path and around sharp bends of a creek had stagecoach and wagon drivers referring to the trip as "going through purgatory."

The creek became Purgatory Creek, and later the mountain took the same name.

I got the above information from Blue Ridge Parkway Guide by Virtual Blue Ridge.

Here are some more of my Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas!

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My husband works closely with The Blue Ridge Discovery Group which is a wonderful organization that aims to get children and adults out into this beautiful mountain region.

My husband will be assisting photographer Nancy Kent on April 12th in Wildwood Park in Radford, Virginia with a program called Shutter Bugs. They will teach children and adults about the flowers and insects in the park and how to get great pictures of them!

I will add more about their programs in future blogs!


Mission

Blue Ridge Discovery Center inspires creativity, discovery, and critical thinking through interest-driven and hands-on activities focused on the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Our Vision

We believe that there is no better way to ensure the well-being of future generations than to provide creative and fun opportunities for people to engage their surroundings, look closer, question, and share their findings with others.

Evening Scenes at Rock Castle Gorge on The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Chocolate Run...

March 4th, 2014

Evening Scenes at Rock Castle Gorge on The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Chocolate Run...

Evening Glow at Rock Castle Gorge 30"x40" original painting - $2425.00


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I will be taking a break from writing about Rock Castle Gorge and Rocky Knob to show off other beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas but I still have quite a number of paintings from this site so here I go again!



I have always been drawn to evening scenes. I doubt you will find many people that don't like sunsets or sunrises. I am no exception but I especially like the look of the sky after the sun has gone down and the pink hues tend to predominate the sky.



I will never forget one patron that was very happy with the painting she bought of Mountain Lake in Giles County but decided against one of my New River scenes because there was pink in the sky.



She said she had always seen the orange and purple in the sky but not pink.





She died a number of years ago and whenever I see pink in the sky I think of her.





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Life with The Word and Bird Man



My husband, Clyde, has no problem with cold weather. He will get up in the middle of the night to check out owl populations for the Audubon Christmas bird counts no matter how cold it is.



After the storm yesterday we were joking around about how he was considering getting out the dog sled to get to the store because I was seriously low on chocolate.



Well, he didn't get out the sled but he did walk to a nearby store to get a nice lunch and, of course, some chocolate for me! He really is a nice guy!

Wildflowers at Rock Castle Gorge on The Blue Ridge Parkway and Send out the Dog Sled...

March 3rd, 2014

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I have quite a number of paintings that are based on scenes from Rock Castle Gorge and views from Rocky Knob. I am pleased with all of them but if I had to pick favorites it would be the ones that include wildflowers. The wildflowers are especially beautiful there and make for great color accents in my work.

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Summer Path at Rock Castle Gorge $2425.00


Summer Path at Rock Castle Gorge is one of my favorite landscapes. My husband took me around to all the paths that were not hiking paths and I especially liked this one because of the colors and the path was grass rather than dirt.

It was probably just a place where a lot of people have walked through to the ridge to see more of the beautiful mountain vista.

My favorite wildflower found there and here in Radford, Virginia is Sweet Pea. I love all colors but I am especially fond of magenta, probably because it is a red purple so it is both a warm and a cool color.

There is also Red Trillium, white Albultescens, and pink Claytonia virginica in this wonderful Blue Ridge Parkway area of Virginia.

Here are two more paintings from Rock Castle Gorge. The first one is another view from Rocky Knob and the other one is a view from another part of the Rocky Knob overlook.

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Sweet Pea Morning Original painting - $884.00




Life with The Bird and Word Man

My husband, Clyde Kessler, has always kept a close watch on the weather. He follows all the reports and says some weather forecasters are more accurate than others.

This morning he was quite concerned about the coming ice and snow storm so he asked me if we needed to get to the store for anything before the roads got bad.

I told him we were seriously low on chocolate.

He said we better send out the dog sled. LOL!

More Rock Castle Gorge on The Beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway and It is all in the Light...

February 28th, 2014

More Rock Castle Gorge on The Beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway and It is all in the Light...

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More on Rock Castle Gorge

I have so many paintings from Rock Castle Gorge that I think I will be blogging about this gorgeous Blue Ridge Parkway attraction for a while.


Hikers especially love the trails at this site and my husband has actually walked as much as eight miles off the trail up and down the mountain to get photographs of butterflies.

His photographer, Bruce Grimes, has to carry heavy equipment to get good photographs and he often has to lie down on his stomach to get the shot. I have always admired photographers!

Good photography is quite an art and quite a job!

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The actual trail is a loop that is just short of 11 miles long.

It ranges from 1700 feet to 3572 feet at Rocky Knob.

I am especially fond of this oil painting of a road that leads to Rocky Knob. It is quite an expressive work!

There are so many interesting trails around this area and the wildflowers in season are stunning!

When I was in school I had a teacher that was fond of country and mountain scenes and he remarked to me one time that He especially liked the kind of yellow/white grass seen along the dirt road in the painting at the top.

Most artists have a main medium and a secondary medium. My main medium is oil paint but my secondary medium is pastels.

I am especially proud of my American Artist Award for "Near Smithfield Plantation"from famed pastelist Daniel Greene.

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People often don't like their photograph and with good reason! The lens is curved and the resulting parallax can make for a picture that looks how a person looks in a curved piece of metal. No one wants that!

I pride myself that I can work around the parallax but I have been having a hard time lately with my digital camera. I think the old 35mm cameras had less perspective distortion.

Anyway, I finally got a decent picture of my husband for the publication The Writing Disorder which will feature his poems this Spring. The tenebristic light made all the difference!

Rocky Knob on The Beautiful Blue RIdge Parkway and I just do not Understand...

February 27th, 2014

Rocky Knob on The Beautiful Blue RIdge Parkway and I just do not Understand...

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Rocky Knob in Fall Original painting has been sold

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Rock Castle Gorge


30"x40" Oil painting $2425.00

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Black Bears Thriving


The black bear has made quite a comeback in the Blue Ridge Mountains which is great but hikers need to be aware of them and tread carefully.



On one visit to Rocky Knob my husband and son were coming back up the field at Rocky Knob and a bear was coming after them. My husband wasn't aware of the bear but my son called out BEAR.



My husband turned around and reached up high in the air with a stick he was carrying and yelled at the charging bear. The bear took off and I am very grateful that my son was paying close attention to what was going on and that my husband knew what to do.



Life with The Bird and Word Man


Over the years I have taken many pictures of my husband that I have based paintings on and others he has used for promotion purposes for Poetry magazines.


I just don't understand why the pictures I take of him now aren't as great as the ones I took when we were first married! Must be the camera! LOL

Rock Castle Gorge on The Beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway and More Print Sales...

February 26th, 2014

My Art

I am pleased that more and more of my prints are being bought by the public! My main medium is oil paint but I am extremely versatile and even have a photography folder that I am very proud of.

Yesterday two small prints from my I Love the Beach folder went to a great patron in Veneta, Oregon!

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My Feet in the Sand at Isle of Palms Sell Art Online


Also, a print of Ridgeland Winter Beauty on a t-shirt went to a great patron in Thousand Oaks California.

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Much of my work can be bought on just about anything on Zazzle! All three sales were made there. Here is the address. www.zazzle/newriverartist

Ridgeland Winter Beauty 8"x10" original painting price - $170.00



Life with the Bird and Word Man

Yesterday my husband, Clyde Kessler, found out he published "Fiddling in a January Thaw" in Contemporary Haibun Online. It will be published sometime in March. This is the ninth poem he has published in this magazine. Yeah Word Man!

Nothing funny out of his mouth today. Maybe tomorrow! .

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A Break in the Clouds is my second best-selling print on my website kendall-kessler.artistwebsites.com

The original painting is owned by a great Virginia patron who has four of my large paintings

If I had to pick a favorite locale on the great Blue Ridge Parkway it would be Rock Castle Gorge. I have done many paintings of this area and my husband has spent so much of his time there that I told him he should have a mail box on Rocky Knob.

Rock Castle Gorge History

Many years ago the chestnut was the basis of the economy in Rock Castle Gorge but a chestnut blight in 1914 ravaged the trees in the United States and by 1919 the American chestnut trees died out in the Rock Castle Community.

At one time there were 30 families but by 1930 there were only 10.

The Blue Ridge Parkway was created through President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Those living in the Rock Castle community had to sell their homes. Young men from the community found a steady paycheck working for the Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC) helping to construct the parkway.

Some of my husband's ancestors lived in Rock Castle Gorge before the establishment of the parkway.

Every fall he leads Hawk Migration studies and has spent countless hours studying birds and butterflies there.

I gained this information about Rock Castle Gorge from my husband, Clyde Kessler, and from Hike Back in Time at Rock Castle by Eliza Winston.

Another Fancy Gap Painting on The Blue Ridge Parkway and Chickens During The Revolutionary War...

February 25th, 2014

Another Fancy Gap Painting on The Blue Ridge Parkway and Chickens During The Revolutionary War...

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Yesterday I mentioned two sales of prints and posted one of them which is Color Swirl. Here is the other one that went to a great patron in Downington, Pennsylvania.

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Cone flowers 24"x30" Price of Original painting - $1470.00

I have done a number of Cone flower paintings and am pleased with the captivating colors and textures that draw people in. I don't have a favorite color since I work with so many of them.

If someone says they like blue I start to think about all the different kinds of blue and all the ranges of tones of blue so it is a complicated choice for me.

I would say I am partial to cool colors but there is nothing in this world like cadmium red light so I just have to say I like them all and I incorporate all of them in my paintings even when one seems to be the main color. Of course, in this painting, magenta reigns supreme!

This week I have one of my favorite florals, Natural Rhythm, on special at Fine Art America. In these specials I offer large canvas prints of favorite paintings at 40% off the regular price.

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tNatural Rhythm 30"x40" price of original painting is $2425.00

Fancy Gap

Here is the third painting I did from locales near Fancy Gap on The Blue Ridge Parkway.

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Sunset Near Fancy Gap 30"x40" price of original painting is $2425.00

When I took the shot I based Wildflowers Near Fancy Gap I turned to the other side of the road to see a beautiful sunset. I quickly took the shot before I burned my retina and am very pleased with the painting. As always I modified it to suit my own style and the colors and textures are vibrant and exciting.

Life with The Bird and Word Man

As always my naturalist/poet husband, Clyde Kessler, plays with words so he can make me laugh. Sometimes he comes up with something so hilarious that I practically need oxygen. We haven't had to call 911 yet.

If you don't like word play you may not see the humor in this one but I like it. What do you call a chicken during the Revolutionary War?

ChickencatchaTory

More on Fancy Gap on The Blue RIdge Parkway and Food Discrimination...

February 24th, 2014

More on Fancy Gap on The Blue RIdge Parkway and Food Discrimination...

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Fancy Gap

My naturalist husband, Clyde Kessler, has always been a great help to me for my mountain sources for paintings. Fancy Gap on The Blue Ridge Parkway is one of my favorite settings for my unique visual interpretations. I am always astounded by the colorful atmosphere of this gorgeous mountain region.

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I have done so many paintings from The Blue Ridge Parkway that sometimes I forget how many I have done from one locale. In my last post on Fancy Gap I mentioned I had done two paintings based on Fancy Gap but actually I have three. I plan to do more but right now I am captivated by my own brand of Expressionism I call Kendall Expressions.

In these paintings I am mostly working on wild and domestic animals to emphasize their energy with my energetic brushwork and strong color contrast. I am working on my second Tiger painting right now and hope to add it to my folder this week. I wish someone could add a lot of hours to the day!



Life with The Bird and Word Man

My husband, Clyde Kessler, is a well-known naturalist in The New RIver Valley and also publishes his poetry. He has been publishing a lot lately and was just notified today of five more accepted by The Writing Disorder. They will appear in the Spring online issue.

He is also very funny - at least to me. His humor is mostly word play which I love.

For some reason I have never liked pork. Even as a child I could only stand to eat bacon if it was cooked to death. My husband loves all pork and he says when it comes to food, I am pigoted!

Yeah, well he hates all kinds of seafood so I say he is seafood challenged!



More on Beautiful Fancy Gap

The Fancy Gap Turnpike was used as a stagecoach route from the South to the Great Lakes.

Horse-drawn coaches would stop halfway up the mountain to let the horses rest.

This area was known as Double Branches, where two streams cascaded across the road.

In the late 19th century the railroad came as far north as Mount Airy, NC. Farmers would drive their herds of cattle and sheep down Fancy Gap Turnpike to the railroad for shipment.

When the automobile came along, Virginia and North Carolina worked together to build a graveled road from Mount Airy to Fancy Gap and was finished in 1922.

At Double Branches a tavern and motel were built. During this time travel up the mountain was so difficult that motorists spent time at the tavern/motel cooling themselves and their cars.

Even after the road was improved in 1928, it was still an extremely arduous route and there have been many songs written about it's perils.

I found this information on a great essay by Ron Hall entitled Heaven is a little closer, Fancy Gap, Virginia

Fabulous Fancy Gap on The Blue Ridge Parkway and A Real Hug...

February 21st, 2014

Fabulous Fancy Gap on The Blue Ridge Parkway and A Real Hug...

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One of my favorite Blue Ridge Parkway sites, Fancy Gap, has been the inspiration for two of my paintings. Wildflowers Near Fancy Gap was sold to a great patron in Chicago.

Farm Near Fancy Gap is still available. It is quite an effort to ship a 30"x40" oil painting on masonite which is a lot heavier than canvas but I have been doing that for around thirty years.

I have never had an accident or return - just compliments! This patron wanted to frame it herself so I left off the light-weight metal frame I put my large paintings in. Most patrons want to have the work professionally framed to suit their tastes.

I didn't have a problem with the packaging but for some reason I must have put in the wrong information on UPS and was given a quote that was much higher than It usually is. I contacted the patron and she said it was all right but when UPS came the price was much lower.

We were having a hard time with adjusting the price on Paypal so I decided to just include a check for the difference.

Things work out!

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Life with the Bird and Word Man

My husband, Clyde Kessler, is always such a great help with my efforts to bring more attention to my artwork. In my efforts to give more background to my subject matter he is always there with some help.

Yesterday, he was searching for one of his Blue Ridge Parkway books and I came up from behind him and gave him a long hug. He said that was a real hug. I asked him what was an unreal hug and he replied it was one that Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory would give. He has a point there!



A Little History on the Blue Ridge Parkway

The Blue Ridge Parkway is the most visited unit of America's National Park System. It attracts around twenty million visitors each year.


The Blue Ridge Parkway runs for 469 miles. It mostly is part of the Blue Ridge which is a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains.

It is the longest, narrowest National Park in the world.

The road was begun during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt and was originally called The Appalachian Scenic Highway.


In 1936 it was formally recognized as The Blue Ridge Parkway.



A Little About Fancy Gap

Early roads in the mountains often followed established paths such as creeks, deer paths, and Indian trails.

The curves were hard on wagons so locals began building their own roads. In the mountains these home engineered roads often crossed at the lowest spots called gaps or up the gentlest slope which is called a spur.

There is a legend about how Fancy Gap got it's name. Ira Blair Coltrane(1815-1984), a self-made engineer helped his grandfather drive loaded wagons up the steep incline.

The story is that he saw a better route up the mountains across the valley and remarked that it would make a Fancy Road.

In 1849 the Fancy Gap Turnpike was begun and finished in the 1850's. Coltrane, as a contractor, built the road from Fancy Gap to the foot of the mountain, making the dream of his youth a reality.



I found this information on a great essay by Ron Hall entitled Heaven is a little closer, Fancy Gap, Virginia. Ron has a lot more interesting facts about Fancy Gap!



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More about The Peaks of Otter on The Blue Ridge Parkway and Let Gravity do the Work...

February 19th, 2014

More about The Peaks of Otter on The Blue Ridge Parkway and Let Gravity do the Work...



Peaks of Otter History

My family has enjoyed this beautiful Bedford setting and it is one of many Blue Ridge Parkway sites my husband researches for birds and butterflies. I thought is would be interesting to include some historical facts about this beautiful place that has been an inspiration for a number of my paintings.

No one really knows how the Peaks got their name. There are no otters in the area. The most likely explanation is that two brothers, Charles and Robert Ewing named the peaks after otters from their native land.

There are many natural settings and rivers named for otters in Scotland and England. Charles Ewing and family members are buried at the foot of Sharp Top.

Europeans have known The Peaks for about two and a half centuries. Flat Top is the higher of the two and is 4,001 feet above sea level. Sharp Top is 3,875. Sharp Top appears higher but it is an optical illusion.

Sharp Top draws more visitors and Virginia's contribution to The Washington Monument was taken from the top of Sharp Top.

I learned about The Peaks of Otter from a great essay called The Peaks of Otter Story by Thomas A Markham. There is a lot more to read there if you are interested!

Life with The Bird and Word Man

Today I was getting so irritated with a site I am unfamiliar with that I called my husband up to complain about it. I love his solution to the problem. Don't let it get to you. Open the window and let gravity do the work. I almost did just that!

I am still having a great time working on my Kendall Expressions and hope to have my latest one of a domestic cat up soon.

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The Peaks of Otter on The Blue RIdge Parkway and Totally...

February 18th, 2014

The Peaks of Otter on The Blue RIdge Parkway and Totally...

PAINTING THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS

I have been painting in oils since I was twelve and my first painting was a wooded landscape. It is no wonder that I have been working from the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and the wonderful Blue Ridge Parkway my adult life. There is nothing like this gorgeous mountain region that inspires a lot of my work.

PEAKS OF OTTER

One of my favorite subjects is the Peaks of Otter in Bedford County. My family and I have been there many times and stayed at the peaceful lodge that does not have televisions in the rooms. The deer are so used to people that they are like dogs roaming the grounds.

My husband, son, and I took the bus up to Sharp Top one time and then walked down! What a hike! It was so beautiful and I took a number of photographs that I based several oil paintings on. I almost always work from my own photographs for a reference but it is not my intention to reproduce the photograph.

The photograph is a starting point for my own unique expression which is both Impressionistic and Expressionistic.

On the way down we were behind a young woman carrying a baby on her back. I was amazed that she would take such a long hike carrying an infant. I don't think I could have handled that. Too much trouble with my back in those days.

LIFE WITH THE BIRD AND WORD MAN

I like to include something about my unusual husband, Clyde Kessler, who is a self-taught naturalist and published poet. He is also very funny and I like to include the funny things he says at times.

He works closely with the Blue Ridge Discovery Group to promote enjoyment and conservation of his beautiful home which is the mountains of Southwest Virginia.

He is originally from Ferrum Va and his great-great uncle George Kessler is one of three founders of Ferrum College.

The main purpose of the Blue Ridge Discovery Group is to get kids outside to explore and appreciate their fantastic mountain home.

He is publishing quite a lot of poetry lately which can be found online.

A few days ago I asked him if he remembers when people didn't use the word awesome very much. His reply was totally!

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Excited about starting New Blog and Enough Snow to Drown in...

February 14th, 2014

Excited about starting New Blog and Enough Snow to Drown in...

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I am looking forward to starting a new blog with Wordpress. I will probably just copy the one I have here and post it there. I am anxious to get more traffic and hopefully show up higher on Google search results!


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I am having a great time with my latest Kendall Expression of a domestic cat. This one is in oils and I am always happiest working in that medium. It is my favorite.

I just wish oil paint manufacturers hadn't changed white oil paint. It takes forever to dry so I think I will go back to acrylics on the next one. I want to work fast on these paintings. It takes over a week for each layer to dry! Since I don't use linseed oil as a medium that is way too long.
Southwest Virginia Snowstorm

Southwest Virginia is covered up in snow! Radford City has 22 inches! My husband and son have been digging out for two days! If anyone wanted to make a snow angel I think they would drown before they got down to a level that can be pressed. I don't see any kids trying it.


SNOW STUFF

The world’s largest snowflake was reported to be 15 inches across and 8 inches thick. The Guinness Book of World Records states that this giant snowflake was found at Fort Keogh, Montana on January 28, 1887.

The most snow ever recorded in a 24 hour period in the USA occurred at Silver Lake, Colorado in 1921 and was 76 inches of snow. (#2 = 63 inches was registered in Georgetown, Colorado on December 4, 1913)

Mt. Baker ski area in Washington State has the world record for snowfall at 1,140 inches of snow in the 1998/1999 winter season.

All snowflakes have 6 sides.

A single snowstorm can drop 39 million tons of snow, carrying the energy equivalent to 120 atom bombs!

Each winter one septillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) of snow crystals drop from the sky and that it takes about a million little droplets to make one snowflake.



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Floral Beauty in the Home and IRichyouNot.com...

February 6th, 2014

Floral Beauty in the Home and IRichyouNot.com...

FLOWER PAINTINGS

A few days ago a great patron in Indiana purchased a small print of Color Swirl. Color Swirl is one of my favorite Dream paintings and I thought it would be good to blog about flowers and how great floral paintings look in a home setting.

The great thing about my floral paintings for homes is all the color accents I put into them. I mostly paint wildflowers so there is a pleasing mixture of warm and cool colors in a field of green. One of my most popular floral arrangements is Wildflower Current. The continual modulation of color would enhance any home or office setting.

Patrons are always comparing my work to Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Paul Cezanne. All three artists were colorists and most of their artistic communication is about the wonderful world of color.


LIFE WITH THE BIRD AND WORD MAN

My husband, Clyde Kessler, is always cracking me up with some sort of word play. He is having quite a lot of success publishing his poetry lately and is always at his naturalist endeavors.

The other day we were talking about all the additions we are practically forced to buy to keep our computer updated and our software working right. He said it wouldn't surprise him if one day he came across a site with the address IRichYouNot.com. that we have to buy from.

FLOWER FACTS

Golden seal has been used to cure hemmorhoids, skin eruptions, and dyspepsia.

Indian Paintbrush seeds are so tiny, you can plant a whole acre with several handfuls. There are 1 million seeds in a pound.

The pioneers called coriopsis tickseed. They put it in their beds to keep out bedbugs, ticks, and other pests.

Stargrasses were once used to ease chills, fevers, and the pains of colic. It was mixed with whiskey or brandy which may have been the real source of the cure.

The floral sheath of Skunk Cabbage is so intense that is thaws frozen earth and melts a circle in snow.

Yarrow contains a chemical that speeds the formation of blood clots. It is said that this was discovered by the Greek hero Achilles.



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Pleased to sell a large print of Mid-Spring on the New River and The Sixth Drip...

February 1st, 2014

Pleased to sell a large print of Mid-Spring on the New River and The Sixth Drip...

I am so pleased to sell a large metal print of Mid-Spring on The New River! This is one of my favorite oil pastel paintings. I am especially pleased with all the nuances of green that emphasize this special time of the year in the New River Valley. It isn't summer yet so a lot of the greens are not as bright as they will be.

This pastel was done from a photograph I took of the New River from Bisset Park in Radford, VA. I have walked the trails at the park countless times with my family and on my own. I love to watch the rapids and my naturalist husband, Clyde, is always on the look out for bird and butterfly populations. I especially like to watch the many different colors of light filtering through the leaves and reflecting off of the water.

The New River is actually one of the world's oldest rivers and there are many fascinating stories about it. It is a very dangerous river and legend has it the Native Americans call it the river of death. Many years ago when I was teaching at Radford University, two boys swam across it near the Dedmon Center and drowned. It looks so peaceful but the rapids and strong currents are not to be tangled with.

On a much lighter note, as usual, I decided to tease my husband. Due to the very cold weather right now we are letting our faucets drip very slowly at night so the pipes won't freeze. I almost always have to get up at night to go the bathroom and my husband often wakes up at that time. I told him the faucets were leaking and he would have to get busy and fix them. All five of them were dripping.

His reply was, don't you mean six?

Okay, I don't mean you, just the faucets.

I don't really think of my husband as a Drip. Just like to goad him.

Some Facts about the beautiful New River

The New River is between 10 and 360 Million years old. It is one of the world's oldest rivers and is the oldest river in The US.

It flows from south to north. Only a few rivers in the world have this unique feature, including the Nile.

Mary Draper Ingles was an American pioneer and early settler of western Virginia. She was abducted by Indians and later escaped, making a harrowing trek over hundreds of miles of rough terrain to return home. She followed the Ohio and New River. She was born in 1732 and died in 1815.



The Long Way Home Drama ran from 1971-1999. There is talk to bring back this wonderful outdoor historical play!

The first commercial rafting trip took place in 1968. The Dragan brothers started it when they founded Wildwater Unlimited.

The New River was designated a national river in 1978 and an American Heritage River in 1998.


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BACK TO OILS and When you see it...

January 25th, 2014

BACK TO OILS and When you see it...

Still working on my own brand of Expressionism but I decided to go back to oils on my latest cat painting. Acrylics are great but my first love will always be oils and I will just have to put up with the slow drying time. I might just start a number of paintings so one will always be dry for the next layer.

I am enjoying exploring different cat expressions and poses. This one will have an electric look to it and more expressive brushwork than the last one. I have been developing my own style that is a blend of Impressionism and Expressionism for such a long time that this deliberate intent to emphasize my expressive side is tricky.

I keep wanting to go back to a more analytical approach of light and shade rather than arbitrary color. This is a great experience for me and I plan to continue for quite a while but I just have to get back to oil paint.



My husband and I are a little technologically challenged. He is better off than I am which is why he took the job of setting up our new land line. He was taking so long to do it that I asked him from the computer room how much longer it would be. He said when I see it flying past the window, I will know he is done.



Here are some Oil Paint facts that may only be of interest to artists but maybe not!

Oil paint revolutionized art. Because it’s slow to dry, it freed artists to take their time with a painting, change their minds, make corrections, and even start over.

The earliest known oil paintings, Buddhist murals found in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan caves, date to around the 7th century CE.

Pigments can be made from minerals and organic materials, including semiprecious stones and snail mucus.

The most expensive pigment was ultramarine—deep blue. Made from lapis lazuli, it was once more costly than gold.

Until the 19th century, artists had to mix their own oil paints each day by hand.

The paint tube was invented in 1841 by American painter John Goffe Rand. Before then, oils were stored in animal bladders.

Oil paints dry to the touch within two weeks, and are generally dry enough to be varnished in six months to a year. It may take years for a painting to dry completely.

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Just sold another print of A Break in the Clouds, one of Beauty and Danger, and Take Two...

January 20th, 2014

Just sold another print of A Break in the Clouds, one of Beauty and Danger, and Take Two...

Just sold another canvas print of my second best-selling print, "A Break in the Clouds" to a great patron in Wisconsin. A jewelry box with Beauty and Danger on it went to a great patron in Maine.

I am so pleased to keep selling A Break in the Clouds, which is a beautiful vista of Rock Castle Gorge on The Blue Ridge Parkway. My husband has spent so much time researching Birds and Butterflies there that I used to tease him that he needed a mailbox. That was before everyone was on a cell phone.

It hasn't been that long that I started Kendall Expressions on my website, so I am very happy to sell another one of the selections! I am especially proud of Beauty and Danger!

My husband and I are getting a lot of mileage out of jokes about all the medications we are told to ask our doctor about that are followed by lawyers claiming to get compensation for damages done by some of them.

My husband's latest quip is take two and call your lawyer in the morning!

Here are some Big Cat Facts

Recent research has discovered that lions can actually count! They can tell whether or not the amount of lions roaring on a tape was fewer or greater than their own number and were able to decide whether to stay or flee if they were outnumbered!

Out of all cats, the tiger is the largest with a body length of up to 3.3 meters and weighing up to 760 lb.

The nick name for leopards is Prima Ballerina or Prince of Cats.


Believe it or not, jaguars have been seen in the United States. Just this past March, a jaguar was spotted in Arizona.

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Another Kendall Expression Cat painting and How to get a call through...

January 19th, 2014

Another Kendall Expression Cat painting and How to get a call through...

Not feeling too well today so I am not going to gab for long. I am pleased to introduce another Kendall Expression painting. This time I did another cat painting. It is an intense study of eyes with constant modulation of contrasting colors and textures. I think the color accents are especially pleasing in this one. Not sure if I can find some more unusual cat facts but I am going to try.

My husband and I always get a laugh out of the commercials regarding drugs. Ask your doctor if this is right for you. Sometimes the commercials regarding legal action on those drugs and how to get compensation for their detrimental effects follow the commercials advertising the drugs.

We especially like the one that advises people to call a lawyer if they experienced any illnesses as a result of the drugs, even death. We are told we may be entitled to compensation.

Even death? My husband's comment was do we have a hot line in the casket?



MORE CAT FACTS



A cat can jump up to five times its height in a single bound.



A cat's brain is more like a human's brain than a dog's brain. The region for emotions is identical.



About 40,000 people are bitten by cats annually in the U.S.



When cats are happy, they squeeze their eyes shut.



Cats can make over 100 different sounds while dogs can only make 10

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Blue Ridge Splendor and The only way it would be more obvious...

January 12th, 2014

Blue Ridge Splendor and The only way it would be more obvious...

Yesterday I added another Blue Ridge Parkway painting to my ebay classified listings and received a lot of hits and positive feedback on Linkedin. The painting, "Bull Mountain", is a popular one that I keep forgetting to add to my website where people can buy it or prints of it. It is on Etsy and I have put in on Pinterest. I have to take my easel outside to get a good enough file for printing so I will try to get to that as soon as my back stops hurting. It isn't bad but I have to be careful due to past disc problems.

Anyway, I decided this would be a good time to include some Blue Ridge Parkway facts in my blog and some of my popular paintings on this wonderful mountain area.



The Blue Ridge Parkway, often called “America’s Favorite Drive,” was constructed, in part, to connect the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina.



Begun in 1935, the Parkway was also envisioned as the first elongated national park providing the recently enamored automobile traveler some of the most spectacular natural scenery in the United States.

The physical characteristics of the Blue Ridge Parkway are significant. There are twenty-seven tunnels, all constructed through solid rock – with 26 of the 27 located in North Carolina.



It is due primarily to the tunnels that much of the Parkway is closed throughout late fall, winter, and early spring. (Due to dripping groundwater from above, freezing temperatures, and the lack of sunshine, ice often accumulates inside the tunnels even when the surrounding areas are above freezing).



The 469-mile Parkway is the longest, narrowest, and most visited National Park in the country and is carried across streams, railways ravines, and cross roads by 168 bridges and 6 viaducts.



The speed limit is never higher than 45 and lower in many places. The highest point on the Parkway, at an elevation of 6047 feet, is south of Waynesville, North Carolina near Mount Pisgah on Richland Balsam Mountain at Milepost 431.



There is so much more but I will save that for another blog.



Now for some humor. Today, as usual, I did something stupid on my computer. I have decided that the only way it would be more obvious that I did not grow up with computers would be if I attached a sign to my back. Something like this.



CAUTION , THIS WOMAN DID NOT GROW UP WITH COMPUTERS LET HER NEAR YOUR COMPUTER AT YOUR OWN RISK

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Cat painting coming along and I need a match...

January 9th, 2014

Cat painting coming along and I need a match...

I have started another cat painting and it is coming along nicely. Not sure how many cat paintings I will do but I have always loved the look in their eyes, especially the domestic ones. They seem to live with us and apart from us. At one vet visit I was fascinated by the way one resident cat kept looking at us and then jumping down from the desk only to jump back up a few minutes later. Always on the prowl. They are a great subject for expressionistic work.

It has been so cold lately that my husband said he saw a thermometer outside ask for a match! I guess that would be the only way of getting the mercury to rise. Of course, our system has sprung a leak when the news is full of stories about extremely overworked plumbers. The part we have been waiting for is here but no plumber. We are emptying buckets around the clock. Oh well! We still have heat so we can't complain too much.

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MORE CAT FACTS

Cats can drink sea water to re-hydrate themselves

Cats sleep for 70% of their lives

Cats instinctually imitate the hiss of snakes.


A cat’s whiskers are normally as long as the cat is wide, helping it determine if it can fit into certain spaces!

A genetic study concluded that every domesticated cat in existence could be traced back to a group of only five African Wildcats from the Middle East, circa 8000 BC!



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A Dreaming Cat and He is not back yet...

January 5th, 2014

A Dreaming Cat and He is not back yet...

I am pleased that I finished my latest Kendall Expression painting entitled Twine Dreams. I am especially pleased with the complicated system of brushstrokes in this work. The cat is awake but the look in the eyes suggests a dream state and the curving marks are surreal pieces of twine all around the cat. These paintings in my latest series are getting more and more colorful with great linear accents.

There are a lot of great Snowmen jokes are the internet right now. My favorite is one with a conversation between two snowmen. Don't you find it strange that Bob never got back from Florida?

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Cats have been used to deliver mail: In Belgium in 1879, 37 cats were used to deliver mail to villages. However they found that the cats were not disciplined enough to keep it up.

Cats see so well in the dark because their eyes actually reflect light. Light goes in their eyes, and is reflected back out. This means that their eyes actually work almost like built-in flashlights.

Each year Americans spend four billion dollars on cat food. That's one billion dollars more than they spend on baby food!

Cats are the only animal that purrs.

Sir Isaac Newton, discoverer of the principles of gravity, also invented the cat door.

If your cat is near you, and her tail is quivering, this is the greatest expression of love your cat can give you.

A Cat can run at 30 miles per hour.

The heaviest cat on record was 46 pounds,15.2 ounces. Probably ate more more lasagne than Garfield!

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A New Blog approach and Maybe I can run away...

January 1st, 2014

A New Blog approach and Maybe I can run away...

I like to write about my painting but it is so difficult to come up with words that describe the experience that I think I just want to repeat myself all the time. I decided to take a different approach to my blog and write about the subjects themselves. I taught for twenty years so I like to learn and look things up.

I am going to start with horses since I have been getting a lot of attention for my paintings of horses. My new Kendall Expressions horses stumbled for a long time on Stumbleupon and Blue Ridge Pasture Horses got so many hits one day on Etsy that the administrators sent me an email to congratulate me.

Here are a few interesting myths and facts about these beautiful animals that have accumulated over the centuries.

Sitting backwards on a donkey - cure for snakebites and toothache

A pregnant woman seeing a donkey - the child will grow wise and well behaved

If you see a white dog you should be silent until you see a white horse.

In Wales a gray horse is considered to be a death omen.

In England and Germany dreaming of a white horse is considered a death omen.

It was thought that warts could be cured by circling them in horse hair.

If a woman is pregnant and the heart beat of her baby sounds like a

horse it is said to be a girl, however if it sounds like a train it is said to be a boy.

The Przewalski's horse is the only truly wild horse still in existence. It is found in Mongolia.

Horses have better senses of smell and hearing then humans.

Equine assisted therapy is a growing field where horses help people with a wide range of mental health issues.

I could go on and on but I thought these were the more interesting facts and myths about horses.

I am hoping that I won't be facing major surgery soon but I think it is inevitable. Whenever I think of surgery I think of my mother. Years ago she made a decision to have surgery that she was advised to have. She had such a hard time recovering that she told me the next time they wouldn't catch her!

I wonder if I can run away...

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Painting, painting, and painting, and Waiting for help...

December 28th, 2013

Painting, painting, and painting, and Waiting for help...

I am still very excited about my new series, Kendall Expressions, and am looking forward to adding my next one! The spacing in my new one is so captivating I can't imagine anyone walking by it without being drawn into the color and textural display. In this one I am trying to get an even more complex system of colors and textures and dynamic motion. I hope to have it up in a few days.

We have been practically without hot water for over a week now and the system is leaking constantly. We have a cup under the leak but it fills up every few hours. The repair man should be here soon and I will be so glad to get this fixed! It takes more than one minute to wash my hair! I took my shampoo to the Aquatic Center to wash it the other day.

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Also, I have been adding a lot of artwork to my porfolio. Click on images to see the latest or the folder marked artwork added 2011-2013.

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Kendall Expressions Still Stumbling and Lead Foot...

December 24th, 2013

Kendall Expressions Still Stumbling and Lead Foot...

Lion Explosion and Galloping Red are still stumbling on Stumpleupon.com. Galloping Red is getting way more hits than Lion Explosion but the hits per day are increasing on Lion Explosion. It is great to see my work looked at by so many people and it is especially pleasing that this is happening with two works from my new series, Kendall Expressions.

I see continual change in my approach to my own type of Expressionism with each new painting and I look forward to starting the next one the day after Christmas. I am forcing myself to take a break and enjoy the Holiday but that does not mean I am taking a break from promoting my work online. Workaholics are hopeless. As my mother always said, some people are not happy unless they are miserable. I prefer to think of my work as what keeps me going.

Be sure to check out my Special Features on Fine Art America! All prints have a thirty day money back guarantee including shipping! 40% off regular price!

My husband has a new name for all the tail gators that drive him crazy to and from work. He calls them Lead Foot Lame Brain drivers. One of these days I swear one of them will just drive on and over my car and keep going. Where is the fire?

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Pleased to sell prints of Near Smithfield Plantation and What a Rat...

December 21st, 2013

Pleased to sell prints of Near Smithfield Plantation and What a Rat...

I am so pleased to sell prints in the form of greeting cards of Near Smithfield Plantation to a great Virginia patron on Zazzle! This pastel painting is a special one for me. It is one of my many award-winning works. Famed pastelist Daniel Greene awarded me The American Artist Award for this colorful, exciting work. This pastel took a long time and I put a lot of visual complexity in every square inch of it. The color nuances never end and the expression is extremely intense.

I am also pleased that I added another painting to my Kendall Expressions folder and it is receiving a lot of hits as well as two other paintings in the same folder. Lion Explosion and Galloping Red have been stumbling for over a day and I hope they continue to make the rounds on Stumbleupon.com where I have a number of my paintings.

My wireless mouse has been irritating me to the point of distraction today. No matter where I position it on the pad it keeps clicking off and I see the connection lost sign to slow me up again. I have decided that mouse is too nice a word for this miserable rat! It better shape up or it will be a flying rat out the window!

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Sold another Original to a great Virginia patron and Mega Chips...

December 17th, 2013

Sold another Original to a great Virginia patron and Mega Chips...

I am very pleased to sell one of my original hand-colored lithographs to a great Virginia patron! Near the Cascades is a special scene for me. I have lost track of the number of times I walked up to the Cascades in the Jefferson National Forest in Giles County, VA. This is one of the views of the creek at the beginning of the two mile walk to the falls. I have also been in the water which is very cold but it is so refreshing after the hike which is mostly up.

The original is gone but prints up to 48"x60"are available on paper or canvas, framed or un-framed and there are other versions of the same scene. Be sure to check it out!

I am very exciting about my current painting and hope to upload it tomorrow afternoon. I think it is the most exciting Kendall Expresssion so far! It is teeming with life and energy!

A fast food company has been advertising a mega chocolate chip cookie. My husband's response to this is Mega Chocolate Chip equals Mega Hips. I think he is right. Too much emphasis on sugary, fattening carbs in this country. We need to get out the fruit!

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Pleased to Sell Another Print of Burning Shore and My Painting is still Hijacked...

December 14th, 2013

I decided I would like to blog more than once a week to keep my friends informed on what is happening with my work and since I just sold another large print of one of my favorite paintings, Burning Shore, to a great Arizona patron, this seemed like a good day to write some things down.

Burning Shore is my favorite small gem paintings. The original is owned by a great New York patron but print sales are growing of this captivating piece. It is available on my website and one just about any kind of household and business item - even toys on Zazzle!



http://www.zazzle.com/newriverartist



I just notified a lawyer about the theft of my second best-selling print, A Break in the Clouds, on Funstatic. I have sent a Cease and Desist order but the email came back. I hit their red delete button on their site and filled out their form three times and the painting is still there for free downloads. I posted three comments on their site demanding they take it down to no avail.

Let's see what a lawyer can do about this.

I usually try to have something funny in my blogs but I don't think I can manage that twice a week so I will hopefully have something in the next blog.

Be sure to check out my Special Promotions on Fine Art America and check out my drawing, "Reaching Out", on The Mindy Project!

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Hijacked Painting , Pleased to sell another print and I will hold it up to the screen...

December 11th, 2013

Hijacked Painting , Pleased to sell another print and I will hold it up to the screen...

The internet is a dangerous place and I am very unhappy to announce that my second best-selling print was hijacked from a site and put on another site where people can download it for free. So far, there have been 290 downloads and I am one outraged artist! I sent a cease and desist email and it was returned to me so I am looking into other avenues of action. I live to paint but I do not work for free.

On a lighter note I am pleased to sell prints as postcards of Sweet Pea in The Morning to a great Nebraska patron. This is one of my favorite Blue Ridge Parkway paintings of a scene at Rock Castle Gorge. I used to tease my naturalist husband, Clyde Kessler, that he should have a mail box at this sight. This is one of his main birding and butterfly locations and he has led many hawk watches there.

A few weeks ago we discovered that we had a mouse in the kitchen leaving lots of calling cards on the counters and drawers. My husband decided to order a have a heart mousetrap so he could take it somewhere else rather than killing it.

He called me up about all the options. After a long list I asked him if he would like me to see if I could find the mouse, hold it up to the computer screen, and see which one it liked best. His reply was to ask the mouse if it could do a better job than our wireless one and we would hire it. A little mouse humor to brighten an artist with a serious copyright infringement to contend with.



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Also, look for my drawing Reaching Out on The Mindy Project. It was visible on a hilarious episode called The Wedding Crushers!

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Sold prints of Peaks of Otter, Rock Castle Gorge, Smith Mountain Lake and I do not eat nuts

December 3rd, 2013

Sold prints of Peaks of Otter, Rock Castle Gorge, Smith Mountain Lake and I do not eat nuts

My work continues to get around the country! This week three different paintings went out on a key chain, apron, and postcards to Nebraska, Florida and Virginia. It is great to be able to sell originals, prints on paper or canvas, and paintings on just about anything imaginable! Be sure to check out my work on Zazzle and if you don't see the painting you want on an item, let me know!

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I was rather frustrated this week with my current Kendall Expressions painting. It took a number of turns and then nose dived into something completely different from the others in this series. I like it but it wasn't what I wanted and I can't figure out what happened. Oh well, happy accidents are part of painting so I am just going to go with it and use a different approach on the next one.

My family has been spending a lot more on groceries these days due to my husband's malady and my desire to eat organic. I left off peanut butter years ago when I ate too much of it in college and got sick of it. I decided that I need to add some nuts to my diet so now I am eating some organic peanut butter most days.

I never have liked nuts that much. I told my husband I don't eat nuts - I am descended from them, marry them, and give birth to them. Just joking! I love all members of my family!

Don't forget about my drawing, "Reaching Out", on The Mindy Project! It was visible in last week's episode entitled The Wedding Crushers.
Hilarious episode!

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Sold two Original Oil Paintings to two great Virginia patrons and a Hen Party...

November 26th, 2013

Sold two Original Oil Paintings to two great Virginia patrons and a Hen Party...

Sunday I was very pleased to sell two original oil paintings to two great Roanoke, VA patrons! A family drove down from Roanoke for a lovely studio visit. A daughter was intending to buy a painting for her mother for Christmas and the mother decided to buy another one for herself! I greatly enjoy opening my home and studio to art and it was a lot of fun discussing my artwork with the mother and her two daughters. They are considering future sales so I am sure I will see them again sometime.

Also, a postcard with one of my more popular paintings, "Other Pears", was sold on Zazzle Sunday to a great patron in Frederic Wisconsin! My artwork gets around! I have many paintings on just about everything on Zazzle - including puzzles!

My writer husband, Clyde Kessler, is always playing around with words and I love all his jokes. His most recent funny is a name he came up with a Hen party that went wrong. Fowl Ball. He really will punnel me to death one day!



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Sold Three More Best Sellers and L.D....

November 18th, 2013

Sold Three More Best Sellers and L.D....

I am so pleased to sell prints of favorite paintings over and over again! A few days ago another print of A Break in the Clouds, Blue Ridge Jewels, and Wildflower Current went to a great patron in Alexandria, VA! Wildflower Current is the only painting of the three that is still available and I hope someone decides to buy the original. It is a stunning painting with exquisite color contrast and flowing motion. I'm sure I will sell many more prints of it in the future.

Just finished another Kendall Expression and uploaded one of my favorites, Lion Explosion, to Zazzle. Galloping Red is a wonderful swirl of energy and it has been uploaded to Fine Art America and Zazzle. As I have mentioned before, I love to work with red/green contrast and this is an excellent example of my preference. The galloping motion of the horse is echoed throughout the painting with intense, expressive brushwork.

A few days ago I was talking to my husband about my personal way of learning. I have a photographic memory but there were times in school when I thought I was taking longer than most of the other students to understand a concept. Once I fully understood something I had it cold. Since this is typical of students with one form of learning disability I told my husband I may be a little L.D. He said, you mean Luscious Dreamboat? Now that's a smart husband! He's a keeper!

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So Pleased to sell prints from my I love the Beach series and Wind it back...

November 9th, 2013

So Pleased to sell prints from my I love the Beach series and Wind it back...

I am pleased that patrons are interested in my I Love the Beach photographs. I am known for my award-winning paintings but I have always had a love of photography and most of my paintings are creative interpretations of my photographs. I don't like to work plein air so my photos are my initial sketch. This year I decided to add the medium of photography to my portfolio.

It is great to branch out into yet another medium and get positive feedback for it. Two of my beach photographs stumbled for several weeks on Stumbleupon and then both of them were sold on Zazzle. One on a mug and the other on coasters. I mostly sell originals and prints but I also have some of my most popular works on Zazzle where people can buy my work on kitchen, office, phone, and computer accessories.

I know one home accessory my husband would like to do without and that is the alarm clock. This past week-end I reminded him we needed to turn the clock back and hour. His reponse was wind it back to the river and drown it!

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Also keep checking on what's new in my Kendall Expressions folder! Dream Horse stumbled for a week!

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Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out and I know this line is emergencies...

October 28th, 2013

Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out and I know this line is emergencies...

So pleased to sell yet another print of my best-seller, "Reaching Out". This drawing sure gets around. This time it went to a great patron in Naperville, Illinois. It has been great to see it in Mindy's office on The Mindy Project and I hope it continues to reach new homes and offices.

Just got back from a great trip to New York! My friends and I took in a bunch of Broadway shows and had time for the Guggenheim and MOMA. Saw some great Pollocks, Picassos, Cezannes, and Richters! What a great time!

Neither my husband or I have a funny this week but I did see a great one on Facebook. A cat on a phone is screaming, "I know this is for emergencies only! I said I am out of coffee!

Now that is an emergency!

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Never a Still Life and Keep swimming...

October 20th, 2013

Never a Still Life and Keep swimming...

I am very excited about my current still life of an old purse in an intensely expressive style. I am really getting into my own brand of Expressionism! It is great to just react to the paint as feeling in these works. The subject matter is secondary to the message about art that I am trying to convey. I pride myself on the amount of "life" I put in a still life. They are anything but still- these are scintillating paintings! I think the Kendall Expressions folder on my website is going to be a huge one.

My husband hates fish. For years we hardly ever had it due to his dislike. My son has no problem with it. He eats any kind of fish or seafood. My husband hates it all but he wants to eat it for health benefits.

His solution is to cover it with mustard. The other night I mentioned to him the fish was swimming in mustard. My husband's reply was he hoped it would swim off the plate and keep going!

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Glad to introduce another Kendall Expressions and Cats all over the place...

October 12th, 2013

Glad to introduce another Kendall Expressions and Cats all over the place...

My latest Kendall Expression painting, Sunflower Frenzy, is quite an exciting painting! Sunflowers are of particular interest to artists. The color, flowing motion, and beautiful leaf shapes draw us in to paint them the way they are, and, in this case, an intensely creative rendition that expresses our feelings about their beauty. I am especially pleased with the brushwork and strong red/green contrast in this work.

I have been having so much trouble with our computer lately that I think their are cats all over the screen laughing at me and saying, "We can take care of any mouse you have!" We gobble up information and keep software from opening just to aggravate you and thumb our paws at your little mouse!"

Of course, a more reasonable explanation for my problems is that I have too much information on my computer and I need to take much of it off. Since that would take a lot of time I prefer the Cat Theory!

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Danger, Beauty and The Blimpasaurus...

October 3rd, 2013

Danger, Beauty and The Blimpasaurus...

I just finished another acrylic painting in my new series, "Kendall Expressions", and am very pleased with the intense, vibrant color contrast in this one. I wanted to combine the beauty of a wild animal, in this case the cougar, with the beauty of a wildflower field. The title is one with several meanings. To me, the animal is as beautiful as the wildflowers. Both need our protection. The danger is not really in the painting. The danger is the lack of concern a lot of people have for both.

When I was a child I heard this saying all the time. Nature will take care of itself. I now know that is ridiculous and we have to be diligent to preserve our world. If the honey bee goes, so does a great deal of our food. I hope naturalists, like my husband, Clyde Kessler, can continue to educate people about environmental concerns.

My husband has a new joke about the Dinosaur Extinction Theory. This is quite whacky but it is fun! Instead of a meteor hitting the planet, maybe one dinosaur, the Blimposaurus, grew so big that it fell of a cliff and squished the others. Not likely, but it does make for a comic image!


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So glad to see a canvas print from Kendall Expressions and Look under the hood...

September 26th, 2013

So glad to see a canvas print from Kendall Expressions and Look under the hood...

Not very long ago I started a new folder entitled Kendall Expressions in my portfolio and am so pleased that I just sold a canvas print of Lion Explosion to a great patron In Zionsville, Indiana! As I have said before my work has Impressionistic and Expressionistic components but in these works I am letting my expressive side take over and it is great to get a sale so soon after I uploaded these works.

I am also pleased that I am really getting into the acrylic medium in a way that is endearing me to a type of paint that is not real high on my lists of favorites. The colors are great but the fast drying time and the way it adheres to the canvas has always bothered me. Most of my new Kendall Expressions paintings are in acrylics and I am starting to figure out how to apply the paint in a way that says me! I look forward to future paintings and am also considering some ideas for oil paintings as well.

My husband has come up with another funny for the blog. I love to add humor here! First, I have to explain that a Sensei is an oriental sage.

What did the Sensei say to the garage mechanic? Look under the hood, greasehopper!

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Working on a new Youtube and Ham for...

September 18th, 2013

Working on a new Youtube and Ham for...

Hopefully tomorrow I will put up my eleventh Youtube on my new series, Kendall Expressions. I am enjoying working on paintings that are based on natural and manufactured things but these paintings are wonderful excursions into my subconscious. My Dream Paintings folder on my websites are paintings based on paintings I see in my sleep. In those work I tried to re-create paintings that I have already seen. Kendall Expressions are creative leaps into my personal reactions to color and texture. Please check them out!



Having some difficult times lately so I can't think of much that is funny right now but I did see a slogan on PBS that made me laugh. The Barter Theater in Abingdon Virginia is a great theater that I have been to. It is a beautiful theater and the performance was great. I didn't know until tonight that it was named Barter because during the Great Depression farmers were allowed to pay with farm products to see the plays. So, of course, their slogan is Ham for Hamlet! Love it!

I missed the first episode of the new season of The Mindy Project. I hope my drawing was visible. Be sure to check out the show and my drawing, Reaching Out! I won't miss it next week.

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Kendall Kessler Paintings in Art News and I Could not hit them with a Diesel Truck...

September 2nd, 2013

Kendall Kessler Paintings in Art News and I Could not hit them with a Diesel Truck...

I belong to a number of great groups on Fine Art America but I am especially pleased with all the features of my work on the online publication, Art News. I have lost track of the number of paintings I have had on Nadine and Bob's publication and will continue to submit more. They work hard to promote artists and we are all very thankful!

Still working away at uploading artwork to my portfolio. Be sure to check out the 2011-2013 folder on my website. Most of the works are new and I am pleased with how well they look on the site. I am especially pleased with my recent paintings in the Kendall Expressions folder. I just put up a new one and it is my favorite so far!

At church yesterday we were discussing the loss of a great cantor. He and his family are moving away for a better job opportunity and they will be greatly missed. The congregation is a small one so my husband and I were wondering who would take his place. It certainly would not be him.



He said he couldn't hit notes with a diesel truck if they were lying flat in the middle of the road!

I don't think he will be asked to sing.



Looking forward to the new season of The Mindy Project September 17th! Hope to see Reaching Out again and again in her office!



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So pleased to sell a HUGE canvas print of Blue Ridge Jewels and Take the Belt Buckle Challenge...

August 24th, 2013

So pleased to sell a HUGE canvas print of Blue Ridge Jewels and Take the Belt Buckle Challenge...

I have sold a lot of large originals and large prints of my work but I was so pleased to sell my first huge(40"x50") canvas print of Blue Ridge Jewels! This painting is one of my most colorful evening views of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. The painting is owned by a great California patron who gave me fantastic feedback for it and will be buying more in the future for her new home. I have 61 images in my Mega View folder in my portfolio and I hope more people will take advantage of a large vista landscape, still life, or portrait for their home.

I love carrot cake but my husband can't eat wheat and my son doesn't like it. I offered to try to make it with rice flour but that idea went over like a lead balloon. Finally I decided to make it and freeze half so I could get the rest later. I can't eat a lot of it at a time since I have a tendency to gain weight. The Battle of the Bulge has been my theme song since I was a kid.

I told my husband what I planned to do and he said I should make the whole cake. Take the belt buckle challenge! Keep eating the cake until you need to go to the next notch!

WISE GUY! Half of the cake is in the frig and the other half is in the freezer. I am winning the Battle of the Bulge and I'm not giving up now!

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Again, looking forward to the return of The Mindy Project September 17th! Hope they have more shots of Reaching Out!

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Up-Loading Away and It is always a good day...

August 17th, 2013

Up-Loading Away and It is always a good day...

Still working away at uploading artwork. The slides are not too much of a problem as long as I have ink in my printer but the ones I have to take outside are quite a pain. Right now I am taking pictures of flat ware so I am taping them to the wall which is much easier then dragging my easel outside. Still having a great time with my Kendall Expressions folder. These paintings are my personal take on Expressionism which has always been a favorite style of art for me. I like to switch mediums every now and then so it is great to be in Acrylics again.

We were at a friend's house in Childress and noticed the chickens that were walking around their yard. They don't have chickens, but their neighbors do. They looked like they were having a great day pecking everything in sight so I mentioned that to my husband. He replied that it is always a good day when you are not on the menu. He certainly has a point there.

Be sure to check out new work in Kendall Expressions! I am working on a new one right now and hope to have it up soon!

Also, don't forget my Limited Time Promotions on Fine Art America. I always have three up!. Forty percent off the regular price!

The second season of The Mindy Project will air September 17th and I am looking forward to seeing my best seller on the set. I hope they have more scenes in her office where it is located.

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Sold a print of the setting for Dirty Dancing and That is not all I would be doing...

August 7th, 2013

So pleased to sell a print of my painting of the setting for the popular movie, Dirty Dancing with Patrick Swayze! The Mountain Lake resort in Giles County is a very special place for me. I used to swim there with college friends and my husband, son, and I spent several holidays there. It is such a beautiful place and I did two oil paintings and three oil pastel paintings of various sites. Canoes, Mountain Lake is my favorite and the painting is owned by a great North Carolina patron. The print that sold was from the small sketch for the painting. I have both in my portfolio.

A few weeks ago I discovered something about myself that was a big surprise. I get a lot of exercise to keep the body going and I also do various stretching exercises. I hadn't tried to touch my toes in many years so I tried and was shocked that I couldn't do it. So I decided to use a technique my physical therapist showed me for a frozen shoulder to stretch the muscles out. I am doing that exercise at least three times a day but it is easy to forget.

I told my husband that I was going to do the exercise every time I ate something so that I wouldn't forget to do it. He said that would be all I would be doing every day. That is ridiculous! I only eat 8 to 10 times a day! Still time for all the other things I do!

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The Mindy Project is on Monday nights right now at 9:30 pm and the show has been renewed for another season! Check out my best-selling print, "Reaching Out" across from her office desk!

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My New Folder Kendall Expressions and You would Download a Gorilla...

July 26th, 2013

I don't have a lot to say right now except that I am surprised at what some people put on Twitter. The internet really can be a Trojan Horse. I try to be careful and constantly on my guard against abusers and scammers. I have artwork in 21 states, Germany, Canada, and Australia but if all those scams were real I would be in a lot more states and countries than that. One person on Twitter sent me a vulgar question. I'll be sure to drop him.

My painting keeps me going and I am very pleased with my new folder, Kendall Expressions, on my website kendall-kessler.artistwebsites.com. I am letting my expressive side lead the way into colorful works that scintillate the canvas! Love what I do!

As always, computers hang me up. I need to sign my photographs that I uploaded and some paintings that I uploaded from slides that don't have signatures. I have looked at several tutorials on how to do that on Aperture and, as usual, the instructions don't match. I am thinking about Downloading Gimp which is a free software program like Photoshop. My husband is much more leary of the internet than I am and he claims I would download a gorilla. If that gorilla could help me sign my artwork online, you bet I would!

Be sure to check out my Limited Time Promotions on Fine Art America and The Mindy Project with my drawing in her office is on Mondays at 9:30pm. The show has been renewed for a second season. Don't miss it!

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Completed Commision and Am I going to have to Research all my Dumb Ideas...

July 26th, 2013

Completed Commision and Am I going to have to Research all my Dumb Ideas...

I finished my latest portrait commission of a Father and Daughter painting and up-loaded it yesterday. This really is a charming portrait. The patron lost her father to MS when she was young and this painting is a celebration of his life. I will always remember his courage to keep working, even when he was in a wheel chair. The daughter, who was a Daddy's girl, is trying to coax a smile out of her father. She is delighted with the painting.

Still having a great time letting my expressive side take over and I now have the first one in my portfolio! Check out the energy of this work!

I depend on my husband for some humor for the blog and last week he came up with The No Bell prize for underachievers. As always, I thought that was hilarious but he decided to see if some one else had already come up with that quip. Sure enough, he found a number of people that came up with that joke, including a Rapper. So now he is wondering if he is going to have to research all his dumb ideas. Oh well, my addition that I know a lot of people that could win the Not Quite a Ding a Ling Award is a first as far as he knows.

Be sure to check out my specials in The Limited Time section of Fine Art America and The Mindy Project is on Mondays right now. Look for Reaching Out in her office. I am pleased that the show has been renewed for another season!

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My Expressitive Side is Taking Over and The No Bell Prize...

July 9th, 2013

My Expressitive Side is Taking Over and The No Bell Prize...

I have always considered my paintings to be an expressive form of Impressionism. I am fascinated with the intricate colors of light and shade but I also strive to put my emotions into my artwork. Right now I want to let my expressive side take over in a series of wildlife paintings. I hope to achieve an expression that will grab the viewer into another world. We will see how it goes.

My husband has come up with a great idea for a new prize for under achievers. He is going to call it The No Bell award. This award would be for all the people that don't really accomplish much. I can think of a lot of people that would win the No Bell award or the Not Quite a Ding a Ling award.

The Mindy Project is on Mondays right now. It has been renewed for another season! It is fun to see my drawing in her office. Check it out!



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On the Wild Side and Maybe I need a Sign...

June 29th, 2013

On the Wild Side and Maybe I need a Sign...

I used to think that artists didn't really return to old paintings to re-work them. I was wrong. I have done that on a number of occasions and am doing that right now. Pierre Bonnard, one of my heroes would work on three paintings at a time and turn them to the wall when he wasn't working on them. I cover mine, too. Paintings will drive you crazy if you let them. I don't want to go crazy. I like painting too much. Anyway, years ago I did a painting of a tiger's head and didn't like it at all. I put it away and when I was cleaning some things out I found it and decided to work on it again and it is coming right along! Wild animals can be a a great experience in oil paint! Colors and brushwork flying all over the place!

Tonight as I was making a right onto a gravel driveway in Montgomery County I slowed down so as not to mess up my car with ruts. I still got off the main road in a reasonable amount of time but the car behind me screeched on the gas pedal to let me know what a jerk I was in his opinion. I have to turn into this driveway every Friday so maybe I need a sign on my bumper that says this driveway is full of ruts so I am turning slowly. Give me a break all you creepy tailgators!

I have a large stencil with my Studio advertisement and phone number on the back windshield. When we got home my husband answered the phone and all he heard was a loud, screetching whistle. Maybe that was the guy that was behind me. You think?

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It gets More and More complicated and Beyond the Toes...

June 22nd, 2013

It gets More and More complicated and Beyond the Toes...

Lately my paintings have been a great experience. I am still, as Paul Frets once said to me, arm wrestling them down, but I am enjoying the struggle more than ever. I am at the point in my development when all of the past methods are coming together and having a party on the canvas! Complicated systems of colors and textures that add joy to my life. I can't imagine a life without paint. Winston Churchill once said that and I may have mentioned that quote before but it bears repeating for us happy artists!

I still have 20/20 vision but the reading vision is a mess. For a while I could put my feet out straight in front of me, attach the writing to my toes and read away. Now I think I am going to need an extra pair of glasses to put my glasses in the case. I guess one pair will have to stay out. My husband can top that. He actually asked people at his office where his glasses were. He couldn't find them anywhere. He was wearing them, and not on the top of his head. On his eyes. Bleary eyed computer nuts! Still working away and I can still see so I just keep going.....

The Mindy Project has been off for a while. Hope to see it and my drawing, "Reaching Out", in her office again soon!

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Lot of additions to my portfolio and I wish they would give up...

June 14th, 2013

Lot of additions to my portfolio and I wish they would give up...

Working away as always. I am pleased that I am keeping up my self-imposed schedule to upload three pieces of artwork a day to try to catch up on paintings and drawings that I haven't included. I am also adding my new work and photographs. This is a rather grueling task since I have to photograph the items outside with a tripod. I creep around my equipment. It is so easy to break cameras. One gust of wind and it could be all over. The last shoot was excellent! My back hurt afterwards but all of the paintings came out great! That usually doesn't happen. Something always goes wrong. Glad to have a good shoot!

The scammers are back on my trail again! I wish people wouldn't fall for their shipping scam so they would quit contacting me. Now I get texts that just ask if the painting is still available. I answer that one since it could be a legitimate inquiry. The next one says they want to buy it and they will send a check. I then tell them Paypal only. Their next one is, okay, what is your address so they can send me a check. Either they are dumber than a sack of hammers or they don't read my texts. I guess they just send out the same scammer lines to everybody.

My husband says they should be put in jail and handcuffed to a chair in front of a computer that only has scams. Twenty-four hours a day of forced scams. Nothing else. Of course we could never let that criminal get out of jail. He or she may have learned too much.

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The Mindy Project! I have missed a few episodes but I did see it on the 2nd,4th,5th,8th, and 18th episodes. It is across from her desk.

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Fantastic Feed Back from Great Patron and You would not bring back the Dinosaurs...

June 6th, 2013

Fantastic Feed Back from Great Patron and You would not bring back the Dinosaurs...

As I have said before I get quite nervous when I sell originals or prints online. I am always worried that the patron will not be happy with the work. Monitors are all set differently so I can't really know what they are seeing. I am so happy, knock on wood, that so far I have only received glowing comments and no complaints.

Recently I received feed back for a painting I sold in California and I just had to put it here for others to see. What a great compliment!

Stunning painting! Such vibrant, hues. This painting feels alive. Every time I pass it, it beckons me in-- bright, sunset hues, and undulating light. Very thoughtful seller, and perfect packaging. Thank you for sharing your gift with us!

The other night my husband was watching a Bewitched re-run and I decided to tease him a little. I asked him what he would do if he had magical powers. Since he is a staunch environmentalist he gave a mischievous reply. He would bring back the dinosaurs and take away all our weapons. Let's see what damage people can do to the earth if they are busy fighting off a tyrannosaurus rex with a rock! He really is a sweet man. Don't let that statement fool you!

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Sold another large canvas print of A Break in the Clouds, a large metal print of Wildflower Current and Maybe they struck a rock...

May 29th, 2013

Sold another large canvas print of A Break in the Clouds, a large metal print of Wildflower Current and Maybe they struck a rock...

So pleased to sell another large canvas print of A Break in the Clouds and my first print of Wildflower Current! Both of these paintings are very special to me. My husband, Clyde Kessler has spent countless hours researching birds and butterflies at Rock Castle Gorge on The Blue Ridge Parkway which is where A Break in the Clouds comes from. Wildflower Current is one of my best celebrations of color and texture! It is a vibrant beauty and I hope to sell many more prints of it. The original is still available. A Break in the Clouds sold the first time I exhibited it.

I have both paintings in the Limited Time Promotions section of Fine Art America. They are on pages three and four. Check it out! Large(24"x36") canvas prints at 40% off available for a short time.

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I get a lot of scammers on my phone regarding painting sales. I have mentioned in previous blogs about the scammers that want to send me a check that is more than the price of the painting and then I am supposed to pay their private shipper out of the excess amount. Of course, the check is bogus and I would be out the money I send the shipper that never shows up if I were stupid enough to fall for the scam. Funny thing. I stopped getting the scams for such a long time that I said to my husband that maybe the head scammer sent out a message to not waste your text money on me.

A few days ago they started up again! My husband said maybe they struck a rock on the river and all their equipment fell off the raft they were living on. They must have re-built and gotten another computer and cell phone. Anyway, they still have no hope with me.

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I am Loving it and Do not pull the plug...

May 23rd, 2013

I am Loving it and Do not pull the plug...

I have always used photographs as the basis for my expressive paintings for many reasons. The main one is the lack of privacy. People mean well but I can't concentrate when people talk to me when I work. If I set up an easel outside I am sure to get an audience. I think I have mentioned this before but I am not positive so here I go again. I had a friend that insisted on painting plein air and when people talked to her she would ignore them. I can't do that and I know I have mentioned before that I am not a slave to nature. Nature is my starting point and I take it from there so it is not necessary for me to paint from life.

Now I have included photography as one of my mediums and I am having a lot of fun presenting them as the end result! It isn't anywhere near as satisfying to me as painting but I do enjoy it. I have great respect for the medium, it just isn't what I do. Still, I think my photos are very interesting additions to my mediums. If you check out my portfolio you will find oil paintings, charcoal drawings, ink brush drawings,lithographs, etchings, aquatints, pen and ink, oil and soft pastel paintings, watercolors, colored pencil drawings and now, photographs.

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My husband and I are completely dry in the humour department so I am going to repeat something I saw on Facebook that brought back memories. A cat is lying next to a baby with a pacifier and the caption is, " Whatever you do, don't pull the plug". I am third in a family of four children so I heard a lot of stories about my baby years. It seems I was perfectly happy if I was fed and had my pacifier. My two older siblings loved to pull it out. I would scream and then they would put it back and I was quiet. I know what that cat was talking about!

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If you didn't catch me on The Hour of Joy you can see me on Episode 5 on her Website! The show was March 10th.

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Up-Loading Maniac and More Mirror Jokes...

May 15th, 2013

Up-Loading Maniac and More Mirror Jokes...

I am trying to get a schedule going to improve my portfolio. I am one prolific artist and I have a hard time keeping up with adding my new work and getting to older work that needs to be photographed or scanned into the computer. So I am trying to add three new items a day which is a lot more work for an already over-worked artist. Hope I can keep the pace up so I can catch up on work I have been meaning to add for a long time. Where is that fairy that will add more hours to the day? I want to have a serious talk with her.

My husband is coming up with more mirror jokes. I honestly think he still looks great. He has never thought much of his looks but now he claims one of the mirrors committed suicide and fell off the wall when he got near it. He also says he is afraid the bathroom mirror is going to hand him a lawsuit to get money to reflect him. Not so! The bed room mirror is still there and I haven't heard a peep out of the bathroom one!

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Also, look for my drawing, "Reaching Out", on The Mindy Project on FoxTV Tuesdays at 9:30! I have missed a few episodes but it was visible on the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8th, and 18th episodes.

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Check out my Photographs and Yes they do...

May 9th, 2013

Check out my Photographs and Yes they do...

Painting is my passion but I also like to take photographs so I decided to add them to my portfolio. I have noticed a number of artists have photographs along with their paintings or drawings or whatever. I like to create spatial and colorful effects with the camera. Most of my paintings start with a photograph I take but I change them considerably until I like my painting much more than I like the photograph. As I have said before, photo realism is just not for me. Got to have elaborate, complicated, expressive brushwork. You can't reproduce a photograph with that in it. Anyway, I am pleased with my new folder which is entitled I love the Beach Creative Photographs. I hope to sell prints of them.

On the way home from a vacation I was starting to get punchy behind the wheel so I decided it was time to goad my husband into saying something that would make me laugh. I saw the sign that said traffic speed enforced by aircraft or something like that so I asked my husband if that meant an airplane would swoop down and give me a ticket. He said no but they have a special airplane that swoops down and sucks up the offending car and then takes it right to the police station. He says that is an old joke but I hadn't heard it before so it made me laugh. Glad to be home!



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So happy the patron likes it and It is simple arithmetic...

May 1st, 2013

I am so glad my patron for my latest portrait commission is happy. I always check with them before it is completed to see if they are happy with the likeness. She is thrilled with the painting and took a picture with her phone to show her husband. Portraits are so tricky. One of my favorite sayings is, Don't do portraits because there is always something wrong around the mouth. I am proud to say I have always had 100% success rate with commissions and would be glad to do more. This patron is making plans for the next commission of her daughter after this one is done.

As I have said before sometimes you just can't get to the mute button fast enough. There is a commercial on now that is really irritating my husband. The announcer claims it is simple physics, a body in motion tends to stay in motion. My husband's response is, it is simple arithmetic. You have a drug to sell me and I am not going to buy it. The answer is zero sales.

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Scammers, Scammers, Scammers, and If Stupid were...

April 22nd, 2013

Scammers, Scammers, Scammers, and If Stupid were...

I sure am getting lots of scammers on my cell phone lately. They all want to buy my item. First, they want to know the condition of the item and then they want to get it in a hurry so they will send a shipper. Of course they will pay me more than the price and then I will have to send the excess money to the private shipper that never shows up. Their method of payment is fake and I am out the shipping money. I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer but I would never fall for that one.

My husband and I were discussing the state of our country and we came to the conclusion that if stupid were money, the budget would be balanced and there would be so much money left over that we could all rocket to all the planets in the universe. I would like to say we haven't contributed to the stupid account but I don't think that would be true. We have done our part.

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So glad to sell another print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island and On a mission...

April 15th, 2013

So glad to sell another print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island and On a mission...

So glad to sell another print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island. This is one of my best sellers and I hope to sell many more. The original is still available but it is 41"x60". I hope to find a patron that would like a large landscape for their home or office. It is one of my favorites but I want to find a home for it. I am one prolific artist and I like to see my "children" move on out into the world. Looks like I may be getting another commission so I had better get the one I have now done soon. I have never had to wait so long for each layer to dry due to the change in white oil paint. I had better count on that in the future or find a manufacturer that has not turned white paint into something a littler thicker than melted butter. This is going to take some getting used to.

My husband and I often wonder why some drivers go so far over the speed limit in town only to end up at the same red light the others end up at. Why are some people in such a hurry? Could it be their butts are on fire and they have to get some where fast to put it out? Or, as my brother-in-law says, they must be on a mission for God so we have to get out of the way. I like both reasons. Love to laugh!



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Computers do not like me and That is why they do that...

April 9th, 2013

Computers do not like me and That is why they do that...

I really have to restrain myself from taking a hammer to our computer at times. I carefully composed an email newsletter that I sent out last night. I followed the instructions to the letter as I always do and for some reason my rough draft was sent out instead of the final version. So, instead of the location where I will be appearing with my artwork on May 7th, there is an incomplete sentence that is embarrassing. From now on I will compose the letter on a word document and copy paste it. This is the second time this has happened and there will not be a third! I am going to try to cheer up now. This is certainly not the end of the world.

I think I have figured out why there are commercials of the program included in the commercial breaks. Now there are so many commercial breaks the producers show a bleep of the program because they are afraid you won't come back and then you will miss more commercials. I'm not sure, but I think there are more commercial breaks then actual program. I think I will time them.

I will be appearing with some of my work at the Pulaski Market Place on May 7th from 4-8pm! Hope to see you there and don't forget about my Limited Time Promotions on Fine Art America! Just sold another large canvas print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island to a great Virgina patron.

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Got to get some white and a Life Affirming Experience...

March 31st, 2013

Got to get some white and a Life Affirming Experience...

A week ago Thursday I finished one of many layers of a portrait commission I am working on and most of it is still soaking wet! I went online and ordered some Utrecht white which I hope will arrive soon. I hope this is not a trend. I can't handle waiting all this time to get to each layer. I don't even use any kind of medium, just mineral spirits. As always, I am working on a number of paintings at the same time but this drying time has got to speed up. I am way behind in uploading work so I will get to that soon. There is no rest for workaholics!

Tonight my back is hurting which is nothing new. I used to have horrible back pain due to a ruptured disc but I worked hard to build myself up and I don't have that excrutiating pain down my legs anymore. I went back to skating and that was the end of severe back pain, but I do get sore. I decided I needed to do something that is life affirming so I asked my husband if stuffing five fudge brownies in my mouth would be a life affirming experience. He said it might be a fat affirming experience for me and a killer experience for him since he can't handle wheat.

Oh well! They sure look good in the pan but I think I will save them for tomorrow's get together at my in-laws.



Mindy is back in her office! I was glad to see my drawing again on the wall opposite her desk. The show is getting good reviews so I think it will last. Look for "Reaching Out" on The Mindy Project on Tuesday nights at 9:30 pm.



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What is with the white and Pass the buck...

March 25th, 2013

What is with the white and Pass the buck...

Not much in the way of news right now. I am just content to work on my current portait commission and start some new works. I don't know what the manufacturers are doing right now to white oil paint but I have a top brand that takes forever to dry. Oil paint has always had a slow drying time but this new stuff is ridiculous. I don't work wet-in-wet. I combine a number of low-level impasto layers together and I am not used to waiting so long to get to the next layer. I am glad the patron that hired me for the portrait commission is not in a hurry. I can't blow on it. Acrylics aren't for me, but right now they are looking pretty good. They dry at the speed of light compared to oils.

Our dog is well into her hundreds in dog years and our dog care activities are getting rather laborious. It is difficult to get her outside. I was coaxing her out with treats but now she isn't responding to that so I have to pull her which I hate to do. The other day I asked my husband to get her out and he passed the buck to our son. I heard him say, ask her if she wants to go out and put her out even if she says no. What a smart alec!

That dog hasn't talked in years!

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Working away on a Commission and Where is my onion....

March 18th, 2013

Working away on a Commission and Where is my onion....

I am working away on my latest commission which brings me to the sad fact that I don't have my commission works online. One in the long list of many things I need to do. I am so busy with current work that it is hard to get up the energy to get caught up on things that should be done. Oh well, I am glad that the first layer of the commission is done and the patron is very happy with the likeness of her father. Now for all the other layers.

Tonight as I was thinking about the evening meal I realized I only had a very small piece of onion to cook with the pork chops. Earlier today My husband asked me if I needed anything since he was going to the store. I went into the computer room and asked him where was the onion that I should have asked him for. He replied that I didn't ask for one. I said you would think after a million years of marriage you would be able to read my mind. His reply was you would think after a million years of evolution I would be able to climb a tree but we both know that isn't going to happen. I don't think I am going to get my onion unless I go to the store. Of course, I don't really expect my husband to read my mind but you would think after a million years of marriage...

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Check me out on TV and We are not Worthy...

March 11th, 2013

Check me out on TV and We are not Worthy...

Yesterday was my appearance on The Hour of Joy program on FoxTV27 out of Roanoke, VA. It was a great show and I'm proud I and my paintings were on it. If you didn't get a chance to see it, you can watch it on Joy's website http://www.thehourofjoy.com/. Joy Sutton is a terrific talk show host who wants to be the next Oprah!

I guess living with The Bird Man has influenced my artwork more than I thought it did. I do credit his knowledge of The Blue Ridge Mountains and The New River Valley for a lot of great painting ideas, but I never thought I would be including birds in my work. Right now I am about to finish a painting that includes an Osprey. I wouldn't know one bird from another if I hadn't married Clyde who is a well known naturalist in Southwest Virginia. One time I mentioned on Facebook that I had learned a lot from Clyde and the late, former writer for The Roanoke Times, Seth Williamson added ,we have all learned a lot from Clyde. We are not worthy, we are not worthy, we are not worthy...

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Glad to sell another original and Where does it go...

March 4th, 2013

Glad to sell another original and Where does it go...

Sold another original to a great patron in California! This one was hard to let go. "Blue Ridge Jewels" is true to it's title. The colors are like jewels which is one of many reasons I love living in Southwest Virginia. There is nothing like the vistas in this area and on The Blue Ridge Parkway which is the source for many of my paintings. The patron that bought the painting said she has been looking at my paintings for "many moons" and will be buying more for her new home in Half Moon Bay California. She and her husband are people after my own heart. They are teachers. Anyone that thinks teachers have a cushy job has never taught. He or she would change their mind after one day in the classroom. I am grateful to all my teachers and I will never forget the many great comments I received from my students when I taught at Radford University.

The other day my husband and I became even more aware of how computers have changed our lives and our language. I accidentally put something important in the trash. I didn't know I could get it back out and was relieved when I did. It made me wonder. When the trash is emptied, where does it go? I asked my husband and he said with a confused expression that he takes it to Seventeenth St. where he has been taking it for years. He thought I was talking about the recyclables. Maybe I should take a break from my work and go phishing. Just joking, of course, but I do love to fish!

Be sure to look for me on The Hour of Joy this Sunday at 11:00am on Fox27 out of Roanoke.

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So glad to sell another print of Natural Rhythm, three paintings, a commission, and What kind of error do you want...

February 25th, 2013

So glad to sell another print of Natural Rhythm, three paintings, a commission, and What kind of error do you want...

I am so pleased to sell another print of the popular painting, "Natural Rhythm", to a great patron in Louisiana! Also, three of my small paintings went to a great patron in Arizona! It is great to sell prints, but it is especially great to sell originals! The three that were selected were vibrant pieces that I will miss - especially "Peachy Sunset". The wonderful thing about these small works is I can scan them into the computer and buyers can get huge prints. And to make my week even better, I am starting a portrait commission. I like portrait commissions but they can be difficult. So far, I have had no complaints. I always have the patrons check the likeness in the early stages so they will be happy with the end product.

I hate to bother my husband about writing but he is a published writer and knows grammar better than I ever will. If my life depended on my knowledge of the parts of speech I would be dead. Grammar was hard for me. Like a lot of artists I have trouble with words so sometimes I get my husband to proof-read things I write so there won't be any glaring errors. His smart-alec response to my request is what kind of errors do you want? NO ERRORS, SMARTY PANTS!

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Not Therapy to me and Making a Cake...

February 17th, 2013

Not Therapy to me and Making a Cake...

I am so glad I paint and play the piano! I have noticed that people with difficult lives are encouraged to take up an art form for therapy. Well, I didn't know when I became involved with the arts at a young age that it was considered a type of therapy. I just love what I do and I hope I can keep on painting and playing the piano my whole life! Having a wonderful time working on some small paintings. It will be great to scan them in so patrons can either buy the original at a much lower price than my larger works or buy huge prints of them.

A few days ago I decided to make half of a German Chocolate cake for three reasons. One, my fructose intolerant husband can't eat cake. Two, my son does not like German Chocolate cake ,which I find almost impossible to believe. Three, I can't eat a whole one before it starts slumping over and dying. I have had to fight the battle of the bulge my whole life so I try to avoid things that I would like to sink both hands in and stuff into my mouth. But, as I told my husband, sometimes you have to have something that is bad for you, and he added, especially if it is good. What is gooder(bad grammar intended) than German Chocolate cake? Not much unless you get out the pecan pie! That may be better depending on who makes it.



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Having fun working small and Ordering nuts online...

February 11th, 2013

Having fun working small and Ordering nuts online...

I am enjoying some small works right now! I just uploaded "Color Ripples on the Blue Ridge" and have received a lot of hits and great comments! I prefer to work large but right now I want to paint a few that can be scanned into the computer so people can order huge prints of them. I have a number of galleries on my website and Megaview has 32 to choose from. There are originals for sale in the gallery but it is possible to make huge prints of all of them. My most popular one is "Stepping Stones on The New River".

A few days ago I noticed a strange low humming noise in our bedroom. I asked my husband what he thought it was and he said he couldn't hear it. Well, if you think you are crazy because you are hearing things then you can't be crazy so I figured there was a noise. I asked him to move around the room. When he got close to the wall he said he could hear a slight hum coming from the roof. I pretended to be scared and asked him what he thought it was. I don't know, maybe a squirrel with an ipad is ordering nuts online. So much for eerie noises!

Be sure to check out my weekly canvas print specials on Fine Art America and check out The Mindy Project for my drawing, "Reaching Out", in her office. She hasn't been there for a while. Hope they have more shots of it.

My appearance on The Hour of Joy will be on March 10th 11:00 am on FoxTV channel 27 out of Roanoke. It will be on The Hour of Joy website.

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Enjoyed the TV taping of me on The Hour of Joy and You want me to put it on the floor...

February 3rd, 2013

Enjoyed the TV taping of me on The Hour of Joy and You want me to put it on the floor...

I had a great day in Roanoke yesterday for the taping of my appearance on The Hour of Joy and I didn't trip or say anything particularly stupid! The audience seemed to like my short talk and they especially liked the three large paintings I brought with me. The crew put them up on easels and Joy commented that the one behind her made it look like she was outdoors! The lighting was good and I put on my-I am not painfully shy and can do this act- that I did for twenty years at Radford University. My back muscles were spasming big time afterwards. People commented that I was perfectly composed and natural. Maybe I should have gone into acting. Anyway, it was great working with Joy and the crew. Everyone was so nice!

The other day my husband was complaining that he couldn't reach the itchy spots with lotion on his back and I mentioned to him that there were other ways of getting the lotion on there. His reply was do you want me to squirt it on the floor and roll in it? No, me, you could ask me to put it on, genius.

I put it on so now he isn't so miserable.

Check out my large canvas print specials on Fine Art America this week and "Reaching Out" on The Mindy Project. So far there have been shots of it on the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 8th episodes. It is in her office across from her desk.

Here are the paintings that will be on The Hour of Joy on March 10th!
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Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out and You are on your own...

January 26th, 2013

Pleased to sell another print of Reaching Out  and You are on your own...

I am pleased that my drawing, "Reaching Out", is reaching new places. This time a framed print went to a great patron in Wexford Pennsylvania. It is great to see in on The Mindy Project in the main character's office. I hope more patrons will get a print of my best seller!

Can't think of anything funny and my main source, my husband, said I am on my own this time. My television appearance will be taped this Saturday. It was supposed to be today but it was called due to weather. I guess I can trip over my own feet next Saturday just as well as I would have today. Now I can be uptight for another week. My friend can't help me this Saturday, so my husband will be in the audience instead of her. Not sure what I think of that. He better not make any faces at me or I am doomed.

Anyway, check out my canvas print specials on Fine Art America and come April 3rd I will be on FoxTV out of Roanoke with Joy Sutton. They have easels for my work and I am going to give away one of my small gem paintings. Should be fun but my nervous stomach tells me otherwise. Looking forward to the taping and looking forward to it being over!

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Glad to sell another print of Reaching Out and They will just put you on a computer...

January 20th, 2013

Glad to sell another print of Reaching Out and They will just put you on a computer...

I am pleased to sell another large print of Reaching Out to a great patron in Louisville, Kentucky!. That print sure is getting around! I haven't seen it on The Mindy Project in the last two episodes. Mindy needs to get back into her office! It is a lot of fun to see it there. The print is still number one on Fine Art America in the search results for charcoal nudes, nude girl drawings, nude drawings, and black and white nude girls.

Be sure to check out my YouTube video of it and other nudes of mine.

I am spending more and more time on the internet working at promoting my artwork. I keep discovering new ways to increase traffic which in turn increases my sitting time in front of the monitor. My husband says I am addicted to the computer and I told him I can quit anytime I want to. He said I needed help to quit this addiction but figures the cure would probably be some sort of therapy in front of the computer. I guess I can handle that, since I am there most of the time anyway. BRING IT ON! Oh well! I guess there are worse things in life than being a computer addict. I don't play the games!

Be sure to check out this week's canvas print specials on Fine Art America. Large 40% off prints of favorite paintings. Just click on Limited Time at the top right of the site. Mine are on page three and four this time.
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Not Oprah and I thought I had CTK...

January 16th, 2013

Not Oprah and I thought I had CTK...

A few days ago I sent out my newsletter and one of my friends sent me an email to find out when I was going to be on The Oprah Show. My title was Kendall Kessler to be on Television with the NEXT Oprah. Joy Sutton, former WSLS newscaster now has a show, "The Hour of Joy" on Sunday mornings on FoxTV out of Roanoke. At her party she made the comment that she wanted to be the next Oprah so I thought that would make an eye-catching title. I guess it worked but I hope everyone reads the email to know exactly where I will be seen on April 3rd!

I have noticed that scientists have discovered a new disorder called PBA. Some people have uncontrollable fits of laughter or crying. They laugh or cry so hard that they gasp for air. I have had the laughing part since I got married. My husband is hilarious and sometimes we think we may have to call 911. I just thought I had CTK, short for Clyde Thomas Kessler but now I know I have some sort of disease. Maybe I should get a lawyer and fight for disibility benefits. My husband thinks I qualify for a handicap sticker. Just kidding around! I have lived with CTK for a long time and I think I can continue to handle it without the medical profession's help.

Be sure to look for my most popular drawing on The Mindy Project! I didn't see it last week. It is in her office and there have been a lot of shots of it on the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 8th episodes. Hope to see it this Tuesday!

Also, be sure to check out my canvas print specials starting tomorrow. Just click on the Limited Time icon on Fine Art America. Mine are usually on the 2nd or 3rd pages.

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Picking out Paintings for my FoxTV appearance and You are not as nosey...

January 7th, 2013

Picking out Paintings for my FoxTV appearance and You are not as nosey...

I am getting excited and nervous about appearing on FoxTV this spring. The taping is on January 26th so I have got to get my act together! I am still not sure which paintings I want to bring but I did find a nice dress today that I think I would be comfortable in. I hate pants. I can't ever seem to get ones that fit me right. My friend has some fancy shoes she thinks I should wear but I'm not sure I can wear them without tripping. Never could wear heels with skinny posts. Anyway, I'll be there for the taping. I can't miss out on this opportunity!

At my last check up I found out I had gained a few pounds which is not typical for me. My weight stays the same so I was surprised. I went on a diet and lost the three offenders. In church today I was having a harder time than usual keeping my glasses from falling off. I said to my husband that maybe I lost weight in my nose. He agreed and said I wasn't as nosey now. Arrgh! He is definitely going to punnel me to death!

Be sure to check out my drawing, "Reaching Out" on The Mindy Project which starts over January 8th with new episodes.

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Also, remember my canvas print specials on Fine Art America. This week I have a sale on a huge print of Blue Ridge Jewels. Just look on the Limited time section at the upper right. Mine are on page 3 and 4.

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So glad to be back and You are big....

December 30th, 2012

So glad to be back and You are big....

Been down with a bad back spasm the last few days. I am such a workalcoholic that I get so tired my back goes out. It doesn't happen because I didn't bend my knees when I picked up something heavy, or when I accidentally fall, or if I reach higher than I should. It just goes out. I get to the point when I am really working hard and proud of my accomplishments and then, I guess my body says, Vacation time! I was getting ready to go to bed and as I pulled up my pajama bottoms -Yikes! Out for two days. Oh well. I'm back and trying not to work so hard but that is like asking time to stand still. Not going to happen.

The other day I was delivering a Christmas package to my neighbor who is single and lives with her toy poodle named Yogi. Her sister was visiting her. Yogi looked to me like he had really porked out and I almost said, Yogi, you are so fat but I caught myself after a long pause and said big! The neighbor's sister cracked up. Did you hear that long pause before she almost said fat? Sometimes the insults just come out no matter what you do. The dog is like the neighbor's child so I hope I am not in the dog house.

Be sure to check out my Limited Time Promotions on Fine Art America and look for my best-selling print, Reaching Out, on The Mindy Project. So far, the drawing has been visible on the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 8th episodes. There will be new episodes starting January 8th!

Also, look for me and my paintings on The Hour of Joy on Fox TV out of Roanoke, VA. My appearance is tentatively set for April 3rd,2013!



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Painting Away and The Enabler...

December 23rd, 2012

Painting Away and The Enabler...

I am, as always, working very hard at my paintings. Soon, I will have to take a break and get ready to be on The Hour of Joy which will be taped January 26th. I am apprehensive about appearing on TV but I think it will be a great opportunity to attract more patrons to my work. All I want to do is paint but I have to do other thing to promote it or I can't find homes for them. I am real excited about my current small painting. I think it is one of the most sensitive paintings I have ever done. I look forward to uploading it when it is dry.

I like to sort laundry in our bedroom while my husband is watching TV. When I get to his stuff I gently throw it at him and usually cover his face. It is a fun game we play. I told him that I must really be an aggressive bully to throw underwear at my husband. His reply was, what about me?

I must be a shameful enabler to let you do it. It obviously doesn't take a lot to entertain us.

Don't forget to check out my most popular print, "Reaching Out" on The Mindy Project. So far, there have been a lot of shots of it on the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 8th episodes.


Also, be sure to check out my canvas print specials on Fine Art America!

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Pleased to sell another print of Burning Shore and It just is not funny...

December 17th, 2012

Pleased to sell another print of Burning Shore and It just is not funny...

I am so pleased to sell another print of one of my favorite paintings to a great patron in Mobile, Alabama! The painting is owned by a New York patron and I miss it. It was one of my Small Gem paintings and was 5"x7". It is great that patrons can get a huge print of this beautiful painting. It is one of my most expressive works.

I can't think of anything funny right now. It is hard to joke around after tragedies. Humor is one of life's joys that keeps me going but I can't help but be quite sad right now. My son is no longer in school but if I had gotten a call that he was killed at school I'm not sure I would be here right now.

I am looking forward to being on The Hour of Joy on April 3rd! It will be great to have my paintings on TV. I love what I do and will be thrilled to talk about my work to such a large audience.

So far on The Mindy Project my best-selling print "Reaching Out" has been seen on the2d, 4th, 5th, and 8th episodes! It is great to watch a show and see my work there!



Be sure to check out my weekly large canvas print specials on Fine Art America and Happy Holidays to everyone!

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Why Have I Been Blocked From The Discussions

December 16th, 2012

I just posted a discussion about a Jury Request that doesn't have any other information and I am told I cannot post in the discussions until 12-20-12. I have never posted a rude or confrontational comment on this site.

I would like to know what is going on?

So pleased to sell another original painting and An apple a day...

December 11th, 2012

So pleased to sell another original painting and An apple a day...

I am so pleased to sell another original painting! This one was a favorite floral called "Color Flow". A very nice young man drove down from Washington and Lee University to buy it for his girlfriend for Christmas. They are both about to graduate and plan to be corporate lawyers. I wish them well! Paintings can be the greatest gift. They only go up in value and it is a gift from the heart and soul of someone who lives to paint. I only wish I didn't always have dirty dishes in my future. Not to mention dirty laundry and dirty house. I still get to paint because I am nothing if not organized. I have my faults, but I am determined to paint and nothing stops me.

The other day I mentioned to my fructose intolerant husband that I usually eat an apple a day so I guess I keep the doctor away. His response was if he ate an apple a day the doctor would be every day to take all his money. What kind of crazy diet asks people to give up most vegetable and fruits? Fructose intolerance is a mean trip.



Be sure to look for my best-selling print, "Reaching Out", on The Mindy Project. I am looking forward to being on TV myself this spring on The Hour of Joy. Joy Sutton is quite an interesting lady and I agree with her that we need a program of good news.



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Sold another large canvas print and They took my house...

December 3rd, 2012

Sold another large canvas print and They took my house...

I am so pleased to sell another print of one of my most popular works of art, "Natural Rhythm". This is my first sale in Arizona so now I have originals and prints in 20 states, Washington D.C., Canada, Germany, and Australia. My work marches on! As I have said before, I want to cover the world and die with a paint brush in my hand.

Looking forward to my TV appearance on The Hour of Joy this spring with Joy Sutton who wants to be the next Oprah. Such an energetic lady! I have no doubt she will succeed and I am honored to be on her show.

It is still great fun for me to see my most popular drawing, "Reaching Out", on The Mindy Project on Tuesday nights at 9:30 on Fox TV. So far there have been a lot of shots on it on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th episodes. I hope to see it this Tuesday.

I usually look to my husband for something funny but this one is on me. I have a new spin on all those commercials that claim you can get a lot of money and keep your car.

I got the money I needed and they didn't take my car! This is great! Since they took my house, I am now living in it! Zoom, zoom!

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Still excited about my TV appearance and I do not want staples

November 27th, 2012

Still excited about my TV appearance and I do not want staples

Still very excited about being on TV for the first time! I hope I don't stutter or knock one of my paintings off of an easel. I have decided I should take two paintings of the region and one shore scene. I paint people, places, and things but I concentrate on the beautiful Appalachian mountains and eastern shore scenes. They are my two favorite subjects and I never tire of them. The show is The Hour of Joy on My19 out of Roanoke and the host is Joy Sutton who wants to be the next Oprah.

The other day I was complaining to my husband that I might have to get more money out of the bank for weekly expenditures. I know it is silly, but I don't use ATMs. I use a check once a week for cash. I just prefer to have the record of what we use. This week the car and the doctor took more then usual and I wasn't sure I could get the groceries without getting more out of the bank. Since I had two group dinner invitations my husband said the grocery bill probably would be pretty low this week. I told him he would be amazed how much our staples cost. Of course, he couldn't resist saying he didn't want to eat staples. When you marry a writer, you really do get punned to death!

Be sure to check out my Limited Time Promotions on Fine Art America and look for my most popular drawing on The Mindy Project Tuesday nights at 9:30pm.

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Looking Forward to my TV Appearance and If I used pillows...

November 22nd, 2012

Looking Forward to my TV Appearance and If I used pillows...

I am still excited about my TV appearance on My19 out of Roanoke VA this spring! I am so pleased Joy Sutton asked me to be on her show, The Hour of Joy", and the tentative date is April 3rd. The show will be taped January 26th in front of a live audience. I guess 20 years in front of college students will help me get through this. My problem, as usual, is I should get ready for this early and pick out the paintings I will bring, but, as always, I am more concerned with painting. I have 3 small ones right now that I am achieving certain color and texture effects that I have never achieved before! Painting is such a fantastic experience! I will be sure to bring that up on the show.

The other day I was complaining to my nurse friend that sometimes I wake up with soreness in my hip at the ball joint. I was wondering if my mattress is to blame and she said it could just be age. Now no one wants to hear that! She said I could try putting pillows under my legs to alleviate the pressure. I am such a restless sleeper that I doubt that would help. When I mentioned that to my husband he said I would have the pillows down his throat before the night is over. I don't doubt that one bit!

Be sure to check out my canvas print specials on Fine Art America and look for my best-selling print on The Mindy Project Tuesdays at 9:30. There were great shots of it on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th episodes. Since it is small it is easy to see the whole thing. I haven't yelled get out of the way once!

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Enjoyed Meeting Talk Show Host Joy Sutton and Maybe they are this years...

November 17th, 2012

Enjoyed Meeting Talk Show Host Joy Sutton and Maybe they are this years...

I had a great time at Joy Sutton's party last Thursday! She is quite a dynamic lady and wants to be the next Oprah! I have no doubt she will succeed! Her show has been renewed for a second season and the time has been moved to 11:00 Sunday mornings. I am looking forward to being one of her guests this Spring. My date is tentatively April 3rd!

Don't forget about my drawing, "Reaching Out", on The Mindy Project 9:30 Tuesday nights on Fox. There were great shots of it on the 2nd,4th, and 5th episodes!

For many years now I have been buying golden delicious apples instead of the red ones. They always seemed to be sweeter and firmer. Lately the ones I have been buying are too tart so I went back to red delicious which I figured would be a big mistake. Much to my surprise they are great, not mushy, and sweet! I made that comment to my husband and he said maybe the stores ran out of last years apples and are selling this year's crop. What a comment! Anyway, I'm glad they aren't mushy and low on taste.



Be sure to check out my YouTube videos. Just put Kendall Kessler in the search. Also, be sure to check out my Limited Time specials on Fine Art America. Large canvas prints of three popular prints are 40% off.
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Sold another print and this time I will be on TV...

November 11th, 2012

Sold another print and this time I will be on TV...

So glad to sell another print to a great patron in Riner, VA. This sale was of a cabin at Clayor Lake in Dublin, VA. Beautiful place!

I am pleased that my drawing,"Reaching Out" is beautifully displayed on Fox's The Mindy Project but now I am very excited that I will be on My19 out of Roanoke, VA. Joy Sutton contacted me to ask me to be on her show, The Hour of Joy, which is on 10-11 Saturdays and 6-7 Sundays. My appearance will be taped January 26th and the tentative air date is April 3rd. They are going to set up some of my paintings on easels. I hope I don't trip!

I was looking at some old photos online of girl in the 40's and thought they looked great! They didn't look like they hadn't eaten in a week like a lot of models do these days. Slender is fine but I think we have taken it to extremes. My husband said if one of those models saw a potato chip in a room they would run out screaming! I think girls should be allowed to eat just like guys.

Be sure to check out my canvas print sales this week on Fine Art America!

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That Turned out All Right and Blocking...

November 4th, 2012

That Turned out All Right and Blocking...

I finished a painting that I thought I had finished a long time ago. I am pleased that I was able to remember the methods I used then and completed it without making into a different painting. That is always a very tricky thing to do. I have completely re-done a few old paintings and was glad I did. They just needed one more layer for success. This one just needed a few modifications in a few areas. Now I am happy with it and will not work on it again - I think.

I think I have mentioned this one about football players before but I am not about to go through all my blogs to find out so bear with me, because I know I have a different punch line. I'm not much for sports and I can't get into football. I have the greatest respect for all the effort that goes into games but I would rather do something else. Last year I was invited to a friend's house to watch the Superbowl and it was the first time I really looked closely at the players. I was amazed to see that some of the players were overweight with big guts. I thought the only athletes that were allowed to be fat were suma wrestlers.

Recently I made that comment again to my husband about a player that had quite a protuding gut and was wondering how he could play so well with the extra weight. He said get between him and a cheeseburger and you will see how well he blocks.



Be sure to check out my YouTube videos. I am especially proud of the one I did on my florals except for the grammar error when I said this paintings instead of these paintings. I get nervous when I record my voice and make goofy mistakes. Just put my name in the search!

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Strange Experience and I Would not Text You...

October 29th, 2012

Strange Experience and I Would not Text You...

I am hoping to get some work done today on an old painting that I want to add to my portfolio on my website. It is always a strange experience to work on an old painting. Even though all of my work has my stamp on it, there are changes over the years that are more evident to me than the viewer. My methods are completely different from when I started out so the trick is to go back in time to work on an old one or use my current methods to change it completely. I don't want to do the latter so I have to try and remember how I approached it many years ago. Art is such a trip!

I have noticed in movies and real life that sometimes people will text very serious messages rather than talk to the person. Since I grew up without cell phones or computers I find this an odd approach to communication. It was a long time before I got my curmudgeon husband to even buy a cell phone and since he hardly uses it, he has 700 minutes on it. He says when the Martians finally contact him he will be able to have a long, long conversation. He never texts and when I mentioned to him that he would never text a serious message to me, he said he wouldn't text me to put the burgers on the grill. I like living with a comedian!

Be sure to check out my YouTubes. Just put my name in the search.


Also check out my large canvas print specials this week on Fine Art America and look for Reaching Out on The Mindy Project! There were three shots of it on the second episode.

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My New YouTube Video and Flying out the Window...

October 25th, 2012

My New YouTube Video and Flying out the Window...

I am very pleased with my latest YouTube video on Beautiful Beaches! The colors in the first ones are great! The last one is a little low in color due to the lighting in the room I used to made the video. Since I say welcome to Towhee Hill Studio at the beginning, I guess I should use my studio but the spacing is so awkward in there and the light is better in the computer room. Anyway, here it is so be sure to look. If you put my name in the search all four will come up on the first page.

http://youtu.be/GZL_rm12bCU


My husband and I are getting so sick of the political commercials and the stream of phone calls to vote the way the caller wants us to. We are constantly clicking the mute button but the ringing phone is getting on our nerves. I think there will be one positive outcome of this presidential election. Out landline is going to fly out the window at a hundred miles an hour and we will just turn off the cells.

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Check out my YouTubes and Headaches...

October 21st, 2012

Check out my YouTubes and Headaches...

I have been working hard on some YouTubes of my work in spite of two sick guys at home. My husband is better but my son took a few days off last week and then started a secondary infection that swelled his throat up so much he could hardly talk. Anyway, I am proud of my efforts and I hope people keep checking them out. The first one is on my Beautiful Nude Series which includes "Reaching Out" which was picked out of over three million works of art on Fine Art America to be on The Mindy Project. The second one is on my portrait work and includes my recent portrait of world famous violinist David Garrett and the third one is on the beautiful Blue Ridge Vistas that I have made and sold many paintings of. I live in the most beautiful place in the world and I never tire of painting it and adding my own special interpretation.

A new commercial about a help center got my husband and I joking around as usual. The center is called The Headache Center, and , of course, the purpose is to help people who suffer from headaches but we couldn't help cracking jokes about how this must be the place to go if you need a headache. This week only, two for one sale! Buy one headache and get the second one free! No offense to the center but I think they might consider adding the word Relief to the name.

I am working on a portrait this week that I didn't finish a long time ago. Yes, artists do go back to old work sometimes which is why it is always good to sell them. Sometimes revisions kill the initial effort. Fingers crossed!

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Knocking on Wood and You might get another political ad...

October 16th, 2012

Knocking on Wood and You might get another political ad...

Lately I feel like I am slogging through mud trying to get things done. A little over a week ago my husband and son came down with a nasty virus and I slathered on hand sanitizer and knocked on wood all over the house. I didn't get their bugs but it is so hard to work when you have sick people to care for. My son got better and then last night started a different viral infection while my husband is still hacking from the first one. I keep wanting to put up another YouTube video but I need the time to do it and quiet to record. Oh well, maybe tomorrow I can get my third one up which will be on Blue Ridge Vistas. I have my piano music on Audacity for the background and the paintings up. Fingers crossed!

I keep seeing this ad on TV about a device that removes hair, a grooming practice which didn't use to be so important. I guess we went from long hair hippies to short hair or bald on purpose kids without a hair anywhere else on their bodies. I jokingly told my husband I wanted to order one of the devices. He said I better not because I might get another political commercial to go with it. I might get someone telling me to vote Republican. Democrats have too much hair. Just kidding around!

Be sure to check out my canvas print sales on Fine Art America!

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Sold another original oil painting and You married me...

October 12th, 2012

Sold another original oil painting and You married me...

I am pleased to sell another original Blue Ridge Mountain oil painting of Clover Hollow in Giles County to a great patron in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I am especially pleased with the brushwork of this painting and the warm/cool color contrast.



I am really enjoying my excursion into non-objective or non-figurative art for a while. I am doing some oils and some acrylics and the process is absorbing and intricate. Even though I am and have always been a representational artist, I find it next door to impossible to convince people that all levels of abstraction are the same to me in regards to how the painting is done. I may base a painting on a scene from nature but I am not a slave to it and my decisions regarding spacing, line, color, texture, and brushwork are pretty much the same regardless of the level of abstraction. The painting takes on a life of its own.

I was glad that my drawing, "Reaching Out", was visible on the second episode of The Mindy Project which I thought was the best of the three that have been shown. Hope to see it again on the next episode. I wish they had placed it on the wall with all the diplomas. It is on the wall opposite that one and they seem to concentrate on Mindy's desk and the wall across from her.

My husband is still feeling pretty awful from a viral infection so my comedy writer has been off for a while. I haven't thought of anything myself but I am going to repeat something I saw on Facebook. A woman says her husband thinks she is crazy but she isn't the one that married her. Something to think about!
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Check out my second video on Portraits and There are Mice running around...

October 7th, 2012

Check out my second video on Portraits and There are Mice running around...

I am pleased to have posted my second video. This one is on my portrait work and includes my recent portrait of the virtuoso violinist David Garrett. I think the photography turned out well and the music helps to enhance the discussion of the paintings. The next one will be on my many landscapes of The Blue Ridge Mountains.

I came so close to throwing the computer out of the window yesterday. I don't understand the ridiculous problems I encounter when trying to do simple things on it. Why does the software change? Why did my tutorials disappear on Aperture? Why did the button that said workable movie disappear on my Canon software and was replaced with an upload to YouTube that would not accept my username and password? Argh!!!!! My husband came home, fiddled with it for a while, found my video and placed it on the desktop. All I can say is I better leave this life before him or I may take a hatchet to the computer and then I would really be in a fix.

He explained to me that there are mice running around on the computer. Each one is vying for the same piece of cheese in the software and they thumb their noses at the ones that don't get it. I think some computer geek needs to invent a computer mousetrap. The mouse we use to click is enough!

Don't forget to watch The Mindy Project! It is a great show and since my drawing, "Reaching Out", is on it, I can say it has great artwork on the set!

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I saw my Drawing that time on The Mindy Project and Maybe a Trained Monkey...

October 3rd, 2012

I saw my Drawing that time on The Mindy Project and Maybe a Trained Monkey...

I was so pleased to see my drawing, "Reaching Out", on The Mindy Project yesterday on Fox TV. It wasn't visible on the first episode so it was great to see it on the second one. The set director said it wouldn't be on every show. I thought the first episode was funny and fun but the second one was hilarious and I am thrilled to have my work on such a good show! They have great writers and great actors! I don't watch a lot of TV because I love movies so when I can watch TV I am almost always shoving a DVD in the box. I will watch The Mindy Project and The Big Bang! Excellent shows!

I am getting ready to put my second YouTube up and as usual I am having computer trouble. It seems like I am always searching the help section for one simple thing and looking at tutorials for one simple thing that should be obvious. Yesterday I watched a tutorial that I'm sure a six-year-old could easily follow. It could not have been simpler. I followed the directions and nothing happened. It seems to me that the only way I can find answers to software problems is to poke around for a while and then, by accident, I find what I want. I could probably save myself a lot of time if I just got a trained monkey to poke around while I work on a painting or housework or something. That way I could get something useful done while the monkey finds the solution by accident.

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Eating the Still Life and The only Believable Part...

September 29th, 2012

Eating the Still Life and The only Believable Part...

I am finally happy with my still life and will eat the fruit before it spoils. I arm-wrestled it down and I think the result is an especially vibrant still life with strong complementary color contrast and a great spatial effect that is not complicated but draws the viewer into an effective frieze. As usual I changed my interpretation a number of times and now it says Kendall Kessler. I love to paint!

The political ads on TV, Facebook, and my land line are really setting my nerves on edge. I think the land line service is going to come to an abrupt halt! We all have cell phones. I would be glad to take our phone, internet, cable bill down a notch and have some peace and quiet. What a win win! I can't think of anything funny today so I am just going to repeat something I saw on Facebook about political ads. The old lady said the only thing she believed about those ads was when the candidate says their name and that they approve of the ad. Maybe there should be some sort of law about presenting false information in an ad. This campaign reeks of dishonesty.

Be sure to look for my drawing, "Reaching Out" on The Mindy Project. I didn't see it on the first episode but the set director told me it wouldn't be visible in every episode. I hope to see it soon!

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My Drawing on The Mindy Project and They almost went flying...

September 23rd, 2012

My Drawing on The Mindy Project and They almost went flying...

Just a few more days and I can see my most popular work of art, "Reaching Out" on The Mindy Project. I hope it will be reasonably visible. The print that was ordered was 10"x8". I have sold a lot of prints of all sizes of this drawing but mostly large prints. The show airs at 9:30 Tuesday night. I have been reading about it and it looks like it may be a hit according to the critics. The set director said if it was a hit they may ask for more of my work. I hope so! My first Youtube video is about my beautiful nudes and features "Reaching Out". The title is Kendall Kessler Beautiful Nude Drawing on The Mindy Project. I am proud of my first effort. My next video will feature my portrait work and I will talk about why I have made only one celebrity portrait which is a pastel of David Garrett.

I am back to oil paint which is what I love and hate the most. You have to spend a lot of time painting in oils to appreciate what I just said. I disagree with artists that think watercolors is the most difficult painting medium. I have a much easier time getting what I want with watercolors -especially the colors. I am working on a still life and, as always, I am determined to express myself and not be a slave to what is in front of me. I am surprised there weren't cats running for their lives yesterday as I pelted the apples and pears right out the window. Actually, they are still on the stand and I will do battle later today.

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My First Youtube on my Artwork and Maybe he did not get in to Yale...

September 19th, 2012

My First Youtube on my Artwork and Maybe he did not get in to Yale...

After much frustration and watching tutorials by young people that grew up on a computer I have finally got my first Youtube video about my artwork up! I didn't think I would ever figure out Audacity or the movie software on my computer. It is always simple after I understand how to do it but I really have a hard time catching on. It doesn't help that the kids on the tutorials talk at the speed of light or, at least, that is how it seems to me. I am going to do this, then that, adjust this, take my cursor here, select that, go to the other side of the screen and select something that has tiny letters and bingo, you got it! Oh well, I am nothing if not stubborn. I did get it and I will continue to get it so the videos look and sound better.

I watched part of a movie called the Nim project which was an experiment with a chimp in the seventies. A family decided to raise a chimp as if it were a member of the family. It was interesting at first but then I just couldn't get into it so I sent it back. I told my husband that I did want to find out how it turned out so I would look it up on the internet. He said the chimp was probably either turned down for Yale or is now a congressman.

The Mindy Project airs next Tuesday at 9:30 p.m.! Be sure to look for my most popular nude, "Reaching Out" in the main character's office!


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Audacious Recording and I will just get it someplace else...

September 16th, 2012

Audacious Recording and I will just get it someplace else...

It is bad enough that I have so much trouble with computers but now I am trying to use Audacity to record my music for some short videos and I am as confused as ever. The good thing is now I can hear my weaknesses and am working to correct them so my amateur efforts sound reasonably okay. You really can't hear yourself play so this recording stuff is very helpful. Musicians that perform in front of people are absolutely amazing to me. I even get nervous playing for a recording that no one has to hear but me. They either have nerves of steel or are just used to being on stage. I never got used to standing in front of a class. I was always sick to my stomach but I did it anyway. So glad to be a full-time artist now!

The new law about soft drinks is a real crack up! I wish we could legislate health but I think it is impossible. Prohibition didn't work and now soft drink limits are just going to stir up a lot of jokes such as, "If you won't sell me a bigger drink I will just go somewhere else!" People will be boot-legging large gulp colas and speakeasies will crop up again. Seriously, I wish everyone would be more careful to keep their weight down. The tremendous increase in Diabetes type 2 is the result of our obesity problem. I think there should be a weight watching course of some sort in elementary school. If children are taught good eating habits I think they will continue to use them as they grow up.

Just eleven more days until I see my best-selling print, "Reaching Out", on The Mindy Project! I hope the show is a success and I hope the print will be located where it will be easy to see. I hope I won't be yelling, "Get out of the way!"
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Will be on Youtube soon and He was not Married Yesterday...

September 11th, 2012

Will be on Youtube soon and He was not Married Yesterday...

I never know if technology is taking us forward or backwards. I know some photographers that think 35mm slides have much more depth than digital files. I have had to work hard to get good files for my website and I would agree that digital photos taken out of doors just don't have the same impact as my kodochrome 35mm slides taken indoors but then I am not a photographer. I'm sure there are some that disagree and would set me straight. Anyway, now I am learning how to record my piano music for Youtube. I have decided that I am going to put up selections of my artwork with my music in the background! I am excited about having a place to perform without the horrible trepidation of a visible audience. My fingers actually shake when I have to play for people. Using a USB mike and figuring out the audacity site is certainly a lot harder than a tape recorder!

As always I like to include some humor but I am all out right now. I have got to get more from my husband. He cracked me up last night when he was testing out audacity but the crazy recordings he made are too long for a blog so I am just going to repeat a joke I saw on Facebook. An extremely overweight man is standing in front of a mirror when his extremely overweight wife asks him if she looks fat. He answers with," Do I look stupid? A guy would have to be married yesterday to answer the fat question.

Not too many more days before I will see my best selling print, "Reaching Out" on "The Mindy Project" on Fox TV! I hope it won't be hard to see. Many times I will see what looks like a great work of art on TV and I keep yelling, "Get out of the way!" which, of course, does no good.



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What a Dump and Comments on My Modest Proposal...

September 7th, 2012

What a Dump and Comments on My Modest Proposal...

I am a frustrated neaknik. I want everything to be perfectly in order throughout the house and in my studio. I want everything in its proper place and the house clean as a hospital. What a ridiculous notion! I live with two guys that would let a trashcan pile up to the ceiling if I didn't take care of it myself or ask them to empty it. Our computer room/guest room has a bed that is always covered up in my husband's stuff. I think he thinks it is a table. My son has greatly improved. We use to call his room the Bermuda Triangle. I have no room to talk. My studio is almost always filthy. So this week I have been cleaning it out and I am desperate to get back to work. Almost there!

In my last blog I posted my Modest Proposal regarding political commercials on TV. My sarcastic notion was that at this time of the year all commercials should be political since we just don't have enough of them. We should get at least two phone calls every hour from each party.

I posted the idea on Facebook and the comments were great! One friend called it an indecent proposal. Another one said we should get calls during breakfast and lunch rather than just at dinner time. Another said that's the spirit! Another friend thought it would be great if she could get one early enough in the morning so she could retire her alarm clock.



September 25th is coming so be sure to tune in to The Mindy Project and look for my best selling print, "Reaching Out", in the main character's office!

Also, be sure to check out new uploads in my Center of my Mind gallery!
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Sold A Print of Swirling Clouds over Peaks of Otter and A Tractor got it...

September 3rd, 2012

Sold A Print of Swirling Clouds over Peaks of Otter and A Tractor got it...

I am so pleased to add "Swirling Clouds over Peaks of Otter" to my print sales. A large framed print of this oil painting went to a great patron in Airmont, NY. I certainly have a lot of originals and prints in places I have never been. My artwork marches on! I have been to Spain, France, and Portugal but not to the countries where my work has gone so far. I would especially like to visit Germany some day. I also have a patron interested in purchasing the original painting but she is worried it may be too small so she is looking into my larger work before she makes a decision. Hope she buys more than one! That would be great!

On Saturdays we almost always take our son and girlfriend out to eat and then she usually wants to go shopping. I think my son is the best boy-friend ever! He likes shopping with her. I would rather watch paint dry than shop but I get dragged along sometimes. I don't have any friends that hate shopping. I think I am a weird girl. Anyway, we are always glad when they want to go to a restaurant rather than a fast food place. My husband says fast food hamburgers look like they were run over by a tractor and then the driver decided to back up on it for extra flavor.

Be sure to check out my specials this week in the Limited Time Promotion section on Fine Art America and to look for "Reaching Out" on The Mindy Project which airs September 25th!

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Another Oil Painting Break and That is the Longest Time...

August 29th, 2012

Another Oil Painting Break and That is the Longest Time...

I am taking another break from oil painting which only lasts as long as I can stand it. Still, I do like working in other mediums once in a while. Right now I am working on a large colored pencil still life. I think it is safe to say that painters and pastel artists are not much on colored pencils but I like to use my least favorite mediums occassionally. It is a great exercise to work with something that is completely different from globs of paint that have to be thinned down with mineral spirits. It is great not to hear my exhaust fan! I hate noise of any kind when I am painting but I also hate inhaling poisonous fumes so I have to have it on.


The other day I made my neighborhood famous chocolate chip cookies. When my son was young we would have lemonade and cookie sales and the neighbors would line up to get my cookies. One neighbor said they were the best cookies she had ever had.

While the cookies were cooling my husband was smashing up a banana for the rice flour banana muffins I make him which are pretty good but nothing like my cookies. As I have mentioned before he had to go on an exceptionally restrictive diet when we finally figured out what was making him sick all these years. I noticed he kept looking at the cookies and then he said that was the longest time in his whole life he had stared at a cookie without eating it.

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Another Beautiful Nude and A Modest Proposal...

August 25th, 2012

Another Beautiful Nude and A Modest Proposal...

I am so pleased to add "Dreaming" to my Beautiful Nudes series. This one has a delicate, cascading look and lovely linear patterns. I re-named the gallery to Beautiful Girls since I have some clothed model drawings that I am adding. I especially like to mix charcoal and white conte crayon for these drawings. The textures created by the mixtures are soft and sensuous.

I have a modest proposal. I have decided that at this time of the year there should only be political commercials on TV. We simply do not have enough of them. Why should corporations bother with products when they have to get a candidate elected that will do them the most good? Every household should get at least two political phone calls every hour - one from the Democrats and one from the Republicans. Since whoever has the gold rules, then the rich that own the politicians should have all the air time and they should monopolize our phones.

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Also don't forget to look for my print, "Reaching Out" on The Mindy Project September 25th!


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A Beautiful Nude goes Viral and Everyone must Love me...

August 23rd, 2012

A Beautiful Nude goes Viral and Everyone must Love me...

A few days ago I noticed a lot of hits on a nude I uploaded three days before and they kept coming until late afternoon! Of course, someone must have stumbled the drawing which is a big help! The drawing pretty much stopped getting hits at around 270. One time a stumble resulted in 2000 in a couple of hours. I am going to spend more time there looking at this and that. It is a fun site!

I am convinced when I drive that everybody on the road must love me. They are either trying to kiss my bumper or they are zooming by to get a good look at me. What I don't understand is why they don't smile and wave when they pass me. Sometimes they don't look happy at all. I guess they are thinking about some problem they have to take care of. Oh well. It is nice to be appreciated!

Don't forget that one of my beautiful nudes, "Reaching Out", was selected out of over 3 million from over 119,000 artists to be on The Mindy Project airing September 25th. The drawing will be in the main character's office. Check it out! This drawing is my best seller!

Also, be sure to look at my Artwork Added in 2011-2012 gallery on my website for additions to my portfolio. I have been adding a lot lately.

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Another Beautiful Nude and The Golden Years...

August 18th, 2012

Another Beautiful Nude and The Golden Years...

I love what I do but I don't love the photo shoots of my work. In order to get acceptable prints for internet sales I have to drag my heavy easel outside and set up a tripod. I have a lot of drawings on paper that I am trying to catch up on and they have to be carefully taped to a drawing board so the image will be perfectly flat. After each picture I have to take all the tape off and put more on the next drawing. I have the greatest respect for photographers. It is back-breaking work to get a good print. I am amazed at how a slight change in position can yield a completely different image in terms of the color. After I am done I have to spend a lot of time on Aperture to get the color and contrast right. My legs and back hurt. Enough for today!

My husband has been going to a physical therapist due to a fall in a gopher hole that messed up his hip. Each co-pay is $35.A few years ago he fell on ice and permanently damaged his right hand - luckily he is a leftie. He had to be operated on to the tune of quite a bit of money. I don't remember how much. I have mentioned before he is fructose intolerant so we have to buy very expensive substitutes.

He has come to the conclusion that the gold in the phrase Golden Years must refer to the amount of gold one has to have to get through them. I hope he doesn't have any more serious health issues. We aren't even in the Golden Years yet.

Again, I am excited about my best-selling print, "Reaching Out" being featured on the set of The Mindy Project which airs September 25th. I haven't seen it yet in the commercials but it will be in the main character's office. I used to jokingly tell my husband I should always have my cell phone with me because Hollywood might call. Well, Hollywood did call and I hope they call again!

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Revising a Nude Drawing and He works for Potato chips...

August 15th, 2012

Revising  a Nude Drawing and He works for Potato chips...

When I was a kid I often heard about how artists often return to work long after it was done. That seemed so strange to me at the time. I couldn't imagine working on a painting years later but now I understand why this happens. Sometimes I figure out what what was wrong with an earlier painting or drawing long after I cried uncle. Artists continue to learn more about their work as it becomes more complex and then earlier works seem so much easier to deal with. Right now I am revising a charcoal nude drawing I did many years ago and like the effect I am getting.

When I was dating there was one comment I consistently heard from boys that made me uncomfortable. They said I didn't talk very much. One boy said other girls talked his ear off but I was so quiet. I know I wasn't a big talker but I did think I talked when I had something to say. I am painfully shy so I have to put on an act when I am around people to keep up my end of the conversation. The effort grinds my stomach so I am perfectly happy alone in my studio or with my family. When I started this blog I wasn't sure how I would be able to think of much to say so I decided I would have to be creative which is why I try to include something funny. Sometimes I come up with something but I rely on the poet I married and the great thing is I don't have to pay him! He works for potato chips! As long as I keep potato chips in the house he tries to come up with something for me! He didn't have anything for me today so I better go and check the supply.

Looking forward to seeing my most popular print, "Reaching Out", on The Mindy Project. I saw an advertisement for the show yesterday. Hope it is a hit!

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Strangest Bot I have ever Received and Which is more Likely...

August 11th, 2012

Strangest Bot I have ever Received and Which is more Likely...

I have had some weird experiences with bots but this one takes the cake. Often I will get hits from the same place on four of my paintings in succession. There is a different address each time this happens They are always in the same order and these paintings are not together in my images or together in a gallery. One of them was not getting many hits before this started to happen and now it is way up there and climbing every day. Oh well. I know bots are not a bad thing but this one certainly is selective!

With all the political commercials right now it is hard not to come up with a joke. Here is one from my husband.

Which is more likely?

a. Congress may do some work in November,

(as stated in a newspaper headline)

b. a team of Zoo monkeys will build a rocket and pilot it successfully to Mars by Christmas-

My money is on the monkeys!

Be sure to check out my canvas print specials starting tomorrow. I will have "Reaching Out" on sale which, if you read the last blog, then you know it has been selected from over 3 million pieces of artwork from over 119,000 artists on Fine Art America to be on the set of the new sit-com, "The Mindy Project" which will air September 25th. The set director bought and licensed an 8"x10" print to be place in the main character's office.

The other two specials are below.
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Glad I Paint Standing Up and I Just Called you Stupid...

August 11th, 2012

Glad I Paint Standing Up and I Just Called you Stupid...

Painting is a lot of work as any painter will tell you. A lot of people think it is done sitting down and finished in a few hours. Actually, most painters stand up so they can walk back and forth and see how it looks from a distance. Artists want people to get the full effect of their work in a room without having to get up close. We want out work to carry into the environment. I remember when I was a student I only stood up once in a while because the professor said I should. I can't image sitting now and since I have developed some soreness in my hip I am glad it is done standing up. Many people are finding out that we shouldn't sit that much. My husband says some of his co-workers have put their computer up high so they can stand and work. Older bodies sure do need a lot of maintenance.

The other day on The Bill Cosby Show he was discussing with his son the pet names he and his wife had when they were dating. He didn't want to admit it at first but then with a big smile he said his was Baby Cakes. I turned to my husband and said didn't I just call you Stupid when we were young? His reply was, yes and I answered to it. Now that's a big lie! My husband may have his faults but I would never call him Stupid. Before I look anything up I ask him first, and unlike the panel of experts on the Red Green Comedy Hour he almost always has a correct answer for me. It is nice to live with some one who read the Encyclopedia and still remembers what he read.

Just one day left on my large canvas print specials on some of my most popular paintings. They are on page two and five.
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Kendall Kessler Beautiful Nude to be on TV and You need two Jobs...

August 9th, 2012

Kendall Kessler Beautiful Nude to be on TV and You need two Jobs...

Fox TV has requested the use of my most popular nude drawing, "Reaching Out", to be used as part of the set of a new sit-com, The Mindy Project. The drawing will be in the main character's office. I am so pleased my work will be seen by millions and I hope you will look for it September 25th! Fine Art America has 119,627 artists on the site with 3,158,806 images. This selection is quite an honor.

"Reaching Out" is now my best selling print. "A Break in the Clouds" is in second place. On Fine Art America this drawing is number one in the search results for charcoal nudes, nude girl drawings, nude drawings, and black and white nude girls.


Low on funnies this week. I will have to get my crazy husband to work again. I can't do this by myself. I am learning from the master but I am just a novice. He is the nutty humorist and I depend on him. The only thing I have is what he said about what people may have to do after going to some restaurants which is get two jobs. One to pay the bill and the other to work off the calories. Not his greatest but maybe next time I will have a better one.

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Scammers are Working Harder and Harder to get my Money and You have to eat the Box...

July 28th, 2012

Scammers are Working Harder and Harder to get my Money and You have to eat the Box...

Scammers are working so hard to get my money. I get a bunch of the- give me your address, I will send you a certified check, and my private shipper will get the painting scams, every day. I know I shouldn't respond but I send them this to shut them up which usually works. I only take Paypal and I do not accept any kind of private shipping arrangements. If you give me your address, I will mail it UPS after the money has been transferred from my Paypal account into my banking account which takes about four days. Now some of them are saying all right, I will put the money in your account and send my representative to pick it up. I'm not clicking on any of them from now on. Scammers are so easy to spot and I'm not talking to them anymore.

One commercial my husband is so sick of is the one that claims eating a certain kind of breakfast cereal will help people lose weight. These cereals are so light you could have a grocery bag full and not think anything was inside. They are balloon grains you can put on your newspaper and still read it. They are so light that you would have to eat the paper it comes in and the box before you felt like you had anything to eat. Sure you lose weight. You didn't eat anything.

Be sure to check out my Limited Time Promotions on Fine Art America. Here are the ones starting tomorrow.
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Sold Two More Prints and We May have to Give in...

July 25th, 2012

Sold Two More Prints and We May have to Give in...

Sold two more prints and I am pleased that this is the first time for both of them. I hope patrons will broaden their selections so more and more of my work is reproduced and enjoyed. I am in nineteen states, Canada, Germany, and Australia right now. The recent prints have been to California and Virgina where I already have a lot of prints and originals. As I have said before I want to cover the world!

A while back I mentioned that we did not have cable but finally gave in when the digital take-over took away our stations. I never thought we would give in but we do want some channels, especially PBS. I have always dis-liked air conditioning for many reasons. The main one is if you have air conditioning then you don't ever want to go outside. If you don't have it you get used to the heat. The other reason is I am such a cold person that for everyone to be comfortable I have to freeze or bundle up. I think this summer has changed my mind. We have active solar but are thinking of getting a heat pump to use for the dog days. I told my husband the other night that it was so hot I wished I had a valet and maybe he could do that for me. He said he could be a varmint or a vagrant but never a valet. Talk about a crazy request. I guess the heat is getting to me.


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Now for Something Completely Different and They are on Parade Again...

July 22nd, 2012

Now for Something Completely Different and They are on Parade Again...

I am pleased to introduce my non-objective work. Most people call this type of art abstract. I don't care what people call it, I just hope they will have a great visual experience when viewing them. Most of my life I have been painting representational oil paintings so these paintings are something completely different for me and I am pleased with them. They are in a new gallery on my website called The Center of my Mind. These paintings are my unique expressions of color and texture that I put into all my artwork. But these don't have any recognizable objects so the viewer either likes them for how they appear as artwork, or they don't like them. Their decision is based on the visual arrangement rather than on what they like to see. We all have visual biases. Artists call this kind of artwork music without words.

I will be adding two more soon.

The ants are on parade again. No matter what I do they stream in and go about their business. I have ant traps out. I make sure all crumbs are up and food is put in a plastic bag and taken outside. I have tried natural remedies. The only thing I have not been able to do is convince my guys to not put anything in the trash that was with-in a yard of food. I've done everything, Mom, but they are still here! I have decided to give up. I just wave at them and I think some of them wave back. I don't even check to see if they have a green card. We are one with the ants.
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Sold Another Print of Reaching Out and We need another National Holiday...

July 18th, 2012

Sold Another Print of Reaching Out and We need another National Holiday...

Just sold another print of "Reaching Out" to a great patron in Universal City, CA. This is now my number one best seller. "A Break in the Clouds" is second.

I am pleased to add the last of my three new large paintings. I love the shore and wish I were there right now. This painting was based on a morning photograph I took under unusual atmospheric conditions that I enhanced in the painting. This painting is a celebration of color and brushwork that has a mesmerizing quality about it. The light is moving in and out of a hazy morning and the warm/cool color relationships are like jewels shimmering on the surface. The painting has a visual energy that seems to burn from with-in. As I mentioned before I have been told by many artists and patrons that my work is like that of Van Gogh's work because of the burning intensity in the colors. I do greatly admire the effect he got with his impasto layers. It is stunning.

There are so many political campaign commercials on right now that it is becoming extremely tedious. My husband and I are so tired of them. We can hardly get to the mute button fast enough. We have decided that this country can add another Holiday and call it National Hot Air Day. It can be celebrated with fog horns the day before the election and the day after.



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Check out My Best so Far and If a Little Dog can do that...

July 13th, 2012

Check out My Best so Far and If a Little  Dog can do that...

Out of the three large paintings I just completed, "Isle of Palms Sunset" is my favorite. More than ever before I have brought nature indoors. This is an extremely intense vista of the canal side of the beach where the water was lit up with the sunset. My exuberance is in every brushstroke and every color nuance.

Lately on TV there is an advertisement for some sort of mesh to attach to doors so people won't let the bugs in while they go in and out of the house. It is done with magnets and the manufacturers proudly show a small dog going through the mesh and then it closes back. My husband said if a puny little dog can open that mesh then I bet three mosquitoes could hold it open while a whole hoard flew in the house. Don't think so but he sure did paint a funny picture for me with those words. Who is the artist in this family anyway? Writers sure can do amazing things with words.

Be sure to check out my large canvas print specials on Fine Art America! All prints are about 40% off!



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Check out My New Painting and Yeah Baby

July 10th, 2012

Check out My New Painting and Yeah Baby

I have been working hard on three large paintings that I have finally decided to cry uncle on. I like them and got most of what I was after, but as always, they are never good enough. They will look a lot better later. I am now immersed in what some artists call "Pure Art". Representational art has always been my thing but this is a great experience to just react to the colors, textures, and forms for their own sake and not referring to objects in the real world. Music without words!

This first painting is "Summer Trail". This is loosely based on a photograph I took of a grass path and wildflowers at Rock Castle Gorge on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I am very pleased with the surface quality of this painting and the intricate small brushwork. What can I say? I hope people will appreciate it.

I play the piano every day. It is just part of who I am. My family has a lot of artists and musicians and I was privileged to spend a lot of my time growing up with both of them. As I have said before I like all kinds of music but I especially like classical. Baroque music flips me out and I love to play it. The other day I was playing a very energetic piece by Handel with a loud, strong finish. When I was done my husband said Yeah Baby! I really felt the energy in that one. Not, I don't like classical music, too many notes, or just sounds like noise to me, but Yeah Baby! Now that is what a pianist wants to hear!

Artists Have Trouble Washing their Hair and You Probably will run out...

July 6th, 2012

Artists Have Trouble Washing their Hair and You Probably will run out...


When I was in college I remember one of my professors talking about one of his professors who was extremely dedicated to creating excellent art. He was so involved with his artwork that his hair was hardly every combed. His life was a frenzy and he lived to paint, a phrase I use to describe myself. Back then I was dedicated but I didn't live to paint. Now I understand what that man went through. There just isn't enough time. Art is a jealous lover and the thought of washing my hair is a real pain. I get to it but there just aren't enough hours in the day. I wonder if I will ever stop saying I need more hours. Oh well, got to wash my hair.

As I have said before, I try to include something funny and I mostly rely on my husband for humor. Sometimes I come up with something but most of the quips are his. I write them down so I won't forget them and I am ahead of schedule right now. I mentioned that to him but I also told him to keep them coming as I may run out. He said I probably would run out on him because he is punning me to death. Not so! I love puns!


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They will be Posted Soon and Should they really be Advertising Bacon?

July 3rd, 2012

They will be Posted Soon and Should they really be Advertising Bacon?

Just about to the end of three large paintings I have been working hard on. They never look exactly right and I always think at the end I can do better but that is the life of a painter. We have to learn to live with a certain amount of failure and try hard to keep from going nuts. It is quite a balancing act. These are a lot closer than any I have done so far so I am proud. My next paintings will be completely different. I am going to take a break from representational art and do some non-objective works.

One of the fast food places is advertising bacon, bacon, bacon and more bacon to customers. I think our obesity rate is around 30% right now. Wouldn't it be to everyone's advantage to emphasize the items that are good for people and low in calories and fat? Are we going for 50%? If we keep going the way we are going people will be too fat to get in the door. My husband said not to worry, they will find a way to roll in and get that bacon burger!

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The Settling Point and If They Wink and Smile...

June 30th, 2012

The Settling Point and If They Wink and Smile...

Yesterday I put the last layer on the third large painting I am working on and as usual I went through the typical stages of oil painting. The first stage is this is fun! The second stage is this is getting difficult and I am running into problems with the composition and color contrast because I am paying too much attention to the colors. The third stage is I am determined to arm wrestle this thing down and the fourth stage is, not exactly what I was going for but I am ready to settle for what I got. Now I will work in a few areas and put them away after I add them to my portfolio. The fourth stage is the best. A long time from now I will look at it them, be impressed with the results, and try real hard to remember what it was that I didn't like. I have learned over many years how to let a painting live. I never get exactly what I want but I get very close because I work so hard at it!

My husband and I were discussing food and drug regulations and how certain things get passed only to be banned later. He decided that if the rats drink it all, smile, wink and don't keel over right away the product is safe. Just kidding around! I don't want the FDA to come after us!

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Bringing the Shore Inside and The Mute Button...

June 26th, 2012

Bringing the Shore Inside and The Mute Button...

As I have mentioned before I have spent a lot of time at the beach and I am mesmerized by the ocean and the beautiful shore atmosphere. Two of the paintings I am working on are shore scenes from the Isle of Palms. One of them is the shore and the other is of the canal area that circles around to the sea. I am pleased with both of them but the one with the shore holds my attention the most. I feel like I brought the ocean into my home and I just want to walk into the picture. I guess that is why I am a representational artist. I love nature and I want it in my house and eventually placed in other homes. I am in nineteen states, Washington D.C., Canada, Germany, and Australia. I want to greatly increase the number of locales where people can feel what I feel. Hopefully, next week I will be posting these new paintings.

There is a commercial on TV that has been running forever regarding back problems. I ruptured a disc when my son was two so I know how painful a back injury can be. A back problem is nothing unless you have one. This commercial has been shown so many times it has become quite aggravating. The first line is I have so much trouble getting out of bed in the morning. When my husband hears that he says I have so much trouble getting to the mute button fast enough! So glad there is a mute button. It is my favorite button on the remote.

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The Cable Man Finally got us and the TV blew up...

June 23rd, 2012

The Cable Man Finally got us and the TV blew up...

We finally gave in to cable when we couldn't get any channels in without the bleeping in and out reception. After all these years I was not happy about calling for cable. The guy got here at 8:30am yesterday and didn't finish until 1:30pm. I had to clean out my refrigerator and clean off the front bulletin board to keep occupied. He hit a stud outside and hammered his finger. I didn't catch the specific words but he later apologized for the language. The Gestapo mini dobermans were squealing the whole time and one especially small one squeezed through the fence to harass our old dog. I called the dog catcher because I know the neighbors will just prop up things by their fence which doesn't work. She took the dog off and asked me how I could stand all that barking and squealing. The neighbors wouldn't come to the door when she knocked.

This morning when I was trying to keep the ting in painting my son was watching the TV with cable and it went completely dead. I called the cable guy because I thought that it was too coincidental that it died right after the cable was installed. He assured me that the cable hook up would not break a TV so now we have to buy a new one.

In the above paragraph I was trying to be funny in a slightly grim way but when I ran it past my writer husband he didn't get it. If you take ting off of painting you have pain which is what can be the word that sums up a frustrating painting session. I won't get into the details because it won't make any sense but today's session was not pleasant. Sometimes painting is a mountain top experience and other times it is much, much lower.

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How to Get an Artist out of the Studio and Could be Baboon Butt...

June 15th, 2012

How to Get an Artist out of the Studio and Could be Baboon Butt...

As I have said many times, I live to paint. The more time I have to paint, the more time I spend painting. It is difficult to tear myself away and sometimes I think I am too obsessed with my work. I have a friend with a boat who lives on a lake and she likes to have a swimming buddy. I hadn't heard from her since she was sick with some sort of stomach problem so I wrote on her Facebook wall and said I hoped we could get together soon. Some one has to to get me out of the studio before I asphyxiate myself with mineral spirits. Got a call right away and now I am taking breaks on the lake! Now that's the way I like it!

My husband and I were discussing hot dogs tonight. I haven't had a hot dog in many years. In fact I can't remember the last time I had one. They don't agree with me and I have always been concerned about what is in them. I'm not real big into health food but I try to stick to eating things that haven't been tampered with. I told my husband that when I bought them I bought chicken hot dogs because I figured they were better for you. He asked how do you know they are really made with chicken? For all you know, after they monkey around with them they could be made with baboon butt. I seriously doubt that but it makes for a good joke! No offense to all you hot dog lovers!

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I think I am Turning into a Computer Part and I can stump Jeeves...

June 12th, 2012

I think I am Turning into a Computer Part and I can stump Jeeves...

I think I am becoming an extension of this computer which is not something I had planned to be but it is the way to get my artwork out there so I am typing away and working with sites for much more time then I would like to be. When computers started to take over I stepped back which I regret. I didn't grow up with them so I should have gotten with it right away. I am still confused much of the time but the one great thing about computers is you can ask them anything!

My husband used to joke about the Ask Jeeves feature. Supposedly Jeeves can't be stumped. You can ask him anything. My husband claims he stumps Jeeves all the time. He asks Jeeves how much money he makes, where he lives, and what he really does for a living. I wonder what Jeeves thinks about those questions. Maybe I should ask Jeeves if I will do better with my sales this year. Sure am going through a slow period right now. Hope things pick up soon.

I am having a great time with my paintings right now. I have never gotten this close to exactly what I want before. I never get exactly what I want which is why painting is such an exciting experience. If I knew exactly what I was doing and could do the same thing each time it would be boring. It is always an adventure and I will be pleased to post these new works but it will probably be about two more weeks before they will be ready.

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A Naturalists Legacy and If you need Chocolate...

June 9th, 2012

A Naturalists Legacy and If you need Chocolate...

There is only a little over a month left on the show, "A Naturalists Legacy", at Zeppolis in Blacksburg, VA so I wanted to plug it again. If you didn't read the promo before, here it is. I am very proud of this tribute to my husband's conservation efforts.

A Naturalist's Legacy is a new show by award winning artist Kendall Kessler. This show is centered around the achievements of Kendall's husband, Clyde Kessler, a well known naturalist in Virginia and North Carolina who has been studying the bird and butterfly populations and migration since 1975. He has participated in Christmas bird counts for the National Audobon Society since 1973. His discovery in Virginia of the endangered Mitchell's Satyr in 1998 led to efforts to protect the species in the state. It was unknown in Virginia at the time. It is considered to be one of the most important wildlife finds in the second half of the 20th century. Clyde has also led hawk watches since the mid 70's at Rocky Knob and other locations, and has surveyed Wildwood Park for plants and animal species for the city of Radford.

Clyde is also a poet who publishes twenty to thirty poems every year in print and online magazines. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Blue Ridge Discovery Center. This organization offers innovative education programs in southwestern Virginia that include studies of the natural world, art and writing. These programs are for children and adults of all ages. Clyde is hopeful that the efforts and programs of BRDC will encourage future generations to enjoy and protect the environment. For more info about Blue Ridge Discovery Center:

http://blueridgediscoverycenter.org/

Clyde is a regional editor of Virginia Birds, and also leads bird watching tours for Radbird, a local tour company started by Catherine Van Noy.

A Naturalist's Legacy will have a new, symbolic painting taken from an old photograph of Clyde and his son Alan who is one of the many young people Clyde has taught over the years about this beautiful mountain region.

Now, for fun, a commentary on commercials. Last night we saw a commercial about a cereal with pieces of chocolate added to it. My husband quipped that if you have to have chocolate at breakfast, then you will probably be scarfing it for lunch and main lining it at supper time. I think he may have something there. I love chocolate but I think I can eat cereal without it.

The Plot Thickens and What did the Leftover say...

June 6th, 2012

The Plot Thickens and What did the Leftover say...

In another blog I swore I would not give in to Cable TV. We finally gave in to cell phones when land lines started to disappear in public places. I didn't mind giving in to that one since there are great deals on the internet for people that mostly just use them for emergencies. This Digital Conspiracy is wearing us down. Either our antennae is messed up or it is getting harder and harder to get a signal from the various channels. Now we can't get most channels even when the weather is cool and there are no storms around. I mostly watch DVDs but there are a few programs we like and I am missing PBS more and more. I may have to eat my words and get cable. I come from a family of stubborns. As my sister said, "Two big stubborns make four little stubborns, Yuck! Another bill!

My writer husband, Clyde, is kindly trying to come up with some humor for my blog since I certainly am not a writer. I really appreciate it. We all need humor. This time he came up with a riddle. What did the leftover say to the other items in the refrigerator when it was put back for a second time? Curses, foiled again!

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My First Text Scam and Portland, Oregon?

June 2nd, 2012

My First Text Scam and Portland, Oregon?

A few days ago I received my first text scam which was a big surprise. I have been getting frequent scams on the internet for years so at first I thought this was a legitimate local buyer who really wanted to see more pictures before deciding to purchase the painting. I actually took two more pictures - one with the frame and one without. I took great care to get them exactly right and then sent them to the scammer. He didn't answer right away so I thought he was not happy with the pictures. Then I got the standard scam letter in which he said he was completely satisfied with the pictures and he would pay $20 more if I took the ad off, and, of course, he would send a check and a private shipping agent to get the painting. I am always polite with these people but I would like to cuss them out big time. What a bunch of creeps!

A day or so ago my husband and I were watching Let's Make a Deal which is not something I usually watch but he watches whatever is on when he comes home from work to unwind. We were both surprised when the contestant won a trip to Portland, Oregon. My husband said, "What if he is from Portland, Oregon?" Of course, he wasn't but he didn't look that excited and the audience didn't seem that impressed. The picture showed the city in front of a volcano. My husband said if he had won the trip the dormant Mt. Hood would probably go off as soon as he arrived. Just kidding around! No offense to Portland! I'm sure it is a great place to visit!

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Loving the Magic Hour and That one is Kryptonite...

June 1st, 2012

Loving the Magic Hour and That one is Kryptonite...

I am really into the magic hour which, as photographers all know, is the hour or so after sunrise or before sunset when shadows are long and cool colors are easier to see. So many of my paintings have variations of this beautiful light in the mountains and shore scenes. I do not work plein air because my work is not meant to hang outdoors and a painting done outdoors is completely different indoors. I mostly work from photographs I take and modify them according to what I have internalized over the years. I also put my feelings into the work through visual language which is extremely hard to explain. I love what I do.

My husband and I will be celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary in late June. Of course, you can tell by our pictures that we got married when we were both twelve. Anyway, we are still together and have been very happy. We have one son, Alan, who drives us crazy, but he is a great guy and we are proud of him. The 35th is certainly a milestone. I am reminded of what the character Howard said on The Red Green Show which we miss very much since we can't get a signal due to the digital takeover. He was going over the different anniversaries, silver for 25th, Gold for 50th, Diamond for 75th, and then he said the 100th is Kryptonite! I don't think we will make it to that one!

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Technology is Getting Me Down and It is Not Going to be Pretty...

May 26th, 2012

Technology is Getting Me Down and It is Not Going to be Pretty...

Yesterday morning I spilled coffee all over my off white rug. I should have gotten back into bed at that point. The next thing that went wrong was my DVD box remote. I don't watch much TV but I like to watch small sections of movies for breaks during the day. The remote wouldn't work and I don't have time to sit down and watch the whole thing so that was the end of that. Then the real fiasco that matters big time. I was working on correcting a photograph of a painting on Aperture and a small light came on and the computer froze. Now I can't import anything or crop anything that I have on there. This is a big problem for me as I am one of the artists on FAA that occasionally has image problems that need to be corrected before the print can be sold. I hope someone can help me tomorrow.

TECHNOLOGY IS REALLY GETTING ME DOWN!!! If they ever computerize closets and bathrooms there will probably be a naked old woman looking for a bush and at my age that won't be pretty. The image certainly won't be like the girls in my Beautiful Nudes folder. I just hope the computer geeks lay off the bathroom and the closets.

On a brighter note my paintings are coming along and I think I have achieved more complex surfaces than ever before. The colors are like jewels and the experience of working on them is wonderful.
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Now They are Coming to the Door and The Big Three are Coming Along

May 22nd, 2012

Now They are Coming to the Door and The Big Three are Coming Along

As I mentioned in another blog my husband and I are two of about five people in the world that don't have cable and are still holding out against the continual barrage of advertisements. My husband says the other three are in the Antarctica photographing penguins. Every week we get four or five offers in the mail for cable, satellite, dish, etc. I am forever tearing up these letters. This last week they got tough. We have had two cable guys actually come to our door. This has never happened before. It is interesting to me that this new effort coincides with my digital TV problems that would be cured by cable. When it is hot I can't get Judge Judy or Big Bang reruns which is about all I watch. We lost PBS with digital but I can find the programs I watched on DVDs in the library. We are not giving in! I am a movie buff and I can live without TV and I refuse to pay to watch it. ARE YOU CABLE GUYS LISTENING! GIVE UP! WE WILL NOT SURRENDER!

My three large paintings are coming along and I am definitely changing my approach as always. Painting, like my hair, is a new experience every day! I never know what to expect as I try to boss them around and instead they boss me around until I give in and just enjoy the ride. Two of them are shore scenes and one is another field near Rocky Knob where my husband should have a mail box. I think there should be a marker where he sits during hawk migration. Any way it is great to have more time to paint and I will be pleased to add them to my portfolio on the web.

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Great to See Jackie Gleason Again and If Stupidity Were...

May 19th, 2012

Great to See Jackie Gleason Again and If Stupidity Were...

I don't have a lot to say about my paintings today except that I am surprised I'm not covering them up this time. I had gotten to the point that It was too difficult to do anything else if I could see my current paintings so I covered them after my sessions. This time I am checking them out through the day without grabbing a paint brush and turning on the exhaust fan. Art is a weird but fascinating experience.

One of my all time favorite programs is the Honey Mooners with the late, great Jackie Gleason. Roanoke has started a station called MeTV with the programs of the sixties. Jackie Gleason was an incredible entertainer and it is wonderful to see him and his terrific cast again. No one could turn dancing into comedy the way he did. What fun!

My husband is always coming home with stories about drivers that practically hit him while they are on the cell phone, tailgators that practically climb into the trunk, and speeders that almost run him over. He has decided that if stupidity were gasoline there would be no shortage anywhere. We would have an endless supply.

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Impasto Variations and More Ant Fun...

May 15th, 2012

Impasto Variations and More Ant Fun...

I have been painting for more years than I care to admit to and it is always a new experience. It is amazing how paintings like to push the artist around instead of the artist controlling the work. As I have said before, it is a balancing act between control and accident. I can't imagine using any kind of formula. I know some artists do and all I can say is "to each their own" but it is not for me. I sort of know what I am doing, but I always allow for things to happen that I didn't plan which makes for a perpetually exciting experience. Right now I am modifying the impasto method I have been using for years so that the elevation of the painting is barely there. At one time I was practically putting it on with a spoon but I am now using a subtle impasto effect and incorporating many different warm and cool colors with each brushstroke. Keeps me going! Dancers have a saying that they must dance or die well I must paint or die. I hope I have a paint brush in my hand when I go. If I have mentioned that before it is because it is the truth.

On the home front the ants are back in the kitchen. We are still seeing a few in the bathrooms but now there are quite a lot in the kitchen. Time to get more ant traps and try to keep them out of things. There weren't too many this evening. I usually put the pudding away and my husband gets it out again. Tonight I got mine and told him he had better hurry before the ants get it. He said he got there just as they were hitching their wagon to the bowl! He got it away from them just in the nick of time! The war is on for the warm weather.

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Copyright Disappointment and Judge Judy Terrorists

May 15th, 2012

Copyright Disappointment and Judge Judy Terrorists

A while back I decided I had better research copyright issues in the internet age and was quite surprised by what I found. Like many art students I was taught that if a photograph was changed by 10% an artist could use it in an interpretive work of art. Not so anymore. If it can be proven that an artist used someone's photograph the artist can be sued. If an artist wants to make a portrait of a celebrity then the artist needs permission from the photographer and the celebrity to make a portrait. I decided I wanted to make a portrait of David Garrett so I contacted the photographer for permission and David Garrett's estate for permission. I figured I wouldn't be able to sell the portrait or sell prints and I stipulated that in the request. After I finished the portrait I found several artists selling prints of David Garrett so I contacted the estate again for permission and was turned down. I guess all those artists that are selling prints of celebrities either have permission or they don't think they will be taken to court. I'm way too chicken to try to sell the prints so I have the portrait on my page as an example of my portrait ability. Oh well. I don't think I will make any more portraits of celebrities unless the celebrity contacts me for one. That would be nice!

My husband and I are probably two out of five or so people in the world that don't have cable and don't want cable but I think digital TV was started as a conspiracy against the few hold outs that refuse to have a cable bill. If there is any kind of strong weather the TV reception starts and stops which is really irritating but we don't watch that much TV so it isn't that big a problem. I do like to watch Judge Judy when I am fixing dinner. I like watching her rant and rave and some of the idiots on the show are great entertainment. The other day the weather was fine but the show wouldn't come in. My husband thought it was probably Judge Judy terrorists that couldn't take hearing her say one more time, "That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard!" They took her out. Actually, the show came on the next day so he was wrong. We still don't have cable and I think we can hold out forever in spite of all the fancy offers on TV.
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It is Great to Talk to New Patrons and You have Heard of the Hound of the Baskervilles...

May 7th, 2012

It is Great to Talk to New Patrons and You have Heard of the Hound of the Baskervilles...

The internet has made us all next door to each other which is great when you are selling artwork. I really enjoy communicating with people I have never met and probably wouldn't have met without my website. A patron from Sterling VA recently contacted me about purchasing some of my prints for his office and I have enjoyed our emails. He bought one large canvas print and is considering buying more. Coincidentally, my younger sister lives in Sterling and I'm sure she will drop buy to see the painting. I have several paintings of her in my portfolio. The world truly can be a small place.

I am going to sound like a broken record but I can't believe how noisy the miniature doberman dogs next door are. I don't want any one to think I hate dogs because I certainly don't. We have a great little labrador mix but she is so old she hardly makes any noise at all these days. The people that own the five screeching dogs were told a number of years ago that they could not have any more dogs due to negligence. Social Services has since got them to clean up their act and I am not about to alert animal control and have their kid's dogs taken away. But why five? I can understand two so they can keep each other company but five yappers is hard on the rest of us. You have heard of the Hound of the Baskervilles. Well, these dogs are the Howling Runts of Radford. Sometimes the noise is so loud it sounds like they are all squeaking. My husband said that maybe we could oil them. How I wish we could!

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So Glad to Sell Another Canvas Print of A Break in the Clouds and I am One of Those...

May 4th, 2012

So Glad to Sell Another Canvas Print of  A Break in the Clouds and I am One of Those...

I'm so pleased to sell another large canvas print of one of my two most popular pieces of artwork on Fine Art America. A Break in the Clouds and Reaching Out have sold more than any of my other paintings or drawings. It is exciting to see my work so high in the search results. If you put Mountains Paintings in the search, A Break in the Clouds is #3 out of 10,000+. If you put Mountains oil paintings in the search it is #1 out of 1790. It is also #3 out of 6304 Nature Oil paintings. I work hard at promoting my artwork and am pleased to see increased sales.

On Facebook today there was a joke with Daffy Duck about stupid people. The gist was that a day without stupid people would be... I don't know. I'll let you know if it ever happens. I decided to share the joke with my 1265 friends and a lot of people liked it. A while after I shared it occurred to me that I couldn't really agree with Daffy Duck because I can be pretty stupid myself so I added that as a comment. I added that I do some real stupid things but I don't think I am stupid 24/7. I hope there aren't any people I know that would disagree. I think we are all smart and stupid at times. The trick is to be more smart than stupid. Live and learn or is it live and learn too late?

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Back to Chasing Mineral Spirits Out and Ants Do Not have Teeth...

May 1st, 2012

Back to Chasing Mineral Spirits Out and Ants Do Not have Teeth...

I like pastels but now that I have finished my portrait of renowned violinist David Garrett, I am glad to be putting up with a noisy exhaust fan so I can paint in oils. I read somewhere that visually oriented people have trouble with distracting sounds which is probably why I have to force myself to turn the exhaust fan on. I also have a hard time with vacuum cleaners and I always cover my ears when the jets go over. I like all mediums but oil paint is what I love the most. Happy to be back, especially after a vacation with more aggravation then fun.

As soon as the weather gets warm we have trouble with ants. This year is much better than past years. My husband cut back a tree that was scraping the roof and found a number of ants nests near the house. We hardly have any in the kitchen but we have a good number in the bathroom on the other end of the house. I jokingly asked my husband if they wanted to brush their teeth. He asked me what I would want to do if I spent my time crawling around in the dirt. But, of course, ants don't have teeth. They have a mandible. My husband countered with how do you know? Have you ever really looked that close at one?

I think that as time goes on we are turning into George Burns and Gracie Allen. We certainly are not anywhere as near talented as them, but our humor does resemble their style . I'm not sure which of us is which.

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Back Off Murphy and Do Not put a Speedometer on Me...

April 26th, 2012

I think the famous Murphy of Murphy's Law which states that if anything can go wrong it will, loves to stalk people on vacation. Every year we go to South Carolina with friends for a week on the beach. We have had our share of mishaps in the past but this one out did all the others. The first day my husband woke up with some pain in a leg muscle so he thought the thing to do would be to take a long walk and stretch it out. Wrong! He made it much worse and could hardly walk for most of the vacation. One of our friends was driving and was approaching a draw bridge. He turned his head for a second and hadn't noticed the bridge was up and the traffic was stopped. He TOTALED his car. Fortunately, he and his girl friend were not hurt and no one was hurt in the car he rear ended. We hit the one week this spring that the beach was not in the 80's or 90's so I was only able to swim the first day and the last day. It was just too cold. Oh well. We still had fun with our friends in spite of Murphy.

My husband is becoming increasingly concerned with his health problems. Between his stomach and the horrible muscle problem he just had he is wondering if he is going to make it to the golden years. I told him he has to keep going and he said just don't put a speedometer on him because it may not register anything.
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Murphy Found Me This Time and I Actually Had That Thought...

April 21st, 2012

Last January I put up a show and blogged about how I didn't slice a finger on a frame, forget something I needed in my house thirty miles away, or make some other aggravating error. This time Murphy was with me the whole time. I knew he wouldn't stay away. I hurt the lower part of my back, banged a frame into a finger, left my cell phone at the site and remembered it when I was almost home, and I had to deliver one of the photographs of the artist that had the show before mine. In addition, the rain was pouring down as I un-loaded my car. If anything can go wrong, it will. Oh well. The show looks good and hopefully will get a lot of attention.

Many people think that artists are crazy. I used to try to convince them that wasn't so but I gave up. Maybe we are nuts or at least, maybe I am. The other day I was writing something down for the first time in a long time. Like everybody else I am pushing buttons on a computer. I wrote a word down that I was not sure of and I actually had the thought it would correct itself like on a computer. Now that's nuts!Art Prints!

Sold Another Print of Reaching Out and While I was Still in the Driveway...

April 17th, 2012

Sold Another Print of Reaching Out and While I was Still in the Driveway...

Be sure to check out two more additions to my Beautiful Nudes Gallery. I am especially pleased with the linear accents and value contrast of these two works. My charcoal nude drawing, "Reaching Out" is now my best seller for print sales on Fine Art America. One was sold Sunday to a great patron in California. I am so pleased with the public's response to my nude drawings and all the great comments I am getting from my peers!

A few days ago my husband noticed that one of his co-workers looked extremely tired and down. He asked her if she was all right and she said she was so tired she just wished she could go home. My husband said that's nothing, he wanted to go home before he was out of our driveway. I think we need to win that lottery but I don't think we will be struck fourteen times in one day which I am told are the odds of winning it. In the past my husband has made jokes about things that came true- things we didn't want to come true so now he is making jokes about the Lottery. Maybe it only works on things we don't want. Oh well! All anyone has is a limited amount of time. I try to live it to the fullest. I am so glad I am an artist!

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It Can Not Be the Nude Drawings this Time and Just in Case...

April 9th, 2012

It Can Not Be the Nude Drawings this Time and Just in Case...

A while back I posted a blog regarding my nude drawings. One of the charcoal drawings in my Beautiful Nude Series is selling as well as my mountain and ocean scenes. I put the same blog on Fine Art America as I do on Blogger.com and that day I received an unusally high number of hits on Blogger.com It didn't occur to me until a few days later that the reason for the activity may have been the nude theme. My hits went back to normal until today when I received a large number of hits and this time the blog had nothing to do with nude drawings so I am pleased that I am getting more attention. Blogging doesn't come easy to us painfully shy people but I am working at it.

The other day my husband was working on something with the TV on and thought he heard the name Justin Case. He couldn't believe anyone with the surname Case would give their son the name Justin. That is certainly one name to avoid in this case - pun intended. It turns out the name was Dustin Caseguard. That certainly makes more sense. I will never forget a friend in college whose last name was Swift. He told everyone his middle name was Natu. You have to have a sense of humor to go by Not too Swift. I always tell people that have trouble getting my name right that it is just like the motor oil. My mother swears that Kendall Motor Oil was not around when I was named.

Now That is What I Call Feedback and Maybe We Should call it...

April 6th, 2012

Now That is What I Call Feedback and Maybe We Should call it...

My most recent patron that bought Blue Ridge Autumn gave me such great feedback that I just had to re-print it here. I always worry when I sell an original over the internet. Computer monitors vary so much so that I have no way of knowing whether or not the patron is getting an accurate image of my painting. This patron was quite pleased as you can see!

Absolutely breathtaking painting. Picture does not do the artist justice! It will look great in my living room. I will definitely be back. Very quick shipment of artwork. I love this artist!

My husband and I were discussing the amount of commercials on TV these days. We both think there may come a time when the commercials take up more time than the show. We are forever clicking the mute button. Maybe we should call it Mutavision instead of television. Oh well. I mostly just watch DVDs. I am a big movie buff and our library gets great stuff. One of my friends that works there calls me up when they get something she knows I will like. What a sweetheart!

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Sold Another Original and You might be able to do a Big Hour if...

April 6th, 2012

Sold Another Original and You might be able to do a Big Hour if...

I am so pleased to sell another original oil painting of this gorgeous region to a great patron in North Carolina. It is always great to sell prints but I am mostly concerned with selling original works of art. It is what I do and I want to find homes for all of them.

I recently saw the comedy, "The Big Year" with Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson. The movie is based on a birding competition where enthusiasts vie for the most species viewed in one year. Since I have lived my adult life with a dedicated naturalist who mostly studies birds and butterflies, this was a great movie for me. I thought they did a terrific job and so did my husband. I wouldn't be surprised if my husband had the time to participate that he would win. He has seen over 200 species a year of birds just in the small city of Radford. Anyway, I jokingly told him that maybe I could do a Big Year. He said I might be able to do a Big Hour lying on the beach while someone else held the binoculars and collected the data. I want everyone to know that is totally false. I wouldn't be lying on the beach while someone else collected the data. I would be body surfing in the ocean while someone else collected the data.

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Beach Time is Coming and Getting Rid of Them May be the real Art

April 2nd, 2012

Beach Time is Coming and Getting Rid of Them May be the real Art

It is no wonder I have a number of beach scenes in my portfolio. I have been going to the beach almost every summer of my life and it won't be long before we are there again! Even if I didn't like to body surf I would still love the beach. I just like staring at the water and the house we rent is on a canal with dolphins! I wish we could stay longer than a week but it is better than no beach time. Got to get my salt water fix! I have relatives that hate the beach. They don't like the sand. They say it would be a great place with out the sand. I love the sand and I especially love walking in it along the breakers.
I am still having trouble with my leg at times but that will not stop me.

Last night we were watching a I Love Lucy re-run and Lucy explained to Ethel that catching men is like riding a bike. Once you learn, you never forget. My husband added that for some women the real talent is not catching them but getting rid of them. I think he may have something there. Can't say I want to get rid of mine though.

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Got the Pastels out Again and How to Solve the Oil crisis and ...

March 26th, 2012

Got the Pastels out Again and How to Solve the Oil crisis and ...

Sometimes oil paint drives me up a tree and I have to retreat for a while. As I have said before, I haven't met the medium I don't like but I do think oil paint is the most difficult 2-D medium. I know there are watercolor artists howling right now at such an absurd statement. Most painters insist watercolors to be the technically most difficult medium but I have done it all and nothing frustrates me more then oil paint. I wouldn't give it up for anything but once in a while we have to part company. It is great to be working in pastels for a while.

I don't want to repeat myself in these blogs but I am at an age when memory sometimes fails and I don't want to go through and check to see if I have said this before, so, if I did, please forgive. I know how to simultaneously solve the oil crisis and the obesity crisis in this country. We need paddle cars. If we can put a man on the moon why can't we come up with a car that is made in such a way that it can be paddled with a reasonable amount of effort so people could stay in shape by driving their cars? I thought of this several years ago and last year there was a tongue in cheek article in the Readers Digest that had the same suggestion. I want everyone to know I DID NOT get the idea from that article. I THOUGHT OF IT FIRST! Of course, a lot of other people probably thought of it to. Anyway, I think it is a great idea.

Therapy Number and The Gestapo is growing...

March 22nd, 2012

Therapy Number and The Gestapo is growing...

My father loved boats. He was a medical officer in the navy during World War II and figured out a way to keep sailors with sore feet from asking for his help. He made the sick bay hours the same as the meal hours. He thought if a sailor was too ill to eat then he would certainly miss a meal to get medical aid. We had a number of boats but I was the only one out of a family of six that liked boating. The last boat we had was named Therapy III. I couldn't understand why the name Therapy and why III. I know now. He loved the water so boating was the doctor's therapy and it was our third boat. I miss those days very much. I am surrounded by my paintings and their visual language is my therapy. I am so glad I love what I do and I hope to increase my sales so others can experience the joy I experience.

The extremely noisy miniature Dobermans next door are really acting up lately and their numbers are increasing. We call the two main ones Hitler and Himler. The rest are other members of the Gestapo. They act like they are ready to kill anything that gets close but they are so small I'll bet any one could step on them to shut them up. Such is life!

Sold Another Charcoal Nude Print and Staggering Medical Costs...

March 16th, 2012

Sold Another Charcoal Nude Print and Staggering Medical Costs...

I am so pleased to sell another large print of "Reaching Out" which is my most popular nude from my Beautiful Nude series. This one went to a great patron in Australia. I have not uploaded all of my nude drawings but will do so as time permits. I am glad they are so well received and I hope to sell many more prints as well as originals. So far I haven't sold any prints of my pastel nudes which have the added exciting element of color. I am very proud of the intense expression in all of my drawings and paintings.

Every once in a while there is a health commercial of some sort that reminds us all of staggering medical costs. My husband said he wishes his medical costs would stagger, roll over and die. Now there's a great thought!

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All Those God Fearing People and The Real Challenge...

March 12th, 2012

All Those God Fearing People and The Real Challenge...

I am still getting a ridiculous number of scammers on my Craigslist postings. There are so many different addresses but I wonder if they really only come from a few crooks that prey on gullible people. It is sad to think that people fall for the bogus check-I'll send the shipper scam. Some of them want to pay me extra to take the advert off. I guess that way they won't hit the same listing with their scam. Anyway, all I know is there are a lot of God Fearing People on the internet that want to steal my money. They always make that part clear. They are God Fearing People so I should take them seriously.

The most recent commercial on Hoverounds asks viewers is they have a lot of physical challenges. When they ask if getting to the kitchen is a challenge my husband says getting out of the kitchen is the real challenge. Considering the obesity problem in this country I think he has something there.


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How to Avoid Artist Tantrums and Shoot Em UP Bang Bang...

March 9th, 2012

How to Avoid Artist Tantrums and Shoot Em UP Bang Bang...

I have been painting in oils for more decades than I care to admit to and it has always been a love/hate experience. I am appalled by people that think artists are having fun with their hobby. I am also appalled by people that think artists are always on the verge of suicide. Both extreme views are ridiculous. I do not play with paint and I am not going to kill myself because I never really get exactly what I want out of a painting. I learned long ago that aritsts have to live with a certain amount of failure.

Most of the time it is a great experience and I love putting the effort into it. Sometimes I get to the screaming stage which brings me to the title of this blog. There is one sure way to avoid Artist Tantrums. Give it up. Get rid of the supplies and all the paintings. Since that is not an option, once in a while I resemble a two-year-old that got her pacifier yanked from her mouth. Since I paint by myself most of the time no one has to hear me freak out.

My husband did not go to movies when he was growing up. He watched some television but he mostly liked to read. Our son is a movie buff and my husband is great about taking him to movies he doesn't want to see. I am not invited. Our son likes to make movie night a guys night so I stay home. Can't complain. As my husband says, the movies they see are always Shoot Em Up Bang Bang or Kick an Alien's Butt.

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I Need More Hours and I Put up a Sign...

February 27th, 2012

I Need More Hours and I Put up a Sign...

I thought that when I quit teaching at Radford University I would not be so stressed for time. How wrong I was! Now that I have more time to paint I am practically asphyxiating myself in the studio. I have an exhaust fan and I take breaks, but, more and more, I am like the girl in the poster for the first group show I was in many years ago. Someone drew a chain around my waist connected to a brush. I hope the fumes aren't too much. Many people think Van Gogh became ill because he spent too much time around solvents. Few people know that his family had a history of mental illness so I doubt the painting hurt him but it certainly is possible. I have so many other things I need to get done and there is always housework and meals. All I can think about is painting. People are always comparing the emotional intensity in my work to that of Van Gogh. I hope I don't flip.

I believe in humor. I don't know what I would do without it. I am always goading my husband into saying something funny. He is hilarious. I especially like to ask him questions I know that answer to because of his retorts. At night when I know he has just come from making sure the doors are locked, I ask him if he locked the doors. My favorite response is "No, I made sure they were wide open and I put up a sign that says come on in!"

Pushing the Clay Around and Sheldon and the Corpse...

February 24th, 2012

Pushing the Clay Around and Sheldon and the Corpse...

It is hard for me to believe two things these days. I can't believe I ever thought oil paint didn't cost that much and that our grocery bill was ever less than outrageous. I am not happy if I use the traditional thin to thick glazes of oil paint. The paint isn't that expensive if one uses that method. I push it around like a sculptor does clay on an armature. Sometimes I sink back into the old method and immediately go back to slathering it on and pulling expressive forms out of it. I can't get my unique color style or expression any other way so, yes, oil paint is very expensive. Not as expensive as our groceries but it is up there.

I don't watch a lot of TV for two reasons. I don't have the time and I am a movie buff. It usually takes me days to watch one movie but there are no commercials and the ones I watch seem to have much better acting and dialog then what I see on TV. The only show I like to watch is The Big Bang Theory and so does my husband. More and more the plots seem to be centered around the fact that Sheldon is an obnoxious know-it-all who drives the others crazy. My husband said Sheldon would drive a corpse crazy. No doubt.

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Sold Two More Prints and Comment on the Good Life

February 20th, 2012

Sold Two More Prints and Comment on the Good Life

I am so pleased to sell my first Acrylic print! I'm not sure how long that option has been up but I know I haven't sold that type of print before. This time the print was of one of my oil pastel paintings of Mountain Lake in Giles County VA. This was the setting for the popular movie "Dirty Dancing" with Patrick Swayze. It is a beautiful resort and I have stayed there several times with my husband and son. I haven't met the medium I don't like but oil paint is my favorite and most of my work is in oils though I do have oil and soft pastel paintings, lithographs, charcoal drawings, and some water media works. Watercolors are beautiful but they are too fragile for me. If left in enough light the painting will fade away. Not so with oils or pastels.

Also sold a regular print of "Reaching Out" one of my favorite nudes. I am so glad my nudes are well received. I think they are elegant and tasteful.

Last Friday we were in heavy traffic when a car jerked in front of us causing my husband to break to keep from hitting it. The car had a covered tire on the back that had the words The Good Life on it in fun playful letters. My husband said they should add, Especially when I am getting ahead by cutting you off.

Smelling up the House and In My Next Life...

February 16th, 2012

Smelling up the House and In My Next Life...

I am happily working on three large paintings right now and the smell from the paintings is rather strong. I have an exhaust fan that changes the air in the studio every five minutes but it really can't do much about oil paint layers drying on large pieces of hardboard. The first stages of my paintings are not interesting. I spend a lot of time analyzing the space and value pattern. In my opinion, and I think the opinion of most artists, how these two things are handled make or break art. All the dazzling color and intricate texture patterns can't make up for poor space or value patterns. I don't think the average person understands this but it is extremely important to me that my paintings have strong visual structure. I used to think teachers that talked about art this way were either nuts or making it up to sound smart. Now I talk exactly the way they did. Art is quite a weird journey.

My husband likes to make cracks about mirrors. The older we get, the funnier the cracks are. He said he caught a look at the mirror from a distance and it was laughing at him and saying it was going to go on strike. It couldn't take reflecting us anymore and it hopes to come back in the next life as a dog dish.

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I Knew That Would Not Last and If There Were an Award...

February 13th, 2012

I Knew That Would Not Last and If There Were an Award...

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 paint on with expressive brush strokes . I am very pleased with the energy in this painting. I was listening to David Garrett's cross over version of Vivaldi's Summer and I think I captured that bursting expression that is in the music. It is no wonder I entitled it "Tulip Dance".

My husband and I try to look reasonably put together when we go out but in our home we dress in clothes people probably wouldn't even give to Good Will. My favorite pair of pants has a few holes, splotches of paint, and balloon out in the back. My favorite shirt is baggy and has a hole in the shoulder with some other kind of stains. My husband has a stained, baggy shirt I doubt anyone would be caught dead in and the pants are a saggy mess. If there were an award for worst dressed couple in a home environment, we would win it hands down. My husband said he would beat out homeless people that haven't had a bath for ten years.

Definitely Jealous and Small Smiles...

February 10th, 2012

Definitely Jealous and Small Smiles...

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 and harder at promoting my work to generate more sales. I really don't like living in front of a computer but I can see that is what it takes these days. This is the first day in a long time that my myafacial pain is hardly there so I can work more! Yea!!!!! Hope to continue to see improvement as I resemble a pretzel doing the stretching exercises.

We are getting sick and tired of a dental commercial called Small Smiles. So many commercials that are aimed at the young tend to be on the sappy side. Of course the message is that this great organization is genuinely concerned about children's dental care but my husband can't resist saying Small Smiles, Big Money. No offense to the Dental profession! I'm so glad there are people that are willing to work inside of people's mouths and I don't begrudge them the money.

Sold Two More Prints and He Can Not Eat Balogna

February 9th, 2012

Sold Two More Prints and He Can Not Eat Balogna

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 Purgatory was sold the first time I exhibited it. It is great to be able to sell prints of these favorite mountain scenes my husband researches for birds and butterflies. My husband has introduced me to many wonderful vistas on the Blue Ridge Parkway and surrounding areas. Most of my paintings are based on these places. He is a well known naturalist in the New River Valley and has dedicated his life to educating all age groups about wildlife and conservation of his homeland.

My husband's dietary problems are always the topic of conversation in a crowd. Most people are not familiar with fructose intolerance and are surprised to find out there are people that can't tolerate most fruits and most vegetables. Everyone asks him what he can eat. At the Super Bowl the subject came up and a friend was naming foods and asking if he could eat them. She was going down the list and when she got to bologna(some people spell it baloney) her son said my husband can't eat bologna because he is bologna so that would make him a cannibal. What a comment and he can not eat bologna because of the additives.

Check out My Limited Time Promotions and You are Scraping the Bottom of the Freezer...

February 4th, 2012

Check out My Limited Time Promotions and You are Scraping the Bottom of the Freezer...

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" canvas prints of A Break in the Clouds can be purchased for the next few days. This is a great way to get beautiful canvas paintings at a greatly reduced price, approximately 40% off my regular price. My new paintings will include another scene from Pawleys Island, Isle of Palms, and Rock Castle Gorge. If my head is not in the mountains it is at the shore.

As always, I like to try to include some humor in my blog and I have been really struggling for something this time. My husband almost always comes up with something in our daily conversations but not much has been happening lately so tonight I tried goading him in to saying something funny. My son's birthday is December 3rd and we didn't have any ice for his party that day so my husband went out and bought a big bag which is still in the freezer. I keep forgetting about it and use the trays. I asked him if ice goes bad and he said it goes so bad it eventually has to be arrested and jailed for being too slippery. I told him I was going to use his comment in my blog and he said you are really scraping the bottom of the freezer if you are going to use that. I love puns and it's all I have this time. Maybe next time will be funnier.


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I am Going to Dominate This and Power Lunches

February 1st, 2012

I am Going to Dominate This and Power Lunches

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 is such a catch all word for anything exciting or astounding. It has been around so long I am completely used to that change. When someone has a serious illness they are attempting to fight kids say they will dominate it. I like that one. I am not seriously ill but I do have to cope with some sort of strange pain in my leg and hip. I have decided I am going to dominate it and stretch every time it starts to hurt even a little. I am starting to spend a lot of the day looking like a pretzel. Tomorrow, without fail, I am going to get started on three large paintings, with or without leg pain. I WILL DOMINATE IT!

My husband and I often discuss the economic problems in the USA and how some of the problems could be solved. Mostly, we are joking, as we don't really know how to solve these problems, but there are some obvious changes that may help. Corporations and wealthy citizens could pay their fair share of taxes like the rest of us and that would provide our government with more funds to work with. I'm sure there is a lot of pork that could be cut out of both corporations and government. My husband suggested that they do away with power lunches. I asked him if he gets a power lunch at work and he said he doesn't even get a power biscuit. No pork there!

Do not have Time for the Pain and Statue of Limitations

January 30th, 2012

Do not have Time for the Pain and Statue of Limitations

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 figure out how to stop my leg and hip from hurting. If I just go about trying to do a zillion things in one day I am in so much pain it wakes me up at night and I wake up in pain. The pain is usually gone after exercise but it keeps coming back so I have to keep stopping and stretching out the muscles. If I don't get back to painting soon I will flip. I have a number of large paintings I want to start and I will start them soon. The physical therapy was useless so I think I will look into some sort of class that may help. Also, I will take Marlene's advice and have some blood work done. I HATE BEING SLOWED DOWN!

My husband has noticed that a lot of people these days are saying statue of limitations instead of statute of limitations. Do you think they are talking about the unfinished statue of St. Matthew by Michelangelo?

Going Around in Circles and The Only Thing the Doctor will discover...

January 24th, 2012

Going Around in Circles and The Only Thing the Doctor will discover...

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 accidents. Then they try to balance between control and accident and worry over every brush mark, large or small, as the painting takes on a language all its own. I'll bet most painters would agree with what I just wrote. These steps lead to life long circles. I try to tell the painting what to do and it tells me what to do as I keep modifying my approach with each work. Painting is never boring. Right now I am using a much more traditional thin to thick technique I haven't used in a long time. Round and round. Where I stop nobody knows. As long as I am here I will paint.

Last Friday I had an MRI for pain in my rear end and leg. Since the pain is in the muscle and does not exist 24 hours of the day I figure the only thing the doctor will discover from the MRI is that the insurance doesn't cover the cost and I will have a big copay. Let's hear it for insurance!

School Starts Tomorrow without Me and Where is Everything?

January 16th, 2012

School Starts Tomorrow without Me and Where is Everything?

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 to work at my artwork and selling it. Since no one is adding more hours to the day I had to cut out the teaching so I could have more hours for my art. In spite of what the physical therapist has told me is myafacial pain, I am going at it full speed. The MRI is in the works and I will do what I have to for my aching leg but quitting painting and exhibiting paintings is not an option. If you live in Southwest Virginia be sure to see my current show, "A Naturalist's Legacy" in Blacksburg. It will be there for three months and then go to Zeppolis which is also in Blacksburg.

I always try to plan in advance for shows. I try to have everything packed the night before and then gather everything up and shove it in the car an hour before leaving home. Something always goes wrong. Murphy's Law works over time just for me. One time I forgot a hammer at a show where the hooks were not strong enough and I had to go buy a new one. Another time I actually left one of the main paintings home which is a half an hour away. If I don't stab myself with one of the sharp corners on a metal frame I will think I am in the Twilight Zone. Can't wait to see what will happen with my sore leg since I have to take the paintings up a flight of stairs. Just hope I can keep from cussing in public. You have to truly love art to put up with it!

Gangway to the Studio Tomorrow and A Shark Would Leap out of the Water...

January 12th, 2012

Gangway to the Studio Tomorrow and A Shark Would Leap out of the Water...

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 recent FAA discussion about the warning signs of art. I don't need to look for the tell tale signs. I know I am hopelessly addicted and love it! I hope to die with a paint brush in my hands as I tell anyone that will listen. Sugar and paint. One of the happiest days in my life was when I asked my doctor Dad if people that are NOT over weight are in danger of getting diabetes if they eat a lot of sugar and he said NO! Years ago I tried to cut back on sugar and gave up. Not trying to give up sugar or paint. Addicted to both and that is just the way it is!

Discussions of my husband's dietary problems often come up when we are eating and he is missing something he can't have anymore. A country boy really needs his biscuits but they are out. The muffins I make with the special flour is okay but a wheat biscuit would certainly be nice. The substitutes we have made are okay but the one thing he hates is the rice bread. He said if a piece of rice bread were thrown into the ocean a shark would jump out of the water begging for its life. That should give you an idea of how rice bread rates in his fructose free, wheat free diet.

Up the Stairs with the Show and You can Always go Zooming down the Internet...

January 9th, 2012

Up the Stairs with the Show and You can Always go Zooming down the Internet...

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 have shows sponsored by the Blacksburg Regional Art Association every three months. I have been going to a physical therapist for this strange pain on my right side that is especially sharp by my knee. The therapy is not working and the therapist is baffled. I may have to go get a MRI. Don't think it is the piriformis I have been whining about for months. I hope the show is a big success to make up for the pain I am going to have to go through to get it up.

As I have mentioned before I try to include some humor in my blog. Where would we be without laughter? It is really is a great medicine. I have noticed that a lot of people don't have any problem with posting very colorful language on the internet. That type of language doesn't bother me but I don't use it because I know some people are very offended by certain words. Some of the funny lines my husband comes up with are either x-rated or just have words you don't see in a Sunday School bulletin. I told him I would like to post some of these quips but he said it is better to stay on the high road. You can always go zooming down the low road on the internet but it is probably not a good idea.

It Really is Great to be an Artist and I think Rotten is Better

January 5th, 2012

It Really is Great to be an Artist and I think Rotten is Better

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 and I really mean that most sincerely! He agreed and said, "Amen, sister!" It is great! I am so glad I wasn't discouraged but followed my heart. I have no regrets and now that I am no longer teaching I am going to work harder than ever to promote myself and sell my work. My paintings are unique extensions of myself and I want others to experience what I experienced when I made them. Here's to 2012!

I am getting quite sick of the Pizza commercial where the owner makes the profound statement that his company believes "Fresh is better". My bird-watching husband's retort was, "I think rotten is better. "Ask a buzzard!" By the way, Radford City's great Vulture Festival will be held in February. Come learn about these miss-understood valuable creatures!

Working on the Promo and I think They are telling One

January 2nd, 2012

Working on the Promo and I think They are telling One

"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 break is over but it has been snowing today so my husband and son will probably be home again tomorrow. Love them but I need alone time to start getting everything together and I was looking forward to an empty house tomorrow.

I am very excited about this show about my naturalist husband and I hope others will gain greater appreciation of this region through his efforts. A long time ago Loretta Lynn was being interviewed on TV and she was asked about her marriage which had a lot of ups and downs like most marriages. She said that when she heard couples say they never fought she thought they were telling one! I would have to agree but I have been very fortunate. No couple gets along perfectly but I did marry someone I love and honestly admire. He still won't pick up his socks but he is a great guy to me and I am proud to put on this show in his honor!

Sold Another Original and Whatever Happened to Turn it On?

December 26th, 2011

Sold Another Original and Whatever Happened to Turn it On?

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 haven't done one of him since he grew up but I am considering a new one. These painting were based on old photographs. I enjoy interpreting photographs and expressing my feelings through the textures and colors. Although I am extremely eclectic, photo realism is not my favorite type of art. An artist cannot show expressive brushwork or interpretive colors in photo realism. Just not my thing.

Whatever happened to turn it on? Everything has become so complicated now. My son has everything attached to his TV but the kitchen sink. I have no idea how all of this stuff works so I am no help if something goes wrong. My husband and I have enough trouble baby-sitting the computer so we don't get attacked by a virus through that modern day trojan horse. We had to get a converter box for our TV so now we have three remotes. One for the TV, one for the DVD box, and one for the transformer box. If I leave the room my husband tells me to give him everything so he can drive the thing. I greatly appreciate computers as I am able to sell artwork around the world but sometimes I miss the days when no one could find me, the phone just had a ring, and the TV was turned on by a dial.

Uploading, Uploading, Uploading and Not Expecting a Problem

December 22nd, 2011

Uploading, Uploading, Uploading and Not Expecting a Problem

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 slides. Not a difficult procedure but I think I am technology deficient or challenged. I have to find all the wrong ways to do something before I get it right. It takes time to find all the wrong ways so I am prone to use colorful language when working on my portfolio. Thankfully, no one is home right now. It is great to see a painting looking right in my portfolio. Just wish I could move faster.

I like to add humor to my blog if possible and my main source is the character I married. I try to think of things myself but I am not anywhere near as good as he is. Writers are like that. They tend to watch birds and are dangerously funny. One of these days I am going to require oxygen or someone will have to call 911. I hope that when we are old he will make me laugh to death. I say ridiculous things all the time in an effort to goad him into saying something funny. Works all the time. Today he said goading him for humor is like mining for uranium and not expecting a problem. I know it is quirky humor. But I love it!

Thank You for the Terrific Compliment and I think we need a New Name...

December 18th, 2011

Thank You for the Terrific Compliment and I think we need a New Name...

Friday was my last day at Radford University. My grades are in and I am delighted that I am now a full-time professional artist. I have had a lot of great students over the years and I will miss interacting with students that want to learn. The ones that can't seem to get to class, let alone learn, I will not miss at all. Saturday I received a CD of Christmas songs from a former graduate student that I had in one Drawing class when he was earning his MFA. I don't think he ever missed class and turned in excellent work. He is now selling his work in San Diego CA and is also a web designer. When I told him I was retiring he said he learned more from me in one semester than he learned in all his time at Radford University. What a great compliment to end teaching on! If all students were like him, everyone would want to teach.

I read the paper everyday and I get more and more discouraged over our leaders and their inability to solve our problems. I think it is a fair statement that many are controlled by the rich and are doing their bidding rather than what is right for this country. My husband said that maybe we should change the name from Democracy to Stinkocracy. Don't miss-understand. I would rather live in the US that any other country but this partisan politics has got to go.

Sold Another Original to a Great Patron in New Jersey and Studies Show that...

December 15th, 2011

Sold Another Original to a Great Patron in New Jersey and Studies Show that...

I am pleased and a little sad to have sold one of my four most popular paintings in my portfolio. "Breakers at Pawleys Island" is a special painting that I have sold many prints of and hope to sell many more in the future. My family and I have been vacationing in North Carolina for the past ten years. Pawleys Island is such a beautiful place and I am proud of the paintings I have done of it. Right now I have "Breakers at Pawleys Island" in the Limited Time section. Who says I can't fix my image problems? The last time I put it in the Limited Time section I couldn't list it for 24"x36". I thought my photograph was okay but it must not have been. I took some more shots and this time the offer is for 24"x36" at a greatly reduced price. Check it out!

Yesterday on Facebook someone posted this scientific gem. Studies show that people that have more birthdays live longer. I love that kind of humor and just have to repeat it. I have told a number of people but that have already heard that joke. Oh well! Hope some people haven't heard it. Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays!

So Pleased my Nudes are Well Received and I think We Need to ask Congress this Question

December 12th, 2011

Just sold two more prints of my nudes. I am so pleased people appreciate my nude drawings. I spent umpteen hours in school learning the human form and I think my nudes look alive and the settings emphasize their beauty and the mood of the work. As I have said before and told many art students, anyone can draw a stiff, lifeless person. The mark of the artist is to get it right. Sometimes students get the drawing backwards. They carefully draw eyelashes on a face that looks like it is paralyzed or fingernails on a broken, limp hand. The figure must look alive and that takes a lot of practice and study.

The approval rate of Congress right now is extremely low. It is no wonder. I think most people see partisan politics and no real effort to solve our problems. I think we need to apply a little Grouch Marx humor to this situation. Have you stopped taking bribes from wealthy corporations? Answer yes or no.

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Now for Something Completely Different and It is Difficult to go to the Grocery Store and...

December 7th, 2011

I decided I needed to add something new to my artwork at the same time that I am getting ready for my next show. I have always been interested in Typography so I am starting a portfolio of Kendall Letters. I am applying my unique interpretation of color and line to letters that would look great as small or large prints. Since these are 5"x7" and 6"x9" I can scan them directly into the computer and patrons can get quite large prints. I also have these on Zazzle so they can be put on just about anything. Be sure to check them out! I will be adding more soon.

Since High School I am have been concerned about the quality of food in grocery stores. I have come to the conclusion it is difficult to go to the grocery store and come back with food. You can come back with a lot of food additives, high fructose corn syrup, excessive amounts of sugar and salt, way too many calories for the amount of nutrition, and items with more oil than anything else. My father was a great doctor and he believed people should down a lot of vitamins because of the over processing of food. I do the same and I try to stay as basic as possible. I don't think anyone is monkeying with the potato or with a banana or other basic fruit and vegetables but a lot of the meats are scary and most of what is on the shelf has ingredients I have never heard of. Oh well. Dad lived to be 90.5 and he always gave everyone great health advice. I sure do miss him.

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Check out my limited promotion this week and I must have a sign on the back of my car...

December 4th, 2011

Check out my limited promotion this week and I must have a sign on the back of my car...

I am pleased to offer large canvas prints(24"x36") of popular paintings at a greatly reduced price this week. I am very happy with how well my work shows up in the search results on Fine Art America. One of the specials is for "A Break in the Clouds". This painting is number one out of 5436 in Nature Oil Paintings. It is number one out of 1094 in Mountain Oil Paintings and number two out of 8344 in Original Oil Paintings. I work hard to promote my work and it is great to see the results in the searches and in sales. My work is my life and I want it to reach as many places as possible.

I have come to the conclusion that there is a sign on the back of my car. It must say, FOLLOW THIS CAR AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN. No matter what the speed limit, no matter if I am going the speed limit or going over the speed limit, I always have cars so close the bumpers could kiss if they had lips. Am I the only one that thinks cars should be a car length apart for every ten miles they are traveling? It creeps me out to have cars so close. There isn't anything in my car of interest and I am not going 20 miles over to get them off my back. Oh well. Please back off!

I was the Only One and Send Him An Attachment

November 30th, 2011

I was the Only One and Send Him An Attachment

My students are required to turn in an assignment each week on various principles of art and design. The last two weeks of class they are to put everything they have learned into one assignment and I do not give them any advice. Since I don't give them advice, they have the option of working in class or somewhere else. They have to show me their progress each day and then they can stay or leave. So I have something to do I am showing a fantastic art history docudrama on the Medici family, Godfathers of the Renaissance. The DVD is optional but I hope some art students will be interested in this great PBS work. I was the only one watching today. I hope I will have some viewers tomorrow. I will miss some things about teaching but I will not miss the sad fact that there are art students that are not interested in art history. As one art historian said, "All right, go out and invent the wheel!" She hit the nail right on the head.

I received an email from a student who claimed he was too sick to come to class the day after the break. For some reason, students think they can leave early for breaks and come back late. Like they are really going to have nine days break for Thanksgiving when they get into the real world. Anyway, this student took a picture of the project that was due on Monday and thought he should get full credit for it even though he did not come to class. My husband said send him a picture of an "F" as a jpeg . Tell him to let you know if he can't open it.

Sold Another Print and What to do with the Curmudgeon that hates Doctors

November 27th, 2011

Sold Another Print and What to do with the Curmudgeon that hates Doctors

I am so pleased to sell another print of "A Break in the Clouds". This is a view of Rock Castle Gorge on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. My husband has spent much of his time studying birds and butterflies there. I often tease him that he should have a mailbox there. It is very difficult to get a signal in that region. I hope his CD on Butterflies of the Blue Ridge will be out soon. The photographer needs to get his act together so this project can be finished.

I decided to put the bit about my curmudgeon husband and his reluctance to go to doctor on the Fine Art America discussion section. I did it mainly for humor as I know he will get to a doctor soon. There were a lot of fun responses about surgical removal of wallets, and pain being a notice to idiots to do something about the problem. My favorite was from the moderator. Her solution was to convince him he needed to go, then hire two huge, burly blokes to kidnap him and plant him at the doctors office :))

No Painting Tomorrow and how to get a Curmudgeon to the Doctor

November 23rd, 2011

No Painting Tomorrow and how to get a Curmudgeon to the Doctor

I really do live to paint and although I like Holidays I am always on edge because I can't paint. People think artists are nuts. I used to think that was ridiculous but now I'm not so sure. I want to paint every day of my life and when I can't I am not happy no matter what the celebration. I am working on a double portrait that will be the center piece for my next show that I am going to try to get a lot of promotion for. This show will be a culmination of many years of work and I hope I can get a lot of traffic for it, not to mention sales for all the time and effort in my studio. Sometimes a friend drags me away for a while and I am always thinking about my current work when I am out trying to have some fun. My work is my fun and I will be so glad to get back to it on Friday.

My husband has a lot of physical problems that have to do with pain. I think he would benefit from a doctor's help who would probably direct him to a physical therapist. He walks for miles every day and spends a considerable amount of time doing various stretching exercises so he thinks it is pointless to go to a physician. He says if he goes to a doctor the doctor will say, "Give me your insurance card. I am going to squeeze the bank!"

Excited about my upcoming show and Not as Many as there are in Washington...

November 20th, 2011

Excited about my upcoming show and Not as Many as there are in Washington...

I am confident that I will get the main painting for my next show ready in time. The show goes up January 15th and now that I am retiring from teaching I am sure I can get the painting and the promo going in plenty of time. That is a great feeling! I have been wearing too many hats for a long time and now I can concentrate on my career as an artist and straightening out our house or the dump as we prefer to call it. People have often commented that I am a very organized person. When you live with two slobs, make and exhibit artwork, and teach on the college level, you are either organized or dead. I love my guys but they couldn't organize a pair of shoe laces.

Yesterday we came across another skunk on the road. I love Southwest Virginia but we do seem to have an awful lot of skunks. I mentioned to my husband that we have a lot of skunks in Radford and he said not as many as there are in Washington. If you really want to check out a stench, walk in on Congress. Skunks galore!

Sold Another Print, Limited Time Promotion on Favorites and I think I will buy a rack...

November 16th, 2011

Sold Another Print, Limited Time Promotion on Favorites and I think I will buy a rack...

A great patron in Temple Texas bought a print of "Blue Ridge Jewels" last night. That was a nice email to wake up to. It is great to see my work reach more and more places. I already have work in Texas but this is the first print for Temple. This week I have three favorites in the Limited Time Section at the top right. "A Break in the Clouds", "Marsh View at Pawleys Island", and "Natural Rhythm" can be bought at a greatly reduced price. Check it out!

I do a series of stretching exercises before I get out of bed. Then I do a yoga stretching exercise. Before I walk, dance or swim I do stretching exercises which I repeat after I am done. At night I work with weights and do one more round of stretching exercises and I STILL HAVE PIRIFORMIS! I think I will get a Medieval torture rack and just lay there until these muscles unwind. Don't send me a link. I'll look for one on ebay.
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Fighting with Computers and Did anyone ask the Deer...

November 9th, 2011

Fighting with Computers and Did anyone ask the Deer...

Yesterday I sent out my monthly newsletter. Usually it goes well and I have no problems with the program but this time my preliminary draft was sent out instead of the final one. When I tried to send out the correct one I received the notice that it had been sent out to everyone already. I changed the title but I was still told it had already been sent out to everyone on the list. Then I tried to send out a new one and got the same message. I gave up. I include my email on the list and received the preliminary draft which wasn't too bad. Computers baffle me. I was going to try again this morning but the final draft had been sent out after all. People had opened both. I decided to send another one explaining the situation but when I got ready to hit the start button the message again said it had already gone to everyone on the list. Enough is enough. I will be more careful next time and hopefully I won't run into this problem.

The other night there was a news story about a deer that crashed through a glass window of a store, raced around the store for a few minutes and then left. According to the News Team the deer was unharmed. Did anyone ask the deer? That could not have felt good! It crashed through glass and was unharmed? I don't think so.

Limited Time Promotion Coming Soon and How I Saved Countless Lives

November 6th, 2011

Limited Time Promotion Coming Soon and How I Saved Countless Lives

I am offering two of my most popular paintings at a 40% discount this week only. "A Break in the Clouds" and "Stepping Stones on the New River" are paintings that express the joy I have experienced living in Southwest Virginia in what is commonly known as the Blue Ridge Mountains. Actually, only a small part of this area is the Blue RIdge but I use the term for other mountain ridges since it is the accepted name in the New RIver Valley. Both of these paintings have the atmosphere I have come to love my whole adult life. I am originally from McLean, VA but I can't imagine living anywhere else now. I think I was a mis-placed mountain girl. Look for my promotions. They should be up soon!

In a about a month I will retire from teaching at Radford University, VA. I have enjoyed working with highly motivated students and I think I was able to help them better understand what are the exciting and beautiful aspects of visual art. I won't miss the students that don't seem to be motivated and do not put much effort into learning. Years ago I gave make-up tests to students who had various reasons for missing tests. I would have around twenty students per class I had to schedule make-up tests for. Then I decided to rate the tests so I wouldn't have so many make-up tests to give. If a student missed the test then the second one would count double. If they missed both tests then the final would count for their test grade. I saved countless lives. After I started the new test policy grandparents stopped dying, girlfriends stopped going to Emergency rooms, and room-mate's dogs stopped getting run over. Students came to all of the tests and everybody was happy, especially me.

Time to get Away and What a Pinball Shot

November 2nd, 2011

Time to get Away and What a Pinball Shot

The stages of a painting can be exasperating so I am always glad when I have arm wrestled it down and can decide on a few more brush marks that finish it off. It is always a fight but I love it. I think the reason my husband and I don't fight and argue is that we fight and argue with our artwork and that is enough for us. I don't need any other drama. As the late Roanoke Times Art critic, Ann Weinstein said, in so many words when she retired - Artist's skinny souls fly through their art. I can't remember exactly how she put it but I like the skinny souls part. Friday will be the last day I work on this painting and then I will get it on the net as soon as it dries.

Yesterday morning I knocked my coffee cup on to the floor where it smashed and covered the floor, my delicate white curtains, my son's shoes by the door, the fabric cushion on the seat, and the dog's blanket in her bed under the table. What a pinball shot! I got everything in that section of the kitchen. I think that is the last hand-made forty dollar coffee cup I am going to purchase.

I Know Why Sargent said That and I am Not Going Any Place Where...

October 30th, 2011

I Know Why Sargent said That and I am Not Going Any Place Where...

John Singer Sargent made a good living off of painting portraits of people that could afford them. Commissions are very difficult. What artists consider to be a good painting is not always what the sitter wants. People always disagree on what is a good likeness, even if the portrait is a photograph-oftentimes especially if it is a photograph. When Sargent hit fifty he closed shop. He said he would paint your barn or your fence but not your face. I think you have to be a painter to know how frustrating portraits can be. I have been fortunate and no one has ever complained but I have not done that many. I will still do them when asked but it is a difficult task.

My naturalist husband is always at his studies. When he is not doing field work he is compiling data on the computer. He has devoted his life to educating as many people as possible on what we have and how to take care of it. He is still working on a CD on Butterflies of the Blue Ridge which I hope will be out soon. Problems with the photographer have delayed progress. I have often wondered why he doesn't want to travel to Africa or South America for a completely different experience. He has studied species in Mexico and North Carolina but no where else outside of Virginia. I asked him why he won't travel to more exotic places and he said he isn't going anywhere where the wildlife is waiting for him with a fork and spoon as soon as he gets off the bus. I see his point.

A Great Way to Finish and Kiss them and Run

October 26th, 2011

A Great Way to Finish and Kiss them and Run

I have taught a total of nineteen years on the college level and will retire from teaching at the end of this semester. I have enjoyed working with Art students but I can't say I have enjoyed teaching Linear Perspective. It is my opinion that anyone in any visual art field should be well grounded in this subject but it is extremely hard for some students to grasp. I like to display good work by the students in the hall for everyone to see and this is the first semester that I will be displaying some of their oblique perspective assignments. What a great way to end my teaching career and begin work as a full time professional artist!

My husband and I were watching the Mike and Molly sitcom the other night. In this episode Molly, her mother, and her sister were having heated arguments and Mike was being drawn into the fireworks. His situation was getting worse and worse and my husband said Mike needed to get out of there. Sometimes all you can do is kiss them and run!

Sold Another Original and All Choked Up

October 23rd, 2011

Sold Another Original and All Choked Up

I am so pleased that I sold another original to a great patron in Missouri. Now I have artwork in eighteen states, Washington D.C., Canada, Germany, and Australia. My artwork marches on! As I have said before, I want to cover the planet!. It is such a wonderful experience to be appreciated. I work so hard at my profession and will never quit trying to get homes for all of my paintings. They are extensions of me and I hope they exist after I am gone. The painting is "Chrysanthemum Shift" and it has an exceptionally sensitive surface and exuberant color contrast.

Last week the Virginia Tech Library where my husband works in Government Documents had a celebration regarding the changes that are occurring right now. My husband's staff had a huge cake with the letter "C" on it and some pirate cookies. My husband said he had to leave the room all choked up. He wasn't choked up about the changes. He is fructose intolerant and can't eat cakes or cookies or a lot of things most people can eat. He was just kidding around. He has made the adjustment to his diet and lost thirty pounds. He just likes to make jokes about his dietary problems. The last time I mentioned one of his dietary laments on Facebook, I got a long stream of advice from well wishers. Not necessary!

What a great Experience and Thats what I Tell the Face in the Mirror

October 19th, 2011

What a great Experience and Thats what I Tell the Face in the Mirror

I work so hard at my painting and when the different stages of a work finally come together it is like a great celebration. Painting can be an exasperating struggle. I live to paint but sometimes it is not a great life. This week a painting I started over four times is coming together and I can hardly wait until it is completely done, dry, and on the net for everyone to see. Now, if I can just get through the last week of Linear Perspective life will be great again. Why is Linear Perspective so hard for some students? This is my last semester of teaching and I look forward to NEVER having to teach Linear Perspective again! I have enjoyed working with art students but it is time to pursue my career full time.

A few days ago my husband was joking about not being able to find his brain. He thinks it is gone and I told him he had a great brain which was probably full of wrinkles since, as we all know, it is not the size of the brain that indicates intelligence but the amount of wrinkles. Wrinkles are a good thing. He said that is what he tells the face he sees in the mirror every day.

Back to Closing the Door and Do you think it was because of Parents Weekend?

October 16th, 2011

Back to Closing the Door and Do you think it was because of Parents Weekend?

When my son was a toddler I would close the door of my studio so I could get some work done. He hung out with his Dad for an hour and then would come and knock on the door. An hour is better than nothing. My paintings have become so complicated that I have to cover them when I am not working on them so I am not bothered by what needs to be done. I need a lot of time to paint as I always work wet-in-wet. I have gone back to closing the door and I tell the family to stay away so I can work. They can handle that. There is never enough time for an artist.

My husband is a self-taught naturalist and he gets up at the crack of dawn to check out the wildlife, especially the birds. He rarely sees people at 5:00 in the morning but he had a story to tell Saturday. He was checking things out by the New River at Bisset Park when he saw something swimming in the middle of the river quite a distance from the shore. It was a young man swimming. The morning was cold enough that my husband had a jacket on so he was very surprised to see someone stand up and look over at him. We talked about a number of reasons for this incident and then I remembered this week-end was Parent's Week-end at Radford University. I jokingly told my husband that he was hiding from his parents because his grades were bad.

Halfway There and Lights on a Turkey

October 12th, 2011

Halfway There and Lights on a Turkey

I have taught a total of nineteen years at Radford University. I taught full-time for eight years and part-time for eleven years and I decided this semester would be my last. I have enjoyed working with the students but I want to work full-time at selling my own work. I make part of living off of my sales and it is my dream to make all of my living off of my sales. The semester is half over and I am getting more and more excited with each passing day. I am taking one thing home a day from my office so I won't have so much extra work during exam time. Soon I will be able to devote more time to promoting myself and moving artwork. I am in seventeen states,Washington D.C., Canada, Germany, and Australia. Time to cover the world!

My husband and I were talking about the great change in holiday celebrations. When we were kids no one put up lights for Hall ' o Ween, people did not put Christmas lights all over their roof and fence, and no one exchanged gifts for Easter as many people do now. Weeks ago we saw Christmas lights on at a home nearby. There are all kinds of huge Hall o' Ween ghoulish balloons in yards. My husband said the next thing will be lights on a Turkey for Thanksgiving. That is one I want to see!

Working on the Next Show and There is no place like this Dump

October 9th, 2011

Working on the Next Show and There is no place like this Dump

Time to get to work on the promo for my next show that will be up January 15th at Zeppolli's in Blacksburg, VA. I used to put on more than one show a year but now I find I am doing much better selling on the internet so one a year is enough. I have sold a lot of paintings locally but I do live in a hard sell area. Radford is not Chicago by any means. Got to get the details together to attract some attention. I still don't have a title for the show because I am not sure I will finish a painting that I wanted to center the show around. Just have to wait a little longer to get the title together.

We live in a modest active solar home that is all we need but it is a little cramped so we do plan to move eventually. It is great having everything one one level and I have a nice studio that my brother-in-law added to the house before he got married and had five kids. We haven't seen him since. Just joking! Whenever we are away on a trip when we get home my husband says over and over again, "There's no place like this dump!", "There's no place like this dump!" Just like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz!

If People only Knew and Abduction to Mars

October 2nd, 2011

If People only Knew and Abduction to Mars

Sometimes I hear people talk about an Art Appreciation or Art History course as if it was not worth any time or effort. I remember one young man saying all the teacher did was show pictures. Visual language is an incredible, thought provoking language that I wish everyone could understand. In school we are taught verbal and mathematical skills but not visual skills, in my opinion. I wish the average person could understand the tremendous effort that artists go through to communicate what they think is important about life. My work is intensely emotional but I think many people just see a pretty picture. Every color and mark is labored over to achieve the most intense visual communication possible. I never get exactly what I want but I get close. The perfect one is always right around the corner.

Just for fun my husband and a friend play the lottery once a week. They each put in a dollar and I always tease him about the fact that we still aren't millionaires. He says he has about as much chance of winning the lottery as he does of aliens hauling his butt off to Mars. I definitely would prefer winning the lottery. We are not the Bobbsey Twins but we do get along.

Still Arm Wrestling and Are We the Neighborhood Diner?

September 28th, 2011

Still Arm Wrestling and Are We the Neighborhood Diner?

My current painting has been quite a trip and I don't mean to the beach. The arm wrestling has gone on for such a long time my mind is reeling with all the different directions I have taken. I think I see daylight now but I thought that before so I can't wait until Friday when I can attack it again. Thursdays I teach most of the day and then take some young adults bowling so I just have to be on edge until I can get back to it. What a roller coaster ride!

I have mentioned before that our old dog is so nice that I caught her staring at a cat eating her dog food one day. She didn't budge or bark- just stared at the cat. I oftentimes see cats sneak into our yard. Birds take her food and dip it in her water bowl to soften it. One small dog squeaked his body through the fence and now my husband says squirrels give him a dirty look if the bowl is empty. Are we the diner here? I fully expect the goats at the end of the street to show up one day for a snack. Such is life!

Sold Two More Prints and My Fat Missed Me

September 25th, 2011

Sold Two More Prints and My Fat Missed Me

I can't complain about this week-end even though I worked almost every minute of it on art, housework, or taking care of a sick kid. I used to brag about my great feet that never hurt. Those days are over. Sold a print on Friday and one today so that sweetens up a mostly sour week-end. It is great to be appreciated.

I have had to watch my weight my whole life. I was never very overweight but there were times I did have some extra. Fortunately my mother could have founded Weight Watchers. She cooked meals that are just like what you see in Weight Watcher menus. None of us are overweight and I have managed to keep the extra pounds off since I left home many years ago. I have a number of friends that are still fighting the battle of the bulge and keep trying this diet or that. They want to insist I am just one of those people that doesn't have to worry but it isn't true. I tell them Weight Watchers is the group to join. One of my friends lost quite a bit of extra weight and then slowly put it on over a period of a couple of years. She told her husband, "My fat missed me".

Arm Wrestling and Head Stuck in the Fence

September 21st, 2011

Arm Wrestling and Head Stuck in the Fence

Years ago when I was struggling with a painting that was not turning out the way I wanted it to a teacher made the remark that painting was like arm wrestling. You get it in the direction you want it to go and then it messes up and then you get the effect you want again and so on. It is always fun in the beginning and then it becomes more and more difficult and then you just want to get it done. If an artist works hard she or he can get close but never exactly what is desired. It is such a great experience when one is arm wrestled down and you feel like you won. I think my current painting that was started over a number of times is about to cry uncle! It never stood a chance against such a stubborn artist. Defeat is not in my vocabulary.

The tiny, noisy dog next door was squealing the other day. I am so used to hearing it bark like mad at my poor old dog that I didn't pay any attention at first. After a while I realized it was making some sort of distress cry and found it with it's head stuck through one opening in the chain link fence. It was jumping and spinning around in a circle trying to free itself. It looked a little guilty when I went over to help it. Usually it barks and bears its teeth at me but not this time. The owners were not at home so I called animal control. I could not get it loose but I stayed with it and tried to calm it down until help arrived. The animal control officer was able to free it and I think the dog and I are friends now- at least for a while. It still barks like mad at my dog.

Sold Another Painting and You have the Wrong Number

September 18th, 2011

Sold Another Painting and You have the Wrong Number

I am so pleased to sell another original oil painting to a great patron in Morganton NC. It is such a wonderful experience to mail artwork out of my studio. Painting is my life and people that purchase one of my paintings are getting a part of me. Visual art is such an intense means of communication. I try to promote the good things in life with my work and "Flower Field" is one of my favorite paintings for reasons that I can't explain. Sometimes the colors and textures come together in an especially sensuous way that makes all of my efforts worthwhile.

My husband has a cell phone that he doesn't use. He just has it for emergencies but has to add minutes every three months to keep the service. He has 500 minutes and will probably just keep adding to that number. He can't understand why cell phones have become so popular. If a lot of people started to try to contact him by cell phone, this is the message he would like to put on it.

You have reached the wrong number. Even if you think you have the right number you are wrong. Bye.

He would never really do this. He is one of the most diplomatic people I have ever met but at heart he is a curmudgeon.

I have not done that for a long time and Artistic Environmentalists

September 14th, 2011

I have not done that for a long time and Artistic Environmentalists

I live to paint but once in a while it is a terribly taxing experience. Today was one of those days. I try to move fast so I don't get too critical of one painting but this time I was determined to work through the frustration to get the effect I want. It wasn't happening today so I became very vocal about it after making sure no one was around. Sometimes it is very helpful to throw a tantrum. Right afterward things started to work right and I am confident it will be a success. Control and accident. I doubt the average person has any idea of what that means. They would if they took up painting.

My husband likes to tease me when I make certain comments about nature that pertain to being an artist. Certain trees have a type of visual accent that makes them stand out from the rest to my eye. Since my husband and I are both environmentalists he says artistic environmentalists hug pretty trees.

This Would Not Happen if I had Time and The Only Alien I am going to see

September 11th, 2011

This Would Not Happen if I had Time and The Only Alien I am going to see

I'm sure all artists that don't make their living off of their artwork can understand this problem. I make part of my living at it and I will never give up on getting paid for what I consider to be my job but I need that rich patron to support my efforts so I don't have to stop in the middle of my work. I wish I could spend as much time as I want on my paintings. There are so many other things I have to do that I am frustrated with all the starting and stopping. Still whining for extra hours to the day...

My husband and I were talking about movies with aliens in them. I have seen so few and really don't like alien movies. Some of them are so gruesome and some of them are so frightening that I avoid them. I have enough nightmares. My husband is not that interested in them either. He said the only alien he is going to see is the one staring back at him from the mirror.

Sold Another Print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island and Hot Water

September 7th, 2011

Sold Another Print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island and Hot Water

I am so pleased to sell another print of Marsh View at Pawleys Island to a great patron in Ridgeland MS. I am especially pleased with this painting. It is 41"x 60" and takes up a large section of the wall in my living room. I'm so glad there a number of people with prints of this work. I hope someone will want to buy the original but I think they would have to be local. I have never shipped a painting that large. I know there are shipping services for such an item but I haven't crossed that bridge yet.

I am still whining about piriformis and have decided that I am probably having this problem because I have stopped two activities that I used to do weekly - skating and swimming in a heated pool. I only like to skate at rinks but I have become too worried that I might have a serious accident . I hated to give it up but I don't want to break a hip at my age. The heated pool at the hospital is no longer having free swim sessions so that is the end of that.

I told my husband that I think people our age need to spend time in hot water. He said he is always in hot water. Not true! He is one of the good guys.

Sold Burning Shore and I Think I am going to call it Nastyformis

September 4th, 2011

Sold Burning Shore and I Think I am going to call it Nastyformis

I am so pleased to sell one my favorite paintings to a great patron in Florida. "Burning Shore" has a wonderful visual intensity. I am especially pleased with the color contrast and emotional brushwork. I thought "Burning Shore" was a perfect name considering the strong sunset colors that permeate the whole work. I am now in sixteen states, Washington D.C., Canada, Germany, and Australia. I hope I cover the planet!

I am still griping about the piriformis that is causing so much pain in my right hip. Ten years ago I had such a bad case of piriformis in my left hip that I was practically screaming in pain. Since then I have been doing the exercises a great nurse friend told me to do to prevent it from flaring up again. That time it went away after a few days. This time I have been suffering since the end of July. The pain is not anywhere near as bad as the first time but I wish it would let up! I think a better name for it would be NASTYFORMIS.

Sale of Beautiful Nude and NBC?

August 31st, 2011

Sale of Beautiful Nude and NBC?

Yesterday a great patron in North Carolina bought a framed print of one of my beautiful nudes. "Reaching Out" is an intense charcoal study of a model that looks like she is trying to reach beyond the picture plane. The light effect and flowing marks are especially strong in this one. I am so pleased that I am selling prints of these nudes and getting wonderful comments from other artists. As I have said before, the ability to draw the nude so that it looks alive and not just a combination of detail is part of the discipline of a good artist. I hope to sell many more of these drawings that are so important to me.

I am still suffering from piriformis and am wondering how long this will last. I am using a heating pad which helps but I still can't work on my portfolio update. I am too sore to drag my heavy easel out doors to photograph artwork. I am really getting tired of this pain in the butt. I told my husband I need a new butt and where can I get one. He said, "I don't know, maybe NBC - New Butt Club". Not sure how that works as humor but it made me laugh.

So Excited about my Current Painting and a Bucket of Fudge

August 28th, 2011

So Excited about my Current Painting and a Bucket of Fudge

A lot of artists do portraits of famous personalities that they have never met. I assume they have never met them so they rely on photographs and either stick rather closely to the photograph, modify it somewhat, or completely change it to accommodate their individual expression. It has never occurred to me to paint a portrait of someone I don't know. Recently I decided there was one personality I greatly admire that I haven't seen a lot of paintings of and I thought I would give it a try. I am enjoying the experience and am using a number of photographs to get the likeness but the painting is all mine-my expression, color, and brushwork. I hope it turns out as well as I want. Painting is always a crap shoot between skill and what happens in the process. So far, so good!

Whenever I see a report in the newspaper that politics are working out the way I want them to I become very excited. I see hope for what is important to me and I like to discuss these things with my husband. The other day I mentioned an improvement and he said the results are based on a poll and you can never tell about them. He said one party probably calls up twelve members of their party and tells them to answer yes on five questions and they will get a bucket of fudge in the mail. So much for polls and good news. I think I will just believe the poll results. That makes me happy.

Just Sold Another Print and Peanut Butter on his Hands

August 26th, 2011

Just Sold Another Print and Peanut Butter on his Hands

I just sold another print of one of my most popular paintings. Natural Rhythm is a feast of color and texture and the canvas print will go to a patron in Perth Australia. I have originals and prints in private collections in sixteen states, Canada, Germany, and now Australia. I hope I can cover the planet! I literally work my butt off as I am still suffering with Piriformis this week. Those of you that have it know it is a muscle spasm in the rear end that presses on the sciatic nerve causing a lot of pain. I'm glad I paint standing up. Sitting and lying down are hard on this problem. Hope it is better soon.

My husband is getting so sick of rice bread that he is thinking of spreading peanut butter on his hand and then licking it off. The diet for people that are fructose intolerant is very restrictive. I posted this on Facebook and got a zillion replies on how to improve his diet. Most of the suggestions included things he can't eat. Who would have thought that there are people that can't eat apples, string beans, bread, broccoli, cabbage, onions, tomatoes, etc. We have found a lot of substitutes but the rice bread is getting him down. We are looking into other types he can eat.

Back to Oil Paint before I Flip and Little Known Nonsense

August 21st, 2011

Back to Oil Paint before I Flip and Little Known Nonsense

I am so glad to be back to oil paint. I know I say this too often but I truly do live to paint. Pushing colors and textures around on a canvas or board is such a wonderful experience and it keeps me together. In a world where adults and children kill others when they are unhappy, where spouses beat up on spouses and children, where animals are mis-treated, I need my paint to be happy. Yes there are many wonderful people and things in the world but there is too much of what is wrong that weighs us down. I emphasize what is good in life in my work. It is a great form of communication and I am thrilled when people understand it.

I have been having some trouble with periformis for some time now and hoping it will get better soon. Those of you that have experienced this problem know that it is literally a pain in the butt. One muscle spasms and then affects the sciatic nerve and ouch!!! I was complaining to my husband about my aches and he said it is because I married a dip stick. According to him, marriage with a dip stick causes physical pain and mental stress. Little known nonsense that is not true in my case. I did not marry a dip stick. Put Clyde Kessler in Google and you will see what I mean.

The Final Brush Marks and Frances is just Too Nice

August 21st, 2011

The Final Brush Marks and Frances is just Too Nice

It is always so hard to know when to quit on a painting. I have learned over the years to let them alone for a while before deciding if they are really done but it is so difficult to stop. Often times I feel like I should push one a little more before I quit but that usually just creates more problems to solve and perfection is always out of reach. Since my work is representational people that don't understand abstract art are always trying to get me to explain it to them. I tell them that I can't explain what all artists do. I believe the only way people that only understand art as a picture of something can understand how all art is abstract is for them to take it up themselves. Whether the artwork has specific shapes from nature or not there are a multitude of decisions to be made based on how it looks as a work of art created by one personality.

Just put the last marks on one I am pleased with. It's not exactly what I want but it is close.

Our dog Frances is just too nice. The other day we saw her about two feet from her dish. She was calmly watching a cat eat her dog food. She didn't bark or go after the stray cat. I guess the natural animosity between dogs and cats is not always true. She is still periodically staring at the neighbor's dogs as they bark like mad at her. She never barks back or bares her teeth at them. Sweet old dog.

Where would we be without Art and Once you are Over the Hill...

August 15th, 2011

Where would we be without Art and Once you are Over the Hill...

What would people do without Art? I know many people live for sports and cars but how many people have nothing to do with Art? More and more people are getting tattoos and I only know a few people that don't watch TV. I love all the arts and can't imagine a world without them. If I had a bunch of lives I would pursue them all. I live to paint but I also spend some time playing the piano, line dancing, and watching great DVDs. One of my patrons that works in the library orders the sort of things I like and calls me up when they arrive. My artwork is in sixteen states, Canada, and Germany. I may never become as successful as I would like to be but the time to work is all I really care about.

Since we bought a home many years ago my husband has kept the computer room covered up with all his activities. I greatly admire his environmental efforts and his poetry that he has had published many times but I can't clean a room that has the bed piled up with boxes and notebooks and the floor mostly covered up with the same. Of course, if I try to organize everything he won't be able to find anything. I finally came up with a solution. I am slowly cleaning the room and organizing his things with him so he will know where I am putting things. I am not quite done but it is so much better that he thanked me. It is true what Charles Schultz put in one of his cartoons.

Once you are over the hill you pick up speed!

I knew I would add Charcoal and There is no Place like...

August 10th, 2011

I knew I would add Charcoal and There is no Place like...

Still working on an old drawing that I thought needed some accents. The drawing is a pencil nude and has great space - just didn't carry very well. I was determined to stick with graphite and make it work but I got out the charcoal. Now the drawing has strength and is a strong visual experience. Like many young artists I started with pencil and then moved on to charcoal, conte, and pastels for drawing. There is nothing wrong with graphite but it was only for me when I was young. I will add the drawing here when the weather cools down so I can get a good outdoor shot.

My husband, son, and I live in a small, active solar house that we bought as a starter house on a nice street with three houses and wooded areas. It seemed like an ideal place for an artist and a naturalist. It was a great place for two years then every lot was sold and the sloppiest people on the face of the earth moved next door - no exaggeration. At one time they had seven cars that did not work on their lawn with old TVs, furniture, and assorted trash. We have been fighting with them since they moved here. I even made a video and took it to the city and nothing happened.

Finally, after many years, social service made them clean up and now we may be able to sell our house if we find what we want but we have had a lot of fun here and had a lot of great neighbors and friends for my son. It really is true that there is no place like home. Whenever we travel we always say when we get home, "There's no place like this dump, there's no place like this dump!

Thankfully Back in the Studio and We Know we are Home when we hear that Sound

August 4th, 2011

Thankfully Back in the Studio and We Know we are Home when we hear that Sound

I love to visit my family but I am always uneasy when I am away from my studio. I get quite nervous and distracted. Painting keeps me together so I never stop unless I have to. My mother celebrated her 89 birthday and I saw my siblings, and some nieces, nephews, and other in-laws. I am thankful that I don't call them out-laws. We all get along pretty well but I was so glad to see the Radford sign yesterday. I am working in graphite for the first time since the 80's. It is true that artists do go back to old works and modify them. The trick is not to destroy the work in the process. I have gotten good at that over the years.

As soon as we got in the door, the little dogs next door started yapping away. They still bark like mad and bare their teeth at our dog as she just looks at them by the fence. She isn't going to stop patrolling the back yard but she also doesn't bother with barking back. These dogs are as small as Chihuahuas but they don't look at all like them. They are very unattractive to me- sorry dog lovers. My husband just calls them Chiuglies.

Various Comments on my Work and Run Over by Chocolate

July 24th, 2011

Various Comments on my Work and Run Over by Chocolate

Over the years I have received a lot of interesting comments on my work. Artists and patrons have often compared me to Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cezanne. One artist saw the influence of 20th century colorist Pierre Bonnard on my work. Many artists have seen the influence of Claude Monet. These are artists I greatly admire but I think my work is unique to me and I have developed a style that has a tremendous amount of visual strength through my own layering process.

My favorite comment that I hear a lot from admirers is that my paintings make them want to touch them. I am especially pleased with my complex surfaces that can only be understood through visual language that the average person does not study. I think the comment that they want to touch the surface indicates the visual communication has been successful.

I have received a lot of praise from patrons over the years but my favorite comment came from a woman that bought my painting at the Three Rivers Art Festival in Pennsylvania. She sent me an email and said she made her husband buy that painting for her and when they divorced it was the only thing they fought over. I'm sorry her marriage didn't work out but what a compliment!



I love chocolate. I don't know any people that don't like chocolate. My favorite kinds are the chewy kinds - especially chocolate with caramel centers. I am quite the sugar addict. What do you call someone that has been run over by too much chocolate? Tootsienami!

I have to Cover Them and I Hope the Multi Taskers are not...

July 20th, 2011

I have to Cover Them and I Hope the Multi Taskers are not...

My studio is a room that my brother-in-law attached to our house many years ago. Then he got married and had five kids and we haven't seen him since! Just joking. Anyway, I can see my easel from my bedroom and I used to study my paintings from a distance during the day. Now they have become so complicated and intense that I have to cover them when I am not working on them. Every change in light makes such a difference and I can't work on them all day long. Now I understand why the famous 20th century artist Pierre Bonnard would turn them to the wall so he wouldn't become too involved in them. I tell my students that when you are analyzing every square inch and making decisions on whether or not that section looks right and whether or not it looks right with the rest of the work then you are into heavy duty art. It doesn't matter whether it is looks like something or not, there are zillions of visual decisions to be made. What a fascinating experience!

I am becoming more and more concerned with other drivers. I think it much more likely to be in an accident these days than when I was young. I am now much aware of what is going on around me. I just hope that all the multi taskers that eat, talk on a cell phone, watch a movie, read, and check their hair in the mirror are not multi stupid.

Looking for the Light and So is an Old Piece of Cheese

July 16th, 2011

Looking for the Light and So is an Old Piece of Cheese

I have become acutely aware of how different lights effect my paintings. There are so many colors that the light is extremely important. I have learned over the years how to set up so that I know the light will be most helpful when painting. The number one reason I don't paint outdoors is the tremendous change in appearance of the painting when brought in doors. My paintings aren't meant to hang out doors so I have to paint in my studio. I have day light florescent lighting but the light is still completely different at different times of day. I have learned I can't paint in the afternoon because the painting is tremendously flattered. I can't paint at night because the warm colors practically disappear. I paint in the morning. The light in the studio is the best for the final result that will look right where I want them to be- on someone's wall.

I have always teased my husband about his looks. I think he is very handsome and is what many people would call a "pretty boy". He joked about that at work and now they all call him PB. He doesn't think much of his looks and says he looks especially bad now with age. I tell him he has just matured over the years and still looks great. He says an old piece of cheese matures but it still stinks!

Sometimes I Play and am I being Silly to Ask?

July 13th, 2011

Sometimes I Play and am I being Silly to Ask?

I work very hard at my paintings and usually have a clear objective for each one but sometimes I just want to play with the colors and see what comes up. My most recent upload is an example of one of those works. I started with a flower motif and then let the colors and textures happen until I thought it was a good visual experience. There is nothing like oil paint to me. Sometimes I enjoy working in pastels but my medium is oils. I hope I die with a brush in my hand. Painting is my life.

Am I being silly to ask if Congress could greatly reduce the debt if everything were cut a small amount? That way no one could scream about being cut out. I'm sure even the military has some pork that could be reduced. I certainly am not advocating any harm to defense but I'll bet there are some things that could be cut out without putting our country at risk. Seems to me this would be the thing to do in a Democracy, but I am not a politician, just a worried individual.

It is Paint and Can We be Friends?

July 8th, 2011

It is Paint and Can We be Friends?

When I was young I didn't understand the phrase artistic license. I thought that it was an excuse for the inability to reasonably reproduce things. Like many young artists I was working on my drawing and painting skills and had no idea what artists that understood the phrase meant by it. When a teacher would try to explain to me that all art is an abstraction from life I would smile politely and think the teacher was either nuts or making up some nonsense.

Now I talk exactly the same way to students and I don't think I have flipped. When critics of Manet's portrait of Emile Zola said the pants didn't look like pants he said in so many words they are not pants. It's paint! Regardless of whether the painting looks like something or not it is an arrangement by the artist that is in some way an abstraction from life. My work is a visual arrangement of my feelings for the natural world and I am thrilled when people understand the "license" in my paintings.

My old dog was running back and forth at our fence while the very small dogs next door chased back and forth barking like mad. Now our dog, Frances, likes to just go to the fence and walk around a little. The dogs still bark like mad and bare their teeth. Frances just looks at them and never barks. If she could talk I'll bet she would say, "Can't we just be friends?"

Glad to Sell another Print and Adult ADD versus CRA

July 4th, 2011

Glad to Sell another Print and Adult ADD versus CRA

I was so please to sell a print of one of my nude drawings. They are very special to me. I put a lot of energy and linear accents into my nudes. I have sold a number of prints on FAA but this is the first print of a nude other than a couple of greeting cards. The human form is beautiful and I think it is sad that some people are offended by the nude in Art. As I tell my students, anyone can make a poor, stiff, lifeless drawing of the human form. The mark of a true, accomplished artist is one that can make it look alive!

I write things down. I make lists. I put dates on the calendar and I still miss things. I'll never forget the day the dentist called up and asked if it was possible to change my son's appointment which was on the next day. I told them I couldn't change it and then I forgot to take him! I don't think I will ever live that one down. I jokingly told my husband I have adult ADD(attention deficit disorder). He said he has CRA(Can't Remember Anything) but he isn't sure because he forgot.

Painting, More Painting, and When was the Last Time You saw a Green Heron?

June 30th, 2011

Painting, More Painting, and When was the Last Time You saw a Green Heron?

I have been enjoying returning to some paintings that I haven't sold yet and working on them here and there. I rarely do this. Once I finish with a painting I move on to the next one and let the other one live. It is so easy to get too worked up over one. It is hard to return to a painting due to the fact that I am always changing my methods even though they always have my touch. I have to remember what it was that motivated me to do the painting in the first place and the particular approach I took then. My palette has lightened up over the years which is typical of many painters but recently I have returned to darker colors in current work. I go around in circles but they are all extensions of me. I love what I do!

My husband, Clyde Kessler, is a well-known naturalist in the New River Valley and has been asked to become part of a business venture to promote tourism and wildlife studies. He leads tours for a new group called Radbird and was an excellent guide this past week-end at Bike Virginia in Radford. What a wonderful float down the New River from River View Park to Bisset Park! This tour was called the Green Heron Tour as there are always a lot of Green Herons on this part of the river. We were all pleased to see many Green Herons and a Great Blue Heron that showed up right on cue as did around 50 other species of birds. It is great have such a knowledgeable husband who dedicates so much of his time to educating the public about the wonders all around us. There are so many wonderful things to do that don't require batteries.

Paintings can become Old Friends and I miss my Big Stomach

June 27th, 2011

Paintings can become Old Friends and I miss my Big Stomach

Most of my paintings that I think are successful are out the door before I hardly have a chance to look at them. Some other paintings I think are successful go unnoticed and then some that I am not too pleased about are big hits with others. Either way I don't sell them all and I am quite prolific so I have paintings around me. Some of them have problems that bother me and some become old friends. Most of my paintings improve with age. I forget what it was that was bothering me and just see what is successful. I enjoy looking at the old friends and hope they will be bought eventually.

I have fought the battle of the bulge my whole life. I can remember being teased about being a little chubby when I was five years old. I won the battle in High School and have kept my weight down ever since. I love to eat but I can't stand to carry around extra weight. My husband was thin as a rail when we were married and gradually put on extra weight and became rather portly. Last year we finally found out why he has so much indigestion and pain in his abdomen. He is fructose intolerant and has had to cut out certain fruits, vegetable and wheat products. As a result he has lost thirty pounds and is slim again.

One night when we were lying in bed watching TV he said he missed his gut. Took him years to get it that way eating the foods he can no longer eat. I guess some people would rather have the extra weight than give up certain foods!

The Road Less Traveled By and My Sore Feet

June 23rd, 2011

The Road Less Traveled By and My Sore Feet

Many readers of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" think the poem is about being an individual. I had thought that for most of my life until my painting time became such an exhilarating experience. For many years it was discouraging and frustrating. I destroyed many paintings that I thought were awful. Now that I know exactly where I belong in regards to style and purpose I live to paint and every day is exciting.

I could be wrong but I think Frost was talking about becoming an artist which is not a typical path in life, but for me IT HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED BY IS THE GREATEST ROAD IN THE WORLD!

All my life I have bragged about my great feet. I have heard others talk about their sore feet and was so glad that never happened to me. I could stand up and paint all day long. I never sat down when teaching classes. Well, I guess my feet are finally showing some wear. I can still stand up for long periods of time but sometimes my feet are sore. That's life! I may be a little sore going down that path but I will stay on the road.

Almost to the Finish Line and So What if they are Little Shrimps?

June 21st, 2011

Almost to the Finish Line and So What if they are Little Shrimps?

I am almost to the end of a grueling painting. It is nice to achieve close to what I want which is all anyone can ever do. Painting is a never ending learning process and the next one will be perfect. Painters have to learn to live with all most and wait. They look much better later. Time to get back to work on one I was not at all happy with. I'm sure I know what to do now. Hope springs eternal.

Our neighbor has acquired a number of very small dogs. I'm not sure what breed they are but they sure can bark. We have an old medium sized labrador mutt and she seems to be getting into checking out the dogs at the fence. We have a shed that blocks off part of the fence. She goes to one part of the fence and they bark like mad. Then she runs to the other side and they bark like mad. My husband said she probably likes the company. So what if they are little shrimps? They are her own kind and she sure looks happy running back and forth.

I Hate this Part of the Conversation and I did not like her Hair

June 19th, 2011

I Hate this Part of the Conversation and I did not like her Hair

Paintings talk back. I always start out with a plan but somehow the painting always takes over and starts telling me what to do. Then I get to the point where it seems successful except for a few things that are bugging me. This is always the worst part of the conversation. Many paintings are in danger of being destroyed at this stage so many painters put them away for a while and then decide if it is truly done.

Usually the parts that seem so wrong don't seem like much at all after some time has elapsed. I always try to let paintings live. I destroyed a lot of good paintings when I didn't understand this part of the process. Got to tear myself away and work on something else.

I was looking at my students evaluations and wondering, like a lot of other college teachers, how did we get to the point where students tell us if we are effective teachers? I don't understand what their qualifications are for evaluating me? I get great evaluations but I know of very tough, demanding teachers that get poor ones. I don't think my course is easy but perhaps it is. I hope my high evaluations are for what I teach and not how difficult the course is.

I tease students about this all the time. I tell them that when they have an advanced degree, have taught on the college level, have a family, and work in the community then they can tell me how good a teacher I am. I also tease them about the written comments. Students give great criticism. I didn't like her hair. They always laugh on that one.

It is not Just a Paint Job and Mom always said I was Crazy

June 17th, 2011

It is not Just a Paint Job and Mom always said I was Crazy

I was working away at a difficult, intense painting today and, as always, thoughts from various teachers were going through my mind. I remember one teacher said that when he got the idea for the painting, the rest was just a paint job. For me, nothing could be further from the truth. My paintings go through many stages and I use so many colors and textures that the complexity of visual information is overwhelming. I don't think the average person can understand what I am talking about, but I think it is safe to say that for most artists it is not what you paint but how you paint it. My work is a unique interpretation of what is in front of me. Hopefully people can see the intense feeling that I put into every painting through the colors and brushwork.

My mother, whom I dearly love, often told me I was crazy. She is my greatest supporter and a wonderful person. She encouraged me to be an artist when many parents discourage children to pursue art. She is a fantastic pianist so she understands what it is to be an artist. My energy, my ways of doing things, and my unusual views on life are the reason she called me crazy. She is right but I wouldn't be any other way! Thanks Mom!

Painting is Working and Why People Say Swear like a Sailor

June 16th, 2011

Painting is Working and Why People Say Swear like a Sailor

I live to paint but it is a serious discipline. Over the years I have discovered so many personal directions that my abilities are stretched every time I paint. As most painters will tell you, what worked for one painting doesn't necessarily work for another painting. I have only discovered one absolute direction for all paintings and that is to not let much time go between each session. It is like playing a musical instrument. I have to be at it everyday. If I miss a day then I seem to lose my place in a painting. Years ago I discussed this with Dorothy Gillespie when she graciously taught a course at Radford University. She certainly agreed. My current painting is working out but I have to get in there and keep going.

Last night I was thinking about the saying "Swear like a Sailor". In my experience, that has been true but I wonder why we have that saying. My husband said if you had to spend all that time on a boat with no place else to go what do you think you would say? I mean no dis-respect to sailors. My father was a medical officer in the Navy during WWII and I miss him and his sometimes colorful language very much.

Coming Along and Breathing for Dummies

June 15th, 2011

Coming Along and Breathing for Dummies

My current painting is intimidating to say the least. It will be the featured painting for my next show in November. I live to paint but sometimes it is an agonizing process. It is so easy to be too controlling and then the painting can't talk back. I have to let the magic happen so the result is something that can't be reproduced. My paintings have become so visually complex that I can't stand to see them when I'm not working on them. There better not be any barking dogs today.

My writer husband and I were talking about all the self-help books that you see everywhere now. He decided he is going to write "Breathing for Dummies". I think that would catch on like wildfire. LOL

My promotion on "Marsh View on Pawleys Island" is still on. Be sure to check it out in the Limited Time Only section on Fineartamerica.com

Better Day in the Studio and Why My Marraige Works

June 14th, 2011

Better Day in the Studio and Why My Marraige Works

Yesterday I arm wrestled a painting down. Still not happy about it but it is much better. Now is the time to let it live for a while and then see if I want to go back into it. I'm back on the balance beam but still shaky. Painting will drive me crazy if I let it. I refuse to let that happen. Too much else to do.

New promotion on one of my favorite paintings, "Marsh View, Pawleys Island"! I have 20"x24" canvas prints for sale until June 18th. The price is $136.00 which is about 30% off. Just check out the Limited Time Only section on kendall-kessler.fineartamerica.com

My husband and I figured out why we hardly ever argue. I never listen to what he says and he never listens to what I say. Just a joke! Love you, sweetie!

Not my Favorite Day in the Studio and The Crystal Ball

June 13th, 2011

Not my Favorite Day in the Studio and The Crystal Ball

Today is the last day for my Limited Time Only offer on "Breakers, Pawleys Island", "A Break in the Clouds", and "A Pair". Check it out!

Yesterday I had one of my difficult studio days. Good art is a balancing act and I fell off the beam. I am looking forward to fighting with the painting today. If it was easy and I could get exactly what I wanted out of a painting it would be boring. I love art because it is partly a magic act full of surprises.

When I was growing up I remember a saying my mother repeated often. She is extremely conscientious and is always bothered by hindsight. She grieves over making the wrong choice. The saying is no one has a crystal ball. Last month she decided to try out a month by month retirement home. It was a lot of trouble to move over there and get set up. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that she would not like it and move back home. Friday she moved back home. For once I had a crystal ball.

Last Day of Special Promotion and No Screetching Dog on Monday

June 12th, 2011

Last  Day of Special Promotion and No Screetching Dog on Monday

Don't miss out on buying one of my three most popular prints at a greatly reduced price today! My work will light up any space. Over the years I have received numerous compliments from patrons regarding their purchase. One patron has my still life in her kitchen and she says it brings her so much joy as she begins her day.

I am so excited about my current painting. I am working on a simple rose study that won't be simple when I am done with it. It will reach out to the viewer with so much exciting color and texture that people will want to touch it. That is my favorite compliment. I want to touch your paintings. My paintings have exquisite surfaces with intense, emotional brushwork.

Tomorrow my sweet, old dog will be at the groomers all day so I can work on photographing my work. I put her in the shade and she squeals and cries until I am done. I guess she just can't stand to be tethered anymore. She will feel a lot better when she gets that coat shaved. I don't think she will be around much longer. She is a very old dog that still acts like a puppy.

Last Two Days of Special Promotion and Claytor Lake

June 11th, 2011

Last Two Days of Special Promotion and Claytor Lake

Just two more days of my special promotion on three of my most popular paintings! "A Break in the Clouds", "Breakers, Pawleys Island", and " A Pair" are in the Limited time section on Fine Art America. Don't miss this opportunity to get a canvas print at a greatly reduced price! Mountain lovers, beach lovers, and pear lovers need to check this out!

Yesterday this workaholic spent a few hours at Claytor Lake. I don't know why I love the water so much but I am as excited about getting in as I was when I was little. It is no wonder that many of my paintings have water. Shores, rivers, creeks, lakes and ponds. The look and feel of water is incredible!. I am so happy swimming and talking with my friend Patty. I'm so glad my mother insisted we all learn to swim. My husband never learned. He is missing so much!

Back to work! I have said it before and I'll say it again. I live to paint!

Sale of Blue Ridge Morning and My Screetching Dog

June 10th, 2011

Sale of Blue Ridge Morning and My Screetching Dog

Sold another print yesterday! A great patron from Providence, Rhode Island, bought a framed print of Blue Ridge Morning. It is great to be appreciated! I live in such a beautiful region of Virginia. My father used to tell me that when he flew he was always impressed with how beautiful Virginia looked from the air. I try to stay out of airplanes but both of my parents loved to fly. I never tire of trying to capture beauty. I agree with Georgia O'Keefe that it isn't possible to really reproduce anything but it is such an exciting experience to try. Of course, I am also adding my own expression into the work which adds intense emotion to the work.

I have, for some time now, been working on updating my images for reproduction. Since I have to take the work outside I have to have the right light and weather conditions. It is tedious work and my dog has figured out a way to make it an extremely aggravating experience. I have to put her in the pen and it is too hot so she cries the whole time I am working. I tried tethering on the shaded car port and she cried anyway. Yesterday I tethered her to a tree in the shade that was near me and she squealed. I have had it for a while! I am waiting for cooler weather to continue. Such is life!

Special Promotion on Three Favorites and Good-bye Goats and Chickens

June 9th, 2011

Special Promotion on Three Favorites and Good-bye Goats and Chickens

Right now I have three of my most popular prints at a greatly reduced price here on FAA. Just go to the Limited Time Only section above. "Breakers at Pawleys Island" and " A Break in the Clouds" are on page one. "A Pair" is on page two. Just four days left! My artwork will light up any home or office. One patron emailed me to tell me that when she and her husband divorced, my painting was the only thing they fought over!

As I said in the last post, the neighbor down the street in this suburban neighborhood has goats and chickens. I'm still painting to the sounds of screaming babies, noisy children, boisterous neighbors, screeching cars, goats, and chickens. The neighbor is moving so I won't have nyaah, nyaah or cluck, cluck, cluck anymore. I must say, baby goats are so cute and the chicken crossed our road to peck around in our yard. What a hoot! Or, should I say, what a cluck!

Pawleys Island Sales and the Goat at the End of the Street

June 9th, 2011

Pawleys Island Sales and the Goat at the End of the Street

So pleased to sell two more prints of "Breakers, Pawleys Island", and "Marsh View, Pawley's Island". Interestingly enough, my last sale was prints of these two paintings. My painting experience is becoming more and more intense as I find it so difficult to attend to my other responsibilities each day. I always feel like I am screaming for more time. Sometimes a friend gets me out of the studio for a while. I would probably flip if she didn't do that.

The older I get the more obsessed I become with sales. It is great to sell prints but I want to sell the originals as well. I hope the internet will continue to improve my sales.

My neighbor down the street in this City suburb has goats and chickens. I don't know him but I hear he is working on a doctorate and makes violins! I have done a lot of paintings to the sounds of dogs, crying babies, and loud children but now I paint to Nyahh, Nyahh, Nyahh.

What an interesting artist's life I have!

Living with Autism the sale of Color Blast and the sales of two glicees

March 12th, 2011

Living with Autism the sale of Color Blast and the sales of two glicees

As any parent of an autistic child knows, it isn't easy living with mental illness. My husband and I love our son and always will but some days are so hard when he is extremely difficult to communicate with. I wish someone would find a cure for this illness. I do not agree with people that think there is nothing wrong with autism and the only problem is that the rest of us view it as a disorder. It is a handicap and I doubt whether he will be able to successfully live on his own. I'm not asking for sympathy. It is just good sometimes to vent a little. He is a good person and he does the best he can with his lot in life and we will continue to assist him until we are no longer around to do so.

I am so glad I am an artist. Everyday I am excited about whatever time I have to work at my art. It is such a wonderful experience and I love making part of my living at my sales. I will never give up on making it my only job but for now all sales are great. Recently, I sold the original painting entitled "Color Blast". This past week two giclees of Pawley's Island were sold to a patron in South Carolina. My visitors have doubled in the last few months and I look forward to future sales but the most important thing is to paint which I will be doing tomorrow morning as soon as the dishes are done.

Classes and the Sale of Wildflowers Near Fancy Gap

January 30th, 2011

Classes and the Sale of Wildflowers Near Fancy Gap

I am so pleased to have more freedom this semester as I only have two classes. It is great to have more time to work at what I live to do. I get depressed if I can't keep up my painting schedule. The process is much more complicated than the average person realizes. It isn't just a matter of picking up a brush when inspiration strikes. Art is an intense discipline and I can't go more than one day with out losing something that pertains to the particular technique I am using for each work. I have been building on a style that is unique to me even though people can see similarities to various established styles. I lose something and gain something with each painting. I have learned over the years how to let them live and not work them to death.

Control and accident. I have said this before but I think one has to be a serious painter to truly understand this difficult balancing act. As Dorothy Gillespie once said to me in so many words, "Painters always have this feeling that they are falling off a cliff when working." It is a job that is only partly thought out. The rest is a leap of faith.

As always I am so pleased that I recently sold one of my favorite paintings. "Wildflowers Near Fancy Gap" is one of my favorite paintings and I know the patron greatly appreciates it.

Hope to post the final state of Reaching Out soon

January 13th, 2011

Hope to post the final state of Reaching Out soon

I have been having a great and challenging time working on oil paintings and a pastel at the same time. I am very pleased with the final state of "Reaching Out". I have been wanting to use some previous drawings as starting points for expressive pastel works and I am off to a great start. I love the direct approach of pastels and the beautiful cosmetic like surface they create. When people ask me for portraits I try to talk them into pastels.

Anyway, here is the final state of "Reaching Out" which I will post on FAA as soon as the weather is good enough for me to get an outdoor shot.

Back to Pastels

December 28th, 2010

Back to Pastels

I decided a while ago to take some of my black and white figure drawings from years ago and re-interpret them in color. I have wanted to get back to my second medium which is soft pastels. Most artists work in more then one medium but oil paint is the one I married for life so it is tricky working in what some call a drawing medium. I prefer to call pastels painting without a brush.

It is such a direct medium that it is tempting to simplify the technique when it is just as complicated as any other medium. One great thing about pastels is they are extremely forgiving. I love being able to change my mind without waiting for it to dry like oil paint. I am pleased with the somewhat electric effect I have achieved so far. I think I am close to done and will post it soon.

Meanwhile I have other oil paintings to post and will post this one as soon as I get a chance. If it doesn't show up it is because the file is too big.

Reaching into the Past

December 26th, 2010

Reaching into the Past

Since we are snowed in I am able to work more than usual. I am excited about my current portrait of my husband and son. The photograph that I am basing the painting on is twenty-five years old. Since then I have been through so many different approaches to oil painting that they are all converging in my head as I paint this one. I started out using the traditional thin-to-thick method of layering oil paint but I have since explored many levels of the impasto technique. I still apply the paint in layers. Most oil paintings are made that way but I am often asked if I use a palette knife as the brushwork is visible on close inspection.

It is so exciting to look at the photograph and make visual decisions partly based on the photograph, partly based on my personal expression, and partly based on combining various impasto techniques. Painting is a magic act. I balance between control and accident and arm wrestle it down.

Here is another painting I want to add to my portfolio when the weather improves and I can get a good outdoor shot.

Blogging and Looking for Hours

December 24th, 2010

Blogging and Looking for Hours

So much to do all the time. I wish someone would add hours to the day. Today I put in several hours on a portrait of my husband and son. The painting is based on a photograph I took when my son was nine months old. I have done a number of portraits of them from photos but I didn't think this one would work but now I realize it is an excellent start for me to build on with my personal expression. I am so excited to be reaching into the past with this work but I need to take better pictures for several pages of my website portfolio, work on images for my classes next semester, work on items that need repairing in my house, spend time with my husband, son and friends... The list goes on and on and all she wants to do is paint!

Here is one of the paintings I want to add here among many others that I need good weather and good light to revise. Hopefully I will get some of that done next week. I am especially proud of the brushwork and delicate color contrast in this painting, " A Tree Poem".

Line Dancing and First Place on Fine Art America

December 23rd, 2010

Line Dancing and First Place on Fine Art America

The Country Line Dancers are at it again. We have a performance the 27th and the 29th. I live to paint but line dancing is definitely second place.
My painting, "Dominion Skating Rink" took first place in Maximum Expression Through Minimum of Means today. It is great to be appreciated! I am having a great time going back and forth between oil paint and pastels right now. I haven't met the medium I don't like but oil paint is my main love.

I will be glad when the weather is better so I can get back to updating my portfolio. I am on page five but I am anxious to get the whole thing straightened out. I have to take the shots outdoors due to the inadequate light in my studio.

Just Hung a show At Mill Mt Coffee and Tea and did not knock over a single person

November 24th, 2010

Just Hung a show At Mill Mt Coffee and Tea and did not knock over a single person

Sunday my husband and I hung my latest show, "This and That" at Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea in Blacksburg, Virginia without any problems. It is always tricky to hang a show in a business but it was early and I am pleased to say I didn't bump anyone.

I am, of course, joking. I have hung so many shows I could probably do it blind-folded if my paintings were lighter. Most of them are 30"x40" and on hardboard. I usually do it by myself but my husband offered to help so I took him up on it.

The show looks great and I have already had numerous compliments. Compliments are great but I hope to get some sales. There are landscapes and a few portraits. Please check it out! The show ends January 15th.

Too Much to do and the sale of Samantha

October 18th, 2010

Too Much to do and the sale of Samantha

It is so hard to blog when you are trying to update a portfolio, get ready for a November show, teach four classes, and keep up with housework. I am worn out but I wanted to write about Samantha which I recently sold. The paintings and pastels that I did of my son's friends are very special to me. I was neighborhood Mom for many years and it was a wonderful time. I took kids skating, swimming, bowling, and fishing. They are all adults now and their portraits are more than paintings to me. They are monuments to some of my favorite years.

I hope they will all continue to be viewed in other homes after I am gone. I work hard to sell my work. I don't want them to be thrown away. I hope someone will see them and experience the joy I experienced in raising my son.

Wonderful Meeting with Senator Mark Warner in Draper, Virginia

July 29th, 2010

Wonderful Meeting with Senator Mark Warner in Draper, Virginia

Saturday my husband and I were invited to a special round table discussion with Senator Mark Warner who was the previous governor of Virginia. What a great experience! I talked on the importance of the Round the Mountain Artisans Trail that he founded when he was governor and my husband spoke on important conservation issues that are essential to promote effective tourism in Southwest Virginia. Senator Warner was most supportive and spoke on both The Crooked Road music program and Round the Mountain.

My husband, Clyde Kessler, is a well-known naturalist in the New River Valley and spends much of his time working with various conservation issues. He is actively involved in the preservation of several butterfly species that are in danger of extinction and will soon put out his CD on Butterflies of the Blue Ridge. Clyde was born in Ferrum, Virginia and his great uncle George Kessler was one of three founders of Ferrum College.

I was proud to be part of such an important discussion.

I am Overwelmed by the Work I have to do

July 22nd, 2010

I am Overwelmed by the Work I have to do

I have so many paintings to re-shoot that I am worn out before I start. I wish I had been born into the digital age. The 35mm camera techniques I was taught in school for photographing art aren't good enough for large prints. I have a collection of slides that look great on the screen but when viewed at full resolution are blurry. I uploaded many paintings on FAA before I even had the equipment to show me if the images were good. Most of my paintings are 30"x40" and are on heavy boards made heavier by the amount of paint I use. I have to set up outdoors in the sunlight which at times is so strong shadows are created by the brushwork on the painting. The clouds keep shifting today but I am going to try to get good prints. Yikes! What a chore! Such a long of list!

I am so glad I am a painter. Tuesday I received a big disappointment but all I needed to do was pick up a paint brush and all was well again. If I end up in a wheel chair I know I will still be painting. I hope I won't have crippling arthritis like Renoir but I will keep going. How wonderful to love what you do!

Recent Blogs

March 26th, 2010

Friday, March 26, 2010
Alan by Our Window in California
My favorite new painting, "Alan by Our Window" is now in a wonderful patron's home in California. I now have two paintings in California along with paintings in thirteen other states. It is great to find homes for my creations. I scanned this painting directly into my computer before mailing it and the scanned version is warmer colored than the one I took with my Nikon.

If I sell the other small paintings I have on ebay right now I will scan them in also. I am newriverartist on ebay. It is great to have huge files for fineartamerica.com. Then patrons can get an archival prints on paper or canvas in small or large sizes.
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Labels: Alan, California, Fineartamerica.com, newriverartist, oil painting
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Burning Shore on Ebay Tonight

I have just completed another one of my small gem series that I am very proud of. It will be posted on ebay this evening. This painting is quite an achievement of intricate brushwork and color contrast. I am often told that my work reminds them of Van Gogh. I greatly admire the burning color he used that is both passionate and energetic. Nature really does grip one by the throat which, in so many words, is something he said about his painting experience. Be sure to check it out along with a number of other works. Time to do something else besides paint. That isn't easy but I do think I will flip if I don't take breaks.
Posted by Kendall Kessler at 9:18 AM 0 comments
Labels: ebay, Shore, shore sunset, small gems, small paintings, sunset, Towhee Hill Studio, Vincent Van Gogh
Monday, March 15, 2010
Alan by Our Window and Other Small Gems

The painting of Alan at two is now on ebay and I am going to post it here. I am excited about this little gem. I enter a lot of online contest in Fineartamerica.com and recently tied for first place in one. I have won a number of the contests. I am going to look for other online competitions that are juried by prominent members of the art world. I want this painting to be seen by others that understand the accomplishment of intricate brushwork.

I have won awards from artists I respect but it has been a while since my work was judged by well known artists. I am only an adjunct teacher at Radford University so I don't feel obligated to suffer the steep costs involved in national and international competitions. The shipping alone has become outrageous.

I am also excited about two evening scenes I am doing of a local lake and a shore scene. Modulating warm and cool colors always keeps me going. My studio, Towhee Hill Studio is open to the public 3-5 Tuesdays and Thursdays or by appointment. Call ahead in case of emergency. 540-257-3437
Posted by Kendall Kessler at 5:27 PM 0 comments
Labels: Alan, Fineartamerica.com, newriverartist, oil painting, online competitions, small gems, Towhee Hill Studio
Friday, March 12, 2010
Bringing Back a Moment
I just completed a small painting of my twenty-five year old son Alan when he was two. The painting was done from part of an old photograph of him looking out the window of our apartment to the grass below. He often did this with such an intent look on his face.

With this painting I reached back in time and captured a visual experience that is infinitely more expressive and emotive than the photograph. When I look at the painting with it's strong brushwork and compelling color contrast I am so happy that I took up painting many years ago. It is a mystical experience that energizes my days and gives me purpose.

I wish I could upload it now but it is extremely wet. I am going to photograph it tomorrow and place it on ebay. I want to spread my excitement and joy throughout the world. I am now in fourteen states and counting.
Posted by Kendall Kessler at 5:32 PM 0 comments
Labels: baby, baby boy, ebay, oil painting, paintings, portrait
Saturday, March 6, 2010
LOVE TO SHARE MY ART!



I recently mailed out paintings to Arizona, Texas, and New Jersey! It is so important to me to sell my work. I want to find homes for them. I like having them around but I want others share my joy in creating them. Now I have paintings in fourteen states and hope to keep adding to that number! The three paintings are "Blooming Apple", "Secluded Brook", and "Blue Ridge Wildflowers".
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Small Gems on Ebay


I am attempting to sell my small gem series on ebay. It is so important to me to sell my work so I am looking for all avenues and ebay is certainly one of them. So far I have sold "Up Close and Magenta" and " A Pair". The patrons have been great and the compliments make my day. I hope to sell many more small pieces and then work on selling larger ones. Many of my medium and large paintings have been all over the U.S. in competitions and I want to start sending them to permanent homes. Check them out! My name on ebay is newriverartist.

All I want for Christmas and the New Year is to Sell Artwork

December 27th, 2009

I am becoming more and more obsessed with selling my artwork. As I have said before I can't eat them and I can't take them with me. I am a serious, hard-working artist and if I never sell another painting I will continue to paint until I drop. Now more than every I want to explore more ways to get my work to the public. I have paintings in eleven states but I want to greatly increase that number.

My paintings are complicated, sensitive celebrations of life that I want to share with the world. Please buy a painting. You won't regret it.

Color My World

June 18th, 2009

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Color My World

I am obsessed with color. I stare at mixtures of colors in shadows that many people do not see. The interaction of warm and cool colors all around us fascinates me and is a large part of my artwork. I seek to bring out as many colors as I see and then I add color accents to further enliven the scene. I do not mix colors on my palette. I take up a number of colors and white and let the colors come out of the brushwork. The colors I pick up are colors I see in the subject matter and some I don't.

I thoroughly understand Paul Gauguin's statement that he wanted to reconcile form with color. It is a magic act to pull out form and get the colors desired. Oil paint is an elusive medium. I never get exactly what I want but I will never stop trying. It is a wonderful journey of the mind and soul

My colors are now on another site where viewers can experience what I love. Towhee Hill Studio is now on http://www.etsy.com/ and I am very pleased with the set-up of my shop. Also, Towhee Hill Studio is still open to the public 3-5 Tuesdays and Thursdays or by appointment. Call ahead in case of emergencies. 540-257-3437

Mountain Vista Oil Paintings

March 24th, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Mountain Vista Oil Paintings

My artwork is more about color and texture than anything else but I am essentially a representational artist with personal interpretations. Patrons can find landscapes, still lifes, portraits, florals etc. but they are all about my personal reaction to the world around me. For some reason I am more dissatisfied with my mountain scenes than my other work. The complexity of color, texture, and atmosphere in these scenes is so complex that I struggle to achieve that complexity in combination with my personal reactions. Therefore I am currently working on three mountain vistas which are all locales in the Blue Ridge mountains. My photographs serve as sketches which I enhance with much greater contrast and stronger color patterns. I can see why Paul Cezanne painted Mount Victoire over and over again. The atmospheric changes are mind boggling and the textural complexity is overwhelmingly intense.

The three scenes are from Rock Castle Gorge, Arnold Valley, and Purgatory mountain. I have put on the initial layers and am looking forward to finding the enormous amount of time it takes to complete my paintings. I hope I can achieve more of the atmosphere and textural complexity than I have done in the past. Painting is not something one knows how to do. It is a lifelong learning process. I couldn't be more hooked on the experience and I hope I will continue to fine ways to better market my creations. My studio, Towhee Hill, is open 3-5 Tuesdays and Thursdays or by appointment. I ask visitors to call ahead in case of emergencies. 540-257-3437

Fine Art America Contests

March 3rd, 2009

Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Fine Art America Contests

One of the sites that features my art, fineartamerica.com, is now hosting various contests among the members. I am enjoying this feature as it is another way to make my work more visible. Currently I am entered in the oil painting contest and I look forward to seeing how many visitors and other artists vote for my work.

I have been painting in oils since I was thirteen. For two years at Langley High School in McLean, Virginia I painted two hours at school everyday. I also put in many hours at home. Eventhough I consider myself competent in many mediums I am primarily an oil painter and I never stop learning about the medium. Many people think that painters know how to paint and they paint. Oftentimes the general populace does not realize that painters are always learning to paint which is what makes it such an exciting occupation. My surfaces have become so complex that every square inch is an extremely dense combination of color and texture that I cannot achieve twice in the same way. I balance between control and accident. I look forward to every moment that I can work at my style.

I hope you will visit my work at http://kendall-kessler.fineartamerica.com/or come by Towhee Hill Studio which is open 3-5 Tuesdays and Thursdays. I ask patrons to call ahead in case of emergencies. 540-257-3437
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Labels: Fineartamerica.com, Langley High School, McLean VA, Towhee Hill Studio

Dream Paintings

February 23rd, 2009



Sunday, February 22, 2009
Dream Paintings

I live to paint and I dream to paint. I have actually painted from some of my dreams. I have been having dreams about painting for the last ten years. The paintings are usually mine but they are different. There is a swirling movement in them and a lot of an icy blue that I use but it is more dominant in these works. Also, there are no dark colors, only light. Sometimes I dream about paintings that are done by students but, of course, they are done by me as they are paintings I have never seen before. It is a strange experience to dream up paintings. I enjoy the effort. "Swirling Colors", and "Contemplation" are two of these paintings and can be seen in this portfolio on Fine Art America.com.

I have come to a stopping point on the three paintings that I have been working on for several months and am ready to put them away before I become so involved that I lose what I have achieved. I am looking forward to my next endeavors which I hope I can start soon. I have to go in for a hospital procedure in the next week or so and I will be involved with the prep work for that so I know I am going to be grinding away until I can get started. I have three mountainscapes in mind. I am never completly happy with any of my paintings but I am most dis-pleased with my mountainscapes so I am going to be ambitious and work on three at once. One of my teachers, Paul Frets, once told me that paintings have to be arm-wrestled down. I should have great biceps after all these years.

Kendall Kessler Home Oil Painting Gallery

February 17th, 2009

Kendall Kessler's Home Oil Painting Gallery

I live to paint and my entire home is my art gallery. Eventhough I have sold many paintings I am extremely prolific and constantly see my efforts around me. I never get exactly what I want in a painting. I doubt that any artist ever does. I tell my students if they work very hard they can get close but what you want to achieve is always beyond one's present ability. Paintings either get worse with age or they improve. Most of mine seem to improve with age and the faults that seemed so devastating no longer seem significant. I have learned to let paintings live. I used to destroy them out of frustration but no longer. Now I have the burning desire to place them where they will be appreciated. I am now part of Round The Mountain which is an organization designed to attract patrons to artist's homes. I hope this will catch on when Radford has a trail on the site. The address is www.roundthemountain.org

Currently I am at a frustrating point in my development as an artist. I have found ways to make my paintings so strong that they look better without lights shining on them. I follow the impasto approach which dates back to the 17th century. I am frustrated because I have developed so many personal techniques that it is hard for me to just relax and paint. I remember reading somewhere that Renoir once said in so many words that his madness was to play with colors. I can certainly relate to that. I use so much white paint that sometimes I am inhibited by the cost of paint. All of the colors are so expensive now that I don't think I push a painting far enough. I do hope in these difficult economic times I will move more art. I will never quit painting or searching for patrons.

I Live to Paint

February 17th, 2009

Friday, February 6, 2009
I Live to Paint

I live to paint. I sincerely hope that when I die I will die with a paint brush in my hand. I have many responsibilities that keep me from my work. My life seems to be a constant struggle to have time for what I consider to be my profession. I make part of my living selling my artwork and teach part-time at Radford University. I am married to an amazing poet, Clyde Kessler, who is also a self-taught naturalist and is working on putting out a CD on Butterflies of the Blue Ridge. We have one great son, Alan, who is the subject of a number of my paintings. Much of my artwork is about this beautiful mountain region, though I paint other scenes from other locales, figures and still lifes.

I am mesmerized by the continual interplay of colors in the mountains. I would have to agree with Claude Monet that all one can get is a "naive impression". It is impossible to capture all the colors and textures of one moment. My struggle is not to capture them but to use what I can capture in my own unique expression i.e. my emotional reaction to beauty. I am always being told that my work is like that of Vincent Van Gogh. My landscapes have the burning intensity that he has in his. I can understand why he felt like he was being "gripped by the throat" when he painted. He was expressing his reaction to what he was seeing and his inner expression.

Right now I am working on three medium sized paintings of an area near Rock Castle Gorge, an evening scene of Radford's Memorial Bridge, and some swamp flowers near Bisset Park. I base my paintings on photographs that I take and then interpret the colors and textures to express my reaction to each scene. I take pride in complicated systems of brushwork that are unique to me.

My dream, which I am sure I share with all artists, is for a rich patron to find my work and make it possible for me to work all the time. I can't eat them and I can't take them with me. I have paintings in private collections in eleven states. I hope to increase that number. Art agents are as scarce as hen's teeth. If you would like to view more of my work you can visit


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