Primavera-IA Challange

Spring-to me the idea of Spring is newness, budding flowers, and color! Color every where after months of neutrals. And as everyone who knows me I love color.
This began as a free flow painting, but when I was not getting a feel for it I turned it to the side and found a budding flower. It's an 8x8 acrylic on canvas and will be going up for sale on my website and will have prints offered.
I hope you enjoy it and look for other IA entries for Primavera.

A Summer Abstract-Comments Welcomed

I finished this new abstract today and would like some feedback. Are the colors strong enough? Should I add anything? Should I not have put in the words. I did refrain from adding bling to it (and you have no idea how hard that was to me). I wanted to keep it light and airy and warm, like a summer day. I doing a lot of Summer paintings. I'll more as they get done. The pic sucks I know because of the overcast day. I'll do a better pic as soon as sun decides to shine.

Ok, the top image is unaltered and was taken outside in the sunlight. The bottom is enhanced and was taken inside. Which do you think is the best? Please let me know.

Summer Afternoon

I made this altered bottle for an artist friend I was visiting as a giftie. I wanted it to have the feel of a summer afternoon pond under trees with sunlight shining through the leaves.

I had to coat the bottle with matte gel medium first to get the textured look I wanted. I also used interference paint to give a shiny look. It also helped that it was a beautiful sunny day when I took these pics.

Another Necklace

Abstract Circles by kellyjeanetteswift
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And Another Neccklace

Forever Butterfly by kellyjeanetteswift
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New Necklace on Zazzle

Stars and Circle 1 by kellyjeanetteswift
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A New Painting

Just something I have been working on. It's a 30x40 mixed media abstract. I began it with a poem by my nephew written on the canvas and a letter I found, as well with tissue paper, paint, pen, gesso pen, stamps, sticker, and my favorite, interferance paint.

New Abstracts

These are destined for the 4x4 show coming up in March. It's a charity event, but it also is good for publicity.

One World One Heart

Welcome to my posting for One World, One Heart. This is the last year for this event and I wish I had known of it sooner. So, let me introduce myself. My name is Kelly Jeanette though just call me Kelly or Kel. I am a mixed media artist and writer living in the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee, USA. There area is best known for bluegrass music, the International Storytelling Festival, and Bristol Motor Speedway.

Though I live here now I still consider myself a South Carolinian. I was raised on the coast and in the Piedmont area. I love the sea and try to visit Myrtle Beach, SC at least twice a year to fed the love.

Anyone who is familiar with my artwork knows two things about it-I like intense color and I like bling. I can't finish anything without putting something glittery and/or metallic on it. My mom always said I must of been a gypsy in a past life. I don't know if she was referring to the bling or the tendency to wander. I do love to travel.

Anything else you want to know this blog can tell you. It's all about me.

So, for the giftie. This is it, a mixed media necklace I crafted using handmade paper beads made from a magazine page and painted with iridescent paint, ribbon, yarn, wooden beads, shell pieces, wire, agate stone, and Tibetan bells.

It's not a perfect creation. That's just not me. To be commerically perfect is boring!

(sorry about the image. Photographing a necklace was harder than I thought. And the iridescent paint kept blurring.) If you don't want to be included in the give-away just say so in the comments.

The give away is open to all bloggers. I'll be picking the winner be random andinforming them by e-mail. Please leave me your e-mail if it is not on your blog so that I can let the winners know.

Wow Jewelry!

Usually I don't pick this magazine up, but I was in Barnes and Noble today trying to decide on a new magazine to buy when this cover caught my eye. I don't know why I have not noticed it before. Out of curosity I picked it up and started to flip through it.
Wow! I am floored by the mixed media jewelry in it. Beautiful work. I'm itching to come up on some designs like the ones in it's pages. This is the Autumn 2010 issues so I'm glad I found it before it was removed.
So busy Saturday with family stuff and movies on Sunday, but I WILL find time to do some jewelry.

Some New Works

Just some new work I have posted on my etsy shop. I seem to be in a holiday mood lately. I hope it keeps on. And I hope I sell something.

Inspiration Avenue Weekly Challenge-Metamorphosis

What am I becoming? A rose in bloom? A bird in flight? A star shining bright? A fire burning my soul, my spirit, my life.

This is what I came up with for Inspiration Avenue's challenge this week for Metamorphosis.

I have been seeing changes in my own life lately and have been wondering where they are taking me.

I chose four of favorite themes for this-fire, roses, birds, and stars.

Inspiration Avenue Theme-Words

This is my post for this weeks theme-Words-at Inspiration Avenue. I chose the words imagine because I have been imagining alot lately. The bird represents my spirit taking flight into a new future. I hope.

Inspiration Avenue-Water

This is my post for this week's challange at Inspiration Avenue. The theme this week is water. This painting is just an impression of the sea.

Repurposing An Old Painting

So, has anyone had a failed painting, but didn't want to ditch a perfectly good canvas (especially a large expensive canvas)? I did and decided to redo this one, so I started out riping some of the elements off of it, then gessoed over it. After it dried there were more elements I could ripe off but that added an interesting look to the canvas. Next will come my trusty Sharpie marker for the writing elements. Then a wash of yellow orange (why? Because that is what I like). That is as far as I got so far. Tune in later.

Art Magnets

I made these 2x2 mini original abstracts on magnets for an art festival. They wanted us to show works that were easy to carry. I thought magnets with an original work of art on it would be different. I really found working on an 2x2 surface a challange. I have never worked this small! Whew!

Trying to get a really good picture was the pits. I so need a better camera or a scanner.

A Few Artworks

Here is a few things I have been working on-

I have found working on these 4x4 canvases a challange. I just fell in love with these 3 D butterflies and flowers I found at the local Michaels. I knew I would find a use for them.

Colorful Abstract BSE

This a new abstract I finished this week. I also included some close ups so you can see the textures of the piece

New Art on Etsy

So, I just put some new paintings on Etsy. I hope I sell at least one. The money would go to help my poor cat. He needs a vet bad and I don't have any money until Wednesday. I hope he last that long.

Fairy Tale Heart

In an attempt to appease the dragon inflicting the good ladies of IA, I have gone on a quest. After many a long nights in the dark fortresses of wizards, after much meditation with the monks in Shangri-La, after swimming to the depths of the oceans to consult with the elders of the Merfolk, and many more harrowing treks I have found this-


The Heart of Peace. May the dragon find it’s magic helpful in finding his own peace.

The Heart is a pin. Not sure where we can pin it on him, but maybe he can put it with the rest of his hoard.

The pin is a wooden heart with gold paint, lilac paint, white paint, interferance purple, silver ink, and bling. it measures 2" across and is very light weight.