3rd annual fall arts invitational at Cheesman Park: OCT 3&4

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 Holly Olive is a Colorado-based painter.  She was born in North Dakota, but has lived in a wide range of landscapes from the Mojave Desert to New England.  The mother of two has lived coast to coast in the United States and also 2 years in Italy.  This variety of landscapes is evident in the paintings she creates today.  Holly is a self-taught lifelong painter.  During covid, she took measure to look at what her expectations were for herself and her art.  Her childhood was a convoluted narrative of a middle child with learning disabilities who struggled mightily in school.  She was a girl who loved to create imaginative worlds on her easel, but had never shown her art to the public.  Today you can find Holly painting daily in her home studio, setting fire to the negative cloak of her youth.

https://www.villainhatter.com

Bridget fuses pottery and jewelry mediums to make  embellished ceramic pieces and wind chimes.  Many skill sets and materials contribute to her unique forms and glazes and try to exalt and elevate one of the most fundamental and utilitarian art forms.

https://www.fairycraft.net

Nature is Michelle Mallet's source of inspiration and the departure point for all she creates. She is attuned to every detail, closing her eyes to allow it to soak into her soul. These natural surroundings unveil their artistic secrets to her, providing a powerful narration for her paintings. The brush wanders across the canvas on an adventurous trail, expressing the drama of each mountain, the ruggedness of each rock and the softness of every sunset.

A passion to fully express the story of each landscape pushes her forward. Transparent layers of brilliant hues are applied to the canvas to expose the detail of the majestic forms found throughout the Southwest and Rocky Mountain region. In doing so, she invites the viewer’s eye to wander from foreground to background, and to feel the mood of the scene and interpret it as their own. They have arrived and her painting has spoken. michellemallettfineart.com

Gretchen has found a way to turn a childhood love of coloring books into an exciting art career.  After painting professionally for 18 years she feels truly blessed everyday to get to paint. She combines her love of nature and creation with texture and color to create one of a kind landscapes.  Each one has a hint of modern impressionism and is spread out over large canvases.

www.modernstrokes.com

Datura Modified Design makes handmade, one of a kind, high end jewelry using ethically sourced materials such as conflict free, all natural gems, fairmined gold and recycled sterling silver. With custom sizing and design to ensure the perfect fit.

www.daturamod.com

Linda Armacost is a mixed media artist with a passion for abstraction. Captivated by all things weathered, distressed, organic, industrial & textured...she builds contemporary wax paintings using both encaustic & cold wax medium techniques. Her immersive, tactile work can be found at lindaarmacostart.com.

Edward uses natural clay to create his pottery. He goes out to gather his clay as well as his pigments. He does have a lot of traditional symbolism and symbolic meaning to his designs, colors and characters. Everything he paints is all freehand. I do not have a website but my Instagram is edmiitsilewis.

Tamrak makes clay flowers  by hand from special air-dry clay. Each is cut, rolled, sculpted and painted w/ vibrant oil colors in realistic details and put in flower pots or woods for long lasting decorations. With the help of cutters, where each flower has its own cutter set, the parts are cut from the still soft clay and then formed with specially designed tools. After drying, these parts are, when needed, painted with precision and then very precisely assembled into a whole flower. When made by a skillful artisan, clay flowers can be very realistic.

https://thebestclayflowersartworks.weebly.com

Desiree creates hand-poured resin pop art inspired by nostalgic candy and sweets, with bold color and a high gloss resin finish. Select works feature capsules fully submerged in resin for an unexpected edge. 

https://candypopretroart.etsy.com/

Caley Van Cleave creates high-altitude, high-intensity landscape art inspired by a life spent on dirt roads, high peaks, and wild trails. Based in Silverthorne, CO, Caley creates bold, unapologetic acrylic paintings.

https://www.caleyvancleave.com

Kelsey Wilson paints botanical watercolors, describing forms, textures and imperfections to tell each plant’s story. The subjects are chosen to promote joy and environmental understanding.

https://www.kelsey@kelseywilsonstudio.com

Rachael Levine creates Shibori dyed garments and accessories in silk chiffon and boiled wool. Color is removed and added to create a dimensional color pallet. Textile manipulation is used to promote zero waste design. 

http://www.araearae.com

Wildlife photography, for Matthew, is about presence and respect. Each image begins with time spent researching, observing, and learning about the traits and habitats of his subjects. He’s drawn to moments that feel honest and unforced, when an animal exists fully on its own terms. His goal isn’t simply to document wildlife, but to capture immersive images that bring the viewer into the subject’s world.

https://www.mrossphotography.com

Maggie' jewelry is fabricated by using metalsmithing techniques and wire wrapping while incorporating semiprecious stones and pearls to reflect the asymmetry, colors and textures she finds in nature.

https://www.maggiemadedesigns.com 

Michael Palasits' work is digital. He uses a combination of programming, 3d modeling software, and sometimes photography to produce a final piece. The programming language is Processing--a language for artists.

A Colorado native, Elise Zall studied art at the University of Northern Colorado and has designed jewelry for over 12 years. Elise selects unique gemstones and creates contemporary, one-of-a-kind jewelry. Some of Elise’s favorite semi-precious stones, such as geodes, labradorite, and sapphires, are featured in her exquisite creations.

http://elisezalldesigns.com

"My love of history began at an early age; my love of photography stemmed much later in life. My sophomore year of college at Grand Valley State University, I took my first photography class. I went from being a possible history major to photography major instantly. It all made sense; I could blend my love of history, my personal view of the world around me, and artistic expression." -Kristin Schillaci

https://kristinschillaci.com/home.html

CBakeArt showcases Claire Baker’s bright, whimsical artwork inspired by everyday joy, bold color, and playful storytelling. Working across acrylic, oil, mixed media, and printmaking to make all of her original artworks. Her pieces blend graphic shapes with expressive textures to create energetic pieces. Originals and prints are available through her online shop at cbakeart.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.  

www.knotswoodandstone.com

Kendall Brock's detailed watercolor studies focus on close observation, capturing the structure and essence of each subject with precision. In contrast, her more abstract works explore movement and shifting perception, using fluid forms and spontaneous textures to evoke emotion and motion.

kendallrhysart.bigcartel.com

Peter Freischlag is a contemporary watercolor artist whose work blends storytelling, movement, and emotional depth. Inspired by the tension between myth and truth, his paintings explore the human stories of the American West through bold, expressive watercolor. Each piece balances precision with spontaneity, inviting viewers into moments that feel both familiar and untamed.

Bigmoosestudios.net

Hand-cut and stitched custom-made leather goods for home and travel. As the owner and craftsman of Product 127, Jordan believes that nothing is more important than ensuring every client and every product receives the attention it deserves. This commitment means that no item, whether a personal creation or a client commission, leaves the shop unless it meets the highest standards of quality and attention to detail. 

Product 127 began as many small business stories do: in a garage; #127, to be precise. What started as a hobby in 2015 for artist Jordon Brockman would grow to become a passion that focused, first and foremost, on function. 

www.product127.com