New Art- Killer

‘Killer’

Mixed Media

20″ x 16″

Gallery wrapped canvas, needs no frame

This is today’s artwork.

I am. I continue.

So, it must be true.

I still have a job to do here. 

I am.

I continue.

I am.

Just keep going, it has to get better from here, coz it sure can’t get much worse. Molly get the mop.

That is all.

This artwork is available for the low, low price of $100.00 USA bucks. It’s because I love you and you are special. Would you liked that gift wrapped?

 Let me know if it belongs to you.

Have a great day,

Heather

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New Art- Hand that Feeds – oil painting

Hand that Feeds

‘The Hand That Feeds’ – Newest artwork!

oils

18” x 24” x 1”

Finished sides needs no frame and ready to hang

(any shiny spots in the picture are just wet paint reflections, it’s seamless, I promise you. It also looks waaay better in person, because I ain’t a photographer, I’m just a humble painter. )

Here is the quote that inspired the work:

“I think I’ll be a clown when I get grown,” said Dill.  “Yes, sir, a clown…. There ain’t one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I’m gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.”  “You got it backwards, Dill,” said Jem.  “Clowns are sad, it’s folks that laugh at them.”  “Well, I’m gonna be a new kind of clown.  I’m gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.”  ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 22

 This work was such a struggle at times and at others a gift. I am realizing an episode of growth, a growth experience and it feels fine. I know I’m on to something when I dream about the work, when I can’t stop thinking about the work, and yet when I work on the painting, I fall into the hole of “I don’t know what I am doing!” Yeah…I tell ya, that’s the good stuff.

I am letting whatever happens…happen.  I am trusting the flow and going blind. I am forgetting everything I thought I knew and learning all these things I didn’t know – that I didn’t know. Sometimes it feels like my studio is in another slice of time, just like this one, only much, much better.

I think I am telling myself stories. New stories. I just might start believing in them too.

What story are you telling yourself? Do you believe it?

Magic lives in the answer.

I think I’m channeling hippies now. Groovy.

This work will be made available on my web site for purchase first, (where it’ll be less expensive) then off to the gallery. Thanks for being here today!

Heather

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New Art- Positive Reduction

‘Positive Reduction’

18″ x 24″ x 2″

oils on canvas

Will be available for purchase on my web site in the 2010 gallery.

Here is the quote that helped inspire the work:

The work was like peeling an onion. The outer skin came off with difficulty… but in no time you’d be down to its innards, tears streaming from your eyes as more and more beautiful reductions became possible.
-Edward Blishen

This abstract, mixed media oil painting took a year to complete. You’ll be saying…”no way BAD! Kitty, really?” (maybe not but I like to think about you all reading this and in my head you talk back, sometimes…no I’m not crazy, ok maybe a little bit) The simple answer is yes. I have painted this canvas 5 times. I hated each painting, and it would get thrown in the corner to wait until I had run out of supplies again. Well, I ran out of supplies. I picked up the cursed canvas and plopped it down on the easel. Then I stared reducing the very abstract color riot that was there. It started working! I felt something give inside my head and I finished this work over the last week. I had to wait for the paint to dry each time, because…like I said I’m outta supplies and therefore no drying alkids. OMG! I hate waiting for paint to dry, but nothing but oils give the depth of color and texture, IMHO, of course.

The picture of the wooden dressmakers dummy is one that I have had in my special pile for years, he had to become an enlightened fairy with dusty butterfly wings for this world. Dontcha’ think? Yeah, me too. Prepped and glued and textured him in there and bam! it feels good and done now. The background is a sunny orange/yellow, but very soft. I really liked how free this one made me feel…I think the whimsy may be returning on its own. Isn’t that nice?

Have a great day and thanks for being here.

Heather

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New Art- Impersonal Divinity -it’s what you make of it.

“Impersonal Divinity”

18″ x 24″

Oils on gallery wrapped canvas, needs no frame, painted sides and comes ready to hang

Available for purchase on my web site in the 2010 Gallery

Here are the quotes that helped this work along its path:

“If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism — at least in the sense of this work — is the secret of religion itself; that religion itself, not indeed on the surface, but fundamentally, not in intention or according to its own supposition, but in its heart, in its essence, believes in nothing else than the truth and divinity of human nature.”
-Ludwig Feuerbach

AND

“Not necessity, not desire –no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything –health, food, a place to live, entertainment –they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.”
 -Friedrich Nietzsche

Many cultures worldwide, have mythology about Gods, Goddesses, and people who sport horns. The overall history for horned people is, (with the exception of some forms of Christianity, who demonized ancient mythology to created the Devil, and to help convert pagans (witches) into their belief system) that horns represent a connection with a higher power, the God-head, the Creator. In most circles of world study, this is commonly is refered to as the Horned God Myth.

I use horns to represent the animal/divine earth nature, the connection to higher-power wisdom, and to the feelings of rebellious freedom. I take back the history and reinterpret it with a modern twist.

This painting is a work about you, the viewer. Depending upon your internal dialogue, your systems of belief and faith, your systems of fear and self-awareness, your reaction to this work is revealing of your nature at this time. Do you see a picture of the devil? A shaman? A mythological creature? Evil? Good? Provocation on your belief system? It all depends on your mental state and state of awareness, personal history and levels of judgement. I think that is interesting.

This work is about the act of demonization that seems to be running rampant in our modern culture. Don’t understand something, someone, some other religion, culture, lifestyle? Well, then fear, hate and demonization are the order of the day. I don’t agree with that stance, I know there is a middle ground, a gray area if you will.

That is why he is painted in gray-scale, to represent that middle ground. You might think this work is of a certain race of human, but is he? His wide nose, large lips, broad forehead, may define him to you as being of one race or another. It’s not clear and that’s the point. That is my point. You don’t know, but your gut reaction to this simple work, should tell you a little more about yourself. Are you happy? Mad? Interested in the history? What are you feeling? Please feel free to share that feeling or to not share it as you see fit. Just don’t ignore that feeling, live with it and let it help you sort out what you really believe is true for you. It’s important that we discover our own truths, so that we might better facilitate understanding and peace amongst ourselves.

I want to convey my thoughts on the unknown, the different, the sacred. Those thoughts are simply this, demonization of the different is an act of violence and hatred. It never elevates it only destroys what is possible. It is evil. It is destructive and immoral. It is an act of hate and fear. It is useless to human beings, unless…it is being used to enslave, subordinate and control.

The most glorious thing about being human is that under everything, the skin, the religion, the cultures, the rules…we are all human. Blood, bone, organs, hearts, spirit and mind. Under our skin, and clothing we are truly a family of human. The differenced between us are our greatest gifts to each other. Diversity is freedom. We can reach a place where we are all on the same level…that of being human. I don’t have to agree with you, to love you, to learn from you or to protect your freedom ( or my own) to be or become what you (or I) desire to be.

It’s  true.

We don’t have to draw lines in the sand over difference, we could choose to see that we are all one family, the family of man. We could stop the desire to control, to rule, to over protect the ideas of self, to have the most of anything or everything in order to have more power. We could choose to embrace the differences and stop trying to rule over each other. We could choose love, peace and understanding…we really could.  

This work is a celebration of the art of evolution. The evolution of wisdom, peace, understanding and virtue that I know humanity could one day reach. I pray everyday for this to be so. I pray for peace, and I know it begins within me and you….one heart and soul at a time.

Thanks for being here today, I sure appreciate you all.

Heather

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New Art- Lucinda- #3 from the pin-up girls series

‘Lucinda’ #3 from the Pin-up Girl Series

16″ x 20″

Oils on flat canvas panel, this will need mounting and/or framing to hang

Available for purchase (with FREE shipping to everywhere in the world) on my web site in the 2010 Gallery.

Here is the quote that helped this work along:

“All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what’s sexy or cool or tough.”

Angelina Jolie Lucinda is…well she’s a bunch of fun. She loves to fish, go camping, drink beer, tell tawdry jokes and drive real fast. She is a rebel, a lover, a friend. I found an image very close to this painting in an old 40′s calendar, and I knew that one day I would paint her. After making a few changes to the background and to her figure, I got to work. It has taken me over a week of daily work to get her finished. The colors are 1950′s bright and fun but not garish like they tended to be back then. A much more modern color palette has been used to better compliment todays colors and styles, but all that old-time feeling is there. I love painting the vintage pin-up girls…why you ask? Well, because they were shaped much more, lets say round back then, the bodies were curvy, sexy, strong and honest. I was born with a 1950′s body myself, round, curvy and made for comfort and fun, not speed and hard edges. I really love to bring these lovely ladies back into the world, with just a hint of a modern twist. Let’s celebrate the sexy, let’s worship the honest. Let’s praise the strong. Let’s be free in our bodies and honor what makes us each so special as a woman. Whatever brand of woman who is today…let’s just be happy with who we are, doing what we are doing and loving every damn minute of it all. Have a great day, and thanks so much for being here today. Pray for peace, it begins within. Heather http://www.badkittyartstudio.com Support Living Artists, buy some art today

New Art- At the edge of the World

 

 

“At the edge of the World’

16″ x 20″

Oils on flat canvas panel

Will need framing or mounting for hanging

Available for purchase on my web site in the 2010 gallery.

Here is the quote that inspired the work:

“Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me. It is an uncomfortable doctrine which the true ethics whisper into my ear. You are happy, they say; therefore you are called upon to give much.”
-Albert Schweitzer

I was a child, growing into a young woman on the Gulf of Mexico in southern Florida. I spent my young adult years on the coast of Oregon, the mighty Pacific was my friend, teacher, healer and my first taste of real freedom.

I live in Kentucky right now, and for the first time in my life, I can not go to the edge of the world. It’s so weird being land locked in this way, and I’ve been dreaming of ocean breezes, clean water, wind, birds and salt tinged air.

In these pictures the top two are clear and the skin tones are right, the background  is more right in the bottom picture. ARGH! Taking pictures is not my forte.

I saw this beautiful picture of a full figure model on the beach in a magazine a long time ago, she was so achingly beautiful, so I tore the page out of some forgotten magazine and kept it for years for inspiration. I used that picture as a loose model for this woman, for this projection of myself walking free, into the salty wind at the edge of the world. Where is your internal edge of the world? What do you see when you go there?

Thanks for being here today, I sure appreciate you all.

Pray for peace,

Heather

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New Art- Collaboration #1

Hi everyone! Well you know that BAD! Kitty Art Studio just last year took on our first ever resident working artist. His name is Max Stone and you can see his very popular works at the web site. Max is a brilliant 11 year old who loves art as much as I do, he also happens to be my youngest son. Max started painting when he was 3 or 4 and never looked back. I’ve never instructed Max, or coached him in his love for art, but we do spend time painting together so he can watch and learn and ask questions about his own work. He is fun to share space with. We have been talking a lot of late about how he has not had the time to paint as much because of school. He is a straight A student and he takes that pretty serious. I was poking fun at him and said that I was going to go into the storage and dig out his almost finished works that I think rock and finish them myself! He laughed and then said that’s a good idea mom! I have a couple that I don’t know what I want to do with, would you like to take a crack at them? Hell yeah I would! So…the adventure begins…Max has givin me permission to work on a few of his works, I will hold to the original paintings and only embellish a little bit. He gets to see the works in oils (he’s working up to oils) and learn more about his next medium of choice and we get to have great talks and fun exploring the art together…he’s already got a couple of my almost dones pegged for himself. This summer he wants to spend time working like this together, I start a painting and hand it over to him to finish and vice a versa. It’ll be fun to see what happens. This is our first collaboration we both hope you enjoy. Let us hear from you!

On with the art:

Max’s painting

18″ x 24″

Acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

Don’t you just love the lines and the colors? I mean his work is FUN!  I loved it and only wanted to enhance this work not change it. I stayed true to the work and the colors, here’s what it came out looking like —–>

My version of Max’s painting

‘Collaboration #1′

18″ x 24″

Oils on top of acrylis on gallery wrapped canvas

Finished sides, ready to hang needs no frame

Available for purchase on the web site (will be there soon) in the 2010 gallery.

I think it turned out great, Max likes it too. We had fun doing this together, I think we make one heck of a team!

Thanks for stopping by today, we sure appreciate you all.

Heather and Max

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New Art- I don’t want to Behave

I don’t want to Behave
36″ x 24″
oils
Painted sides, needs no frame, comes ready to hang.

In the pictures there are shiny spots, that is my camera not the painting, that’s just reflected light.

Here are the quotes (Inspirations) for this work:

Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely.

~Adam Michnik

The great secret is not having bad manners or good manners or having any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls; in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no third class carriages and one soul is as good as another.

~George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950)
Source: Pygmalion

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke; that’s their natural and first weapon. ~Gloria Steinem (1934 – )

I started this work with a dream. A funny, silly, life changing dream. The story of the dream and this work can be read on my

web site at http://www.badkittyartstudio.com, in the Monsters Gallery.

Thanks for being here today, and don’t take any wooden nickels.

Heather

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New Art- The Blue Pair #2

‘The Blue Pair #2′

24″ x 18″

Oils on gallery wrapped canvas

Needs no frame, painted sides, ready to hang

Available for purchase on my web site in the 2010 gallery.

Here is the inspiration for this work:

“Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs, you’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.”
Mel Brooks

The Blue Pair was so much fun, I love these silly blue footed birds so very much. They crack me up, I smiled the entire time I painted this pair. These birds are the Blue-footed Booby, click on the hyper link to learn more about them.

I have some other updates coming soon, the art is flowing like water ovah here…so stay tuned.

Thanks for being here today,

Heather

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New Art- Heron at Sunset

“Heron at Sunset”

20″ x 16″

Oils on flat canvas panel

Available for purchase at my web site in the 2010 gallery.

Just finished this new painting this morning and wanted to share. I could not get a really good picture because of the rainy, icky weather, so this is the best picture for now. I’ll try for better ones later today. I have another painting already on the easel and almost done so I want to get back to work! LOL

 This painting reminded me of being a girl in Florida and watching the birds. I love the way the sunset color is staining the water and the neck of this magnificent bird. The shiny spots in the picture are just wet paint…it’ll all be seamless when it’s dry, which might take a few days with all this rain. It’s a bright painting, but not overly bright. I enjoyed the heck out of painting it.

Hope you like it too, let me hear from you!

Have a great weekend,

Heather

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