Fine Art

[caption id="attachment_27362" align="alignright" width="300"] Stephanie Morgan Rodgers at Gallery 81435[/caption] Stephanie Morgan-Rodgers is  interested in rural life, “salt of the earth” daily work. Living close to the land gives her a unique perspective. “I am able to experience how the seasons affect this work, and how people,...

Artist's reception coincides with First Thursday Art Walk, 2/7 When last seen, artist Christian Burchard was surrounded by gorgeous flowers. At least his work was. Pieces fashioned by this master wood turner and sculptor made the perfect complement to a show featuring images of flowers interpreted by...

“Let’s be transparent, and we’ll bleed into the unknown," Thieving Irons Before there was the Telluride Foundation's Venture Accelerator program (to further innovation and entrepreneurship for young business ventures nationwide), there was the Telluride AIDS Benefit. Yes, TAB. Thanks to TAB, in 2004, Danielle DeRoberts, formerly of...

[caption id="attachment_26969" align="alignright" width="222"] Out of the box: orange & yellow silk weaving, Nancy Craft[/caption] In July, 2011, fiber artist Nancy Craft was part of a group show at the Ah Haa School for the Arts. "Road to Xanadu" also featured husband, writer/painter Rob Schultheis, and...

[caption id="attachment_26905" align="alignright" width="300"] MARTIN LUTHER KING, BY DAN BUDNIK[/caption] Martin Luther King, Jr. made history. Dan Budnik was an eyewitness and chronicler. Many of Budnik's images were never published in the mainstream media. Others, such as one his portraits of King delivering his "I Have...

Jennifer Dewey is a local gem. Mea culpa, but the pun was irresistible. The artist in question is a custom jewelry designer, who works in the community in a variety of creative ways. She obtains gemstones on request, repairs watches and jewelry, and sells her own...

  [caption id="attachment_26496" align="alignleft" width="300"] Guy Laliberte photo courtesy of Marlborough Gallery[/caption] Marlborough Gallery, 40 West 57th Street, Manhattan, is always one of Susan's and my favorite stops when in New York. The current show (through January 5, 2013, so hurry) was special, even for Marlborough. In it's...

[caption id="attachment_26485" align="alignright" width="280"] Blown glass vase by Hokanson & Dix at Lustre[/caption] Telluride starts the New Year off on the right foot with the walkabout town known as the First Thursday Art Walk, a festive meet and greet hosted by Telluride Arts that allows locals...

[caption id="attachment_26439" align="alignright" width="150"] Kandinsky[/caption] On a two-day whirlwind trip to the Big Apple, we hung with a group of artists who lived at the same time and were similar in the fact they marched to their own drum. Or drums. Since their chosen paths were...