Last night, I tore into a package that had arrived. I expected my new Gallery sign to be inside the package, but I quickly discoved that I had received my Garden signs instead:

I had to chuckle – A set of garden signs might be perfect for my gallery, which is always filled with paintings of flowers and plants  from my garden,

Bouquet in a Blue Jar
Jacki Kellum Watercolor

All of this is happenimg at a great time for me. In less than a month, my garden will begin to pop with blooms again — and my painting season will open at the same time:

Sunny Days Are Here Again
Jacki Kellum Watercolor
Painted March 2026

¹¹For behold, the winter is past;
    the rain is over and gone.
¹² The flowers appear on the earth,
    the time of singing has come…. Song of Solomon 2:11-12

Song of Solomon
Jacki Kellum Watercolor
On Exhibition in My Gallery
Not for Sale

Painting is a way that I celebrate what is important in my life. Many of my pieces are inpired by the Bible – or by things I have heard or songs that I have sung in church:

Rose of Sharon
Jacki Kellum Watercolor
On Exhibition in my Gallery

When I am working with live models [albeit flowers or produce from my garden], I am in my best painting form. I grow and paint lots of sunflowers, and especially in late summer, I paint many sunflowers:

Saturday’s Sunfower
Jacki Kellum Watercolor
For Sale in my Gallery

Sunflower at Night
Jacki Kellum Watercolor
Sold

Sunflower with the Blues
Jacki Kellum Watercolor
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Tomato Study
Jacki Kellum Watercolor
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I am also a textile artist, and my textile pieces also celebrate my garden:

At Jacki Kellum Studios, I hope to launch my embroidery and quilting classes in late April.

Several of my preliminary sketches for picture book illustrations are also on exhibition in my gallery:

The Sun needs to rise but the Rooster’s in bed.
Jacki Kellum Illustration

Mrs. Cow Is Very Thrilled
A box is in the mail.
It’s from the place she ordered
Lots of Socks that were on sale.

Sketch for Jacki Kellum Illustration

Socks with Flowers
Jacki Kellum Illustration

The dark blue socks with moons and stars
She bought to wear to bed.
Jacki Kellum Illustration

As always, all the painting of Mrs. Cow are self-portraits. I am Mrs. Cow. Her stories are my stories.

Mrs. Cow Down Home
Jacki Kellum Illustration
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