Colorado Mountain
Art Gallery
The Finest Artistsin Colorado
The Finest Artists
in Colorado
406 6th Street
Georgetown, Co 80444
303-569-2787
Gallery Hours
10am to 5pm Daily
Emily Townsend
Marla Louise
John Rehm
Michaela and randy May
Heidrun Snyder
Cliff Austin
Janet Williamson
Kate Wyman
Mary Francis
Rita Cassell
Vanita Cosper
Jan West
Reb Babcock
Karla Horst
Michele Renée Ledoux
Jeanne Echternach
Jody Rigsby
Beverly Endsley
Christine Fotenot
Dana Hayes
Joy Commons
Donna Lovely
Barbara Schwartzberg
Herschel Cannon
Dennis Rhodes
Galen Cox
Gale Gatto
Mark Smith
Jen Veitch
Kathy Shahan
Images are Copyrighted © to individual artist, unauthorized use prohibited. Web Design and photography ©2010 Marla Louise
About the Colorado Mountain Art Gallery
Welcome to the Colorado Mountain Art Gallery
The Colorado Mountain Art Gallery is a member's co-op of the Center for the Arts Evergreen. The gallery opened its doors on June 5, 2010 and exhibits the work of over 60 Colorado fine and craft artists. The work displayed covers almost every artistic and craft medium in as many varying styles and aesthetics. From the very best of regional plein air scenes of the breath taking Colorado landscape, to the working men of the oil fields, to the animals of the mountains and the plains, as well as florals, Flemish styled still life paintings, abstracts and fantasies, everyone's taste in art can be satisfied.
Art work can be found in oil, acrylic, pastel, water color, mixed media, and more. Photography covers a wide spectrum of subject matter and techniques. Crafts are represented by a wide selection of jewelry featuring precious stones and metals, beaded, glass, and feathered jewelry, fine traditional and contemporary western motif jewelry and imaginative uses of many modern jewelry techniques. Gift items such as prints, cards, reproductions and reasonably priced items are also available
A visit to the Colorado Mountain Art Gallery in downtown historic Georgetown, Colorado is a memorable experience. Come and enjoy both art and history in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.
Stephen Sumner
Executive Director
Center for the Arts Evergreen
As a co-op gallery, the artists in the Colorado Mountain Art Gallery share the work of the gallery from managing the finances, house keeping, maintenance and the organization of the displays. Proceeds from the gallery over and above expenses and artists commissions go to fund the community based arts programs of the Center for the Arts Evergreen, serving the entire mountain community. Center for the Arts Evergreen is a non-profit, 501 (C)(3) organization.
Artists
The Artist of
Colorado Mountain Art Gallery
Oil, Watercolor & Pastels
Jewelry
Joan Owens
Sculpture
Michaela & Randy May
Photography & Digital
Christine Fontenot
Mixed Media & Fiber
Heidrum Snyder
Michele Ledoux
Susan Raybould
Glass & Ceramics
Jean Hynek
Lisa Ciancio
Oil and Pastel landscapes, cityscapes, urbanscapes
Acrylic abstractions and non-objective images
Graduated from the Rocky Mountain School of Art in 1980. Worked as a patent draftsman/illustrator/office manager in a small drafting shop. Worked for Ball Aerospace in the publication department as a lead illustrator. Later I worked for Douglas Astronautics in the Computer Based Training division as a computer graphic artist and Douglas Aircraft in CBT maintenance MD-80 aircraft. I worked for a couple of design studios as a paste up artist/commercial designer. Landscape painting in oil became an interest of mine when I attended the Art Students League. The Denver University offered evening design classes and workshops which I would take. The Art Students League offered plein air landscape classes with Doug Dawson. Drawing class with John Lencicki, painting with Doug Dawson, Ron Hicks, Kim English, Ken Valastro, life drawing with Joshua Fallik, workshops with David Mayer and Quang Ho. I continue to take art classes and workshops."
Email: cliffaustin_comcast.net
Web: www.colorado-artist.com/CAustin
Phone: 303-751-1454
Jewelry and Gourd Art
Art, for me, is the embodiment of joy: bright jolts of color, fleeting memories, and dreams captured in tangible forms. It is my prescription for a restless, yearning spirit.
I come to it unconventionally, perhaps, and humbly with little formal background. An erstwhile musician, vocalist, seamstress, and doll maker, I now dabble in rainbows of woven bead jewelry and painted and carved gourds. I have nervous hands aching to give ephemeral things substance. I am an accidental artist and perpetual seeker stumbling towards that joyful light.
Email: keeperofthecassell_gmail.com
Photography
Reb has lived in the American west since 1978, moving from Illinois to answer the call of the mountains he remembered from his early childhood in Colorado. He found photography as an outlet to combine his natural creativity with his passion for the natural world. His connection to the earth is vividly illustrated in his photographs, which are bold, dramatic testimonials to the beauty of the landscapes and wildlife that surround us.
In his images, Reb searches for the fleeting moments where light and unique atmospheric conditions combine with the landscape to create an unforgettable moment in time.
Reb and his wife, Romain, live in Buena Vista, Colorado.
Email: rebl58_msn.com
Phone: 719-221-9684
Bronze Sculpture
In 1962, Mr. Cannon received a BS degree in Mathematics and Art from Southeastern State University in Oklahoma. He has had a successful career using his mathematics background which included teaching, computer programming, and entrepreneurial activities. Mr. Cannon has never lost his passion for creating art and has experimented with a number of mediums through the years. He is now combining his lifelong fascination with wildlife with his knack for visualizing objects in three dimensions to produce striking bronze sculptures.
Email: hcannon_aol.com
Fused Glass Creations
I am a Colorado artist who found my passion and medium in art at Bella Glass in Denver. Since then, I have studied under Shannon Abote and have fallen in love with the beautiful shapes, colors and effects that can be created in glass. Glass is shiny, unpredictable and fun to work with. There are many steps that go into each piece including design, hand cutting, grinding, shaping, fusing, annealing and slumping. I love the outcome and hope that you will too.
Email: videsign_comcast.net
Web: www.intrigueart.com
Phone: 303-466-2457
Pastel
Art to me is an expression of the wonders and beauty that surround us. On a gloomy day just close your eyes and picture the world in it's most colorful, perfect environent.
My love of art began as a child and I have always been enchanted by it. Only in the past few years have I been delving into it more and have been able to grow in the experience of expressing my visions with creative colors and ideas.
Email: joycommons_q.com
Phone: 303-674-4753
Fabric Designs
Vanita Cosper has a life-long interest in fabric. Her mother taught her to sew at an early age and sewing has been an integral part of her life since. For the past 10 years Vanita has designed and created one-of-a-kind decorative throws, table runners, pillows, and purses of every shape and size. Her primary interest is finding and using beautiful and interesting fabrics in her designs.
Her work has been displayed in the gift shop at Foothills Art Center, Golden, Co, in the Holiday Show at the Center for the Arts Evergreen, and at the historic Post Office Gallery in Graham, TX.
Email: rbeardad_aol.com
Phone: 303-674-0592
Oils
Galen Cox became interested in art at a young age and has enjoyed art classes through his school years. He has study under Bob Thomas and Joseph Miller at Red Rocks Community College. He has attended the Art Students League of Denver.
Galen has been influenced by the impressionist painters as well his Geologist father and Artist mother. With this in mind, he has been determined to paint not like other painters but in his own way of interpretation.
From that point on, the Montana artist has focused on further developing his skills in rendering landscapes and the human figure.
Email: galenlcox_msn.com
Web: www.galencoxfineart.com
Phone: 303-503-5754
Oil Painting
Jeanne is a transplanted New Englander, having grown up along the New Hampshire coast. But for the past 30 years, Colorado has been her home. Her paintings are distinguished by her loose and expressive brushwork. Jeanne's painting journeys take her to many beautiful locations including Europe, New England, and the American Southwest. When not travelling, she spends her time painting in her home studio just outside of Denver, and working outdoors en plein air.
Email: jeanne_jeanneechternachfineart.com
Web: www.jeanneechternachfineart.com
Phone: 303-667-8995
Oil/Watercolor/Sketches
Born in Houston, Texas, Beverly has used the time she has spent living in the east, Austin, Tx., Santa Fe and Colorado to explore differing styles of art. She has studied with such masters as Quang Ho, David Leffel, Joshua Fallik, Kevin Weckbach, Sherri McGraw and numerous other artists to pursue her love of oils, watercolors and sketching.
A successful Interior Designer with her own company for over 20 years, Beverly now pursues her lifelong passion for creating fine art. Beverly lives in Evergreen, Colorado with her husband, 10 house rabbits and 2 Bernese Mountain dogs.
Email: bev_beverlyendsley.com
Web: www.beverlyendsley.com
Phone: 303-588-1087
Primarily a contemporary realist oil painter, Christine Fontenot is a native of colorful Colorado. Growing up in Denver, she has always loved bright colors. As a toddler, she would separate her hair barrettes into groups by color. Her artistic gift was discovered and encouraged by her parents at an early age. She began taking private art lessons with local artist Sally Bartalot at the age of seven. Having a thirst for artistic knowledge and a passion for color, she continued studying with Bartalot for eleven years. In 2004, she came to the Art Students League of Denver, where she has studied with Mitch Caster, Mark Daily, and Jane Jones.
Email: christine_christinefontenot.com
Web: www.christinefontenot.com
Pastels and Fused Glass Jewelry
Although a scientist by training and profession, since childhood I've been fascinated with the arts. Growing up, I experimented with any and all arts and crafts media, even to the point of harvesting yucca and spiderwort to make my own jute and natural dye. As an adult I've worked in a number of media including earth and polymer clays, fused glass, watercolor and pastels. I must admit that I had a love-hate relationship with pastels initially, but they quickly became an affair of the heart and the center of my artistic devotion. With their rich and brilliant hues and velvety textures, I strive to capture the mood and drama of the moment.
Email: mtnbkrs_wispertel.net
Phone: 303-674-6448
As a photographer, I am continually challenged by the concept of transferring my ideas and perceptions onto paper. I love light in all its permutations, and strive to create images that reproduce what my eyes see (which, of course, is impossible!).
I've been taking photographs for more years than I care to admit, first showing my work in Taos, New Mexico during the 1980s. I invite you to share my vision of sweeping landscapes with tiny details, and glimpses into the hearts of flowers and the eyes of animals. Light...color...form.
Email: gale_galegatto.com
Web: www.galegatto.com
Phone: 303-670-0198
Jewelry & Lapidary
Dana is originally from the Bronx, New York. She came to Colorado in 1992. She has always been creative and has expressed her creativity since she was a child. Thru pencil sketches, charcoal & pastels, yarn work, and finally four years ago, she has found her passion in jewelry design and lapidary. Being self taught has allowed Dana to truly show originality in every piece that is crafted. Her designs are beautiful streamline pieces with quality material used.
She makes full collections, separates, and pieces that are multiple strands for that matched layered look. I put my heart and soul, and become one with every piece I craft.
"An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be One" - Charles Horton Cooley
I would like to share my success with you.
Email: dhayzr_msn.com
Web: www.fusionartisans.com
Phone: 720-339-3320
Watercolor, Acrylic and Mixed Media
I have always had a desire to be creative from a very early age but it was in my thirties that I really pursued my desires to be an artist. I went back to school and received a degree in Graphic Design and Illustration. I was still wanting more so I took some painting classes and I have been painting in watercolor, acrylic and pastels ever since.
I enjoy a heavy saturation of color in my paintings and I enjoy exploring different approaches in the application of paint on different papers using assorted textures and techniques.
My muse is my life and all that I see and experience around me, from my travels in the world to my every day life, from scuba diving to the flowers in my garden. I am always finding a new view of life that I want to capture and express in my art.
Email: artistkarla_comcast.net
Web: www.artistkarla.com
Phone: 303-886-6937
Glass
With a studio located in beautiful Colorado, Jean is on a wonderful journey with art glass. Her creations include functional glass art, wearable glass art, and glass art simply to please the soul. After a 26 year career as a CPA specializing in taxation, Jean took a class in stained glass and immediately discovered her passion. Jeans stained glass passion quickly evolved to also include an obsession with fused and mosaic glass. The beautiful colors, textures and possibilities with art glass are endless and she feels she has only scratched the surface of what it has to offer.
Email: jean_jhynekstudios.com
Web: www.jhynekstudios.com
Phone: 303-915-2149
Printwork and Mixed Media
A philosopher at heart with a passion for metaphysical debate, my life work is the reflection of my love for expression, my call to create, my commitment to truth and my study of philosophy and eastern religion.
Over the years, my creative process has been an ever-evolving and organic synthesis of techniques including: acrylic, photography, poetry, printmaking and experimental encaustic. By means of building up and breaking down, revealing, texturing, and layering, my work seeks to scratch the surface of true human nature in order to reveal our original sourcea peeling back, if you will, to our deepest truth.
But, it is not the medium by which Ive chosen to express myself that makes me an artist. It is a way of life. It is a way of moving through the world with the intent to be truth and be in truth in all moments.
Email: michele_mledoux.com
Web: www.mledoux.com
Phone: 303-674-9605
Photographic Art (digital)
With Marla Louise, both in her person and her art one will find an interesting mixture of yin and yang. Her artistic origins are strongly influenced by storytelling and myth, drawing from over 20 creative years as a professional video entertainment designer. The yin and yang is apparent in the fact that Marla is just the feminine half of a dual gendered or transgendered individual. As such, she draws strongly from this rich mixture of masculine and feminine life experience for her art, insight and aesthetic. Yin and yang can also be seen in her mixture of Eastern and Western aesthetics, and in combining the high tech of virtual worlds and traditional canvas.
Email: marla_touchofmarla.com
Web: www.touchofmarla.com
Phone: 303-351-1954
Watercolor
As a child, the wetlands and gardens of New England became the breeding ground for the free-flowing nature images by watercolor painter, Donna Lovely.
Now a long-time resident of Colorado, Donna still seeks out ponds and lush garden locations to paint.
It is the sparkling life energy she perceives and portrays. Her paintings are characterized by rich colors and
lively brushstrokes.
Donna and her husband live on Lookout Mountain where they enjoy the woods and wildlife. Donna is also a musician of Middle Eastern music which adds a musical ingredient to her life and art.
Web: www.donnalovelyfineart.com
Michaela - Clay
Randy - Metal
The medium is clay and metal. Michaela creates in clay both functional and sculptural works of art. Randy transforms metal as he welds his pieces. At times both clay and metal are combined to create interesting objects of art.
The functional pottery is food, dishwasher, oven and microwave safe. The glazes used are lead free. Objects are designed to be artful as well as functional.
The artists' goal is to stimulate the imagination and to create a synergy between the artist and the art collector.
Email: michaelapottery_comcast.net
Original Oils
After retiring from a career in Education, award winning artist Joan Owens started oil painting nine years ago.
Sparkling light and rich, luminous colors are characteristic of the artists oil paintings. Her work includes still life, landscape and wildlife subjects. Many of her landscapes and wildlife paintings are based on scenes from around her Evergreen, Colorado home.
Joans still life entry, Mums, won Best of Category in her very first show at the Foothills Art Center. Her painting, Looking West, was selected as the Mountain Connection cover art for their May 2010 edition.
The artists work has been shown at the Foothills Art Center and Mount Vernon Country Club in Golden, CO; at the Center for the Arts Evergreen, Rotary Gallery and Shadow Mountain Gallery in Evergreen, CO; and at Alpine Gallery in Denver, CO.
Email: joaninevergreen_msn.com
Phone: 303-674-7118
Hand built functional ceramics with multi-media art work
Susan was born England and has lived in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and America. The seeds of her passion for nature and wildlife were sown at an early age while growing up in an English seaside town. Susan currently resides in Denver, CO.
Susan has been an artist for the past twenty years, experimenting with various mediums and techniques. Susan chose ceramics as a way to create hand built and hand painted works that tell wonderfully detailed stories linked by a common theme. Her creative use of design within her work serves to deepen the story being portrayed.
Email: susan_susanraybould.com
Web: www.susanraybould.com
Phone: 303-517-2031
Although he has professionally been, until quite recently, a home builder and craftsman, photography had been a hobby for John for more than a half century.
All photographs are on Fuji film with a medium format Bronica camera. All prints are made on archival photographic paper, mounted on acid-free mattes and framed by the photographer.
For those who travel, we hope to evoke memories of places visited, new friends made, and the sense of adventure we have felt. For those who have not yet made that journey, we hope to share our love of nature, of places not yet visited, of the surprise that might await us around the next corner or down the next unmapped road. we wish you a pleasant journey.
Email: johnrehmphoto_comcast.net
Web: www.johnrehmphoto.com
Phone: 303-257-8610
Dennis Rhoades
Pastel Painting
Dennis Rhoades has been designated a Master Pastelist by the Pastel Society of America, one of only 130 such honorees in the art societys history. He is also a signature member of the Pastel Society of Colorado and a member of the Pastel Society of New Mexico and the Midwest, as well as the Impressionists Society of the Midwest. His pastel paintings have received special awards in the Pastel Society of America juried exhibitions (2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009), the Pastel Society of Colorado National Show (2004) and 4th place in Pastel Journals 100 Best ( 2005). Most recently, he was honored with Best of Show in the Richeson75 2010 Pastel Competition. In addition, the Pastel Society of Colorado honored him with the Best of Show award in 2003. He has also been featured in several national publications, including International Artist and a six page article in a recent issue of the Pastel Journal. He wrote a three page article for the PSA 2010 Newsletter publication Pastelagram. Rhoades colorful paintings are found in corporate collections such as U.S. Steel, Rockwell International, CoBank of Denver, and the Castle Rock, Colorado Town Hall. He also receives commissions from private collectors.
Email: derhoades_q.com
Web: www.dennisrhoades.com
Phone: 303-910-3754
"I try and capture those life moments that make me smile. When I am painting, I slip into the place where time seems to stop, and I am living in the moment" says emerging artist Jody Rigsby.
Jody Rigsby fearlessly mixes texture and color, creating a main focus, and uses line as a key element to bring her work to life. She enjoys a wide variety of subject matter and mediums but has found oil painting her current love.
Jody attended Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, receiving her degree in Graphic Design and Advertising. She followed this up with a succesful career as a designer, eventually co-founding a design studio with her husband.
Family life became a second career, allowing her an opportunity to fulfill a longtime goal teaching youth art classes while raising her daughter. It was soon after when the desire to paint became to strong to ignore.
More recently shes participating in an Artist in Residence program in the Denver public school system, currently teaching drawing skills for the Stagecraft Department at the Denver School of the Arts as well as continuing to hone her painting skills.
Email: jody_jodyrigsby.com
Web: www.jodyrigsby.com
Phone:720-363-8017
Ceramics
Barbara Schwartzberg has been fascinated by clay since first taking pottery classes in 1975 while living in West Lafayette, Indiana. She moved to Denver, Colorado in 1985 and joined the Colorado Potters Guild in 1999. She enjoys making functional pottery using either porcelain or white stoneware clay. She often views the clay as a canvas which she decorates in a whimsical, ironical fashion. She also enjoys making ceramic buttons which complement her felting and knitting projects. During the day, Barbara leads another life as a general surgeon at Rose Medical Center where she specializes in the treatment and cure of breast cancer.
Email:edge.hill.pottery_gmail.com
Web:www.coloradopotters.com
Oil Painting and Sculpture
I hope my paintings and sculpture cause others to smile, to remember, or to reflect on something or someone special to them.
Kathy has a long history of art studies with Master Painters and Sculptors including Kim English, Lincoln Fox, Carolyn Anderson, Ann Templeton, Doug Dawson, Barry Rose, Patti Stajcar, Bev Steigerwald, Bill Starke, Jane Jones, Melinda Morrison, Tony Ortega, Michelle Torrez, and Kevin Wechbach. She received her BS in Art in 1981.
Kathy has received numerous awards and recognition for her art through the years including the Ambassador of Goodwill Award, presented by Gov. George Nigh for her contributions to the arts in Oklahoma. Her art is in personal collections worldwide.
Email: kathyshahan_mac.com
Web: www.kathyshahan.com
Phone: 303-917-1980
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Mark Smith is a practicing attorney that paints as a sidelight. He has been painting for about ten years. His focus is acrylic abstracts and landscapes.
Email: marksmithlaw_hotmail.com
Web: mchristopherart.com
Phone: 303-796-8187
Colored Pencil/Mixed Media
Born and raised in Germany Heidi (Heidrun) has resided in CO for over 30 years. During that time she raised a family, taught, and finally entered the art arena. Her love for the Rocky Mountain area and the spirit of the West helped foster close attention to detail, light and mood as indicative of glimpses into the eternal and she tries to capture those elements in her pencil art, usually after painstaking research.
During her journey into the world of art she has also been privileged to come to know some members of the Native American community and begun to further explore Native culture and history something she hopes to continue indefinitely as it has afforded her with many new insights and increased her understanding of a little known, but fascinating population with rich traditions.
Email: preciselynature_comcast.net
Web: www.natures-portraits.com
Phone: 330-989-7577
Mixed media collage paintings
Emily is professionally trained as an architect and artist, and currently works in mixed media collage, computer graphics, and environmental shamanism. She also teaches workshops in creative journaling and publishes a quarterly magazine about Creativity, which is available at the gallery. She studied at the University of Maryland, the Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Aix-en-Provence, France, and with Walt Bartman at the Yellow Barn Gallery in Bethesda, Maryland.
Email: emily.townsend_gmail.com
Web: www.etstudio.net
Fiber
I create and design my "Woolies" from 100% felted wool. I find beautiful patterned wool sweaters and fabric in thrift stores. My craft gives new life to the sweaters and fabric that I use. It is also satisfying that I can make comforting products such as pillows, purses, Christmas stockings, ornaments and tea cozies.
Several years ago, I read a newspaper article about this craft. Since then, I have formed my own company. I sell my Woolies at craft shows that feature handmade products. I am a member of The Colorado Crafters Guild and TACtile Textile Art Center and the Center for the Arts in Evergreen.
Email: janwest_comcast.net
Web: www.janswoolies.com
Oil
Jen Veitch was born in Tianjin, China, where she was college educated with an International Finance and Economic degrees. Upon graduation Jen worked for the Bank of Chinas international department, focusing on joint ventures with western countries.
Jen was afforded the opportunity to work and live in Dallas, Texas and work for a bank in the international department. In 1999 she retired after years of working in the business departments for two major oil companies. Currently Jen and her family live both in Colorado and St. Croix in US Virgin Islands.
Email: jenontheweb_att.net
Web: www.artworknetwork.com/jenveitch
Phone: 303-808-5138
Silversmithing and Bead Work
Janet Williamson is a silversmith who creates distinctive works in her Evergreen studio. Her inspiration comes from the mythologies and art of ancient civilizations. The symbolisms and spiritual messages of these indigenous people are interpreted in many of her works of art.
Her mixture of beadwork and silver has been recognized for her uniqueness in design and selection of beads. Silversmithing has been a joy for Janet, allowing her to take her dream imagery and translate it into works of art.
Email: bearstonej_gmail.com
Web: www.bearstonejewelry.com
Phone: 720-273-1554
Watercolors
