the best labor day weekend art festival in colorado!

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Peter has been an artist for as long as he can remember and still proudly displays the ceramic dinosaur he made when he was just four years old. However, since 1986 he has solely worked in watercolors. Peter has shown his artwork in juried shows and galleries throughout the country since winning numerous awards. Peter'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. His work is bright and bold watercolors that adhere to wood panels treated with a preservative.

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

3-D mixed media, Gourds, Feathers, Totems

Doug Fountain embodies the spirit and the power of the Great American Indian.  A direct descendant of the legendary Chief Sitting Bull, Doug and his family are proud members of the Spirit Lake Dakota Sioux tribe.  This distinguished legacy uniquely enables this extraordinary artist to use the knowledge and wisdom of his heritage to create his original, one-of a kind, limited edition Art.  All of these elements come together to create the journeys and experiences of our lives. 

https://www.dougfountain.com/

Through the technique of gestural abstraction, Jessica Wright invites  us into a world of enchantment: a world of forested landscapes that are  sometimes burning and bright and other times shrouded in mist.  Self-taught, Jess has been painting since the age 12. About four years  ago she abandoned the brush—after more than 25 years of work—and hit  upon a “throwing” technique that employs acrylics, chopsticks and, of  late, her own hands. Her paintings come to life with color and  texture—and an immediacy that produces an almost child-like state of  wonder and awe in the viewer.

Jessica lives amid paints, drop cloths and canvases in the beautiful state of Colorado.

http://www.jessicawrightpaintings.com

Reclaimed Colorado pine trees are used to create functional art for the home. Benches, Ottomans, Bar stools are cut by chainsaw, sanded, stained and lacquered then covered with cowhide, leather or suede.

JMWleathers13@gmail.com

Brian has a created a unique new take on bas relief with Carved Canvas.  Through graphic design and virtual sculpting, he transforms a two dimensional image to 3D, then carves that image on a wood "canvas" with a CNC Router.  Each carving is then torch fired, hand painted, and distressed to create beautiful wall art.  More of his work can be found at www.carvedcanvas.com.

Covert Metals is a one-person metal working studio located in Denver, Colorado. Each piece is hand crafted using traditional metalsmithing techniques.
Covert Metals emphasizes unique one of a kind design that melds contemporary styling with hand forged detailing, bridging the gap between utilitarian items and wearable art.
More at https://covertmetals.com/

John Kessler’s chosen medium, sculpture, serves as a lens to the  serenity and truth of the wild. He peers through this lens, observes the  full splendor and substance of what lies beneath, and then creates it anew.

Kessler’s sculptures  give the impression of being somehow alive, capable of communicating the  most essential truths. Gargantuan bears rest on their paws or stand  sentinel on jutting rocks. Their eyes are more than two holes carved  from expanded obsidian. They are deep and mysterious in a way that only  nature or John Kessler could make them.

https://www.johnkesslersculptures.com

“Outstanding Emerging Artist“ award winner!

Outstanding Emerging Artist winner goes to Ray Goodluck 

Ray 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

Colorado artist and sculptor David R. Nelson specializes in quality,  detailed, commissioned wildlife bronze sculptures. He has been a  Professional Artist for 28 years. Working in his studio in Marble,  Colorado, near Aspen, he has been commissioned to create a number of  site-specific bronze wildlife sculptures designed for corporations,  public art and individuals. These commissioned bronze wildlife sculpures  include, American Bald Eagle bronze sculptures, Wildlife bronze  sculptures, bronze sculptures of eagles, black bear, mountain lion,  wolfs, mule deer doe and fawns, mule deer buck, elk, cranes, doves and  much more.

https://www.davidnelsonsculptures.com/

Dirty Modern West on canvas. Dallas's work  is an amalgamation of international ideas, pulp fiction and redacted  history, repacked and sold as authentic Americana. It is in this  beautiful decay, heart break and overlapping eras that inspire him.

https://www.badallas.com/about

Vibrant color, textural details, dramatic compositions and vignetted negative spaces highlight these representational water media works - comprised mostly of landscapes, cityscapes and coastal scenes.  

Visit www.brucewhiteartist.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/

“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/

Lisa  Pearson Designs believes that art should not come at nature’s expense.  From the handcrafted, minimalist jewelry collection to our eco-friendly  home goods lovingly crafted by artisans and designers we admire, every  product we sell is sustainable, ethically sourced, or organic.

https://www.lisapearsondesigns.com/

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

Off the Slopes is a new family owned and operated company located in Breckenridge, Colorado. We focus on Plasma cutting, Laser Engraving, CNC Routing and much more. Visit our website at www.Offtheslopes.com or email Sam at Sam.Harris@offtheslopes.com for more information.

“Distinguished Excellence“ category award winner! - Photography

From Mike "My Photography covers primarily Landscapes, Americana, and Travel in the American west.

Subjects include wild horses, old neon signs, cowboys, and unique western landscapes."

www.lookingfarther.photo