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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
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/turning-kendall-kessler.html?newartwork=true



Woman Alone with Shadows  18" x 24" Charcoal Drawing  $884
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/woman-alone-with-shadows


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Woman Alone with Shadows!





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.






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  

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.




Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/church-snow-scene-kendall-kessler.html



Click on the 40" x 50" 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/lion-explosion-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print for the 40% discount.


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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
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/turning-stage-three-kendall-kessler.html
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART




Dreaming  Original 24" x 18" Charcoal Drawing  $884
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/dreaming


Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link is under Dreaming!





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.






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  

 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.



Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/church-snow-scene-kendall-kessler.html


Click on the 40" x 50" 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/lion-explosion-kendall-kessler.html

Click on the 40" x 50" canvas print for the 40% discount.


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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
https://kendall-kessler.pixels.com/featured/winding-magenta-kendall-kessler.html
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART



Lily Glow Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel Drawing  $884
https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/lily-glow

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The link under Lily Glow  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!  




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.




Richmond on the James  Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html



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
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Click on the 30" x 40" canvas print for the 40% discount.



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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
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART




Reclining Beauty  Original 18" x 24" Soft Pastel Drawing  $884https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/reclining-beauty

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Reclining Beauty!






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.





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  






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.






Richmond on the James  Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html


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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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
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART

Repose  Original 18" x 24" Soft Pastel Drawing  $884https://kkesslerart.wixsite.com/website/blank-1/repose

Be sure to check out my Independent website!  The address is under Repose!



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!


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.




Richmond on the James  Original Acrylic Painting SOLD
Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household items and Clothes Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/richmond-on-the-james-kendall-kessler.html



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


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

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
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

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
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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
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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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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
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Wall Art Prints and Prints on Household Items  Available at  KENDALL KESSLER ART



Sun in Water   Original 7" x 5" Oil painting  $75
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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.






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Beauty and Danger   Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting  $670
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