Avon Arts Celebration - Fine Art, Fine Wine, & Fine Spirits

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Mountain Girl, artist, entrepreneur… A Vail Valley resident for over 25 years, Tara Austin Novak is inspired by the beauty of Colorado and her native upstate New York. Deeply influenced by her surroundings, Tara finds artistic inspiration in her yoga practice, snowboarding, hiking, biking and river sports. Tara’s abstract paintings depict the textures and ever-changing colors in the mountains and waterways of Mother Nature’s landscapes; the silence while snowboarding through a snow covered aspen glade, the calm contemplation sitting by a mountain stream, the brilliant colors on the autumn mountain side, rugged mountain terrain and the variable weather conditions that provide naturally vibrant colors and forms.

https://TaraNovakART.com

Large scale nature and wildlife photography specializing in Rocky  Mountains. Photographer considers himself a purest with by not using  extreme editing techniques or photoshop manipulation. All printing,  mounting, framing is completed by artist with no outsourcing or drop and  drip photo labs. This gives a much more personal touch and artistic  take on work. It has also granted the artist to offer the best framing  presentations available at a fraction of the cost. Artist uses Roma  Moulding, the finest in the world. It is a truly glamorous presentation  often seen in world renowned galleries. www.timmermeyergallery.com

Distinguished Excellence award winner in sculpture! Charles Sherman's work is inspired by a lifelong study of ancient   civilizations, world cultures and religions.  His philosophy of life  and  art has always been the same: to promote the positive.  The forms  he  creates are minimalist, conceptual and inspired by sacred geometry.   Sherman's most recent body of work, the Miracle Towers, is based on   variations of tetrahedron and pyramid forms, in welded and hand-brushed   stainless steel, or cold-pressed steel with glass mosaic or various   patinas.    Sherman's sculptures are designed to emit positive energy  to  the environment. His intention is to elevate the spirit of the  viewer.  www.CharlesShermanArt.com

“Master  Artist” award winner for the 2022 season winner! Peter Freischlag's  free-flowing style makes  his watercolors unique. Peter is a mood  painter creating an impression  of his sublet matter through the use of  bold and energetic colors.  Peter's greatest satisfaction comes from the  donation to worthy causes  such as Habitat for the Humanity, the  American Heart Association, the  American Breast Cancer Society,  Children’s Hospice House among others  and was commissioned by Johns  Hopkins in Baltimore where he produced  some 50 originals for their  surgery wing, Recently,  Wake Forest’s  University’s new neonatal center  approached Peter to paint the signature  piece for the entrance to  their new center and his 48 x 60 inch “Baby  Bear” adorns the entrance.  His work is bright and bold watercolors that  adhere to wood panels  treated with a preservative.

https://peter-freischlag.squarespace.com/

George H. Jones began his career as an artist at a very early age with graphite renderings and painting in watercolors but soon progressed to oils, a medium he has adopted for the last 25 years. Jones, a Texas native and longtime Dallas resident, is one of a limited number of established artists whose body of work captivates the attention of private and public collectors across the country. Working in large format, Jones’ paintings invoke eccentricity through the use of impressionist shapes and color.  https://www.georgejonesart.com/

Kimberly's work combines hand worked metal, hand sandblasting, hand painting and traditional leaded glass. Completely hand made from scratch, work combines multistage sandblasting, hand worked metal, and hand painting.

Based in Vail, Ms. Thomas has been creating visual art for over 20 years.  Her work is inspired by the beauty of our Colorado mountains.  She prefers Liquitex acrylic and ink products on aluminum, gessobord, and canvas.  Some works use the shou sugi ban technique for a dramatic impression.  Works are currently on display at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards, Parklane Gallery in Kirkland, WA, and with the Vail Valley Art Guild.  She is currently the Guild’s Featured Artist.

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Glenn lived abroad from 2008 to 2015, traveling extensively and taking photos. He returned home in 2015 to roll the dice as a full-time photographer. Since then, he's split his time traveling the country to participate in art shows - it's gone better than anyone could have dreamed! - and taking photos domestically and abroad. His objective is to create classic, realistic images that stand the test of time. He specializes in large images and panoramas, in sizes up to 6 by 24 feet, and small edition numbers.  www.glennlewisphotography.com

Expressionist , large format, local artist, have been showing in CO for a long time. From Soodi "My  love for art and painting as an artist like my imagination is as vivid  as before. After many years of painting, I feel confident to work with  resources and in dimensions that I was not aware of initially. I prefer  to work with mixed media: watercolor, pen and ink and I use all kinds of  man made materials, papers and photos I have taken in nature and from  objects. My art is not limited to a certain style but all who know my  work, can recognize my painting by the spirit that it contains." 

https://soodikick.com/ 

Doug  Wodark's art centers on an update of the iconic image of  animals in a  more contemporary light.  A simple, atmospheric background, often with a  solvent-based patina, overlaid by a single, closely cropped silhouette.    Doug lives in Castle Rock, Colorado with his wife, Heidi, and two  children.     His work can be found at various galleries throughout the  West.  

www.douglaswodark.com

Based in Vail, Ms. Thomas has been creating visual art for over 20 years.  Her work is inspired by the beauty of our Colorado mountains.  She prefers Liquitex acrylic and ink products on aluminum, gessobord, and canvas.  Some works use the shou sugi ban technique for a dramatic impression.  Works are currently on display at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards, Parklane Gallery in Kirkland, WA, and with the Vail Valley Art Guild.  She is currently the Guild’s Featured Artist.

Www.Veritedesigns.com

https://www.instagram.com/margaretthomas_veritedesigns/

Slantbrush Studio's creator Matt Rinn has always been inspired by his love of the outdoors.  When looking at his work one can see the influence of the four  elements: earth, water, wind, and fire.  Matt's unique approach also uses flow and movement from his favorite sports: soccer, board sports, mountain biking, and whitewater kayaking.  Some favorite techniques he incorporates in his pieces are long lines, free fluid strokes, unique structural foundations, and upward ramp like curves. His intention and end goal is to bring to life the sometimes overlooked natural beauty in everything and everyone in this life.  Remember to take an extra few minutes to look a little deeper and a little closer into Matt's creations. Most likely,  an unexplained surprise with in his art await your discovery!

www.slantbrushstudio.com

“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.  http://knotswoodandstone.com/

“Outstanding Emerging Artist“ award winner!

Outstanding Emerging Artist winner goes to Ray Goodluck 

Ray   Goodluck draws inspiration from animals he grew up around and from his   ancestors. From Ray - "Yáh áh tééh. That is greetings in my Native   language. I am from the Navajo Nation. My clan is the 'Mud People' and   born for the 'One who walks around one'.

Before   painting, Ray was an iron worker out of Local 40 in New York City,   where he was the first and only Navajo. In April 2019, Ray was working   on the new Raiders stadium in Las Vegas, when he was injured on the job   site. This injury led to him becoming wheel chair bound, stuck at home   frustrated, &  having nothing to do but watch TV. In May of the  same  year his girlfriend saw this frustration and left out a painting  set  she had got him at Christmas. She hoped it would give him something  to  focus his time on and ease his frustration while in rehab.

It   worked. From this point on, Ray has spent all of his time painting and   focusing his attention on making great pieces of art. Ray’s work has   already been featured in the “Native American Art” magazine, as well  as,  a three page feature in “Western Art Collector”.

As a self  taught artist, Ray is starting to realized his life's passion. 

www.raygoodluck.com

“Mixed Media Outstanding Innovator“ award winner!

Marilyn's    art is reverse painting on acrylics. Yep, she paints in reverse from    the most forward elements of the piece to the furthest back. This   unique  approach garnered Marilyn our  winner from   ColoradoArtWeekend.com

You  have to   see it in person to truly appreciate its magic. Her work is  inspired  by  the natural beauty that surrounds her home at the base of  the Mt.   Evans wilderness area in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Painting in a  modern   impressionist style, Marilyn's art is infused with brilliant  light  and  color. Her use of textured, bold brush strokes magnifies the  vivid   impressionist style.

http://marilynquigleyart.com/

Deidre Sappington is a progressive custom stained glass artist, specializing is stained glass pet portraits. 

 She   has been creating stained glass windows and panels since 2015. Her   inspiration comes from the transference of light and the emotion that  it  evokes through Stained Glass.  Her love of animals led to  specializing  in stained glass pet portraits and memorials, where she  expertly  captures the essence of our adopted family members. Deidre  also enjoys  creating custom works for her clients, including up-cycling  old items  with stained glass to give them new life through art. 

www.Brokenglass.design

“Distinguished Excellence“ category award winner! - Painting

Mark   Jennison uses brush and palate knife work to create impressionistic  and  expressionist landscape. Trees and mountains play an important in  role  in most of Mark’s work. 

“I fell in love with Colorado on my first visit in 1980.”

The   Colorado landscape has had a profound personal impact on him and is a   dominant theme in his paintings. He aspires to capture light, texture   and patterns of nature and convey grandeur and depth in each painting.

Mark   has found a sense of tranquility in painting.  His works are a tribute   to the inspiration of nature and he hopes that others can find the  same  peace and solitude through his artwork.  He has  sold his artwork  throughout Colorado and the US, as well as in Europe

https://www.markjennisonart.com