MAY 31 TO JUNE 28, 2015

Sponsors
The Loveland Rotary Clubs
PLATINUM
would like to thank the
following businesses and
individuals for their generous
RE/MAX Eagle Rock
Nanci Garnand
support of this show.
GOLD
Embassy Suites
Tom Dwyer
Loveland Ready Mix Concrete
Brad and Stephanie Fancher
Lydia’s Style Magazine
Lydia Dody
Good Samaritan Society
Holly Turner
University of Colorado/ MCR
Mary Wright
KUNC
Dave Dennis
Shannon Marketing
Communication
Brad Shannon
The WBO Company
Wallis Osborn
SILVER
BRONZE
Art Casting of Colorado
Gordon & Wanda Hannaford
Henderson Management &
Tony Workman
Art of the Rockies
Stan and Marge Black
Copper Leaf Creative
Gordon Seirup
Norm Toman
Landscaping Inc.
Antoinette Lorenz
Carol Stark-Sorg
Colorado Financial Mgmt, Inc.
The Burton Family
Tim Veldhuizen
Josh Miller, Dave Eabs
Colorado Life Magazine
Chris Amundson
Community Dynamics
John Stewart
Davidson-Gebhardt Chevrolet
NCIPD
Dr. Andrew Bock
Jason Hanson
Home State Bank
FireHouse Self Storage
Belmire Sprinkler &
C & S Fire Supply
The Greeley Chop House
Real Estate, LLC
Joe Gebhardt
Osborn Farm
Gracon Corporation
Osborn Family
Douglas Donahue
Mary & David Gullikson
Mary Gullikson
Kathy Weinmeister
Loveland Design/Carpet One
Cindy Corbett
Morganit Group Inc.
Marvin Morganti
NY Life Insurance Company
Gordon Hiney and Cindy Guldy
Shippers’ Supply
Sheree Lambert
Swanty Insurance Agency, Inc.
Jeff Swanty
The Group, Inc.
Centerra/Loveland Offices
US Bank
Dave Bruni
PATRON
Spring 44
Wilbur’s Total Beverage
Robin Marisco
Dennis Dinsmore
2015 Governor’s Art Show
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2015
THE LOVELAND & THOMPSON VALLEY ROTARY CLUBS PRESENT
Greetings
O
THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL
2015
to benefit the Loveland Rotary Foundation & Thompson Valley Rotary Foundation
MAY 31 TO JUNE 28, 2015
Loveland Museum/Gallery
5th Street & Lincoln Avenue, Loveland, Colorado
GOVERNOR’S ART SHOW • P.O. Box 7768 • Loveland, CO 80537
970.663.0919 • www.GovernorsArtShow.org
n behalf of the people of Colorado,
I would like to welcome you to the
24th annual Governor’s Invitational Art
Show and Sale at the Loveland Museum.
The arts play important
roles both culturally and
economically in Colorado.
There are more than 13,000
arts-related businesses in the
state employing more than
55,000 people. Investment
in the creative community can boost
Colorado’s economic development efforts,
improve education, and build on our quality
of life by supporting a diversified work force
– the best type of environment for creative
businesses.
The Governor’s Art Show encourages
investment by recognizing current Colorado
artists, displaying the work of Colorado
students, and providing scholarships for
developing young artists. It also supports the
worthy community work of the Loveland
Rotary Club and the Thompson Valley
Rotary Club.
I would like to congratulate all of the
artists, participants, and volunteers who are
partaking in this year’s show. Happy 24th
anniversary and I wish you all the best of luck.
Sincerely,
John Hickenlooper
Governor
Raffle Pieces
Jon Paul Price
Steam Aviator and
Feathered Companion
24”h mixed media
Kim Mackey
Desert Passage
9” x 12” oil
Ezra Tucker
Elk Valley
11” x 14” acrylic on board
Darlis Lamb
Madame Rose
9.5”h bronze
Michael Wilcox
Isolated Red Barn
24” x 36”photography
Raffle tickets available in the gallery at the Loveland Museum/Gallery
Cost: $2 each • Drawing date is June 28th at 3:00 p.m.
Heather Arenas
Gary Alsum
DE NV E R , CO LO RA D O
LOVEL AND, CO LO RAD O
Heather Arenas is an impressionist oil painter
who lives in Denver, CO where she paints every
day and takes advantage of painting in model and
plein air groups. Although Heather paints several
types of subject matter, she prefers figurative work
because of her appreciation for human anatomy
Gary completed his first bronze sculpture in
1987 and became a full time sculptor about
6 years later. He has numerous life size or
larger pieces in public and private collections
throughout the country. All of these pieces
depict the human figure and many of them
depict historical figures or are memorials honoring people
who have made important contributions to our society.
and gesture.
Lean Into the Light,
24” x 20” oil on birch
Daniel Augenstein
G R E E LE Y, COLORA DO
When Farm Dogs Dream..., 9”h bronze
Most recently Gary has branched off with some whimsical
sculptures depicting dogs driving classic automobiles. Silly?
Maybe. But whose day isn’t brightened when they see a dog
riding in a car with it’s head out the window thoroughly
enjoying it’s surroundings? And who doesn’t doubt that if
a dog could drive a car it would in a heartbeat? (And classic
cars are certainly an art form in themselves…it only seemed
natural to combine the two.)
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As a four year-old, I found that licking the tip of the red color pencil
made a more intense red as I drew
my tree! I remember the adults
chuckling as they noticed I had
smeared the pigment all over my
face. This love of nature and intense color still
seems to drive me artistically after all of these years.
My joy in color has grown to include the nuance
of tones and near-complements that echo the infinite colors around me.
I have found that my brushes and pencils create
Lupines in Early Morning, 24” x 36” oil
the same endless variety of marks just as the world surrounding me displays an endless variety of life. I find
whimsical lines of energy in my paintings begin to imitate the energy that I sense around me. I have fallen in
love with my brush!
My subject matter and media reflect my thirty-some years of sharing a wide range of artistic adventures with
my students in public school and college. Every new medium still represents another possible right answer to
some yet unanswered query and another journey to some adventure. I am moved by drawing and painting
landscapes, human figures, and portraits. People are provocative in all of their wide range of conditions. Landscapes with architectural elements are a challenge as they speak of human-kind creating in a created world.
Making art is my passion.
2015 G o v e r n o r ’ s A r t S h o w Mark Bailey
Julie Bender
Mark Bailey was born
in 1982 into a family
of art appreciators who
encouraged creativity. He
began to draw at a young
age and went on to earn a
Bachelor’s degree of fine art (BFA) from
the Academy of Art University in San
Francisco.
Bailey’s paintings record his diverse
Emerge, 36” x 24” oil
surroundings in an abstracted, painterly
fashion, from people he meets to ordinary things
he sees around him. His cityscapes and urban interiors reproduce the glow and bustle of city life, while his portraits might
suggest a compelling story behind every face. – Liz Greenfield, ArtistADay.com
Mark Bailey is a member of the American Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America and a Loveland
native, and former Rotary Club scholarship winner (TVHS 2001).
Residing in Loveland, Colorado, Julie Bender’s
passion for pyrography is matched by her
accurate and artful portrayal of her animal
subjects. The western natural world is her
source of continued inspiration. She frequents
Colorado’s high country for inspiration in
pursuit of observing and gathering reference for her art. She is
constantly keyed into that rare moment when animals display
a particular look or behavior that makes her heart race – and
excites her to get started on a new work.
LOV E L A N D, CO LO RA D O
W I NDS OR, COLO RAD O
Carolyn Barlock
D ENVER, CO LO RAD O
Denver native Carolyn Barlock first experimented with secret techniques of porcelain
decoration which fascinated ancient alchemists. Mastering enameled art, she continued her
scholarly journey of ancient porcelain techniques culminating in her use of 22 Karat Florentine
Gold and ancient Persian Lusters dating from 9th Century
Baghdad. These resplendent pieces of timeless beauty and
exquisite form are fired from twenty to sixty or more times
at intense heat. Her singular development as a porcelain artist was
integrating chiseling techniques which give her one-of-a-kind pieces
a special blend of innovation and classicism. Carolyn has been an
annual participant of Loveland, Colorado’s Sculpture in the Park
since 1997, and she is featured in Southwest Art’s Sculpture of the
Rockies. She also has won two Gold Medals at the 2012 International
Porcelain Artists Show for her work and is proud to have been
featured in the April 2014 Robb Report Collection Magazine which
highlights the benefits of living a life with refined tastes that still
hold on to the golden joys of youth.
Rainbow, 10.5”h one of a kind chiseled porcelain
2015 Governor’s Art Show
Rallying the Troops, 15” x 21” pyrography on paper
Described in traditional terms, pyrography is the art of
drawing with fire using a heated metal tip to burn images on a
natural surface. Though she burned on wood for years, Bender
now prefers heavyweight watercolor paper as her surface, as
it presents challenges and results that push her outside her
comfort zone. Due to its monochrome nature, pyrography
is all about subtleties of sepia tones and value applied with
various degrees of heat. Executing her tones with accuracy and
creativity becomes her ultimate goal in producing a unique
and imaginative work of art.
Bender is an award-winning Signature Member of the
Society of Animal Artists and member of the International
Guild of Realism.
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Marty Brens
PUE BLO, COLORA DO
At The Headwaters, 20’’ x 40’’ oil/linen
James Biggers
ESTES PARK, COLO RAD O
James Biggers is never satisfied painting the same
subject in the same way. He forced himself to
learn and see more while constantly searching for
inspirations and techniques to give his paintings
essence. “I was a kid who stayed in at recess to work
on my drawings.” James was starting to learn the
skills that would be the journey of his life.
James was thrilled with the opportunity to paint in a select
group of artists with Richard Schmid as their mentor for five years.
“Richard helped me grow, not just as a painter but as an artist.” I
will always be thankful for this opportunity.
Biggers discovered, “At some point you have to put something
of yourself into your work, without this element, you will never
have a great painting. Technique is what attracts people to your
painting, heart is what keeps them there.” The best way to capture
the heart of a subject is to paint from life and to continually
search for new subject matter. Travel has fed this desire. James’
travels include Costa Rica, Hawaii, Mexico, Greece, Turkey, Egypt,
Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and France.
James wants more than a breathtaking scene to paint, his goal
is to portray the essence of the emotion. He strives to give his
paintings depth so that the viewer can go beyond what initially
drew them into the work of art. “When someone comes to me and
tells me that they have had one of my paintings for years and they
can still feel the emotions of it, then I know I have succeeded as
an artist.”
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“I feel fortunate that I have been able to build my
career in the arts. I have spent most of my adult life
surrounded by artists and fine art.” In her twenties
Marty worked in the advertising design field, creating
logos and ads for businesses and individuals. In her late
twenties she began to incorporate her design experience
into a larger format, painting graphic designs on walls in the private
sector. “During this time period I was always painting pictures mostly
in watercolor and acrylic, my girls were young, and I thought of it
more as a hobby.” In the mid- eighties she decided to get into the
business of Art and opened her first Gallery in LoDo in downtown
Denver. “I learned the ropes as I went along, it was an incredible
learning experience. I met great artists and learned the business of
marketing.” Since then Brens owned and operated the Upper Edge
Gallery in Snowmass Village and Aspen, and currently runs Art in
Blue Rocks, 36x 24 oil
the Aspens Workshops. “My focus has changed and I just want to paint, painting is an endless and amazing
journey, an artist is constantly in a growth pattern, nothing could be more exciting!”
Amelia Caruso
F ORT CO L L I N S , CO LO RA D O
Amelia Caruso makes changing your viewing
perspective paramount in her work. Amelia was
born in Cincinnati in 1962 and stayed in the area
until 1996 when she moved to Colorado. Amelia
attended the Arts Academy of Cincinnati and
the University of Cincinnati. She was actually a
Documentary Photography Major in college and brings that sense
of “composing inside the viewfinder” to her paintings.
Her work as been exhibited in galleries and museums across
Distant, 14.5” x 14.5’’ acrylic on birch
the country. Amelia has had work on Emmy Award winning
television shows such as Will & Grace in the 90’s through the mid 2000’s. Now she has found a more
purposeful and powerful work with the introspective look of her current direction. The relationship of the
conscious and unconscious is her subject matter now. The relationship between health and illness, what and
how are they both defined.
Amelia has work in the permanent collection of the Fort Collins Museum of Art. She has participated
with many Art in Public Places projects, the majority of in her now home state of Colorado. Amelia also has
a very successful fabric line called “Effervescence” with industry leader Robert Kaufman Fabrics.
2015 G o v e r n o r ’ s A r t S h o w Richard Cayou
LOVEL AND, CO LO RAD O
Richard Cayou is a Colorado native and self
taught artist, who enjoys the state for all that it
has to offer.
His interest in art started 20+ years ago,
but he has been interested in photography
for more than 40 years. After 14 years of
hand cutting steel artwork, he transitioned into framed art,
through the use of scratchboard.
He has been doing scratchboard for approximately 4
years and enjoys this media for the amount of detail and
realism that it allows him to incorporate. He uses mostly his
own photos for reference in creating his scratchboard art.
He is a Signature Member of the International Society of
Scratchboard Artists.
Sunrise Cheetah, 20” x 16” scratchboard
Jane Christie
Higher Ground, 20” x 24” oil/linen
Rita Cirillo
GOL DEN, COLO RAD O
Birds of A Feather, 11” x 14” pastel
2015 Governor’s Art Show
Jane Christie has been an
active artist almost all of
her life. She studied at the
University of Georgia, Atlanta
High Museum of Art, Art
Student League of Denver and
she is also an instructor. She is a Signature
Member of the American Pastel Society,
Colorado Pastel Society and Plein Air Artists
Colorado. She has been the recipient of
many awards one of which is the Armstrong
Award at the Mile High International Pastel
Exhibition.
Jane’s paintings not only reflect her love
of nature, but her love of color, light and the
impressionistic style. Her goal is to share her
artistic passion and love of art through the
paintings she creates.
VI C TO R , CO LO RA D O
Rita Cirillo’s high energy oil paintings engage
the imagination of the viewer. After leaving her
software engineering career, she is living the Great
Art Adventure painting in South America, Europe
and throughout the American west. She has been
invited to participate in prominent exhibitions
including the Oil Painters of America Western Regional, American Women Artists, Greenhouse Gallery Salon International,
Scottsdale Fine Art Salon, Plein Air Artists Colorado Annual,
Paint the Parks (Top 100) and Plein Air Rockies.
When Rita is not traveling, hiking or painting she can be
found working on her 100+-year-old “dream” house in her
hometown of Victor, Colorado.
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Ani Espriella
LON G M ON T, COLORA DO
A native of Colombia, South America, Ani
Espriella grew up in the culturally rich city of
Miami working as a singer for 20 years. She
moved to Colorado in 2003, and inspired by
its natural beauty turned to the visual arts. She
began painting in oils in 2005, and has taken
classes and workshops with Jake Gaedtke, Jeff Legg, Elizabeth
Robbins, Dan Beck, Chuck Ceraso, and most recently Marc
Hanson. In the past year she has become interested in the
richness of pastels and has been outside doing plein air and
enjoying her beautiful surroundings.
The Mighty St. Vrain, 18” x 24” pastel
Falls in Wild Basin, 36” x 24” oil
Pem Dunn
Marlene C. Feinholz
DE N VE R , COLORA DO
EVERGREEN, CO LO RAD O
“Inspiration for my paintings comes from living in the
mountains of Colorado” says
Pem Dunn who uses light
and subtle nuances of color
to capture the mood of a
moment. Pem, who has studied with several
fine artists, including Joseph Dawley, Natalie Becker, and Karen Vance, and has shown
at numerous shows throughout the country including Art for the Parks and Rocky
Mountain Plein Air Painters National Show.
Pem is represented by numerous galleries in
the West and has been featured in Southwest
Art Magazine. He also teaches oil painting
classes at the Evergreen Art Center.
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Winter at the Capital, 24” x 20” oil
Marlene was born and raised in Tacoma,
Washington. Her mother was a painter,
her grandfather a sculptor, and her
stepfather a writer. They all set examples
of creativity around her and encouraged
her at a young age to draw. Marlene
always knew that painting was her passion. She
studied with a number of artists that she admired and
that are known worldwide.
Marlene has paintings in private collections
throughout the United States. Her painting of the
Broadmoor Hotel hangs in the CEO’s office on the
first floor of the hotel. In 2014 she was commissioned
to paint a scene of Denver that will be a part of
Exempla Lutheran’s art collection and it will hang in
the new Children’s Hospital in downtown Denver
which opened in December of 2014.
2015 G o v e r n o r ’ s A r t S h o w Jared Hankins
E N G LE WOOD, COLORA DO
Sotto Voce-a low soft voice, 18” x 24” oil
Don Hamilton
CASTL E ROCK, COLO RAD O
As a child Don loved to draw and would
often bring his drawings to his grandfather,
an artist and master stone cutter, to be
critiqued. Later Don studied privately with
Joe Brand, a respected wildlife artist and
instructor at Rocky Mountain College of Art
and Design, focusing exclusively on wildlife.
Don’s desire to work from life and vary his subject
matter led him to branch out into other areas and most
importantly, begin painting outside, “en plein air.” Don
continued his education with outdoor workshops from a
number of noted painters.
Don has exhibited at the Small Works Great Wonders
Show at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage
Museum-Oklahoma, Western Masters Show-Montana,
Salon International-Texas, CM Russell Auction-Montana,
Mountain Oyster Club-Arizona, National Exhibition, Oil
Painters of America and previous Colorado Governor’s
Invitational Art Shows.
Don continues to travel throughout Colorado and the
west, painting and sharing his personal vision.
2015 Governor’s Art Show
Throughout the past 17 years, I have had the
opportunity to work in a variety of disciplines in
the fine art field. I have painted in styles ranging
from realism in oils to large color-field abstracts
finished in resin. I have been commissioned to
create site-specific art for hotels and businesses
around the world and have illustrated new products for dozens of
Fortune 500 companies.
This understanding of both media and application has come
together in my most recent work with a style that is current while
pushing forward. I paint by tightening, loosening, and re-tightIdle, 30” x 30” oil
ening of the subject. The results are representational images built
through color fields, blurring the boundaries between the real and the abstract.
Collections include: City of Loveland, Four Seasons Hotels, Ritz Carlton Hotels, Fountainebleau Hotel,
Terranea Resort, Curtis Hotel, Exempla St. Joseph’s Hospital, Craig Hospital, JW Marriott Hotels, Viceroy
Hotels, Jackson National Life Insurance, MarkWest Energy.
Marc R. Hanson
H YG I E N E , CO LO RA D O
Having grown up in a military family,
Marc’s youth was spent on the move. He
was born in Oxnard, California and spent
some of his early school years there. After
his father’s retirement from the Air Force,
Marc’s family settled in the small northern
California community of Loomis. Marc began college as a
biology major, but soon applied to and was accepted into
Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California,
Along the Path, 30” x 40” oil on canvas
majoring in illustration. After Art Center and a brief stint
as a staff illustrator in Sacramento, California, Marc moved to Minnesota where he lived for 33 years while
raising a family and pursuing his art. Marc relocated to Colorado in the Fall of 2012.
“I have pursued a career as a painter for many years now. Along the way my methods, materials and focus
have evolved. A naturalist at heart, the landscape is the perfect vehicle for expressing the joy I have for the world
that surrounds me. My real interest and challenge as a painter is how to best manipulate the core principles of
painting into effective visual statements. I’m most successful when I’m able to communicate that joy to the
viewers of my paintings.”
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Stephanie Hartshorn
DE N VE R , COLORA DO
Though her college start was focused on Chemistry, after a year and a half of engineering school,
Stephanie knew she needed to change course. Transferring schools, she ultimately found fulfillment
in Architecture: Work that engaged her “inner geek” alongside her developing creative direction. Her
education led to a decade of work in Architecture with projects in educational design and historic
preservation.
Stephanie took her first painting class in 2006, followed by a transformative workshop in Abiquiu,
New Mexico. By the time she packed up her brushes to return home, it was clear her connection to the canvas was
gaining momentum. She sought more time to paint in between her career and young family and, in 2009, stepped
away from design to paint full time.
A fourth generation Colorado Native, Stephanie lives in Denver with her husband and two daughters.
The Getaways, 24”x 30” oil on birch
Wes Hyde
Carol Jenkins
Wes Hyde
is a diverseworks artist
with a
passion for
life. He is
at home with a variety
of subjects and styles
of painting, and his
wide range of interests,
experiences and art
A Handful of Dust, 12” x 24” oil
philosophies imbue his
paintings with his own joie de vivre.
For several years Wes traveled almost non-stop across the United States and Canada.
This constant momentum and diversity became an inspiration for his painting. Wes now
resides in Colorado with his wife Nicole, also an artist. He was the Founder and Executive
Director of Nómaas del Arte, a Founding & Signature Member of Plein Air Artists Colorado,
a Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists, Plein Air Painters of New Mexico and
The Society of Master Impressionists, and is represented by: Sunset Gallery, Amarillo, TX
and Planet Bronze Gallery, Bozeman, MT and South Wind Gallery, Topeka, KS. He works
daily in his studio or on location, and keeps a road atlas handy… just in case.
Carol Jenkins
has lived in
the Rocky
Mountains
and been a
professional
painter of oils for many
years. She currently shows
in galleries in Colorado,
Arizona and Connecticut.
Specializing in oils, her
formal training took
place at the School of the
Museum of Fine Arts,
Spring Has Sprung, 11” x 11” oil
Boston, and her style has
been refined through studies with acclaimed artists throughout the west.
Her work has been included in multiple national juried and invitational shows
and she has been honored to receive many awards for her plein air paintings.
ARVADA, COLO RAD O
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WA R D, COLORA D O
2015 G o v e r n o r ’ s A r t S h o w Deb Komitor
CO LO RA DO SPR I N G S, COLORA DO
Dancing With Autumn, 18” x 79” oil
Komitor was born and raised in the Midwest but
after attending CSU for her MFA, she knew the
west was where she needed to be to fully express
her soul. In 1995 she moved to Colorado Springs
where she finds endless inspiration in all that surrounds her. Her landscape paintings express the
joy, wonder and hope she feels in nature through a distinct style
all her own. One feels the energy in each brushstroke as her
paintings convey the forces and serenity in nature.
“Up close my paintings take on an abstract quality. Energized brush strokes of bold color amongst grayed hues splashed
over the surface. As you back away all is revealed. The bold
strokes become a creek bed, vast canyons or local landscapes.
Distance creates a clear perspective. You see the beauty in all the
moments. The strokes like life blend together, the good, the bad
and the ugly, creating this beautiful existence we call life.”
Darlis Lamb
E N GL EWOOD, COLO RAD O
Darlis was born in Wausa, Nebraska, primarily raised in
Omaha, coming to Colorado in 1975 when her husband
was transferred here to work on the Eisenhower Tunnel.
Her education was at the University at Omaha and
Creighton University. She worked as a painter and
print maker prior to beginning her sculpting career in
1982. Her “French Lessons” series was begun in 1997, creating bronze
still life compositions, a natural transition from painting. The series has
won numerous national and regional awards, including two Gold Medals
and a Bronze Medal. She has been included in Southwest Art four times
French Lesson 19, 11”h bronze
since 1989 by invitation plus many other publications. Darlis participated in
Sculpture in the Park for 25 consecutive years the first woman to do so. She also was the third woman to
have three permanently placed in Benson Park.
Commissions have included The American Lung Association, Colorado Osteopathic Foundation and
the Space Foundation, an international entity. She belongs to the Catherine Lorillard Art Club, one of
the oldest women’s art clubs in the U.S., National Sculpture Society Associate and the North American
Sculpture Society. Her work is exhibited across the country.
2015 Governor’s Art Show
Martin Lambuth
DE NV E R , CO LO RA D O
A Trip Down Memory Lane, 60” x 48” acrylic
Martin’s paintings are about more than the subject
matter of vintage trucks and trains. It’s about
nostalgia. Although lost in time or forgotten in the
weeds, they can still take you on a ride to Grandpa’s
farm, bumping down a country road in Dad’s
pickup, or riding the rail through the past.
Painted with credit cards, Martin’s unique style reads with a
sense of realism at a distance but up close you see the abstraction
of loose textures buried in layers of rich color. His style lends
itself to the weather-influenced finishes created by exposure, rust
and oxidation.
An award-winning artist, Martin has been juried into local,
regional and national shows. His work is in the permanent
collection of the Cheyenne Depot Museum, The Children’s
Hospital in Denver and Parker, as well as being selected as the
anchor piece for the Kaiser Permanente medical center in Castle
Rock. He was awarded the People’s Choice Award at the 2014 Art
in the Square in Southlake, Texas for his vintage trucks.
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Jeff Legg
E ST E S PA R K , COLORA DO
Patchwork, 13”h
ceramic on metal
& wood base
Amy Laugesen
ENGL EWOOD, CO LO RAD O
“The Horse, familiar in form, nature
and spirit offers powerful inspiration
for my ceramic and mixed media
sculptures.”
Amy Laugesen received her BFA
from the Boston School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in 1995.
Select exhibitions include the Coors Western
Art Exhibit & Sale; 2014 Colorado Governor’s
Invitational Art Show; Material Magic: Six Sculptors Create, Ann Korologos Gallery; Sculptural
Dimensions, Contemporary Sculpture by Significant Colorado Artists; Republic Plaza; Hayden
Herd, Hayden Heritage & Spirit of the American
West, Solo Display, Yampa Valley Regional Airport;
Creative Capitol, Metro Denver & Boulder Colorado Exhibition, Denver International Airport and
Colorado State Capitol, Office of the Lt. Governor.
Laugesen is an Affiliate Member of the National
Sculptors’ Guild in Loveland, CO. Galleries
include Columbine Gallery, Ann Korologos Gallery
and Visions West Galleries.
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“Masterful” is a word often used to describe
the paintings of Jeff C. Legg. Born in 1959
in Joplin , Missouri. He was apprentice to
a well-known regional artist and college art
professor by the age of 12. This relationship
laid the foundation for his painting and
drawing skills. He later went on to study at Atelier Lack
and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
His luminous still life oils have established national
recognition and garnered numerous awards since he
began painting full-time at age 30. Legg is recognized
Greenback Cutthroat, 9” x 12” oil
as a Master Signature Member by the “Oil Painters of
America.” His work can be seen in distinguished galleries across the United States and is highly sought after and collected
in America and abroad. His paintings have been featured on the cover of Southwest Art Magazine and Art of the West
including full feature articles. Other publishers that have written about the artist include The Artists Magazine, American Art
Collector and North Light Books.
Mr. Legg resides in the Colorado Rockies where he paints daily in his studio.
Mark Leichliter
F OR T COLLI NS , CO LO RA D O
Portal‚
15”h
stainless steel
I was born in Loveland, Colorado and now reside in nearby Fort
Collins. The natural beauty of this region was instrumental in my
aesthetic development. The language of the land and its features
has guided me toward sculpture as my means of artistic expression.
I discovered my love of art in high school, having been exposed
to advanced creative concepts through a self-developed independent study program. I grew up surrounded by construction tools and forms as
my father, uncle, and grandfather built custom homes throughout Northern
Colorado. This upbringing influenced my understanding of building and the
value of craftsmanship. I spent a few years working for my dad’s company,
learning how to read blueprints and use the various tools of the trade. However,
my dad encouraged me to seek other ways of making a living rather than following him into building saying, “Work with your brain, not with your back”.
For the past twelve years, I have specialized in large-scale public works that
include collaborations with architects, landscape architects, engineers, designers
and a host of city planners and officials.
2015 G o v e r n o r ’ s A r t S h o w Karol Mack
F OR T M OR G A N , COLORA DO
North Clear Creek Falls Runoff, 30” x 40” oil
Tom Lockhart
CA NON CI TY, COLO RAD O
Colorado native Tom Lockhart was
raised in the small alpine valley town of
Monte Vista. Tom is a representational
landscape artist. Tom feels that solid
drawing, correct values and colors,
along with the atmospheric effects of
light within the landscape, are some of the keys to a
visually stimulating and interesting image. Painting
from life, (En-Plein-Air as often as possible), helps
to reinforce these visual stimulants when it comes to
painting the landscape.
Tom has been featured in several national art
magazines including: Southwest Art, Art of the West and
American Artist’s Watercolor Magazines. Tom has been
selected to many national Plein-Air Events and Juried
Art Salon Exhibitions as well as prominent National
Juried Shows. Tom is a multi-award winning artist,
which include Colorado Watercolor Society National
Show, Southwest Art Magazine Artist Choice, as well
as two time winner for Region III in The National
Arts for the Parks. He holds Signature Membership
in the (NWR) Northwest Rendezvous of Art, (OPA)
Oil Painters of America, (CWS) Colorado Watercolor
Society, (OPS) Outdoor Painters Society.
2015 Governor’s Art Show
Karol Mack is widely recognized as one of
the foremost interpreters of the Western
landscape. Her oil paintings evoke the
essence and beauty of the natural world
as only a master of painting can do. She
finds her creativity in the rugged natural
settings of the Western United States. Her paintings
range from large renderings of the majestic Rocky
Mountains to intimate vignettes of aspen groves,
winding streams, waterfalls, and meadows. Her artwork
can be found at Greenburg Fine Art, Sylvan Gallery, and
Mack Fine Art. She is an Artist Exhibiting Member-Spring Runoff, 16”x 20” oil
Salmagundi Club, NY, a Signature Member--Oil Painters of America, a Founding Member--Rocky Mountain Plein
Air Painters, and an Artist Fellow--American Artists Professional League. A few major awards include: Award of
Excellence--Oil Painters of America, Jessie B. McReynolds Award--Salmagundi Club National Show, NY, and the
Director’s Choice Award--American Artists Professional League.
Kim Mackey
PUE B LO, CO LO RA D O
And Spring Turned to Summer, 24” x 20” oil
Critics consider Kim Mackey to be one of the finest
artists in the state of Colorado. He has exhibited at
the Salmagundi Club in New York, the Oil Painters of
America in Chicago and San Antonio, the Colorado
Governor’s Show, the Coors Western Art Show,
the C.M. Russell Auction, the Gilcrease Museum,
the American Art Invitational, the Phippen Museum, and the
Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury Connecticut. His paintings hang
in many distinguished collections including the Forbes collection
and that of singer/songwriter, Neil Diamond.
Kim has featured in Art Revue, Art Talk, The Artist’s Magazine,
Southwest Art, Art of the West, Western Horseman and Cowboys and
Indians Magazine. The Denver Post has called him, “A master
of (his) genre”. Kim’s work was featured as the 60th National
Appaloosa Show limited edition poster and has been featured on
the cover of Western Horseman Magazine.
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Georgene McGonagle
DE N VE R , COLORA DO
The Strength Within, 24” x 36” photography
David Mayhew
F ORT COL L I NS, CO LO RAD O
Born in the UK David Mayhew initially
studied for a Bachelor’s Degree in
Engineering Design. His sense of adventure
took him on a 19 months exploration in
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii and
hitch-hiking across Canada. It wasn’t until
David moved to Turin, Italy working for Fiat Auto that
the advent of digital photography first caught his eye. In
2003 David decided to bail out of the 9 to 5 environment
and delve head first into photography, taking on studies in
photography at the College of DuPage near Chicago where
he also joined forces with their meteorology program.
David has seen some unique and beautiful sights
including the largest ever recorded tornado (2.6 miles wide
in El Reno Oklahoma May 2013) and even putting himself
in precarious situations! Now based in Colorado by the
foothills of the Rocky Mountains David is ideally located
for heading East out to tornado alley or West to explore
the mountains or the landscapes of the Southwest.
The draw of the night skies offers up great opportunities
for creativity that have enabled David to expand his work
into new realms. David strives to continue making new and
remarkable images of Skyscapes and hopes to explore more
on an international level.
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Not having experienced art for many years, I absorbed myself in
academia and athletics. I taught Biology at SMU, Mathematics
and Biology at Mary Institute, played competitive golf, and lived
in Europe, but in my mid-fifties, a chance touching of clay
turned my world around! As one might guess, with these varied
experiences, my sculptures became eclectic, surprising both
viewer and myself.
Georgene’s sculptures, especially her children, are in public parks,
schools, businesses and private collections throughout the US. In
Denver, they can be found at Coors Field, National Jewish Medical
Center, Children’s Hospitals, Boys and Girls Club, American
National Bank, and Cherry Creek North.
Namaste, 18”h bronze
Georgene has received awards from Allied Artist of America,
American Women Artists, Salmagundi Club Exhibition, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, American Academy
of Women Artists, and several People’s Choice Awards. Georgene received the Sculpture Pursuit Magazine Industry
Award and is featured in the book, “Sculpture of the Rockies”.
Tiffany Miller Russell
BR OOM F I E LD, CO LO RA D O
Tiffany Miller Russell is best known for her highly detailed, realistic,
and sometimes whimsical cut paper sculptures. Specialty papers are
cut flat, then shaped and layered into bas-relief collages.
She finds her inspiration in nature and the diversity of life, the
individuality of a creature and its relationship to the world, and
animals as cultural and artistic icons.
Tiffany’s work has exhibited in Batrachology: Amphibians in Art at the Alden B.
Dow Museum of Science and Art, The Wildlife Experience in Art, and the Colorado
Governor’s Invitational, and received the Newcomer Award in the Society of
Animal Artists’ Art and the Animal, Honorable Mention and Finalist in the Artist’s
Magazine, and the award for Best Three-Dimensional work in the International
Paleo Art Exhibition.
Tiffany is a Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists and an
Associate Member of Women Artists of the West. Visit her work online at www.
wildlifeinpaper.com.
Anuran Cathedrals, 20” x 30” cut paper
2015 G o v e r n o r ’ s A r t S h o w Dawn Normali
E ST E S PA R K , COLORA DO
Dawn M. V. Normali has had a passion
for painting since the age of six, which she
expresses today with rich colors and dramatic
lighting. Moving to Estes Park, Colorado
almost forty years ago, she continues to draw
inspiration for living high among the Rocky
Mountains. Ms. Normali graduated from the University of
Northern Colorado and studied art at Aims Community
College, Art Students League of Denver and attended
the Loveland Fine Arts Academy. Dawn has studied with
some of Colorado’s finest artists and her works have won
numerous awards and are in a world-wide-collection.
Dawn captures a mood, and emotion with the bold
Sunburst on the Meadow, 12” x 12” oil
strokes of her brush in a style which has been described as
“expressionistic”. Preferring oil painting in the plein aire style, Dawn continues to express in her paintings the
light, beauty and rich color of the land and people of Colorado, Mexico, the American Southwest and Europe.
Jon Paul Price
PA RKER, COLO RAD O
Jon Paul Price is originally from Matador, Texas, and currently resides
in Colorado. His background includes work as a surgical practitioner and
educator, and nonprofit healthcare executive director. His earlier
works are paintings created in the 16th century Flemish style.
Currently, his time is spent creating sculptures inspired by
“retro-futuristic” Victorian era fictional steam-powered
machines operated by a common post-apocalyptic figure. The
sculptures are made from metal, clay, glass, leather, and wood.
Wikipedia defines Steampunk as a “sub-genre of science
Captain
fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery,
Percival
especially in a setting inspired by industrialized Western
Clankingstone,
32”h mixed
civilization during the 19th century. Steampunk works are often set in an alternative
media
history of the 19th century’s British Victorian era or American “Wild West” in a postapocalyptic future during which steam power has regained mainstream use, or in a
fantasy world that similarly employs steam power.” I found myself drawn first to the works of Jules Verne and H.G.
Wells, then Victorian era science fiction movies. I began to notice Steampunk art, and decided to abandon painting
for sculpting these Steampunk figures. I know I’ll be doing this for as long as I live.
2015 Governor’s Art Show
Prince of the Valley, 24” x 30” oil
Nancy Rynes
L A FAY E T T E , CO LO RA D O
Nancy Rynes was born and raised in rural
Illinois and moved to Colorado in 1992.
From an early age her parents had taken the
family west during the summers to camp,
fish, and hike in the Four Corners states of
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona.
Being outdoors among the canyons, deserts, rivers, and
Native cultures of the American Southwest as a child
continues to have a lasting influence on her work.
Nancy studied fine art at the American Academy of Art
in Chicago and later went on to obtain degrees in Geology
and Archaeology at Northern Illinois University and the
University of Colorado. After moving to Colorado, she
pursued her love of art and learned oil painting under noted
artists Ralph Oberg, Dan Young, Matt Smith, and Chris
Alvarez. Learning the rigors of outdoor painting from these
artists greatly influenced her use of bold brushwork, color,
and light/shadow in her own paintings. Nancy still paints
from life when possible – she believes it’s an exercise that
keeps her tuned in to the colors and patterns of light as it
really exists outdoors, not simply in how a camera captures it.
Nancy has been honored with several one-person shows,
as well as awards in juried competitions.
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Wayne Salge
JOH N STOW N , COLORA DO
Onward, 23”h bronze
Although a native Texan, Wayne Salge has been a
resident of Colorado since 1970 and his current home
and studio are located in northeastern Colorado to be
near quality foundry services. Bronze is his preferred
medium for his abstracted animal and human figures.
His body of work numbers over 100 pieces including 20
sold out editions.
He possesses a strong foundation in the arts which includes a
lengthy career in graphic design and illustration plus college classes
in painting, sculpture and art history at San Antonio College and
La Villita School of Art and workshops in bronze casting and stone
carving. He is an elected member of the National Sculpture Society.
Prime, 10”h
bronze and stainless steel
Pat Saunders-White
Ted Schaal
LOVEL AND, CO LO RAD O
LOV E L A N D, CO LO RA D O
Pat is gifted with a strong innate sense for the use of color.
Her technique and style is instantly recognized by her
use of bold contrasting colors, black line and whimsical
energetic animal portraits. Her art attempts to express
something more than the physical aspects of her subject
matter. She taps into her years of artistic experience to
allow the subject matter to reveal itself through her heart, mind and
passion.
Pat is a multi medium artist that works from her home studio. Her
work is sold in national airports and retail stores. Saunders-White’s talent
is commissioned worldwide for her legacy pet portraits. Pat teaches
and shares her knowledge at the Loveland Museum/Gallery, City of
Loveland recreation center, art societies, local workshops and cruise
ships.
Riverwalk, 30” x 22” acrylic on paper
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Ted Schaal graduated from CSU in
1992 with a BFA and has worked
and lived in Loveland for 20 years.
He has public commissions in St.
Louis, MO, Cerritos, CA, Boothbay,
ME and Little Rock, AR. Collectors
from Spain to Japan have found his work on the
Internet and over 50 fine art shows like this one.
His limited edition and one-of-a-kind bronze/
stainless steel sculptures have won 14 awards
and he has been featured in the book “Sculptors
of the Rockies” and the Vail Valley Magazine.
He continues to focus on public and private
commissions, gallery representation and juried
exhibitions.
2015 G o v e r n o r ’ s A r t S h o w William Stoehr
BOULDE R , COLORA DO
Pati Stajcar
GOL DEN, COLO RAD O
Pati Stajcar grew up in
Southeastern Pennsylvania
but has been fortunate to
call Colorado home for
over 30 years. She works in
bronze, marble and wood,
and regularly participates in juried art
shows from coast to coast.
An elected member of Academic Artist
Association, Allied Artists of America,
National Sculpture Society and Society
of Animal Artists, Pati is lucky to be able
to volunteer at Nature’s Educators in
Aurora, CO and as a firefighter for her
community.
Blue Boy,
14.5”h bronze
My work has been shown at universities, art
centers, museums and galleries throughout
the country. I recently spoke at The American
Visionary Art Museum for the Johns Hopkins
University Brain Science Institute’s program
The Science of the Arts. Following this, I
co-created four evening programs in collaboration with
the University of Colorado Department of Psychology and
Neuroscience and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
called Your Brain on Art. These sessions explored creativity,
improvisation, visual perception and aesthetics.
A partial list of recent exhibits include:
• Florida State University Museum of Art, Tallahassee
International
• Governor’s Art Show, Loveland Museum, Colorado
Destiny, 80” x 60” acrylic on canvas
• Stephen F. Austin State University, “Texas National 2013”,
juried by Peter Selz past Museum of Modern Art curator of modern painting and sculpture, Neue
Gallery trustee and founding director UC Berkeley Art Museum (3rd Place)
• Knoll Gallery, “Best of Denver Santa Fe Art District” (Best of Show)
• Seven State Biennial, Goddard Art Center, juried by Mark White of the Fred Jones Museum of ArtUniversity of Oklahoma
Sabrina Stiles
LON G M ON T, COLORA DO
Sabrina Stiles is a versatile and prolific painter who loves to explore new ways to express
herself through her artwork. She draws inspiration from her travels as well as the beautiful
landscape near her home in Colorado. Her keen observation and reverence for the beauty
that surrounds her is evident in her work
She has studied with many nationally recognized artists and has won awards in local,
regional and National competitions. Her work is in private collections throughout the
country.
“I am fortunate to have the opportunity to pursue my passion. I hope that my paintings evoke a feeling
of connection to a place and time that is special to you.”
Days End, 12” x 16” pastel
2015 Governor’s Art Show
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Charlotte Strauss
LA K E WOOD, COLORA DO
Bighorn Bachelors, 24” x 36” oil
Karen Storm
Charlotte Strauss is a realist painter
working mostly in oils. She is a
Colorado native currently living and
working in Lakewood, Colorado.
Charlotte began oil painting at
the age of 11. By the age of 13 she
was entering competitions and winning awards
for her oil paintings. She was an art major at the
University of Colorado and later studied at the
Bergman School of Art. She has been a member
of the Art Students League of Denver for many
years. Her main focus is still life but also enjoys
painting figurative works.
The Trumpet Player, 12” x 20” oil on board
“I love working in oils because of the depth and
richness of color that can be achieved. I build my paintings with layers of color until I feel I have captured the essence of the subject. I enjoy the creative process and every work is a new adventure.”
MANI TOU S PR IN GS, COLO RAD O
S. Mark Thompson
Growing up in rural Wisconsin, Karen
developed a love of art and nature. Her
love of art led her to a degree in art
eduction. Her love of nature led her to the
mountains and a 27 year career teaching
art in Colorado. The pleasure of teaching
art to children, and learning so much from their joyful
expression, is apparent her work today.
Now following her passion of painting full-time, her
work ranges from wildlife and landscapes to figurative
paintings. Imagery for her work rises out of her travels
and her daily life, often capturing intimate moments
in nature. Painting with effervescent light and dynamic
energy, her focus is on capturing the essence of her
subject.
A graduate of University of Wisconsin – Madison,
Karen creates, exhibits and teaches in the Pikes Peak
region.
A native of Colorado, Mark
Thompson received his B.A degree
in Commercial Art from Colorado
State University. After working
briefly as a commercial illustrator in
Chicago, he returned to Colorado.
He taught art for ten years and completed course
work toward an M.A. in drawing and painting at
the University of Northern Colorado. He turned
to his art full time in 1981, working in the media
of egg tempera and etching. Mark has received
numerous awards from exhibitions over the years,
including the American Artist’s Professional
League (NY), the Knickerbocker Artist’s (NY),
Violin with Spring Tulips, 13.5” x 20.75” egg tempera
the Salmagundi Club (NY) the Allied Artist’s of
America (NY), International Guild of Realism, American Society of Traditional Artists and the Colorado Governor’s
Invitational. Mark also teaches a class in egg tempera painting at the Art Students League of Denver.
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G OLDE N , COLORA DO
2015 G o v e r n o r ’ s A r t S h o w Teresa Vito
PUE BLO, COLORA DO
Teresa Vito has been a full time oil painter since 1992. She
has a BA in Fine Art from the University of New York at
Geneseo and has taught and studied at the Art Students
League of Denver and the Loveland Academy of Fine
Arts. She painted with Richard Schmid for Five years.
Vito has won numerous national awards including
Best Portrait, Best Still Life and an Award of Excellence from Oil
Painters of America. Best of Show award from Artists of Colorado
held at the Colorado History Museum. Southwest Art Magazine,
collector’s edition chose her for Collector’s Choice for Still Life. The
Sangre de Cristo Art Center recently purchased a painting for their
permanent museum collection. Vito has also received the Best Of
Show award from Plein Air Artists of Colorado’s National Show and
Third Tent Down, 40” x 30” oil on linen
from Representing The West. Also awarded Art of the West Editor’s
Choice Award and Best Body of Work at the 10th Anniversary Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters.
Mature Ram, 40” x 30” acrylic on canvas
Ezra Tucker
Michael Wilcox
Ezra has spent many years pursuing his intense
interest in nature and wildlife conservation. His
approach to capturing his subjects is to reveal a
rarely highlighted detail, an incident or fact can
be a big dramatic scene or a subtle relaxed blink.
Ezra’s bold and distinctive style of drawing and
painting in layers reflects an acute observation and knowledge
of his subject and displays an intimate and emotional portrait
quality and adept storytelling. Ezra finds the art of modern
wildlife artist Bob Kuhn as well as classical wildlife artist,
Carl Rungius, and other artist such as Antoine Barye, Arthur
Wardle, Edwin Landseer and Wilhelm Kuhnert inspirational
and their art has influenced his style. His unique creative style
and traditional perspective gives his subjects a fresh old world
appeal.
His original art has been commissioned and also included
in many private and Fortune 500 corporate collections. Ezra
is a member of the Society of Animal Artist.
Michael Wilcox enjoyed
a lengthy career in the
photographic industry beginning
as a manger in a retail camera
store and finishing his career
as an associate director and
division manager for Pentax Corporation.
In 2008 he began his second career as
a fine art photographer. The majority of
Michael’s photographic efforts center on
an appreciation of the uncommon beauty
of common scenes. He is attracted to the
Red Barn in Spring Snow, 13” x 19” photography
graceful curve of the seating of the Foote
Lagoon Amphitheater or the simplicity of a gathering storm over a ripening wheat field.
Michael’s photographs have been published in USA Today and he has won multiple national awards
from the Photographic Society of America. He is recognized as a Master photographer by the Loveland
Photographic Society. He recently was awarded First Place in photography at the Thompson Valley Art
League’s Regional Fine Art Show
MONUMENT, CO LO RAD O
2015 Governor’s Art Show
LOVE LA N D, COLORA DO
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Lora Witt
G R E E N WOOD VI LLAG E , COLORA D O
On Sacred Ground, 11” x 14” oil on linen
Kay Witherspoon
ENGL EWOOD, CO LO RAD O
Montana native, Kay Witherspoon, received
her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Secondary
Education from the University of Montana
and her Master of Arts Degree in Counseling
Psychology from the University of Colorado.
Her work is strongly influenced by her early
experiences on her family’s Wyoming cattle ranch and her
life in Colorado.
Witherspoon combines her observations and
experiences with realism and glazing techniques of
the Dutch Masters. Among her awards are: Award of
Excellence, Society of Animal Artists; Founder’s Award,
American Academy of Equine Art; Best in Oils & Acrylic,
Cheyenne Frontier Museum; The Migratory Water Fowl
Award, Art For The Parks. She lives in Littleton, owns her
studio with classroom in Englewood, is married to Tom
Ayers, Jr., and has four married children.
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The West has played an important
role in grounding Lora Witt’s
perspective. Raised in Colorado
by a family deep in artistic
merit, Witt has combined her
educational experiences from
Colorado State University, University of
Denver, and The Art Students League of Denver
to provide the skill set and unique vision she
brings to her paintings.
An enduring interest in Western botany
and geography has been a consistent theme in
Witt’s body of work. Understanding the science
behind our natural world has presented a truer
picture of the artist’s intent and has provided
the foundation for Witt’s urban naturalist style.
Like a Pathless Wood, 24” x 36” oil
Sherrie York
SA LI DA , COLORA DO
Sherrie York credits her interest
in nature to a college field trip in
which she was challenged to sketch
strutting, squabbling backyard
chickens. “It was exciting and
infuriating,” she laughs. “I loved
capturing that experience on paper!” Since that
afternoon Sherrie has worked as a painter and
printmaker of natural history subjects, as well
as a designer and illustrator of nature-focused
educational materials. Her work has been included
in national and international exhibitions, as well as
several books and museum collections.
Treasured Path, 12” x 18” reduction linocut
About her process Sherrie says, “As a linocut
printmaker I am essentially self-taught. I focus on relief prints because I can (and do) produce them by hand without
a press. Typically I begin complex prints with only a vague plan. There is risk and tension working this way, since my
reduction process destroys more of the print block at each step, but I think best when my tools are moving.
2015 G o v e r n o r ’ s A r t S h o w Gene Youngmann
W ESTMI NSTE R, CO LO RAD O
Gene Youngmann has been painting watercolors
for over thirty-three years in Colorado. He
retired after teaching art for thirty years in
Jefferson County Public Schools at the end of
May 2003. Twenty-five years of that time he
taught drawing at Golden High School. He is
a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado with a
Master of Arts in Drawing.
Out of Work, 14.5” x 21.5” watercolor
Youngmann is a plein air painter, painting 90 percent of
his work on location during the warmer months and participates in plein air events yearly. His paintings are regularly
displayed in International, National, Regional and Local exhibitions. His paintings are included in many private and
corporate art collections, most recently the Colorado School of Mines President’s Office in Golden, CO.
Youngmann’s subject of choice is Colorado landscapes, vintage automobiles and aging architecture. He is best
known for the under painting glow of his paintings, his use of purple shadows and his whimsical drawings.
Ron Zito
D ENVER, COLO RAD O
In my work in contemporary realism I try
to capture the meaning of the Latin phrase,
finitum capax infiniti, “the finite is capable
of the infinite,” which means that there is
no access to the infinite except through the
finite. It is an apt description of how I feel
about our connection to the material world.
Presently, my quest is to try to capture this in
two dimensional form, and the technique of glazing
in oil paint seems to suit the subject matter and my
temperament. This slow layering of color seems to
correspond to the patina of living that inexorably
descends upon a particular place. Glazing is a painting
method that allows me time for careful thought and
Breaking Through, 36” x 48” oil
introspection.
I have taken a circuitous route to art. I grew up around artistic uncles, aunts, and cousins in the New York/New
Jersey area. Traveling out west to Flagstaff, Arizona I majored in commercial art, but soon switched to the study of
english and history. With the gentle persistence of my wife I finally found my way back to drawing and painting after
a fifteen-year hiatus.
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