Main Gallery
2nd Annual Fort
Collins Community Open Show
March 4 - 26
Eighteen artists from Northern Colorado will be showing their work in the 2nd Annual Fort Collins Community Open Show being held March 4 through March 26 at the Main Gallery in the Poudre River Art Center. This show is an open show, allowing artists of all levels to participate in a gallery show, some for the first time. Media will include oils, acrylics, mosaic, watercolor, photography.
The opening reception will be held during Fort Collins First Friday Gallery Walk on Friday, March 5, 2010, from 6-9 pm
Participating artists: Frank Goss, Pat Saunders-White, Marcy Silverstein, Jeff Shearer, Kathy Montgomery, Peggy Quinn, Robin Lewis, Kat Peters-Midland, Steve Allen, Amber VanAusdall, Barbara McCulloch, Suzanne Johnston, Victoria Kempf, Felipe Echevarria, Larry Tucci, Marilyn Ryan, Sally Erickson and L.A. Wood.
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Rooster oil on canvas |
Red House |
"An Evening to Remember" oil on canvas, 24" x 36" |
Marcy
Silverstein is a Fort Collins
artist who paints mostly in her studio these days. She paints landscape,
florals, still life and recently roosters and parrots. Marcy now relies
on her camera to capture the images and then takes off from that point
in the paintings. Flowers get painted when they are in bloom in her garden. |
Marilyn
Ryan has been making art ever
since her parents gave her paints and an easel at age four and told her, "Paint
to your heart's content." She has painted mainly in watercolor
and acrylic; her current work is acrylic/collage and assemblage. Marilyn
strives for work that is thought-provoking and fun. |
Larry
Tucci is an oil painter who began
his artistic career in the eastern U.S., and now calls Fort Collins home.
His work has been accepted into internationally competitive shows such
as the Arts for The Parks Top 100, and the Bennington Center’s
Art of the Animal Kingdom, as well as appearing on numerous State Trout
stamps. Larry’s reverance for the natural world fuels the fire
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"Pocket watch" Oil on linen |
watercolor, gouache on paper |
Swallow Tail Butterfly |
Kathy
Montgomery has always been attracted
to old objects, oftentimes no longer valued or wanted. In them she sees
a dignity that comes with age. Kathy likes to paint a lot of detail because
she thinks it shows more of the item's personality. Kathy has been painting
for about ten years and has recently changed what she paints and how
she shows it. |
Felipe
Echevarria is a fine artist,
illustrator, and graphic novelist currently living and working in Loveland,
CO. His work primarily involves figurative subjects on abstract backgrounds. |
Inspired by the work of Ansel Adams,
John Fielder and Galen Rowell, Frank Goss strives to capture uncommon
images of nature. Frank tries to view the flowers and wildlife around
him in a way that others might not. In this way, help people appreciate
the incredible beauty around them. |
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Acrylic on canvas |
Horsetooth Rock with Sunflowers Acrylic on canvas |
Runs-Like-Wind watermedia 8"x11" |
Suzanne Johnston has been a photographer
for many years. She started painting about three years ago and loves
the freedom it gives her. Suzanne says, "I call it my 'Art
Attack' .... I found my passion!!" |
Peggy Quinn began painting in second
grade when she took oil painting lessons from a wonderfully talented
nun in catholic school. Since then, her life and work has always been
centered around the arts. Peggy graduated from college with a fine arts
degree and has studied art history extensively. She creates playful,
vibrant and imaginative compositions that exuberantly express the vitality
of life. |
Barbara McCulloch paints in watermedia,
exploring ways to use color and texture and a variety of materials to
express a subject's mood. |
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Mood Swing |
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Robin Lewis feels that a glimpse of the world can change a person so
quickly, possibly a photo of the world can do the same. His photography
is positively directed to hopefully leave others with a genuine feeling. |
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The Poudre River Arts Center gallery is now being managed by Tracey Kazimir-Cree assisted by members of Poudre Studio Artists and Colorado Coalition of Artists. For information on gallery rental and rates, please email gallery@poudreriverartscenter.com or call Tracey at 970.672.4887.