Updates from the KmBerggren Studio — painting process

There is no shortage of inspiration or energy in the studio lately. I'm using painting and the freedom of open skies (in the Open Skies Collection!) and colorful trees as a way to channel my energies away from some very troublesome world news. Just to keep the sanity. My wife-ing and mother-ing and art-ing depend upon not getting overwhelmed with things I can't control.   I'm also about to turn 45 and have found a renewed joy in learning and reading. Being a self-taught creator (truly self-taught... trained through practice and exploration before I even knew you could watch YouTube...

  Every room of the house holds many tasks for us. Everywhere I go I see something I need to do/handle/clean… and that is frustrating. But when I lock into the space in front of my easel, the focus and time feels so extraordinary that I forget about all else. Where/when does that happen for you?   When I fall into a painting, every other task falls away.   It takes effort to get there, to our special places. We must surrender. Release all the chores and the duties, the other places that need us. The to-do list. The calendar....

The 9th Annual Painting On Purpose is coming together nicely!  You can watch her daily/weekly progress in my Instagram Stories And some of it right here:   The PURPOSE for Painting On Purpose is to give ALL of the money from the sale of an original painting, each year, to an organization that benefits mothers and/or children. Just one of the reasons I'm grateful for your orders (mermaids, anyone?) throughout the year :)      So far, this project has allowed me to give $6756 to 8 different organizations, since 2015. When this new painting sells, the buyer of the painting and I...

I was recently waiting in my car for my sister who is my hair-stylist. I was about to get my shortest cut ever, and I'm still adjusting to it :) She was running late and I had forgotten my journal, but I had a little notebook tucked in the car. I had a flood of inspiration to use... a bunch of women in my head needed to come out... It's all perspective, isn't it? I could have sat and stewed, but instead I sat and drew, and now I have fresh hope for new paintings.   Surprise Calendar Sale I...