Category Archives: still lifes

Peaches and Peonies, a Celebration of Spring Flowers and Sunlight, and a Certain Calico Cat

Peaches and Peonies, pastel, 23" x 16" © 2008 Bernadette E. Kazmarski

My old-fashioned pink peonies are fervently blooming this year, since we’ve lost a tree and they finally have enough light to really show off. Those aren’t the peonies in this painting, but any time I see peonies I think of Peaches and the moment I saw her bathing on the table in that sweet spring […]

Winter Still Life, Angled Winter Sun, Fresh and Vintage

Winter Still Life, pastel, 8 x 10, 2014 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

That deeply angled winter sunlight reaches farther into the windows than summer sunlight, into the corner with the fruit bowl. I’ve been looking at the late afternoon sun hitting this vintage ceramic bowl where I keep my apples and enjoying the shapes of the apples, the reflections on the bowl with its uneven design in […]

Apples and Oranges in Pairs for a Discount

"Reflecting on Each Other" and "Fruit" paired up.

Small paintings are nice when paired or in groupings, especially little still lifes and florals. I painted these two little pastels years apart but decided I could pair them especially with a similar frame. I have fun adding finishes to salvage frames. For years “Fruit” had been framed in the frame above, but with its […]

Sweet Summertime: 25% off all Summer Originals and Prints

"My Neighbor's Laundry", acrylic on board, 6 x 12, 2005 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

It’s hard to believe the longest day of the year is past already! It’s sweet summertime. Windows open to the long days, lots of sunshine along with the heat and storms of summer, I may not enjoy the last two so much but I do love the freedom of leaving the windows open day and […]

Groceries, Art, and My Hat With Wildflowers

Hat With Wildflowers, pastel, 5.5" x 8.5", 2013 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Kind of sweet and sentimental and actually the last sketch I did on my roundabout trip to the grocery store with pastels and camera. When I came home and parked my bike to unpack it, I untied the bunch of wildflowers I’d gathered and my sketching hat from the back of my bike and set […]

Keepsakes Made from Vintage Cardboard Cigar Boxes

All paint finished and art attached to top, just waiting for trim.

A month ago I posted a photo of my fine felines sitting atop a box of something that was soon to be another project, as soon as they processed the contents by sleeping on them. They handed those contents over to me I set aside this past weekend to get it done. More cigar box […]

Winter Still Life, Green Apples in Angled Winter Sun

#30PaintingsIn30Days Review, #30in30

January 2017 30 Paintings in 30 Days Gallery

Well, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to do a painting for each of the 30 days, but I did 14 new paintings, and they were 14 ideas I’d been wanting to paint for a while, so I consider that a success, for me. I had five more planned, but things get in […]

Reflecting on Each Other, #30in30 Day 8

Reflecting on Each Other, pastel on tan Canson mi-tientes, 5 x 7 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

I am participating in Leslie Saeta’s annual “30 in 30” painting challenge this month. This is my painting for day 8. At this angle I could see a little splash of orange on the Granny Smith and a few specks of green on the Clementine. The light on each of them, the shadows and shapes […]

Four Peppers, Fresh From the Market

These four colorful peppers in one end of my basket were eye-catchingly beautiful and mouth-wateringly tempting. They’re not absolutely uniform, perfectly formed, evenly colored and even have a little bit of soil still on them from a rain earlier in the day. They are good, honest farmer’s market peppers, picked that day, sorted, washed and […]