Don't you just love the contrast of gold and blue?

The swirling koi look like a yin and yang dance.

Back in the unlikely desert city in Nevada,

there is a group of koi lovers.

They create their own tiny oasis

and fill them with living bits of flashing color.

Precious water and life

in a desert.

They found me,

saw some koi paintings I had done in a gallery.

I spent a year creating huge

paintings.

To cool their homes

and

honor their jewel like friends.

You can find purchase information

Here.

Back at the blogger again.......

Hello Again!

Here I am back on blogger.

I was hiding out on my website, blogging away,

mostly to myself.

A little boring. No comments.

I was falling asleep at the keyboard.

So I decided to come back again, not as the Paintdiva, 

fine person though she is,

but as myself.

Ahem, it is I, Kathleen Barnes,

Painter, teacher, mother, sister, friend and..oh yes..wife.

and a bit of the Diva.

though she is quiet these days.

So, I promise to be sharing with you the delights 

and beauty I find in the places and spaces

around my world.

I will be sharing what happens on my easel, in my studio,

and in my heart.

I hope you will join me as I paint and enjoy the beauty

we have been blessed with.

Please visit my website at www.Kathleenbarnesartist.com

and my gallery page at

Daily Paintworks