Another Christmas present!

Hunter's Delight

Since it was a surprise, I couldn't post that this was sold!!! So, Mary, hope you enjoy!!!

Three Angels - sold

It was such an honor to sell this to one of the best photographers I've ever seen. Kerie, hope you enjoy!

www.keriecleveland.com

Three Trees

One of my favorite paintings sold last week to one of my favorite people as a Christmas gift! Hope you like it Jules!

Three Christmas gifts

"Missing Bear" Giclee on canvas for Gregory!

"Trees of Love" for Jordan and Eric

and..."Seven Angels for You" (for my third child, sweet Callen)

Three gifts for my sweet, wonderful kids!

"Missing Bear"

Missing Bear prints now available at 20% off! The Perfect Christmas gift for all you Bama fans out there!!!

Purchase through my website:

www.kendallboggs.com

It's time for some Christmas Cheer!!!

Lil Angel Girl

141/2 x 14 1/2 Mixed Media on Canvas - Framed

125.00

Lil Angel Boy

14 1/2 x 14 1/2 Mixed media on canvas - framed

125.00

I am so blessed. So blessed by so many things in my life. I have a wonderful husband, three wonderful children who have incredible significant others, and I am so lucky to have one of the many loves of my life, my grandchild Evey. Because I feel so blessed I want to send some Christmas cheer! For the month of December I am offering 20% off any of my paintings available on my website: www.kendallboggs.com Thank you to all of my friends and family for supporting me and encouraging me this year in developing my painting. Your comments have been so heartwarming and inspiring! Please contact me through my website if you are indeed interested in any of my available work!

Have a blessed Christmas everyone!

Kendall

Trees of Oconee

We've chosen Kristy Jones!!!

Kristy, you are the winner of my painting "Grace"! I absolutely loved your comment about the orphanage. This post just resonated with me for some reason. It was just so loving and showed exactly why we should be thankful for the things we have. Thank you Kristy for being a highlight in my day! Please e-mail me with your address. My e-mail is kbdr@aol.com so I can ship you "Grace". Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

Kendall

Only 4 days left for the "Grace" Contest!!!

Contest ends Thanksgiving day at 12 noon EST. Be sure and enter!!! I've loved reading all the ways you say Grace. It has warmed my heart! Happy writing!

New Contest!

"Grace"

24 x 20 mixed media on canvas

With Thanksgiving on the horizon, I wanted to do the last of my Angel painting "giveaways". This one is titled "Grace". So, I would love for you to post how you say Grace! What is your family tradition of saying Grace at Thanksgiving? The contest will end Thanksgiving day and I'm going to let my entire family help me choose the winner. That would be oh, about 36 that I have for Thanksgiving dinner every year! Remember to post here on my blog not on my website, but would LOVE for you to visit my website as well!
Happy writing everyone!
Kendall

Three Angels - sold

15 x 30 Mixed Media with coffee grinds
550.00

You Had me at Woof

I LOVE dogs....I love dogs so much that I paint them and usually give them away. Sometimes I'll sell them. This one is the third "YOU had me AT woof" one I have painted. We are going to a fun event on Sunday night called "Stayin Alive" for the Lake Oconee Humane Society. So,,,,this is what the winner of the "bump" contest gets. True in Georgia Bulldog colors. (I came really close to painting a houndstooth collar just to rub it in a bit). Anyway, I will take orders for these for Christmas, just need to get em in soon. They are 18 x 24 and are 450.00 plus shipping (unframed).
Enjoy!!!
kb
oh, I will do them in any color.

"Fall Trees"

"Fall Trees"
18 x 24 Mixed Media on Canvas - 450.00

Sold

"Miracles" has a winner!

Well I have to say. Another emotional week. These posts are so inspiring. I've cried again! This was a really, really hard choice. WOW! After pondering all night, I just had to choose Matt, Kacy and Myers Ginn. (please know...I don't want to ever deter friends from posting but it's hard for me to choose people I know. I just don't want anyone to think I'm showing favoritism...) with that said.... These are actually friends of my daughter and son in law. Matt was in their wedding. We of course knew of this situation and prayed for them to find Matt's dad alive. It was such a sad situation and I'm so happy to see all of them finding a rainbow of hope out of a really tough set of circumstances. I was so glad to see that they posted in this contest and showed such transparency. So Kacy, Matt and Myers....Miracles is yours! Hope you enjoy!
Thank you to everyone! My next contest will be in about a month and will be called "Grace". So be thinking about how you say Grace!
All my love everyone!
Kendall

Contest! "Miracles"

It's time for my next contest! "Miracles".  I want to hear about all of your miracles.  This could be something as simple as the miracle of waking up in the morning to a beautiful sunrise, to the healing of a sick person, to the birth of a baby to someone who never thought they'd have a child.  Anything  you consider to be a miracle in your life is what I would like for you to write!  The contest will continue until September 11.  Also, please post if you posted in the previous contest!  I love, love, love reading your comments!!! I will announce the winner on September 11.  The winner will of course win this painting. Also, please be sure to bookmark this site so you can check back!

Gettin pumped about "Miracles"

Okay we have a winner!

Well, first of all, we chose a winner.  I'm not saying "my family" because I have to admit I had a bit of a hand in it.  We all really had a hard time deciding.  Callen (my 21 yr. old) said "mom, why do you have to pick just one, I feel so bad, I don't want someone to feel like their comment wasn't good enough! which by the way, they all were good enough, spectacular enough to win this painting. But as we all know, I could only pick one.  There will be more giveaways so please stay tuned!!! And please bookmark me!!!

Now on to the other stuff......

First, I want to explain why we chose this comment as the winner.  My grandmother died about oh, 10 yrs. ago.  We were very close.  I was having a particularly stressful day after she died and I was looking out the kitchen window feeling very sad when I felt a hand on my shoulder.  (I shiver thinking about it now because that's how real it was).  Anyway, it was the most comforting touch I had ever felt.  I believe it was my grandmother's hand.  My best friend from high school passed away a year and a half ago.  Becky's hand's are constantly upon me and I believe are what is helping guide me through painting these angels.  She was an angel in life and is now one in Heaven.  So....my kids know all of this.  With that being said it just felt right to choose Nancy Clark.  On top of that I love babies and this one just spoke to me.  I have cried so many tears with these beautiful comments.  I really never dreamed I could be blessed by so many people that I've never even met.  What a treasure I have before me!  Thank you!

....and....blessings

kendall

Side note...what do you guys think about making this into a book?  Had a good friend suggest that!  Please post your opinions!  It would of course be called "Blessings"!  Next painting...."Miracles" so be thinking!

It's Over!

Well, I'm so sad to say (even though I would like to keep this going forever) that  the contest has ended!  I am so overwhelmed.  I'm sitting here reading with a box of Kleenex (a new one that will be empty when I'm finished).  Anyway, I have a bit of a clue who my kids are going to pick but I'm going to  have to keep you in suspense and let you know in the morning so that they can collaborate on their decision.  I also want to write more (when I'm not so emotional) about all of these incredible comments.  

.....blessings,

kendall

Blessings...

Today I turn 50.  God has blessed me with a wonderful husband and 3 of the most wonderful kids anyone could ask for.  This is why I want to share this painting with you!

and.....I'm giving my "Blessings" away!  Your "Blessing" and gift to me is to tell me what you are thankful for in your life!  I am going to let my family choose their favorite one. Their favorite post will win this painting!!!  The contest will last until August 15.  

The painting is 12 x 24 mixed media on linen

I can't wait to be "blessed" by your blessings! I almost forgot!  Please leave your name so I'll know how to contact you when you win!!!

Angel Series

"In My Father's Arms"

14 x 14 Mixed Media on block canvas - 350.00

"Mother's Love"

14 x 14 Mixed media on block canvas - 350.00

"In the Arms of the Angels"

16 x 16  Mixed media on block canvas - 450.00

I've been a busy girl!

Prom Dress I

12x16 Mixed Media on blocked canvas

225.00 

Prom Dress II

12 x 16 Mixed Media on blocked canvas

225.00 - sold

Karen's Poem

Happy Birthday Karen!

The Brown Dress

16 x 16 Unframed

350.00

YOU had me AT woof.

(I just have to throw in something a little quirky every now and then!)

18 x 24 acrylic on canvas

450.00 - framed

SURPRISE!!!

I now have a website where paintings can be purchased directly on-line!!!
Yeah! Thank you to my sweet son Gregory for putting it all together for me. I didn't have to do a thing (except buy him a camera...)

www.kendallboggs.com

check it out!

Jay McClain wins!!!

Jay, you are the winner of the signed and numbered artist proof. Please email me your address so I can mail it to you tomorrow!
but.......that's not all!
I decided to choose my favorite post. First of all, I have LOVED reading all the comments. They are funny, spirited and some have made me cry! But my favorite has to be from Nancy Myrick. Nancy, I don't know you, but you really touched my heart. So, please email me your address as well, because I'm sending you a signed and numbered lithograph!
Now, for anyone wanting to purchase these, they are being sold on line at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. I have donated the 400 - 500 numbered series prints to ASHOF and they are selling them for 50.00 per print. 25.00 will be donated to ashof. Support ASHOF!!! www.ashof.com
If anyone needs more information, please e-mail me at kbdr@aol.com.
Thanks so much and please bookmark me! Never know when I'll do another contest!!!

Winner!!!!

I drew a number...

and this was it......

CONTEST CONTEST CONTEST CONTEST CONTEST!

Another Contest!!!!! yeahhhh!
Tell me your favorite Alabama/Auburn game. I'm going to pick a random number out of a (of course) houndstooth hat! The lucky winner will win a signed and numbered artist proof lithograph of "Missing Bear" valued at 129.00. Complete with a certificate of authenticity. Contest ends July 6th at 6:00 p.m.
Good luck all you Bama Fans!!!
(oh, keep it clean please!)

Water Lilies

30 x 40 Mixed Media on block canvas - 850.00

Summer Flowers

18 x 24 Mixed Media on Canvas - 500.00

My favorite Artwork

I know....it's not painting....but it IS my favorite artwork.
Pics of g-baby Evelyn Grace
I call her "Smiley Face Evelyn".....you can see why!

Missing Bear

24x24 Signed and numbered lithographs

Limited quantites still available

Numbers 20 - 322...129.00

Numbers 324 - 399...79.00

Not available for purchase at this time are numbers 1-21,  315 and 323

Available at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame 205-323-6665 or through contacting me via e-mail:

kbdr@aol.com

#400 - 500 available for purchase online at
www.ashof.com
introductory cost of 50.00
Support the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame!!!!

Evey's Dog

I painted this for my g-daughter Miss Evelyn Grace!  Since I painted this, I have painted 4 more like this as baby gifts for friends of my daughter Jordan.  And,,,it seems like all of her friends are having girls!!!  We do have a boy (Jill's) coming a long in a couple of months!!!  I guess I'll be doing this in blue?

We have a winner!

     8:23 a.m.

If your name is Julie Platt and you guessed 8:22 a.m. you were close!!! Actually you were the closest! I was born August 8, 1959 at 8:23 a.m.!!!!
This has been the most fun I've had in a long time and I am so thankful to all of your sweet comments (I'm also very, very humbled). I've enjoyed this so much that I'm going to do it again!!! So....keep checking in with me...and tell all your friends!
I appreciate each and every one of you!
Kendall

p.s. Julie, please e-mail me your address:
kbdr@aol.com

Contest!!!

I'm having a contest!  A painting will be awarded to the person who correctly guesses the time of my birth! (Not the date, only the time!)... (I am the only person who knows this.  Actually even my mom doesn't know and since I'm the only one who has my birth certificate I'm the only person who knows the exact time!) (family members are exempt from this contest).  The contest will go until Thursday night 6/04/09 at 6:00 p.m.  You must post your guess here on my blog to be eligible and who ever gets closest without going over wins! You cannot post a time that has already been posted and you can only post once. (remember to post a.m. or p.m.)  I am giving away my beloved "Summer Trees" painting.  12 x 16 mixed media on block canvas (unframed).  I will announce the winner at 7:00 Thursday night and it will be mailed to you on Friday, June 5.  Tell all your friends!!!

***for those of you who have tried to post and it's telling you to "sign in"...I believe you can post anonymously.  Please just leave your name on your post so I'll know how to contact you when you win! :)

"Summer Trees"

I am constantly amazed at how many people love what I call "messy" art.  I'm one of those who doesn't like "perfect" and prefer messy.  In stark contrast to that comment, I'm actually a "neat freak" when it comes to my house.  But I think when it comes to art "perfect" leaves nothing to the imagination.  I mean if you look at art in a realistic form it's really just like looking at a photograph.  Don't get me wrong I TOTALLY appreciate and respect artists who paint realism (mainly because I could never paint that well), I just happen to think "messy" is a lot more intriguing....and thought provoking! I like to look at a piece of art and let it speak to me about it's content.  I believe one sees the passion in the artist through the abstract and "messiness" of it all.  

"Missing Bear"

I am so proud of this painting.  My husband is a huge Alabama fan and was a Bear Bryant lover.  As a matter of fact, the day Bear died is one of the few times I've seen him cry! I had originally painted a houndstooth hat like this for him years ago.  Even though he loved it, I was never very happy with the way it turned out.  So I decided to give it another try.  This is the finished product. If I can get a little "deep" here I will explain that the paint splatters are representative of the tears that this houndstooth hat is "crying" from "Missing Bear".  Anyway....after an overwhelming response from people, I decided to contact the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (ASHOF) in Birmingham and asked if they would consider adding this to their sports memorabilia collection.  To my surprise they accepted my piece.  So, it is now being displayed at ASHOF! I decided to take it a step further and have it made into "artist's proofs" and signed and numbered lithographs.  I got a call yesterday from ASHOF saying that people are "anxiously awaiting" the prints!  WOW! This is a such a huge step for me! The lithographs will be arriving today and can be purchased at the gift shop at ASHOF!  So,,,we will just have to see where this goes! 

Alabama Sports Hall of Fame website:

www.ashof.com

The Red Canoe

One of the hardest things for me since I've started painting has been to know when the piece is finished.  I think that's pretty typical of most artists.  So, I've checked around and asked a bunch of painters "how they know when their piece is done"?  I've gotten a couple of compelling answers.  One artist from New York said "it takes two people to paint.....one to paint the painting, and one to tell you when it's finished".  Another artist Thomas Arvid who happens to be a very famous artist from Atlanta told me "you know it's sort of like when you talk too much!  Sometimes you just know when that conversation is over"  hum, think he was talking about me? Anyway, I think my personality comes out on canvas because a lot of times I "overpaint".  One of my friends (and you know who you are "KW") says that talking to me is like watching a greyhound chase a rabbit around the track, it never catches it.  Anyway, this painting "The Red Canoe" was the first painting I've ever sold.  It originally wasn't supposed to turn out like this.  I actually had in mind a simple red canoe.  I kept layering that molding paste over each time I got frustrated with the painting.  Every time I put the molding paste on, it became a different painting!  That's what I love about that stuff. Molding paste to me is like reading clouds.   There's always a different shape or picture that you see.

The second time I slapped the molding paste on the canvas I had decided that it was the skyline of NY!  If you look closely at this painting you can see the Empire State Building! (seriously)  So then I decided "wait!  I'm not painting the skyline of NY!  I then decided to name that painting "A Masterpiece of Self Destruction"  Every time I put more molding paste on, I got more frustrated and I was self destructing.  Sort of like when I talk too much!  I finally took a wet paper towel and started wiping the wet molding paste off and there it was, my original red canoe!  What I had intended in the first place.  Nevertheless, I hated this painting with a passion.  But, everyone who saw it loved it!  I was very detached.  Still, I stuck it in my first art show.  Well, yep, obviously what I think is beautiful and what others think is beautiful are two different things.  It sold.  The painting taught me an important lesson.  I need to stop talking so much and start listening more!

I want to tell you about "Never Look Back"

As a painter, I usually have in mind what I want my paintings to say.  The finished product however is almost never what I intended.  Such as the painting "Never Look Back".  A friend of mine had reminded me of a song that is actually one of my favorites - MacArthur Park.  So, after I listened to it I set out to paint the girl in the yellow cotton dress that "was foaming like a wave on the ground beneath her knees".  The song is one of the most passionate songs I've ever heard.  I'm sure music critics have ripped it to shreds all these years trying to figure out what the heck he was talking about. Assuming the cake in the song was "laced" with hash!  For some strange reason, I've been a little quirky lately...and this song evoked a passion in me that just made me crazy! At any rate I wanted to paint that girl!...Because....I'm a passionate person, and I wanted my passion about this song to come out on canvas. The song is packed with symbolisms. I believe the cake that "melted in the rain" was a relationship that was "melting".  And he would "never have that recipe again" which meant to me that he would never find another love like her.  Well, enough of my interpretation of music...back to art.  I really just wanted to paint that girl in the yellow dress AND the melting cake.  Like I said though my paintings rarely turn out like I intend.  Many times when I paint, I have a final goal and so many times I get mad and frustrated that I can't reach that goal and then all of the sudden something beautiful happens and I  see this beautiful image that was meant to be there in the first place!! (It can get a little tense in my art room)!  I really think though, it's subliminal in a sense.  So, I was all set to paint "the girl in the yellow dress".  All of the sudden I'm painting green streaks (the icing that was melting on the cake) and I'm seeing this beautiful figure that just appeared to me! ...And... it looks like my niece Ally!  Then it occurred to me,,,this is her! I realized what the song was saying to me in the first place was "Never Look Back" that you should move on with your life no matter what deck of cards you've been dealt. Ally has had some incredibly hard situations thrown at her throughout her 18 years here on earth, and  I admire her immensely because of how she has held her head high through the many tough circumstances that have come her way.  She has had to struggle through a family illness that would send the toughest man on earth to his knees.  She has lived through this gracefully and has never complained, not once.  So, Ally. This is your "Never Look Back" my dear.  This is my gift to you.  You are one very special girl.

I love you sweetie!

AK

Becky and Alice

I want to tell you about the painting of Becky and Alice.  When I feel passionate about something painting comes easy.  I think that's pretty typical for an artist.  Such as the painting of Becky and Alice. I painted it in about 1 hour.  Becky was my very best friend from about age 12.  We were like glue.  You could not break us apart if you tried.  She was this amazingly beautiful young girl with crystal blue eyes and straight long beautiful hair.  She was the most popular girl in school and everyone adored her (including me!)  We did everything together through out junior high school and then through out high school.  Although we went to separate colleges, we continued to keep in close contact.  We married 3 weeks apart, her to her high school sweetheart, me to my college one.  We had our first daughter's 3 weeks apart and they became friends. About 11 yrs. or so after she was married she developed cancer.  I'll never forget when she called me to tell me.  We both cried like babies on the phone and we both decided that definitely she could fight this and the Lord would just heal her.  Well, He did!  She lived another 15 yrs. or so!  Her faith never faltered not once.  After a long battle, we lost Becky in December 2007.  It was the first friend I've ever lost and it was the most painful experience of my life.  I think about her every day and even though the tears are less frequent, I still find myself choking them back at times.  Becky's beautiful sister Alice never left her side - ever.  She was the most incredible sister anyone could ask for.  I remember speaking to Alice about 3 months after Becky died and asked her how she was doing.  She said "I'm okay, I just miss being able to pick up the phone and hear her voice"  She said "I would call her and just say, "what cha doin?" and she'd say "nothin"!  then we'd just talk about nothin!  Anyway, with Mother's Day tomorrow I just wanted to share the story about Becky and Alice to those of you who don't know them. They were both wonderful mother's as well as wonderful sisters and I will always treasure that friendship.  I thought this painting was a sweet depiction of their love for one another.

Turning 50

This year I turn 50.  August 8 to be exact.  So what does this mean?  Does this mean that I have to accomplish every goal I've ever had in this year?  I think so!!! I think this might be my form of a mid-life crisis.  Painting is the big thing.  I've always wanted to paint...but, even with all the prodding from family to do it, market it, and sell it I just couldn't get up the nerve to put myself out there!  I compare it to singing in front of a crowd or writing a novel, or well anything that someone is going to judge.  SO this year I took the plunge.  (I actually have to blame it on Facebook).  I formed a group and asked all my friends to join.  Well, I got enough "great" comments to get up the nerve to be in an art show, and there you have it....confidence!  Which brings me to another subject.  Why is what people think about your talent so important?  Shouldn't I just be happy with what I'm doing without having to have to approval of everyone else? A friend once told me "even an ugly baby is beautiful to it's parent"! (not sure if he was using that as an analogy referring to my art!)...but it's very true!  Unfortunately I'm more complex than that.  My fear was that someone would just gag while looking at my art! My worst fear!  Anyway, I'm just sayin,,,if you have a passion - go for it!!!  50 is just around the corner....

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New to Blogging!

Well, looks like I don't have enough to do, so I decided to start the fun world of blogging! This will be a blog where friends and supporters can see my art and comment (good or bad) and keep up with my progress.  Basically a new artist, my career has taken off full speed!  My first art show benefitting the Greensboro Humane Society was a huge success.  I sold my first piece (actually had 5 people that wanted it!) and my auction piece went for one of the highest prices!  So....confidence!  Also, as I said in my artist statement "Missing Bear" will be displayed at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame this month and will be available in a 1000 limited edition print.  (Great little piece for a kid's room or a man's office)  The first lot of 100 will be available May 23. Lots of exciting things happening in my art world!  Thank you for following!