Karol Mack, a descendent of Colorado Pioneers, is widely recognized as one of the foremost interpreters of Western landscape. Her oil paintings evoke the essence and beauty of the natural world as only a master of painting can do. The special magic of Karol’s work is communicated through light, color and her own unique vision. Estes Park Historian James H. Pickering comments, “At their best, Moran and Bierstadt, like the artists of the Hudson River School, capture the grand, unspoiled, yet often fearsome qualities of the American wilderness and do so in ways that inspire feelings of transcendence (or, as Karol Mack calls it, ‘sacredness’) – that reverential, if momentary insight that nature indeed reflects the divine hand of the Creator." Karol finds her creativity in the rugged natural settings of the Western United States.  Her paintings range from large renderings of the majestic Rocky Mountains to intimate vignettes of aspen groves, winding steams, waterfalls, and meadows that exhibit what CSU Professor Pat Mckee recognizes as the sublime. He states, “The sublime is a deeply moving aesthetic value.  It can be found in many different forms of landscape, but seldom as alive and moving as in the vast, towering peaks of Karol Mack’s paintings.” She was an Artist Exhibiting Member at the Salmagundi Club, NY, and is currently a Signature Member—Oil Painters of America, am Emeritus Member – Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, and an Emeritus Artists Fellow—American Artists Professional League.  A few major awards include an Award of Excellence—Oil Painters of America, Jessie B. McReynolds Award—Salmagundi Club National Show, NY, and the Director’s Choice Award—American Artist Professional League. She has also illustrated numerous books. Karol has previously exhibited at fine art galleries across the United States, and now sells from her studios located in Fort Morgan and Estes Park, Colorado.  Rocky Mountain National Park remains her inspiration and part of that stems from time spent there in childhood.