by Vicki Bolen | Sep 6, 2017 | Art Shows, Featured Artists, Uncategorized
Jade Leyva, 2017 Local Treasures Designee, was born in Mexico City and now makes her home in New Mexico. Her work combines influences from Magical Realism to Pre-Columbian and Postmodernism. On the surface, Jade’s work often appears whimsical, but a closer look...
by Vicki Bolen | May 31, 2017 | Art Shows, Featured Artists, Uncategorized
Richard and I were at the Denver Arts Festival and we fell in love with the work of our booth neighbors, Hayley Nolte and Scot Ray. They transform post-consumer metal containers into beautiful art. They flatten, hand cut. layer and hammer post consumer metal...
by Vicki Bolen | Apr 22, 2017 | Art Shows, Featured Artists
We are at the 4 Bridges Arts Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Over the years, we have made many friends at this festival and at other arts and crafts shows.We often stay with artists we’ve met when we come to shows in their cities. One good friend we’ve...
by Vicki Bolen | Jan 28, 2017 | Art Shows, Featured Artists
One of the things Richard and I love about traveling to art shows is meeting other artists. Our biooth neighbors in Indio were Erik Sauliltis and Georgia of Danceprints. They are from Minnesota and made a joking comment about the strange “pine trees” in...