Select Being Now Meditation paintings
March 2020 to March 2023
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
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
Being Now Meditation images
Select 2022
Being Now Meditation images
Being Now Meditation images
Click on images for full-frames and to view captions.
Select 2021
Being Now Meditation images
Being Now Meditation images
Above: Being Now Meditation YouTube
video archive contains most 2021 paintings.
video archive contains most 2021 paintings.
Select 2020
Being Now Meditation images
Being Now Meditation images
Above: Being Now Meditation YouTube video archive contains most 2020 paintings.
Click on images for full-frames and to view captions.
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.
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.
Please feel free to contact K.D. Self via email: BeingNowMeditations@gmail.com
may be made using PayPal or Venmo
( BeingNowMeditations@gmail.com )
( Venmo username: @KDSelf-1 )
A Patreon subscription project through YouTube is currently being constructed.
Please feel free to contact K.D. Self via email: BeingNowMeditations@gmail.com