Anthony Finocchio
I love silver. A few years ago I began working with silver and have enjoyed the journey ever since. I describe my work as unique, handcrafted mountain lifestyle jewelry designed for the free spirited by the free spirited. My inspiration comes from a deep rooted connection to the mountains of southwest Colorado, a passion for rock music and my ever evolving quest for spirituality. I have spent over 20 years in Colorado and the southwest, during which time I have embraced the freedom and growth offered by mountain living. All of this has fueled the desire to express myself creatively.
Currently my work is displayed at Picaya in Telluride and Mirador Gallery on Canyon road in Santa Fe. I have also been commissioned by the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival to produce the official handmade pendant for the festival and have participated in the AhHaa School for the Arts annual art auction for the past two years.
To view more of my work please visit my website at www.metalrockdesigns.com
Feel free to contact me at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Love the metal and it will love you back.
Bruce Gomez
Ah Haa Winter Gala 2009 featured artist.
“I’ve been working in pastels for thirty-six entirely-self-taught years with artistic influences such as Maxfield Parrish, Gustav Klimt, and my cousin Ernie Gallegos. I have been painting with the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art for twenty-four years and teaching at the Ah Haa School for fourteen years (thanks for asking me, Daniel Tucker!). You will often find me at the Telluride Gallery painting in the window or standing on Main Street with an Americano, studying - yet again - Ingram Falls.
Otherwise I live in Denver where I walk my grown children’s dogs and water the cat.
I am singularly fortunate enough to travel to these wonderful places: Telluride, Paris, Rome and Moab, which my subject matter reflects. My aim is to capture that one unique and spectacular moment of life. Many people ask if I paint plein air, and yes, I do, however I don’t like it. The light changes too quickly, it’s either raining or there’s lightning, and either it’s ten below or windy or 105 degrees. Oh yeah, and there are bugs and wild street people. In spite of these obstacles, I get to distill it all down to that essential moment of striking allure, and there you have it. I pride myself in painting something that anyone can see themselves if they hang around. No exaggerations, no symbolism, and no implied metaphor.”
Susan X. Billings
Favoring a bright, warm palette, Billings incorporates a range of mediums in her work. Watercolors are painted onto japanese rice papers to create an underlying image, then pastels, charcoal, papers, ink and gold leaf are applied to develop depth and create transparent layers. Her images are ultimately simple, yet complex compositions. “Billings uses color to create a subtle yet definite spirit. Her paintings leave viewers with a sense of optimism about life.”
For many years she lived and painted in a solar adobe home and studio perched on 35 acres of pinon forest overlooking Naturita Canyon near Telluride, Colorado. The high mesas, open skies and rarely subtle light of this southwestern corner of the country provided an ongoing source of inspiration. Currently Billings splits her time between the high plateaus of the Southwest, the coast of California, and a recently completed solar powered home and studio on the desert East Cape in southern Baja. Windblown by nature, Billings is able to travel and paint, teaching classes and workshops - simply journeying in search of new and inspired landscapes.
Susan was the featured Gala artist at the Ah Haa School’s 2011 New Year’s Eve Gala.
Robert Weatherford
An eternal theme, flowers in a vase plunges me into wonder at nature’s generosity. We expect to feel awe watching a sunset. But flowers in a vase is something that catches us as We cross a room. It’s a glory that startles us in the moment of forgetfulness. Floral still lifes as well as everyday flowers in a vase are a shrine to nature.
We are out of balance if we focus on beauty to the exclusion of aggression. The fighter series deals with the darker side of life which is important to honor as well. I need to remember that suffering is as universal as beauty.
Between the extremes of beauty and strife, these fishermen’s flags sit in piles on the beach at Ossouria, Morocco. They are plain and man-made. What attracted me were the brilliant colors. Flapping in the breezes in comfortable chaos, they rest before the stint at sea. Everyday beauty that we appreciate when we can.
Robert is represented by the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art. For more information and pricing on the works shown, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call them at 970.728.3300.
Diana Fayt
Diana Fayt was born in Los Angeles, California in 1964 and has lived in Northern California for most of her life. In 1983/84 she spent a year living with family in Budapest, Hungary and when returning began her journey towards her career as an Artist. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Ceramics and Printmaking from the College of Arts (and Crafts) in 1992. In 1994 she developed a process with ceramics in which she combines all of her loves; drawing, painting, printmaking and clay and refers to it as “as etchings in clay.” She has also dabbled in ceramic design and created a line of tabletop ceramic ware in 1999 and most recently has ventured into graphics and illustration. Diana is both a traveler and a lover of home. She gleans inspiration from nature, the mundane and life’s stories. Her ceramic pieces are often narrative with marks of time, events and images seen and experienced and then drawn into the surface of her clay platters bowls and vases. By doing this she hopes to leave a permanent mark that expresses her vision of what she experiences in the world around her. Diana currently exhibits her work in galleries and fine boutiques throughout the United States, Japan, Australia and Europe.
To see more of Diana’s work please visit her website, blog or on flickr.
http://www.dianafayt.com
http://www.oneblackbird.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dianafayt/
Michelle Montague
I have been working with clay for many years and have more recently begun working with metal. I enjoy creating organic forms within these mediums, though I find there is an ease of expression with clay that I have not yet achieved through metal.
I am fascinated by the process of creating; of visualizing a piece, and how once work is begun the piece takes on a life of its own. I love the fact that I can think of a form and create it.
Most of my work has centered around the exploration of forms. I often see human figures in nature. Sometimes it is only a glimpse and when I look again it is gone. Other times it seems so obvious I wonder if it is just my experience or if anyone could see it. I attempt to explore the images which only seem to exist in the peripherality .
When working with clay I often have the same experiences. As I begin forming the clay many things surface. Forms often start with human attributes and are constantly changing. The pieces are usually different than what I originally envisioned.
To contact Michelle about any of her pieces, please send her an email by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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