Gypsy Wind

[Kimberly Dow]

Carol, Linda & Geary - thank you so much for the great comments!

[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!

[Kimberly Dow]

Thanks John!

Mike - We dont allow the words 'Krispie' or 'Kreme' to be whispered in my house. Well, at least not during bathing suit weather.

Ive thought about having a storefront studio, but Im afraid the rents here would just stress me out. There are a lot of empty places downtown so if I get the bug to get out in public again I suppose there might be folks willing to cut a deal. I do have plenty of paintings, but they go out to exhibitions pretty regularly - and some even sell.

This city could sure use a decent gallery. There isnt anything...at all really. There used to be a couple small ones, but they are gone. The beautiful art center right on the water doesnt get any buyers either - just artists. It is wild - 300,000 people, plenty wealthy - yet no art being sold locally for the most part. I think most must go to San Antonio or Rockport. It is just amazing in comparison to Alpine (population 20,000) that sold SO much art. I suppose once a town gets a reputation for being an art community it brings in the collectors.

Years ago I used to be a member of the Rockport arts association (I dont recall the name, this was over 7 years ago when we lived here before). It is a nice art community and they do bring in collectors. It's generally pretty specific to wildlife and ocean paintings. Im not familiar with the landscape painter your mentioning, but there are some really good painters in that area for sure. Ive been here almost a year and I've yet to get over there and look - I should go soon!

[Janel Maples]

My new favorite of yours. What can I say that already hasn't been said? Just add me to the long list of people who love this one.

[Kimberly Dow]

Thanks Janel, I appreciate it.

[Carlos Ygoa]

Kim,

So many replies already and I just opened this now. Don

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Ditto what everybody said. This is great Kim!

[Kimberly Dow]

Carlos - thank you! And I like that word a great deal! In fact, I may have to use that for a painting at some point.

Thanks Claudemir!

[David Draime]

Kimberly,

This is really beautiful. You just keep getting better and better - when is it going to end?!?

David