Katie Wilson ~ Mixed Media Artist

Blue Wrap

2012-02-01T19:16:00.002-05:00

7 x 5 acrylic and collage on board

$75 s&h 8.

Guy with Cigar

2012-01-31T17:59:00.001-05:00

7 x 5 collage and acrylic on board
$75 s&h 8.

Red Check Skirt

2012-01-30T17:57:00.003-05:00

7 x 5 collage and acrylic on board
$75 s&h 8.

There is thought behind where I place the paper, but sometimes it works out better than I planned. For instance, the pattern on her left arm flows down her sleeve. :)

Clutches and Hats - SOLD

2012-01-27T09:14:00.004-05:00

16 x 20 oil and collage on board
$550 s&h 25
SOLD
Click here to see paper before paint.

Widow's Peak

2012-01-16T13:16:00.001-05:00

7 x 5 oil and collage on board
$75 s&h 8.

Flower Lapel - SOLD

2012-01-13T18:14:00.002-05:00

7 x 5 oil and collage on board
$75 s&h 8.

Bow Tie

2012-01-12T16:48:00.002-05:00

7 x 5 oil and collage on board

$75 s&h 8.

Blue Streak

2012-01-11T17:28:00.003-05:00

7x5 oil and collage on board
$75 s&h 8.

Prairie Flower

2012-01-05T13:18:00.002-05:00

8 x 6 oil and collage on board
$95 s&h 8.

Big Hair

2011-12-30T21:39:00.003-05:00

20 x 16 oil and collage on s/c

$550 s&h 25

I really like these warmer colors. I should use them more often.

Pink Wig #2

2011-12-29T07:20:00.003-05:00

20 x 16 oil and collage on s/c

$550 s&h 25

Orange Coat - SOLD

2011-12-28T08:10:00.003-05:00

7 x 5 collage and oil on board

$75 s&h 8. SOLD

Houlihan

2011-12-21T18:48:00.003-05:00

7x5 collage and oil on board

$75 s&h 8.

I worked on two different mug shot paintings today. The first one was black and white from the turn of the century. I had a hard time getting the nose to look right when I finally realized that she really had a deformed nose - like she had been in a knife fight. So I painted her nose as if normal and felt like I was giving this poor woman a new lease on life. I was immortalizing her. I then moved on to the second mug shot. This one was current and in color. I was working and struggling on the nose - again, when I realized it was the same stupid nose as the other one. Only this time she wasn't deformed. Those lips! They're the same too. Oh god, she didn't learn her lesson.

Pink Veil

2011-12-20T08:10:00.004-05:00

20 x16 collage and oil on s/c

$550 s&h 25.

I read somewhere that in order to be productive and get things of importance done, you have to get done first the most unsavory of tasks. You can't keep putting that one off. In other words "eat the frog". This painting was my frog. As much as I wanted to start another painting I had to eat this frog first, and I'm glad I did.

Pale Green Shirt - SOLD

2011-12-13T07:59:00.004-05:00

7 x 5 collage and acrylic on board
$75 s&h 8.

This went through many stages of color and value choices. When the colors of the photo and my collage paper choices conflict (which they always d0), I like to develop my palette based on the paper which leads to made up color which leads to a lot of that works, that doesn't work. Many times working from a black and white photo can be easier.

Large Lapels

2011-12-11T13:51:00.002-05:00

7 x 5 acrylic and collage on board
$75 s&h 8.

Ideally I like to keep as much of the paper showing as possible. Even if towards the end of the painting I have painted over much of it, it has dictated my color choices throughout. One choice leads to another.

Flowered Frock

2011-12-10T18:15:00.004-05:00

7 x 5 acrylic and collage on board
$75 s&h 8

Tip: When working with acrylics, one must remember to cover up one's paint before making lunch for one's nephew and running him off to a friend's or else one's paints will dry up and be useless.

Static Electric

2011-12-09T18:27:00.004-05:00

7 x 5 collage, acrylic and pastel on board
$75 s&h 8.

Head Band and Frock

2011-12-08T18:37:00.002-05:00

7 x 5 acrylic and collage on board.

$75 s&h 8.

Oversize Sweater

2011-12-06T09:21:00.002-05:00

7 x 5 oil and collage on board
$75 s&h 8.

Paper Before Paint

2011-12-05T16:58:00.002-05:00

I will be away from my studio (space) for about a week, but still will paint while away. I decided to get a jump on the paintings I will do - one less thing. Since I had all these prepped and ready, I figured I'd show ya'll how most of these paintings start out.

Flowered Blouse

2011-12-02T21:40:00.003-05:00

8 x 6 collage and oil on s/c
$95 s&h 8.

This painting developed relatively quickly. I'm grateful I was standing while doing it. Once I stepped back I realized I was almost finished.

White Scarf Collar

2011-12-01T20:51:00.005-05:00

16 x 12 oil and collage on board
$450 s&h 15.

Paper Pixie

2011-11-30T21:50:00.001-05:00

8 x 6 oil and collage on s/c
$95 s&h 8.

Where's the Picnic?

2011-11-29T21:21:00.004-05:00

6 x 8 oil and collage on s/c

$95 s&h 8.

Stick Hair

2011-11-28T19:04:00.001-05:00

8 x 6 collage and oil on s/c
$95 s&h 8

Blue Bell

2011-11-26T17:41:00.003-05:00

8 x 6 oil and collage on s/c
$95 s&h 8.

I was flipping through the Woolrich catalog the other day and found myself admiring the flannel color combos. This palette is loosely based on "Blue Bell".

La Matadora

2011-11-25T14:39:00.001-05:00

8 x 6 oil and collage on s/c
$95 s&h 8.

On Bench in Gown

2011-11-22T23:36:00.003-05:00

10 x 8 collage and oil on board

$160 s&h 10

Blue Hair and Gown

2011-11-21T16:44:00.001-05:00

14 x 8 collage and oil on board

Black Feather

2011-11-20T16:48:00.004-05:00

8 x 6 collage and oil on s/c
$95 s&h 8.

Hangin with Kitty

2011-11-19T17:22:00.001-05:00

8 x 6 collage and oil on s/c
$95 s&h 8.

Me and Lace

2011-11-17T21:17:00.005-05:00

10 x 8 oil and paper on board

$160 s&h 10

This painting started out as being pretty generic looking, so of course I hated it. I had to set it aside for awhile and look at some art. I took a look at Malcolm Liepke. So I guess you can say this is my Liepke influence. Oh, hush. At least it's more interesting than it was.

Flower Hair Ribbon

2011-11-16T19:35:00.008-05:00

8 x 10 oil and collage on board
$160 s&h 10.

Ice Cold

2011-11-15T21:26:00.003-05:00

10 x 10 oil and collage on board
$200 s&h 12.

Out on the Horizon

2011-11-14T17:41:00.002-05:00

8 x 6 collage and oil on board
$95 s&h 8.

Remembering

2011-11-10T17:02:00.005-05:00

7 x 5 oil and collage on board
$75 s&h 8.

Confetti Betti

2011-11-09T20:20:00.001-05:00

7 x 5 collage and oil on board
$75 s&h 8

Mesyuhup Cowboy

2011-11-08T17:27:00.001-05:00

6 x 6 oil and collage on board
$65 s&h 8.

Flapper

2011-11-07T16:39:00.001-05:00

6 x 6 collage and oil on board
$65 s&h 8.

Night, John Boy

2011-11-06T22:09:00.003-05:00

10. 5 x 8.5 oil and collage on board
$175 s&h 8.

Fish Thoughts - SOLD

2011-11-05T20:27:00.008-04:00

8 x 6 oil and collage on board

$95 s&h 8.
SOLD

Moth to a Flame

2011-11-04T19:28:00.002-04:00

7 x 5 mixed media on board
$75 s&h 8.

Wide Rim Brown Hat

2011-11-02T21:40:00.002-04:00

7x5 mixed media on board
$75 s&h 8.

Not Really a Puritan #8

2011-10-31T15:46:00.003-04:00

7 x 5 mixed media on board
$75 s&h 8.

Back on line with power back. Back to posting. Nothing like a heavy snow to cause a power outage to make you fall back on most everything.

Pink Accents #7

2011-10-29T08:04:00.002-04:00

7x5 mixed media on board
$75 s&h 8.

Tight Hair #6

2011-10-28T18:42:00.003-04:00

6x8 mixed media on board
$95 s&h 8.

Combat Queen #5

2011-10-24T11:44:00.002-04:00

5x7 mixed media on board

$75 s&h 8.

Bad Habit SOLD

2011-10-23T14:30:00.003-04:00

5x7 mixed media on board

$75 s&h 8. SOLD

Purple Collar #3

2011-10-22T10:16:00.004-04:00

6x6 pastel and paint on paper
$75 s&h 8.

Tortoise Shell Earring #2

2011-10-20T21:01:00.002-04:00

5x7 mixed media on board
$75 s&h 8.

Many Layers #1

2011-10-19T19:08:00.002-04:00

6x8 mixed media
$95 s&h 8.

Bug Lady

2011-10-18T09:03:00.002-04:00

18x18 collage and oil on s/c

$395 s&h 20.

Oranges and Mangos

2011-09-30T08:45:00.003-04:00

36x60 oil on s/c
This was a commission piece.
It's amazing what you can learn with each painting you do. This painting pushed me in directions I wouldn't have taken otherwise. It made me realize how much there is to know.

Here it is being displayed in Kalido's Interior Design showroom in Florida.

In the Garden

2011-09-18T10:25:00.003-04:00

16x30 mixed media on board

Beaded Throat

2011-09-13T09:35:00.002-04:00

6x8 oil on s/c
$100 s&h 8.

It's All About the Book

2011-09-09T19:01:00.002-04:00

16x30
collage and oil on board

Orange Hat Purple Coat

2011-08-27T11:06:00.001-04:00

28x36 oil on stretched canvas
$1400

My House Your Dog - SOLD

2011-08-26T09:22:00.005-04:00

18x33 pastel on wallis paper
$650 matted and framed -

Sea Side Slope

2011-08-25T19:28:00.002-04:00

10x7 pastel
$125 s&h 8.

No Jack - study for My House Your Dog

2011-08-23T07:31:00.003-04:00

Mixed media - acrylic, collage and pastel
SOLD

See how this was put together. Click here.

Overgrown

2011-08-21T09:08:00.002-04:00

8x10 pastel
$140 s&h 8

Hair Strings

2011-08-18T10:16:00.002-04:00

4x6 mixed media on paper
$45 s&h $5
See how this one was put together. Click here.

Four Blue Buttons

2011-08-10T21:53:00.001-04:00

12 x 12 collage and oil
$350 s&h 20.

White Shoulder - SOLD

2011-08-07T23:31:00.002-04:00

4x6 mixed media on paper
SOLD

Blue Up do SOLD

2011-08-05T14:34:00.002-04:00

4x6 mixed media on paper
SOLD

On the Dock - SOLD

2011-08-04T16:45:00.003-04:00

11x23, pastel on wallis paper,
SOLD

This was a bit tricky to photograph. I framed it before realizing I had forgotten to take a picture. So right now she's framed with a brown mat and black metal frame. The reference for this was a poor quality snapshot of my grandmother back in her day. It was such a great pose, I had to see what I could come up with.

I just found out that my painting Pink Wig and Earring is one of the featured paintings on the website for the Armonk Art Show. Armonk is a mere 35 miles north of New York City. I'm getting a charge out of it.

Head Dress

2011-07-27T15:46:00.003-04:00

12x16 collage and pastel on paper
$350 s&h 12
I'm not thrilled with this photo. The true colors are more saturated and less constrasty.

See how this was put together.

Fur Collar

2011-07-26T20:58:00.004-04:00

12x16 collage and pastel
$350 s&h 12

The model for this is one of my daughters. We had a photo shoot using different accessories and hair styles. Her hair is normally curly and I wanted to get some wild hair shots, so I was a little disappointed when I realized she had straightened her hair the night before. We managed to get her hair piled up, though. This painting started off strictly as a pastel drawing. I was determined to get her features somewhat representational this time more as lesson than for any other reason. So, consequently, the whole drawing ended up be very representational - nice, but not very exciting. That's when I started tearing things up.

Something Over There

2011-07-22T18:55:00.004-04:00

11x14 mixed media on paper

$200 s&h 8
The reference for this one was an antique mug shot. It started off as a charcoal drawing, but I felt highly compelled to add color. Slowly I added paper and pastel.

Flower Earring SOLD

2011-07-21T20:33:00.005-04:00

5x7 mixed media
SOLD

Necklace and Earring

2011-07-21T08:18:00.002-04:00

8x14 charcoal and collage
$160 s&h 8

Flowers in My Hair - SOLD

2011-07-19T18:54:00.002-04:00

7x5 mixed media
SOLD

Flower Tatoo - SOLD

2011-07-18T18:52:00.005-04:00

5x7 mixed media on board
SOLD
Click here for how this was put together.

2 Trees and Then Some

2011-06-17T10:37:00.001-04:00

7x15 pastel on wallis
$225 s&h 10.

3 Trees

2011-06-16T10:02:00.001-04:00

7x16 pastel on wallis paper
$225 s&h 10.

Orange Leaves Purple Road

2011-06-13T21:17:00.003-04:00

20x17 pastel on Wallis paper
$450 s&h 15.

May Fog

2011-06-11T09:13:00.004-04:00

14x11 pastel on paper
$300 s&h 10.

There were tons of fog and patchy drizzle in Rockport, ME during the month of May. The fog horn was blowing all the time. The woods beyond my sister's backyard were beautiful. This painting is a piece of those woods in the early evening.

Lady Drawing

2011-06-09T16:42:00.001-04:00

9x7 pencil on paper
$50 s&h 5.

Early Spring Trees

2011-06-07T21:37:00.002-04:00

10x7 pastel on paper
$150 s&h 8.

Sitting on the Bench - SOLD

2011-05-24T09:22:00.002-04:00

8x10 oil and collage on board

SOLD

Top of Lime Quarry

2011-05-20T11:39:00.001-04:00

10x10 pastel
$215 s&h 10.

Wedge of Birch Trees

2011-05-19T12:46:00.001-04:00

12x9 pastel

$215 s&h 10

Sliver Shadows

2011-05-18T20:43:00.002-04:00

11x14 pastel on wallis
$275 s&h 10

Birches in Cramer Park

2011-05-16T21:09:00.004-04:00

14x11 pastel on wallis paper

$275 s&h 10.

Purple in My Hair - SOLD

2011-05-10T22:04:00.004-04:00

6x8 oil and collage on board
SOLD

This was done on a used panel. The color that is in the jacket on the right and the color to the right of her head as well as some of the blue is the old painting.

Green Barn - SOLD

2011-05-07T07:00:00.003-04:00

8x6 oil on board.
SOLD
I believe I am towards the end of my spring clean out. This barn may be my last re-do.

Before the Buds - SOLD

2011-05-02T09:30:00.003-04:00

8x10 pastel

Blue Shed

2011-04-29T22:27:00.004-04:00

11x13 pastel on wallis paper

Lake Side Cottages SOLD

2011-04-29T07:59:00.003-04:00

4x6 oil on board
$65 s&h 5. SOLD
This is one of those spring clean-up re-does. The colors are much nicer in this version.

Venice in the Afternoon

2011-04-26T18:26:00.002-04:00

32x12 oil on stretched canvas
$625 s&h 25.

Storage Barn

2011-04-21T20:44:00.003-04:00

8x10 oil on board
$160 s&h 8.

Blue Awning in Quebec

2011-04-17T11:28:00.003-04:00

8x10 oil on board
$160 s&h 8.

This painting is a re-do of one I had done probably about a year ago. This time I knew enough to take it a little further and in general knew just that much more.

Abandoned Barn

2011-04-16T09:32:00.001-04:00

4x6 oil on board
$40 s&h 6.

Barnyard and Fence SOLD

2011-04-14T20:51:00.003-04:00

4x6 oil on board

$40 s&h 6. SOLD

Light in Woods - SOLD

2011-04-13T09:20:00.003-04:00

7x14 oil on board
$110 s&h 8.

Wet in Woods in Spring

2011-04-10T19:59:00.003-04:00

14x11 oil on board
$300 s&h 12.

Geraniums in Italy SOLD

2011-04-08T23:18:00.003-04:00

6x8 oil

SOLD

Wet in Woods

2011-04-07T10:27:00.002-04:00

7x5 pastel on wallis paper

$65 s&h 8.

Feathered Hat

2011-03-28T19:41:00.011-04:00

8x10 oil on panel
$160 s&h 8.