Moored Ferry at Dawn, Anacortes, WA

This award-winning full color coffee table book is an archived history of artist/author Kathleen R Bates’ personal Christmas cards, a project now in its 40th year.

Each painting is accompanied by a message designed to encourage the reader to focus on the spiritual message of Christmas in an unexpected, thought-provoking way.

Christmas Birds is destined to become a treasured keepsake, perfect as a gift for family, friends, colleagues or yourself.

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Two small boats await the next adventure by a farm family’s pond. This is an example of “a la prima” plein air painting in that it was done on site in a single session.

– o/c 12″ x 16″
– Gicleé print of original watercolor

A rugged landscape wears the changing seasons with grace. According to local Indian lore this flat-topped mountain was the place where God came to dine.

– o/c 9″ x 12″
– Gicleé; Print of Original Watercolor

A family farm in the Hudson River Valley glows in the light of an autumn afternoon.

– o/c 8″ x 10″
– Gicleé; Print of Original Watercolor