New Painting and Museum Visit

"Room to Grow"

16" x 16" acrylic on canvas

2013

Here's a new painting, just finished...a little different palette used than in the last few pieces.

James and I went to the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver recently and loved it. The current exhibition is  Red/Yellow/Blue which displays Still's interest in using primary color in many of his works. I was really drawn to this one in his yellow series. Beeeeeautiful!

You can read more about Clyfford Still's life and work on the museum blog here.

Weekend of Art Snooping

Hi everyone...thanks for the nice anniversary wishes! James and I had a great time celebrating in Denver over the weekend.

We both wanted to see lots of art while we were there so we went to several galleries and the Denver Art Museum. The main draw for me at the museum was a new exhibit by Fritz Scholder, one of my favorite American Artists. The exhibit was called, "A New Indian Image" and he had some fantastic paintings and prints on display.

"Red #6"
80" x 68" acrylic on canvas
Fritz Scholder, 1994

The other exhibit we saw was an installation by Sandy Skogland called "Fox Games". The photo below is only a partial view of the entire piece. You can actually walk through the installation and experience this awesome scene as if you were in it. It was truly mind altering. It looked a little like "Maisie" dogs gone wild!

"Fox Games"
Sandy Skogland, 1989

Last but not least, we went to one of our favorite cooperative galleries called, "Zip 37". We both really enjoyed the work of Denver Artist, Danyl Cook. Danyl had a solo exhibit which included several small 6" x 6" portrait paintings that we just loved. My favorite one was the one below, his self-portrait.

"Self"
6" x 6" acrylic on canvas
Danyl Cook, 2010

So now that I've been inspired by so many incredible Artists...I'd best get back to painting! Hope to show you some new work very soon.