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Happy Lips . This is a small painting - 8" square - and it took me about a week to complete. The hardest part? The glasses. This is the self-portrait I did for my grandaughter after she saw I'm Blue Because You're Yellow (@charlie.robison ) and declared that she did not like the "sad lips". I used a mirror and a photograph to paint from and it was months and months and months before I realized that I never did paint the pupils after getting the glasses the way I wanted them. . . . #hopewellkat #family #treeoflife #daddy #love #hopewellkatartist #katbailey #katbaileyartist @katbaileyauthor #artezaofficial @artezaofficial #light #color #acrylicpainting #bold #circleoflife #suns #hearts #moons #artist #artoninstagram



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I'm Blue Because You're Yellow . . Painted during a stormy 48 hour period, I stayed up all night the second night to finish this. Only if you paint can you imagine how long that hair took; but, that's not what I stayed up all night for. I did the hair and face the first evening. I spent more time on the wall and details than I can even believe now. And, if you know my work, you may know that I also paint the backs of my canvases whenever possible (I prefer art/canvas/linen board and other hard surfaces). The back of this looks like a crazy person painted it. Seriously. And though I didn't know at the time, there was a bad moon rising in my life. A.bad.moon. I look at this painting now and am still stunned at what my artist heart felt, but my brain and being did not yet know. When my granddaughter saw it, she didn't question for moment that I had done a self portrait. She didn't comment on the rainbow hair or the blue face. She simply said, "You have sad lips Kat. Sad lips." (She called me "Kat" back then because she had not yet mastered "GranKat"). I later painted another self portrait just for her - a little piece I call Happy Lips. . .



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Good morning and HAPPY SUNDAY... This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24) . . We Are Their Stories Too (Tree of Life Series Number 2) . I painted this in honor of my dad's birthday a few years ago. I painted the sky and then the tree (w/o flowers) and it sat that way on an easel for months. Then, on the morning of September 10 a couple of years ago, I woke up early and even before I had coffee, I was working on this. I had done another, swirly Tree of Life series (Number One) and initially was painting the last in that series; but, it just didn't come. Then, that morning, this happened and I phrase it that way deliberately - it felt like it was just happening though I was fully engaged. I just love it when painting feels like that. I just love it. . . . #hopewellkat #family #treeoflife #daddy #love #hopewellkatartist #katbailey #katbaileyartist @katbaileyauthor #artezaofficial @artezaofficial #light #color #acrylicpainting #bold #circleoflife #suns #hearts #moons #artist #artoninstagram



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So much red and yellow paint. Still the colors I reach for first... …………#art #artist #artwork #mosaics #folkart #painting #hopewellkat #katbailey #fineart #gallery #artgallery #acrylicpainting #artcollector #artsy #photography #countrylife #countryartist #light #love #suns #heart #lily @jhbrown1010 #sunshine #acrylic #craftpainting #brightcolors #bold colors #bringsunshinein …….



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Reposting & reminding myself How the Light Gets In .……………. #leonardcohen #art #artist #artwork #mosaics #folkart #painting #hopewellkat #katbailey #fineart #gallery #artgallery #acrylicpainting #artcollector #artsy #photography #countrylife #countryartist #light #love #suns #heart #lily @jhbrown1010 #sunshine #acrylic #craftpainting #brightcolors #boldcolors #bringsunshinein



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