Northern Lights Above the Mountains

 

Northern Lights Above the Mountains, acrylic on art board, 24″x18″ (25″x19″ includes custom made red oak gallery style frame), 2025 ~SOLD
See other Available Art Here: https://www.kasiapolkowskashop.com/product-category/paintings-drawings/

This painting is inspired by a clear night above the  forested mountains where the Northern Lights can be seen glowing behind the landscape.

The painting is varnished in mat varnish, has a signed certificate of authenticity on the back as well as a hanging hook and a custom made and finished raw red oak gallery style frame.

2025 Holiday Ornament Release and Holiday Art Markets!

This Holiday Market I expanded on the hand painted Holiday Ornament/Tiny Wood Slice Painting Collection. I created two sizes, Small and Large - relatively speaking as they are all small compared to my other artwork. These were available at the SLV Holiday Makers Market in Alamosa and then in Del Norte as well as the Holiday Market in Durango.

Below you can first see the collection of the bigger ones, followed by the little ones. All of the ornaments have SOLD but you can visit my wood slice online shop page here: https://www.kasiapolkowskashop.com/product-category/wood-slice-originals/ as I will be releasing a collection of 10 larger wood slice originals in January of 2026.

If you missed the Holiday Markets in person, you can still purchase all my artwork via my Online Shop https://www.kasiapolkowskashop.com/product-category/paintings-drawings/  If you don't see something that you may have seen on facebook, instagram or at an in-person event, email kpolkowska@gmail.com as the shop is not always updated in real time.

Large Ornament Collection - 8 Originals

 

 

 

Small Ornament Collection - 10 Originals

 

 

Nautilus Intallation in San Luis, Colorado

We had a pretty epic sculpture installation last weekend in San Luis. Both @kylecunniffart and I now have our Art installed in Colorado’s oldest town for the next year. This was all made possible by our friends the Maestas family who worked so hard to get this new public art program off the ground. We were so lucky to witness this and to tour their art gallery and get a personal tour of the town and to hear about some of the exciting creative projects brewing in this beautiful corner of the San Luis Valley! Check out the full reel on my Instagram and Facebook to see the bronze pour as well as tour of the town and Kyle's sculpture installation.

Below are a few photos of my kids and the installation of my Nautilus Stained Glass Mosaic Sculpture. 

A Mystic Vally Tiny Art Studio Slowly Comes Together

 This has been such an exciting project! Kyle and I have built a tiny painting studio (under 200sq ft) along our sculpture trail in our personal/private sculpture park in Mosca, Colorado. The Mystic Valley Sculpture Park has been a passion project of our for the last 7+ years. It made so much sense to add a space for my 2d art inspired by the incredible night sky that we get to enjoy in the San Luis Valley. The outside and the sign are still a work-in-progress. I will design a special sign for the Cool Sunshine Studio which you can see the interior of in the below photo. Its tiny, but isn't it cut?!?! All the artwork below has now been sold, but you can see the latest available work here: https://www.kasiapolkowskashop.com/product-category/paintings-drawings/

I hope that you enjoy some small glimpses into our family building project in the below photos. The landscape here in the San Luis Valley is so incredible so I've iincluded a few photos from our work days.

 

 

 

Ethan our oldest son, 7 years old here, was such a big part of this build. He was such a great contractor's assistant. Its so neat to look back at this and know he was so essential.

 

 

Even grandpa visited and lended a helping hand!

Naturally I helped with the painting =) And of course I had a couple of eager assistants wanting to use the rollers!

So much of the work was not captured in photos as there were so many steps and so little time.

Many beautiful sunsets and Winter campfires were enjoyed while we cranked on this project here and there when we found time. Winter and early Spring seem to be a time when we are able to squeeze in some of this fun work out there.

 

 

The amount of work that went into this tiny structure is pretty incredible but what an accomplishment for our little group of workers!

View outside the studio - not too shabby!

 

There are so many little hang out spots around the studio to take in the views and the art. 

 

 

 

 

Of course its hard to stay inside working with these inspiring views are right outside the sliding doors! But this place is a sculpture park so we mostly hangout outside here. A little indoor work was worth the end result =)

But outside we must go and make totems out of car toys and be pulled around in utility carts - an all time favorite activity here!

 

 

And back inside so much detail work like the drywall, painting, flooring, ceiling and electrical hook up to the solar. 

 

Right below was the night before the 1st Annual Alamosa Open Studio Tour - trouble shooting the solar powar/lights ... so cool to see it all come together.