KM2146 Aspen with Paintbrush

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When not looking for flowers I find the aspen such a joy to paint. This is a little summer scene with the fabulous bright red Indian Paintbrush that are such a beautiful spice to this scene.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2145 Window Shopping

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I thought I'd take a break from my Playa pictures and do a small street scene from my Paris pictures. The rain had just stopped leaving wonderful reflections in the wet sidewalks. It was October and the sun came in and out of the rain showers. My arm got worn out pulling the camera in and out from under my coat to keep it dry but I had to be quick as the conditions changed so fast.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2144 Sweet Dreams

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I love the way cats and dogs join in when dining out in places I travel to outside of our country! This little kitty gave up on getting any stray tidbits from our table where we were dining and laid down next to us and nodded off. I guess that is the true meaning of the phrase "Cat Nap"!!!!!

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2143 Beach Towels

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What a scene, the brightly colored swimming towels drying on the rail of the thatched roof hut! How could I resist. Obviously I am still in Playa del Carmen having a ball putting all the great imagery to canvas!

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2140 Beachcombing

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If it isn't obvious yet, I am totally drawn to the beach. I can stare for hours watching the tide come in or go out while the waves wash upon the shore with the wet sand filled with its surrounding colors or refection of the skies. I was as drawn to these colorful thached huts on the beach. Of course, I am still referring to Playa. It is fun to get to paint so many pictures from a trip with these little ones, a luxury I don't often indulge in with so many other paintings calling to be done!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2139 Drenched in Sunshine

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I rarely paint a still life, but I couldn't resist this one. These bowls of fruit and avocados were on a sill where we entered a wonderful open air restaurant in Playa del Carmen a few weeks ago. What could be more visually stimulating and imagine what it did for the appetite!!! Here in a natural setting was a composition I would never have imagined to set up nor would I ever find the perfect lighting that was in this scene.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2138 Oh So Brilliant

The Hibiscus were blooming all over Playa del Carmen while I was visiting. It is hard to resist their deep, rich, red color....such a reminder of the warm wonderful days on the beach there.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2137 Along the Beach

At last, I am back to the studio and getting caught up on my daily paintings as well as all my other paintings for my galleries. I had a wonderful relaxing time in Mexico, Playa del Carmen, where this scene came from. It was exquisitely beautiful, and doing justice to the white beaches, turquoise waters and last remaining thatched huts is a challenge.
With all my painting that I need to do for my galleries I will probably be posting every other day for awhile.
Enjoy!!!


7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2136 The Observer

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I have returned from a wonderful trip to Mexico where I did mostly.... nothing. It was a trip of walking, swimming, reading, eating, drinking and sleeping. Oh, I did manage to get a few photos as well, so I will be starting on those next week. Look for some beautiful new paintings inspired from that trip!
Meanwhile, this little guy was done before I left. I am having a great time doing these little bird paintings as I find reference for them. They are a challenge to photograph as they are so busy and never stay in one place for long.

6"x6" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2135 Ahh Spring

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Here in Colorado we have only been teased with spring this year. The other day, in between winds and rain and cold we had a perfect spring day with the sun and great temperatures when I was told about these incredible tulips that were in perfect late day light showing off the beautiful orange, tangerine and yellow colors that I have never seen before in tulips!


6"x6" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2130 Sun and Aspens

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I seem to be stuck on paintings from the Crested Butte area. The sun in the aspen trees surrounded by meadows filled with wildflowers is irresistable to me.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2128 Side Street in Florence

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I found this little scene while in Florence, Italy wandering around and peeking into all the side streets which is where I found this little courtyard. What a scene with the sunlit walls, lush growth all around and the sense of wonder of what it is like to live there.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2127 Perched

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I am having a great time painting subjects other than landscapes and florals. It is great to expand my horizons and of course anything in the animal world is a passion for me. Birds are such a wonderful part of our world, seemingly so free in flight and and their songs in the spring are like a symphony on my walks.

6"x6" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2126 Storm is Brewing

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I did this painting as a study for a larger piece for Sacred Dancing Gallery where I show in Bigfork, Montana. The scene is outside of Crested Butte on Kebler Pass in July. One of our typical afternoon Colorado storms was moving in and lighting up the hillside which was contrasted by the ominous, dark gray,blue/violet clouds. I'll be posting the larger one I did on my website next week.

I forgot to photograph this painting before varnishing it, so there is a bit of a sheen on it from the light reflecting off the varnish. Got ahead of myself!!!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KM2025 Black Eyed Susan

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6"x4" unframed oil on linen
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This little floral makes a big statement with its cheery, bright yellow colors and the flowers looking up to the sun, seemingly in a poetic dance. Such a joy to paint!!!!

KM2123 Poppy Field

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"Poppy Fields" was inspired from a great trip to Italy one spring. Everywhere we seemed to go we found these lush red fields of poppies brightening up the landscape.

6"x6" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2122 Brilliant Yellow Poppies

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This scene was inspired because I loved the combination of hardy California poppies in and amongst the delicate small white flowers. I really love to zoom in on a scene making a close-up composition giving the flowers importance.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2121 Spring in the Cotswolds

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This scene was found while walking around the beautiful town of Chipping Camden in the Cotswolds of England. It seemed that every home we came upon had beautiful, luscious and prolific gardens. The English are wonderful, creative and experienced gardeners providing a wonderland of reference to artists like myself that love painting gardens and flowers.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2120 On Walden Pond

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This serene scene was really on Walden Pond when I was in New England a few years ago. It was such an incredible walk around the pond and a thrill to be where Thoreau wrote his expose.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2119 Fleeting Moment

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What scene this was last August while in Waterton, Canada, a little town in the Canadian portion of Glacier National Park. Watching the sun set with a glass of wine in hand sitting in the lodge that overlooked this scene was more than memorable and an absolute treat to paint.

5"x7" original oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2105 Warm with Spring

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This rich scene was painted from one of hundreds of pictures I took of this incredible garden found here in Denver last spring. It was a spectacle of oranges, purples greens in the form of poppies, iris and Queen Ann's Lace. I met the lady who has had the garden for many years and love the wildnesss of it. It has a lifetime of compositions to paint! Look for more to come in the future.

7"x5" original oil on gessoed board - unframed
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KM2118 Greek Church

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I found this scene last May while visiting Greece with my husband Jim. We were hiking one of the hills on the island of Hydra when I turned around and saw this church with the beautiful contrast of the white cross with the blue sky. I also as a painter was drawn to the beautiful textures on the hill in front of the church.


5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2117 Alive with Yellow

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Spring is in the air here in Denver today. Walking my little dog Farley I can smell the new life in the blossoming trees and see it in the vibrant colors of the daffodils, tulips and and hyacinths that are popping up everywhere! Thus, I had to do another floral to feed my soul!


6"x6" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2115 Glories of the Garden

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Another incredible garden scene from the Denver Botanic Gardens. Loved the way the light hit the pink poppies and the unstructured growth of all the other flowers in the garden.

7"x5" oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2114 Sunshine on My Shoulders

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I seem to be hung up on song titles and John Denver's song, Sunshine on my Shoulders keeps playing in my head. I guess I am ready to be done with winter and have some spring days with no wind, and sun shining on me in 70 degree temps. This sunlit path makes me feel the summer warmth. I did this landscape from a photo taken at our Denver Botanic Gardens late last summer. It was one of those perfect Colorado Days my mother used to refer to as "Champaign Days"


7"x5" original oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2113 Field of Dreams

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Meadows full of flowers, when does it get any better? This scene is atop Kenosha Pass here in Colorado where I find an abundance of painting reference almost year round... spring and summer meadows of flowers and Aspen groves abundant with summer wildflowers and the changing golden colors of fall.

5"x7" original oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2053 Still Reflections

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The Maroon Bells Wilderness area outside of Aspen, Colorado has magnificent sights to paint and photograph. Fall is ablaze in golden hues from the Aspen trees that grow up and down the steep glacier carved hills. Maroon Lake, surrounded by fields of wildflowers, mirrors images of the Maroon Bells in it's waters.
It is a place to visit spring, summer and fall and is pristine in each season.

7"x5" Original oil on gessoed board
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KM2111 The Road not Taken

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I painted this landscape because I love how roads take you somewhere, sometimes to places known but sometimes not, leaving a sense of wonder as to what is around the next bend. This road, lush with summer greens and wildflowers along the side was found one summer while in Crested Butte, Colorado.

7"x5" original oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2112 I Just Want to be King

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Although I am not a great lover of zoos, I did see this cub when I visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs last weekend. I couldn't resist this scene with him looking out from behind the tree while his Dad was nearby having a nap!

7"x5" original oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2110 Quiet Village

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While in Italy several years ago my friend Pat and I happened upon the small village of Asciano, which is near Siena in Tuscany. We couldn't find a place to stay the night in Siena and found this rich little village on down the road which was a real find.

5"x7" original oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2091 Wild and Vibrant

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Back to springtime in Denver!. This little scene is a teaser for what is yet to come at our Botanic Gardens here in Denver. I found this scene last summer.
This is my favorite time of the year when the crocus are vibrantly blooming telling us that there is so much more to come.

6"x6" original oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2108 Infinite Day

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Ever enjoyed those days that you just want to go on forever? Summers in Colorado can do that, the sunshine on your shoulders, the blue skies and the abundance of wildflowers topped off with the Aspen Groves providing a delicate shade.

7"x5" original oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2049 Poppies and Olive Trees

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I found this scene outside of the beautiful village of St.Remy in Provence, France a few years ago. It was late day as I wandered around with my camera in hand, as always, photographing everything in my sights and it was a feast of sights.
5"x7" original oil painting on gessoed board
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KM2107 Cotswold Garden

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The English are the ultimate gardeners! Springtime in the Cotswolds is a feast for a painter like myself in constant search of floral painting ideas. I could have spent far more days wandering in the Cotswolds with the friendly people, lush gardens, and just outside this town of Chipping Camden were lush green pastures with sheep grazing everywhere. I have a lifetime of paintings to create from this area.

5"x7" original oil on gessoed board
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KM974 The Baby Bunny

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I found this baby bunny during the summer while visiting my gallery in Estes Park, Colorado. He or she was hiding underneath some plants in their garden. Photographing him was a challenge before he got spooked and hopped away.
4"x6" original oil on linen

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KM2035 Wildflower Meadow

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The view atop Kenosha Pass in Colorado is spectacular anytime of the year. I am partial to the wildflower season in July where the abundant wildflowers are giving the illusion of a purple stream! I travel and photograph this spot every year and this particular year was the only time I found them in this abundance.
7"x5" original oil on gessoed board
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KM2103 Bursting in Orange

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Sometimes it is fun to close in on subject and just see it for its singular uniqueness. I was drawn to doing this little composition because of the new buds, seemingly drooping but ready to burst forth with new life and flowers.

6"x6" original oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2102 After the Rain

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"After the Rain" is inspired from my first trip to Paris with my friend Pat who got me there in the first place. We walked and walked and photographed every square inch of the areas we saw. This scene was on Boulevard Les Italiens and was so full of life and color which is doubled by the reflections in the sidewalk caused by a small rain shower.

7"x5" original oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2100 Rise and Shine

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Here is another painting of the bright red poppies I photographed in Greece at Olympia in the ruins. They were rising to the sky while staying cool in the shadows with just a hint of light touching them.

6"x6" original oil painting on gessoed board unframed
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KM2101 Morning has Broken

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This little scene was found one morning while painting outside of Taos, New Mexico - the enchanted state and that it is. The light there is magical especially in the early morning and evening when the whole world there seems lit in a golden glow.

5"x7" original oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2099 Sunlit Poppies

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This brilliant garden was on Queen Anne's Hill in Seattle, Washington. As one who lives in Colorado there is much envy for all the moisture that creates the incredibily vivid, prolific and abundant gardens found in the Northwest. However, I wouldn't trade all of our sunshine for the rain! Therefore I continue to keep the memory of the great gardens found in my travels alive on canvas!

7"x5" original oil on gessoed board unframed
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KM2098 Fall Road

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Fall Day is a departure from all the florals I have been doing this spring. This scene is near Mount Evans here in Colorado. I am always drawn to paths and roads in my compositions. I love the unknown of what might be around the next bend which is never a disappointment here!

7"x5" original oil on gessoed board unframed
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KM2096 Nature's Variety

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Back to the flowers! I think I love to paint them so much as a means of keeping them blooming forever and they are one of the few things that do nothing but add color and joy to our lives.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling