Gypsy Wind

[Heidi Maiers]

My gosh Kim! I think it's about time you start posting these in the Seasoned Pro area. Just gorgeous.

[Kimberly Dow]

Thanks Richard!

Heidi - thank you. I do post in the Seasoned Pro area when I paint a portrait. There is only one choice for figuratives.

[Alexandra Tyng]

Very, very, very wonderful, Kim!

Wow, I love the diagonal lean of the torso, scarf and hair. It makes the composition so strong, and leads right to the face. I've also been admiring the bright patterns in the skirt and appreciating how they can be so bright and interesting, yet not divert the focal point away from the face. This is a real winner!

[Kimberly Dow]

Thank you Alex!

The background is actually a grey/blue sky, just a tiny bit bluer than what I see on my screen. The rest of the painting photographed pretty darned close, but the sky is just a tad too light.

You wanna duke it out in the Seasoned Pro area?

[Marina Dieul]

Kim,
this is beautiful. I love the light,and the composition is a success.
I know you have worked many hours on it, but it looks very fresh, like if you have done it quikly and easily. There is some watercolor feeling ( especially in the stones and the skirt)
Could someone explain me what means exactly "seasoned pro" ? Can't find it in my dictionnary...

[Kimberly Dow]

Marina, thank you.

Seasoned means 'experienced' and Pro is short for 'professional' - meaning those artists that do this full time for a living.

[Terri Ficenec]

Simply stunning Kim! I, too, love those saturated colors against the cool background, and the lean, and the wind. The title is perfect too.
Just Gorgeous!

[Kimberly Dow]

Thank you Allan! You know, I dont know what you would call the print on that skirt. It's actually mine, and I bought it at Old Navy - I thought it looked like it could be from India. I used this skirt in Creative Dance and I also have another of this model in the same outfit, same setting - just a slightly different pose that Im working on now. That scarf has been in many paintings also.

Thank you Terri!
Im glad you like the name, I didnt come up with it until I was finished and usually I have one long before that. For some reason I really get into naming my paintings. Someone told me once that it was because Im bossy and want to tell everyone what to think about them. Nah. That couldnt be it.

[John Reidy]

I love the division of colors from top to bottom bringing the piece together with the diagonal scarf. Well done.

[Mike McCarty]

(any chance you'd put on one of those skirts?)

There's a good chance that I would skirt the issue ...

You keep pumpin out the hits down there in Corpus Krispie. How bout another store front like you had in Uvalde? You must have enough to cover the walls. Have you been over to Rockport? They used to have a nice little artist community over there. There is also a very good landscape painter that lives in Port Aransas and used to show in the one good gallery there.

Love this painting!