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ometimes when I visit an art museum or a gallery and I don’t have much time to explore, I play a secret game. I walk through the hushed hallways and rooms at a clipped pace. My eyes scan the walls intently. Inside, I’m quivering in anticipation. I’m looking for the piece that will reach out and grab me. And that’s how it feels when it happens. Like I’m physically being drawn towards a certain painting. Sometimes it’s the way the painter has captured light on the canvas so realistically I nearly gasp. Sometimes it’s the subject matter, or how a painter might take an everyday scene, like John Taft’s oil paintings of less-than-spectacular Colorado vistas, and make it transcendent. It’s no surprise that by learning more about it, my appreciation deepens. Time and again, that’s what happens. Be it theater, music or a painting, each time I dive deep, I end up respecting the work in entirely new ways. While editing ART, I discovered new admiration for the quality of art on display in local galleries. We’re dang lucky. There aren’t many towns our size that boast the caliber of art we do. From Sybil Hill’s contemporary horse and flag mixed-media pieces on display at Masters Gallery to Aaron Fritz’s playful and evocative oil paintings hanging in Vail Village Arts, the styles, sizes, colors and mediums run the gamut but that one word — quality — persists. While talking to Bill Rey, one of the owners of Claggett/Rey Gallery, he mentioned that if an interviewer asks an artist how long it takes to complete a certain piece, he or she is clearly a “rookie.” “It’s irrelevant,” Rey said. “My dad (American West painter Jim Rey) would always respond ‘40 years,’ because it’s the expertise you’ve gained over the course of your life and your time in the field that allows you to do what you do.” It’s so very true. Whether the creation took two hours or two years has no bearing on the quality of the work. And yet again, I find I’m still learning. Still deepening my well of knowledge. That’s what I hope ART can do for you: provide you with a richer understanding about the treasures in our valley’s galleries. So go on, see what captures you.
Caramie Schnell
PUBLISHER DON ROGERS drogers@vaildaily.com
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF WREN WERTIN wren@vaildaily.com
MANAGING EDITOR CARAMIE SCHNELL cschnell@vaildaily.com
DESIGNER CARRIE CALVIN ccalvin@cmnm.org
PHOTO EDITOR DOMINIQUE TAYLOR dtaylor@vaildaily.com
CONTRIBUTORS MOLLY EPPARD KIM FULLER LAUREN MERRILL CARAMIE SCHNELL ROSANNA TURNER MARY KELLEY ZELESKEY
MARKETING GUY MARK BRICKLIN
DISTRIBUTION JARED STABER
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Contributors
Carrie Calvin
Molly Eppard
Kim Fuller
Lauren Merrill
What’s your artistic talent? I’ve been making jewelry since I was a youngster. Now it’s my pasttime and passion.
What’s the first piece of art that made a strong impression on you? John Singer Sargent’s “Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose.” It absolutely glows and I swear you can smell the fragrance from the garden.
What’s the first piece of art that made a strong impression on you? “Where the Wild Things Are,” Maurice Sendak.
What’s the first piece of art that made a strong impression on you? I used to go to the MET with my mom and remember loving Renoir and Monet paintings when I was little.
ART DESIGNER
Upcoming art event you’re looking forward to: Art on the Rockies at CMC this July.
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES DIRECTOR
FREELANCE WRITER
ALPINE ARTS CENTER OWNER
Local artist you want to meet. I would love to meet James Surls.
If you could steal something from a local gallery, what would it be? Patrick Espy’s painting “Vail.”
Caramie Schnell
Rosanna Turner
Wren Wertin
Mary Kelley Zeleskey
If you could steal something from a local gallery, what would it be? Kathy Beekman’s “A Perfect Summer.”
What’s the first piece of art that made a strong impression on you? Seeing Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” up close at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid for the first time.
What’s the first piece of art that made a strong impression on you? Grandma Tibby’s fabric carvings.
If you could steal something from a local gallery, what would it be? Vintage style rings and bracelets from the J. Cotter Gallery.
If you could steal something from a local gallery, what would it be? One of Dan Telleen’s ancientstamp pendants.
What’s your artistic talent? I recently discovered that I’m not horrible at pencil drawing but I wouldn’t go so far as to say it is a talent of mine. I enjoy it, though!
What’s your artistic talent? I am an oil painter, but also love drawing, jewelry and ceramics.
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ART EDITOR
First museum you visited: Not sure about the first, but the first one I fell in love with was the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. I remember feeling giddy.
FREELANCE WRITER
First museum you visited: Probably some historical museum in Minnesota. My dad was really into those. No Disneyland for my family.
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“Near The Guadalupe,” By Robert Pummill Claggett/Rey Gallery Oil, cropped
“Wild Bunch,”
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10 C. ANTHONY GALLERY
Featuring Britten, Anton Arkhipov, L.M. Chan and Adam Stewart
12 CARRIE FELL
Featuring Carrie Fell
14 CLAGGETT/REY
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22 KARATS
Featuring Dan Telleen
24 MASTERS GALLERY Featuring Sybil Hill
26 THE SHELTON SMITH COLLECTION Featuring Masters of the American West
Featuring Robert Pummill
16 COGSWELL GALLERY
28 VAIL INTERNATIONAL GALLERY
18 GALERIE ZÜGER
30 VAIL VILLAGE ARTS
Featuring Various Artists
Featuring Britten
20 J. COTTER GALLERY Featuring Jim Cotter, Goldsmith, Sculptor & Installation Artist
Featuring John Taft
Featuring Aaron Fritz
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32 CALENDAR OF ARTIST EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS 35 GALLERY LISTING 36 VAIL’S PUBLIC ART PLAYGROUND Molly Eppard
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C. Anthony Gallery 61 Avondale Lane, Market Square Beaver Creek | 970.845.8645 canthonygallery.com FEATURING
Britten, Anton Arkhipov, L.M. Chan and Adam Stewart
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quality art gallery is typified by the consistent breadth and depth of its collection. So when selecting work for the C. Anthony Gallery, gallery director Josephine de Lucinges looks for art that maintains such a level of integrity. But identifying what makes a particular artist stand out from the crowd can be difficult to put into words. Just what is that je ne sais quoi, that essence that you can’t describe? As de Lucinges says, “It is something that speaks beyond the composition, beyond the media, beyond the subject.” While the art at C. Anthony may transcend language, it is never beyond emotion. Those who step into the gallery often have strong responses to the work on display, ranging from joy to silence to even tears. The essential emotional power of art is what connects the artist to novice viewers and aficionados alike; indeed, the gallery’s philosophy is that one does not have to be an expert to enjoy art. Visitors vary from small children being introduced to art, to young couples purchasing their first piece and seasoned buyers looking to expand their collections. For anyone venturing into the gallery, there is something to see. One such artist with broad appeal is Britten, the gallery’s artist in residence. Her rich palate radiates an elemental energy, whether evoking an ethereal landscape or floral serenity. Britten’s abstract style evidences a profound art consciousness that immediately draws the viewer in. Her work is constantly evolving in unexpected and surprising ways.
Britten’s paintings tend to move with the changing seasons, and the new summer series is titled “Solstice” in celebration of light and color. Handmade paper and other textile materials add a different dimension to her vibrant oils and other media. Describing the new works, Britten says, “This new layer creates one more window to crawl through when following the path of light.” Also showing at C. Anthony this season will be Anton Arkhipov, L.M. Chan and Adam Stewart. Russian artist Arkhipov creates an enchanting world, expressing the idea that to dream is to create a reality. Characters float in the air; cars soar over mountain peaks. Arkhipov’s paintings capture the imagination of infinite possibility. Taiwanese artist Chan transforms leather into sculptures that express movement and emotion with exceptional realism. Aspens come to life in Stewart’s work. As a native Coloradan, his deep affinity for the state’s beauty reflects in his abstract sculpture and painting, juxtaposing color and texture against the whiteness of the trees. Together, these artists exhibit a quality of spirit and exuberance that is C. Anthony’s signature. While knowledge often helps to elevate a person’s understanding of art, it is not necessary for a love of art. Great art touches the heart beyond knowledge. De Lucinges sums it up well: “Art is about passion; it’s a search for the soul.” — BY BRITT HERRINGTON
This page, from top: “Aspens Near Beaver Lake,” by Adam Stewart, 24 inches by 24 inches, mixed media “Samurai Kojiro,” by L.M. Chan, 18 inches high by 14 inches wide by 8 inches deep, leather sculpture
Opposite page: “Flare,” by Britten, 40 inches by 70 inches, mixed media “The Race,” by Anton Arkhipov, 38 inches by 40 inches (without frame), acrylic and oil mixed media
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C. ANTHONY GALLERY
This Beaver Creek gallery is known for its diverse collection of fine art. The 4,000-squarefoot exhibit space includes a slew of art genres from a plethora of artists: Expect new Western and wildlife bronzes and paintings, Colorado nature oil paintings, work from still life masters, French and Spanish impressionism, contemporary Italian realism, Russian artists; modern pieces and abstract art.
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CARRIE FELL GALLERY
Carrie Fell Gallery expands on her brand through the colorful and recognizable paintings of local renowned artist, Carrie Fell. In addition, the gallery represents exceptional and innovative artists exhibiting expressions in form of function and design.
Carrie Fell Gallery 141 East Meadow Drive, Suite 209 Solaris | Vail | 970.476.4117 carriefellgallery.com FEATURING
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right lines and dynamic layers distinguish Carrie Fell’s paintings from the neutral sepia tones that classically define the Western genre. Her gallery brings a flair to Valley style — the modern majesty of mountain expression. “Her work is very contemporary — a lively and unique take on Western art,” says Daniel Ruedisueli, director of the Carrie Fell Gallery at Solaris Vail. “She takes subject matter like cowboys, Native Americans, and animals that you commonly see in Western art and really puts her own individual style and energy into them.” The gallery opened in Solaris in December, and Ruedisueli says it was successful in its first winter season. Fell has been painting professionally for 20 years and is a Colorado native. Her painting studio is in Denver, as well as her main showroom, but she has been sharing her work with the Vail Valley for 17 years. Her city and mountain locales mesh her style perfectly — blending the best of the West with the city’s glitz and glamour. Fell says the new Vail gallery has defined her work in a new way, and those who have been involved have helped her evolve in a new direction. “All these different art forms are coming together,” Fell says. “Now it’s about discovering the next layer. It’s about taking the name that I have developed and making it something different than it was before.” Fell’s acclaimed work holds true, however, and the recurring narrative of the anonymous cowboy has recently been juxtaposed with her more
recent and intricate profile of Native American identity. The opposing protagonists play different roles in her pieces, but in the Solaris space they tie together her consistent and classical Western themes. “The bright colors and movement in her paintings bring something very unique to this subject matter of art that you don’t often see out here,” Ruedisueli says. “It offers something that I feel you can’t get anywhere else, and she’s also trying to do this with the other artists she’s bringing in here.” Fell’s creations are always moving. It’s the momentum of stampeding horses as they seem to swirl toward an audience in full color and energy, straight from a crisp and clean canvas, as open and free as an untouched frontier. “An art gallery should inspire other people,” Fell says. “It’s about helping them believe, and that’s what we want to do.” Sculptor Phillip Glashoff is one of the artists whose work complements the Carrie Fell Gallery with a regional feel. His reclaimed sculptures stand strong throughout the gallery. The pieces are made entirely from found metal items on Glashoff’s family ranch in northern California. Fell says it’s the other people who have been involved with the gallery who have made it ever-evolving. “We’ve been pulling all these different strings together and making something new,” Fell says. “All these people are coming together into this center, and they are now helping to inspire me to move forward.” — KIM FULLER
This page: “Signature of Love,” 48 inches by 78 inches, acrylic and oil
Opposite page, from top left: “Real McCoy,” 20 inches by 50 inches, oil and acrylic “The Posse,” 40 inches by 55 inches, oil and acrylic “Low Down Rebel,” 40 inches by 80 inches, acrylic and oil
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Claggett/Rey Gallery 100 East Meadow Drive, No. 10 Vail | 970.476.9350 claggettrey.com FEATURING
Robert Pummill
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hether his painting is of rolling hills overlooking the Guadalupe River or a striking sunset behind a peaceful meadow of bluebonnets, Texans — and those who’ve frequented the Lone Star state — will likely be drawn to Robert Pummill’s latest work. Well-known as a Western artist, Pummill’s sophisticated landscapes depict the majestic Texas hill country. With his hometown being Kerville, Texas, Pummill is very much drawn to Western themes and is interested in the cattle industry and trail drives. “It is a subject matter that I enjoy and am really interested in,” Pummill says. Much of his work includes horses, wagons or endless hills of prairie land. Just looking at it transports you, making you feel like you are standing in the hill country. “We’ve represented him for almost 20 years, and he is one of the finest painters of the hill country and of Texas,” says Bill Rey, Claggett/Rey Gallery owner. Some of Pummill’s art also includes Native American subjects. For the most part, he focuses his paintings on life during the 1840s to the 1900s. Pummill took his first art class at age 11 but has had an interest in it for as long as he can recall. A few artists that he admires are John Sargent, Frederic Remington, N.C. Wyeth and some of the French Impressionists. However, he does believe that some of the greatest artists are still alive and working. Rey sees very masculine qualities within Pummill’s paintings, which is what initially attracted him to
Pummill’s work. That, combined with the large number of Texas visitors who frequent Vail, made Claggett/Rey Gallery the perfect place to showcase Pummill’s work. “The collectors who buy his work just love it because there really isn’t anyone else painting these Texas environs at such a high level of art,” Rey says. Pummill has been painting full time as a studio artist since the 1970s. The landscapes that have always been secondary in his work have now become the central focus. His latest pieces are of tranquil Texas scenes, be it a misty morning or the fading light of a spring day. In the serene painting “Near the Guadalupe,” hundreds of bluebonnets dot a hillside, embodying the phrase “intricate yet simple.” According to Rey, Pummill has reached the point in his career where he’s doing what he wants to do, with no real deadlines. “He is at a wonderful place in life where he is painting for himself and hopes the public responds to it, which they do,” Rey says. “As artists, we paint so that we can keep on painting,” Pummill says. Pummill has been featured in Art of the West, Southwest Art and Western Art Collector magazines, and his newest landscape paintings can be found in the most prestigious collections around the world. — BY MARY KELLEY ZELESKEY
This page, from top: “Autumn in the Hill Country,” 30 inches by 40 inches, oil “Morning Blues,” 32 inches by 48 inches, oil
Opposite page from top: “Near the Guadalupe,” 32 inches by 48 inches, oil “Late April,” 16 inches by 20 inches, oil
CLAGGETT/REY GALLERY
The Claggett/Rey Gallery in Vail has been selling fine art since 1989. The gallery represents more than 40 artists, each with a national reputation for quality, which is what has given the gallery its staying power.
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Cogswell Gallery 223 Gore Creek Drive Vail | 970.476.1769 cogswellgallery.com FEATURING
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ogswell Gallery is nestled in the heart of Vail Village in the Creekside building on Gore Creek Drive, a pedestrian-only area next to landmark restaurants Up the Creek and Lancelot. In the last 30 years, John and Patti Cogswell have developed an extensive collection of bronze artists and Western painters. Their vast art collection has pleased visitors and art lovers alike with a variety of artwork in different media. Several artists have joined the gallery recently, including Jeff Desautels, Lorenzo Chavez, Corrina Johnson, Joan Zygmunt, Kathy Beekman and Dan Deuter. Colorful pop artist Jeff Desautels started his career in the Navy working on nuclear submarines and then studied law at Yale. He uses palette knives to achieve his brilliant colors and textures. Desautels loves capturing color, light and texture in his artwork. His paintings of aspens, bicyclists and skiers are quite popular. Plein air artist Lorenzo Chavez grew up drawing. He copied drawings from comic books and drew portraits of the kids around him. He was also inspired by family road trips in the southwest. Chavez teaches across the United States, has won many awards and his pastels have been featured in many art magazines. He also does beautiful oils, and spends many hours painting onsite. He finds much inspiration in New Mexico and Colorado. Similarly, Corrina Johnson’s love of art started when she was a child drawing and painting animals, particularly horses. She won a scholarship to attend an art course after high school, and followed that with workshops and classes from professional artists and at the Scottsdale Artists School. She left
Washington State to pursue her art, and traveled between Scottsdale, Ariz. and Jackson, Wyo. before moving to Colorado. She enjoys painting and photographing animals and capturing their expressions. Artist Kathy Beekman’s first medium was crayons and even then she knew she wanted to be an artist. Her parents encouraged her artistic growth and instilled the belief that anything was possible. She won an art scholarship to Siena Heights University in Michigan, where she obtained her fine arts degree. She enjoys working in pastel on black paper, and uses her fingers to blend. She creates vibrant pastoral landscapes featuring luminous skies and old barns. Sculptor Joan Zygmunt has been showing since 1978. Working in wood, stone and bronze, her exquisitely detailed sculptures depict her favorite subjects — birds and flowers. Her work has won numerous awards at prestigious shows such as Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Sculpture in the Park, C.M. Russell Art Auction and the Ward Foundation World Championships. Dan Deuter grew up on a cattle ranch in South Dakota where he broke ponies and horses. He started drawing at an early age and soon realized it was his passion. He worked as a cowboy in South Dakota before moving to Colorado in 1988 where he worked as a buffalo hunter, guiding 1870s-style horseback hunts. He has been able to paint from live scenes whereas other painters have to copy older paintings. His buffalo paintings are highly realistic and beautifully rendered. He also paints wonderful cows, horses and Indians in historical accuracy and detail. — BY SIMONE FODDE-CROTZER
This page, from top: “Out With the Birds,” Corrina Johnson, 24 inches by 48 inches, oil “Storm Chasers,” Dan Deuter, 24 inches by 36 inches, oil “Autumn at the Pass,” Lorenzo Chavez, 18 inches by 24 inches, pastel
Opposite page, clockwise from top left: “A Perfect Summer,” Kathy Beekman, 22-3/4 inches by 30 inches, pastel “Mountain Bluebird,” Joan Zygmunt, 13-1/2 inches in height, handpainted bronze “Summit Mt. Ventoux,” Jeff Desautels, 11 inches by 14 inches, oil
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COGSWELL GALLERY For more than 30 years, Cogswell Gallery, located in the heart of Vail Village, has represented the finest artwork. Gallery owner John Cogswell has created a collection of painters and sculptors whose common denominator in the visual arts is an unrequited love affair with the beauty of nature. In addition to new, fresh artwork, the gallery also carries European jewelry designs along with its classic collection of Native American silver jewelry.
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GALERIE ZÜGER
The artists represented by Galerie Züger are featured because of their unique freedom of expression. The painters, sculptors and collage artists all express ethereal notions. The Züger family has been in the art business for more than four decades in Aspen, Beaver Creek, Vail, Denver, Santa Fe and Dallas.
Galerie Züger 141 East Meadow Drive, No. 208 Vail | 970.476.5619 galeriezugervail.com FEATURING
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hen Britten picks up a paintbrush to start a new piece, there isn’t a vision in her mind’s eye of what the painting will be when she puts the brush down at the end. There isn’t even a shadow or a whisper of what’s to come. “In fact, I try to clear my mind of anything personal and open up to creativity in its pure form,” says Britten, a local artist who lives in Edwards. “When I paint, I’m sure I draw on subconscious memories of where I’ve been and experiences I’ve had, but never of anything particular.” Britten’s work is most often described with light-oriented adjectives: luminous, reflective, illuminating. To get her trademark effect, Britten uses layers. And lately, she’s added a new layer: handmade paper from China, Japan and Italy. Britten first saw people making paper in Florence, Italy, when she spent a year there studying art some two decades ago, she says. She starts each piece with waterbased paint, which organically makes its own pattern, giving the piece its underlying texture and movement. Next is a layer of gold, silver and copper leaf, applied with an adhesive. After that, she adds the paper, which gives the piece a visual and tactile texture. The final layer is oil paint and resin. In the end, there’s about a dozen layers, which is what creates depth in each piece. As Britten plays with each layer, adding an additional coat or two depending on how the painting is progressing, she often discovers that the earlier characteristics she might’ve considered an “accident,” are not.
“Those are the things that are the most beautiful things in my painting, the things I’ll end up highlighting at the end with oil and resin,” she says. With so many layers in the mix, how does Britten know when a piece is “finished”? “That’s everyone’s favorite question to ask me,” she says. “I go by feeling. How I create in general is just by intuition and feeling in that moment. There’s no other way to explain it. I just know; it’s intuitive.” After she puts down the paintbrush for the final time, she stands back, watches and waits. “I look at the piece as if I’m just the viewer and not the artist,” she says. “Then I can see through the layers and listen to the painting and that’s when I know the name. They all have a very unique voice.” Maybe it’s that voice speaking to the people who see Britten’s work. “I watch clients and how they react to her work and there’s an emotional connection,” says Rayla Kundolf, gallery director. “I had one gentleman who liked a piece because it made him feel comfortable. It calmed him. He saw something in it that reminded him of something: ‘I’ve seen that sky before, or those colors before, those hues before.’” Indeed, it’s that hint of a memory that makes Britten’s work, which first appears abstract, very personal. “From CEOs to little old ladies, there’s just something that speaks to them,” Kundolf says. “She captures people’s emotions.” Britten’s work is also on display at Galerie Züger’s sister gallery in Beaver Creek, C. Anthony Gallery. — BY CARAMIE SCHNELL
This page: “Alight,” 60 inches by 60 inches, mixed media
Opposite page, clockwise from top: “Elevation,” by Britten, 70 inches by 80 inches, mixed media “Bengal,” 20 inches by 40 inches, mixed media “Opportunity 5,” 20 inches by 70 inches, mixed media
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J. Cotter Gallery 234 East Wall Street Vail | 970.476.3131
Market Square, Unit 5 Beaver Creek | 970.949.8111 jcottergallery.com FEATURING
Jim Cotter, Goldsmith, Sculptor & Installation Artist
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hen it comes to making jewelry, Jim Cotter isn’t afraid to go big. The artist and jewelry designer is a fan of the “bigger is better” philosophy. Thinking large allows him to make “bolder pieces and more elaborate things,” Cotter says. The artist’s latest designs take the massiveness of a shield and shrink it down to create stylish rings, pendants, earrings, brooches and more. Cotter used the shape of the shield in the 1980s but was recently struck by its symbolism. “Shields were used in the beginning for protection,” Cotter says. “Then they became protective for spiritual reasons, (or) for decoration or ways of expression. … We all put shields up to protect ourselves.” Known for his use of the unexpected, Cotter crafts shields using a variety of materials — gold, steel and even wood — and then embellishes them with paint, diamonds or gold leaf. Cotter’s skill lies in taking a familiar object and turning it into something worth a second-glance. “One of the reasons I like the shields is that they’re old, but also very contemporary looking,” Cotter says. “They have an interesting newness that keeps my motor turning.” For an artist whose wheels are always spinning forward on to the next “big” thing, Cotter sees size as a relative concept. “It’s only too big when it’s on the other lady,” Cotter says.
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This page: Shield Brooches/Pendants, wood, sterling silver Brooch, steel and gold leaf; Ring, 14 karat yellow gold and black diamonds Shield Rings: steel, 14 karat yellow gold, diamonds
Opposite page, clockwise from top: Rings, 14 karat yellow gold and black diamonds, 14 karat yellow gold with ruby Shield Brooches/Pendants, steel, gold leaf Pendant, wood; Earrings, 14 karat yellow gold
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J. COTTER GALLERY The J. Cotter Gallery is an internationally recognized gallery of contemporary designer jewelry and art, featuring designs by leading artists from the United States and Europe. Opened in 1970 with the premise that jewelry should be considered an art form, it has established a clientele who share the feeling that jewelry is a silent form of communication, which speaks of the wearer’s individual taste.
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KARATS
Karats is a working studio jewelry gallery accented with selected paintings, sculpture and ceramics. The gallery was named one of JCK’s Top 50 designer retailers in the country and the Vail Daily’s 2009 and 2010 top “Hands-On Jeweler.”
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Karats
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“Janus was a god whose feet were he best client is an planted solidly in the present, and educated client, says was able to look into the past with Dan Telleen, owner clarity, and look into the future with and designer of Karats. imagination,” Telleen says. “Right now When it comes to as a people, we really can do that.” jewelry, a great education is the Telleen is like a modern-day Janus result of a great teacher. Telleen is himself, taking his pieces and making one such educator, enlightening and them not time-“less” but rather illuminating those who visit his shop expanding through the eras. about everything from the coins of “Everything that I make today ancient Greece to meteorites formed relates to something that I made in billions of years ago. Jewelry is not the past,” Telleen says. “Each design just a way to join the past to the grows into the next design; it doesn’t future; it also creates a chain that just jump from one thing to the next. links us all, he says. My jewelry is a lot about nature, a “The farther back we go, the more lot about texture, and a lot about connected we are,” Telleen says. evolution of time.” Telleen demonstrates this in his The designer’s progression work by taking an ancient seal and continues in his new work, which using it as an imprint on a belt buckle, includes cameos, lockets and the or by crafting a locket from a raised peace symbol. Lady Liberty Telleen sees the coin from the peace symbol as turn of the “Everything that I make being “back by century. Each of today relates to something popular demand,” Telleen’s pieces that I made in the past.” not only in its design tell multiple — Dan Telleen but also what it stories: what it stands for, he says. represented in For Telleen, making the past, what innovative jewelry from ancient objects he is trying to express with it now, is not about taking something old and what it will mean to his clients and trying to make it new. Each piece n the future. reminds us that the relationship we While some of us look at a coin attach to a ring, necklace, bracelet, and see its monetary value, Telleen or other adornment reaches back far sees much more. An avid collector since the third grade, he uses both the beyond our own history. Just like the peace sign itself, the jewelry at Karats design and history of a coin to inform tells not only a personal story, but a his work. The artist owns an ancient coin of the Roman god Janus, which he universal one as well. uses as inspiration. — BY ROSANNA TURNER
This page: 14 and 18 karat gold peace symbols with garnet, turquoise, malachite and azurite beads
Opposite page, clockwise from top left: Sterling 18 karat and 22 karat gold earrings featuring image from ancient Greek coin Lady Liberty locket, coin silver, 18 karat gold
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ifty white stars are etched into a blue background. Thirteen stripes of red and white run horizontally around it. The American flag is a powerful symbol with many meanings. But for artist Sybil Hill, there is only one word that comes to mind to describe this national icon. “Freedom,” Hill says. “Being an artist has given me the freedom to do what I love and still give back.” Hill’s father was a painter, and her twin sister is also a successful artist. Although she grew up painting, Hill didn’t start selling and showing her work professionally until eight years ago. She sold two paintings in her first month and never looked back. When a friend gave her a box filled with more than 100 American flags, Hill incorporated them into her new pieces. Images of horses are also prevalent. The artist has always felt a special connection to the animals; she views horses as a metaphor for light, God and hopeful energy. “The horse seems to be symbolic of this American spirit,” Hill says. Hill wants her work to have a healing effect. With such an emotionally charged image as the flag, the artist sought to highlight rather than hide from people’s strong reactions to it. “Through these layers — putting in the white paint and spackling — (I was trying to) lift things out of the bad, out of the darkness,” Hill says. Adding the unexpected to an image we recognize instantly is a common theme in Hill’s work. The artist is always experimenting with new materials, some that most art teachers
would caution against. “I always come up with new things, new formulas,” Hill says. “I mix oil and water when I’m not supposed to.” While some artists use the American flag to present a political stance, Hill is making a positive statement instead. For the painter, the American flag is not just a patriotic symbol but it also reflects her own personal memories. Hill still holds the image of one particular flying banner in her mind from growing up in rural Texas. “We would drive past this huge open space and there was this huge flag,” Hill says. “It was a wave, almost like an ocean. There’s a beauty to it … it feels good, and that’s what I’m trying to create.” — BY ROSANNA TURNER
This page, from top: “Blue Crossing,” 42.5 inches by 30.5 inches, mixed media “Tango of Two,” 33 inches by 34 inches, mixed media
Opposite page: “Reign of Two,” 82 inches by 105 inches, mixed media “Texas Longhorn,” 41 inches by 33 inches, mixed media
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Masters Gallery may be located in the heart of Vail, but when you walk into the gallery you could be anywhere in the world. The gallery offers an eclectic variety of international, local, traditional and contemporary works of art for both the serious collector and the first-time buyer. To feed the legacy of art, the gallery also represents traditional artists such as Earl Biss, Alvar, Pino, David DeVary and Frederick Hart.
The Shelton Smith Collection The Spirit of America 227 Bridge Street Vail | 970.476.0100 sheltonsmith.com FEATURING
Masters of the American West
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ur summer 2012 Masters Show features a great selection of world-class Western art, including these wonderful paintings. “A Touch of Winter” is a fabulous painting by one of America’s premier landscape artists, Robert Peters. An acknowledged master, Peters’ fine paintings are displayed in every major American Western art museum. Featured in our summer show are fine paintings by two members of the prestigious Cowboy Artists of America: “Looking for the Buffalo,” by Jim Norton, and “Captured Pony,” by Martin Grelle. Norton and Grelle are two of the most popular Cowboy Artists of America members working today, and both have won almost every major Western art award. “Thunder Mesa” is a beautiful painting by the young master G. Russell Case. Many critics have favorably compared Russell’s fine paintings to the great master Maynard Dixon. Also featured in our summer show are works by the masters Curt Walters and Bruce Cheever. Walter’s magnificent painting of the Grand Canyon, “Shadow Play,” is a breathtakingly beautiful work of art. Cheever’s “An American Sentinel” is a great painting of the majestic Grand Tetons. Both are real treasures. These six paintings are only a few of the masterworks available this summer in our gallery. Each of these fine works of art represent The Spirit of America and we are honored to present them to our friends and clients. — BY SHELTON SMITH
This page, from top: “A Touch of Winter,” by Robert Peters, 30 inches by 40 inches, oil on canvas “An American Sentinel,” by Bruce Cheever, 35 inches by 41 inches, oil on canvas
Opposite page, clockwise from top left: “Thunder Mesa,” by G. Russell Case, 30 inches by 40 inches, oil on canvas “Shadow Play,” by Curt Walters, 40 inches by 60 inches, oil on canvas “Captured Pony,” by Martin Grelle, 14 inches by 80 inches, oil on canvas “Looking for the Buffalo,” by Jim Norton, 22 inches by 30 inches, oil on canvas
THE SHELTON SMITH COLLECTION
Located on the banks of Gore Creek at the Covered Bridge in beautiful Vail Village, The Shelton Smith Collection is proud to present fine art of the Great American West. Our collection includes paintings and sculpture by the past and present masters, Native American antiques and unique Western Americana. Here you will find the true Spirit of America.
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True to its name, Vail International Gallery has a worldly demeanor. From Russian Impressionist pieces by Nikolai Timkov to contemporary wood carvings from Italian master Carlo Trost and striking oil paintings by Chinese-American artist Lu Cong, one could easily spend an afternoon in this gallery just absorbing beautiful, cosmopolitan artwork.
Vail International Gallery 100 East Meadow Drive, No. 17 Vail | 970.476.2525 vailgallery.com FEATURING
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ith paint and brushes in tow, artist John Taft was en route to a dramatic overlook of the Piedra River near Pagosa Springs last summer when the sky above stopped him. “I was driving along and these thunderheads were coming up, in the afternoon, over a simple hillside,” he remembers. The image moved Taft to park the car on the side of the road, pull out his supplies and put the scene to canvas. “Everybody is impressed with the spectacular mountain scenery we see out here,” Taft says. “It’s nice to see the same quality in the more mundane weather or in just a barren hillside or some clouds coming over the horizon: a relatively simple subject but one that has a lot of traction.” Like in life, it’s not always sunny in Taft’s paintings. Take a 42-inch-by-48inch autumn hillside of aspen trees he painted. Initially, he was hoping for blue sky and sunshine, but on the day he drove to the grove, the sun was elusive. It was too misty to work outside, so he took photos and drew some pencil sketches from the car. “The weather didn’t cooperate in the initial idea sense, but I got two paintings from the trip and neither of them have sun,” he says. While Taft, who lives with his wife and four children in Longmont, is primarily a studio painter, he finds his inspiration outdoors. “Inspiration begins on location,” he says. “When you’re out and about, you have to be ready for the things that surprise you and grab your attention. “The variety of terrain, seasons and
light offers an endless source of subject matter for a landscape painter,” says Taft, who has been painting professionally since 2004. Taft likens his painting career, and its evolution, to a love interest. “It’s a relationship that starts out with infatuation and excitement and matures in a way that gets deeper,” Taft says. “It seems to get richer the more I paint.” Taft’s third solo show will be on exhibit at Vail International Gallery beginning July 14. The gallery has represented him since 2009. “Ever since we opened our doors in 2005, we had been looking for a Western landscape painter who wasn’t too established in their career so that we could grow along with them but whose work was at a very high level of quality and well-priced … a very hard combination to find, actually,” says Patrick Cassidy, who owns the gallery with Marc LeVarn. After seeing Taft’s work, Cassidy “knew instantly that he was the painter we had been looking for.” People who buy Taft’s paintings usually end up collecting more than one, Cassidy says. “(Gallery visitors) usually respond to the fact that John’s paintings come from the heart and are done with a tremendous respect for the landscape,” Cassidy said. “John’s paintings have soul; they present the landscape as a living, breathing thing with a unique personality, and that is what makes people respond to his work with great enthusiasm.” — BY CARAMIE SCHNELL
This page: “Maine Wave,” 26 inches by 36 inches, oil
Opposite page, clockwise from top: “Grand Performance,” 32 inches by 72 inches, oil “Changes,” 36 inches by 28 inches, oil “Ascension,” 28 inches by 22 inches, oil
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VAIL VILLAGE ARTS/THE VICKERS COLLECTION
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Located in the heart of Vail for more than 25 years, Vail Village Arts features artists from around the country working in a multitude of mediums. The gallery is easy to find on East Meadow Drive — just look for the wind sculptures. The Vickers Collection, located in Beaver Creek’s quaint gallery row, represents more than 50 painters, sculptors and photographers.
Vail Village Arts 122 East Meadow Drive Vail | 970.476.2070
The Vickers Collection Market Square Beaver Creek | 970.845.7478 vickerscollection.com FEATURING
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or an artist who lives in the mountain country of Utah, don’t expect a canvas of snowy landscapes anytime soon. “I don’t paint winter scenes,” Fritz says. “It’s not my idea of what beauty is. I use color to brighten up the dark days.” It’s these vivacious hues that help Fritz’s landscapes stand out rather than blend in. Fritz is an artist who has little interest in being in the background. “Many times (people) are trying to find something that fits on a wall,” Fritz says. “These paintings dominate the wall. (My work is) typically the focal point when you walk into the room.” An artist with a fiery passion for his pieces, Fritz is focused on expressing rather than impressing. “I see myself as an expressionist rather than an impressionist,” Fritz says. “An expressionist paints their emotion at that time.” As a young man, Fritz feared that trying to make a career through his art would result in living with his parents until he was in his mid-50s, so he pursued a business degree and set his artistic interests aside. That is, until a near-death accident involving his young son changed his outlook on life. He devoted his nights after work to
painting, and what used to be a hobby turned into a successful second career as an established artist. Ten years later, Fritz is still pushing himself to paint what others could never imagine. “When you first start painting you say, ‘ok, what is successful?’” Fritz says. “But after a long period of time you get to a point where you think, ‘What do I desire? What do I want to see?’” Because Fritz did not go to art school, he is able to envision images outside of the classroom. “Many artists take and paint what they can see in a picture,” Fritz says. “What I’m trying to say is, ‘What’s the mood, temperature, color contrast?’ I’m seeing colors that aren’t really there, but they are because of emotion.” The artist strives to take what’s happening in the art industry and then do the opposite. In his paintings, trees turn into swirling dervishes that light up the room. In addition to winter scenes, there’s another thing you won’t see much of in Fritz’s work. “You rarely see blue skies in any of my paintings,” Fritz says. “A blue sky is something you see on a daily basis, but through using a different color you can throw people off so they have an emotional reaction to it.” — BY ROSANNA TURNER
This page: “Who Let the Greens In,” 60 inches by 48 inches, oil on canvas
Opposite page: “Water Works,” 60 inches by 32 inches, oil on canvas “Pass the Sugar,” 30 inches by 40 inches, oil on canvas
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ART Exhibitions
JULY 4-8 JEAN RICHARDSON Cogswell Gallery Vail cogswellgallery.com 970.476.1769
JUNE 28-SEPTEMBER 30 JESÚS MOROLES
JULY 5 & 6 BRITTEN
JUNE 30 FIDE GLASS BLOWING
JULY 5 & 6 INGRID MAGIDSON
JUNE 30-JULY 1 SHAWNDELLE OLIVER
JULY 6 & 7 JAMES JENSEN
J. Cotter Gallery Beaver Creek jcottergallery.com 970.949.8111
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Cogswell Gallery Vail cogswellgallery.com 970.476.1769
Masters Gallery Vail mastersgalleryvail.com 970.477.0600
C. Anthony Gallery Beaver Creek canthonygallery.com 970.845.8645
Galerie Züger Vail galeriezuger.com 970.476.5619
Masters Gallery Vail mastersgalleryvail.com 970.477.0600
JULY 13 & 14 SYBIL HILL
Masters Gallery Vail mastersgalleryvail.com 970.477.0600
JULY 13 & 14 RANDY WIX
JULY 20 & 21 DEVON
JULY 14 JOHN TAFT
JULY 20 & 21 DARCIE PEET
JULY 14 & 15 ART ON THE ROCKIES
JULY 20 & 21 ANTON ARKHIPOV
Galerie Züger Vail galeriezuger.com 970.476.5619
Vail International Gallery Vail vailgallery.com 970.476.2525
Colorado Mountain College Edwards vailartsfest.com
JULY 19 ROBERT PUMMILL Claggett/Rey Gallery Vail claggettrey.com 970.476.9350
Masters Gallery Vail mastersgalleryvail.com 970.477.0600
Cogswell Gallery Vail cogswellgallery.com 970.476.1769
C. Anthony Gallery Beaver Creek canthonygallery.com 970.845.8645
JULY 22-27 BERND MUNSTEINER J. Cotter Gallery Vail & Beaver Creek jcottergallery.com 970.476.3131/970.949.8111
JULY 28 JAMES SCOPPETONE Masters Gallery Vail mastersgalleryvail.com 970.477.0600
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MONTH OF AUGUST ANNE HALEY-ENRIGHT J. Cotter Gallery Vail & Beaver Creek jcottergallery.com 970.476.3131/970.949.8111
AUGUST 3 & 4 LUIS SOTTIL
AUGUST 13 & 14 BRITTEN
AUGUST 10 & 11 ALLEN LUND
AUGUST 15 JANE DEDECKER
AUGUST 10-12 DAVID JACKSON
AUGUST 23-25 JEFFREY DESAUTELS
Galerie Züger Vail galeriezuger.com 970.476.5619
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Cogswell Gallery Vail cogswellgallery.com 970.476.1769
Vail Fine Art Vail vailfineart.com 970.476.5619
Galerie Züger Vail galeriezuger.com 970.476.5619
Claggett/Rey Gallery Vail claggettrey.com 970.476.9350
Cogswell Gallery Vail cogswellgallery.com 970.476.1769
AUGUST 26 ROBERT LOUGHEED Claggett/Rey Gallery Vail claggettrey.com 970.476.9350
Gallery Listing BEAVER CREEK
BY NATURE GALLERY Museum-quality minerals, fossils, decor items and jewelry. The gallery has recently relocated to a bigger space on the Beaver Creek Plaza. 970.949.1805 C. ANTHONY GALLERY Paintings and sculpture in contemporary, impressionistic and classical genres. Elegant and eclectic. Located in Market Square. 970.845.8645 CHRISTOPHER & CO. The largest collection of antique ski posters in the world, in addition to product, travel and movie posters. Located in St. James Place. 970.845.8199 J. COTTER GALLERY BEAVER CREEK Contemporary jewelry and art since 1970. Many local artists are represented, including the owner’s jewelry and sculptures. Located in Market Square. 970.949.8111 KNOX GALLERIES OF BEAVER CREEK Featuring sculptures and paintings for the home, and monumental bronze sculptures for outdoor placement. Located in the Park Plaza Beaver Creek. 970.949.5564 THE SPORTSMAN’S GALLERY AND PADEREWSKI FINE ART A wide array of sporting, wildlife and Western art. The two galleries are side by side. Located on the Plaza. 970.949.6036 THE VICKERS COLLECTION A colorful collection of fine paintings and sculpture, along with graceful outdoor wind sculptures. Located in Market Square. 970.845.7478 WALT HORTON FINE ART The gallery represents a variety of artists portraying various subjects and styles. Many artists in residence create in the gallery throughout the year. Located on the Plaza. 970.949.1660
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CARRIE FELL GALLERY Local artist Carrie Fell’s bright canvases are a blur of movement. In addition to her work, the gallery also represents other innovative artists. Located in Solaris. 970.476.4117 CLAGGETT/REY GALLERY Traditional American art, with subject matter ranging from historical Western and wildlife scenes to the classic European genre. Located in Vail Village, behind Campo de Fiori. 970.476.9350 COGSWELL GALLERY Specializing in a variety of artwork including oil paintings, bronze sculptures, rugs and more. Located in Vail Village below the Children’s Fountain. 970.476.1769 FORRÉ & CO. FINE ART GALLERY A diverse representation of paintings, glass art and sculpture. Specializing in museum-quality works from international artists as well as 19th- and 20th-century masterworks. 141 East Meadow Drive Suite 203, located in Solaris. 970.476.0999 GALERIE ZÜGER The painters, sculptors and collage artists represented at Galerie Züger all share a freedom of expression. The Züger family has been operating galleries for four decades in Vail, Beaver Creek, Aspen, Denver, Santa Fe and Dallas. 970.476.5619 J. COTTER GALLERY VAIL VILLAGE Contemporary jewelry and art since 1970. Many local artists are represented, including the owner. 234 E. Wall St. 970.476.3131 KARATS A working studio gallery of fine art jewelry, accented with selected paintings, sculpture and ceramics. Located next to La Tour, 122 East Meadow Drive. 970.476.4760 LOUGHEED STUDIO AT CLAGGETT/REY Robert Lougheed, a Cowboy Artist of America member, passed away in 1982. The gallery space is exclusively dedicated to him. Located across from Claggett/Rey Gallery. 970.476.9350
MASTERS GALLERY Featuring contemporary, masters and collectible artists. Frequent receptions with artists present. 100 East Meadow Drive. 970.477.0600 MATT INDEN PHOTOGRAPHY Nature photography that brings the outdoors in. 531 Lionshead Arcade Suite 14, next to The French Deli. 302.893.0703 PISMO GALLERY AT VAIL Featuring contemporary glass artwork, including fanciful chandeliers and balloons. Located next to La Tour, 122 East Meadow Drive. 970.476.2400 SABBIA TALENTI Sabbia Talenti offers Renaissancestyle Italian majolica. 50 East Meadow Drive. 970.476.4505 TONY NEWLIN GALLERY AT SOLARIS Features nature, landscape and wildlife photographs, including scenes from Yellowstone, Grand Tetons and other U.S. national parks. 141 East Meadow Drive Suite 205, located in Solaris. 970.479.9000 VAIL FINE ART GALLERY Specializing in museum-quality art, contemporary Impressionism, oil paintings and bronze statues — especially from the Russian Soviet period. 141 East Meadow Drive, Suite 204, in Solaris. 970.476.2900 VAIL INTERNATIONAL GALLERY Featuring art from Colorado and around the world, such as Belgium and Russia. They represent some really cutting-edge artists, as well as classics. 100 East Meadow Drive. 970.476.2525 VAIL VILLAGE ARTS Captivating wind sculptures outdoors with fine paintings and sculpture inside. 122 East Meadow Drive, next to Pazzo’s. 970.476.7150
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A ‘Granite Landscape’ JESÚS MOROLES’ RED GRANITE SCULPTURES SETTLE INTO NEW HOME AT VAIL’S FORD PARK
Photos by Molly Eppard
by Molly Eppard – Art in Public Places coordinator, town of Vail
The serenity of Vail’s Ford Park serves as the new home for the timeless sculptural art installation “Granite Landscape” by internationally renowned artist Jesús Moroles. With the Gore Creek and Vail Mountain as a backdrop, there is a harmonious connection between the sculptural elements and the nature it represents. The relation between the art and earth is achieved.
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THE WEDGE SHAPED GRANITE BENCH IN MOROLES’ “GRANITE LANDSCAPE” SUITS ALL AGES
THE NINE-FOOTTALL SCULPTURE “STRATA” REPRESENTS THE MOUNTAINS GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS
WITH THE AMPHITHEATER-LIKE setting and a number of granite benches, it serves as the perfect gathering place for people to enjoy community activities, peaceful contemplation, or a simple game of hide and seek. Its non-obstructive design complements the natural venue. Visitors appreciate the interactive nature of the exhibit. Created from red granite, the material and vertical elements echo the mountains that embrace it from all directions. Moroles creates a sense of atmosphere and space with “Granite Landscape.” One can wander through the installation and peer through the pillars to the Gore Creek, or sit upon a bench and gaze at the majestic Gore Range. “Granite Landscape” was originally acquired by the town of Vail in 1998, and placed at the top of Bridge Street. The sculptures were relocated to Ford Park in Vail during the fall of 2011. “I really like the new placement of the granite plaza, the setting in nature, river and mountains is a perfect surrounding,” Moroles says. “It captures a feeling that the granite landscape has always belonged there.” The three free-standing sculptures are titled “Strata,” “The Fang” and “Gore Creek.” “Strata” is the tallest sculptural element, standing at ninefeet tall, and represents the valley’s geological rock formations in its roughly hewn, horizontally patterned texture. “The Fang,” an East Vail winter ice climbing attraction and a popular summer waterfall, is
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LEFT THE CREW FROM ICON, INC. OF AVON PREPARE THE BASE FOR THE AMPHITHEATERLIKE SETTING OF THE INSTALLATION.
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represented with a highly polished arc that contrasts with the sculpture’s natural rocky texture on the opposite side. Finally, an interactive wedgeshaped bench portraying a fish is symbolic of Gore Creek, to which “Granite Landscape” is now adjacent. By combining both the polished and coarse textures of granite, Moroles reveals the beauty of this robust material, from the pristine elegance represented in the “Gore Creek’s” highly polished finish to the rugged permanence in the more rough textures. With state of the art tools, and his bare hands, Moroles transformed what is nature’s hardest stone. Each mark is thoughtful and intentional. The son of Mexican immigrants, Moroles was born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1950. He was enrolled in art classes as a young boy and received his first commissions when he was 13 years old. After enlisting in the Air Force for four years of service, Moroles graduated from North Texas State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1978. He apprenticed for a year with sculptor Luis Jimenez, and the following year he worked in Carrara, Italy. In 1981, Moroles opened his studio in Rockport, Texas, where
he presently resides. The massive working studio encompasses three city blocks of this Gulf Coast town and is truly a family-run operation. Over the course of Moroles’ career, his achievements have steadily grown, and he’s garnered major recognition for his work. In 2008 the National Endowment for the Arts awarded him the National Medal of Arts Award, which was presented by President George W. Bush. This is the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government. He now joins the ranks of Georgia O’Keefe, Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns and Andrew Wyeth, to mention only a few of the other visual artists who have received this honor. In 2011, he was the recipient of the Texas State 3D Artist of the Year. His work is included in many major private, corporate, public and museum collections throughout the world. More than 300 of his pieces have been celebrated worldwide in museum and gallery exhibitions and 2,000 are in collections throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Mexico and North America. Moroles recently completed his largest granite plaza to date in China, at the Shanghai Zizhu Sciencebased Industrial Park.
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JESÚS MOROLES CHISELS A PORTION OF “GRANITE LANDSCAPE” ON SITE IN FORD PARK DURING THE INSTALLATION IN FALL OF 2011.
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH PRESENTED JESÚS MOROLES WITH THE THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS AWARD IN 2008
THE HIGHLY POLISHED SURFACE OF “THE FANG” SYMBOLIZES THE EAST VAIL WATERFALL THAT TRANSFORMS INTO A POPULAR ICE CLIMBING DESTINATION DURING THE WINTER MONTHS
THE TOWN OF VAIL’S
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PUBLIC ART COLLECTION INCLUDES 40 WORKS RANGING FROM PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES TO MURALS, PLAYGROUND COMPONENTS AND SITE-INTEGRATED ART. THE COLLECTION MAY BE VIEWED ON AN INTERACTIVE MAP AT ARTINVAIL.COM.
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ARTifacts The potter’s wheel was invented in Mesopotamia sometime between 4000 and 6000 BCE and revolutionized pottery production.
DEPENDING ON THICKNESS AND CLIMATE, OIL PAINTINGS CAN TAKE SIX MONTHS TO TWO YEARS TO FULLY DRY.
“I dream my painting and then paint my dream.” ~Vincent Van Gogh Impressionism
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THE FIRST PENCIL WAS INVENTED IN ENGLAND IN 1565.
Sunrise.”
The term collage is derived from the French word meaning paste up.
Leonardo da Vinci spent 12 years painting Mona Lisa’s lips.
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“We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.” — Pablo Picasso
Roman statues were made with detachable heads, so that one head could be removed and replaced by another.
The term “cartoon” originated in the Middle Ages and first described a preparatory drawing
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AVERAGE, 28 MINUTES PER DAY COLORING.
THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF A CAVE PAINTING WAS DISCOVERED IN SPAIN IN 1879. Compiled by Lauren Merrill, Alpine Arts Center | alpineartscenter.org
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PREPARE TO BE PAMPERED! Enjoy the convenience of reserved seating, where seat choices are made online or at the time of purchase at our Concierge Desk. The pampering experience continues with oversized, soft leather seating, full-service, in-theater dining and state-of-the-art all digital projection for world-class movie viewing. Our friendly staff provides full food and beverage service directly to guests at their seats. CinéBistro offers an extensive wine list (most available by the glass) as well as classic and signature cocktails. Enjoy American Bistro cuisine, prepared by Executive Chef David Kempner and his culinary staff. To enjoy service inside the auditoriums, please arrive 30 minutes before showtime. For information or to purchase tickets, go to www.CobbCinebistro.com.
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THE PERFECT PLACE FOR PRIVATE EVENTS | Call or email for more information: events.solaris@cobbcinebistro.com CINÉBISTRO AT SOLARIS – VAIL VILLAGE | 141 East Meadow Drive | 970.476.3344 | CobbCineBistro.com
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