Lake Dillon Arts Festival - July 14, 15 & 16

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Doug Wodark's art centers on an update of the iconic image of cowboys and Native Americans as well as 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

Greg Robertson is an artisan who creates sculpted fountains made of onyx, travertine, and petrified wood. Each piece is individually hand carved and unique. Greg's Designs are born, developed, combined, reciprocated and always depend on the stone they are being applied to - the fun part!

Rock Steady Designs is located in Santa Fe, NM. 

http://rocksteadydesigns.com/

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/

Stefan uses acrylic and paint on hardboard. The hardboard allows him to achieve desired textures, and the rigidity supports his technique of painting with stiff spackle knives. He also hand crafts each signature frames. www.ArtThatSings.com

You have to see this in person to believe it! Thousands of hand glued glass beads come together to create unique mosaic paintings.  Each one draws visitors in with their vibrant sparkles of colors that create an immersive & tactile experience.   www.sabrinafreyart.com

Autumn Teneyl mountain chic clothing for the earth conscious women. Autumn creates each piece with the real women in mind. Feel good ,look good, do good support Colorado made clothing. The work work is a vision of small batch hand-made original and  flattering designs. The clothing has timeless  styles that fit real women, using fabrics that are durable, luxuriously comfortable, and cozy.  https://autumnteneyl.com

From the harvesting of my materials through the whole creative process I work alone. Wood lathe turnings, Carvings and bandsaw cutting. My pieces are inlayed with stones & metals finished to a high luster. 

jkwoodart@msn.com

The  husband-and-wife painting team of Kevin D. Miles and Wendy   Schaefer-Miles are unique in the art world. Two artists with one  vision,  working side-by-side on the same canvas. Neo-Impressionists  dedicated  to bringing nature to life on the canvas. Their oil paintings  reflect  their love of nature and joyful countenance.

https://www.schaefer-milesfineart.com/home

After establishing the basic design, Jan blocks in the forms without detail then colorizes the block-in by pushing color into areas to emphasize and make sense of the form. She then adds texture and detail.

Jan paints in oil on canvas.

JanBushart.com

“Distinguished Excellence“ category award winner! - Jewelry

Paula  relies on the innate brilliance and natural elegance of responsibly  sourced metals, stones, and gems as the backbones of every handcrafted  collection for her modern hand-crafted jewelry designs.

https://www.zetaleonis.com

Danny Bushart uses 14kt gold, silver, copper, brass, gemstones and pearls using a variety of methods including form folding, cutting, shaping, hammering and lost wax to create all of his original designs.

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.

Brian Billow’s artistic style is described as organic  contemporary.  He uses acrylic paints, plaster, acid oxidized paints,  metal leaf and a molten metals process that he developed to create works  that range from landscapes and representational to abstract. The use of  acid washed metallic paints creates the timelessness of rust and  patina, but used in these designs and in conjunction with the molten  metals they reflect the contemporary feel of the modern world. www.bbmsart.com

A nationally noted, award winning  sculptress, specializing in miniature to monumental work.  Felicia’s  portraiture and figurative Southwest manner demonstrate the uniqueness  of her elegant, recognizable style. Felicia appeared in publications / books           titled Women Leaders of Colorado, Sculpture of the Rockies,  and many news and magazine articles.   Felicia was recognized as one of the top women leaders in Colorado. 

http://www.feliciasculpture.com/about.htm

Joseph's  work is reversed carving in LUCITE acrylic using Denta tools. He  creates decorative wall and floor panels that are hand carved in  multiple panels and then assembled inside a Wood/ Aluminum frame.

Joseph then illuminates the panels by color changing LED lights. www.josephgalvanstudio.com

From  Jamie "Images start from photos I’ve taken. Creating my ’ Photographic  Art’ requires extensive digital editing and  touch-up: involving hours,  days and more.
I like to touch on themes & objects which bring back memories or   celebrate connections with each other, or just take you to a ‘special   place."

https://jamierood.com

Mike  first began expressing his love for birds and  wildlife in elementary  school by sculpting a series of animals out of  clay, then firing them  in a kiln. It was during this time, while growing  up in the untouched  desert areas around Scottsdale, Arizona, that he  began a lifelong  passion of wildlife observation and study. 

http://mikedwyersculptures.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“ 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! - 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

“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