Heron
This was the first bird we saw after moving to the river. These birds are quiet. They are patient and still. They can stay in one spot without moving for long stretches of time. Their stillness hides them. Our human eyes are drawn to movement. Stillness acts as a type of camouflage for these birds.…
Baby Duck
July 2026 One of my favorite things about painting is the process. I typically start out thinking “I wonder how this will go, can I even do this?” But slowly as I am faithful to simply put my brush to canvas, step by step seeing something beautiful emerges. It is simply not beautiful when I…
Where Beauty Begins
As much as we romanticize—and want to believe—that beauty comes solely from light, we are mistaken when we cling to such shallow ideas. In both the art world and my personal life, it is darkness that gives beauty its depth, its mystery, and ultimately allows light to reach its fullest potential. Is this blasphemy? I…
The Robin
Oils on gessoed wood. Photo and Painting by Kim Blenkhorn Here is a progression of this painting. I started with burnt sienna and did an underpainting of values first.
Sparrow Hawk
Photo and painting by Kim Blenkhorn Oils on Canvas Here is a painting of a sparrow hawk that hangs around our backyard in the summer time. Every once in a while we will hear a screaming and see him carrying something in his talons to a near by limb. He is beautiful but vicious I…
Ellie Wiesel
Ellie Wiesel – author of the book “night” Ellie was sent to a concentration and a death camp in Hitler’s Germany during WWII because he was Jewish. He survived ; his father did not.
Palette Knife Painting
Oriole This is my most recent knife painting with Oil Painting on canvas. Painting with a knife requires an entire different skill set. The knife does not work like a brush. The paint must be blended and mixed on the palette, not the canvas. When mixed on the canvas it will muddy everything and you…
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