7th annual ART ON THE GREEN: September 19 & 20

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Alissa Davies is an intuitive, process-oriented painter who creates abstract acrylic and mixed media paintings. She is known for her colorful, emotion-filled work that is playful and interesting, as well as deep-felt and honest. First and foremost, Davies art-making is a non-verbal expression of her internal landscape and her paintings go through many layers and iterations before composition, color relationships and movement considerations come into play to finish a piece.

https://www.alissadavies.com

Barbara's work is inspired by textures, both person-made and those occurring naturally in the environment. She uses traditional metalsmithing techniques, such as soldering, forming and forging, stone setting and engraving to form texturally complex pieces of jewelry. She also likes to experiment with new techniques. Breaking traditional rules often allows her to discover wonderful new bits to add to her jewelry creations.

https://www.elements-jewelry.com

With years using a pallet knife as his preferred art tool, Garcia has developed a unique painting style and it becomes evident as you get acquainted with his work. The strokes are fearless, but carefully chosen to reflect value and the natural shades of life giving a three-dimensional effect by using a relief technique. The harmonious mixture of warm and cool colors is what makes Garcia’s work unique and distinctive. Garcia’s love for wildlife gives him a natural drive to create beautiful and exquisite pieces where his contemporary style brings his subjects to life, thus bringing a feeling of fulfillment to the naked eye.

www.arturogarciafineart.com

S. Brian Berkun is a largely self-taught photographer. He began working primarily with black & white silver-gelatin prints and later hand-colored prints. He transitioned to working with digital equipment, producing pigment ink prints, which allowed him to continue to work with color as an additional element of his art. Berkun's photography has been exhibited nationally in juried gallery exhibitions and he has received many awards and it is held in numerous private collections. Recently his work was included in the Photographer's Forum Annual Best of Photography.

https://sbrianberkun.zenfolio.com

James has a great love for animals and nature and likes to portray them in many different situations within her artwork. Cats in sweaters, tricky ravens, to elephants preserving their environment on their backs, there are no limits to her whimsical creations. Bringing attention to the precious wildlife that we take for granted has been a focus for Jamie for the past couple of years.

She believes that humans and nature could work together in harmony if given the chance. 

https://www.jzlockwood.com

Shara Oliman is a mixed-media collage artist based in the Denver metropolitan area, whose work explores the sacred dialogue between nature, spirituality, and personal transformation. Guided by intuition and meditative practice, she creates painterly compositions from meticulously selected fragments of book pages, magazine and fiber paper. Each piece is a layered meditation—an invitation to introspection, emotional resonance, and renewed perspective.

https://www.sharaoliman.com

Jini Kim Veenker is a printmaker originally from Tulsa, OK. Veenker received her Master of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and picked up printmaking around 2018. Her work draws inspiration from her heritage and personal spirituality.

https://jinikimchi.square.site

Drawing inspiration from the geological formations of the Earth and the beautiful mountain country surrounding her, Krista's creative process commences with the selection of gemstones or fossils.  Her jewelry predominantly features sterling silver, elegantly paired with these distinctive stones, resulting in pieces that exude both elegance and ruggedness.  With each meticulously hand fabricated piece, Krista seeks to capture the essence of the Earth's natural beauty, inviting wearers to adorn themselves with a tangible connection to the minerals and metals that inspire her.

https://kristalavonasdesigns.com

Miriam Dubinsky is a painter and printmaker utilizing screen printing as well as several types of water based media in her art practice. Recently she has been working on a new body of hand cut, screen printed and painted paper collages inspired by florals and lively color combinations. Dubinsky is very inspired by nature and the flora and fauna of where she currently lives, visiting weekly the Denver Botanical Gardens and other local nature spots within Colorado. Dubinsky hopes to engage viewers of all backgrounds with her lively, joyful and vibrant color palettes.

“Distinguished Excellence“ category award winner! "Elemental Materials"

Tina Hoffer is a unique woodworker by blending two of natures alluring elements; wood and stone. Tina  creates functional, culinary accessories with her Cutting Boards, Gathering  Boards, Serving Platters and Dipping Trays that will elevate your daily or  special occasions. 

Tina meticulously searches through  arborists’ wood lots looking for the perfectly flawed, cracked and knot  filled hardwoods that other woodworkers pass by because of these  deficits. She chooses smaller pieces of wood that will be enhanced with  Stone like turquoise, lapis, malachite or chrysocolla, and inlays these  into the cracks and voids. She follows the Kintsugi method of Japanese art , where broken and fractured pottery is mended with gold  or silver dust, there by restoring the fragments to a functional and more  beautiful piece.  

www.knotswoodandstone.com

Esra Kellermanns is an abstract artist working with acrylics and pen. Her work is intuitive and has a very organic fluidity and depth feel to it, creating imaginary worlds that keeps the observers attention. 

www.esrasstudio.com

Kim Messina, a Florida native, was drawn to Colorado almost 30 years ago for all its natural beauty, and nature, exactly what inspires her work. She often implements designs of flowers, leaves, bark, coral, and grasses. Messina has an affinity for the artistic challenge and endless knowledge it provides. She began learning pottery on the wheel, but quickly fell in love with hand building. Introduced to Raku early on, it has recently led her down new and exciting paths. Each day in the studio is a rewarding journey of discovery for her. 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/portkeypottery/?etsrc=sdt