Category Archives: acrylic painting

New Painting: Winter Garden

"Winter Garden," acrylic, 5" x 7", 2026 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

What my garden looks like right now. I painted this in acrylic on a little canvas-wrapped primed paint panel and used only two colors: white and burnt umber. That’s the color of things out there. I’ve been planning this little thing since the last snowfall, just a little loose painting. I’ve been trying to encourage […]

It’s a Rainy Night on Main Street

“Rainy Night on Main Street”, acrylic, 24″ x 12″, 2007 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

About “Rainy Night on Main Street” I pulled up to a stop sign and saw this view of Main Street at night in the rain. I took a photo with my ever-present digital camera (and actually have it in my gallery “At Night in the Rain” ) but at the time a friend had also […]

View from Beechwood, A LIttle Time Capsule

View From Beechwood, 14 x 18, ink and acrylic, 1983 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

This painting may look like a recent Carnegie scene but it goes way back. I was just out of college and painted it long before I’d decided to devote part of my career to art, and I marvel that I created this when I did, in 1983. It’s just the beginning of October and the […]

Evening Lights, Acrylic Painting

Those clear spring evenings in April are touchingly beautiful with the turquoise glow in the sky for the longest time after the sun has set. The velvety blackness of the creek and its banks reflects the lights on the street and on the buildings, illuminating the fronts and sides of the buildings. I took several […]

What’s On My Easel? Saplings, Acrylic on Canvas

abstract acrylic painting of trees in woods

I took a photo of saplings along the creek in early spring along the Panhandle Trail. The straight lines of the saplings and varied colors and widths and patterns with the light behind them, and even a bit of the creek, immediately appeared to me as a larger painting, but abstracted. I just wanted to […]

Commissioned Portraits and a Video

Here’s the short video I created about my commissioned portraits. Our companion animals give us so much…my cats gave me my career as an artist. Back in the late 1980s my household of rescued cats inspired me to find my muse and I’ve been developing my skills and talent since then, painting them and many […]

Featured Feline Artwork and August Desktop Calendar: Namir at the Window

This is my one and only (so far) acrylic painting featuring a cat. Here’s the story of “Namir at the Window”. And you can sign up for a free account on www.PortraitsOfAnimals.net and choose a free matted print of this artwork. Read more on The Creative Cat: Featured Artwork and August Desktop Calendar: Namir at […]

My Home Town Celebrates its 125th Anniversary

Main Street, September Morning, pastel, 8 x 11 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

This year the town of Carnegie, Pennsylvania turns 125 years old. This weekend is the big celebration on Main Street. This weekend is the big celebration. I don’t travel too far to paint and sketch, but find new perspectives to share on the most familiar things around me. I have many paintings and photos of […]

My Neighbor’s Laundry, A Summer Thing

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

I do have a thing for laundry. This is one of several paintings featuring or including laundry. This could be anywhere, but Carnegie really is a place where people still use their backyards to hang laundry, including me. And it really is my neighbor’s laundry in the back yard on a lovely summer morning. I […]