From the Vault: FINAL Release 10/10 - Tender Affection

Today is the FINAL day of Vault Releases, and the FIRST day of 2026 Calendar pre-orders heading off to buyers! I have 4 extra calendars left in stock. Then they are gone gone gone.

 

See All Of The From The Vault Pieces

 

Let's journey into the VAULT for the FINAL day ~ a place from which, over the last 10 days, we have uncovered pieces and messages created nearly 20 years ago... If you have enjoyed this journey into my soul, PLEASE hit reply and tell me. You may know how lonely it can get on the other side of the screen, creating and putting work out into the world, wondering if others will connect.

 

This 10-day endeavor of pulling journal entries and paintings from my past has been good for my soul (and I hope YOURS too). It reminds me how much work I have done since 2004, and gives me permission to make the decision going forward that feels right... Small business is changing as fake artwork and computer-generated messages abound. The falseness repels me. I'm not sure what is coming next ♥

 

 

A glimpse from the past, a snippet from a 2008 journal entry: 

“I’ve been recently witnessing the way parents and children interact and how it has become OK and commonplace for there to be an obvious, definite, devastating detachment between parent and child. 

 

My recent experiences with others have caused me to step back and review my relationship with my kids and what is important to me and what matters in the big scheme of things. Hint: the answer is THEM and US.

 

I’ve always studied attachment parenting, and over the last couple years I’m finding myself flowing with voluntary simplicity. These two philosophies go hand in hand. Simple outward life ~ rich internal life; allowing time to just ‘be’ with children, and not always be ‘doing’... the simple act of appreciating a child for who they are, their mind, their sweet little bodies, and giving to them your time, attention, your real honest, focused self. 

 

This is hard, I know first hand, but worthwhile and life-changing." 

 

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The detachment... I had no idea how that would continue with the use of devices, as the years progressed.

 

 

I’m now releasing this FINAL reimagined From the Vault piece. Affordable, collectible, and extremely limited. Only 7 hand-embellished 8x8 inch prints of each painting will ever exist. Strictly limited, no restocks.

 

Early Bird Bonus: the first two collectors of each Vault print get a handwritten greeting card from me, with a behind-the-scenes message about the painting + an art sticker.

 

If you ended up collecting multiple pieces over the 10-day release, (there's still time!) I have a little thank you gift for you, while supplies last. Just a surprise from me to you.

 

 

 

 

 

RELEASE NUMBER 10: TENDER AFFECTION

 

Written during creation, August 2008. At times I wonder, as I’m sure many mothers do, if I’m too attached, too comforting, too giving when my kids are needy. There are times I stop giving because I know it is best, but in general, I feel painfully attached to my boys.

 

BUT… I’ve got a two-year-old who spontaneously feeds me his crackers while I’m pushing him in the stroller. I’ve got a four year old that gives me half of his last bite of apple pie. I’ve got little boys who cry when I’m sad, and tell me I’m beautiful…

 

Indeed, it often seems to be THEM who are reminding me to parent from my heart.

 

(17 years later, this message still sits in my heart. I’m so glad I wrote it down when I was freshly feeling it)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heavy, textured Velvet Satin Paper.

Only 7 prints. 

Hand-embellished. 

Straight from the Vault.

 

 

Each print of Tender Affection will be individually embellished with my brushes and paints, then signed and dated. You can even request hair color customizations.

 

Thank you for spending your time with me over these last 10 days.

If this mattered to you, please hit REPLY and tell me so. I really appreciate connecting and knowing you are out there ♥

 

 

 

 

Love & Sincerely, Katie