Kate Knapp Artist Blog

Landscapes, portraits, farm animals, drawings, watercolors, oils, still lifes, the Berkshires, Block Island, St Croix and Manhattan. Expressionistic, Impressionistic color studies.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Uno Ponte

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well this bridge was really very lovely...right outside our hotel window...I loved the way the water looked under the bridge....and the sun...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Venice, morning, sunset and dusk

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These watercolor studies were done from our hotel room window at the "Bucintoro" in the Arsinale neighborhood of Venice...every...
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Monday, March 12, 2012

More of the Islands,St Croix USVI

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here are some more very quick sketches from the beach...amazing to look at as now we are in Venice...and this is very different....lots of...
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Friday, March 9, 2012

Down in the Islands

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Time passes too quickly when you are having fun...St Croix is still a very beautiful place to hang out on the beach...and paint when the ...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Circus is Still in Town

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These three studies are the most recent work I have done on the circus...each one tells a story...I love the way this tent is so blue and...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Agapanthus for my Birthday

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Jack and Sam ( my step son and his fiance')were kind enough to bring me these gorgeous flowers on my birthday...They were so inspiring ...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Oil and Water...Still Life

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The same subject...different mediums...oil paint, watercolor...not so different ....very different feeling when trying to paint the subjec...
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Friday, February 17, 2012

Circus Rider

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This is an image that I painted over 20 years ago in oil...I had been to the Big Apple circus and seen this lovely horse prancing around th...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Open Guitar Case

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Another great Monday with Sam on the Guitar...Gotta love that purple, red velvet lining inside the guitar case...keeping it safe and sound? ...
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Friday, February 3, 2012

Bob Again

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Here is the second attempt to figure out Bob with paint on canvas...another angle...different light...dark clothes....new size....oil/canva...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The Clementine Box

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This box sat on the table of my studio for days, until all of a sudden I saw what really intrigued me about it....the pattern of the nettin...
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Red Squirrel From the Middle of the Road

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On my way to the studio the other day I stopped to pick this little animal up which was in the middle of the road, dead.....I always try t...
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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Daisy the Dog

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This is Daisy...Daisy belongs to Lauren Clark ...Fine Art, in Housatonic Ma ....she loves her dog so I did this dog portrait for her....it ...
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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Portrait of Bob

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Bob came and posed at the studio today...made it through the snow and ice so did I...so did 6 of my students...so we all painted Bob....he...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

More Circus and more circus

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So for the past few weeks I am lost in the circus tent again...I will try and stay here until I feel that I have exhausted my inspiration f...
Thursday, January 5, 2012

The Circus is Back in Town

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Here are some outdoor scenes from the summer days of the circus...I am going to try and finish this series which I began last year...wish ...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas Apples

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My son Will picked these apples from our orchard this fall...we were supposed to eat them, since they were wonderful organic fertilized by ...
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Friday, December 23, 2011

Fatal Wound

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We were taking a walk on a dirt road in the woods when we came apon this dead fox...the animal was so beautiful I wanted to take it back to...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Me and the Walnuts

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After painting the walnuts and quince many times I thought this was the last horizon...me painting them...oil on canvas 20x20"
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Sam at work again

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Always a new angle on the guitar playing Sam...I have to catch him in mid chord...oil on canvas 30x30"
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