TINA KOLM

Water provides endless fascination. I saw this scene one day on Coon Creek in west Lenexa.

16×16” acrylic on canvas

I am always soaking in the landscape as I ride my bike on the Mill Creek Trail. Sometimes I stop to take a photo so that I can depict my memory in paint.

16×16” Acrlic on panel

I saw this scene one crisp fall day while out on my bike and loved how the blue and orange played in the sunlight.

20×20” acrylic on canvas

I delight in the randomness of boulders in streambeds and played many times among them as a child. Imagination would come alive in a scene like this.

20×20” acrylic on canvas

20 × 20” acrylic on canvas

This stand of water is receptive, reflective and still.

16×16” acrylic on canvas

14 ×14 “ acrylic on canvas

We belonged to a place called Wood Spring when I was a child. We swam in the little lake, but also spent countless hours playing in the gentle streams in the surroundings. 12×12” acrylic on canvas

Everything seemed to click when I explored the woods as a child. I stopped short and felt I was part of nature. Those were precious moments when time stood still.

16×16” acrylic on canvas

Part of our national wealth is the beauty of our natural landscape. All seasons, freezing, thawing, blooming in summer, crickets, wildlife: I thought about it all when I painted this with a heart full of apprecation.

12 × 12” acrylic on canvas

There is a sacredness in standing still in nature. There can even be an experience of reckoning within the heart.

12 × 12” acrylic on canvas

Color and thick paint strokes show how I feel when walking in the woods.

18×24” oil on canvas

Sky, breeze, and water blend together on this summer afternoon.

20x20," oil on canvas

12×12” acrylic on paper

Playing in the woods was a favorite passtime when I was a child. Long hours were spent in the wonderland of nature.

20×20” oil on canvas

The careful design of the Monet Garden at The Overland Park Arboretum provides lovely and varied viewpoints all times of year.

8 × 8” pastel on paper

The Sinking Ponds at the foot of Pine Street in East Aurora, NY, gave me my first experiences of immersion in the spectacles of nature.

8×8” pastel on paper

The glittery sparkles on this summer morning seemed like music.

8×8” pastel on paper

This scene reminds me of the countless times I explored and hiked around in the snowy fields surrounding my hometown as a child. I loved the freedom to be in nature unsupervised.

20×20” oil on panel

As an oil painting this will not be dry enough to mail until May or June 2025.

The winter sun peeks through the trees at sunrise catching the tops of the plants on the forest floor.

24×24” Oil on canvas

This painting is inspired by the beauty of the Streamways Trail in western Lenexa. I love the variety of scenes and smooth riding on this trail. The drama of the changing trees and the effect of light and shadow captured my mind and heart on this particular day. 

18x24” oil on canvas, available

The Monet Garden at the Overland Park Arboretum is a local treasure.

20x20," oil on canvas

The setting sun came through the trees when we hiked along the lower Niagara River.

20x20," oil on canvas

The lower Niagara River is at the bottom of a deep and wide gorge in western NY. Niagara Falls is a couple miles upstream having slowly carved this gorge after the last ice age. Canada is seen on the other side.

18×24," oil on canvas

This painting captures the essence of winter's stillness, showcasing a serene landscape where marshes blend seamlessly into gentle hills.

12x12" acrylic on panel, available

I never cease to be amazed and delighted by the changes in landscape, lighting, and colors on the trails that I visit and explore often.

20x20” acrylic on canvas, available

I saw this over the meadow on my morning walk one January morning.

12x16” acrylic on canvas, available

I love the splendor of nature that one can find in Lenexa. This tree was in full fall color on the October day when I hiked along Coon Creek near Woodland Road.

12x16," acrylic on panel board

A statue of Spanish intellectual Antonio José de Cavanilles is surrounded by rich and varied greenery in the Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid.

6x8"; oil on paper

People are dwarfed by both the landscape and the bridge. Both inspire awe in their scale.

* Second place ribbon winner for 2D art in the 2024 HeART of Lenexa exhibit!

16x12”, acrylic on wood panel, available

This is a view from one of the bridges on the Gary Heller trail.

8x10” acrylic on wood panel, available