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Commissioned Portrait (Awaiting title from Patron), 2013

Oil on canvas, 12x9"

Krystal Booth

 

 

 

It's obvious where I've been today - finally in the studio!  Hallaluiah!  It was good to get this portrait done and now I'm awaiting feedback from the patron.  It felt great to be painting this evening.  I highly recommend it!  Do what you love this weekend!

 

Love to all!

The Seven Year Itch

I just completed this portrait of my sweetheart of almost seven years -

Portrait of Matthew, 2013

Oil on canvas, 9x12"

Krystal Booth

 

 

I can't believe we've been together that long - time has gone by so quickly!  He's the most kind-hearted and patient man I've ever met (besides my father), and I'm a lucky gal.  (Hopefully a Marilyn Monroe type will not move into the apartment building soon- no thank you to the Seven Year Itch phenomenon, though it was a lovely movie).  He's great looking (my friend Sarah and I nicknamed him "Hot Matt" when we first met him), so I'm sure she would fall in love with him.  Thank goodness he thinks so much of me - I try to show him how ridiculous I am, but he loves me despite my lack of patience when I'm tired at night, and my seeing humor in anything and everything that could be inappropriate or boring to others.  Luckily, he's just as bad as I am.  Humor is the tie that binds as we laugh like bastards at lame jokes and at the bad dancing/singing we do in our living room. :)

 

On a different note, over the course of this next week, there will be a new listing in my Etsy shop for custom portraits.  I look forward to creating these small paintings for others and their loved ones.  I'm truly excited to create for others in this way, and will keep you posted about when it is up and running.

 

Cheers to love and creating!  Love to all -

 

 







Ode to Friendship

A new portrait of my best friend, Samm.

Portrait of Samm, 2013

Oil on canvas, 9x12"

Krystal Booth

 

 

I'm very excited about sending this to him.  Until then, I'm still waiting for the paint to dry a bit more.  I also would like to try to get a better photograph of it before sending it off. 

 

Samm and I love to tell people that we were born together.  Our mutual friends are all probably very sick and tired of how special we think it is, but darn it, it is special.  We were born in the blizzard of '78 in January.  Our mothers knew eachother, but were surprised to see eachother in the hospital - "Pat!  What are you doing here?"  "About to have a baby!  What are you doing here, Karol?"  "About to have a baby too!"  They were probably the only two mothers laughing while in labor during a blizzard.

 

Samm and I ended up being the only two babies in the nursery.  His cone head, and my scratched up face with new mittons covering my hands, we enjoyed spending our first few hours on earth side by side.  Well, maybe not exactly enjoyed, but there has never been many minutes that pass when we are together that have not been spent laughing and genuinely enjoying each other's company. 

 

What's also funny is that when we look back, we don't remember anyone ever telling us that we were born together when we were little.  We always just knew as we went through elementary school together.  Maybe we're romantic in thinking that way, but I really think that we are some sort of partners for life.  Maybe we had it all planned out before we even arrived.

 

Currently we live across the country from one another, but modern technology is the greatest of things.

 

Thank you for allowing me to share this with you, and I hope that you are blessed with friendships and love that no amount of distance or time can erode.

 

Goodnight, and love to all -

 

 

 

 



New Painting: Self Portrait

A new oil painting that I finished last night - a self-portrait.

Self-portrait, 2013, Krystal Booth

Oil on canvas, 12x9"

 



Finished #5 and Submitted It! Hoorah, Hooray!

I have finished my fifth work in the Huddleston Series and it was a fun one! I loved working on the wrinkles in his skin and trying to figure out the colors. I am really excited about this one- I feel like it is showing a progression of some sort.

I photographed it today, and then instantly submitted it for a show in Cincinnati through the wonders of email. I feel so spoiled by the ease of submitting for shows by email- thankfully, I never had to do the whole slides thing. At least not yet... Anyway, wish me luck! Also, if you would like to see a bigger image of this, just go to my website @ www.krystalbooth.com
Thanks! Gotta go get started on #6!

#3 is Complete

"Be Compassionate, We are Fragile 3" 2010, Oil on masonite, 14x18"


For a better view of the work go to www.krystalbooth.com