Columbine Gallery Art Happenings - COLUMBINE GALLERY

As Seen In

8/4/2017

The latest Columbine Gallery Ad is out in the Loveland Visitor's Guide. Pick one up to find all the fun, artsy, fine dining, and festive things to do in our town. Artwork featured by Mark Leichliter in the National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden. Come by next week for our 25th Annual NSG Sculpture Exhibit and celebrate 25 years of dedication to the arts with us. #FeedYourCreativeSpirit

The latest Columbine Gallery Ad is out in the Loveland Visitor's Guide. Pick one up to find all the fun, artsy, fine dining, and festive things to do in our town.

Artwork featured by Mark Leichliter in the National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden.

Come by next week for our 25th Annual NSG Sculpture Exhibit and celebrate 25 years of dedication to the arts with us.

#FeedYourCreativeSpirit

2017 Tal Walton Paintings

7/21/2017

Nearly a dozen new paintings have arrived from Tal Walton, transforming Columbine's front room. The pieces are incredibly strong, even the most subtle images. A most notable distinction from past work is the diverse and bold palettes Tal is currently exploring, although his voice is clearly still present. Pictured with Denny Haskew sculptures. click here to shop online.

Nearly a dozen new paintings have arrived from Tal Walton, transforming Columbine's front room. The pieces are incredibly strong, even the most subtle images. A most notable distinction from past work is the diverse and bold palettes Tal is currently exploring, although his voice is clearly still present.
Pictured with Denny Haskew sculptures. click here to shop online.

Nearly a dozen new paintings have arrived from Tal Walton, transforming Columbine's front room. The pieces are incredibly strong, even the most subtle images. A most notable distinction from past work is the diverse and bold palettes Tal is currently exploring, although his voice is clearly still present. Pictured with Denny Haskew sculptures. click here to shop online.

Sculpture in Today's World

7/5/2017

Art of the West featured Columbine Gallery and the National Sculptors' Guild Director John Kinkade in their July/August issue. The topic, Today's Sculpture Market. John talks about some of JK Designs' projects and the trends we've seen in our 25th year of designing and placing residential and public art statements.

Art of the West featured Columbine Gallery and the National Sculptors' Guild Director John Kinkade in their July/August issue. The topic, Today's Sculpture Market. John talks about some of JK Designs' projects and the trends we've seen in our 25th year of designing and placing residential and public art statements.

"Those brave sculptors who wouldn't be deterred from sharing their visions. ...put forth their best efforts and kept foundries, fabrication shops, and brick and mortar gallery doors open. Sculpture is a team sport in most instances requiring many hands." -John Kinkade from 'Sculpture in Today's World', Art of the West July/August 2017 Pick up a copy to read the full article....

New Shachtman Sculptures

6/30/2017

The National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden is filling up for summer with new sculpture and blossoms. We are pleased to have three new pieces from Stephen Shachtman. click the images below to shop online.

Sculpture in the National Sculptors' Guild garden by Jane DeDecker, Stone Forest, and Stephen Shachtman. Shachtman is constantly seeking to find something new and stimulating in either a physical or cerebral sense. The sculptures he creates circulate with aesthetics in contemporary forms with influences and inspiration from, science, architecture, and techniques. These inspirations inform him to create series’ with specific dialogue due to process', dimensions, material usage, and overall presence. Depending on the sculptural forms and concepts, a few primary materials employed are; copper, glass, and steel. Some of the elements in Stephen’s work range from; hammered surfaces which have an organic aesthetic while overall forms tend to have clean lines with a minimalist approach yet are monolithic in presence. Some aesthetics are large-scale filigree in the metal that allows a viewer to see through the organic forms, while similar manipulation of glass elements are stacked to create positive and negative spaces. All pieces are affected by the orientation of light to unveil the personality of the sculptures, which create a 4th dimension of shadows and reflection as they emerge to produce an element of surprise.

Stephen Shachtman's Lunar series placed throughout the National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden

Stephen Shachtman is constantly seeking to find something new and stimulating in either a physical or cerebral sense. The sculptures he creates circulate with aesthetics in contemporary forms with influences and inspiration from, science, architecture, and techniques. These inspirations inform him to create series’ with specific dialogue due to process', dimensions, material usage, and overall presence.
Depending on the sculptural forms and concepts, a few primary materials employed are; copper, glass, and steel. Some of the elements in Stephen’s work range from; hammered surfaces which have an organic aesthetic while overall forms tend to have clean lines with a minimalist approach yet are monolithic in presence. Some aesthetics are large-scale filigree in the metal that allows a viewer to see through the organic forms, while similar manipulation of glass elements are stacked to create positive and negative spaces. All pieces are affected by the orientation of light to unveil the personality of the sculptures, which create a 4th dimension of shadows and reflection as they emerge to produce an element of surprise.

Stephen Shachtman's Lunar Acorn shown with Jane DeDecker's Fire. The National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden is filling up for summer with new sculpture and blossoms. We are pleased to have three new pieces from Stephen Shachtman. click the images below to shop online.

Lunar Acorn

Steve Shachtman's Lunar 5. The National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden is filling up for summer with new sculpture and blossoms. We are pleased to have three new pieces from Stephen Shachtman. click the images below to shop online.

Lunar #5

Steve Shachtman's Lunar 4. The National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden is filling up for summer with new sculpture and blossoms. We are pleased to have three new pieces from Stephen Shachtman. click the images below to shop online.

Lunar #4

Mother's Day Special

5/9/2017

Just in time for Mother's Day, Columbine's Teresa Vito has created a multi-media presentation ideal for any Mother. Purchase the original 54x24

"Hope" by Teresa Vito

Just in time for Mother's Day, Columbine's Teresa Vito has created a multi-media presentation ideal for any Mother.

Purchase the original 54x24" oil painting "Hope" and receive the painter's process...
Framed 20x10" paint sketch
Framed 16x20" collage of sketches and tools
DVD of the 3 month process from beginning, through the finishing touches.

Great for any collection to house the full painter's journey of a major piece.

"This is my expression of
HOPE
a painting which celebrates
the wonders of beauty and light,
of a world filled with infinite possibilities,
and with the belief that
hope is the sacred prayer that sustains us."

Available at this special rate through May 31st
Click here to purchase

Stop by the gallery this Friday and Saturday to see the work in person - and meet Teresa as she paints in the garden during our first Painting Columbine - buy as they dry event.

New Monuments from Wayne Salge

4/1/2017

Wayne Salge has just shared his latest compositions. Per usual, they are packed with strong form and a clever mix of sophistication and humor. These monuments are being cast in bronze at the foundry now. If you'd like more information about either or both please call or email,
Shop the rest of Wayne's portfolio here.

Wayne Salge has just shared his latest compositions. Per usual, they are packed with strong form and a clever mix of sophistication and humor. These monuments are being cast in the foundry now. If you'd like more information about either or both, call or email. Shop the rest of Wayne's portfolio here.

Guitar Man by Wayne Salge

Wayne Salge has just shared his latest compositions. Per usual, they are packed with strong form and a clever mix of sophistication and humor. These monuments are being cast in the foundry now. If you'd like more information about either or both, call or email. Shop the rest of Wayne's portfolio here.

Observant Man by Wayne Salge

Support Colorado's Artists in the CO Governor's Art Show

3/24/2017

26th Annual Colorado Governor's Show April 29th - May 28th, 2017. with Preview and Opening Night Gala on Friday, April 28th purchase tickets A Juried Exhibit featuring great artists from all parts of Colorado Presented by: the Loveland Rotary Club, Thompson Valley Rotary Club, and Loveland Museum Support Columbine's Artists in this years exhibit: Dan Augenstein Mark Bailey Jim Biggers Jane DeDecker* Clay Enoch Dan Glanz Pat Howard Alyson Kinkade* Amy Laugesen Timothy Nimmo Stephen Shachtman

Check the Calendar of Events to take advantage of all the show has to offer, including at raffle, special showings, artisan exhibits, and the Plein-Air Festival Auction at the Rialto on May 20th, see artists paint multiple sites of Loveland that day, and bid on the finished pieces! Any art purchase will go toward the show's fundraising efforts benefitting the Thompson Education Foundation's Homeless Assistance Fund helping the district's homeless students.

2017 Governor's Art Show Catalog

Governors Art Show

"In the Wings" by DeDecker and Kinkade won Best of Show 2016.

26th Annual Colorado Governor's Show
A Juried Exhibit featuring great artists from all parts of Colorado
April 29th - May 28th, 2017.
with Preview and Opening Night Gala on Friday,
April 28th purchase tickets
Presented by: the Loveland Rotary Club, Thompson Valley Rotary Club, and Loveland Museum

Support Columbine's Artists in this years exhibit:
Dan Augenstein
Mark Bailey
Jim Biggers
Jane DeDecker*
Clay Enoch
Dan Glanz
Pat Howard
Alyson Kinkade*
Amy Laugesen
Timothy Nimmo
Stephen Shachtman

We hope you'll enjoy seeing their work in the show as well as the gallery this Spring. *Last year "In the Wings" by DeDecker and Kinkade won Best of Show!

Check the Calendar of Events to take advantage of all the show has to offer, including at raffle, special showings, artisan exhibits, and the Plein-Air Festival Auction at the Rialto on May 20th, see artists paint multiple sites of Loveland that day, and bid on the finished pieces!

Any art purchase will go toward the show's fundraising efforts benefiting the Thompson Education Foundation's Homeless Assistance Fund helping the district's homeless students.

Columbine Gallery is proud to sponsor the Colorado Governor's Art Show & Sale. We had a wonderful time at the Artist and Sponsors Appreciation Party and look forward to the opening night gala April 28th https://governorsartshow.org/purchase-tickets/

Columbine Gallery is proud to be a sponsor of the Colorado Governors' Art Show

Celebrating 25 Years

1/5/2017

Columbine Gallery 25 years of dedication to the Arts, Artists and Our Patrons. Colorado's largest fine art source and home of the National Sculptors' Guild. Specializing in significant public art.

As we enter the New Year, we have great anticipation of fun, artful moments as we Celebrate our 25th Anniversary of dedication to the Arts, Artists and our Patrons.

Columbine Gallery and the NSG sculpture Garden are full of great paintings and sculptures ready for your collection by our 50 represented artists. In honor of our 25th, we've traced back information on the building that houses all this beautiful artwork by getting in touch with the architect. See what we discovered. We also have our annual shows to look forward to this Spring, Summer and Fall. We hope to see you at any and all, plus a few times in between.

JK Designs and the National Sculptors' Guild have a number of large-scale projects already in the works this year. We look forward to sharing these exciting art statements with you as we complete and install them. We are finalists in other placements, and designing other concepts that we hope to also see actualized this year.

We wish you a wonderful 2017 & look forward to continuing to assist you in the practice of Living with Art.

2017 Artist to Watch Mark Bailey

12/22/2016

Congratulations to Columbine Gallery's painter Mark Bailey selected by Southwest Art Magazine as 1 of 10 'Artists to Watch in 2017' featured in the January issue on newsstands now.

A Night Out by Mark Bailey

Congratulations to Columbine Gallery's painter Mark Bailey selected by Southwest Art Magazine as 1 of 10 'Artists to Watch in 2017' featured in the January issue on newsstands now. click here for the full article

"Mark Andrew Bailey refuses to be pigeonholed when it comes to defining his style.....

...Using a music analogy, he compares the brush stroke to a note, and the way each note is played is what creates the complexity or interest in a piece....

...'I’m drawn to the human element and subject matter that is easily relatable,” he says, then adds, “A lot of art has gone negative and dark, but I have always wanted to create things that bring people joy.”...

...While Bailey has been turning heads on a national level, winning Best of Show at the 2015 Governor’s Art Show in Loveland, CO, is extremely meaningful to the Loveland native. 'I grew up here,' he says. 'Going to the show is what exposed me to people who were doing this for a living. Now to be back in Colorado and to be eligible and then accepted into the show, let alone to win this award, it feels like I’ve come full circle.'...
—Laura Rintala "

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Art Makes a Great Gift

12/8/2016

Fine Art makes a great Gift

From ornaments to monuments, ART makes a great gift.
Please take a look at our wide selection of fine art available through our online store, or visit the gallery and start a new tradition of giving art in your family this holiday season.

If you're still struggling to the perfect gift for the art lover in your life, then give the gift of art - but let them do the selecting by giving our Circle of Giving token, redeemable at Columbine Gallery home of the National Sculptors' Guild. Gift Certificates are a great gift for the person who seemingly has it all.

Art appreciators are our favorite people and everyone at Columbine Gallery wishes you the very best in the New Year.

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