National Greeley Art Exhibition

Yesterday, I helped hang some amazingly gorgeous art work for the 50th Anniversary show of the NGAE!  We have hung 100 pieces from approximately 60 different artists from across the country. Additionally, there are works from 9 past featured artists on exhibit.  I happen to be one of those! The 4 watercolor pieces displayed by Don Weller, the show's juror, are spectacular.  Wow!

The show is a fundraiser for scholarships and fellowships awarded every year.  This year we increased our scholarships and fellowships from $1500 to $3400.  Even the awards for "best works " of art increased in amount!  I am hoping that there are a lot of sales so that next year we will be able to fund even more scholarships.

Salon des Refuses

That's French for "What you won't see at the Governor's Art Show!"

Having not been accepted into the 2016 Governor's Art Show at the Loveland Museum Gallery, I was one of the artists who chose to submit work to be shown at the Salon Des Refuses show held at the same time as the Governor's Art Show - May 2 - 31, 2016.

My painting, "Glenwood Canyon in Morning Light," will be hung at Dicken's Alley at 238 E. 4th Street in downtown Loveland.  Thanks to Carolyn Pearce and Billi Jean Colson for all of their work in putting this show together.

Dicken's Alley is an antique shop that is one of the 6 businesses in downtown that are featuring the refused works!  The store is open Monday through Saturdays 10 to 6.  There will be an opening reception on the Second Friday of May, the 13th, from 6 to 9:00pm

Springing into another surge of PAINTING!

It is snowing outside!  Classes at the college I teach at were canceled today!  But this gives me a chance to get caught up on this blog!

January 2016: I was very focused on the "Elemental" art show which was hanging in the Tointon Gallery in the Greeley, Colorado's Union Colony Civic Center.  The show, which was five artists re-examining the "elements of design," was well received!  We tried to make the show interactive by having "QR" codes which allowed visitors to go to the show's website.  After we took the show off the walls in February, we began to look for other venues for the show.  We have tentative bookings in Parker and Loveland.  Additionally, we have agreed to do the next exhibit in this series which will be about a new look at the "principles of design" called "PRINCIPLED."  www.elemental2015.com

March 2016:  There are quite a few art shows opening up this spring.  Not having been accepted to the 2016 Governor's Art Show (bummer) I was accepted to the "Salon de Refuses" show in Loveland for the many people who were not accepted.  The National Greeley Art Exhibit (NGAE) will celebrate its 50th Anniversary this year.  They have invited past "featured artists" to submit two pieces to this show on the first weekend of May.  As a past featured artist I have submitted  the smaller works from the 2015 Governor's show, "Cactus and Flowers" and "Things Fall Apart."  Both of these pieces can be seen on the "works" section of this site.  I have stretched 3 large canvases that are ready for gesso.  They will be a vertical triptych intended to replace the large "Cairn at Long's Chasm Lake" work that was sold from the "Elemental" show.   

Cairn at Long's Chasm Lake - Oil - 48x73 inches

I'm not sure that visitors to this site know that works seen on this website are for sale. Contact Alyson Kinkade at the Columbine Gallery in Loveland, Colorado to inquire about purchases.  www.columbinegallery.com

Plein Air Painting at the Osborn Farm in Loveland

As part of the 2015 Governor's Art Show, this Sunday morning from 9:00am to 11:00am fifteen artists from that show will paint on location at the Osborn Centennial Farm located just north of Colorado highway 502 on Boise Avenue in Loveland, Colorado.  I will be one of those artists!  We will have two hours to paint, one hour to frame the piece, and then the works will be auctioned off to benefit the Loveland Rotary International organization.  

I encourage you to make your way out to see how fifteen different artists can approach a similar subject matter in a variety of ways!