"White Roses"
Oil Painting on Linen on Board (24"x36")
"Mother's Day"
Oil Painting on Linen on Board (30"x24")
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
"Tumbling Roses" Oil Painting by Artist, NORA KASTEN
"Tumbling Roses"
Oil Painting on Linen on Board (30"x30")
"Oil Painting "Tumbling Roses" is going to Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery. This is a new art gallery, opening in Portland, Maine by Artist and Owner Susan Roux."
NORA KASTEN WEBSITE
Monday, March 18, 2013
"Little Girl" Oil Painting by Artist, NORA KASTEN
"Little Girl Cutout"
Oil on linen on board (48"x30") March 18, 2013
"Obviously, I am playing. I'm going to look at this for a few days."
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Paintings by Artist, NORA KASTEN
Some Paintings Back on my Walls
"White Rose" Oil on linen on board (30"x14")
"Hydrangeas" Oil on gallery wrapped canvas (24"x24")
"Peonies In Copper Pot" Oil on linen (24"x36")
"Morning" Oil on linen (36"x48")
"A White Rose" Pastel on sanded paper (28"x 22")
"Tumbling Roses" Oil on linen on board (30"x30")
"Several of my paintings have been stored in a good friend's home for the past year but now I have space and brought them home. These are only a few of the total.
The hand surgeon put a pin in the finger (ring finger, right hand) I broke at Christmas time but I am struggling with it. The pin will be removed the 27th of February when hopefully everything has healed in place.
One month is almost past already in 2013. Did time always move this fast?
Please join me in lifting up the great artist, Don Hatfield, in prayer. This month and next are the one year anniversaries of the deaths of his wife and then his daughter. Don is now raising his three grandchildren without those dearly Beloved women in his life.
Please join me in lifting up the great artist, Don Hatfield, in prayer. This month and next are the one year anniversaries of the deaths of his wife and then his daughter. Don is now raising his three grandchildren without those dearly Beloved women in his life.
Good wishes and Blessings to All
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Oil painting "NORA" by Artist, NORA KASTEN
"NORA"
Oil painting on linen on board (15"x 10") December 6, 2012
"It's a good thing to be painting again. This self portrait was painted from my self photo that I took in October, 2011."
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Oil Painting "Fresh Cut Roses" by Artist, NORA KASTEN
"FRESH CUT ROSES"
"FRESH CUT ROSES" is now in the collection of
Mr. & Mrs. John McKechnie
Shalimar, Florida
"John and Christi McKechnie have purchased several Nora Kasten paintings over the last fifteen years but this is the most special to me. John emailed me before Thanksgiving saying he wanted to purchase another painting to give to his wife, Christi, for Christmas this year. What makes this so special is that John emailed me from Afghanistan where he is deployed after his reserve unit was called up last July. I heard no complaints from him. He said that he has been in the reserve for 18 years and they always were aware that this might happen. My heart goes out to John and his family (they have three children) as he serves honorably for our country . . . . FOR US! It must be hard for them everyday but especially through these Holidays being separated from each other and the dangerous threat always overhead. I feel overwhelming gratitude and I'm asking each of you to please join with me in prayer for John and his family?"
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
To Taos, NM & Back by Artist, NORA KASTEN
Artist, Laura Robb in her studio, 9/26/2012
"If anyone is noticing it has been a month now since I've posted on this blog. Two days before Earl and I flew out to NM on American Airlines (Everything went wrong because of the pilots calling in sick), I had closed on my new home. It's a beautiful condo. I'll share all the good news about that in my next post but now it's time to tell you about Laura Robb's wonderful workshop in Taos, NM.
She not only paints beautiful flowers and still life, she is quite beautiful, herself. There were 10 of us artists in attendance and it was one of the best group of artists that I have ever been with. Laura was so thorough in her teaching and she shared everything with us, always going the extra mile for each one of us. The night before our last workshop day, Laura invited us all for a pizza party at her wonderful, unique home and studio in Taos. What a privilege for us and it was really special. Before going to NM I only knew Laura from her published, beautiful works of art but now I am honored to count her as my good friend. Did I mention that she has a keen wit and great sense of humor too?
Have you noticed yet that I have not published notes from Laura's workshop? Well . . . . . . the reason is I was SICK. . . . through it all and it was a big effort just to function for me. The weather, the scenery, the season, the mountains, EVERYTHING was perfect and I couldn't enjoy it. Two weeks before the trip, I was fighting a sinus infection and one week before I was struck down with a horrible vertigo attack, dizzy, headaches, vomiting, the whole nine yards. With massive antibiotics and a trip to our Naples hospital to receive the Epley maneuver, I thought that I was well enough for the trip but I was WRONG! The air flights always give me terrible problems with my ears but this time it was just too much.
Today could be the first day that I am feeling somewhat back to normal and Oh, I'm just remembering the author, Joan Marie Ambrose, who sat next to Earl and I on our flight home. It was well worth the discomfort that I was feeling to meet this dear lady. I think so because she is one of the very few people I have encountered that has also realized "The Power Of Now" in her life. Her book is 10 years old and out of print now but I was able to get it through Amazon and it has been a blessing to me. I can whole heartily recommend it to you.
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