Want To See How I Make My Cookie Landscape Paintings?

Hey folks, if you are interested in following the daily progress of my Cookie Landscape painting series, which I’ll be debuting at my March 2026 solo show at Hidell Brooks Gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina, make sure you check in on my TikTok or my Instagram stories to see the latest (remember that the Instagram stories are only up for 24 hours, so to see all of the clips, check my TikTok).

Check out the latest video, where I show you some insights about the complicated planning stages for the cookie/frosting paintings. In case you are curious, there’s no AI of any kind here! Just my brain and a bit of imagination creating a good old-fashioned sketch and color sketch, followed by me baking and decorating a real cookie/frosting scene, then spending many many hours painting it.

Like this one, still in progress: Butterflies in the Sky, 24″ x 24″, acrylic on panel.

Check out my latest behind-the-scenes video if you want to see the crazy process I have for making the models for my Cookie Landscape paintings. This one, Butterflies in the Sky, is still a work in progress!

I hope these paintings bring a little bit of joy into your life! Thanks as always for your interest!

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Kim Testone

Kim Testone is an acrylic still life and trompe l’oeil painter whose work focuses on whimsical food subjects. She is a former art magazine editor and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art from the University of Central Florida and a Master’s Degree in Arts Administration from Savannah College of Art and Design. Her paintings are represented by Hidell Brooks Gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina. For more about her work, please visit https://kimtestone.com/.

Kim Testone

I’m a full-time acrylic realism and trompe l’oeil painter creating whimsical food paintings inspired by real-life creations that I bake, decorate or scoop in my kitchen. All of my paintings are flat, painted with many thin layers of acrylic paint, aiming to look at three-dimensional as possible. I hope you’ll join me on the journey of creating art that brings a little happy magic into the world. I’ll be sharing my process, my insights, and hopefully some things that will inspire you to appreciate the little things around you every day.

The Formal Stuff:

B.A. in Studio Art from the University of Central Florida
M.A. in Arts Administration from Savannah College of Art and Design
Former Art Magazine Editor
Represented by Hidell Brooks Gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina

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