Clark G. Mitchell, Painting Stories of the Landtm
Born In Denver, Colorado, and growing up in the shadow of the Rockies, Clark Mitchell very early discovered a love of the natural world. Given a set of fine old German pastels by his father when quite young, he quickly embraced the medium for its ease of handling, brilliance of color and portability.
He received a bachelor’s degree in art from Colorado College in the seventies and moved to San Francisco to continue his studies at the Academy of Art College. Through personal exploration as well as study with artists Albert Handell, Skip Whitcomb, Michael Lynch and Bill Hook, Mitchell has developed the talent to create both tightly rendered scenes as well as looser, more abstract suggestions.
Wide River (pastel) by Clark Mitchell
In order to fully immerse himself in the countryside he loved to portray, Mitchell left San Francisco with his partner over thirty years ago and moved north to the beautiful Sonoma County wine country. Painting expeditions throughout the state as well as across the country continue to provide challenge as well as inspiration.
Mitchell has been designated a Master Pastelist by the Pastel Society of America and a Distinguished Pastelist by the Pastel Society of the West Coast, and he recently earned Signature Member status with the Laguna Plein Air Painters of America. He has received numerous awards in local as well as national competitions and has oil and pastel paintings included in art collections internationally. In 2005, Mitchell won Best of Show award at the Laguna Plein Air Invitational, and in 2011 won Best of Show in the Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational. He was the cover artist for American Artist’’s March 1993 issue. He was chosen as poster artist for the Sedona Plein Air Festival for 2008. In 2009, his painting was on the cover of Southwest Art’s annual landscape issue. In 2011, Mitchell’s painting was on the cover of The Pastel Journal’s June issue.
You can find out more about Clark and his works at https://cgmitchell.com/
Clark’s works will be on display at the Jefferson County Courts and Administration Building, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO, in the Rotunda, from September 19th to October 9th.
DEER CREEK CANYON PARK, “Foothills to City – Overlooking South Valley Park” (pastel)
DEER CREEK CANYON PARK, “Gambel Oaks in Autumn” (pastel)
FLYING J RANCH PARK, “Pond from the East” (pastel)
HILDEBRAND RANCH PARK, “Hildebrand Ranch #3” (pastel)
PINE VALLEY RANCH PARK, “Pine Valley Ranch #1” (pastel)
PINE VALLEY RANCH PARK, “Pine Valley Ranch #2 (pastel)
PINE VALLEY RANCH PARK, “Pine Valley Ranch #4” (pastel)
Scott Lines, InPleinSight 2016
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“August Sunflowers” by Scott Lines
Scott is an award winning plein air and studio landscape painter who paints nearly every day. He works primarily in oils, with a limited palette, to capture the beauty of the areas he paints, and has done so for over 20 years. He is known for his realistic and powerful scenes, which show a stunning sense of distance and light. Scott will paint anywhere, but often finds himself drawn to water and expansive vistas, including streams, rivers, and rural roads. Most of Scott’s work is from Colorado and the American west.
Scott’s likes to find common outdoor scenes and bring out their natural beauty. Viewing his paintings often creates a satisfying sense of familiarity from his viewers. “So much of our modern lives is spent indoors” says Lines. “It can be uplifting to be surrounded by art we enjoy”. In Scott’s view, images of the landscape are often the most rewarding because they are hardwired in our brains as pleasing and they allow our thoughts to temporarily “step outside” when we can’t literally do so.
Scott is based in Highlands Ranch Colorado, just south of Denver. You might see him painting alongside the country road, or in a park, or hiking through the mountains searching for that special spot that begs to be captured in paint. He can be contacted by using the “contact us” link on this website (www.ScottLines.com) or by sending an e-mail to Sc********@***oo.com.
“High Country Hike” by Scott Lines
Scott has learned from many great teachers and he really enjoys passing his knowledge along to others so they can create paintings that they like. Scott’s is involved in the following groups: Plein Air Artists of Colorado (PAAC); Oil Painters of America (OPA); Cherokee Ranch and Castle – Artist Committee. Scott has been juried in to numerous shows including: Coloado Plein Air 2013 and 2015 – Denver, CO 2015; Littleton Historical Museum Own an Original – Littleton, CO 2015; 3rd Street Gallery Fall show, Westcliffe, CO 2015; Meet the Artists Art Fair – Frisco, CO 2015. Through an unsolicited invitation, he participated in Outnumbered Gallery’s Imagined Wall Festival – Littleton CO, (2015), and Alla Prima – Westcliffe CO (2015). At this Plein Air competition, one of Scott’s paintings won the Sponsors Choice Award, selected by Juror Karen Vance.
Scott’s work can be seen at www.ScottLines.com
Clark G. Mitchell, Artist of the Taj
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He received a bachelor’s degree in art from Colorado College in the seventies and moved to San Francisco to continue his studies at the Academy of Art College. Through personal exploration as well as study with artists Albert Handell, Skip Whitcomb, Michael Lynch and Bill Hook, Mitchell has developed the talent to create both tightly rendered scenes as well as looser, more abstract suggestions.
Wide River (pastel) by Clark Mitchell
In order to fully immerse himself in the countryside he loved to portray, Mitchell left San Francisco with his partner over thirty years ago and moved north to the beautiful Sonoma County wine country. Painting expeditions throughout the state as well as across the country continue to provide challenge as well as inspiration.
Mitchell has been designated a Master Pastelist by the Pastel Society of America and a Distinguished Pastelist by the Pastel Society of the West Coast, and he recently earned Signature Member status with the Laguna Plein Air Painters of America. He has received numerous awards in local as well as national competitions and has oil and pastel paintings included in art collections internationally. In 2005, Mitchell won Best of Show award at the Laguna Plein Air Invitational, and in 2011 won Best of Show in the Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational. He was the cover artist for American Artist’’s March 1993 issue. He was chosen as poster artist for the Sedona Plein Air Festival for 2008. In 2009, his painting was on the cover of Southwest Art’s annual landscape issue. In 2011, Mitchell’s painting was on the cover of The Pastel Journal’s June issue.
Clark’s works will be on display at the Jefferson County Courts and Administration Building, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO, in the Rotunda, from September 19th to October 9th.
DEER CREEK CANYON PARK, “Foothills to City – Overlooking South Valley Park” (pastel)
DEER CREEK CANYON PARK, “Gambel Oaks in Autumn” (pastel)
FLYING J RANCH PARK, “Pond from the East” (pastel)
HILDEBRAND RANCH PARK, “Hildebrand Ranch #3” (pastel)
PINE VALLEY RANCH PARK, “Pine Valley Ranch #1” (pastel)
PINE VALLEY RANCH PARK, “Pine Valley Ranch #2 (pastel)
PINE VALLEY RANCH PARK, “Pine Valley Ranch #4” (pastel)
David Montgomery, InPleinSight 2016
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David Montgomery, Alamosa Colorado
Another Spring Break by David Montgomery
A native Coloradan and avid artist since childhood, David Montgomery spent his formative years beneath the looming presence of Pike’s Peak, the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and later the remote environs of the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado.
He strives to commemorate the amazing vistas that Colorado provides, and he is dedicated to environmental activism to preserve Colorado’s open and wild spaces. David has been living and painting in the San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado for over thirty-five years, and his work has been shaped by the monumental vistas and pristine environs of the rural area at the headwaters of the Rio Grande along the Continental Divide.
Promised Land by David Montgomery
David received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from Colorado State University. Additionally, he has received national recognition by American Artist magazine and has exhibited twice in the Forbes Gallery in New York City. He is affiliated with the Plein Air Artists of Colorado and the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, and was recently chosen to create two large landscapes for Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado, which are installed in the historic Richardson Hall on the campus.
For more information, visit www.DavidMontgomeryPaintings.com.
Clare Scott, InPleinSight 2016
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Clare Scott, Lafayette Colorado
Waneka Spring 1 by Clare Scott
Clare Scott is an emerging artist with a primary focus on plein air painting.Using pastels as her preferred medium, Clare enjoys painting the intersection of the farming community and urban life that she finds unique to Boulder County.
She studied art at Northern Illinois University and the Art Students League of Denver. Clare has participated in juried shows in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska, and is a member of the Pastel Society of Colorado, Plein Air Artists of Colorado, Cloud Appreciation Society and Plein Eire of Ireland.
For more information, visit http://clarescottart.com/.
Golden Giddyup Trail Closures, 9/18/16
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NORTH TABLE MOUNTAIN:
******@****co.us” data-links=”{}”>Route 93 Main Trailhead – CLOSED
North Table Loop – PARTIAL CLOSURE
Tilting Mesa Trail – CLOSED
Rim Rock Trail – CLOSED
Mesa Top Trail – CLOSED
APEX PARK:
******@****co.us” data-links=”{}”>Main Trailhead – CLOSED
Apex Trail – CLOSED
Enchanted Forest Trail – CLOSED
Sluicebox Trail – CLOSED
Hardscrabble Trail – CLOSED
Pocco Calle Trail – CLOSED
WINDY SADDLE PARK:
******@****co.us” data-links=”{}”>Windy Saddle Trailhead – CLOSED
Lookout Mtn. Trail – CLOSED
Chimney Gulch Trail – CLOSED
Beaver Brook Trail – NO ACCESS FROM WINDY SADDLE
The Golden Giddyup is a community sponsored bike event and trail stewardship program to be held in Golden, Colorado on September 18, 2016 on Jeffco Open Space parks. Founded after the 2013 floods wrecked towns and trails from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, the Giddyup is the product of all of the volunteer hours spent rebuilding our parks. Jeffco Open Space and the Jeffco Outdoors Foundation have partnered with the Giddyup to support Golden, Colorado’s first mountain bike race.
Dave Davenport
Outdoor RM Coordinator
303-271-5915
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Janeice Linden, InPleinSight 2016
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Janeice Linden, Littleton Colorado
Warmth of Winter by Janeice Linden
Painting landscape and wildlife has been Janeice Linden’s passion for more than 20 years.
Thunderhead Ranch Tenants 2 by Janeice Linden
She has participated in the Southeastern Wildlife Art Show, Natureworks Art Show and Out West Art Show, and her work has been featured at OPA Salon Show of Traditional Oils, OPA Western Regional Show, Society of Animal Artists Exhibition, American Miniatures and Small Works Great Wonders. Additionally, Janeice’s paintings have been exhibited at Horizon Art Gallery, Settlers West, Wildhorse Gallery and the Beverly McNeil Gallery.
For more information, visit www.wildlifeinpastel.com.
Blair Hamill, InPleinSight 2016
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Blair Hamill, Littleton Colorado
Rocky Mountain Symphony by Blair Hamill
Blair Hamill is a professional landscape painter whose work can be found in juried shows around Colorado, in The Old Gallery in Allenspark, the Studio Gallery in Estes Park, Ft. Collins Museum of Art and numerous small shows in non-traditional spaces around the Denver metro area.
His pieces all begin as plein air studies, as Blair uses a method of sketching and plein air painting a scene, then bringing that reference material back to the studio and painting a larger piece from his studies.
Longs Peak at Chasm Lake by Blair Hamill
Blair has placed in the top 15% in the Bold Brush competition, been featured in the Foothills Art Center National Watermedia exhibit, placed in the top three at the Lone Tree Cultural Center juried show and his paintings are featured in collections worldwide.
For more information, visit www.blairhamill.com.
Ann Tristani, InPleinSight 2016
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Ann Tristani, Edgewater Colorado
Mountain Drama by Ann Tristani
After a lifetime in Minnesota, Ann Tristani moved to Colorado in 2014 with her husband Mark to pursue painting full-time.
Becoming an oil painter is Ann’s response to a lifetime of appreciating the wonder of creation. She is inspired by the way the light falls on a subject and hopes to draw viewers to ponder a moment of beauty they might not otherwise have recognized.
Mountain Glory by Ann Tristani
Ann is captivated by the values, colors, shapes, and edges of a landscape or an object and she continually strives to capture the intangible effects of light, air, and distance in her expressive, impressionistic paintings. Originally self-taught, Ann has made it a priority over the last decade to study with, paint with and learn from many of the greatest Master Artists of our time.
For more information, visit www.anntristani.com.
Cheryl St. John, In Plein Sight 2016
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Cheryl St. John, Arvada Colorado
Perfect Petals by Cheryl St. John
Cheryl St. John is a fourth generation Colorado native with a great appreciation of nature and the environment, and the preservation of both. Born and raised at the foot of the Rocky Mountains to parents who enjoyed fishing, hiking and camping, Cheryl was introduced at an early age to the beauty of the Colorado mountains and developed her own love for the outdoors that influences her artwork today.
Cheryl studied fine art and design at The Rocky Mountain College of Art and at the Colorado Institute of Art. An award-winning artist, Cheryl is a member of Oil Painters of America, the Art Students League of Denver, Plein Air Artists of Colorado and a Signature member of the American Impressionist Society.
Lavendar Gold by Cheryl St. John
Her work can be found in both corporate and private collections around the world, as well as at Saks Galleries in Denver, CO, Oh Be Joyful Galleries in Crested Butte, CO and Wild Horse Gallery in Steamboat Springs, CO.
For more information, visit www.cherylstjohn.com.
Patty Voje, In Plein Sight 2016
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Patty Voje, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Main Street Mineral Point by Patty Voje
Patty Voje grew up on a small farm and spent her youth surrounded by rolling hills, farm animals and woodlands. She now spends weekends driving through the countryside to search for the open land of her youth and takes any opportunity she can to immerse herself in nature painting.
Patty paints in the alla prima style, with a “painterly” approach: large brushes loaded with paint that is sloppily yet thoughtfully laid down. She is a member of the Oil Painters of America, Outdoor Painters of Minnesota and American Women Artists.
This Hard Land by Patty Voje
An award-winning artist, Patty’s work has been exhibited in Minnesota and California and can currently be found at Frameworks Gallery in St. Paul, MN and Wantoot Gallery in Mineral Point, WI.
For more information, visit www.patriciavoje.com.