ART FOR SALE
Inquire about pieces you like! Prices vary based on size, prints v. originals, or digital downloads. I have hundreds of prints and originals. Many existing prints are discounted to make room for more work. Schedule a viewing to have a look!
Order prints for Wall Hangings or Cards for Holidays, Birthdays, Thank Yous, Get Wells, Congratulations, or any other occasion!
Contact Kira to buy an Original or have a Custom piece made just for you
Phone/Text: (720) 443-2537
Email: 12mountains@gmail.com
Geometric Art
I've been making this art since I was 15. My influence is probably from looking at so many contour maps and planning off-trail backpacking routes! This makes a great, unique gift as a Wall Hanging or Card for the Holidays, Birthdays, or Thank You, Get Well, or Congratulations Cards!
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Ephemeral Beach Art Mosaics
Each creation washed away by the next tide...
In 2013, I wanted to see the sea. I had not been to the ocean in 3 years since I moved from Hawaii. So, I biked to the coast. It was sunset (3 weeks later) when I arrived, and I gathered stones and seaweed and made mosaics in the sand... Down the beach, I walked, collecting, pausing, creating. After some time, I saw fellow beach goers following my gallery of Ephemeral Beach Art, as the tide lapped higher on the shore. After sunset faded to night, while I was cozy, drifting off in my tent, the waves lapped up my creations, and they drifted out to sea. Now I pine for my next visit to a the sea, and I seek beaches with stones and shells and driftwood.
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Passion Paintings
What are "Passion Paintings?" Sometimes I do a painting in a few minutes. I squirt paint on a canvas or use up leftover paint from another painting. I use my hand prints or other objects to create texture, and it all happens very quickly, accessing emotions instead of logic. When I do this, I "see" the piece only after it is done. I "feel" it while I am creating it. I can't always be in this zone, but when I am, it is a meditative experience of both passion and "emptiness."" My first of these is the painting on the bottom left, which reminds me of the "Origin Story" of people coming from earth's mud, a story I heard in Xishuangbanna, China, where I lived during a meaningful time in my life.
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Watercolours
Since my bike tour in New Zealand was six months, I couldn't possibly leave my paints behind! I brought water colours with me, and here are the nine paintings I did on that trip! I spent more than six hours with the seal below (who was with me while I created my largest-ever Ephemeral Beach Art piece), four hours with the penguin pair, and four seconds with the New Zealand Wood Pidgion. The sea Arch is in Wharariki; the mountain with the purple sky is on the Old Ghost Road; and the gal on the 'dinosaur egg' is me at Moeraki Boulders!
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Surrealism
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New Zealand Photography
I bike toured through New Zealand for six months, cycling 6000 miles and hiking 1000. These are the treasures I found...
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Flower Photography
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Mountains
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Canyons & Deserts
Ice & Sand Shots
I photography shadows in the sand, sandscapes, snow scapes, methane bubbles trapped in ice, and I make sculptures with snow as my medium!
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Penguins & Seals
I spent four hours with this penguin pair!
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Marmots & Goats & other Mammals
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Butterflies & Insects & Spiders & Mollusks
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Birds
Reptiles & Amphibians
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Mount Rainier National Park
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West Coast US
Nature's Alphabet
Gift of Connection
Gift me your true light
I wish to see and hear you
That I may know you
Shine
Blooming radiantly!
You find your natural stride
Steering past your fears
Vulnerability
Softly transparent
I share myself as I am
Naked before you
Impermanence
A flake of snow lands
Experiencing the world
The the crystal melts
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Handmade Clothing
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A comment about my art and where it comes from
I find inspiration everywhere! I am constantly creating, and I love working with people to create pieces that are meaningful and inspiring to them. Reach out to explore creating a custom piece for yourself! Through painting, photography, writing, poetry, or any of the styles you see above.
I depict Landscapes, Wildlife &Surrealism...
...through Geometric Art, Ephemeral Beach Mosaics, & Paintings
My Photography features gems from my travels on foot and two wheels
- Colorado to Oregon (via 1-month bike tour, and 1000s of miles of hikes in the west)
- Utah and Wyoming
- New Zealand (via 6 month bike tour)
- Tibet (via month bike tour)
- China (I lived in China for 4 years)
- Yosemite, Yellowstone, Glacier, Rainier, Olympic, North Cascade, Crater, Volcanoes, Rocky Mountain National Parks
- Hawaii (I lived in Hawaii for 4 years)
- Grand Canyon and SW Utah (including 16 days, hiking 20miles/day in the Grand Canyon)