Hello 💙

Katrina Gimbel took this photo – as we waited for one of our favorite Portland bakeries, Tabor Bread to open one morning!

And welcome to my world! I started this independent publication in February 2025. My intention is to bring together all of my creative endeavors - my painting, my writing, and some of my random musings on life with photos of beautiful things. I'm all over the map.

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"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." - Vincent van Gogh

Always curious and learning, mostly self-taught, I've been carrying around art supplies most of my life, and playing with colour is what pleases me the most. I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, primarily, and part-time in Portland Oregon, and I've had significant chapters of my life in many other places; Alaska, California, Virginia, Austria, Thailand, etc. I draw inspiration, wonder and awe from paying attention to the present moment, and always finding something beautiful to create and attend to, even in the midst of sorrows. For over 30 years I have been creating art in one form or another, and many of my pieces live in private collections around the world.

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Reach out to connect or with inquiries about my work:

kjgimbel (at) gmail (dot) com