Boundless Beauty:
Paintings of National Parks

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This gallery features my national park art

My husband and I are very fortunate in that we are in a position to travel several months each year. Using the privilege, we have explored all of the states and much of Canada in search of unspoiled landscapes.

We have a special love for two of the parks—Great Sand Dunes National Park near Alamosa, Colorado, and Acadia National Park in downeast Maine—where we have been volunteers in their Visitors’ Centers, at their campgrounds, their educational programs, and their Artist-in-Residence programs. It is a great experience to live in these special places, and focus in depth on the environment, animals, birds, flowers, hiking trails, and water resources.

national park art, watercolor paintings, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Medano Creek, Mount Herard, JoAnn Pippin, paintings of national parks, landscape paintings

MEDANO CREEK FLOWS IN THE SPRING

Medano Creek in Great Sand Dunes National Park sometimes flows so fast in the spring that it creates unique waves. People from all over Colorado gather to to enjoy the action. The mountain snow slowly melts into the arroyos, which carry the runoff to the creek.

Original Watercolor
Framed Size: 22" h x 29.5" w
Price: $425

Great Sand Dunes Natonal Park, Wellington Cabin, Early settlers of Colorado, watercolor paintings, national park art, paintings of national parks, JoAnn Pippin

REMAINS OF THE WELLINGTON CABIN

There was once a pioneer settlement within the boundaries of Great Sand Dunes National Park. You can take a short hike to see the remains of the last settler's cabin and his extensive irrigation canals. Some of the highest mountain peaks in Colorado are in the background.

Original Watercolor
Framed Size: 16" h x 20" w
Price: $400

Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, Winter landscapes, watercolor paintings, national park art, paintings of national parks, Maine coast, Mount Desert Island

WINTER ATOP CADILLAC MOUNTAIN

The view from the bare granite rocks at the top of Cadillac Mountain is fantastic every time of year, but not many people get to see it in the frosty winter mode.

Original Watercolor
Framed Size: 10" h x 14" w
Price: $185

Acadia National Park, Seawall, Mt. Desert Island, Maine Coast, national park art, paintings of national parks, watercolor paintings

ROAD TO SEAWALL

Seawall is on the "quie side" of Mt. Desert Island. The road is right on the edge of the rolling stone beach and sometimes gets washed over in storms. Perhaps the swamp on the right becomes brackish when this happens...

Original Watercolor
Framed Size: 18" h x 16" w
Price: $335

Acadia National Park, Schoodic, Maine Coast, downeast Maine, national park art, paintings of national parks, watercolor paintings

GOLD AND GRANITE

On the road to Schoodic Point one fall, I found this beautiful seascape of granite ledges framed by bright yellow goldenrod.

Original Watercolor
Framed Size: 16" h x 20" w
Price: $$335

national park art, paintings of national parks, watercolor paintings, St. Gaudens National Monument, New Hampshire

PATHWAY THROUGH THE BIRCHES

New England birches line a pathway at St. Gaudens National Monument in New Hampshire. The dapple of the leaves and the dark blue shadows attracted me to this scene.

Original Watercolor
Framed Size: 24" h x 16" w
Price: $250

national park art, paintings of national parks, watercolor paintings, Joshua Tree National Park, California parks

SENTINEL

The unique shape of the Joshua tree in the foreground and the background grove of Joshuas seem to fit comfortably with the white desert sand and bare rock mountains. The place was silent and barren until a crow flew in and assumed his lookout position.

Original Watercolor
Framed Size: 20" h x 16" w
Price: $335

national park art, paintings of national parks, watercolor paintings, Big Bend National Park, Texas parks, West Texas

THE WINDOW AT BIG BEND

Here is another place that attracted me because it seems barren, but we dscovered that it is teeming with life. The buzzards flew overhead constantly, no doubt looking for creatures that had perished in the dry, hot conditions of this national park. Layers of eroded mountains make this area fascinating.

Original Watercolor
Framed Size: 20" h x 16" w
Price: $250

national park art, paintings of national parks, watercolor paintings, Yosemite National Park, California parks, Yosemite Valley

YOSEMITE FROM THE VALLEY

It was fall that we visited Yosemite, just before they closed Tuolemne Pass for the winter. So, although this is the site where Yosemite Falls drops down in the spring, all you see is the path of the falls on the stone (left outcropping) in the dry season. Still, it was a lovely day to sit in by the river in the valley and paint the carved erosion lines of the surrounding cliffs.

Original Watercolor
Framed Size: 16" h x 20" w
Price: $250

national park art, paintings of national parks, watercolor paintings, Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina parks

STROLLING THROUGH A DAPPLED FOREST

We found this springtime scene on a hike in the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. The leaves were just popping out, and the woods were alive with the delicate colors of early spring.

Original Watercolor
Framed Size: 16" h x 20" w
Price: $335

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