Big Time Modern Blue Clock by David Scherer “Time flies when you’re having fun,” and even when “time stands still,” you can still have fun if you’re looking at one of David Scherer’s clocks. As an artist for more than 37 years, Scherer is known for...
To stand in front of a prodigious piece of art and let its visual storytelling unfold history. To marvel at the intricacies of an artistic expression. To ponder an intended narrative of another’s mind. To escape into a place that challenges understanding and evokes reaction....
MONKEYS, MATCHES, AND MOCCASINS; books, bowls and bones; spurs, sharks and warriors. Glimmers of bright fall color on glassware, a feather’s delicate texture, the worn glow on a well-ridden saddle or a celebrity’s iconic guitar. These things and more are portrayed in contemporary still life...
A PICTURE, AS THEY SAY, IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, but Colorado artist Jill Soukup has a way with words as well as with paint. Whether you’re looking at her work or listening to her talk, you quickly understand that she spends as much time...
WHEN PETER SMILLIE STUMBLED UPON a Spanish Colonial Revival home designed by Bert Harmer (of Alexander Bertrand Harmer) it wasn’t the structure itself that struck him. Instead, it was his clear vision for what the home could be — how to bring it back to...
ARCHITECT RICHARD KEATING IS BEST KNOWN for his skyscrapers, but he enjoys residential projects, too. “The opportunity just doesn’t present itself as often,” he says. So, when he was asked to envision a home in Alta, Wyoming, he welcomed the assignment. [caption id="attachment_15730" align="alignleft" width="300"] A...
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I decided to self-publish one of my novels which had gone out of print. When it came time to design the cover, the painting I chose was of a car coming up over a hill, surrounded by bright yellow fields...
Inquire, and you’ll discover that some of Colorado’s most striking mountain homes were designed by Poss Architecture + Planning and Interior Design. [caption id="attachment_15704" align="alignleft" width="300"] A bridge leads across a pond to a cabana in the home’s backyard.[/caption] The firm of 40 is renowned for high-end,...
Jerome B. Wheeler moved to Colorado for his wife Harriet’s health in 1882. They were cultured New Yorkers: he, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s third cousin, and she, the niece and heir to Macy’s Department Store. While he became enchanted with the soaring mountains, towering trees and...
At just about the time that Eduardo Carrillo [1937–1997] was up for tenure in his teaching position at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) in the 1970s, he became aware that an African-American member of his department was being left out of some activities....