Category: Living With Art

Stone Pony Now and Then

10/26/2023

#Throwback and #NowAndThen #Update We just received a note from the family that purchased Denny Haskew's contribution to Santa Fe's Trail of Painted Ponies-

Denny Haskew's Stone Pony Now and Then

We just received a note from the family that purchased Denny Haskew's contribution to Santa Fe's Trail of Painted Ponies- "The Stone Pony". We're happy it's still being loved and admired.

Originally placed at the family's home in Houston, Tx, "Trigger" they shared a photo with a young rider about 15-years ago; and now, photographed headed to it's new home and placed on Willie Nelson's 500 acre "Luck Ranch" in Spicewood, TX where the family now lives. Trigger overlooks panoramic views of Hill Country and greets anyone who drives up the hill, including Willie, wife Annie, and their 70+ rescued horses at Luck Ranch.

Trigger the Stone Pony joins another Trigger at Luck Ranch, Willie's 50+ year old guitar… named after Roy Rogers' horse. Because Roy said he never left home without Trigger… Willie never leaves home without his guitar, so he decided years ago to affectionately name his guitar “Trigger”.

“THE STONE PONY: All of life combines in this wonder called the Universe… This ’stone pony’ is a small attempt to show that a piece of stone and a horse are both living energies of this universal home.” -Denny Haskew

Art Imitates Life

7/1/2020

We recently got an order for a sculpture by just a photo of the patron's grandchild. Afterall, a picture is worth a thousand words. The connection was immediate. Jane DeDecker's "Girl on the Ball". This is a fun way to collect art! If you want to send some puzzles for us to solve, we'd love to play along and connect you with art too! Thanks for the creative order Santo! #LivingWithArt #FeedYourCreativeSpirit

We recently got an order for a sculpture by just a photo of the patron's grandchild. The connection was immediate. Jane DeDecker's

We recently got an order for a sculpture by just a photo of the patron's grandchild. The connection was immediate. This is a fun way to collect, if you want to send some puzzles, we'll connect you with art too!

photo courtesy collector

Click here to shop Jane DeDecker's small works - cast and ready to ship.

Living With Art: Boerne, TX

5/2/2020

One of our patrons sent us these beautiful images from their sculpture garden. Did you know John frequently designs floral elements in our placements? Gardening is one of his passions. And landscaping can be just as expressive as the art showcased in it.

These cactus in Boerne, Texas are displaying their amazing colors, and it is breath taking.

Share the simple beauty that is surrounding you these days, sometimes it's art, sometimes it's nature's sculptures.
Hopefully you have a little of each enhancing your space.

#LivingWithArt #CollectorsCorner #EyeCandy #FloweringCactus #SculptureGarden #LandscapeDesign

One of our clients sent us these beautiful images from their sculpture garden. Did you know John frequently designs floral elements in our placements? Gardening is one of his passions. And landscaping can be just as expressive as the art showcased in it.

These cactus in Boerne, Texas are displaying their amazing colors, and it is breath taking.

Share the simple beauty that is surrounding you these days, sometimes it's art, sometimes it's nature's sculptures.

#LivingWithArt #CollectorsCorner #EyeCandy #FloweringCactus #SculptureGarden #LandscapeDesign

In the Studio : Joe Norman Home Edition

4/27/2020

Icosahedron Fort by Abby and Joe Norman

What happens when you have an engineer/artist dad (Joe Norman), a bright young girl and a 3D printer to make prototypes during a stay-in-place order? Construct a icosahedron fort! What an awesome homeschool project!!

We've got our eyes on Abby, she's going places already. Also, I want a play day in that fort!

From Joe: "Attached are some photos of me and Abby learning about icosahedrons and building her new fort in the backyard, after prototyping it with 3D printed sockets we designed that fit Q-tips as structural members. We then used 2x4's and door hinges to make the full size version."

In geometry, an icosahedron is a polyhedron with 20 faces. The name comes from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι, meaning 'twenty', and ἕδρα, meaning 'seat'. There are infinitely many non-similar shapes of icosahedra, some of them being more symmetrical than others.

In the Studio: Tal Walton

4/24/2020

In the Studio with Tal Walton. We’ve represented Tal Walton since the mid-90’s and we still get pieces in the gallery that take our breath away. Tal has provided us a virtual studio visit for a look at his process. We hope you enjoy learning a bit more about this great artist. “My work is about Americana, it’s about our roots. When live was a little slower, a little more simple. ...and l hope (my work) inspires you to slow down, look back, and find joy in things from your past.” -Tal Walton Ready to add a Tal Walton to your collection? Shop our current inventory online #WIP #InTheStudio #TalWalton #OilPaint #GoldLeaf #Painting #Barns #ColorField #ContemporaryLandscape #Americana #Platonic #GoldenRule #fibonacci #HandCraftedFrame #PastPresentFuture #FineArt #StudioVisit #ContemporaryPainting #ShopOnline #AddToYourCollection #ArtWorthCollecting #YouShopWeShip #TimeToBeautifyYourSpace #BuyOriginal #LiveWithArt #ColumbineGallery #KeepOurArtistsCreating #FeedYourCreativeSpirit #ArtistDriven #ClientMinded

We’ve represented Tal Walton since the mid-90’s and we still get pieces in the gallery that take our breath away. Tal has provided us a virtual studio visit for a look at his process. We hope you enjoy learning a bit more about this great artist.

“My work is about Americana, it’s about our roots. When life was a little slower, a little more simple. ...and l hope (my work) inspires you to slow down, look back, and find joy in things from your past.” -Tal Walton

Studio interview from Tal Walton on Vimeo.

Spring Clean up

4/18/2020

Between Spring Snows we're getting the National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden cleaned up. We hope to get to share the space with you again soon. Until then, shop online and enjoy this mini virtual tour, stay safer in place and we'll keep you posted on when we physically open again.

A Quick Look Inside The Gallery

5/11/2019

If you haven’t been in for a spell.... it’s time to check out the incredible #artwork we have on display by our 45 #nationallyrenowned #artists.

Everything you need to surround yourself with beauty can be found at #ColumbineGallery we show a little of every style and subject. And if for some reason we don’t have it, utilize our #design and #commission services. Our artists will create specifically for you, and we can help with scale and placement using photos of your space.

Can’t make it to #Colorado anytime soon? Shop our entire collection online.
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#FeedYourCreativeSpirit #LivingWithArt #ArtForYourHome #BuyOriginal #FineArt #Sculpture #Painting #Contemporary #Traditional #wildlife #figurative #landscape #stilllife #portrait #expressionism #impressionism #fauvism #minimalism #realism #transitional #colorful #bronze #steel #wood #stone #marble #ceramic #oil #watercolor #acrylic #CreateYourStyleNarrative #ArtCollection #HomeDecor #ArtWorthCollecting

New in the Gallery

2/12/2019

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AMY LAUGESEN, WILDLIFE, Bronze, Raku, Stone, Sculpture, wildlife, horse, unique, public art, nature, found object, integrated, placemaking, wall mounted, narrative, Pegasus, rabbit rabbit,
Wildlife sculpture by AMY LAUGESEN available at Columbine Gallery home of the National Sculptors' Guild Colorado's Largest Fine Art Source Specialists in Public Art
Laugesen’s fragmented animal abstracts create a statement housed in both an ancient and contemporary context. She has successfully taken on the ambitious task to capture and translate the delicate beauty of the raku-fired ceramics into monumental forms.
“The horse is a magnificent creature, historic icon and my longtime muse. To unearth the form of the horse within clay is to recognize the enduring nature of this powerful, beautiful animal and its importance in the history of our civilization. This process of discovering the essence of a horse within the “mud” and transforming this into contemporary ceramic artworks remains my great joy and artistic passion.”
Amy Laugesen is a Colorado native. Examples of her work can be found in various private and public collections around the country.
“The intention of my work is to capture the essence of spirit, movement, and timeless story in the sculptural forms I create. The Horse, as form and function, is a reoccurring theme in my mixed media sculptures and large-scale commissioned public artworks. Often the sculptures appear broken or weathered like objects of antiquity. Smaller works are ceramic and the unique colors are achieved through the unpredictable nature of the Raku reduction firing process. For me, the Raku technique brings the artworks to life.”

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Painting by DANIEL AUGENSTEIN available at Columbine Gallery Colorado's Largest Fine Art Source Specialists in Public Art and Home Decor
With subject matter and media as varied as his experiences he was deeply impacted by the 10 months that he lived in Tuscany, Italy. Dan favors classic shapes and moody landscapes. The light of New Mexico and the southwestern region reminiscent of Italy also enters into his motifs.
“I remember drawing as a four year-old. Licking the tip of the red color pencil made a more intense red as I drew my tree! In seventh grade, I was given a set of oil paints for a Christmas present. My mom showed me what she had learned about painting a still life in an evening class. In 1973 and 1974, while an art student at the University of Northern Colorado, I had the chance to study in Florence, Italy for 10 months. That influence changed my life in many ways. Following graduation, I began teaching art in the public school. From drawing, to printmaking, to ceramics, to painting, my experiences broadened and I fell "head over heels" infatuated with mark making. I have found that my brushes and pencils create the same endless variety of marks just as the world surrounding me displays an endless variety of life. I find whimsical lines of energy in my paintings begin to imitate the energy that I sense around me. I have fallen in love with my brush! My subject matter and media reflect over forty years of sharing a wide range of artistic adventures with my students in public school and at the college where I currently teach. Every new medium still represents another possible right answer to some yet unanswered query and another journey to some adventure.“ -Dan Augenstein

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Abstract sculpture by JOE NORMAN available at Columbine Gallery home of the National Sculptors' Guild Colorado's Largest Fine Art Source Specialists in Public Art
I enjoy honest welds and allen head bolts, the joy of struggle and walnut oil on smooth sanded wood. My best work has regret and relief and sometimes I throw wrenches.
I steal natural shapes for my sculpture. Animal bones and river stones feel familiar in my gut. They’re all over the place, and they’re beautiful.
I take emotional resonance and apply it to beautiful shapes. The right emotion AND the right shape just might be powerful to the right person. Maybe it is a small example of how to practice BOTH AND in addition to EITHER OR.
My intent is to make art that contributes to a wider conversation about justice and care and our impact on the world. I hope it helps people think and be happy; I hope it helps people be important to each other.
-- Joe Norman, 2018
When you support my artwork, be proud that it helps fund my continued investment in the Human Rights Campaign and the National Park Service.
Joe Norman graduated with a degree in engineering from Stanford University prior to careers in product design consulting, education, and fine art. His furniture and sculpture explore environments that support and promote communities. Many of his designs are direct results of working with schools, families, and businesses to develop places that encourage people to work and be together in positive and supportive ways.
Joe believes that gathering places feed the soul of our communities; that it is around our kitchens or with our feet propped up on coffee tables that we have some of our most important conversations. He thinks the most important part of his work isn’t the tables he makes, but rather it is about the people that are sitting around them. In other words, we do not need more stuff in our lives that does not bring us together in community.
Joe’s furniture is made with recycled and environmentally conscious processes and materials whenever possible; he considers the earth itself as an important member of our global community. In fact, many of his ideas in were born from wrecking yards, recycling centers, and retired bicycles. His machine shop is powered by renewable wind energy.

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Oil painting by GARY MILLER available at Columbine Gallery Colorado's Largest Fine Art Source Specialists in Public Art and Home Decor
Being an admirer of Mother Nature, Gary is inspired by the roaring waterfalls, bugling elk, and mountain vistas that have surrounded him most of his life. Primarily an oil painter; his landscapes and wildlife paintings reflect this appreciation.
Gary Miller was born in Oklahoma, but moved to Pueblo, Colorado at an early age. As a child, Gary found immense pleasure in painting and drawing. What started as a recreational activity soon blossomed into a lifelong passion. Gary worked with Union Pacific Railroad after receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Colorado State College in 1972 (now Colorado State University – Pueblo). He retired from the railroad in 2010 and began painting full time. In 1987, the Colorado Cattleman’s Association magazine, “The Cattle Guard”, featured Gary’s painting on its cover. Over the years he has been widely collected and has shown in galleries throughout Colorado; as well as Taos, New Mexico; Oklahoma; Kansas; and Wyoming. One of Gary’s painting is displayed in the visitor center of the Japanese sister city to Abilene, Kansas. He now resides in the mountains west of Fort Collins, Colorado with his wife, Tammie, in a home they built together.

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We approach all aspects as a team which offers the client a wide variety of creative solutions to fulfill each unique need. Our primary goal is to allow the artists to stick to their strength - creating great artwork. We also coordinate the many aspects involved in completing large-scale projects. Columbine Gallery home of the National Sculptors' Guild Specializing in Significant Public Art since 1992. Columbine is the Colorado State flower and symbol for Spirit. Our Loveland location of Columbine Art Gallery and the National Sculptors' Guild has quickly become the largest original fine art source in Colorado located across the street from Sculpture in the Park events at Benson Park, we feature artwork by over 45 represented artists year-round, ships worldwide through Shipper’s Supply Custom Pack. LIVING WITH ART Selecting fine art for your home and garden should be a fun and fulfilling experience. JK Designs and Columbine Gallery can assist with any residential placement. Send us your interior or garden pics with reference to scale and we'll start the process by superimposing 3 great options that work within your budget. Pick an artist or style, or let us. We are happy to help enhance your surroundings. We can help create a cohesive collection that tells your story. Tie into existing works or add a whole new vision. One on one services that enable you to set a budget for a one-time purchase or a series over time so that your collection comes together with ease.

#LivingWithArt in NoCo HOME

11/30/2018

Look for our ad and tips from John in a feature article in the new publication Northern Colorado HOME this November, all about #LivingWithArt. We'll also instagram some of our favorite interior placements from our collector's homes over the next few months, start following us now! #FeedYourCreativeSpirit

Shop online this Fall and use Coupon Code: LivingWithArt for a special incentive on your next artwork.

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Look for tips from John in a feature article in the new publication Northern Colorado HOME this November, all about #LivingWithArt. We'll also instagram some of our favorite interior placements from our collector's homes over the next few months, start following us now! Shop online this Fall and use Coupon Code: LivingWithArt for a special incentive on your next artwork.

Look for our ad and tips from John in a feature article in the new publication Northern Colorado HOME this November, all about #LivingWithArt. We'll also instagram some of our favorite interior placements from our collector's homes over the next few months, start following us now! #FeedYourCreativeSpirit

Shop online this Fall and use Coupon Code: LivingWithArt for a special incentive on your next artwork.

We have the Advantage

11/20/2018

Special thanks to Advantage Bank who put together this ad celebrating our 500th placement, the Thompson Valley Rotary Club's Legacy Project which includes Denny Haskew's Reaching Our Goal sculpture. click here to learn more

We've had a fantastic experience with Advantage Bank, if you're seeking a supportive community bank in the area... we highly recommend them.

Columbine Gallery and the National Sculptors' Guild are so excited to be celebrating this moment in Loveland, Colorado where we've been headquartered since 1992 that we've donated our portion of the project plus design work back to the placement to give back to the community that has supported us through the years.

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Circle of Giving 2018

11/1/2018

It’s November! At Columbine Gallery that means it’s our #CircleOfGiving month. We will be offering specials to you, our patrons, as a thanks for all the support you show the artists.

For the month of November our Gift Tokens are available at 10% off. Now you can save on the perfect gift for the person who seemingly has it all.... $250 towards their next art purchase at Columbine Gallery.

We invite you to shop our fine art online and enjoy a special incentive, use code: AutumnArt; plus we'll give to the Legacy For Lu fund for every online sale through the month of November.

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Happiness Is Osborn Farm

10/2/2018

Stop by Osborn Farm this October and pick up a magnet of Alyson Kinkade's painting “Happiness Is Giacomo and a Hayride”, just $2!

You need pumpkins anyway! If this isn't part of your Fall family traditions, start now!

Comes with a special rate code towards a giclee canvas or paper print of Giacomo; or get a custom original oil of your own pet through alysonkinkade.com
#MeetGiacomo #OsbornFarm #DogsOfOsbornFarm #HappinessIs #Giacomo #SpinoneItaliano #Pumpkins #HayRide #print #giclee #originaloil #art #dogart #petportrait #OctoberFun #HayRidesStillTwoDollars #AroundLoveland

On Track

9/25/2018

We’ve created a sliding door to close off the main gallery when our new neighbors are open while we are away.

Berkshire Hathaway moves in upstairs this week! The upstairs gallery is now officially closed. We welcome them to the space and look forward to this new phase.

Not to worry, we still have all our 45 artist’s artwork on display, and we think the gallery and garden look better than ever.

The middle portion of this door is by Tal Walton and his father and is available as a functioning door, just have to add the barn door track.... let us know if you’d like it.

Shop online, or stop by and see all the changes we’ve made.

Moulding Our Future Balcony

4/7/2017

On our trip to Boerne, Texas we installed a sculpture at a client's home. This ideal placement just happened to work out beyond comprehension - we knew Denny Haskew's mother and child sculpture "Moulding Our Future" would look nice - but this exceeded everyone's expectations. The sandstone patina against the texas limestone, the flow of the composition against the archway. We think this is a perfect example of Living with Art.

Below are images from the installation. We hope you enjoy seeing sculptures in the air - we're happy to install your next fine art purchase.

Jane DeDecker's Water is also pictured.