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Marjorie Vernelle
Aug 22, 20223 min read
Plein Air Gig at Third Thursday in Monument, CO.
Plein air painting is an activity with roads that lead in many directions. A couple of months ago I was trying, without luck, to find a...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Jul 15, 20224 min read
Jana Bussanich: Yellow Couch Creative Makes a Community.
"Oh, you know it seems to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone...." Joni Mitchell from Big Yellow Taxi We all felt the...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Jun 15, 20226 min read
Phil Lear: Portraits, Poetry, and Disrupted Reality.
"Art: It has to be honest. It has to be in its own time. And it must have to come from a spark." Phil Lear Even with the narrow focus...
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Marjorie Vernelle
May 15, 20226 min read
Miriam Brock: Art As Visual Communication.
Seascapes are deceptive paintings. A balance of the solidity of earth and the fluidity of water, they combine elements that are firmly...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Apr 15, 20224 min read
Spring's a Poppin': NODO, Alvarez, OCC, First Friday Art Walk in Colorado Springs.
E. Boulder Street was jumping with crowds of art lovers in attendance at Kreuser Gallery and at G44 Gallery. NODO, the North Downtown,...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Mar 15, 20227 min read
Women Speaking Up and Making Art: Finding Our Voices and Becoming Poetry.
Take a look at the picture above. Those ragged hands made of bits and pieces are reaching out for that ring, a ring symbolizing a hope? a...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Feb 15, 20227 min read
Rachel Cubi: Photographer with an Eye on the Prize.
"The instructor said, 'Don't bring me any photos of Pike's Peak, the Garden of the Gods, or the changing color of the aspens,' so I...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Jan 15, 20225 min read
G44 Gallery: Sophisticated But Approachable Art.
Yes, that is a typical First Friday Art Walk at G44 Gallery. People line the streets waiting to get in. G44 is one of the big successes...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Dec 15, 20215 min read
Galen Hazelhofer: Art and Activism.
Audrey. Yes, that is a great name for this beautiful creature, so classy that she reminds us of another elegant Audrey, the one whose...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Nov 15, 20216 min read
Joseph Liberti: The Nature of the Moment.
"...[T]hose in the field of art and science who recognize novel patterns see beauty before the rest of us do." Leonard Shlain, Art and...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Oct 15, 20215 min read
Kreuser Gallery: Community Connection.
It's a Friday evening. In fact, it is the first Friday of the month, early evening, and the streets of downtown Colorado Springs are...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Sep 14, 20218 min read
Painting Through the Pandemic at Nancy Lewis Park.
It's Tuesday morning, summertime. A light breeze floats through the trees, and dappled sunlight spreads across the grass. The morning has...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Aug 14, 20217 min read
Artist-Owned Galleries: Alvarez Gallery Art School, The Bridge Gallery, and Yellow Couch Creative.
The idea of an art gallery often conjures images of beautifully coordinated displays, peopled by sales personnel ready to answer...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Jul 15, 20216 min read
Hunter Wolff Gallery: A Unique Work of Art in Old Colorado City.
An art gallery is more than an art gallery when it becomes a work of art itself. Such a work of art weaves a tapestry of unique but...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Jun 15, 20216 min read
Cottonwood Center for the Arts: Art Is Important!
When is an alley not an alley? A romantic would say, "when it is a laneway," but that is just semantics. Alleys are normally the...
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Marjorie Vernelle
May 14, 20217 min read
Terri Sanchez: En Plein Air and More.
"I love the high country and appreciate the easy accessibility here in Colorado. In a matter of maybe hours or minutes, you can be in the...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Apr 15, 20217 min read
Tom Norwood: Moods in Watercolor
You can hear the snow crunch beneath your boots as you enter the landscape painted here. It is that strange time in mid-winter when...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Mar 14, 20217 min read
Jill Spear: Concept,Texture and Essence.
Neurosurgeon, Leonard Shlain, was stumped by a question his daughter asked as they stood before an abstract painting. The girl stated...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Feb 15, 20217 min read
Jared Brady: Realism and a Touch of Magic.
“Something about the forest has always transfixed me. The abstraction, flow, and complexity has always drawn me to it." Jared Brady...
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Marjorie Vernelle
Jan 15, 20217 min read
Mary Sexton: Small Works, Small Wonders.
How often have we heard that good things come in small packages? The next question is "How small is small?" In the case of the painting...
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