Using hyper-realism Tracy Stuckey’s narratives evoke a mythical West. His characters, a mixture of slick billboard models and pulp fiction storylines, speak to the way the West is portrayed and misunderstood. These scenarios, like a funhouse mirror, allow us to examine our own absurdities. “There are...
Scraping each layer to reveal a glimpse of what waits beneath, Andrew Skorut patiently creates his landscapes. It’s as if he’s uncovering the distance by offering a compressed surface, a surface beveled and scratched with the notion of space. “It’s interesting to me; from a distance,...
Two things drive Marie Figge Wise: fishing and finding the truth. Fishing takes her to places where nature speaks in its truest voice, in the lullaby of pastures, the whispers of spring creeks, and the poetry of mountain rivers. Whether her tool of choice is...
Two Hills Studio, an architectural fixture design company, has been in business for 31 years. This year, Scott Gross found his calling when he bought the company from founder Britt Medford. “Britt was an architect and recognized a need for fixtures that he couldn’t find anywhere,...
George H. Jones paints large and loud. His standard size is 4 by 5 feet. His longhorn cattle, cows, and wildlife from his native Texas fill up a room with wild, loose, bold, lively color and plenty of personality. [caption id="attachment_16719" align="alignleft" width="239"] "Early Morning Drink"...
Jamie Okuma has been making art of one kind or another since she was a child. Her process varies from project to project, and from day to day. “While I’m working on one thing, I’m thinking about what to do next,” Okuma says. “Whatever piques my...
Michelle Osman’s skyscapes center around the transformational nature of clouds conveying an expansive horizon and the turbulent presence of the unknown. “I work from photographs, because each painting takes a couple of months, and I love the specificity of the clouds I paint,” Osman says. “For...
The installation of artist Armond Lara’s 75 winged blue buffalo, cast in resin and hand-finished, feels like a lost herd cresting above the horizon, their silenced, thundering voices, muffled for centuries, at last audible to history. Inspired by his family’s experiences, Lara’s most recent project speaks...
J. Vehar-Evanoff’s paintings bring about the tension between anarchy and a desire for rules. That inner battle contained within each piece creates a tautness that teeters on the edge, as movement of paint meets the restriction of its surface. [caption id="attachment_16414" align="alignleft" width="300"] "Untitled IV" |...
Matthew Frederick’s landscapes combine the playfulness of a paint-by-number scene and a contemporary perspective on color and composition. For the last 20 years, Frederick has been examining the landscape, trying to help people see the natural world in a new way. [caption id="attachment_16406" align="alignleft" width="148"] "Colorado...