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Kirsten Holt Beitler

@kirstenpainter.bsky.social

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Full time artist. Sign art for Harmons Grocery by day. Portrait and figurative artist by night. Moonlighting in kitsch and pop art. https://www.kirstenbeitler.com/

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Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · 2d

My artistic protest. A pox on the phony king of our land. #nokings #parody #dontheworst #resist #poscaart #genx

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · 5d

Candy Corn Vampire II, 3" x 3", watercolor on aquabord. Candy corn is gross.

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · 6d

Candy Corn Vampire I, watercolor on aquabord, 3" x 3". #womensart #candycorn #vampire #watercolor #portraitpainting #art

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · 15d

These are awesome!

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Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · 15d

Hi! My day job is making posca art signs for Harmons Grocery and my night job is portrait/figurative artist/kitsch working in many mediums.

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Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · 20d

Incredible sunrise rainbow here in Southern Utah this morning. #rainbow #sunrise #southernutah #monsoonseason

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · 27d

Happy 21st of September. Here's some Southern Utah earth, wind, and fire for you. Cedar Mountain. #southernutah #fallcolor #cedarcityut #fall #21september

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Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · 27d

Some of my ladies. #WomensArt #portraitpainting #artist #painter #trendingart

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · 28d

LOOOOVE this!

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Sep 15

Artist, subject, painting. #WomensArt #portraitpainting #oilpainting #painting #traditionalart

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Sep 14

The subject and the painting. #WomensArt #TraditionalArt #portraitpainting #painting

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Sep 14

Moonrise and shooting star from the other night. So bright! Taken with my iphone from my backyard.

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Sep 4

Kids in wigs series

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Sep 4

from the kids in wigs series

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Sep 3

Tricia’s Grandma, 6”x 6”, oil on panel. #womensart #portraitpainting #oilpainting #artist

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Aug 31

Think Pink, oil on panel, 12" x 12" #art #portraitpainting #oilpainting #womenartist

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Aug 31

Blowing It All Up, 6” diameter, watercolor in wood, from The Selfie and the Soul: An Exploration of Accidental Art in the Digital Age, opening Sept. 6th. St. George Art Museum. #womenartists #portraitpainting #watercolor #art

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Aug 21

Icon of the Gull (Cricket Deliverance I)
A seagull–the crop saver of early Mormon Pioneers – is canonized as a divine agent bearing the cricket, both pest and providence. The gull is presented as a vessel of ecological grace, transforming a survival story into a state-sanctioned miracle.

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Reposted by Kirsten Holt Beitler

Karen L. Cox 📚🏳️‍🌈 @drkarenlcox.bsky.social · Aug 21

This editorial cartoon by Nick Anderson does a great job of illustrating the issue with Trump's attack on the Smithsonian.

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Reposted by Kirsten Holt Beitler

Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · Aug 17

ICYMI- Horses Changing Courses- yesterday's cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com

Scene is two people and four horsemen of the apocalypse in coloured robes instead of the dark ones. Instead of the normal "death, famine, pestilence" etc, they have banners saying "Hope", "Justice", "Empathy" and "Just basically not being a dick"
Horseman 1 is saying to the two people "THe whole apocalypse thing got too depressing so we've reinvented ourselves as the Four Horsemen of Working Together to Get Us All Out of the Mess We're in"

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Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Aug 15

Icon of the Jackalope II (Guardian of Myth)
This piece transforms a folk-tale creature into a powerful symbol, blending the playful nature of the jackalope myth with the serious reverence of a religious icon.
Deseret Icon IV #jackalope #womensart #posca #icon

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Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Aug 13

Deseret Icon III
Icon of the Jackalope I (The Sentinel of Zion)
The mythical jackalope guardian of the natural landscape of Utah, which many residents hold sacred in word but not in deed.
She is surrounded by endangered Bearclaw Poppies.

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Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Aug 10

Here’s the second in my Deseret Icon series for the JKR Gallery Business Card Art Show.
This piece depicts, a honeybee, the state insect of Utah, hovering above a beehive, a symbol representing industriousness, which can be turned into an idol if not balanced by empathy and rest. #womensart #bee

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Aug 4

Mel and Ted for my The Selfie and the Soul show. #womenartists #portraitpainting #oilpainting #soloshow #oilpainter #portaitpainter #dogportrait #artprocess

Kirsten Holt Beitler @kirstenpainter.bsky.social · Jul 28

First in a new small series for the upcoming Business Card Art Show at JKR Gallery. Deseret Icon I. #artprocessvideo #womenartists #utahartist #honeybee #posca #trendingart #drawing #minitureart #goldleaf

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