Colorful Colorado mountain landscapes that calm the mind.
Access that state of mind anytime with fine art for your home + creativity workshops for your spirit.
Waking up is an art…
and a way of being.
As a long-time meditation practitioner, I notice that what’s right before my eyes often gets obscured by the thinking mind. Making art helps me ground the practice of awareness in the present moment.
"To observe without judgment is to practice awareness.”
Hi! I’m Kim.
I’m a landscape painter with a background teaching yoga and meditation. I am a daily meditator, and bring this perspective to my creative process.
So, I’m interested not only in the subjects I paint, but also the process itself. I try to capture the ineffable atmosphere in which things take place—the quality of mind that accommodates all things.
I’m fascinated by the ever-changing moods of the natural world--the color of uranium mountains at sunset, purple snow shadows on a cactus field, or the sky’s electric intensity before a thunderstorm. I’m also interested in the moods, or states of mind evoked by being in nature, and enjoy the challenge of expressing these emotions in color and form.
My hope is to convey the peace and spaciousness of the gorgeous mountain landscape surrounding my home in Crestone, Colorado, so you can have your own spiritual awakening in your home.
Kim Roberts Bio
Kim Roberts is a Colorado-based contemporary artist who brings a playful and unexpected perspective to her mixed media mountain landscapes.
Her work is an exploration of how the quality of our awareness affects what we see, and what we may choose not to see. The assumptions we make when the unexpected arises invite their own contemplation.
Trained as a mental health professional and meditation instructor, she taught wellness programs at luxury resorts and retreats around the world for 20 years. She earned an MA in Contemplative Psychology from Naropa University in 1994 and received Pattabhi Jois’ authorization to teach Ashtanga Yoga in 2003.
She is the author of two books, Ashtanga Yoga for Beginner’s Mind and Toward a Secret Sky: Creating Your Own Modern Pilgrimage. She has also contributed to MindBodyGreen and Elephant Journal, and other publications.
She spent the better part of 15 years living and working in South and Southeast Asia, leading retreats and teaching healing practices at high-end resorts and retreat centers—including a two-year stint managing the yoga program at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Central Hong Kong and another two-year stint teaching yoga at several five-star resorts in the Kingdom of Bhutan.
When painting proved to be her source of wellness, she shifted her focus to making art–starting by sketching watercolors while living in South India in 2003.
She has exhibited extensively throughout Colorado, and has been represented at several Colorado galleries, as well as corporate and private collections around the world.
Kim divides her time between Crestone and Denver with her artist husband, Steve.
