Colorado notes, part one – Carol and I visit Pueblo artist Karen Wallace

Carol and me in an earlier visit in the pursuit of art!

Carol and me in an earlier visit on our everlasting art quest 🙂

It never fails – every time I visit my dear friend Carol Mylar, I come home over-the-top inspired. Carol lives in Colorado Springs now, but we still share the same close ties in art and life as we did when we shared a studio on Queen Anne Street back in the 90’s. For example, we discovered we’d bought the same iPhone and the same iPhone case without knowing it – I’m sure you have friends like that, too – it’s kinda spooky but fun.

One of the best times we had during my short trip was a drive to Pueblo just south of the Springs to visit artist and writer Karen Wallace. Karen and I go back a very long way, but hadn’t seen each other in a few years. She’s amazing – her house, her life, her artwork are woven seamlessly into a fulfilling creative existence. You can get a glimpse of this in Karen’s book, Visions and Verse: Along the Path.

Karen lives in a small adobe casita that’s filled with her own art and that of friends, some nationally known painters. There are little altars and stories everywhere. Karen treated Carol and me to a lot of these stories before we went of for a lovely lunch in downtown Pueblo. It’s always so inspiring to see how other artist live and work – take a look at the home and studio of Karen Wallace (and her dog, Chamaya):


I’ll give a report on other parts of my Colorado trip soon, including the Georgia O’Keeffe show – too much for one post!

 

3 thoughts on “Colorado notes, part one – Carol and I visit Pueblo artist Karen Wallace

  1. Oh, Lyn, here is one of your true sisters! Brought tears to my eyes, my trip to New Mexico twenty years ago is what got me into the exploration of Native American life & spirituality and back into my own art. Thanks for sharing !

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