Contemplative Art: Westword "Art Attack" Comments by Susan Froyd about "Thresholds Unknown" Exhibition

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Westword "Art Attack" Comments by Susan Froyd about "Thresholds Unknown" Exhibition

Thank you Susan Froyd for your comments in "Art Attack" in Denver's Westword:

Suzanne Frazier and Barb DeMarlie, Thresholds Unknown
Carrie MaKenna and Craig Rouse, Nature. Nurture. Structure., in Gallery East
D’art Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive

Thursday, May 5, through May 29

Opening Reception: Friday, May 6, 6 to 9 p.m.
Artist Reception: Friday, May 20, 6 to 9 p.m.
Artist Talk: Sunday, May 29, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

D’art painters Suzanne Frazier and Barb DeMarlie share the theme of Thresholds Unknown for a show mixing the breath of intermingling landscape, abstraction and color expressions. Frazier visits new territory in studies of subtle graduated colors radiating from simple shapes, while DeMarlie experiments with layered oil glazes, monoprints and mixed media to express the voyage of life. In Gallery East, married artists Carrie MaKenna, a painter, and Craig Rouse, an architect by trade, tag-team the ideas of nature, nurture and structure in a two-person show. The result is an exchange of hard-edge and soft, organic paintings.

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Contemplative Art Classes & Workshops

2023 Contemplative Art Workshops

If you have always wanted to draw in your own style in a supportive atmosphere or wanted to draw from a meditative point-of-view, these are the workshops for you.

As you begin to draw, you will quickly discover your inner intuitive process to create a personal expression you had no idea you could complete when you began to draw.

For participants with no art-making experience, you will have the opportunity to discover your creativity in a safe, supportive environment.

For experienced artists, you will find the workshops helpful to expand your creative experience to include a meditative approach to your personal expression.

Saturday Art Workshops

for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Artists

Color Theory for Artists

At each session, you will receive handouts about the history, meaning and associations with the six complimentary colors, and, white, black & gray. By the end of the workshop series, you will understand the subtleties of color through the experience of discovering your personal pallet. No art experience is necessary.

Saturday Art Workshop

Each month we will look at different ways to express yourself through composition, color theory and other topics to enhance your personal expression

Evolution of Abstraction

Each month we will look at one artist or a group of artists in detail to discover how their style contributed to what we know as "abstraction". We will analyze their style, choice of colors and themes. We will take inspiration from their perspectives and creativity to inspire our own personal expression. No art experience is necessary.

Workshops are scheduled from 10 am to 4 pm

Suzanne's Longmont Art Studio

1515 Main Street, Suite 201

Longmont, CO 80501

Between the morning and afternoon sessions, we will gather for lunch at a local restaurant.

By the end of the day you will have completed two oil pastel drawings.

Boxes of oil pastels are available for purchase for $10, or, bring your own box of oil pastels.

Cost $80 ( includes Materials Fee for Paper), or,

$90 ( includes box of oil pastels and paper)

To Register:

contemplativeartist@gmail.com

303-502-0751

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Weekly Oil Pastel Drawing & Water-Based Oil Painting Classes:

I am teaching weekly oil pastel drawing and water-based oil painting classes.

Here is the information on the classes: click here