Glow of the Singing Spirits, series of three cradled panels by Kathleen O’Brien
My new series, “Glow of the Singing Spirits”, unfolds like a whispered passage between worlds. Three panels trace the gentle pulse of nature—the calm of a country road bathed in fading light, (more…)
Anniversary Roses & Zinnia with just one yellow flower open
Welcome to mid-season studio update with news since mid-spring. (more…)
Whether you celebrate The Night of the Ancestors, All Saints Day, Dias de la Muertos, Halloween, or all of them, Happy Mid-Autumn Celebrations! (more…)
Each year I like to create “littles” to exhibit at the open studio and Pleasant Hill Christmas Show as gift ideas. (more…)
Even though it is more than two months from the Day Out of Time and beginning of winter, I find myself remembering (more…)
‘Vesuvian Gardens” is my 2025 Creative Visionary Program series of four paintings. Its meaning and importance emerged only after I had completed them. (more…)
Letter to God, pages 1-6
This series began with a simple desire to use most of my colors, then cover with off white to investigate the effects of the optic tones it would produce. (more…)
Looking west on the Solstice
Solstice night, lights and flowers from the kids
Between now and May Eve it was high solstice with brilliant bright skies by day and warm calm at night with fireflies. The red winged blackbirds were long gone. Before that my birthday flowers were in full bloom. Now it is so hot they would wilt, instead it’s time for zinnias and gladiolus to rule. Time to can tomatoes and make herb salt. First Harvest, Happy Mid-Summer! (more…)
The best title for this diptych eludes me, so I’m calling it “Breadcrumbs” which refers to an assignment to follow the breadcrumbs suggested by Nicolas Wilton. (more…)
If lilacs can bloom in October, certainly I can honor that by memorializing the occasion. Funny, I had started correcting “Lilac Enchantment” in the summer, maybe because I missed them blooming at their usual April appearance. (more…)