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.
“A Good Omen”, mixed media mosaic sculpture, 10 feet tall by 40 feet wide, 2020 by Kasia Polkowska These 6 feathers are pernamently installed at the Mystic Valley Sculpture Park which is a collaborative art project that I share with my creative and life partner Kyle Cunniff. Our property is 40 acres and is located ...
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 is the 4th our of 5 posts where I tried to share a little bit about my huge mosaic feather installation at the Mystic Valley Sculpture Park in Mosca, Colorado near the Great Sand Dunes National Park. In the previous posts I’ve touched upon different aspects of creating these sculptures as well as some ...
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 ...
The installation of these sculptures did not go as planned or as hoped. In the previous posts, Part 1 and Part 2, I touched upon the unforeseen circumstances with having to plan a big move during the pandemic as well as during the sleepless months following the birth of my second son. We had to ...
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 ...
This 10ft tall by 40ft wide installation consists of 6 double sided glass and ceramic mosaic feather sculptures. After completing the first side of each feather, I recreated the designs, mostly the same besides it being a mirror image of the first one. I must admit that doing this type of repetition for each sculpture ...
I first conceived the notion for this sculpture installation in the Fall of 2017, right after giving birth to my first son, Ethan. I did a variety of pencil sketches, followed by creating color concepts in photoshop and following up with this scale mock up. Fast forward to late 2019, just months before I gave ...
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 ...