The first four were created (at least partially) on location last summer (en plein air) using both drawing and painting materials and methods. The cat showed up late last fall and spent some time hanging out in the neighborhood. A savvy fellow.
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Showing posts with label Colorado. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Alamosa Artwalk 2013
All sorts of arts will blossom in Alamosa this Friday and Saturday, June 21-22. My paintings will be on display at Wild Roses on Main Street in the Antiques side front window. Might even try a little painting between 11 am and 2 pm. This art created around town and a few other paintings will be on display.
Front Yard Aspen, water media, 11 x 8.5
VFW Post 899, Alamosa, water media, 11 x 11
Sacred Heart, water media, 10 x 8
Cole Park + City Hall, water media, 5 x 7
Ready to Jump, water media, 5 x 7
The first four were created (at least partially) on location last summer (en plein air) using both drawing and painting materials and methods. The cat showed up late last fall and spent some time hanging out in the neighborhood. A savvy fellow.
The first four were created (at least partially) on location last summer (en plein air) using both drawing and painting materials and methods. The cat showed up late last fall and spent some time hanging out in the neighborhood. A savvy fellow.
Monday, March 21, 2011
SQUARE Show at Milagros
It's spring here in the mountains, and I am part of a wonderful show of more than 90 small paintings at Milagros Coffeehouse in Alamosa for March and April. Twenty percent of show sales will benefit La Puente and other local nonprofits.
The SQUARE Show came to life after much experimentation with the square format during Coni Grant's Adult Painting Classes over more than a year. Nine students and former students are in the show. All images are perfectly square, many only 6" x 6".
I like the small square format very much. I find it elegant and intimately accessible to the viewer. I use it on a canvas board which is defined by edge of frame. And I use it on museum board where the naturally ragged painting edge may show inside a mat opening. A matted image is generally presented under glass, but I am also developing beautiful ways to mat and frame without glass which gives a softer presentation. A few of my show entries are posted above.
The SQUARE Show came to life after much experimentation with the square format during Coni Grant's Adult Painting Classes over more than a year. Nine students and former students are in the show. All images are perfectly square, many only 6" x 6".
I like the small square format very much. I find it elegant and intimately accessible to the viewer. I use it on a canvas board which is defined by edge of frame. And I use it on museum board where the naturally ragged painting edge may show inside a mat opening. A matted image is generally presented under glass, but I am also developing beautiful ways to mat and frame without glass which gives a softer presentation. A few of my show entries are posted above.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Colorado Expressions @ La Veta
Time again for the Spanish Peaks Arts Council to showcase artwork in a variety of media that is all about Colorado.
The Colorado Expressions show opens with a reception on Saturday June 26, 5-7 pm, and remains on display until Saturday July 17. If you're in the neighborhood, it should be an interesting collection of art by many accomplished artists; definitely worth a look!
I will have two acrylic paintings in the show: "High Mountain Meadow" (8" x 10", on canvas board), and "Hazy Day" (6" x 6", on 100% rag museum board). See them directly above this post.
The Colorado Expressions show opens with a reception on Saturday June 26, 5-7 pm, and remains on display until Saturday July 17. If you're in the neighborhood, it should be an interesting collection of art by many accomplished artists; definitely worth a look!
I will have two acrylic paintings in the show: "High Mountain Meadow" (8" x 10", on canvas board), and "Hazy Day" (6" x 6", on 100% rag museum board). See them directly above this post.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
Five Paintings for Alamosa ArtWalk
The winter seems to be melting away, even though we had a big blizzard last Friday! It's suddenly spring, and time for ArtWalk here in Alamosa. I am busy framing and will hang my five paintings this week at Hospice del Valle, 514 Main Street, for the big event this Saturday, March 27. (The five paintings will appear directly above this posting)
It is always difficult to decide which paintings to show. I finally decided to select by subject matter, and they are all of places right here at the north edge of town. The titles will explain nicely. Following is the Statement I have prepared for this show:
It is always difficult to decide which paintings to show. I finally decided to select by subject matter, and they are all of places right here at the north edge of town. The titles will explain nicely. Following is the Statement I have prepared for this show:
Artist Statement
Most days I walk on the levee along the south side of the Rio Grande, La Veta to State.
In summer, I sometimes bike on the levee north of the Rio, west from State around the big bend, across the south end of the Ranch, and back on Cottonwood to State.
What magnificent views at different times of the day, in different kinds of weather!
Light in the morning and evening changes everything --- often quickly and astoundingly.
I strive to capture some of that drama in the studio.
In summer, I sometimes bike on the levee north of the Rio, west from State around the big bend, across the south end of the Ranch, and back on Cottonwood to State.
What magnificent views at different times of the day, in different kinds of weather!
Light in the morning and evening changes everything --- often quickly and astoundingly.
I strive to capture some of that drama in the studio.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Creative Capitol show in Denver
The painting above this text ("Flowing Gold") is currently on display in the Colorado State Capitol through February 28, 2010. It is part of an exhibition celebrating Artists of Southwestern Colorado. I am honored to be one of 37 artists from 16 counties.
A public reception will be held on Thursday, January 28, 2010, 4:00 - 5:30 pm in the Offices of Lt. Governor Barbara O'Brien.
The raking evening light in this painting reveals brilliant golds in contrast with deep shadows along the Rio Grande as it flows through the San Luis Valley. Here water is more precious than gold.
A public reception will be held on Thursday, January 28, 2010, 4:00 - 5:30 pm in the Offices of Lt. Governor Barbara O'Brien.
The raking evening light in this painting reveals brilliant golds in contrast with deep shadows along the Rio Grande as it flows through the San Luis Valley. Here water is more precious than gold.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Landscape Painting
If an artist works thoughtfully and with intent, certain images, certain kinds of marks, certain forms of composition are bound to recur. They will be different for each artist, but recognizable as idiosyncratic.
I grew up walking the tall-grass prairie near my home in Manhattan, Kansas, in the heart of the Flint Hills region.
At Kansas State University, I studied architecture in the 1960s, and later began making severely abstract images representing the interaction of mankind with nature in a series of prairie storm paintings during the 1970s.
At the University of Kentucky in the 1980s, I moved to lithography, expressively interpreting the landscapes of Dante's Inferno in black and white. The Kentucky landscape, itself, was too intimate, too crowded, too manicured to be inspiring.
After moving to North Dakota in 1985, the clear penetrating light of the northern prairie called me once again to painting. And though the images generally were somewhat abstracted, storms still appeared, natural and man-made elements were often recognizable. Everything was worth painting ... the hills, the sky, the trees, the potholes, the grain bins, the fences, the roads, the telephone poles, the sheds ... with feeling, my drawing/painting/writing hands moved quickly to express intuitively some of the tensions that will probably always exist between the natural world and humankind.
Leaving North Dakota for Colorado in late 2006, was an opportunity to begin anew, to build on acquired skills and knowledge, just as I had done so many times before ... new places to see, new materials to experiment with and master, new attitudes to try on, new directions to explore ...
As always, discovering self -- the heart of all worthwhile adventures.
I grew up walking the tall-grass prairie near my home in Manhattan, Kansas, in the heart of the Flint Hills region.
At Kansas State University, I studied architecture in the 1960s, and later began making severely abstract images representing the interaction of mankind with nature in a series of prairie storm paintings during the 1970s.
At the University of Kentucky in the 1980s, I moved to lithography, expressively interpreting the landscapes of Dante's Inferno in black and white. The Kentucky landscape, itself, was too intimate, too crowded, too manicured to be inspiring.
After moving to North Dakota in 1985, the clear penetrating light of the northern prairie called me once again to painting. And though the images generally were somewhat abstracted, storms still appeared, natural and man-made elements were often recognizable. Everything was worth painting ... the hills, the sky, the trees, the potholes, the grain bins, the fences, the roads, the telephone poles, the sheds ... with feeling, my drawing/painting/writing hands moved quickly to express intuitively some of the tensions that will probably always exist between the natural world and humankind.
Leaving North Dakota for Colorado in late 2006, was an opportunity to begin anew, to build on acquired skills and knowledge, just as I had done so many times before ... new places to see, new materials to experiment with and master, new attitudes to try on, new directions to explore ...
As always, discovering self -- the heart of all worthwhile adventures.
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