Ardath has been creating something most of her life. She sings as well and her song has been heard on extensive travels in concert throughout the world. Creativity influenced by her business career in engineering and design, her love for her works in art and music merge. The music in her paintings brings much joy to others.

 

Cathy believes it is pursuing one’s passions that makes life wonderful. Painting is just one of her many passions and she hopes you enjoy her original work. Cathy encourages you to find your passions and celebrate your life to the fullest. You are the miracle; dance wildly and sing loudly.
 

Life inspires me to paint. I enjoy transforming the photos I have taken into watercolor. Watercolor has enabled me to combine the art of nursing and the art of life.
 

Humor and painting maintain Cindy’s sanity in a job that often leaves one depleted to the beauty of the world. The ability to paint and create serves to remind us that every season has its own magic.
 

Carmen Freeman has always enjoyed creating things. She entered into doing art after she took an early disability retirement. Art classes offered so much; stimulation, learning, making beautiful things, meeting people. She was able to overcome and ignore most of the pain and disability.
 

I am a linguistics teacher and amateur photographer whose favorite subjects are the frogs, turkeys, deer and other critters who wander around Bryn Glas (Welsh for “Green Hill”) — our hilltop farmlet in the Finger Lakes region of New York.
 

Observation, imagination, and recollection play their parts in identifying figures, florals, and landscapes. I begin with free-flowing color.
 

I love to scuba dive and take photos of all the beauty underwater. I am married and have two grown boys. My husband, Ken, is my extra pair of eyes while we dive. He helps me find some great shots. I hope you enjoy the underwater beauty through my photos too.
 

Bob Harvey, signature RP on paintings, has been oil painting about 5 years. His passion for painting landscapes, seascapes and portraits is balanced by being a father, physician and outdoor enthusiast. The joy of motorcycling and snowboarding is countered by the creative pleasure he experiences through art, literature and poetry. He is a Colorado native where
mountain vistas dominate, but loves North Carolina where he paints seascapes along the Carolina beaches.

 

Chuck owns and operates a digital printing business in Lakewood, Colorado which includes fine art gicee printing. His artwork covers a wide variety of subjects, but he especially enjoys creating images relating to the city.
 

Living in a retirement community, Bur is recalling hours spent hiking and jeeping in fantastic mountain scenes. Her husband’s camera captured the highlights of the back country vistas. These slides and her intimate knowledge of the Rocky Mountain area are the inspiration for her oil paintings. She hopes the grandeur of these landscapes will convey how great God is.
 

I have been painting for about 15 years and love class and the friends in it. My father told me that I got my skills from him as he was a professional artist. I have 3 grown daughters, 6 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Thank you.
 

In my work I try to appeal to all the physical senses as well as emotions. The sense of sight initiates the journey - composition - balance - color - focal point. I also want the viewer to feel the bite of the wind - taste the salt air - shiver in the dampness - hear the swoosh of wings - and maybe even smell the horses. All of these enhance the emotional response. To me, my paintings are complete only after the viewer experiences these sensory and emotional feelings.
 

I am Heather Craven. I truly enjoy color… color in a painting, in the produce section of a grocery store or just outside my window. Looking at a beautiful design can lift my mood or inspire a creation of my own. I studied design for several years in college and have continued to paint off and on throughout the years. I am the mother of three rambunctious children who keep me running. My designs tend to focus on small moments of every day life. The moments in which my toddler crouches in the grass to peer at the bugs or the gasp of awe as my daughter watches a summer butterfly, these are the images I hold dear as I paint. When I look at my designs I feel the whimsy and hope of childhood.
 

I have painted in oils for many years and have done a good amount of commissioned work of all types. I have a “pet portrait” business where I paint from a photograph. I have committed for a good many years to share 50% of my gross sales with missionaries and this gives me motivation to paint and sell
 

Judy was raised in New Mexico where she was first introduced to the clear blue skies and vivid colors of the New Mexico sunsets. Her profession as a nurse has taken her to many places throughout the world where she expanded her knowledge and love of nature. Her primary medium is watercolors and her primary subjects are flowers and children.

Judy believes that anyone can paint and painting is an excellent way of relieving stress as well as expressing hopes, dreams and ambitions. Judy’s fun-loving nature and her feisty spirit add a certain sparkle and charm to her artwork. Her paintings have brought joy to those lucky enough to receive the gift of her talents.
 

Artist Judy Meurer is a Colorado native. Prints, cards and journals are created from her original works of art.
 

Wife and mother of six, Kathy has rediscovered creativity and control through collage, watercolor, and acrylics. Travels with her family and the bouquets of her own backyard provide the inspiration for her art.
 

Kathy Carnival was a self taught artist and painted anything from scenery, portraits, tole, and on many pieces of old tools, particularly saws. She took her life in October of 2005. Kathy loved the outdoors and had a beautiful English garden at her home in Westminster, Colorado. She also taught herself how to garden. She used the name Molly, after her grandmother, to sign her paintings. She started drawing when she was 16 years old and had a great talent for that as well. I remember when Ed Sullivan had on Paul Revere and the Raiders and she painted Paul from the TV. It was incredible. May my sister rest in peace now.

95% of the profits of Kathy's cards will go to a battered woman's center.
 

“You can do that!” is the motto for this multi-talented artist and instructor. Laurie has been the inspiration for many art students, young and old alike, to develop their own spark for the arts. No matter what the medium, Laurie demonstrates enthusiasm and excitement to all who view her unique creations.

 

Award winning teddy bear artist, Michelle Lamb, started out her career as a graphic designer/illustrator and muralist, but after 17 years discovered her passion for soft sculpture art in the form of plush animals. These distinctive bears are created to have soulful expressions and go well beyond the realm of traditional toy bears into the world of highly sought collectibles. Each teddy bear is a one of a kind, handcrafted work of art designed to elicit heartfelt joy and comfort.
 

Molly Miller has a way of capturing the quiet beauty of nature. She also has a way of capturing a cat's unusual expression in both her paintings and photographs.
 

Myrlyn Harbert is an accomplished artist in many mediums including watercolors, oil, and acrylics. She is the mother of six children. Her daughter, Laurie, son, Wayne, and daughter-in-law, Anita all have images with Carousel Palette Cards.
 

Posey is a breast cancer survivor. Since retiring, she stays busy painting, silversmithing, reading, gardening, traveling, and playing with her cat, Skunk. Life is Posey’s inspiration.
 

Hello, my name is Sharon Neville, and having grown up in Colorado I am continually impressed by the awesome beauty of nature. These incredible clouds came to Summit County one week before Christmas. They are a blessing for sharing. Enjoy.
 

My love for art has developed through my passion for travel, photography, and art museums. Living in Europe and my extended journeys have taken me around the globe which has allowed me the opportunity to study art. I love to paint and persevere to reflect meaningful subject matters by capturing beauty, uniqueness, interest, and emotion. My desire is to give the viewer a greater appreciation and meaning for life and thankfulness for all that we have been blessed with. I say, "To recreate an experience, a message, or a cherished memory through an art form is priceless." I paint in a variety of mediums including oil, watercolor, pastels and acrylic. I do commission work up request.

My passion for art is an adjunct to my passion for Jesus Christ and all that He has done for me personally as well as mankind. I delight in the opportunity to share my God given talent through art.
 

Although I believe my work is a form of art, it is also related to experimental science. Experimenting with various functions and exploring them over different values of their domains are essential ingredients of my creations. The works that I present are a very small part of an infinite universe and a form of electronic media that is a synthesis of art, mathematics, computer science, and experimentation. There are many interesting worlds where art and mathematics interact.
 

Born in St. Louis, Steve moved to Denver and began painting and exhibiting here. His work has also been shown in galleries throughout Colorado, Florida, and Missouri since 1990. A story-teller by nature, Steve grew up loving New York City. Most of his art works are cityscapes reflecting that love.
 

Hello, I am Tim Petro. I am an artist, a massage therapist, a lucky husband and a proud father. I enjoy the simple and beautiful things that life has to offer. I believe in a oneness in the universe connecting all living things: humans, animals, Mother Earth, above and below. I enjoy trying to incorporate all these spiritual beliefs into my artwork. To me art is a beautiful journey for the mind, body and spirit, so why not have fun and let go and see where it can take you. I hope you are enjoying my art as much as I have enjoyed creating it. Many thanks. Peace, Love and Be Well!
 

I do not consider myself a photographer or a writer but after decades of lying in the dirt and playing in the snow nature has given me many things to photograph and write about. You can view more of John's images at www.treelinephotography.com.