WILD VIBRANT MAGICAL

THE DIVERSE LANDSCAPES OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

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When the Blue Turns Gold

Fall Colors in the Blue Ridge Mountains

A new collection of original paintings & high quality prints: cozy, colorful, vibrant fall scenes from various spots along the Blue Ridge Parkway, on trails, and by the rivers that cut through the forests of Western North Carolina.

Bestselling Fine Art Prints

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Print: June in the Blue Ridge
from $34.00

Golden hour colors, a waltz of clouds in the sky, blooming rhododendrons all across the mountainside, distant ridges catching the last of the day's sunlight... It’s June in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and during the hour of sunset, it’s particularly magical.

Gouache & watercolor on cold pressed watercolor paper.

Available on archival quality velvet paper or stretched canvas.
Original: 11 × 14 (available here)

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Print: Linville Gorge in Bloom
from $32.00

Rhododendron season in Linville Gorge is a magical sight. You stand on top of the mountain, looking over a sea of pink blooms, with the hazy Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance, surrounded by greenery and wonder.
Gouache on cold pressed watercolor paper.
Original: 12 × 12 (SOLD)

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Print: Stillness
from $26.00

What place do you imagine when you think of “calm” and “quietude?” For me, it’s here. This is the place. Right as the sun starts to set and gently peeks through the summer forest foliage.

Gouache on cold pressed watercolor paper.
Original: 8 × 10 (SOLD)

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Print: The Wild Gardens of Linville Gorge
from $42.00

The view of Table Rock from Hawksbill Mountain, in the magical Linville Gorge Wilderness. A breathtaking spot year round, but especially so in May and June, when the blooming rhododendrons turn it into a vivid, spectacular, wild garden.

Gouache + watercolor on cold pressed watercolor paper.
Original: 10 × 15 (SOLD)

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Paintings that bring you right back to that special spot

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, REDWOOD FORESTS, & THE SOUTHWEST DESERT

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A moment of pure awe

I strive to capture the softness & magic of nature in the whimsical colors and brushstrokes of my gouache & oil landscapes

Yekaterina Benson, the artist, surrounded by her framed artwork and decorative plants.
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Gallery wall featuring nine landscape paintings in various frames, near a menu board on a gray wall, with a coat rack on the right side.

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Table with books, toy rabbits, and decor, featuring a vase with orange flowers, framed landscape paintings, and dried foliage in a mosaic vase.

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