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A Little Piece of Heaven
A Little Piece of Heaven This was my childhood church. It's only maintenance has been a new coat of paint, other than that it hasn't changed in 60...
North Fork Ranger Cabin
North Fork Ranger Cabin Located west of Millarville just past the Quirk Creek Plant on Three Point Creek is the Chinook Ranch owned by John and...
Blooming Desert
Blooming Desert Under the watercolor sky stands a ridge of sandstone mountains somewhere in the desert. The mountins give way to the rugged dessert...
Black Wolf
Black Wolf The wolf is one of the most iconic animals in North America. The stories, myths and legends have been passed down for generations. They...
Eagle
Eagle The Eagle is one of the most recognizable birds of prey in the world. The subject of legends since man has roamed the earth. The symbol of...
Magic In A Puddle
Magic In A Puddle Admit it, we have all been there. It's as if there is something in the glistening little piece of water that is beckoning, daring...
The Rough Stock Pen
The Rough Stock Pen Brighten your day with an impressionistic style digital oil painting of a group of very colorful horses. Referenced by a...
Calving Time
Calving Time Calving time comes once a year. Signaling a new beginning. Long nights with little sleep, concern for the mamas and their newborns is...
The Wolf
The Wolf All the time I spent in the high country of Southern Alberta I never got to actually see a wolf. Oh they were there and when we were...
Canadian Ice Fields
I Canadian Ice Fields This painting was referenced from a picture my sister took of the Canadian Ice Fields on a helicopter trip she took with my...
A Mother’s Love
A Mother's Love There is a certain peace that overcomes me when I chance to see a mother with her newborn foal. So many questions come to mind, how...
Learning to Swim
Learning To Swim The Salt River wild horses spend a great deal of time in the river. This mare is teaching her colt ways of the river and the best...
Red Painted Horse
Red Painted Horse Who doesn't like a bit of color? Paint horses come in a multitude of patterns and colors and you never know just what you are...
A New Day Dawns
A New Day Dawns With the sun rise we are given a brand new day to do with as we will. Yesterday is over and never to return. Today is new, just for...
Little Red Truck
Little Red Truck A little whimsey, a bit of fun carried away in a little red truck. Taking a break from my conventioal art is fun and most of my...
Charolais Girls
The Charolais Girls Copyright C. Kelts 2019 Curious by nature cows can brighten your day if you give them a chance to. This pastel oil, referenced...
Carolina Wren
Carolina Wren Measured in ounces, no neck to speak of, a body shaped like a walnut and a tail that stands at attention a good deal of the time. One...
Winter Jay
Winter Jay Jay's of all types are cheekey, aggressive, colorful and territorial. They have no problem pecking birds of prey three times their size....
Deep Blue Sea
Deep Blue Sea How many times have I dreamed of a chance encounter with a leviathan of the deep blue sea. The Blue Whale conjures up fantastical...
Bobcat
This is a city cat, one of the many bobcats that have adapted to life in the middle of the DFW Metroplex. One of my favorite places to spend my time...
Rocky Mountain Big Horn
Rocky Mountain Big Horn A native Alberta mammal, the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep was designated as the provincial animal in 1989. Prehistoric...
Red Shouldered Sentry
Very few can strike such an imposing pose, the Red-shouldered Hawk has it down to a science. They can't do cute. The red-shouldered hawk is a...
City Hawk
This particular Red Tail is a regular in our neighborhood. Adjusted to life in the city he is very comfortable crusing the back yards picking off...
Swallow Shenanigans
The Barn Swallow Everyone has marveled at the antics of the swallow and thanked them for eating every mosquito the can find. Not to mention all the...
The Ranch
This is home to me. I spent my childhood roaming these hills. Limited only by my imagination life was a continous adventure. Yes I know how lucky I...
The Red Tail Hawk
Hawks are often seen as a symbol of power in Native American cultures. Like eagles, they are symbols of courage and strength. In some tribes, such...
Dancing Sky
Northern Lights The northern lights (also known as aurora borealis) appear as large areas of colour including pale green, pink, shades of red,...
Dirt Road To Heaven
Dirt Road To Heaven "Gold In The Darkness" Copyright Connie Kelts Prairie Gold, watercolor landscape of the Northern Prairies under a brooding sky. ...
The Rough Stock Pen
On a trip to Pueblo Colorado to the Pike's Peak PRCA Rodeo I took a picture of one of the bronc pens. That image was the inspiration for this...
Cedar Waxwing
The Cedar Waxwing The Cedar Waxwing is a classy character. They are a medium-sized sleek bird with a big head, short neck and a short wide bill....
