A pochade box with a painting of a matilija poppy next to a real matilija poppy bush.
A little more fussy than my usual style, day 6 of #pleinairapril !
#berkeley #pleinair #gouache #matilija
Chocolate bunny embedded in a chocolate silk pie with fresh whipped cream
#thelordisarabbit #buttholesurfers #makekidspickupplasticinmyyardday #betterthings #chocolate
A pochade box set up in front of a lake with two people sitting g on the ground painting.
A hand holding a square painting of a rock in a lake.
Plein air April day 4 with Berkeley Art Club at Lake Anza! I like rocks.
#pleinairapril #pleinair #gouache #berkeley #rocks #lakeanza
A hand holding up a gouache painting of a marigold in a garden.
A hand holding a tube of gouache painting called “marigold yellow”
#pleinairapril day 3!! Love the sense of light. And got to put my paint to good use!
#pleinair #berkeley
A hand holding a painting of nasturtiums in front a yard full of nasturtiums.
A bit of a chaotic entry for day 2 of #pleinairapril More nasturtiums!
#berkeley #pleinair #gouache
Day 1 of #pleinairpril Fought the gouache through the rain on this one!
#pleinair
Adding some details to this hummingbird mural!
Here are the ICE vehicles that were present at Hoover Elementary school today. They are likely still in the area, please be vigilant. #oakland #ICE #bayarea
Actually, now would be the perfect time for the big one to hit if it has to.
Goldfish for women!
As a true Bay Area resident I plan on dying while sitting on the couch as my roof falls on me while questioning if I actually feel shaking.
The No Kings Protest: the action that worked so well we had to do it again a few months later.
A mural on a gray stucco wall of four large sunflowers and one bud in the middle about to open.
Finished 9x16 sunflower mural! I still have time in October for more murals in Berkeley/ East Bay!
Went full potato when posted blsky
Progress on this BIG 9’ x 16’ sunflower mural! I’m still booking interior and exterior murals in Berkeley and the East Bay! Rain or shine. Contact me for something completely custom and beautiful!
Kelsey@kelseyclarkestudio.com
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A mural painted on a garage to look like stained glass of a scrub jay sitting in an oak tree inside an oval surrounded by poppies.
News garage mural in South Berkeley! At Woolsey and California st. Stained glass scrub jay, live oak, and poppies!
Nasturtium painted against a green background with multicolored leaves on a bike locker.
Nasturtium painted against a green background with multicolored leaves on a bike locker.
Finished up this nasturtium mural on a bike locker today! Murals, big or small, available in the Bay Area!
An unfinished mural of illustrative nasturtiums on a bike locker under a blue tent. There are drop cloths and paints on the ground.
Day one of my nasturtium mural that wraps all the way around this bike locker! The prep nearly killed me. Coming back Monday!
Praise the lord and pass the ammunition
A small mural on a stucco wall of two poppies and a monarch butterfly.
A backyard mural I completed this weekend. Everyone's favorite, poppies and monarchs!
A gas station covered in pigeons and wild turkeys
Whatever this gas station has, I want it.
Most perfect tabby cat with his mouth slightly open drooling because he's in my lap.
As soon as my ADHD medication kicks in, this boy will follow me around the house begging me to sit down and then will ambush my lap!
I've got blue balls. Why is the white house such a tease. Just tell me he's dead. Just give it to me. Just say it. Please. Baby.
Cat behind a sheet curtain
The old lady possessing a child while wearing a veil from the move The Others who looks very similar to my cat
The cats can't seem to navigate the new curtains
You can’t simply just say “keys, wallet, phone” as you head out the door, you must also take those items with you.
Hot and timely take: the love story is completely unnecessary in West Side Story
A green Christmas ornament with Rizzo the Rat from the Muppets Christmas Carol painted on it
A flat Christmas ornament painted to look like a green ashtray.
A flat Christmas ornament painted to look like a red ashtray
A flat Christmas ornament painted to look like a glass ashtray
Making mockups for this year's hand painted Christmas ornaments. Last year I did Muppets Christmas Carol character but this year I want it to feel like it's your first Christmas at dad's new apartment. I personally think the red and green are festive! (Mock ups made with my own painting).
My hand holding a small colorful, gouache painting of a blooming artichoke.
After five(?!) coats of spray varnish, two isolation coats and two coats MSA I finally have a waterproof, archival, matte finish on my gouache painting.
So I got a heads up that the dahlias at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens are blooming right now! I did a small series of dahlia paintings from last year's bloom. These are available, if interested. Gouache on paper mounted to board. 4x6 inches.
