My Art is on Facebook and I Have a New Website!

I'm trying to (finally) catch up in the computer and social media world. "Like" my new Facebook Art page: "Kathy Stark Fine Art" and share a favorite painting image from one of my albums with your Facebook friends. Make a comment or two!

Also peruse my new website: www.kathystark.com The Portfolio section is now easier to view with galleries broken down by subject matter etc. And the galleries have a "Buy Now" shopping cart feature enabling credit card purchases through PayPal. Give that a try too and order an archival print or buy an original painting!

Please feel free to sign the Guestbook page and write a comment. I look forward to reading them. Share this website with your art loving friends! Thanks!

"Neighborhood as Art" Show at the Cummer Museum and New Watercolors

"Delphiniums, Cummer Gardens #2" will be on view as part of the "Neighborhood as Art" show sponsored by the museum and RAP. The opening is Tuesday night 4 - 9 pm. Stop by if you can and the show continues through July 31. Work from 30 area artists will be on display
My latest watercolor, "Field of Poppies" is showing at the Southlight Gallery downtown and is available.
I forgot to post the completed watercolor "Annie's Flowers" after showing a sneak peak in my last blog post in December ...when I was wearing fingerless gloves to paint. It has already been sold but is available in several sizes as a giclee print.

Catching Up on Some News:

Here is a fun photo I took of my Christmas tree with an phone app called Hipstamatic using the 'Salvador Dali' lens. Merry Christmas!

Below is a sneak peek of a watercolor I am working on - I sometimes paint with an old pair of fingerless gloves with the thumb cut open to keep my hands warm enough to hold a brush! It is COLD here in 'sunny' Florida!
Two of my watercolors are in the Community Foundation's Art Ventures exhibition at the Cummer Museum. The show ends January 2 and is worth the effort to go see! The show is celebrating 20 years of grant giving to 91 individual artists. The juried show has about 30 local artists' work and is very diverse and interesting. (Tuesday night is free admission too!)


St. Vincent's Foundation recently purchased 8 of my giclee prints for 4 special patient rooms for primary use by DePaul Society donors/patients. Here is a sampling of the results (Ryan of Gallery Framery was hired to frame them and I 'helped' him put them up. I learned all about security hangers!) Speaking of prints, in working with St. Vincent's I realized I now have 35 paintings scanned to be prints, about 10 landscapes, 11 tablescapes, 8 flowers in nature, 5 misc. subject matter. Two new ones are not on my print website yet but check it out: KATHY'S PRINT WEBSITE Remember, I give people 30% off retail price when you order directly from me! A Christmas present to yourself perhaps?!?

First Coast News Art Walk Interview

Here is a link to the interview video and web article on the First Coast News site.

Ok, so I marketed a bit in my interview and sounded a bit southern and said "alot" alot, I was nervous and not so good at winging it! ...Maybe it was because I had to get up at 4 am to get to the station on time! And I jumpstarted my day with an extra dose of caffeine.

September Art Walk: Featured Artist!

Next Wednesday, Sept. 1, I am the featured artist for the Southlight Gallery during the Downtown Art Walk, please come by and wander the gallery and sip on some wine! I'll be there from 5 pm until 9...

Art Walk has become really popular and well attended and fun!

Also my work will be featured on the morning show set of First Coast News for the month of September. Sept. 1 I will be interviewed during the show sometime between 5 and 6 AM! Yikes! -so early, I hope I can get up in time!

Downtown Art Walk Wednesday; Mosaic Mirror

Here is a photo of an evening project I finally finished, a stained glass mosaic mirror, planned for my patio but finding a permanent home over my mantel.

Come by this Wednesday for Jacksonville's Downtown Art Walk, my work is showing at the

Southlight Gallery. It is on Laura Street in the former Gold's Gym, directly across from the Bank of America tower. I have originals and prints on display as well as a print rack to flip through with some unsold PADs...

(In my studio, I've got six paintings in the works right now but haven't finished any of them, soon though, maybe for the next Art Walk.)

City Skyline Prints, Print Website, "Taste of Talent" Event, A Boy and His Dog Portrait and the Panamanian Embassy

Sorry I am such a bad blogger, I am trying to catch up with some news now:

I have a new site to market what is available as a giclee digital print on canvas or paper. Please visit it with this link. Over 26 images are available and if you ask, I will give you 30% off your order, including the city skyline below. I can also email you any image you are considering. I have alot of sample prints at my home/studio as well.

I painted this "Jacksonville Skyline" bigger, the original oil painting is H 40" W 30" and it is for sale, contact me about it. (I painted it previously as a small "Painting a Day" 6 1/2" x 12" blog painting.) I've had it scanned to be a giclee print, here are the print sizes and prices:

Available as a high quality giclee digital print, using archival ink and acid free paper or canvas:

36" x 27" $900

30" x 22.5" $700

24" x 18" $300

20" x 15" $180

12" x 9" $75

Prints on canvas come stretched on a canvas frame with edges painted, ready to hang up.

Prints on paper must be framed behind glass or plexi. (This image is not yet on my print site.)

I am attending the Riverside Fine Arts Series fundraising event "Taste of Talent" this Friday night, April 30th at the Church of the Good Shepherd from 7 - 11 pm. Tickets are $60. It is a night of live music on multiple stages with great food and art on auction. (The large watercolor above, pictured with Talley for scale, will be available.) Also in the silent auction tables, I donated two small "Jacksonville Skyline" prints on paper or canvas to bid on. I really enjoyed it last year - a very classy, arty, musical affair!
This "Boy and His Dog" portrait was commissioned this Christmas by a thoughtful husband as a gift for his wife. She was blown away by the surprise. He also received some good photos out of our photo posing session too! See my side business of casual outdoor photo sessions here.
I received this photo of the US Ambassador to Panama, Barbara Stephenson at her embassy residence with my watercolor "Tulips, New York Botanical Gardens" on loan through the State Department's Art in Embassies Program.

I will try to be better about posting more often! Cheers!

"Riverside Presbyterian Church" and Alternative Gift Fair

SOLD 9" x 12" Original oil on canvas

I am participating in my church's Alternative Gift Fair this Sunday, November 15 so I decided to do a blog painting of the church like I did for Good Shepherd. 20% of the final bid price will go to the Alternative gift fair for mission projects. This one is bigger than most of my blog paintings, on canvas, not panel and the 1 1/2" edges of the canvas are painted with the image wrapping around. And the painting looks better in person than my photo of it! It is nice to be able to use my "artistic license" by choosing to not paint in the huge poles, traffic lights and signs, constant car traffic, etc. on the corner of Park and Post!

"The Church of the Good Shepherd"

SOLD 6 x 8 oil on panel

My show for the Riverside Fine Arts Association in Craig Hall at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton Street will be on display through November 19. The 11 originals and 7 prints and about 15 blog paintings are beautifully displayed and worth a viewing if I do say so myself! If you would like to view them call RFA at 389-6222, their office is in the church and someone would be glad to show you Monday through Thursday, 9 am -4 pm and of course during Sunday church services! (20% of any sales or print orders will benefit RFA.) The RFA concert Thursday night with the King's Singers was terrific, I look forward to attending more concerts in their Fall series.

New Watercolors and Riverside Fine Arts Show

"The Cheese Case", watercolor on paper, H 30" W 30" $2500 unframed, recently completed and showing at the Riverside Fine Arts Concert/Show. (Info below) This was painted first as "A Painting a Day" blog painting, 7" x 7", I liked it so much I decided to paint it much larger! (It will also be available as a giclee print on paper or canvas in several size options, all smaller than the original.)
"Cumberland Island Path", watercolor on paper, H 51" W 36", $3500 unframed and also showing at the Riverside Fine Arts Concert/Show. (I also had this scanned to be available as a giclee print, in sizes smaller than the original.)

(I now have 26 paintings available as a giclee print on paper or canvas with several size options each. Email me to request a print list with links to the images, prices and sizes.)

Thursday night, November 5, my work is on display as the featured artist for the Riverside Fine Arts concert, at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton Street. Grammy award winning "The King's Singers" are performing in the sanctuary. My work is in Craig Hall with a wine and cheese reception from 7 - 8 pm, the concert at 8 pm and then on view again during intermission and during the reception after the concert. The art is free to view! The concert tickets are $35. At least stop by for a glass of wine to see 11 originals and 7 prints and about 15 blog paintings. Or stop by the church before November 19 to check them out. (The link above to Riverside Fine Arts website has a clip of the singers performing.)

"Guana Marsh" and Jane Gray Gallery Show

SOLD 4 1/2" x 18" oil on panel (Click on the image to see it larger)

This August I spent a week at a friend's condo in South Ponte Vedra and was able to gather some potential subject matter with Guana Preserve being right nearby. This painting is looking south from the dam parking by Guana Lake. It is longer than some PADs. I will paint and post PADs more randomly and guess it is more of a painting that takes just a day rather than paintings painted every weekday so my blog is now titled "A Painting in a Day".
The above painting, "Field of Yellow", is a watercolor on paper 30" x 30" I recently completed for a show at the Jane Gray Gallery, located at 643 Edison Ave, right by BCBS Tower, just off Riverside Avenue. The opening is this Friday night, Sept. 25, from 6 - 9 pm, come by if you can. The show is titled "Jane(s): Contemporary Female Perspectives", with 12 female artists presenting in various media.

This is another new watercolor, "Field of Water", 26" x 35 1/2" that will be in the show. Both were beautifully matted and framed by Ryan of Gallery Framery. The watercolor "Springtime Hammock Study" is also included in the show, also newly framed.

Some Commissioned PADs:

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Here are two commissioned PADS, the first one is a field of sunflowers and wildflowers my aunt and uncle in Wilmington grow on their farm. The second piece is for a doberman pinscher loving friend.

I've been busy working on a large watercolor for a show coming up ...and some home improvement projects, maybe I will include a photo or two in my next posting, a for sale PAD.

Enjoy!

"Red Day Lilies"

SOLD 6" x 8" oil on panel

Enjoy!

"Tour de France Sunflowers" and New Summertime Goals

SOLD 3 3/4" x 10" oil on panel

Here is a quick PAD of my favorite sporting event to watch, the Tour de France. Enjoy.

It seems I am getting away from the Painting a Day concept to "a painting in a day" on occasion. I am working mainly on bigger work (and playing some this summer) so will only post about once a week while also showing my larger work as it progresses. (PAD burn out might have something to do with it too!)

"Cypress at Big Santa Fe Lake" and Art UnLeashed

SOLD 4 3/4" x 10" oil on panel

This is a cypress tree from a kayak trip this weekend on Big Lake Santa Fe.
Ryan with Gallery Framery did a great job framing my donation for the event "Art UnLeashed" July 10 benefitting First Coast No More Homeless Pets.

"Cumberland Island Study"

SOLD 4 3/4" x 10" oil on panel

I'm off to the lake, have a great weekend!

"Muddy"

NFS    6" x 8" oil on panel

My painting a day time today was for a pet portrait commission, birthday present for a friend from her husband. 

"From the Biltmore Estate"

SOLD 6" x 8" oil on panel

After visiting the beach, now I am yearning for the mountains. Maybe I will get up there and post a few PADs from NC this summer! In the meantime, I dug up some old photos to use as a reference from the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, my father's home town, in memory of my dad this Father's Day weekend. (How do you like this landscape?)

I am participating in the Riverside Arts Market this Saturday, June 20 in the very middle row with my black tent. Also I am excited that "Sweet Grass Dairy" will be there so I can buy some more of their delicious award winning artisan cow and goat cheese from their organic dairy farm in South GA. Worth the trip to RAM just for the cheese!

"Tulips in Sunlight"

SOLD 4 3/4" x 10" oil on panel

I am officially backing off the five (or four...) day a week PAD schedule (whew!) and will aim to post three quality "A Painting a Day" blog paintings a week. The painting goes quickly but deciding what to paint does not always go so fast and doing it every day is keeping me from spending as much time as I should on my larger work. I do plan on posting an image of any new large work whenever completed along with a PAD posting. I've enjoyed the challenge of painting well over 100 since starting this in mid November with more than three fourths of them SOLD!

"Beach Dog"

BEING DONATED TO ART UNLEASHED  4 1/2" x 7 1/4" oil on panel

Still in a beach frame of mind, I decided to paint a scene from my weekend at the ocean. Tucker Hawthorne, here, loves to swim after throw toys. 

Art Unleashed, July 10th, at Bella Sera in Avondale, is a juried pet inspired art show and silent auction with food, cocktails and live music to benefit the spay/neuter programs of First Coast No More Homeless Pets.