NORTH CONWAY, NH, February 1995: Yankee Magazine, the internationally distributed publication with nearly one million magazines printed each month, selected the artwork of award winning artist and Rhode Island native, Kimberly Beals, for the cover of their February issue. Ms. Beals’ painting, Mid-Winter on Mt. Washington was one of many fine pieces of art being considered for the cover. Ann Card, picture editor for Yankee said, “I saw Kim’s painting in North Conway at the Mt. Washington Valley Arts Association Gallery and was attracted to it right away. 
Through a committee process, it kept coming up as the piece we wanted for the cover.” Ms. Beals was raised in both Warwick and Green Hill Beach before heading off to college in Maine. She resides full time in North Conway but visits Rhode Island regularly to see family.
Mid-Winter on Mt. Washington is a multiple award winning painting that Beals has also released as a note card and limited edition lithograph. “To have one’s artwork chosen for the cover of a major magazine is a dream come true for any artist. It certainly put a smile on my face and made those who have bought my prints and paintings, very happy and proud. ”
Beals’ paintings, in both acrylics and oils have been likened to an “Americana-style with Impressionistic lines”. From the very large, colorful and summery “Francesca’s Lilies”, to a colder winter’s view of the North Conway Village Train Station, her palette has been described as “generous in it’s diversity and pleasing to the eye”. Kim’s love of the outdoors is reflected in her New England scenes, seascapes and landscapes. Many of her pieces depict garden and beach scenes from Green Hill.
Over 1000 photos, paintings and artwork related to Mt. Washington were looked at and considered for a story being written about the mountain. According to Ms. Card, “We don’t usually tie cover art to editorial but Mt. Washington is such a New England icon that it seemed appropriate to feature it on the cover.” The story will be one of the longest Yankee has ever dedicated to a single subject.
