Below you will find a list of artists who have shown at the Ah Haa School. Whether in the Daniel Tucker Gallery or the East Room Gallery. Browse at your leisure and enjoy the immense talent that has walked through the doors of the Ah Haa School.
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).
Charlotte Jorgensen
My paintings are the visual way I experience the world. They tell my story and they tell yours. The spiral of a conch shell, the patina of rusted metal, an act of human kindness, all inspire me to paint. A line of poetry or the sinuosity of a river inspire me to paint. The universal nature of our collected stories inspires me to paint. There is a sacredness in all these things that nourishes me and my art.
As a naturalist, I have kept field journals for years , recording the world around me in words and sketches. These journals, and nature itself, were my first teachers. Through workshops with other artists and by feeling my way with brush, pen, pigment and paper, I continue to discover my own voice as an artist. I work primarily in water based paints, walnut and sumi ink, graphite and a multitude of collage materials—from scraps of paper used for testing colors, to the metal on wine bottles, to pages torn from bride magazines. In each painting I strive to capture both the ordinary and the sacred, both the personal and the universal.
“Instructions for living a life: pay attention, be astonished, tell about it.” Mary Oliver
Charlotte will be exhibiting in the Daniel Tucker Gallery October 2010
Adam Field
Adam Field is an accomplished potter who has recently returned to the states from a year in Korea where he was honored to study with sixth generation Onggi Master Kim Ill-Maan, whose family is among the last few potters in Korea to create Onggi using strictly traditional techniques with minimal use of modern machinery. Onggi is a style of Korean pottery that dates back generations; it is rooted in large-scale vessels essential for the making of Korean-staple foods such as Kimchi, soy sauce and miso paste. To see an artist create one of these massive vessels is as much a performance as it is a craft.
To view a time-lapse video of this beautiful and ancient technique, click here!
ARTIST STATEMENT I am fascinated with antique artifacts, the way they can speak of mastery of lost peoples, places, and cultures. This inspires me to create works that both radiate history and capture my own place and time. I work toward a clean aesthetic that celebrates the masterful simplicity of antique Far Eastern pottery, while retaining the modest utility of colonial American wares. The surface of my pottery is meticulously carved with intricate designs that borrow from nature and incorporate the human touch. Much of the carving on my work is informed by the pattern languages found in indigenous fiber art, such as Hawaiian tapa, Incan cordage and Zulu basketry.
Glenn Randall
Glenn Randall has been a full-time freelance photographer and writer for 31 years. For the past 17 years, he has been specializing in Colorado wilderness landscapes. His fine-art landscape photographs can be found in several galleries and gift shops, including Art Mart in Boulder and Mystic Mountain Gallery in Estes Park. During his career he has accumulated over 950 photo credits, including 64 covers, and sold more than 10,000 prints. Glenn’s favorite areas to photograph are Rocky Mountain National Park, the Indian Peaks Wilderness, the Maroon Bells/Snowmass Wilderness, the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness and the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado.
Glenn is a Visiting Artist and will be teach Ah Haa’s Winter Landscape Photography Workshop
February 12 - 14 | Friday - Sunday | $325
Meredith Nemirov
Leaps & Turns | Landscape into Abstraction
A show that maps the movement from representational drawings from nature to an abstract interpretation of the same, these works on paper are from several series of drawings completed over the last two years: FALL INTO WINTER, ASPENMAPS, and 100 VIEWS OF THE ASPEN TREE. Large works done during a residency at the Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass, CO during the winter of 2008 and more recent works will also be on view.
For more of Meredith’s work check our her website at www.meredithnemirov.com
Ally Crilly
The Elephants
Ally Crilly took wonderful Robert Weatherford’s painting class last summer. She had been dreaming about elephants and planning a trip to Thailand for yoga studies. After the class ended, she knew she had to keep painting. So she rented a studio at TCAHs Stronghouse Studios, and then didn’t paint for 8 months. “When the flow is happening, I know I’m supposed to paint. When it’s not, it’s excruciating. I’m learning to paint regardless and wait for the moments that it makes sense in, and just ride the rest of them out. I’m also learning to do this in my life. I’m very honored and grateful to Ah Haa for many things, especially the invitation to hang my work here. Thank you.”
The elephants are fascinating. Fierce, beautiful, brave, sorrowful, injured, angry, grounded, wise, complicated, they are a never ending source of inspiration and connection. I feel their pain, you can see it in their eyes along with their wisdom and a sense of the absurd. Ganesha, the hindu deity inspired my love as well. Beheaded and then re-elephant-headed by his father. He is the son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha is helpful with transition, boundaries, thresholds and of course much more. He creates the faith to remove all obstacles. He also places the obstacles in your path, as they really are the path.
Ally works as a free-lance graphic designer in Telluride and has for a long time. She can be reached at 970.728.4001 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
