Commission - just open! In time for Christmas :)

Just had a new spot open up for a commission in time for Christmas. If you are interested, I will need all the deets by this Sunday latest! Please email me at keena.aspengrovestudio@gmail.com if you are interested.

Poinsettias

I've been doing up a couple of smaller pieces for the upcoming Christmas Art Show ("Beyond Rocks and Trees") starting next week. Since many of my larger art pieces tend to be fairly detailed, I love painting the little ones with a looser, more impressionistic style. I have been working on painting with a knife - a painting knife, sometimes erroneously called a palette knife - to accomplish that. Here's the first poinsettia of the pair I painted this weekend:



Poinsettia #1
5x7 mixed media on canvas panel


Here are some interesting points about poinsettias:

• The poinsettia is also known as the Mexican flame leaf or Christmas star.
• The “flowers” are actually large bunches of colored leaves. In order to insure its festive coloring, it is essential that the plant received no light at night between October and Christmas. The slightest exposure to light during this critical period will often prevent “flowering.”
• Poinsettias come in a variety of colors from red, salmon, and apricot to yellow, cream, and white. Red, of course, is the most popular.
• Poinsettias account for one-third of sales of all flowering potted plants every year. More than 65 million were sold last year!
• The poinsettia is actually a small tropical tree.
• Poinsettias are native to southern Mexico and Central America, where they may reach heights of 16 feet with leaves measuring up to eight inches across!
• The Aztecs used the poinsettia leaves to dye fabric for clothing and the sap for medicinal purposes.
• The poinsettia is NOT toxic to humans or animals. This misconception was spread by a 1919 urban legend of a two-year-old dying after consuming a poinsettia leaf.

Source: tidbitfun.com/12/12/poinsettia-trivia

Excite Your Spirit

“Respond to every call that excites your spirit.”

― Rumi

Goldstream.
Oils on linen panel.
9x12 inches
(c) Keena    

“The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart” ― Rumi

Silent Alarm – Cougar

11×14 acrylic on canvas

Exhibited at the Bellagio in Las Vegas

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