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AMAZING ART GOES ON
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ON THE ROCKIES, BEAVER CREEK
ART FESTIVAL AND MORE
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O
ver the years, the Vail Valley has become
not only a local hub for art and artists,
but a national one as well.
In both Vail and Beaver Creek, a pleth-
ora of ne art and contemporary galleries are only a
few feet from one another, each boasting a collec-
tion rivaling those in the bigger cities. There is al-
ways an array of art on display year-round, but this
summer is a local art acionados dream, with two
top-notch art festivals and exhibits featuring both
master painters and those doing something new in
their chosen medium. Heres a look at just a few of
the artists to view and events to attend this season,
when you want to set your eyes on something that
might be more beautiful than our own local land-
scape. The mountain sky is hard to replicate on can-
vas, but that doesnt stop many artists from trying,
or instead creating a new way to view the horizon
altogether. Its like modernist painter Chagall said,
Great art picks up where nature ends.
CUSTOM DESIGNS FROM
CREATIVE CRAFTSMEN
Held in Edwards, Art on the Rockies begins Fri-
day, July 11, and continues through Sunday, July 13.
Art on the Rockies started four years ago and now
includes more than 100 artists selected from a pool
of over 10,000. The festival is designed to be for
both the art buyer and admirer, and unlike at gal-
leries, the artists will be on hand to talk about their
work. The festival features not only painters but also
sculptors, ceramicists, jewelers and furniture mak-
ers like Lara Moore, known for her one-of-a-kind
designs. Moore began making furniture 17 years ago
and has her own studio in Indiana. When looking
at her designs, many people rst think its fabric or
paint, but Moore actually uses layers of tissue paper
to create her patterns.
Essentially it was an accident, Moore said. I was
an art history major (taking) a studio work class.
I wasnt very talented. I wasnt a very good drawer
but I had a good design form. I found what I was
suited for was cutting. With cutting paper, you get
line, shape and color instantly.
Moore often does custom work and uses art fes-
tivals to meet new clients who want her to make a
piece just for them.
Most customers want something special, some-
thing unique, Moore said. But sometimes I meet
people who say, Just do your thing, and thats the
best.
This will be Moores rst showing at Art on the
Rockies. Moore said while people in some areas of
the country tend to be bargain-hunters more con-
cerned with price than the product, in places like
Colorado, theres a better understanding of the craft
and hard work put into each design.
On the West Coast, people have more of an
appreciation and better manners about not saying,
I need a better deal on this, Moore said. Its really
great when people get it. They want (my work) and
they want it enough that they pay for it. It is a busi-
ness, its how I make my living.
ICONIC AMERICAN ART
Another artist who knows the struggle of purs-
ing his passion while trying to get by is Santiago
Michalek, a painter from Utah whos this years Art
on the Rockies poster artist. Michalek is known for
his playful paintings of Volkswagen buses and bugs,
each of which have their own personality, just like
the cars themselves. Shortly after getting married a
few years ago, Michalek and his wife needed a car,
but they were low on cash. He did a little research
and found that VW bugs were afordable and easily
xable. Michalek then started buying the classic
cars and tinkering with them, which turned into a
Mountains of color
By Rosanna Turner
Special to the Weekly
Sneak a peek at Vails summer
arts scene, beginning with Art
on the Rockies in Edwards
Upcoming
summer art
events
Summer-long:
Diamonds and Digital
Art Jewelry in the
Technology Age with
Theresa Burger, Arthur
Hash, Nicole Jacquard
and AMT Inc. at J. Cotter
Gallery, Beaver Creek
and Vail
Summer-long: Brittens
new work, Alive with
Freedom, at C. Anthony
Gallery in Beaver Creek
(also at Galerie Zuger in
Vail on July 19)
Now through
July 27: Falling for
Summer group show at
Art on a Whim in Vail
July 11-13: Art on the
Rockies in Edwards
Aug. 2-3: Beaver Creek
Art Festival
Aug. 15-16: Masters
Exhibit at C. Anthony
Gallery in Beaver Creek
Aug. 16-17: Red
Cli Studio Tour and
Invitational
Sept. 12-13: Beaver
Creek Luxury Festival
Gallery Tour
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full-time restoration business.
It was a hobby that turned
into a business that I was
supposed to make a couple
of bucks on while I painted,
Michalek said. Eventual-
ly I realized I was straying
from my goals and my path,
which was to be an artist. (I
needed) to turn the wheel
back toward art. (I thought),
What if I painted a Volkswa-
gen? I dont think Ive seen
a classical painting of a Volk-
swagen. I started painting
Volkswagens and it took of
that way.
Michaleks Volkswagen
paintings often spark road
trips down memory lane for
those who see them for the
rst time.
Particularly the buses,
there is such a deep love and
kind of cult following for
(them), Michalek said. I
think it has to be the nostal-
gia and the history involved.
Theyve become an iconic
part of who we are.
Michalek has been painting
Volkswagens for eight years,
but this will be his rst trip to
Art on the Rockies.
I love the fact that you
get to meet one on one with
people and see how they re-
spond to the work rsthand,
Michalek said.
BRIGHT CANVASES
FOR SUNNY DAYS
One artist who is always
mixing new colors into her
canvases is local painter
Britten. Britten debuted her
new collection at C. Antho-
ny gallery at the beginning
of July, which is called Alive
with Freedom.
I did not set out to paint
a collection around the idea
of Freedom, Britten said.
When I looked at all the
pieces drying in the studio, I
realized how diverse they all
are. Each one is an individual
with a unique personality;
each one stands alone inde-
pendently. There is a sense
of freedom in their diverse
expressions.
Well-known for the way
she plays with illumination
and texture, Brittens work
is best viewed in the esh,
as her paintings often evoke
a visceral experience. The
artist said she does not have a
preconceived idea before she
begins painting.
I start with splashes of col-
or or pigment and each layer
builds on itself, Britten said.
I actually clear my mind so
that I can go with whatev-
er emerges. Its intuitive or
natural to know when a piece
is nished. It has a sense of
balance that I can feel. At that
point I can actually see the
painting for itself.
LOCAL COLOR FROM
COLORADO ARTISTS
If youre looking for local
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From page 26
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art, look no further than Vails Art
on a Whim, which focuses on
contemporary Colorado artists.
Art on a Whims Falling for Sum-
mer group show runs through
July 27 and features brand new
pieces with a summertime theme.
Ross Raitman, co-owner of the
gallery, said one artist to watch
during the Falling for Summer
show will be Kris Lee, who takes
handblown glass, embeds it
through her canvas paintings and
then runs an LED light behind
the canvas to make use of the
negative space.
When the lights are of in a
room it literally glows so you see a
completely diferent scene, Rait-
man said.
Art on a Whim opened their
Vail location last November. Rait-
man said what he likes about local
art lovers here is their knowledge
and ability to know quality art
when they see it.
Vail art collectors are intel-
ligent when it comes to the art
world, Raitman said. Its nice
to hang out with people who un-
derstand and appreciate ne art.
People appreciate that we have a
Colorado-centered focus of our
artists, who are capturing the
beauty of the state.
A WINDOW TO THE
WORLD THROUGH ART
The second large art event this
season will be the Beaver Creek
Art Festival, held Aug. 2-3. The
festival features more than 200
artists of all kinds representing
their work in person. Howard
Alan, promoter of the festival, said
his goal is to bring interesting and
diverse artists to Colorado and
Beaver Creek for the rst time.
Alan said visitors to the festival
should plan on being impressed.
Its one of the top art shows in
the country, Alan said. There are
other shows that are bigger, but
where do you have an art show
with the mountains in the back-
ground, great restaurants, a great
venue and great art? Its the venue
that makes all the diference.
The festival ofers an annual
giveaway prize, and this year it will
be photographer Andrew Butlers
Watchful Eye, which he shot in
Morocco. Butler spent 30 years as
a mailman before a fateful trip to
Bali two decades ago. There he met
a fellow traveler who had run out
of funds to get home, so he sold his
camera equipment to Butler. With
no formal training, Butler began
taking photos of his travels, inspired
by the bright colors and landscapes
of foreign lands. After showing
some of his work locally in Santa
Cruz, California, Butler turned his
eye on the art market and has been
a full-time photographer ever since.
Butler said he tries to stay far away
from the average vacation slideshow.
For me its about trying to tell
a story, Butler said. Ive always
been fascinated with National
Geographic, the kind of images
you can look at and immediately
get (your) attention I always
wanted to be able to duplicate
that tell a story with one
image.
Butler frames his photographs
in antique window frames, which
adds to the visual voyeurism of
the images.
(Its like) if you were sitting
in your living room, looking out
into a diferent part of the world
through your window, Butler said.
Butler said each of his photo-
graphs is an original, which is ulti-
mately what people are looking for.
You want (to create) something
where people say, Oh my gosh,
where did you get that? Ive never
seen anything like it, Butler said.
EXCLUSIVE EXHIBITS
OF MASTER WORKS
C. Anthonys Masters Exhib-
it Aug. 15-16 will feature many
classic artists from the past. Rare
works from Pablo Picasso, Miro,
Salvador Dali, Rembrandt and
others will be on display at the
gallery, many for the rst time.
C. Anthony will also have origi-
nal oils from Stokely Webster, an
American impressionist inu-
enced by Claude Monet. Gallery
director Josephine de Lucinges
said C. Anthony is the only gallery
in the U.S. to have these works
from Webster. C. Anthony will
also be exhibiting pieces from
more than one Pissarro, a family
of painters who are descendants of
French impressionist Camille Pis-
sarro. De Lucinges said you often
only see Camilles work in muse-
ums these days, and for C. Antho-
ny to have an original watercolor
of his is very prestigious.
As for what makes an art-
ist a master, thats open to
interpretation.
Master status is (often) deter-
mined by art history, de Lucing-
es said. Art history appreciates
something new, something difer-
ent, innovative, a new outlook, a
new angle, a new perspective or
a new vision. Their work speaks
for itself, so when you see it you
recognize the master.
For artists, summertime can be
a ripening of inspiration, giving
them warmer hues to work with.
Britten said summer is her favorite
season, and not just because shes
free from the constraint of socks.
The beauty of summer in-
uences me, Britten said. The
options for fun are endless as are
the possibilities in art. There is no
separation between my life and
my art, its all just an experience.
How the experience is interpreted
is up to the viewer.
In the summer, most want to be
outside, soaking up the rays. But
take a few days and bask yourself
in inspiration from an artist like
Britten, or any of the others shown
locally this season. The sun may
light up your face, but only art can
enlighten your mind.
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Casting Shadows Unlitby Kris Lee, 36x48.
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