Updates from the KmBerggren Studio — behind the scenes

I hope your first week of December has been nice, so much is coming at us all at once! Hopefully all good things. I have a few updates, and didn't want you to miss them!   ♥Family Adoption ~ the gifts for the family that you have helped me adopt (with your orders) are all stacked and ready for wrapping! Thank you!!   ♥2023 Calendars ~ there is a small stack left!         ♥V-neck T-shirts have joined the shirt section of my shop! Motherhood Is Sweet :)       ♥The Black & White Original Paintings are...

Have you felt the grip of Resistance when you KNOW you need to be getting something creative or soul-filling done? You are not alone! (at the bottom I share a great tip) Resistance uses our OWN voice to remind us why we should NOT be working. Why we should check social media instead. Why we should vacuum instead. Or have a snack. I could feel that I was stalling on some paintings this week, so, instead, I got a hair-brained idea that I NEEDED to rearrange my studio, because that would 'solve everything!' I knew it wouldn't, but I played...

Over the last year or two it might seem like I've gone off the rails. Have you wondered: "WHO is 'The Seeker'? and WHY is Katie painting this character instead of her Mother & Child art?"   If you are willing to read, then by golly I’m willing to share… (also: I’m still painting Mother & Child!)     In 2018 my heart felt broken when my best friend walked away. I was officially ghosted after sharing my inner pain with someone I trusted. With no way to share and find mutual understanding, confusion, hurt and silence followed. I expected a...

 View the page devoted to A Silent Story         I am ENORMOUSLY grateful for your thoughts about my Seeker, and your pre-orders for the Silent Story book! Thank you!   Over the last 2.5 years of work, I have been nervous, scared and overcome with Resistance. I put the project aside for SIX MONTHS because I had many other projects. Looking back, I COULD have squeezed in Silent Story, but Resistance is good at using what is already inside us ("I have so much on my plate!!") as a tool to stop us from doing what we are...

There was a large period of my life where my first morning thought was “What area can I declutter today?” This was well before Marie Kondo came on the scene :)   My favorite books were The Joy Of Less and The Simple Living Guide. Discovering simplicity and minimalism blew my mind - Oh to have words to describe how I felt!   Do you have this feeling, too? Did you get so excited when Marie's book came out, like I did? After I read it, I did a HUGE purge of 'mementos' I'd been holding onto for years, and the feeling afterwards was like...