Lexie Palmore and her husband, Jim McMillen live in Leadville, Colorado. Lexie has been a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers and a paddlewheel steamboat guide. For the past 40 years, she has interwoven two careers, one marine and the other art.

Lexie demonstrated a talent for drawing at an early age and pursued a formal art education, graduating the Stephen F. Austin University with a Master’s Degree in art. After leaving the riverboat 1984, she began to work full time in the art field for commission. She has completed numerous murals for homes, restaurants, churches, casinos, and museums. Including the murals on Harrison Avenue in Leadville, CO -and now at St. Vincent Health.

In 2009, Lexie and Jim moved to the Rocky Mountains and a cooler climate; in spite of the 10,000 foot altitude, she enjoys hiking, skiing, and swimming.