JK Designs, Inc and the National Sculptors' Guild Art Happenings

Daniel Augenstein: Educating Vision/Challenging Technique

6/27/2020

Poppies and Peonies by Daniel Augenstein

Daniel Augenstein has a solo show at the Loveland Museum's Foote Gallery. We hope you'll check it out.

Daniel Augenstein: Educating Vision / Challenging Technique

June 27 – September 13, 2020
FOOTE GALLERY

Daniel Augenstein’s art displays his journey of creative growth. The artist’s vision guides each brush stroke and pen mark from conception to the final, framed work. The deeper and more complete the vision, the richer the result; the more informed, the closer to an intended goal. Through design experiments, research of others’ ideas, and searching for multiple right answers, Augenstein produces a wide variety of images showing his vision. The technical skill needed for drawing and painting must be practiced with a desire to improve. Taking risks with varied media and techniques can enable the artist to achieve visual results unexpected from the art, staying within the comfort zone of prior works. Augenstein says, “As an artist and teacher for many years, I am still amazed by the act of creation. I am still learning.”
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**The Foote Gallery/Auditorium is a reservable space and the gallery may be closed for private events from time to time. Please call the Museum front desk (970) 962-2410 to verify exhibit availability prior to arrival.

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Columbine Artists in the 2018 Colorado Governor's Art Show

12/20/2017

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The selected artists have been announced and we are pleased to have 9 participating artists in the 2018 Colorado Governor's Art Show, plus NSG Fellow Sandy Scott is this year's Legacy Sculptor, whose past and current participation have raised the artistic standards of quality and whose reputations for excellence exemplify the goals of the Governor’s Art Show. Congrats to Columbine Artists: Wayne Salge Tal Walton Daniel Augenstein Carolyn Barlock Jim Biggers Jane DeDecker Daniel Glanz Alyson Kinkade Amy Laugesen We hope you'll attend the events surrounding the show including the May 11th Gala and the Plein Air Festival/Auction June 2nd. Proceeds from the show and auctioned artwork benefit Rotary-sponsored charitable projects such as the Thompson Education Foundation's homeless program. click here to learn more. The show is open to the public May 12th – June 17th at the Loveland Museum and Gallery.

2018 Legacy Artist Sandy Scott

The selected artists have been announced and Columbine Gallery is pleased to have 9 participating artists in the 2018 Colorado Governor's Art Show. Plus, NSG Fellow Sandy Scott is this year's Legacy Sculptor, whose past and current participation have raised the artistic standards of quality and whose reputations for excellence exemplify the goals of the Governor’s Art Show. Congrats to all the Columbine Artists:

Daniel Augenstein
Carolyn Barlock
Jim Biggers
Jane DeDecker
Daniel Glanz
Alyson Kinkade
Amy Laugesen
Wayne Salge
Tal Walton

See all 56 selected artists here. We hope you'll attend the events surrounding the show including the May 11th Gala and the Plein Air Festival/Auction June 2nd. Proceeds from the show and auctioned artwork benefit Rotary-sponsored charitable projects such as the Thompson Education Foundation's homeless program. click here to learn more.

The show is open to the public May 12th – June 17th at the Loveland Museum and Gallery.

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Painting Columbine 2017

5/12/2017

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Special unframed prices until May 31st

Shop Painting Columbine

Painting Columbine Annual Spring Plein-Air Event May 12-13, 2017 painting the NSG sculpture garden Buy as they Dry, Clothesline Sale Celebrate Spring and see artist's in action on May 12th and 13th. With Mother's Day that Sunday, this is a perfect opportunity to spend time together. Many items will be in a great gift giving range - find the perfect Mother's Day gift, or bring your mom to share the day in our garden. Painters will be available and painting from 9-12 and 1-5 each day. Leave your number or email and we'll send you pics of the paintings as they finish, so you can buy something you saw at the start.

Dan Augenstein painting Columbine Gallery's Lake Tern

Dan Augenstein's Russian Olives across the Pond

An upcoming Art Happening at Columbine Gallery. Columbine's painters will set up their easels and paint the National Sculptors' Guild sculpture garden for 2 days. Completed artwork will be sold as it is completed. Provide us with your phone number or email for a text, and pic when it's complete, or hang with the artists while they paint and peruse the artwork hanging on the clothesline ready for your collection.

Painting Columbine
Annual Spring Plein-Air Event
May 12-13, 2017 painting the NSG sculpture garden
Buy as they Dry, Clothesline Sale

Celebrate Spring and see artist's in action on May 12th and 13th. With Mother's Day this Sunday, this is a perfect opportunity to spend time together. Many items will be in a great gift giving range - find the perfect Mother's Day gift, or bring your mom to share the day in our garden.

Painters will be available and painting from 9-12 and 1-5 each day.

Leave your number or email and we'll send you pics of the paintings as they finish, so you can buy something you saw at its beginning stages.

Participating painters:
Daniel Augenstein, Mark Bailey, Carolyn Barlock, James Biggers, Amelia Caruso, Bob Coonts, Cathy Goodale, Pat Howard, Zach Howard, Alyson Kinkade, Gary Miller, Jean Perry, Teresa Vito,

Bob Coonts painting in the NSG sculpture garden

images will be added here during the event as they are completed

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Columbine Artists featured in the news

3/31/2017

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Columbine's Dan Augenstein was featured live, this time giving Fox31 anchors a quick painting lesson.

Columbine's John Kinkade and Mark Bailey were interviewed about the upcoming Governor's Art Show on 9News' Colorado and Company. click here to see Mark's new work.

Congratulations to Columbine's Daniel Augenstein whose painting is featured in the April Southwest Art Magazine story on the Colorado Governor's Art Show & Sale

Daniel Augenstein, Reflection in Butchart, oil, 30 x 40.

As the only show in Colorado that features both established and emerging artists based in the state, the Governor’s Art Show kicks off on Friday, April 28, at the Loveland Museum/Gallery. It’s more than just the finest Colorado painters and sculptors coming together in one exhibition—there are also live music performances, flash mobs, opera singers, a plein-air festival, bagpipers, and more. The Governor’s Art Show is celebrating its 26th year thanks to sponsorship from the Loveland and Thompson Valley Rotary Clubs, with net proceeds from the exhibition going to local youth and community organizations. John Kinkade, a co-chair of the annual show, says the mission of the event is twofold: “We aim to support our local community in need while also introducing Colorado residents to their artists,” he says. “We have so much artistic talent in our state to share.”

The festivities begin on Friday, April 28, with an opening gala and sale from 5 to 9 p.m. preceding the public opening on Saturday, April 29. Other highlights include Saturday artisan exhibits on May 6, 13, and 27 and a plein-air festival and auction throughout downtown Loveland on May 20. Kinkade says the aim is to make the whole event “festive, fun, and participatory.”

This year’s show features artwork in every kind of style, from traditional western themes to abstract ideas. There’s something for everyone, as each artist is invited to bring four pieces to the exhibition, totaling more than 230 works on view. And while there are many notable returning and established exhibitors, exactly 50 percent of the participants are new to the event—due, in part, to a blind jury made up of new committee members each year. The show bestows 10 awards of merit and a Best of Show award.

Among the 300 artists who submitted work to be juried, Sabrina Stiles, Nancy Wylie, Pem Dunn, and Richard Schilling are just a few of the 55 artists selected. Mark Andrew Bailey, Karen Storm, Lora Witt, and Don Hamilton, all of whom won individual awards of merit last year, are returning. Noteworthy artists Alyson Kinkade and Jane DeDecker collaborated on a piece last year that was named Best of Show in a unanimous vote for a sculpture for the first time ever. They’ll both be returning as well. Finally, James Biggers, an Estes Park-based artist, has participated in the event every year since its inception—and this year will be no different for the landscape painter.

This is Jane Hunt’s first time participating in the Governor’s Art Show. The Denver-based impressionist submitted her oil COLORADO SUMMER, choosing to focus on the dramatic sunset while minimizing the majesty of the mountains in the background. “There’s a lot of artists in the event that I admire,” Hunt says. “It will be nice to get together with Colorado artists and share that connection.” —Katie Askew
This story was featured in the April 2017 issue of Southwest Art magazine. Get the Southwest Art April 2017 print issue or digital download now–then subscribe to Southwest Art and never miss another story.