Outside the gallery, spring brings with it garden totems and metal flowers
a small garden totem for your flower pots....5 parrots stacked on top of eachother
hand-made steel flowers stay blooming all year in your garden....birds by artists Caroline Douglas and Suzanne Pak
Artist submitted work around the idea of "Awakening". Barbara Cargill, a local artist created a fiber triptych, which takes us through three seasons...
Fall...the trees go through an "awakening" when the weather transitions from summer to fall, bringing brilliant color to our landscapes
Winter ...brings dormancy..
only to re-awaken in the spring...this piece was a different approach to Barbara's work, as her usual medium is acrylic paint.....this piece sold as it was being installed for this show...always a good sign!
Ann McCaffrey, a Longmont glass artist, who joined us for this show, taught art in our public schools for 30 years...this piece is called black, and is mounted on a beautiful slab of granite.
I would describe Anne's approach to glass as glass collage, as some of her elements are fused, while others are not. creating a very multi-dimensional effect with her sculpture
a vase of glass flowers that will never fade or lose their blooms..
This sculpture is a vase of fused flowers which greets you with a magical vibrancy
Willi Eggerman features her latest functional art, in soft hues of blue, green and earth tones. an orchid has found a beautiful home in this vase (sparrow by Caroline Douglas)
Willi's vase awaits the summer garden blooms of June and July...
The subject matter for this show brought in such electric, vivid colors and imagery...
Colleen Hoerner, an artist from Boulder, Colorado, works in pastels, and more of Willi Eggerman's work of hand painted vases that do not require flowers
Theresa Beckemeyer created an aray of small 5 x 7 original gauche paintings, which will brighten any corner for $75. an incredible art deal. They are perfect for adding interest and color to a wall, or even unframed on a shelf with your favorite collectibles.
Theresa's potted flower piece, tucked in among Willi's ichabana vases, and porcelain vessels.
A pair of apples, by Theresa...with an Icha-bunny and an icha-birdy flower vase
A Rainy-day depiction by Anthony Grant. this piece is striking, and will look great on a wall needing a large piece to brighten the room. it measures 47 x 47", framed.
Wiley Ware shows his brilliance in these acrylic abstract works...which appear to float on the wall
these pieces look great together, but would be equally magnificent on their own
Susan Crouse creates her pieces in encaustic, which allows for incredible texture and color.
Karen Divine, a local artist, who's medium is photography, adds an element of magic and mystery to her work by creating multiple layers in photoshop, and in this case, adding an encaustic finish to her pieces, creating a dream-like effect. she recently won her 5th international award for this series...
Nancy Patterson joins us as new artist with her newest sculptural work which is whimsical..., 
colorful...,
and just plain fun.. a coil placed in just the right spot makes these sculptures move, as if swimming or taking the hook..
Cindy Hayes is a jewelry artist, but also creates fabulous wall hangings from silk and wool fibers and found objects. this piece is titled, "Nest", and features one beautiful egg cradled in the fibers
Nancy Nagel, a local glass artist, has become well known for her incredible glass lampwork creations. These two, titled "Stickle-bird" and "Quail", are equally beautiful holding your Chanel perfume, or just sitting on your dresser.
Rital Vali created beautiful ceramics, that make wonderful display pieces but are also functional. Here a vase caries her thoughts, stamped into the top of the vase, as well as flowers, and a bowl waits for a party occassion....beauty and functionality!
sugar and cream?
new birdie pots by artist, Suzanne Pak
artist made, pendant jewelry, just perfect for summer wear
"One night, as I lay dream'n, I spread my wings and flew amongst the angels...." stamped into the back of this necklace, by artist, Patti Burton...of Rabid Rabits Studio. the fish reminds you to "don't worry, be happy!"
Ancient glass beads woven on silk.....opals, turquoise and ammonite woven and set into silver
Iron ore tigers eye, turquoise, gaspeite & opal......fine silver & 24K gold cross on a strand of beautiful black tourmaline
"Harmony" cross hangs from 5 rings of sterling, Baroque pearl, labradorite, Pink Quartz & Peridot
Two baby owls are capured in this photograph, and then printed onto glass by artist Peter Steele. Two baby owls by ceramic artist, Katy Diver join the owl party
Katy Diver's "Blue Chicken", would look great inside or outside
Stephany Hilvitz has fun, re-purposed art, which is perfect for your kitchen...after all, they are called her kitchen goddess series...
"Sweet Song"
"Tweet-on"
"Witness"
We added a few pieces of clothing. beautiful hand-painted silk scarves from Carol Garnand
The scarves are cut-out silk patterned, and had painted the most luscious colors....light enough for spring and summer wear, and perfect for fall and winter when you need to add color to your pallette. not just scarves, but summer shawls too.
I love these skirts. they are wrap-around sari skirts, made from silks and rayon.... two layers of different colors and patterns make them interesting and versatile. More vintage silk sari skirts to come throughout the summer, and all for just $30 each. these skirts can be worn 16 different ways, from skirt to shirt to dress...seriously great for traveling.
don't forget about the gallery-mascots-in-training. no, they are not always in here to greet you, due to their propensity to dash out the door as you enter! we are working on that...they do hold down the fort after hours... more art later, we are seriously tired!
