Starfish

Starfish

Oil on Canvas
24x24
Available

Did you know that starfish can lose a limb at will as a defense mechanism?  Did you know that they can also regenerate limbs after a loss?  Wouldn't it be amazing to have that kind of "technological know-how" in the world of medicine?  The humble starfish--I am in awe....

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Kristine Kainer

AOT, AWA, CFAI

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Conch Shell

Oil on Gallery-Wrapped Canvas

24x24x1.5

SOLD - Commissions Welcome

Hold the conch to your ear and listen....  The sound of the surf is always near....

Sand Dollar

Oil on Gallery-Wrapped Canvas

20x16

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With temperatures already in the upper 90s in Central Texas, my thoughts turn to the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of the beach.  Oh, to feel the sand between my toes!  

Gulf Oyster Shell

Oil

20x20

Available

There is nothing like slurping down freshly shucked oysters at the beach -- with lots of sand between your toes!  Alas, in Austin, I must sit at an oyster bar.  At least my car won't get sandy....

Making Waves

18x24

Oil

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We've all seen them:  paintings that look like they were made by a gorilla that sell for record amounts of money in the art world.  After a particularly frustrating day (and seeing some of those astronomical purchase prices via a fellow artist's Facebook post), I temporarily regressed back to the simpler days of childhood.  Using leftover paint on my palette and my trusty middle finger, I created this seascape fingerpainting.  Enjoy.

Miniature Painting - Conch Shell

Acrylic on Bristol Series 300

2.5 x 3.5

SOLD

This conch shell was actually found on the dirt floor of one of our barns in Central Texas!  I wonder what stories it could tell....

Approaching Storm

Oil on Canvas Panel (museum quality), 6x8 -- SOLD

Commissions welcome.

Gulf Waters

Oil on canvas, 28x22, $400

Maybe I should include some tar balls?

Blue Wave

Pastel, 12x9, $100 matted and framed, buy from artist

My father recently sent me, via e-mail, a group of wave photographs. Here is my first foray into the world of pastels. What a mess working with that medium, but what fun!

Beach, No. 3

Acrylic on Panel, 6x6--SOLD

A Painting's Background

As I gain experience in the "Daily Painting" genre, I am learning that "backgrounds count." I truly thought that, if the subject was glorious, the background was superfluous. I was wrong. In the past two weeks, I have changed four backgrounds--two for clients and two for myself. I must admit, these changes made a world of difference.

Above is "Shark Eye Shell, No. 2" with the original, blackish background. I had it on eBay a couple of weeks ago, but it didn't sell. I even received a comment that it looked too ominous with such a foreboding background, even though the shell was nearly perfect. I hung it in my home and pondered that correspondence. She was right.

The new version is below the original, now with a bluish tinge (reminiscent of tumbled sea glass). Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I think this is a vast improvement.... Any thoughts on the matter?