Autumn in Ouray marine 7 x 5 in card

7 x 5 in card printed on 25% post-consumer recycled paper with envelope of 100% post-consumer recycled paper

The midsummer wildflower meadows in the sub-alpine of mountains around Crested Butte stand out as among the most beautiful flowering landscape I have ever encountered

While the garden shrubs and flowers have lost nearly all their leaves and gone to seed

a mourning cloak and a wood nymph butterfly to enliven the flowery scene

Indian Paintbrushes exist in a variety of colors from white to deep red

Autumn in Ouray marine 7 x 5 in cardScenic peaks, glowing yellow aspen, and the cobalt blue flight of a Steller's Jay. That is Ouray in fall to me. Well worth a visit any time of year, I painted this partly to remind myself not to miss the fall aspens there. The beauty of nature is a healing elixir any time of year. Fall beauty helps strengthen my spirit with vivid memories to face the coming cold and sometimes drab colors of Colorado winter. Original 18 x 36 in Acrylic on canvas by