The hike up to Opal Lake is a local treasure. It is a gentle couple mile walk up through a beautiful forest which is perfect for our little family. The hike is short and easy but when you catch the landscape
under the right light, the views equal those of places that may require a more extraneous, longer hike.
This painting is inspired by the mountain view along the trail across the road from where I live in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. This is where I take my kids for little forest walks. Its a beautiful trail any time of the year. But anytime after it would snow, the snow covered pines are completely mesmerizing.
Calm After the Storm acrylic painting on board finished in gloss varnish 12”x24”x2”, 2021 SOLD Visit My Art Shop for Other Available Work: https://www.kasiapolkowskashop.com/ This view is from the foot of Mount Blanca which is the 4th tallest mountain in all of Colorado. I took this photo at the Mystic Valley Sculpture Park which is ...
This painting is inspired by one of my trips to Glacier National Park. I’ve included the photo that I took of a lovely pastoral scene along one of the trails we enjoyed from the famous and beloved Going to the Sun Road which runs through this majestic park.
Alpenglow Over Pagosa Springs acrylic painting on board finished in gloss varnish, 12″x24″x2″ 2021 ~SOLD See My Other Available Paintings Here: https://www.kasiapolkowskashop.com/product-category/paintings-drawings/ I painted this scene back in February a the height of Winter here in Southern Colorado where I live. It was inspired by the beauty of the season’s alpenglow effect ...
Wintry Teton Night acrylic painting on board finished in gloss varnish, 16″x16″x2″ 2021 ~SOLD See My Other Available Paintings Here: https://www.kasiapolkowskashop.com/product-category/paintings-drawings/ With this painting, I worked from my imagination to create a dreamy, night scene of Wyoming’s Teton Moubntains that I’ve been lucky enough to have gotten to visit a few times. Painting ...
Serenity, acrylic painting on board – finished in gloss varnish, 12″x24″, 2021 ~SOLD See other available paintings in my artshop: https://www.kasiapolkowskashop.com/product-category/paintings-drawings/ This painting of one of my favorite pastoral scenes near where I live in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. These are the San Juan Mountains in the Southwestern part of the State. I moved to this ...
Lower Grinnell Lake ~ SOLD acrylic painting on board finished in gloss varnish 18″x18″x2″ 2021 See Other Available Work Here: https://www.kasiapolkowskashop.com/ This painting is of one of my favorite views along the trail up to Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park in Montana. Above is a photo I took of the view is looking down ...
Having recently began painting after a 15 year break (minus a couple other recent paintings) I was pretty anxious to start. It took me about two years to build up the courage. I was afraid that maybe I wouldn’t be able to make anything look like what I imagined. After the initial dipping of the ...
Summer at Slate River,framed stained glass mosaic, 24″ x 24″, 2020 ~SOLD This is the view from one of my most frequented and favorite dispersed campsites in Crested Butte along the beautiful Slate River Road. Below is one of the photos I took while camping out there in July of one of the recent years. ...