Kelly can’t remember a time where creativity didn’t fuel her!
She is a proud native Coloradan and is very grateful to have grown up on the ski slopes and in the wildflower fields of Vail, Colorado as a second home.
Kelly holds a BS and an MA in Speech-Language Pathology and Communication Disorders from Colorado State University, and the University of Colorado at Boulder.
As a Career Speech-Language Pathologist, Kelly has always utilized her ability to apply her creativity in unique and special ways in order to help others to find their own voices. She understands the importance of creatively expressing ourselves through play, words, humor, art, photography, writing, music and many other creative mediums. Kelly is a Certified Art Therapy Practitioner, a SoulCollage©️ Facilitator, a Hanen Certified Play Therapist, and professionally trained in iPhone Photography and editing.
Her workshops and retreats are filled with fun, humor, surprises and inspirational touches that will ignite your own sparks of wisdom and creativity.
She is the author of two books: “Living Happily Ever After…Every Now and Then,” and “Just Be.”
Kelly lives with her amazing husband, Steve, and her equally amazing Scottie dog, Sadie, in Denver, Colorado!
Lauren spent her childhood in Long Island, New York, and she was fortunate to have parents who exposed her to both art and skiing at a young age.
Lauren loved to do anything creative and this became her passion growing up. When it came time to select a college and a major, her family was incredibly supportive of her love of art and everyone brainstormed ideas that would allow her to pursue art as a career. There were many conversations around the dinner table that sparked the idea of opening an arts center someday!
Lauren attended University of Michigan’s School of Art and Design and she explored as many art mediums as she could fit into four years. After college, Lauren accepted a K-12 Art Teacher position at Vail Mountain School and moved to beautiful Vail, Colorado which quickly became home.
Her love of teaching, connections with families throughout the valley, and role on the board of Eagle Valley Artists Alliance sparked the idea to open Alpine Arts Center for the community. Lauren is thrilled to realize her lifelong dream and explore this journey as Alpine Arts Center’s owner and founder.
we are very grateful to have a Lauren joining us for another exciting creative surprise this year!
“I was born and raised in Colorado and I grew up loving the natural environment and the wild Rocky Mountains around me. It helped shape me as a person and as an artist.
As an extremely quiet and shy child, I felt as though I never had a voice. Throughout my life, art became my voice. And living in this amazing environment, whether experiencing the slow ripple of a stream or the wind whispering through the aspen leaves, provides a sense of calm and peacefulness. The beauty and mystery of nature became something soulful, deeply ingrained into who I am. I think this is why I am consistently attempting to capture the sense of awe and wonder that I feel from it. Although I am still shy, now I feel my artwork expresses my voice clearly.
Just like nature expresses itself differently each season, I too use different mediums for expressing myself through art. Mixed media, watercolors, and encaustic keeps my art growing in many different ways. I love to create the beauty of nature in my own unique style and hope to impart this sense of peace and joy on to my viewers.
I'm constantly learning about art and technique, through self-study as well as taking workshops. I'm honored to say that my work has been displayed throughout Colorado and resides in private collections both nationally and internationally.
Thanks for joining me on this journey and this adventure we call life and art!”
- d. l. martin
https://www.facebook.com/dlmartinfineart/
Beth Palmer has been an art educator and concept designer for over 40 years. She’s currently 2023-24 North Carolina Art Educator of the Year, Emeritus Division.
For her, this means being able to share the joys and value of arts education, and even more about the Joy of Creativity and Lifelong Learning.
She spends much of her time visiting thrift stores and tag sales, looking for the next fun things, especially vintage wooden boxes, textiles, old sheet music and other ephemera to use in her mixed media paintings.
Teaching young children as an elementary school art teacher for many years,was a door into the imagination and daily childlike wonder which still permeates her work today. Every day is a new day and a new opportunity to learn, grow, and create!
American contemporary artist Rachel Tribble’s award-winning watercolor and oil paintings are recognized for their meditative qualities and serene use of color. Originally from New York City, Tribble introduced her multi-media installations and performance work into the alternative venues of rock nightclubs in the 1990s during the rise of the EDM movement. Inside that arena she created works that brought the viewers attention into the natural world and sparked esoteric and social questions.
A constant champion for the environment, her journey took a deeper turn when she took a hiatus from her creative process and went to live and work within the Native American community. Finding inspiration in the wisdom of the Lakota and Anishinaabe people, she returned to painting and released an entirely elemental portfolio that attracted the attention of the Walt Disney Company and she was approached to create the award- winning Poster for the 2008 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival.
Today, Tribble’s paintings deliver a soothing rhythm that engulfs the viewer in magical contemplation and establishes an instant connection with inner peacefulness and Gaia herself. Tribble is also the co-founder of The Association for Tribal Heritage a non-profit 501(c)3 organization committed to forming bridges between the indigenous and western worlds in a shared dedication to a sustainable global future that respects and honors all beings.
Tribble's work has been shown in galleries, at the Miami Art Week Fairs, at EPCOT, in the Art of Disney galleries, in national and international magazines, and has been gifted to nominees of the Academy Awards and the Emmy Awards. Among others, her work for the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival Poster at Walt Disney World won the IFEA Gold Pinnacle Award for the Walt Disney Company.
My name is Caroline from Spirit of Nature Art and together, nature and art help to keep me anchored and calm as I navigate life. I love to share my work to inspire others to find their creative soul.
I’ve never taken the straight forward, or expected path in life! I have always loved to explore possibilities, find the path less trodden, and forge my own way!
I have been a veterinary nurse, dog trainer, charity worker, therapist and artist! An eclectic mix but all threaded together by my passion to help others create the best environment for them, as individuals, to flourish (2 legged or 4 legged!)
Animals and nature have always been a huge anchor in my life. I love my daily walks in nature and am especially drawn to the flow of rivers. I love to weave metaphors and stories from the natural world to help us see life from a different perspective.
I live in a small village right in the heart of rural England, UK, in a river valley bursting with wildlife to inspire me. I am owned by 5 cats, 5 chickens and 13 ducks (oh, and I have a husband too!)
We can’t wait to let you in in the surprise!
Danielle Anderson
of Danielle Ate the Sandwich
Songwriting Ukulele Muse With a side dash of improv!
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