Kami Mendlik

Kami Mendlik Impressionist Painter and Author of “Color Relativity: Creating The Illusion of Light With Paint”

06/06/2026

I wait each year for this day and each and every year I realize I’m not just excited for the peonies to bloom, but nervous! I love them so much and so many things need to align in order to paint these. Timing in life for one thing, Weather, light, and Reyne is a really big one. Which we had a lot of last night. They’re not all quite in full bloom yet, but I decided to do this quick study this morning before we head off for the weekend for a wedding. As I was painting, a bumblebee was buzzing just inches away from me wiggling in and out of each Siberian Iris. And I stopped to pause and all the nervousness shed. And I realized this isn’t about a good painting, this is about this.

06/04/2026

Use code OIL-MENDLIK and receive 10% off your tuition!

We’re BACK! Starting Wednesday June 10th 11:00am Central Time Zone. Kami and Kim are returning to Canvas and Coffee, o...
06/04/2026

We’re BACK! Starting Wednesday June 10th 11:00am Central Time Zone. Kami and Kim are returning to Canvas and Coffee, only this time Canvas and Coffee UNVARNISHED! Join us LIVE weekly on Wednesdays 11am Central Time for a real conversation about the art and the life of being a painter with Kami Mendlik and Kim Casebeer. Kami and Kim are longtime friends who met years ago at a plein air painting event in Door County. Their friendship started by realizing at the time, they were the only young mothers at the event. From there on, they began traveling to national events together and became traveling painting buddies. During Covid, Kami and Kim decided to go LIVE from their studios and chat about art. Little did they know at the time, how many people would join in, ask questions and wait weekly for the next episode. We are super excited to be BACK sharing our journey from our studios. We hope you’ll join us!

05/30/2026

Painting for the joy of it with friends this morning at lake Elmo park reserve. Summer has begun!
11x14 oil on linen panel

“Summer Cottonwoods” 11x14 oil on linen panel. Nothing says summer to me like the lush cottonwoods drooping with charact...
05/28/2026

“Summer Cottonwoods” 11x14 oil on linen panel. Nothing says summer to me like the lush cottonwoods drooping with character left along the farmers fence line here in Minnesota. The subtle roll of the fresh cut hay field with a cast shadow falling from another helps to expand the scene beyond its pages creating an expanded sense of place. Summer.

I’m excited to be a demonstrating artist in Oil Painting Bootcamp, June 25-26! I’ll be doing a LIVE painting demonstrati...
05/27/2026

I’m excited to be a demonstrating artist in Oil Painting Bootcamp, June 25-26! I’ll be doing a LIVE painting demonstrating my method of creating the illusion of light through temperature relativity in the landscape. If you’d like to join please use code OIL-MENDLIK and you’ll receive 10% off tuition! Even more exciting is truly the approachable price offered for these two full days of demos! I just don’t think you can go wrong. Check it out!
https://streamlineartevents.com/pages/oil-painting-boot-camp

I’m excited to be a demonstrating artist in Oil Painting Bootcamp, June 25-26! I’ll be doing a LIVE painting demonstrat...
05/27/2026

I’m excited to be a demonstrating artist in Oil Painting Bootcamp, June 25-26! I’ll be doing a LIVE painting demonstrating my method of creating the illusion of light through temperature relativity in the landscape. If you’d like to join please use code OIL-MENDLIK and you’ll receive 10% off tuition! Even more exciting is truly the approachable price offered for these two full days of demos! I just don’t think you can go wrong. Check it out! I’ll link it in my story but here’s the web address just in case! OilpaintingBootcamp.com



05/25/2026

Sounds of the marsh through the studio windows while I paint lilacs setting in the window - truly heavenly for me! I love the softness of a still life in soft natural window light. The colors seem so pure and it becomes more about the silhouette than the details. Do you ever set up your still life in the window for a change?

05/23/2026

Such a meaningful surprise—one of my students gifted me a drawing of the Planal Fruit™️.
Change the way you see. Get your own set now.

“Cloud Shadows Over Reggello” 11x14 oil on linen painted on location in Tuscany!
05/22/2026

“Cloud Shadows Over Reggello” 11x14 oil on linen painted on location in Tuscany!

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10390 118th Street N
Stillwater, MN

Website

https://www.colorrelativity.com/

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