"Establishing peace is the work of education" - Maria Montessori
KATHERINE DENEISE SELF
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​March 2020 to March 2023
In March 2020, with covid lockdown, I began a Zen practice of creating Being Now Meditations daily.
Sharing these images and texts with my dearest friends and family has helped keep us connected no matter what.
And, I have been blessed to continuously learn technique and to experience pure Joy through painting, meditating, and writing every single day.
Below I share samples of the nearly 2,000 images created over the past three years.

I also here share links to three video archives from 2020, 2021, and 2022.
​More if not most images may be viewed at my YouTube channel
​ Being Now Meditations by K.D. Self 
@KDSelf9967

Select 2023
​Being Now Meditation images
Select 2023 Being Now
​collage collections
Select 2023 Abstract Landscapes
Select 2023 Alcohol Inks
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  At right: "Winter Marshland Fantasy," 1-8-2023;
watercolor and watercolor ink; 8"x10";
prints available; inquire about availability of original.
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Being Now Meditation images
"White rose for Peace," 2-20-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Rose for Allen," 2-14-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Tulips of my dreams," 3-1-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Fairfax / Lake Monroe, Yesterday," 10-14-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Tulipmania #6," 4-22-2022 Fairfax / Lake Monroe, Yesterday, 10-14-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Jim’s white pines," 7-17-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Daffomania #5," 3-28-2022; inquire about availability of original.
Blue-on-Blue-on-Blue, 10-16-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Post-party Sunflowers," 6-5-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Landscape study in red and green #5," 8-18-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Dunn Woods, yesterday," 10-10-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Landscape study in red and green #6," 9-23-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Winter creek edge," 2-13-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Lakeside sunset, Somewhere," 11-21-2022; 4"x6"; inquire about availability of original.
"Blue door to Italy," 1-31-2022; inquire about availability of original.
"Winter out my front door," 2-4-2022; inquire about availability of original.
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Above:
​Being Now Meditation YouTube video contains most 2022 paintings.
Select 2022 Being Now
​collage collections
select 2022 Trees
Select 2022 Florals
select 2022 Abstract Landscapes - 1
select 2022 abstract landscapes - 2

Select 2021
​Being Now Meditation images
Click on above images for
​ full-frames and to view captions. 
​Being Now Meditation YouTube video
​contains most 2021 paintings.
select 2021 trees
select 2021 florals
select 2021 abstract landscapes
Above: ​Being Now Meditation YouTube 
​video archive contains most 2021 paintings.

Select 2020                    
​Being Now Meditation images      
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select 2020 paintings
Above: Being Now Meditation YouTube video archive contains most 2020 paintings.
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Click on images for full-frames and to view captions. 
                       

Details about materials, image sizes, and pricing: 
Though I am in the process of trying to sell original and prints of the (over 2,000) Being Now images,
these paintings were not created with intent for monetization.
Queries about size of and prices for particular pieces should be directed to K.D. Self at BeingNowMeditations@gmail.com.
 
Pricing for originals and prints differs according to size of image, materials used, and how long each piece took to complete.
Most are simple studies and were painted in a day. All are priced at reasonable rates.
Most pieces are around 5”x8”, though in 2022 I began to paint larger, from 9”x12” up to 14”x20”;
a few acrylic pours were made in 2021 on canvas and in 2023 I began experimenting with alcohol inks on nonporous/plastic paper--
the acrylic pours and alcohol ink paintings are primarily available as custom-sized prints.
 
All watercolors were painted with archival professional quality paint (or paint plus, in 2023, archival inks).
Generally, I have preferred archival Arches rough or cold pressed 140 lb. paper;
occasionally, for a smoother surface, I have used Strathmore 400 series.
 
Sometimes, in early pandemic years, I painted two or three images a day; As of 2023, I now paint one study daily.
In 2020, I painted approximately 751 watercolor studies (beginning late March 2020).
In 2021, I painted 776 images, though a few of these were experiments in acrylic pours and not watercolor.
In 2022, I painted only watercolor and began to make closer to one image a day (for a total of 512 images).
In 2023, I started experimenting with watercolor ink, alcohol ink, and India ink in addition to painting my Joy with watercolor.

Additional abstractions from the Being Now Meditations project are sampled under the "imperfections" tab on this web site.
See pdf links above for noncaptioned collage of select fave paintings, grouped by years and subject.
Images from the past three years may also be viewed as a meditative slideshow via three video archives on my
​YouTube channel ( @KDSelf9967 ).

Paintings can be purchased as originals or as prints. Some paintings are not for sale or have already been sold.


Donations to the Being Now Meditations project
may be made using PayPal or Venmo
( BeingNowMeditations@gmail.com )
( Venmo username: @KDSelf-1 )
A Patreon subscription project through YouTube is currently being constructed.
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Please feel free to contact K.D. Self via email:  BeingNowMeditations@gmail.com
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