Kathleen Bates Designs

Rose Garden with Picket Fence

Lavender clematis entwines the white picket fence of a lush old-fashioned rose garden at a 19th-century farmhouse near Dahlonega, Georgia.

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      Set of 8 Postcards - 4" x 6" ($9.95)
      Set of 8 Notecards with Envelopes - 5" x 7", blank inside ($14.95)
      Print on Watercolor Paper, 9” x 12” ($35)
      Canvas Print, Unstretched, 9” x 12” ($65)
      Canvas Print, Stretched, 9" x 12" ($89)

Old Spring House with Daffodils

Daffodils and flowering trees adorn an old stone spring house on a farmstead in rural Clayton County, Georgia.

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      Set of 8 Postcards - 4" x 6" ($9.95)
      Set of 8 Notecards with Envelopes - 5" x 7", blank inside ($14.95)
      Print on Watercolor Paper, 10” x 12” ($40)
      Canvas Print, Unstretched, 10” x 12” ($74)
      Canvas Print, Stretched, 10" x 12" ($97)

Dry grass, goldenrod and a touch of color in the sumac and the trees signals the transition from late summer into fall in the northeast Georgia mountains. I love the weedy foreground against the weathered fence and iron pasture gate.

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      Set of 8 Postcards - 4" x 6" ($9.95)
      Set of 8 Notecards with Envelopes - 5" x 7", blank inside ($14.95)
      Print on Watercolor Paper, 11" x 14" ($49)
      Canvas Print, Unstretched, 11" x 14" ($92)
      Canvas Print, Stretched, 9" x 12" ($115)

Mailbox Flags

Small flags adorn the end of a neighbor’s driveway and ivy-covered mailbox in the long shadows of late afternoon after 9/11. The lush, serene suburban setting is in stark contrast to the terrible events of that day.

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      Set of 8 Postcards - 4" x 6" ($9.95)
      Set of 8 Notecards with Envelopes - 5" x 7", blank inside ($14.95)
      Print on Watercolor Paper, 14" x 18" ($77)
      Canvas Print, Unstretched, 14" x 18" ($150)
      Canvas Print, Stretched, 14" x 18" ($180)

Boats by the Pond

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.

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      Set of 8 Postcards - 4" x 6" ($9.95)
      Set of 8 Notecards with Envelopes - 5" x 7", blank inside ($14.95)
      Print on Watercolor Paper, 12" x 16" ($60)
      Canvas Print, Unstretched, 12" x 16" ($115)
      Canvas Print, Stretched, 12" x 16" ($140)

White Columns and Flag

A flag displayed on a grand, old Greek Revival home creates an iconic image. I must have been drawn to this scene because it looks so much like Georgia, but the setting is actually the tiny town of Rensselaerville, New York.

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      Set of 8 Postcards - 4" x 6" ($9.95)
      Set of 8 Notecards with Envelopes - 5" x 7", blank inside ($14.95)
      Print on Watercolor Paper, Petite Size: 9" x 12" ($35)
      Canvas Print, Unstretched, Petite Size: 9" x 12" ($65)
      Canvas Print, Stretched, Petite Size: 9" x 12" ($89)
      Print on Watercolor Paper, Original Size: 18" x 24" ($130)
      Canvas Print, Unstretched, Original Size: 18" x 24" ($250)
      Canvas Print, Stretched, Original Size: 18" x 24" ($285)

Urban Flag, Atlanta, Georgia

A public transit station Flag snaps against an Autumn sky above bustling city traffic with the “King and Queen” towers of the north Atlanta skyline in the distance. To take reference photos of this scene, I had to wait for the light to turn red, and then stand in the lanes of oncoming traffic. Framing the shots while keeping one eye on the signal kept me so occupied that I didn’t notice the bus going by until I reviewed the finished photos. It turned out to be the element that ties all of the others in the painting together.

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      Set of 8 Postcards - 4" x 6" ($9.95)
      Set of 8 Notecards with Envelopes - 5" x 7", blank inside ($14.95)
      Print on Watercolor Paper, Petite Size: 9" x 12" ($35)
      Canvas Print, Unstretched, Petite Size: 9" x 12" ($65)
      Canvas Print, Stretched, Petite Size: 9" x 12" ($89)
      Print on Watercolor Paper, Original Size: 18" x 24" ($130)
      Canvas Print, Unstretched, Original Size: 18" x 24" ($250)
      Canvas Print, Stretched, Original Size: 18" x 24" ($285)

Late afternoon sun peeking beneath the low-hanging clouds highlights the understory of dogwoods and the surface of this mountain lake in northeast Georgia on a chilly, wet spring day.

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      Set of 8 Postcards - 4" x 6" ($9.95)
      Set of 8 Notecards with Envelopes - 5" x 7", blank inside ($14.95)

Please contact Kathleen Bates Designs at about custom prints of this painting. The non-standard size of this painting will require custom framing.

Old Green Wagon with Flag

Filtered sun illuminates a flag displayed on an antique farm wagon under a great sycamore tree in early fall foliage. A local daycare/preschool in Roswell, Georgia is the setting.

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      Set of 8 Postcards - 4" x 6" ($9.95)
(Will be available in 2009; check back here for updated status)
      Set of 8 Notecards with Envelopes - 5" x 7", blank inside ($14.95)
(Will be available in 2009; check back here for updated status)
      Print on Watercolor Paper, Petite Size: 10" x 12" ($40)
      Canvas Print, Unstretched, Petite Size: 10" x 12" ($74)
      Canvas Print, Stretched, Petite Size: 10" x 12" ($97)
      Print on Watercolor Paper, Original Size: 20" x 24" ($145)
      Canvas Print, Unstretched, Original Size: 20" x 24" ($278)
      Canvas Print, Stretched, Original Size: 20" x 24" ($320)

This Autumn 2008 collection of eight works of art includes one each of these eight titles: "Rose Garden with Picket Fence", "Old Spring House with Daffodils", "Pasture on the Soqué River", "Boats by the Pond", "Mailbox Flags", "White Columns and Flag", "Urban Flag, Atlanta, Georgia", and "View of Lake Burton from Timpson Cove". This assortment is available as 8 Postcards, or 8 Notecards with Envelopes.

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      Autumn 2008 Assortment of 8 Postcards - 4" x 6" ($9.95)
      Autumn 2008 Assortment of 8 Notecards with Envelopes - 5" x 7", blank inside ($14.95)