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“Something Alive and Ancient, something neither kind nor unkind, exulting only in continuance, knits together the green world of farms and meadows, forests and parks.”

-Michael Cunningham

Plain Desire - Art for Life

Here is the painting I donated for "Art for Life" auction Sept 11th at Abend Gallery, Denver to benefit a local non-profit, Project Angel Heart http://www.projectangelheart.org/. Get tickets and enjoy an evening of cocktails and food as well as some lively silent bidding on 125 to 150 pieces of art.

"The organization was founded in 1991 by a small but dedicated group of individuals who were determined to ensure that those living with HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses were receiving proper nutrition. Initially we served 12 clients from a single pan of lasagna that had been donated by a local restaurateur. Since that time it has grown into an organization which harnesses the dedication and energy of more than 40,000 volunteer hours annually to freshly prepare, package and home deliver over 400,000 meals to approximately 1,700 clients each year. In fact, Mayor Hickenlooper dished up the 3 millionth meal on August the 15th.

The most common diseases served by Project Angel Heart are cancer, end stage renal disease, HIV/AIDS, chronic obstructi ve pulmonary diseases and congestive heart failure. Over half of our clients are women and nearly half are over the age of sixty. Throughout the past eighteen years of unprecedented growth, our focus has always remained the same: providing life-sustaining nutrition to men, women, and children coping with life-threatening illnesses, free of charge. Each year Project Angel Heart has a series of high profile fund raisers and the one which I champion/provide leadership and financial support of is "Art For Life". This year on September 11th we will host approximately 800 art aficionados at Abend Gallery http://www.abendgallery.com/ for an evening of cocktails and food as well as some lively silent bidding on about 150 pieces of art." M. O'Donnell

Expansion

Paintings for Loveland Yoga and Core Fitness
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Loveland-CO/Loveland-Yoga-Core-Fitness/77343678038
Loveland Yoga & Core Fitness is designed for people wanting to enhance their lives by bringing mind, body and soul together.

Transformations - electrical cabinet mural

stay tuned for updates...

Selected Design for the Art in Public Places call described below, "Limitless". Shown here is my conceptual approach, a combination of expansive horizon-line and vast skyscape - color and form transition between sides and top to work in the round.

I'll be painting at Mariana Buttes mid-August thru October at various random times, but you might catch me. It's an absolutely beautiful place to paint.

"PROJECTS IN THE WORKS.......
Artist Call for EntryTRANSFORMATIONS PROJECT
The City of Loveland Art in Public Places Program seeks Northern Colorado artists to create unique murals upon designated electrical cabinets in downtown Loveland and the Marianna Butte Clubhouse as part of the Transformations Project. The intent of the program is to transform everyday objects into one-of-a-kind works of art which stimulate our senses and create a sense of place within the community!
Thirteen boxes (or groupings of boxes) have been identified within downtown Loveland and at the Marianna Butte Clubhouse. All boxes may be viewed online at: http://www.cityofloveland.org/; Arts & Leisure button, Art in Public Places. Selected artists will be compensated for their artwork, which will become a part of the City’s public art collection."

building

"Risk! Risk Anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." –Mansfield

to think, what others may see

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,

and paints his own nature into his pictures."

-Henry Ward Beecher

Breckenridge Commission

Pictures of the work installed, the painting hangs on an electronic mechanisim that lifts to reveal a large screen television.

Interior design by Design Co. PnL in Denver

I recently completed a commission for a beautiful multi-million dollar home in Breckenridge, Colorado. The painting measures 48"x60". I will post new images as soon as I have photos of it in place, it is being framed now.