"Painting is silent poetry." ~Author Unknown
Seawashed Studio
My quiet retreat washed by the sea...
in a faded palette of whites
free of clutter so creativity flows
"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced."
~Leo Tolstoy
French doors allowing the natural light in
"This world is but a canvas to our imagination."
~Henry David Thoreau
"When the warmth of Summer's sun lingers long into the night, its too hot to sleep, so I paint."~Kerrie Sanderson
Washed Hearts
The English Rose Series
"Of the flowering of blossoms,
of the purple waves of the sea..."
~Virgina Woolf
I consider myself a Peaceful Painter, with the Pacific Coast being my deepest inspiration. Pacific means peace. I began painting in High School with oils on canvas. I have been educated in oils, watercolor, ink wash, charcoals, pastels, pen and ink, drawing, drafting, metal and woodwork, and art history with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Painting with acrylics and watercolor allows me the freedom to just let beauty come forth. I get caught up in the way the paint moves across the canvas and how the colors blend naturally. My artwork is quiet, not intended to dominate a room but rather be like a soft whisper. I use a pale color palette that brings calm to a space. Most of us are in need of a dwelling place to rest and rejuvenate, to find sanctuary in. My heart desires to cultivate peace in all that I paint.
The Heavenly Unseen
We look not to what is seen but to what is unseen; for what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal...
The Eternal Series
This is my newest series of paintings
{click on the links to read more}
Whisper
Sanctuary
Temple
"We want something else which can hardly be put into words-
to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it,
to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it,
to become part of it."
~C.S. Lewis
White Doves
"Her poetry, dancing upon the shores." ~W.B Yeats
There is so much to inspire me along the Northern California Pacific Coast. I get lost in the layers of sand and sea...colors that I try to bring into all my artwork.
Sonoma Sea Coast
Monet's Sea
"the sea was so beautiful and it was so good to run along the cliff-tops in the fresh air and frolic in the sea." ~Claude Monet
"I want the unobtainable. Other artists paint a bridge, a house, a boat, and that's the end. They are finished. I want to paint the air which surrounds the bridge, the house, the boat, the beauty of the air in which these objects are located, and that is nothing short of impossible." ~Claude Monet
Claude Monet is my favorite artist.
"To rest my soul in the quiet of the sea..."
Seawashed Subway Signs
Pismo Sanddollar Watercolor
and soon Coastal Pine will be underfoot, so I can be messy
Seawashed Studio
washed by the sea...
This is my Artist's Retreat. A place of calm.
a quiet artist's sanctuary.
"Love of beauty is taste.
The creation of beauty is art."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thank you to Karen Valentine of My Desert Cottage
for hosting The Where Bloggers Create Party 2014.
Please visit her Blog for the link tour and enjoy
all of the creative spaces.
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washed by the sea
Kerrie