Artist: Kirsten Holt Beitler
Title: Other Sheep I Have
Medium: Acrylic and gold leaf on wood
Dimensions: 8 X 10 inches
Price: $350
About the Artwork:
This painting was inspired by some specific verses of a poem from Richard Francis Burton titled Black Sheep which reminded me that there are many folds and all are equally valued in the site of the Lord.
"From their folded mates they wander far,
Their ways seem harsh and wild:
They follow the beck of a baleful star,
Their paths are dream-beguiled.
Yet haply they sought but a wider range,
Some loftier mountain slope,
And little recked of the country strange
Beyond the gates of hope.
Meanwhile, black sheep! black sheep we cry,
Safe in the inner fold;
And maybe they hear, and wonder why,
And marvel, out in the cold."
About the Artist:
Kirsten Holt Beitler is an artist, teacher, florist, writer, and single mom of four boys, not necessarily in that order, depending on the day. Kirsten is a Southern Utah native who has been drawing and painting since childhood. She received a Bachelor’s in Illustration from SUU.
Kirsten has been teaching art to children and adults for 15 years, and until recently, owned and operated The Drawing Room Studio. She now makes hand painted chalk art signs for Harmons Grocery and moonlights as a symbolic contemporary realist who uses watercolor, oil, and mixed media to create introspective, vulnerable portrait and figurative works about people and animals which explore the wounds, beauties, and humor that make up life here on this earth.
Kirsten has shown work in several galleries and publications including Center Gallery, N.Y., Sears Gallery, Springville Museum of Art, Studio C Gallery, L.A., St. George Art Museum, Anthony’s Fine Art and Antiques, Bountiful Davis Arts Center, The DiFiore Center, Elan Magazine, The Exponent II, and The Mormon Women’s Project, and are featured in private collections across the United States and Europe. Her visual work and written ramblings can be found on her website www.kirstenbeitler.com
