ART & SPIRIT by Artist, NORA KASTEN: Paintings

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Portrait by Artist, NORA KASTEN

"LADY IN PINK" (Heather)

Painting #925 of 1181 Oil on Linen (36"x 24") Painted in April, 2007

From Unity's "DAILY WORD" Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Illumination

The light of a new day is dawning in my consciousness. I walk serene and sure.

Let us unite in prayer for the realization of spiritual light, which will illumine our ways in the days to come. In scriptural symbology, a new day represents a degree of unfoldment in spiritual consciousness. When the light of a new day dawns in our consciousness, it dissipates any condition of spiritual darkness that may have preceded it, just as the sunrise following the dawn dissipates the night and makes all things clear and beautiful.

As the light of a new day dawns in our consciousness, all indecision and all uncertainty are done away with. We see before us opportunities for realizing our good, for practicing good will toward all people, for loving God with all our hearts, minds, and strength. Each day, each moment offers us new opportunity.

If my people … pray … then will I hear … and will heal their land.—2 Chronicles 7:14

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Monday, July 21, 2014

"Lady In The Mirror" by Artist, NORA KASTEN

"LADY IN THE MIRROR"

Painting #334 of 1181 Oil on Linen (30"x24") Painted in August, August, 1996 Archived

"This painting could have been titled "Diamonds & Furs". Karl and I were living at Lamb Lake in Indiana when I painted this on a hot August day. Air conditioning is always such a blessing for us.

Since transferring painting photos from old CDs this summer to an external hard drive, I have thought of making a video of the paintings for UTube. Somebody beat me to it though and I don't know how they did it. I felt led to Google Nora Kasten this morning and look what came up. I just wish the photos were better quality and I believe I will learn how to do one of my own. Please click on this link." http://youtu.be/WpmeY_LG7F0

Here is a slideshow I had of my Fiddler's Creek home. I think I'll be able to do this. http://youtu.be/90XYxB_xXu0

From Unity's "DAILY WORD" INNER PEACE Monday, July 21, 2014

The peace of God enfolds me. I am serene.

When the busyness of daily life leaves me feeling overburdened, it is time to seek the peace of God.

I understand that God not only knows my needs, but brings me peace if I permit it. I turn to Spirit within and repeat this Scripture quietly: God is not the author of confusion but of peace. If I still feel tension or stress, I repeat the prayer until I begin to feel the calming peace of God enfolding me.

The tangle and clutter of the day disappear as my thoughts become more orderly. I am able to return to my day, not rushed or confused, but confident that God’s will for me is peace. Spirit is with me always, helping me regain peace whenever I call on the Divine Presence.

For God is not the author of confusion but of peace.—1 Corinthians 14:33 (NKJV)

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Reworked Oil Painting by Artist, NORA KASTEN

"LARGE BOUQUET" Before

#1169 Oil on gallery wrapped canvas (48"x36") / outlined in Black 2013

"Painting a shiny black background on "A Large Bouquet" does not make this a better painting . . . . . . but it is perfect for my home now. I enjoy seeing the painting hanging above the bed in the master bedroom suite.

THE DAILY WORD

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

WORLD PEACE

The peace of God is accessible to all.

Many people have sought peace from the world around them, only to find that the world could not provide it. Yet when we realize the peace of the indwelling Spirit, we find our world is filled with the omnipresence of God—the presence of peace accessible at all times, in all places.

The peace of God becomes our own peace when we realize that nothing in all the world can disturb it. Having found the peace of God within us, we have the power to fill our whole world with peace.

The presence of God at the heart of my being gives me great peace. From this realization I live in the world. I see beyond conflicts to the presence of God, everywhere present and active. Peace is my reality.

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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Art Archives & Spirituality by Artist, NORA KASTEN

"Lady With Letter"

Painting #238 of 1179 Paintings / Oil on linen (30"x24") / Painted in 1996

"The spiritual journey started for me as a little girl, eight years old(I'm 76 now), sitting on the front row pew of our neighborhood Methodist Church in Terre Haute, Indiana. Other children and friends from my neighborhood were seated with me and none of us wanted to be there. We loved going to Sunday School and to do that, we had to stay for morning worship service too. A wonderful lady and servant of God, Miss Bartruff, had heeded God's call and her mission was to bring as many children as she could to church. She went throughout our neighborhood, knocking on doors and asking mothers if she could be permitted to pick up their children and take them to Sunday School every Sunday morning. My mother was happy to send us to Sunday School and several other mothers were too. My girlfriends and I loved Sunday School and our teacher, Mrs. Dooley. We sure didn't like it though that we had to stay for worship service, sitting on the front row, before Miss Bartruff could take us home. That was the deal . . . . and we did it.

One Sunday, while sitting on that pew, I heard the "Word" and my little girl heart opened. I received Jesus Christ as my Savior. I did this without a word to anyone but I was sincere and God's LOVE has never left me.

That's all for today but remembering Miss Bartruff has made me aware once again how very serious and important it is to heed God's call in our lives."

Today's "DAILY WORD" from Unity

SIMPLE WORDS

"I AM a divine expression of Spirit."

My senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch emanate from my physical body. My capacity to think independently reflects my mental ability. I understand, however, that I am more than my physical and mental self. I am a spiritual creation.
Although I may sometimes act or speak in error, the perfection of Spirit is within me. As I connect simple but powerful words such as faith, love, and peace with the affirmation, I AM, I affirm my true nature and expand my consciousness. I AM an expression of God’s love and peace right here and now. I AM faith in action.
I embrace the Truth of who I AM and live this truth every day. I AM an expression of Spirit contributing to a world of divine creation.

Truly it is the spirit in a mortal, the breath of the Almighty, that makes for understanding.—Job 32:8

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Sunday, August 26, 2012

My New Art Studio Location by Artist, NORA KASTEN

"Self Portrait Demo" by

David Leffel

"I watched this demo by David Leffel this past week. He painted it from a photo and also he was in front of a mirror. I'm inspired to paint a self portrait from a photo that is blurry but that may work for my benefit.

The sketch on canvas was done last Thursday, thinking I could paint on Friday. Not so because the Comcast tech was working in the den (my studio) in my friend's home and he created other things for me to do. Too bad because Saturday I had to begin the big job of moving my art studio to another location here in Naples. The storm, Isaac, is on us right now but I got the last load of painting gear to the new location just before the rain this morning. My energy is exhausted but tomorrow I should be able to get my new place organized and possibly move my office too. Even with this big detour I'm still enthused about painting."

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

New Oil Paintings to Gallery by Artist, NORA KASTEN

NEW PAINTINGS TO INDIANA GALLERY

"These four paintings were shipped to The Brown County Art Guild Gallery, Nashville, Indiana yesterday and will arrive in time for their Fall, 2012 Exhibit.

A walk on Naples Laudermilk City Beach yesterday was delightful!"

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Saturday, June 12, 2010

"Nora At Sixty One" Oil Painting by Artist NORA KASTEN / Naples, FL

"Nora At Sixty One"

Oil painting on linen (24" x 20") from the archives

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Oil Painting "Tangerine" by Artist NORA KASTEN / Naples, Florida

"Tangerine"

Oil painting on linen (14 x 11 inches)

"This painting is from the Archives and is sold. It was in The Oil Painters Of America Eastern Regional Exhibit and I just wanted to post it again . . . . while I'm building up energy to paint."

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Painting Start by Artist NORA KASTEN

This is the start of my latest work. It's an oil painting on a gallery wrapped canvas 36 x 48 x 1.5 inches. See the small framed painting on the right. I painted that three or four years ago and it is my inspiration for this large painting. The goal is to produce a still life, figure and landscape in this painting (as well as good color harmony, lost and found edges get the values right and remember the warm and cool passages) . . . yes, I've been reading Don Hatfield's blog

My Website: www.norakasten.com

Sunday, February 28, 2010

"Potted Tulips" Oil Painting by Artist NORA KASTEN

"Potted Tulips"

Oil painting on linen 24 x 12 inches

"I painted this on oil primed linen with a limited palette of six colors. After laying down color all over the surface, I completed the painting using a palette knife and thick oil paint."

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

"Spring Tulips" Oil Painting by Artist NORA KASTEN

"Spring Tulips"

Oil painting on canvas 16 x 12 inches

"This painting is definately one of my Modern Expressions."

NOTE! "For outstanding (I believe) advice on use of COLOR in

our paintings, see Don Hatfield's Blog for today."

Saturday, February 20, 2010

"By The Window" Oil Painting by Artist NORA KASTEN

"By The Window"

Oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas 48 x 24 x 1.5 inches

Left "Roses For Master Suite"

If you have been reading Don Hatfield's blog you will understand why I wanted to change this still life that I painted last year for our home. My goal was to add sky, landscape and a figure to this ho-hum painting making myself a more well rounded painting artist. . . . . I'm pretty much well rounded already physically. The figure didn't make it into the painting and hopefully that will happen in the next still life plus. Today was the day for taking the painting on the left out of the closet where it's been for several months and work on it. The plan was to make it better and though I do like it a little more, I'm also painfully aware of the errors. For one thing having two light sources was not accomplished well but I've declared victory and the painting is going to hang on the wall in the master suite where I intended it to be all along. The NORA KASTEN Website has many paintings of different genre.

"Cantaloupe" Oil Painting by Artist NORA KASTEN

"Cantaloupe"

#320 Oil painting on linen on board 10 x 10 inches

"This is another archive painting but there are plenty of paintings

to see (recent and archive on my NORA KASTEN Website."

Friday, February 19, 2010

"Macy Marie" Oil Painting by Artist NORA KASTEN

"Macy Marie"

#122 "Macy Marie" Oil painting on linen 16 x 12 inches

"This painting of my youngest grandaughter (she's seventeen now) is from my early archives."

MY WEBSITE: WWW.NORAKASTEN.COM

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Oil Paintings by Artist NORA KASTEN to Sheldon Fine Art Gallery

"Call Me Red"

Oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas 30 x 30 inches

These two paintings were delivered to SHELDON FINE ART GALLERY / NAPLES

today and will be offered for sale.

MY WEBSITE: WWW.NORAKASTEN.COM

Monday, February 15, 2010

"Tumbling Roses" Oil Painting by Artist, NORA KASTEN

"Tumbling Roses"

Oil painting on linen (30"x30")

"More from the archives"

"Blue Iris" by Artist, NORA KASTEN

"Blue Iris" sold

Oil painting on linen on board (7"x5")

I'm not sick but certainly don't feel the best right now so I'm posting some paintings from my archives.

WEBSITE: WWW.NORAKASTEN.COM

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

"A Small Bouquet" Oil Painting by Artist NORA KASTEN

"A Small Bouquet"

Oil painting on linen on board (8"x10")

"Many more paintings on my website."

WEBSITE: WWW.NORAKASTEN.COM

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

"Wilted Roses" oil painting by Artist Nora Kasten

"Wilted Roses

Oil painting on linen (18"x14")

This is a detail of "Wilted Roses" above.

I know that I said a pastel was in the works but I got sidetracked. A friend, Nardena Sullivan, brought these beautiful roses to me a week ago and they stayed fresh for six days. This morning the few roses still on their stems were bent down and there was a pile of rose petals laying on the table beside them. It was really a beautiful sight, begging to be painted.

"There are over 100 paintings on my website and ready to view. I hope you will visit."

WWW.NORAKASTEN.COM

Monday, January 25, 2010

"Emerald & Gold" by Artist NORA KASTEN

"Emerald & Gold"

Acrylic and gold leaf on gallery wrapped canvas (8"x 8"x 1")
Do you see the emerald?

"There are over 100 paintings to view on my website. Please visit soon"

WEBSITE: www.norakasten.com