{"title":"Belonging Series - Original Abstract Paintings | Kim Depa Studio","description":"\u003ch1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBelonging Series- these abstract paintings carry the energy of a grounded layer-- you are exactly here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWHAT THIS IS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal abstract paintings of the quiet morning with your coffee. The late evening when you finally exhale. The moment of knowing — not perfectly, not without wanting more — but knowing that you are exactly where you are supposed to be right now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBelonging is the layer of rootedness. The relationships that have been around long enough to hold weight. The besties you call when it's good news and when it's the hard kind. The work you do because you know it matters. The family you're raising. The life you're building slowly, with intention. It's heavy and comfortable. Cool and calm. The place you return to that already knows your name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIN NATURE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe old tree that has grown around everything the weather threw at it. The field in late autumn — not dying, resting. Soil that knows how to hold things and let them go in their own time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFOR THE COLLECTOR WHO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHas arrived somewhere. Still striving — but from a place of rootedness, not urgency. She can stand still now. She's made peace with who she is, even while she keeps becoming more of it. She wants her home to feel like her — the people, the life, the art on the wall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTONE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWarm. Settled. Earned. Grounding. The voice of someone who has lived long enough to know what — and who — matters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"everything-i-didn-say","title":"Everything I didn't Say- Original Abstract Mixed Media Painting | Belonging Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll the things that stayed inside — the words held back, the feelings compressed into silence — are here, visible in the texture and weight of this piece. The layered pigments feel almost archaeological, like something excavated rather than painted. Two quiet black lines cross through the center like a conversation that never quite happened.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnother favorite, it was one of my first times experimenting with texture.  Once the texture dried, I started working with dry pigments and coffee. Yep, your painting will have coffee! It's a beautiful stain. Then I started layering with very neutral colors and rose, gold, and browns.  One of my favorite combinations. The lines help draw your eye in. It's just a beautiful, grounded painting with many layers of life and joy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e  Belonging: the grounded layer-- you are exactly here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12 × 12 inches \u003cem\u003e(about the size of an open hardcover book — compact and commanding)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Texture, Dry pigments, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInk, acrylics, and oil sticks on canvas panel\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFramed and ready to hang\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailability:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne original only\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree:\u003c\/strong\u003e  · Ships within 5–7 business days, carefully packed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a print. There's no edition. This painting exists once — and when it finds its collector, it's gone. The only place it will ever live is in that person's home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions before you decide? Reach out directly — I'm here and happy to talk through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kim Depa Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43475085656148,"sku":null,"price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/9354\/3508\/files\/Everything_I_didn_t_Say_02d6bd5c-3238-44c7-8609-eb98b220f0bc.jpg?v=1776440669"},{"product_id":"what-youre-made-of","title":"What You're Made Of- Original Abstract Mixed Media Painting | Belonging Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaw and elemental — this piece looks like the inside of something that's been through everything and came out richer for it. The coiled dark form in the upper right holds tension against the warm flood of orange and gold, while copper and silver traces remind you that pressure creates something valuable. This is a painting about resilience that doesn't apologize for the process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI love working with earth tones. For me, it's grounding, bringing it's own since of peace.  This one started with some texture (modeling paste and crackle) then I started layering the colors. I usually work with saturated colors and let the layers create the various tones and this one isn't any different.  For me, it pulls you in to see the various marks, sometimes imperfect, but that's what I love about painting and life.  It's all about belonging in the messy middle knowing that we are all just a little imperfect. 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The kind of thing that exists for exactly as long as it takes you to notice it. Then it's gone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis painting was built the way the beach builds itself — texture paste and sand laid first, then coffee, dry pigments, and acrylics finding their way into the grit. Oil sticks last, tracing the gold, deepening the rust. The black at the edge doesn't threaten. It just reminds you where the water will return.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore the Next Wave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is for the individual who has learned to stand still long enough to catch the fleeting thing. Who knows that impermanence isn't a reason not to look — it's the reason to look harder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome things are only beautiful because they won't last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI started this painting after a walk on the beach with my dog Katie Kakes. It was one of those wonderful days of just exploring and doing awesome sniffs (Katie Kates, not me!) But we came across this stream and it just caught my attention and I knew I needed to replicate that feeling. 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Holding it all. That's not a problem to solve — that's just what it looks like to be alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is life.  The chaos, the calm, and the love that runs through all of it. It’s that one constant that connects the mundane, the chaos, the joy, and the laughter.  It’s the way we move through our days. One moment, happy and joyous and then dropping into grief. Either way, all the feels keeps you connected to essence of life. 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