K.C. Turnbull Contemporary American Painter 1972.

K.C. Turnbull is known for her luminous large-scale works that translate the beauty and mystery of the natural world into layered fields of color, movement and form. Rooted in the landscapes of Colorado and the American West, her paintings merge abstraction, botanical gestures, and atmospheric depth to create spaces of reflection, wonder and emotional connection. She lives and paints in Aledo, Texas

SELECTED ART EXHIBITIONS

2026 Golden Collaboration, Hot Box Betty, Bend, OR

2024 -2026 A Bar A Ranch, Western Art Exhibition, Encampment, Wyoming

2016 Miami and Palm Springs Art Fairs, Jenny Green Gallery

2015 Spoleto, Mitchell Hill Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina

2015 New Works, Jenny Green Gallery, Bend, Oregon

2011 Color Frequency, Visions West Gallery, Denver, Colorado

2010 BICA Gallery, Bend, Oregon

2010 Exhibit 970, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado

2008 Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

2008 Big n’ Bold, Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

2008 Political Collage, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado

2008 Maybe Yes, Maybe No, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

2007 The Roaring Fork Open, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado

2007 Summer Exhibition, Visions West Gallery, Denver, Colorado

2007 SAW, Studio for Arts and Works, Carbondale, Colorado

2007 Visions West Gallery, Bozeman, Montana

2007 Visions West Gallery, Denver, Colorado

2006 Substance of Color, Agora Gallery, New York City, NY

2006 New Works, Aspen Artists Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

2000 Love 4 Sale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2025 Golden Collaboration, Hot Box Betty, Bend, Oregon

2024 Golden Collaboration, Jenny Green Gallery, Sisters Cottages, Sisters, Oregon

2019 Golden Collaboration, Loloma Lodge, McKenzie, Oregon

2017 Golden, First Friday, Sotheby’s, Portland, Oregon

2015 Golden, Downtown Bend, First Friday Spotlight,

Patagonia, Cowgirl Cash, Hot Box Betty, Bend, Oregon

2014 Golden Collaboration New Works, Pearl Ranch Studio, Bend, Oregon

2005 Magidson Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado

1996 Figure Drawings, The New York School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

1995 Pirate Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, Colorado

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2018-2025 New Works, Hot Box Betty, Bend, Oregon

2022 Bend Spotlight, Fawn Lane Studio, Bend Arts and Culture

2018 Pilgrimage, Pearl Ranch Studio, Bend, Oregon

2010 Mixed Media, Thump, Bend, Oregon

2010 Sotheby’s of Bend, Bend, Oregon

2008 Jubilation, Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware

2008 All Good News, Visions West Gallery, Denver, Colorado

2007 Here and Now, Carbondale Council for Arts, Carbondale, Colorado

2006 Spirit of Spring, Village Smithy, Carbondale, Colorado

2006 Summer Love, Studio 88, Basalt, Colorado

2004 Abundance, Studio 88, Basalt, Colorado

2000 New Works, Union Station, Denver, Colorado