Exhibit featuring the art of Jonathan McAfee

Opening event March 7, 5-8pm

Jonathan McAfee (b. 1982) is an artist working in Evergreen, CO. After graduating from Herron School of Art and Design (Indiana University) with a B.F.A. in painting, McAfee began focusing on the figure and developing his expressive application of paint.

More info at jonathanmcafee.com

Light food and drink.

Attendance is Free.

Exhibit featuring the art of Steve Knox

Opening event April 4, 5-8pm

Full artist bio and work at fineartbysteveknox.com

Light food and drink.

Attendance is Free.

An exhibit featuring the art of Mary Leslie

Opening event May 2, 5-8pm

Mary Leslie's artistic journey is a tale of rediscovery and passion. Alongside her husband Richard and a lively bunch of Horses, Donkeys and dogs, Mary's charming ranch serves as both her abode and her inspiration.

Mary's art paints a vivid picture of her deep-rooted affection for the untamed beauty of the West and its inhabitants. Her larger-than-life paintings are a heartfelt tribute to the animals and landscapes that have captured her heart and guided her life's course.

Full artist bio and info at marylesliestudio.com

Light food and drink.

Attendance is Free.

An exhibit featuring the art of Autumn Hunnicutt

Opening event June 6, 5-8pm

Autumn Hunnicutt was born and raised in the high deserts of northern New Mexico. Her oil paintings explore ideas of cycles, memory, the natural world, and life experiences, often inspired by her southwestern roots and surrounding environments. Her work highlights the beauty of the natural world, giving a sense of holiness to the flora and fauna that inhabit the familiar land. Hunnicutt’s time living away from home in various states and backpacking across the Californian desert has deepened her respect for new encounters and familiarity. The human figure, landscape, plants, birds, and color are used to create stories of existence and experience. The use of color and symbolism in Hunnicutt’s paintings can be seen as a reflection of the southwest and a simultaneous longing for new experiences.

Full artist bio and info at autumnhunnicuttart.com

Light food and drink.

Attendance is Free.

An exhibit featuring the art of Cody Kuehl & Sarah Boston

Opening event August 1, 5-8pm

Light food and drink.

Attendance is Free.

Cody is a Northern Colorado born, self-taught artist who has built his business from the ground up in Denver. After building his skills in college with mini pop-surreal paintings, he decided to get serious about making his art into a business and built it into the gallery of New Western art he has today. Now, The Art of Cody Kuehl features New Western paintings with a unique stylistic interpretation merging detailed graphical subjects with abstract underlays.

Full artist bio and info at artofcodykuehl.com

Sarah Boston is a self-taught artist born and raised in Great Falls, Montana. She fell in love with Western art as a young child growing up in Russell country. She has been creating art professionally for almost two decades and specializes in realistic portraits of people and animals. She strives to bring life to her pieces, especially when reinvigorating the spirit of long-dead heroes of the West.

Full artist bio and info at sarahbostonfineart.com

An exhibit featuring the art of Amanda Vela

Opening event September 5, 5-8pm

Light food and drink.

Attendance is Free.

Amanda’s original digital paintings are created by drawing on a tablet screen with a pressure-sensitive stylus in procreate, a program where she customizes the brush tools, mainly airbrush, pen, dry brush, and blending tools in order to illustrate with them and present a unique and expressive style. Her vision is to create work that will uplift people, and bring them a sense of joy. She was awarded 1st place for digital arts at the castle rock art festival in 2023.

She also creates work with traditional media including color pencil, acrylic and oil painting, as well as mixed media pieces. All emphasizing the vibrancy of life, the subtle vibrant colors and profound, divine intricacies that make up the world all around us.

Full artist bio and info at www.thevelaranch.com

An exhibit featuring the art of Talia Swartz Parsell

Opening event October 3, 5-8pm

Light food and drink.

Attendance is Free.

For the past few years, Talia has focused on exploring the visual concepts of memory and place. A whole life of layered moments and memories captured in specific places in time have created this unique story that we each have to tell.

Full artist bio and info at www.taliasart.com

Matters of the Heart, an exhibit featuring the art of Penny Bidwell and Sarah Polzin

Opening event November 7, 5-8pm

Light food and drink.

Attendance is Free.

Penny sculpts ceramic figures to better understand herself. She relies on her subconscious and emotions to guide the process rather than planning ahead. By creating work from an emotional and intuitive place, the viewer can participate in an authentic human bond, much like an intimate conversation.

Full artist bio and info at penneybidwell.com

Sarah's work involves crafting pieces that surpass the traditional artistic methods used with these mediums. Instead, she crafts multi-dimensional artworks that use tactile components to elicit humorous and clever narratives.

Full artist bio and info at cactusgalleryla.com

Exhibit TBD

Opening event December 5, 5-8pm

Light food and drink.

Attendance is Free.