the best labor day weekend art festival in colorado! Aug 30 & 31

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Caryn is sixty-one and has been in the creative arena in some capacity since she was in her teens. As an artist, she believes that everything, even the mundane can be made interesting with the right contrast. Whether through color, highlights and shadows, composition or subject matter; contrast creates the drama that brings art to life.

www.instagram.com/carynwest_art

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.

www.jessicawrightpaintings.com

A Colorado based landscape and wildlife photographer who has a passion for capturing the most beautiful images of the west. His work depicts incredible sunrises and sunsets at mountain lakes and desert landscapes, historic buildings plus unique wildlife shots of Bison and elk.

 www.davidrosspix.com

Alexi’s father was the artistic soul of the family, and perhaps it is through his father's legacy that abstract artwork resonates with Alexi. Throughout Alexi’s lifetime, art and drawing served as a personal meditative pursuit, bringing solace and joy through artistic creations. Alexi is deeply passionate about his craft. Years of personal growth and creative exploration have honed his unique style, which stands confidently on its own. Alexi, more than anything, believes in the enduring strength and longevity of his work.

www.AlexiGrojean.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.

Hannah’s love for nature shows through in her largely environmental subjects. Her work exemplifies the inherent value of nature and art, both of which are constantly under threat. Her impressionist style allows the viewer to interpret the intrinsic value of nature, and she hopes to inspire people to respect the environment through her work, both in the policy and art space. 

www.hannahrodnunskyart.com 

 Charles Acuña calls himself a "neolithic technician" because he recreates today what prehistoric peoples prized the most: sharp knives and weapons made from lithic materials. Using methods that prehistoric people developed to a fine skill, and with the same materials, Acuña has recaptured the essence of a real stone tool or weapon made by hand.

http://www.stonedge.com/

Jay Baron hand-ties both functional and decorative flies utilizing feathers, hairs, and synthetic fibers. Using a variety of tools, he can assemble and secure materials on a hook, thereby creating the fly, which is then matted and framed in barn wood behind glass.

 Tamthe is the name of the collective formed by Tamara Cvetkovic and Theo DGC Rhodius, multimedia audiovisual artists based in the heart of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Together, they showcase excellence across a wide range of artistic disciplines. Tamthe brings a unique energy to every endeavor, collaborating fully on each piece, installation, and idea.
Driven by an insatiable thirst for knowledge and new skills, they fearlessly dive into any creative pursuit that captures their interest, resulting in an ever-evolving cycle of production. 

 https://tam-the.com 

Monica Esposito Mann is a fine artist and registered nurse in western Colorado. Focusing on the Western Landscape for her inspiration, she paints in plein air as she travels to inspire her for larger studio pieces.

 https://mespoart.com 

 Amanda Feldgreber is the fiber artist and founder behind The Chickadee Tree, a thoughtful, slow-fashion brand based in Peyton, Colorado. Specializing in knitting and weaving, Amanda creates timeless, wearable pieces using natural, rescued, and recycled fibers. Her work is rooted in a commitment to ethical, low-waste practices—offering fashion that is trend-free, functional, and made to be worn again and again.

 https://www.thechickadeetree.com 

Crafted with meticulous wire wrapping and crochet techniques, Nina's jewelry collection showcases intricate necklaces, bracelets, and rings adorned with gemstones. Each piece highlights the art of handcrafting, blending traditional methods with modern aesthetics.

 https://ninawynn.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

“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.

www.marilynquigleyart.com

“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

www.markjennisonart.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

Dark-River metal designs makes authentic hand crafted wall hanging metal art. The embodiment of art is natural and nature themed. Examples would be; mountains, animals and mandalas. All art is framed in wood and hand made with a plasma cutter torch, oxy-acetylene torch and more. 

www.darkrivermetaldesigns.com

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.  This variety of landscapes is evident in the paintings she creates today.  Inspired by dreams of altered worlds, her paintings embody the movement and color of an altered universe.  Using acrylic and alcohol ink, she creates abstract landscapes of a world that is just outside her reach.  She casts out her brush as if it were a wizard’s wand in unpredictable strokes to inflict a visual experience that stimulates the mind to ask “What world is this?”  She uses a palette knife with an intentional splat to cleave into the fabric of time and space.  She works back and forth, layer to layer, until she verges on falling from the precipice to a new and precious universe.

For purchasing Holly's work, go to www.villainhatter.com