GALLERY NEWS

Michael Kessler is an abstract artist inspired by nature. He lives a creative life that is deeply intwined in nature and curiosity, experimentation and wonder. For fifty years, he has experimented with new mediums, whether it be acrylic (created while he was in college), or his own inventions and processes that are incorporated into mixed […]

Terry Gardner moved west from Missouri to paint the outdoors and develop an intimate relationship with the land and life of the west. Shortly after moving to Colorado he studied with Mark Daily and Quang Ho at the Art Students League of Denver. Gardner’s compositions are born from his surroundings but evolve in his studio […]

Donna Howell-Sickles has been part of the Texas ranching culture since she was born. Raised on a 900-acre farm, Howell-Sickles knew the true strength and joy of women in the ranching world, and yet, they were often depicted on the fringe of the culture: waiting for or watching the men come and go, gloriously, on horseback. […]

Leon Loughridge marries his inspiration both the American West and Japanese-style moku (wood) hanga (print) to depict the landscapes of Colorado and New Mexico. Every part of his process involves presence and a slow meditation, from observations in nature and watercolor sketches in the field, to the detailed watercolor studies in the studio, to the carving and manual involvement of the moku hanga process – which you may read more […]

Joel Ostlind is a self-taught artist who spent much of his life herding cattle on horses throughout the American West. He holds degrees in Soil Science and Ranch Management, but this tall cowboy always carried a sketchbook to record his intimacy with the land in exquisite detail and authenticity. His sketchbook was noticed in the ’90s during a […]

What does Western Heritage mean to you? I think at some point in life we’re all looking for our roots, an understanding of what it means, and where we go from here. My heritage is quite western, so part of what I do in my work is simply striving to understand more of myself, where I come from and where I’m going. […]

IN THE EXHIBITION Western Heritage at Ann Korologos Gallery, five artists will showcase their individual interpretations of today’s American West. These creatives — Terry Gardner, Donna Howell-Sickles, Leon Loughridge, Joel Ostlind and Simon Winegar — use a variety of mediums, techniques and inspirations for each composition. As gallery director Sue Edmonds shares, “Western Heritage features […]

Residing between “that indefinite space between landscape and organic abstraction,” Allison Stewart’s mixed media paintings are visual diaries upon which the artist records her responses to the landscape. Her paintings reflect the duality of substance and spirit, image and impression, observation and memory. Stewart approaches her work as an exploration, a search for answers that often […]