The Great Smoky Mountains near The Blue Ridge Parkway and The Mindy Project is back...

My artwork



The Great Smoky Mountains Original Painting has been sold



Another great range mountain range in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains is The Great Smoky mountains. This is another region my husband, Clyde Kessler, researches for birds and butterflies. The national park is an extremely popular park.

It was established in 1934 and is the largest national park East of the Rocky Mountains and receives 9-10 million visitors a year. The park is home to 4000 plant species, 140 tree species and around 1600 black bears.

It is known as the salamander capital of the world with 30 species.

I got this information from 75 facts about the Great Smoky National Park printed in the online publication, Escape to the Smokies



Shadow on a Ridge Near Rocky Knob Original Oil Painting 30"x40" $2425.00


Life with the Bird and Word Man - Clyde Kessler



Shadow on a Ridge Near Rocky Knob is another favorite painting from the Rock Castle Gorge section of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I have more paintings from this area of the Blue Ridge Parkway than any other location. This is where my husband does most of his bird and butterfly research.

He is a well-known naturalist in The New River Valley and has led countless nature hikes in his beautiful home region.

He is also a poet and had five poems accepted for publication today! He is really on a roll right now. He has had over 200 poems published in magazines and one in an anthology.

The Mindy Project is Back on The Air!

I am so pleased The Mindy Project is back on TV with a new episode tonight at 9:30pm on FoxTV!






Reaching Out Original charcoal drawing on paper in white mat $894.00



Be sure to look for my best-selling print, "Reaching Out", which was chosen out of over 3 million works of art on Fine Art America to be on the show! It is in Mindy's office and there have been many shots of it last season and this season!

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