"Purple Mountains, Amber Waves", original watercolor painting by Karla Nolan

I have always loved the song, "America, The Beautiful" and thought it might be an appropriate gesture for this special week, Thanksgiving and all, to salute this wonderful country in which we live.  I believe that the song was inspired by Pike's Peak here in Colorado and written by Katharine Lee Bates in 1893.

"Purple Mountains, Amber Waves", 8"x10.5" original watercolor painting, $125

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"I am a Patriot" Original Palette Knife Painting by Hallie Kohn Art

This is the first painting from many photos that I took while in Washington DC this summer. The flag was located between the Lincoln and Vietnam Veterans Memorials and has the smaller POW flag below. I've always wanted to do a painting of our flag, and this felt like the perfect one to try. Doesn't it look strong and proud?

It was so great finally seeing all of the important structures and memorials in DC after having taught about them for so many years. Looking forward to taking our boys when they get a bit older. Of course one of my favorite parts was the afternoon I spent at The National Gallery of Art browsing around and absorbing as much history as I could there as well.

11x14 Oil on Museum Quality Panel

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