Art Collaboration Celebrating 150

Deselm's fine art collaboration with local artists

Cheyenne is celebrating it's 150th Birthday this month. Harvey at  Deselms Fine Art invited eight artists to create an 8x8 piece of art for this piece, to be auctioned at the third annual Boys and Girls Club Dancing With the Stars. Artists include,

Vanda, along with Priscilla Sandos-Bailey Kathleen Jacobson, Brandon Bailey, Cathy Nicholas, Do Palma, Renee Piskorski and Mike Beeman. The center section is a piece of the capitol dome from a previous refurbishment, all framed by Harvey, a master framer.  Check out the gallery on 17th to see this amazing piece.  

Hiatus

hi . a . tus  

noun  A pause or gap in a sequence, series or process

I started packing today for my workshop, the first in more than a year, with Jen Evenhus. I have admired her work for several years, met her in her studio in Wenatchee, WA and now she is coming to Cheyenne to teach in June. The workshop will help break the hiatus and kindle the inspiration.

Still Life

It has been months since I have painted. You know how life just continues to edge into the available hours and then it is tomorrow. One of the pieces I did paint, and yet to be named, feels over worked. Jen's style is vibrant, with distinctive marks and will help me me to develop in a new direction. An artist needs to paint every day to define her visual voice. So tidy up this studio and get going Vanda.

You can see some framed work at Deselm's Fine Art in Cheyenne and the annual Nici Self show in Centennial, WY June 30th through July 2nd.