The 14th Annual Highlands Art Festival: June 13 & 14

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Dai Salwen creates fluid acrylic works of art on canvas, often depicting landscapes and figurative forms with emotion, color, and light. 

Simultaneously to creating art, Dai fostered their love of teaching and guiding.  They spent over a decade as a wilderness guide leading adolescents on life changing journeys.  It was this experience that transformed Dai into the artist they are now.

https://www.practiceofhonoring.com

DGF STUDIO13 is a purveyor of fine jewelry creating unique designs for all. DGF specializes in precious metals, precious and semi-precious stones. Three words clients have used to describe this unique work: Fantastical, Organic, and Flowing.

https://deadgirlfashions.org

A graduate of the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Catherine loves to paint and her Beginner Vegan and Plant-based Cookbook is filled with her art. Her prints and paintings hang in many homes and businesses throughout the country. Her colorful artwork features, food, flowers, and animals primarily. https://theveganartist.com

Amelie is an oil painter based in Denver, originally from Belgium. She uses a mix of classical techniques and modern themes to celebrate the feminine and its connection to nature. www.ameliehubert.com

Two Sheds Pottery brings unique, fun and down-to-earth art home to you with handbuilt and thrown functional stoneware ceramics.  Visit them at twoshedspottery.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

 Jen Hammond is a poet and conceptual abstract artist from Vail, Colorado. She  Jen Hammond is a poet and conceptual abstract artist from Vail, Colorado. She explores space, light and focus in her textured paintings that incorporate her natural handwriting and mixed materials, to create dramatic statement pieces. 

www.jeniferhammond.com

 When the sparks and the heat meet, that is where the magic really happens for Jessi. Her metal art is whimsical and fun with most of her clients touting how much joy it brings them, A lover of bright, vibrant colors, Jessi brings it up a notch with resin to give those bright colors a chance to really shine. She welds recycled metal to create whimsical, abstract subjects using unique bending & grinding techniques as well as acrylics, solvent dyes & patinas for color & finish with resin or powder-coat. 

www.jessibrooks.com

 Using traditional mediums such as oils, and acrylics as well as some digital illustration, Kevin Weber creates bright colorful images of historically significant aviation subjects, as well as scenes of science fiction and wildlife. 

www.kweberart.com

Each piece created by Stephanie is a heartfelt invitation to embrace the extraordinary in the ordinary. In the hustle and bustle of our fast-paced lives, it’s all too easy to overlook the little details that surround us. She believes in the power of slowing down, connecting with the earth, and soaking up the precious moments. Her jewelry serves as a gentle reminder to pause, appreciate, and find wonder in nature’s boundless beauty.

www.showellstudios.com

 Nathan Eigenfeld focuses on capturing the raw immensity and powerful drama of the wild. He often travels by foot, kayak, snowmobile, motorcycle, swim, or ski to reach remote landscapes, embracing the physical nature of moving through these untamed environments. His process begins with the adventure of exploring wild places, often alone and for extended periods of time, with the intention of inspiring viewers to connect with and find healing through the raw moments he captures. 

 www.nathaneigenfeld.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

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

“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

Alexi is a digital artist from Boulder, Colorado, who creates unique and beautiful abstract digital paintings.

 While working in China, Alexi began to use ProCreate, bringing to life the idiosyncratic shapes that are now integral to all his work, which he calls ‘Hooeys.’Hooeys have appeared in art fairs, cafes, dispensaries, and galleries around Denver. Alexi’s audience continues to grow, and the support he has received in response has been overwhelming.

HooeyDoodles.com

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