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Commission a Painting for Your Living Space

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You won’t believe how your space can come alive with original paintings and prints. Sometimes it helps to see a piece on the wall. Here are a few breathtaking shots of original paintings in specific spaces. Take a look around.
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The canvas in the front on the right is an acrylic painting on stretched canvas by Jan Kirstein. “Shifting Energy Fields” is 4′ x 5.’ The painting in the adjacent room is also by Jan Kirstein and is a collage on paper.

 

“Kaboom” giclee print on archival paper or stretched canvas. To see more about this piece go here.







This is a smaller piece of art by Jan Kirstein enlarged into a giclee print on stretched canvas. Maybe you have a special place you would like to bring to life: your bedroom, your living room or dining room. There is nothing like a painting to breath joy and life into a living or office space. If you would like to find out more about painting commissions, if you have any questions about how to get started, feel free to email me, the artist, Jan Kirstein here.

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Giclee print on stretched canvas.

Going Large: Collage on Canvas

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In my art studio, space is limited, and there is just barely room for this latest 4 foot by 8 foot canvas. I love working in large scale. I won’t give it up for anything, though I still find making small 14″ x 11″ collages on paper and unstretched canvas a way to grow as a painter daily by leaps and bounds.

Jan Kirstein

“The Fall of Western Civilization,” by Jan Kirstein. 4′ x 8.’ Mixed media on canvas. 2019

“The Fall of Western Civilization” Details

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Detail: “The Fall of Western Civilization.”

The title of this work comes from the general shift of virtually everything I see around me on every level, in government, both Federal and State, in institutions, in relationships, in land, in all aspects of our culture, in all aspects of life. Though with the changes comes movement and flexibility with new connections occurring at a most rapid pace.

Jan Kirstein

Hold On — Out of a Great Need

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This painting was painted by our younger daughter shortly after her hospitalization eight years ago. She was fifteen at the time. It is titled, “I Will Be Found“. (I’ve written about this painting and the benefits of art on several occasions…art is such an important aspect of self care and brain health recovery.) She has added […]

Hold On — Out of a Great Need

Studio Inspiration from “The Artist’s Journey” by Nancy Hillis

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Inspiration from the new book “The Artist’s Journey” by Nancy Hillis continues to move me to the studio each day.  See Nancy’s new book on Amazon HERE.

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Paintings by J. Kirstein

“I have always felt as though I come from some place very far away, and the only way I am able to sustain myself on this planet is through creating through painting and writing.” J. Kirstein

“The big idea is to work with the elegant solution of simplicity and constraint. Within a constraint you have an infinity of possibilities to explore.” Nancy Hillis in “The Artist’s Journey.”

“The Dark Night of the Soul happens over and over for every artist. The transformation of creating your deepest work lives at the edge of your struggle.” Nancy Hillis from “The Artist’s Journey.”