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Thursday, July 30, 2026

Strawberry Reflections by K Henderson

 


Strawberry Reflections, 30 x 30, oil on linen

I love Strawberry Season! These strawberries overflow the silver Strawberry Boat (formerly a Gravy Boat) onto a reflective surface so you twice the strawberry beauty.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Black Cat - Oil Painting by K. Henderson

 


 

Black Cat, 36 x 36, oil on linen


Yes, I love vintage toys. These tin wind up cats and lead dog are set up on a reflective surface. The Black Cat cigarette tin completes the composition.

Contact me if you want to add this painting to your collection.

 

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

One Eyed Jack Oil Painting by K Henderson

 

                                            One Eyed Jack, oil on board, 8 x 10


My painting, "One Eyed Jack", was selected as part of the FAV15% (jury's favorite 15% of the entries) in the November 2025 BoldBrush Painting competition.

 

I did a similar painting to this last year and I enjoyed painting it so I decided to revisit the subject. These are some vintage toys from my collection. Wooden Blocks, spinning tops, playing cards, chess, and marbles are all toys or games that have been played with by many generations of children.  

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Monday, July 27, 2026

Mine is a Long and Sad Tale~Oil Painting by K Henderson

 


 Mine is a Long and Sad Tale, 12" x 16"

Those words were spoken by the Mouse in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865. This book has never been out of print since that time.
Mine is a Long and Sad Tale is oil on canvas, 12 x 16.

As many of you know I'm a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland. I've collected over 300 copies of this book, many with different illustrators. Yes, those are copies of the book in the painting (well, actually on of them is Through the Looking Glass). Since the book was written during the Victorian  Era I wanted to give the painting a Victorian feel.
You can see the Mouse has arrived after someone has extinguished the oil lamp and put her glasses down after spending an evening reading. The reader has stopped on the page featuring the Long and Sad tale which is written to resemble the shape of a tail.

Bronze mouse by Steve Worthington


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Sunday, July 26, 2026

Peanuts and Gumballs

 

 
Peanuts and Gumballs is 18" x 24" oil on canvas.
 
This is one of my most brightly colored and most ambitious paintings. I love the bright pink gumballs and the texture in the peanut shells.

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Saturday, July 25, 2026

Ball Jar and Marbles by K Henderson

 


Ball Jar and Marbles , 9 x 12, oil on board

Glass, Marbles and Reflections: these are three of my favorite subjects to paint. The aqua ball jar is back in the studio and will appear in a new painting soon

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Friday, July 24, 2026

Blue Vase and Silk- Oil painting by K Henderson

 


Blue Vase and Silk is 30" x 30" oil on canvas.

This painting took FOREVER to complete. I started it with a grisalle underpainting  (a black and white painting) and then applied layers and layers of color to the vase, each layer having to dry before the next layer was applied.
Many challenges in this painting. I had to paint the blue vase plus the fabric behind the vase  and the reflections in the vase.
And the silk! My favorite fabric. It seems to capture and reflect all the colors of the rainbow.
I can't wait to do another painting like this

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