Nearly a dozen new paintings have arrived from Tal Walton, transforming Columbine's front room. The pieces are incredibly strong, even the most subtle images. A most notable distinction from past work is the diverse and bold palettes Tal is currently exploring, although his voice is clearly still present. Pictured with Denny Haskew sculptures. click here to shop online. Art of the West featured Columbine Gallery and the National Sculptors' Guild Director John Kinkade in their July/August issue. The topic, Today's Sculpture Market. John talks about some of JK Designs' projects and the trends we've seen in our 25th year of designing and placing residential and public art statements. "Those brave sculptors who wouldn't be deterred from sharing their visions. ...put forth their best efforts and kept foundries, fabrication shops, and brick and mortar gallery doors open. Sculpture is a team sport in most instances requiring many hands." -John Kinkade from 'Sculpture in Today's World', Art of the West July/August 2017 Pick up a copy to read the full article.... The National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden is filling up for summer with new sculpture and blossoms. We are pleased to have three new pieces from Stephen Shachtman. click the images below to shop online. Stephen Shachtman is constantly seeking to find something new and stimulating in either a physical or cerebral sense. The sculptures he creates circulate with aesthetics in contemporary forms with influences and inspiration from, science, architecture, and techniques. These inspirations inform him to create series’ with specific dialogue due to process', dimensions, material usage, and overall presence.
Depending on the sculptural forms and concepts, a few primary materials employed are; copper, glass, and steel. Some of the elements in Stephen’s work range from; hammered surfaces which have an organic aesthetic while overall forms tend to have clean lines with a minimalist approach yet are monolithic in presence. Some aesthetics are large-scale filigree in the metal that allows a viewer to see through the organic forms, while similar manipulation of glass elements are stacked to create positive and negative spaces. All pieces are affected by the orientation of light to unveil the personality of the sculptures, which create a 4th dimension of shadows and reflection as they emerge to produce an element of surprise. Just in time for Mother's Day, Columbine's Teresa Vito has created a multi-media presentation ideal for any Mother. Purchase the original 54x24" oil painting "Hope" and receive the painter's process... Framed 20x10" paint sketch Framed 16x20" collage of sketches and tools DVD of the 3 month process from beginning, through the finishing touches. Great for any collection to house the full painter's journey of a major piece. "This is my expression of HOPE a painting which celebrates the wonders of beauty and light, of a world filled with infinite possibilities, and with the belief that hope is the sacred prayer that sustains us." Available at this special rate through May 31st Click here to purchase Stop by the gallery this Friday and Saturday to see the work in person - and meet Teresa as she paints in the garden during our first Painting Columbine - buy as they dry event. Wayne Salge has just shared his latest compositions. Per usual, they are packed with strong form and a clever mix of sophistication and humor. These monuments are being cast in bronze at the foundry now. If you'd like more information about either or both please call or email,
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As we enter the New Year, we have great anticipation of fun, artful moments as we Celebrate our 25th Anniversary of dedication to the Arts, Artists and our Patrons. Columbine Gallery and the NSG sculpture Garden are full of great paintings and sculptures ready for your collection by our 50 represented artists. In honor of our 25th, we've traced back information on the building that houses all this beautiful artwork by getting in touch with the architect. See what we discovered. We also have our annual shows to look forward to this Spring, Summer and Fall. We hope to see you at any and all, plus a few times in between. JK Designs and the National Sculptors' Guild have a number of large-scale projects already in the works this year. We look forward to sharing these exciting art statements with you as we complete and install them. We are finalists in other placements, and designing other concepts that we hope to also see actualized this year. We wish you a wonderful 2017 & look forward to continuing to assist you in the practice of Living with Art. Congratulations to Columbine Gallery's painter Mark Bailey selected by Southwest Art Magazine as 1 of 10 'Artists to Watch in 2017' featured in the January issue on newsstands now. click here for the full article "Mark Andrew Bailey refuses to be pigeonholed when it comes to defining his style..... ...Using a music analogy, he compares the brush stroke to a note, and the way each note is played is what creates the complexity or interest in a piece.... ...'I’m drawn to the human element and subject matter that is easily relatable,” he says, then adds, “A lot of art has gone negative and dark, but I have always wanted to create things that bring people joy.”... ...While Bailey has been turning heads on a national level, winning Best of Show at the 2015 Governor’s Art Show in Loveland, CO, is extremely meaningful to the Loveland native. 'I grew up here,' he says. 'Going to the show is what exposed me to people who were doing this for a living. Now to be back in Colorado and to be eligible and then accepted into the show, let alone to win this award, it feels like I’ve come full circle.'... —Laura Rintala " #ArtistsToWatch #SouthwestArtMagazine #MarkBaileyPainting #ArtWorthCollecting #FeedYourCreativeSpirit #ColumbineGallery From ornaments to monuments, ART makes a great gift.
Please take a look at our wide selection of fine art available through our online store, or visit the gallery and start a new tradition of giving art in your family this holiday season. If you're still struggling to the perfect gift for the art lover in your life, then give the gift of art - but let them do the selecting by giving our Circle of Giving token, redeemable at Columbine Gallery home of the National Sculptors' Guild. Gift Certificates are a great gift for the person who seemingly has it all. Art appreciators are our favorite people and everyone at Columbine Gallery wishes you the very best in the New Year. #giftideas #giveart #shopsmall #FeedYourCreativeSpirit#ArtOfGiving #LiveWithArt #BuyOriginal#GiveOneOfAKind #giftcertificate #CircleOfGiving #GiveTheGiftOfArt National Sculptors' Guild Affiliate Christopher Owen Nelson's latest residential placement. Featuring monumental sculptures in glass, hand molded acrylic, bronze and mirror polished stainless steel... beautifully photographed in the Aspen, Colorado private residence. Images courtesy of Karl Wolfgang Photography.
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We are pleased to share that National Sculptors' Guild Associate Dan Glanz's Tree Top Stretch bronze monument was one of the select new additions to Loveland's Benson Sculpture Garden this year. The park continues to grow each year through the proceeds generated from each annual Sculpture in the Park show now housing over 150 sculptures. We urge you to experience all of Loveland's Public Art collection during your next visit to Columbine Gallery. "For many years we lived in the beautiful Ponderosa Pine and Douglas Fir forest outside Loveland, Colorado, surrounded by wildlife we would see on an almost daily basis. We were always excited to see the wildlife; deer, black bears, elk, bobcats, coyotes, wild turkeys, and many more animals. However, it was the elusive mountain lion, while only occasionally spotted on the mountain, we knew was always close by. On many occasions, we found tracks in the snow at the edge of the trees and half-eaten prey on our walks around our ridgetop. I would make it a habit, especially in winter, to go out in the early morning darkness to see if there were four-legged visitors nearby before letting our dogs outside. One snowy morning, with my headlamp illuminating the darkness, I discovered fresh mountain lion tracks in the snow on our steep drive only to realize that less snow had fallen in the lion’s tracks in front of me than the track I made behind me just 3 minutes earlier. I followed them back toward the house and discovered the lion had been watching me not 50 feet away. I’m sure it wasn’t the first time, nor the last, we had been closely watched. “Tree Top Stretch” began as a commissioned piece that gave me the opportunity to describe the powerful stealthy, yet reclusive, feline in a more relaxed manner. The big cat is beginning the evening’s hunt, limbering up on an old treetop, more than likely a daily ritual." -Daniel Glanz The Colorado Governor's Art Show is celebrating its 25th year and Columbine Gallery wishes to acknowledge the fact that our artist James Biggers has been included in all 25 years of the annual juried exhibition demonstrating great consistency in creating strong, notable artwork. If you have not already, it's time to familiarize yourself with this great Colorado artist and add his work to your fine art collection.
Columbine Gallery is proud to have 11 of our represented artists in the Governor's Art Show this year. We encourage you to see its final week at the Loveland Museum (thru May 29th); plus stop by Columbine Gallery for more art appreciation and collecting.
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