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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

"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

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2017 Artist to Watch Mark Bailey

12/22/2016

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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 "

#ArtistsToWatch #SouthwestArtMagazine #MarkBaileyPainting #ArtWorthCollecting #FeedYourCreativeSpirit #ColumbineGallery

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Teresa Vito Paints Pueblo Chile Mural

11/3/2016

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check out our update on this story "Vito's art hits the streets and the airwaves"

One of our favorite artists, (& quite frankly an all-time favorite human being), Teresa Vito, has been hard at work painting a mural on-site. She completed the "Pueblo Chile" mural yesterday, and it could not be cooler to see a Vito painting this large. We're sharing some of her images of the progression, see it in person at 1st and Grand in Pueblo, CO.

Columbine Gallery Painter Teresa Vito's Pueblo Chile mural is now featured on the 1860's building at 1st (Central City Drive) and Grand which houses the Pueblo Art Alliance.

Teresa Vito's intent was to maintain a 1930's sign painting aesthetic. She nailed it. The Pueblo Chile logo painting was part of the group's branding campaign made possible largely due to a United States Department of Agriculture Specialty Crops Block Grant from the Colorado Department of Agriculture. The grant was obtained by Pueblo County’s Economic Development and GIS Department. Chris Markuson, Pueblo County’s Director of Economic Development & GIS helped make the mural placement possible.

"...the logo image was taken from an oil painting that was specifically commissioned by the Pueblo Chile Growers Association for the purpose of a brand logo. The highly successful painting was done by Teresa Vito, who lives in Pueblo. This painting portrays actual chile farms on the St. Charles Mesa. The artist’s excellent paintings often reflect scenes of Pueblo." --learn more about Teresa's logo painting that inspired this mural in the September 5, 2015 feature by Ryan Severance in the Pueblo Chieftain.

The Pueblo Chile mural is now featured on the 1860's building at 1st (Central City Drive) and Grand which houses the Pueblo Art Alliance. Vito left a bit of history, keeping the character Fred (from Fred's Wallpaper and Paint Supply) but did add a bit of paint to his brush to tie him into the new mural.

Teresa did not paint this mural in a typical manner, rather she painted as she would work on her traditional oil on linen pieces. Only the scale was magnified. Her next largest painting has measured just 48-in x 60-in comparison to this 12-ft x 30-ft mural. She did enlist help from Greg Zimmerman and Mike Strescino. The trio painted the mural in just 9 days.

Vito is thrilled to be part of the place she calls home. Pueblo, after-all, is no stranger to murals; home of the largest mural in the world, according to the Guinness World Records, located on a levee along the Arkansas river. She is proud to leave her mark on this artful city. If you wish to commission Teresa to paint in your town, just contact us! As always, you may view and purchase her paintings using Columbine Gallery's online store or visit the gallery and sculpture garden in Loveland, Colorado.

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Welcome artists Jack Hill and Jenny Hahn

9/30/2016

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Jack Hill Sculpture available through Columbine Gallery Colorado's Largest Fine Art Source

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On a Roll

The National Sculptors' Guild's latest Affiliate, Jack Hill
We are looking forward to introducing enlargements of Jack's unique spin on elevating the everyday, providing humor and whimsy to the public art realm. "The ideas are born from observation of the human existence, in all its splendor and absurdity. The addition of my own whimsy and uncommon approach brings about an expression of life in the permanence of bronze. People are only one part of the whole planet and my anthropomorphic works are an exploration of the blending of man into various parts of the environment. With attention to anatomic detail and a tongue-in-cheek twist I wish to stimulate the imagination and, maybe, tickle the funny bone." -Jack Hill, NSG Affiliate

Three Blind Mice - Pool

Jenny Hahn painting available through Columbine Gallery Colorado's Largest Fine Art Source

Ambrosia (detail)

Fear's Hostage

Jenny Hahn's inspiring, colorful soulful, & healing paintings.
Jenny Hahn is a professional artist whose work captures the inward journey through bold, colorful expression. She received a BFA in illustration from the Kansas City Art Institute and exhibits her work nationally. Her studio is located at the Bauer Machine Works building in Kansas City’s Crossroads arts district. Jenny co-founded and co-owns Creative Nectar Studio, a safe haven for creative self-discovery, and facilitates workshops across the country that help people rediscover their wholeness using painting as a tool for self-discovery. Jenny is also an avid practitioner of insight meditation, a freelance graphic designer, and a lover of nature and traveling. Her intention as an artist is to uplift and inspire the world with images that feed the heart and soul.

Journey

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