Free Cards Friday, Smiling Mama

Good morning - it's Free Cards Friday!

Yesterday was fun, the three new paintings are traveling to new homes today, and here's my promise that next week will reveal at least one more mama/baby/bird painting - I already have it planned!

Thank you so much for all of your wonderful interest and feedback. Gentle, May and Inner Peace were a delight to complete, and I am thrilled that others found such a connection with them.

"Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day." H.Jackson Brown, Jr.

Respond to this blog post and you are in the running for Free Cards! Check back tomorrow and see if you've won, because I'll need to make sure I have your mailing address.

Above, Perch (8x8 painting), learn more about Perch here

Have a great day!


Love & Sincerely, Katie

All Is Well & Something Beautiful

Two new 8x8 paintings have joined the 85 8x8s collection, All Is Well and Something Beautiful.

Thursdays are becoming a natural release date for 8x8s, find more posted next Thursday!

Learn more: http://kmberggren.com/portfolio-85-85.htm

Something Beautiful:
...Simply sweet, simply pure, innocent, inquisitive, fresh and beautiful...



All Is Well:

Lately, I've been relating stories to my 4 1/2 year old son - stories of him as an infant ~ how he slept in bed with me every morning ~ how we stayed together for hours, sleeping, waking, dozing, nursing, talking and singing. The house was empty except for us and all was truly well within that little world between the sheets. These are still the words I whisper in the middle of the night when he or his brother has woken with a fear, all is well...

Have a great night! Sincerely, Katie

The State of My Studio

I snapped this photo this afternoon to show the progress on my five newest 8x8s (three to be posted tomorrow, Thursday) and an in process 16x20 (based off of one of the new 8x8s)! With my husband on vacation this week, I have found more time to paint while he is playing with the boys.

These three paintings (the three on the bottom in the picture; left to right: Swing, Greatness, Song In My Soul) are what I call Studio Sisters, conceptualized together, designed together and painted together – and tomorrow they will be released together.
Have a great night. Sincerely, Katie