Apple Festival Time

This is an 8"x10" Sgrafitto illustration of Apples on a branch. This piece is heading to Wickwire gallery in Hendersonville just in time for the Apple Festival - August 2nd thru Labor Day!

I enjoy the festival and hope that the weather is just right... not to hot, and definitely no rain!

Bird on Tea Cup

I haven't been here in a while. Life gets hectic.......... I've been working on several things and this one was cute and fun! It is a 4"x6" pen, ink, and watercolor. The cup is a little askewed but the bird is my favorite!

Hummingbird and Hibiscus

5" x 7"

Hummingbird

One of my favorites subjects is the Hummingbird. Here is a small 4" x 4" of a sitting Hummie! I get a lot of my inspiration and reference photos from Birds and Blooms magazine.

Handcarved rubber stamps

These are some new rubber stamps I've been carving for my Etsy site: http://www.kandcrafts.etsy.com/ Design flowers - set of 4 and French Irises - there are 2 different Irises for a set of 2.

Weigela and Birds

I was walking one evening with my good friend and we passed a Weigela bush (I didn't know the name of the bush - but she did), she proceeded to break off a huge limb and hand it to me and said this will make a great sgrafitto piece. Needless to say we were still a mile out on our walk and I had to carry that huge limb -- but she was right it did make a nice piece.

Orchid glass vase

These vases are extremely hard to photograph so I haven't been posting any of them. This is a rub-on transfer from my printer that adheres to any non-porous surface - thus I have been making vases and votives with my art for a short while now. This product is terrific - you can use it on wood, glass, and tiles.

I cut out the objects with an exacto blade so that the glass shows through.

Orchids note card

New work

5" x 7" Note Cards

Still working on my note cards. These are 5" x 7"'s. I am having a great time enhancing my work by adding some designs in the background.

Irises and Dragonflies

I have been working on digitally enhancing my art with backgrounds for note cards. This is a very purple piece! This is from an original I was commissioned to do.

Etsy Shops

I have 2 Etsy Shops, one is for my Fine Art Sgrafitto Illustrations. I have prints and a few originals on this site. The other site is mainly crafty fun stuff offering my handcarved rubber stamps.
www.kimberart.etsy.com




I have started carving rubber stamps again! It's been a while and these are available on my Etsy site:
www.kandcrafts.etsy.com

Goldfinches and sunflowers

This is a large piece, 12"x16". It took quite a lot of work to do - but I love it! Enormous amount of detail work.

This one is heading to Wickwire fine art/folk art Gallery in Hendersonville.

See it as a work in progress below.

Hummingbirds

Finished and ready to frame. I will also turn these into note cards!

Goldfinches and sunflowers - WIP

This is a 12"x16" piece. This is how it looks inked out and ready to scratch. I paint in my subjects and sometimes they get lost in there. You can see the flying goldfinch - but can you find the other 2 birds?

Below I have started the fun part and now you can see the other birds!