Garden Flag, Birches 2 Radiance

Garden Flag, Birches 2 Radiance is 11″ x 15″, design imprinted on one side of a cotton/bamboo fabric panel with a 1.5″ rod pocket sewn across the top. Bracket is not included. Flags are printed on cotton muslin with a light fabric transfer finished with a “hot peel”, which means I peel the backing off of […]

Birches 2, Radiance, ink with watercolor washes

Birches 2: Radiance, watercolor, 22 x 23, edges cropped.

I remember, after I’d spent two weeks on the ink drawing that is the basis of this work, holding a wet brush full of yellow watercolor, not sure it was the right thing to do, and absolutely sure I’d screw it up if painted it in. I’m so glad I took the chance. We have […]

Birches 2, Radiance, ink and watercolor

Birches 2, Radiance, ink and watercolor

Birches 2: Radiance, watercolor, 22 x 23, 1998 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

We have lovely birch groves here in Western Pennsylvania, and this image was reminiscent of one I had encountered while walking through the woods somewhere near me. Not just the white bark, but the contrast with the thin dark twigs and ripples in the bark, is eye-catching, and that autumn display of yellow leaves is […]

Birches 2, Radiance, ink and watercolor

The original of Birches 2: Radiance was ink and watercolor, 22″ x 23″, on 300 lb. smooth watercolor paper. [ss_product id=’48a867dc-80bc-11e6-af4c-002590787d08′ ]Landscape, “Birches 2: Radiance”[/ss_product] ABOUT THE ARTWORK We have lovely birch groves here in Western Pennsylvania, and this image was reminiscent of one I had encountered while walking through the woods somewhere near me. […]

Garden Flag, Birches 1 Autumn Showers

Garden Flag, Birches 1 Autumn Showers is 11″ x 15″, design imprinted on one side of a cotton/bamboo fabric panel with a 1.5″ rod pocket sewn across the top. Bracket is not included. Flags are printed on cotton muslin with a light fabric transfer finished with a “hot peel”, which means I peel the backing […]

October Nature Desktop Calendar: Birches 1, Autumn Showers

From the time I met the paper birch in our front yard I have always been attracted to the delicately detailed white bark of birch trees which seemed to emit its own faint light in any season. Here, in the darkness of the woods, the grouping of white trunks looks like a crowd clustered for […]

Autumn Showers, the Magic of Birches

Birches 1, Autumn Showers, oil pastel, 24.5 x 18, 1998 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Near me, the leaves are beginning to change color in earnest, and autumn rain has been falling. In this experimental oil pastel from 2000, using oil pastels with turpentine to soften and blend them, I tried my best to capture that sense of the blazing white trunks and leaves against the woods darkened by overcast […]

Everything is Beautiful: 2001 Exhibit at Borders

As I had vowed the previous June after my very first ever solo exhibit, I did have an exhibit in June 2001, deciding on an easy setup at a local Borders book store. I would have the walls in the cafe for all of June, setting up early morning on June 1. I focused on […]

Autumn 2017 Nature and Wildlife Sampler Box

Autumn 2017 Nature & Wildlife Sampler Box

I’ve been waiting for autumn to come around so I could offer this selection of autumn images. Above is the selection of items for the Autumn 2017 Sampler Box: a matted print of Deserted Cottages a photo print of Red Have an Absolutely Beautiful Day All-purpose Greeting Card Small Roses Fine Art Card Birches 2: […]