original paintings


  • Color Scheme from Painting

    Color Scheme from Painting

    Dear Friends, Dear Readers, Today’s post is going to be about selecting a color scheme for your home, but first, I want to thank you all for sticking with me through this journey. As you may have noticed, I’ve made a few missteps along the way as I learn the ins and outs of this…


  • Chapter 4: The Chase

    Chapter 4: The Chase

    The van careened through the winding streets, its tires splashing through puddles left behind by the afternoon rain. Fog has rolled in, obscuring the old cobblestones. Desiree’s hands whitened as she gripped the wheel.


  • Chapter 2: A Reluctant Alliance

    Chapter 2: A Reluctant Alliance

    The Blood Moon Clowder and the Ephemeral Fence Between Worlds In Blood Moon Clowder Chapter 2, Dracine, the brown bat navigates a world of uneasy alliances between cats and bats as she begins her search for the missing clowder members. Dracine efficiently captured mosquito after mosquito on the wing. Hearing the faint fluttering of another…


  • Chapter 1: Vanished. Blood Moon Serial.

    Chapter 1: Vanished. Blood Moon Serial.

    Greg did not stir but a humid breeze lifted the fur on his shoulders. His gaze remained fixed on the sprawling graveyard below, the city that belonged to both the dead and the living. The place their clowder lived. 


  • Custom Oil Portrait

    A commission! Always a happy thing for me. I love doing them — please keep me in mind when planning gifts or for your own special memories.  This is a mom and her baby girl out and about on a sunny day. Rebecca Forrest#CommissionArt#CustomArtwork#ArtForGifts#SpecialMemories#MotherAndDaughter#SunnyDay#FamilyArt#PersonalizedGifts#HandmadeWithLove#GiftIdeas#ArtisticExpressions#MomAndBaby#CherishedMoments#ArtLovers#CreativeGifts


  • Face ornaments.

    Help me come up with a better name for these! OK, I made this today and  now I’m in love with making them. I made 3 today and there are ideas for Christmas ornaments. Please say you’ll buy one of these from me for Christmas. #kelliesniderart #claysculptureart #clayportraits #polymerclayanimals #polymerclaypeople


  • A Jumping Person

    I needed a new character for my dining room window.


  • Justice Sonya Sotomayor

    “This majority’s project will have disastrous consequences for the presidency and for our democracy,” she said. She ended by saying, “With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” Justice Sonia SotomayorJul 1, 2024 #kelliesniderart #portraitpainting #politicalart #politicalartwork#liberal


  • That time I got detained in Ecuador

    It was a crisp morning in 2010, the sleepy stillness of the hour adding to the uneasy anticipation that brewed quietly within us. My husband and I were in Ecuador, awaiting the final leg of our journey home. By 5:30 a.m., we were at the airport, our energy only bolstered by the imminent return to…


  • Part 2 of that time I got detained in Ecuador

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