New Website is Up!

New Kim Rhoney Website

The new site went up this weekend and I am very happy with it! The thumbnails for each painting load super quick and you can see all the thumbnails for each category without scrolling! Aslo,  I added a new section to the "Artwork" called "Available Paintings" so that it is easier to see which paintings have not yet found a home!

 

Orange Velvet 48" x 60"

This piece is traveling to NYC with me in a couple of weeks. It reminds me of a suite of velvet furniture that my family had back in the seventies!

Collecting Rhoney Poppies in California!

I met this art collecting couple, Cara and Scott, in 2010 while Scott was here working on a movie shoot(thumbs up for the Michigan Film Office incentives)!!  The couple resides in  West Hollywood, California with their young family and some of my favorite paintings! See the California sun pouring into the window on the left!! They actually just comissioned a small poppy piece for their parent's 50th Wedding Anniversary which is getting shipped on Monday. See below:

Thank you Cara and Scott!

Bespoke Poppies on a Purple wall - yummm!

These were made just for this hallway that connects the front entry to the dining room and kitchen. The owners spotted my work at the Rochester Art and Apples Festival this year where they were inspired by another poppy piece that was not quite big enough. Fortunately, I was able to see the space and help them solve the challenge of making the work so that it could be seen from either end of the hall. We did it by creating two companion pieces that are 3' x 3' each and spaced them a little over one foot apart.

The following picture is a close up of the pieces on my easel.

Loaded on the truck and rolling this morning...

Poppy Ensemble 4' x 5'

These big bold beauties and I are off to the Birmingham Street Art Fair .  I know that means I run the risk of selling them even though they would look fantastic over my own fireplace; which currently has nothing but hanging hardware installed over it! A former boss and lady friend of mine (with an authentic Irish accent) would always say "the cobbler's kids never have any shoes!"

I started this piece weeks ago with no specific thoughts about the color other than the subject. Then, I met some customers in Rochester that have a spot for a big poppy but not quite this big. I used their swatches to inspire the color of this piece. This is one way that I often work. A composition in mind and then something completely separate from the subject that might inspire the color and mood. In this case it was a group of paint swatches. BTW if you ever want to talk paint swatches, I speak fluent Benjamin Moore...yum, my favorite!


Here is a close up of the paint swatches and my palette:

Benjamin Moore Paint Swatches and a sampling from my palette below.

Red Poppies for Heidi installed:

30" x 40" is the perfect size for over a buffet!

This piece made the long journey to Montreal in perfect condition! I was almost as proud of my packing job as I was the painting. You know you are "seriously" packing something when it requires a trip to Lowe's.

Thank you to Heidi for sharing this photo and for keeping the faith during this long distance project. What a nice addition to a very sophisticated dining room! BTW, the walls are "Tyler Taupe" by Benjamin Moore. You can't beat Benjamin Moore's paint colors. My favorite back-drop to an original Kim Rhoney painting!