A joint exhibit featuring landscape photos (mostly black and white with a few subdued color images) from myself and matching recycled art from Leigh Cabell.
in celebration of Month of Photography, the Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC) is projecting a number of curated images on the side of the Daniels & Fisher Clocktower in downtown Denver (on 16th St) each evening through the month of March from 6:30 pm - 11 pm.
if you’re in downtown denver, please check out this display, which is a true celebration of the art of photography. you’ll see an image from me titled Surrender, along with a number of other incredible examples of the art form.
you can read more about it here: https://cpacphoto.org/2023-night-lights-denver-mop/
each member of the gallery has invited an artist friend to show in a special exhibition for the holiday season. digital artists, sculptors, ceramists and visual artists have been offered to show along with the members of the gallery in the arts district of santa fe over the holiday season for 2022.
i’ve selected Sherri Mabe (@starlitwaltz on instagram) to show with me. Sherri is an infrared photographer, specializing in black-and-white who often shows the desert and prairie for the beautiful wilderness areas they are.
Sherri has been someone whose work i’ve admired for a number of years, and we recently found ourselves in the same facebook photography group regarding photography. not only do she and i share a passion for the solitude and peacefulness provided by the natural world, we both have a passion for the preservation of it and an acknowledgement to those who have been stewards of these places throughout the years.
in addition to the D’art and Friends show in the main gallery, Simply Small 4 will be showing in Gallery East - an exhibit of small works by all of the member artists. pieces in this exhibit are cash and carry.
below, i’ve listed some of the events going with the show:
friday, nov 25 - exhibit opens
saturday, nov 26 - shop small saturday
sunday, nov 27 - artists sunday
friday, dec 2 - first friday
friday, dec 9 - holiday open house and opening reception from 6 - 9 pm
friday, dec 16 - art appreciators night
friday, dec 23 - winter lights festivus
saturday, dec 24 - exhibition finale
as a member of D’art Gallery, i have the privilege to have multiple pieces in the group show titled, d’art3. this show is a celebration of completing three years in business as a successful artist coop.
exhibit events:
july 29 6 - 9 pm - exhibit opening and artists reception
aug 5 6 - 9 pm - first friday, santa fe arts district closes santa fe
aug 12 6 - 9 pm - american artist appreciation month party
aug 19 6 - 9 pm - collectors night
aug 26 6 - 9 pm - anniversary party!
aug 28 11 am - 4 pm - sundays on santa fe
aug 28 4 pm - exhibit closes :(
a joint show featuring landscape photos from myself and matching recycled art from Leigh Cabell.
each member of the gallery has invited an artist friend to show in a special exhibition for the holiday season. dancers, poets, sculptors, ceramists and visual artists have been offered to show along with the members of the gallery in the arts district of santa fe over the holidays and into february, 2022.
i’ve selected Charles David Corbin (@disc.of.confusion on instagram) to show with me, a black-and-white photographer who beautifully shows the intricate details of nature.
i recall a similar show at a different gallery where i was speaking to one of the invited artists. he was beaming with pride at having one of his artistic pieces showing in a gallery. when D’art decided to do this show, i knew i had to select someone who’d never had the experience of having their work in a gallery. i’ve been a fan of Charles’ work for quite some time, and i’m excited and honored to have his work showing in the gallery next to mine.
below, i’ve listed some of the events going with the show:
friday, dec 17 - opening reception from 6 - 9 pm (Charles and I will be there) and performance by Joanna Rotkin and Jun Akiyama (6 - 7 pm)
saturday, dec 18 - performance by Joanna Rotkin and Jun Akiyama from 2 - 4 pm
sunday, dec 19 - artist talks by Morgan McKenna and Peder Morgenthaler - 1:30 pm
saturday, jan 1 - new year’s day open house noon - 5 pm
friday, jan 7 - first friday from 6 - 9 pm
saturday, jan 8 - artist talks by Ashton Lacy Jones, Rick Dallago and Kathryn Hall - 1 pm
sunday, jan 9 - “Boulder Creek Stone Meditations” artist talks by Suzanne Frazier and Rik Sargent - 2 pm
saturday, jan 15 - artist talks by Lydia Riegle and Tim McKay - 1pm
sunday, jan 16 - artist talk and poetry reading by Lisa Calzavara and Tom Calzavara - 1 pm
friday, jan 21 - collector’s night from 6 - 9 pm
saturday, jan 22 - artist talks by Carrie MaKenna and Craig Rouse - 1 pm
sunday, jan 23 - “Art to Heal” artist talks by Jaime Belkind-Gerson and Sisel Lan - 1 pm
saturday, jan 29 - “Call & Response” artist talks by Tara Kelley-Cruz and Sabyl Horneck - 1 pm
sunday, jan 30 - mid-winter open house from 1 - 4 pm
friday, feb 4 - first friday from 6 - 9 pm
sunday, feb 6 - artist talks by Jean Smith and Shelley Hull - 2:30 pm
as a member of D’art Gallery, i have the privilege to have multiple pieces in the group show titled, Take Two. this show is a celebration of completing two years in business as a successful artist coop, as well as the fact that the coop survived the difficult times of the pandemic for the majority of those two years.
Moustache
you can read more about this image by clicking on the image. i won’t bore you with the details of how or why i took this photograph again here.
but i will tell you how incredibly excited i am to have the image selected into this show about the vision of photographers. the image was selected into the show by Maureen Ruddy Burkhart, an accomplished photographer whose work has been exhibited around the world. to say i’m honored that she chose one of my images, and this image in particular is quite an understatement.
but this image does reflect very much my photographic vision of the last year or two. many photograph nature at nature’s peak of color or drama, but that’s not how i feel when i’m in nature. there is a quietness, a peace and a tranquility that i feel in nature, and i in turn attempt to capture that and get the viewer to also feel that calm. this image does just that for me, and i hope it does for you as well.
you can view the 26x26 image and purchase the framed version from D'art gallery at 900 santa fe dr, denver, co for $499. show dates run from april 9, 2021 - may 2, 2021 while their hours are listed on their website at https://dartgallery.org/. the hours may change due to COVID restrictions, so please check before planning a visit to the gallery.
The Navajo Social Distancing Quandary
this butte is located near what used to be Bears Ears National Monument just north of the Navajo Nation - one of the hardest hit locations by covid, per capita. many here can't socially distance as treaty water rights previously guaranteeing water to the Navajo have been reneged, so water delivery is a must in this dry, dusty climate.
the image was selected by Mary Voelz Chandler, a writer on the arts, architecture and preservation. she was the art and architecture writer for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver and co-author of the 2009 book, Colorado Abstract with Michael Pagila - a writer and critic for Westword. not only is it a huge honor to be included in this show, have this piece selected by such an esteemed art critic, but also an honor to tell of the struggles of some of those in this country that we don’t often hear about.
you can view the 24x12 editioned image and purchase the framed version from D'art gallery at 900 santa fe dr, denver, co for $449. show dates run from december 10, 2020 - january10, 2021 while their hours are listed on their website at https://dartgallery.org/. the hours may change due to COVID restrictions, so please check before planning a visit to the gallery. i’m selling four additional prints here (https://www.liftedspiritphotos.com/prints-of-the-month) for december’s print of the month. the cost will be $399 for the print alone, so your best deal will be to purchase through the gallery. Included in the five total prints in this edition will be one artist proof for myself.
all profits from the sale of this print will be donated to the Navajo Nation COVID-19 Response Donation Fund. (https://www.nndoh.org/donate.html)
hydrodynamics is the study of forces acting on or exerted by fluids. this duo exhibition will feature photographic images from myself with paintings by Jenn Merz Color Queen showing the motion, flow and power of water within nature. the pieces will be concentrating on water flowing through the mountain streams of Colorado.
unfortunately, this presentation has been temporarily put on hold. we’re hoping it’s rescheduled at a later date, but that will depend on the gallery availability. please check back for updates on this event.
as part of the celebration of ‘Mo Print, (month of print) payge gallery will be hosting a number of demos and presentations on different forms of print making. i’ll be presenting on the process of creating cyanotypes as well as making digital negatives for the cyanotype process on april 18th from 1 - 3 pm. i’m sharing the presentation time with another artist, so i’ll either be from 1 - 2 or 2 - 3. i’ll discuss the history of the process, dating back to the 1840’s, how to create a negative for use in the process from your digital images, exposure, development of the print, toning or combining multiple print processes, alternative print substances and overall safety of the process itself.
payge gallery will be participating in ‘Mo Print - the month of print, celebrating the art of print making. i’m fortunate enough to have been invited to show some of my own handmade prints, of which i’ve chosen the cyanotype process. cyanotype is a print process dating back to the 1800’s, and is an extremely versatile process. it’s best known for its prussian blue tones (which are also prevalent in possibly the most popular print of all time - The Great Wave Off Kanagawa) and as the print process to create the first known photo book by Anna Atkins, regarded by many as the first female photographer.
come celebrate the process of printmaking by viewing some amazing work by extraordinary artists at payge gallery from march 6, 2020 - april 26, 2020 and check out some of the demos and presentations offered at the gallery as well (including a presentation on cyanotypes by yours truly on April 18 from 1 - 3pm).
part of my opportunity cost project, documenting the potential loss of 85% of bears ears national monument
i have been fortunate enough to be accepted into the field work: landscape and architecture juried show at the black box gallery in portland, or. my image, Moonset In the Desert was selected into the on-line annex exhibition. more on the show and the other selected images and artists can be seen at https://blackboxgallery.com/Field%20Work-Landscape%20and%20Architecture-EP.html from july 1, 2019 - july 20, 2019.
a solo show presenting potential lost landscapes due to the proposed reduction of bears ears national monument
