NEW kdb ART Book, "Love Notes to Nature"...

"Love Notes to Nature" I just put together another kdb ART Book. You can download it onto your ipad for FREE. This is easy to download and you can view my "little love notes" as often as you wish in your e-book library. Check it out.

"Love Notes to Nature" 
ART by kdb
by kdb - Karen Dominguez, 
KDB-ART

Nature is impossibly beautiful. The Edge of the Sea is my favorite place to be. These paintings are inspired by the photographs I take on my mostly daily walks. Encaustic and Acrylic ART by Maine Artist kdb.

Encaustic " Edge of the Sea" Collection...

The Edge of the Sea...
This is part of a series I am dropping off at The Yarmouth Frame Gallery.
These were really fun and dreamy to create. I am using Antique Frames from the 1880's,
the effect is a bit surreal with the subject matter and medium!
This Exhibit opens on Saturday, August 3rd, 4-7 and hangs through the end of September.

Mussel in the Wrack Line

Encaustic + Oil  Pigments

Antique Frame

22.1/2 x 16

1500.00

Dune Grass, Hermit Island

Encaustic + Oil  Pigments

Antique Frame

27x22

1900.00

Clam Shell on the Sand

Encaustic + Oil  Pigments

Antique Frame

20x18

1300.00

Encaustic Sea Shells...

Summertime in Maine. Walking at the edge of the Sea is my favorite thing to do. I love to study the tumbled shells on the shore. So lovely and such a variation of colors and shapes.Today I am posting a collection of different Encautsic Sea Shells I have created. Some of these shells are available, others are sold but could easily be commissioned, in the size and background color you may be looking for.

Encaustic Clam Shell 36x36

Encaustic Clam Shell 16x16

 Encaustic Oyster Shells 6x18

Encautsic Oyster Shell 11x14

Detail of Encaustic Oyster Shell

Lavender Mussel Shells, Potts Point, Harpswell. 10x22

Encaustic ART for SALE...

The following is a list of the Stores, Galleries and Restaurants that are currently featuring kdb ART.
If you click to their websites, you will find directions and hours of business.
If you would like to come to my studio, I always have pieces available and you usually will see new work that has not yet been in an exhibit. Drop me an email or give me a call at 207.653.9334 to set up an appointment. You can also log onto the kdb-Encaustic Pinterest Page and see most of what I have for sale, or the kdb artist Facebook Page.
Thanks for being interested.
kdb
Encaustic Artist

The Salt Exchange Restaurant
247 Commercial st.
Portland, Me.

Couleur Collection
 240 US Route 1
Falmouth, Me

Yarmouth Frame Shop
720 US Route 1
Yarmouth , Me.

Blessings Home Store
11 Mason St.
Brunswick, Me.
(kdb is the featured Artist in Residence!)

Tao Restaurant
22 Pleasant St.
Brunswick, Me.

Chocolate Church ART Gallery
804 Washington St.
Bath, Me.

Summertime Skies & Dune Grass...

A series of Encaustic Paintings.  "Summer Dune Grass", some in Antique Frames. These pieces will be available at The Salt Exchange, The Cumberland Club, both in Portland Maine and the Chocolate Church ART Gallery
in Bath, Maine.

A Cornfield, some Fireflies and a Starry Sky...

March has been a very busy month. I have curated 3 Exhibits. The Salt Exchange "Farm To Table", Tao Restaurant, Maine Nature " Birds, Sky & Water" and later in the month at The Chocolate Church Art Gallery "Fiddleheads and Springtime Pleasures.
For the "Farm to Table" Exhibit I created a Series, "In and around the Cornfields".

A Cornfield as the Crow Flies 40x30 Acrylic on Canvas

   I was inspired by the thought of  a Crow, who would be swooping towards a Cornfield then up towards a fair weather sky, I was interested in the point of view that would translate onto a canvas.

Corn in a Twilight Sky  24x18 Acrylic on Canvas

CornStalk  18x24 Acrylic on Canvas

Cornstalks have many colors in the leaves and the stalks. It was fun to paint them with a Twilight Sky and on a Sunny day.

Fireflies on a Starry Night  48x24  Acrylic, Rice paper mounted on Birchboard

Fireflies are the magic of a warm summer evening. I loved the thought of these blinking beauties on a Star filled Night. Looking up over the tops of the Cornfield and up into the heavens. Life is a wonder.

Encaustic Etched Birds...

"Blue Jay" Encaustic, Etched + Oil Pigments 10x10

I recently completed these two Encaustic pieces.
The Blue Jay is a fun one, I was imagining him on his perch high above the forest floor, sqwaking.
The Jay is part of the larger family of birds called Corvids. Not surprisingly, this family includes Crows and Ravens. Explains the noisy nature of the Jay!

"Red Crossbill" Encautsic, Etched + Oil Pigments 10x10

The Red Crossbill is perched in the pines. The winter sky tells the story of a cold day. This birdy has its feathers ruffled out a bit to keep warm.