By Leanne Goebel
In 1944, Clyfford Still did something that no known painter appears to have done before him. Using thick, black pigment he troweled a large canvas (105 x 92 1/2 inches) with a palette …
Read the full story »by Heather Martinez
Heather Martinez shares her skills at the International Forum for Visual Practitioner conference in Honolulu, HI.
How can the ancient practice of making marks be so innovative? Did you know that 75% of what we learn is received visually? As visual learners, the best way to retain information is to make marks that represent what you hear. This mnemonic skill may be inherent in some artists, but has to be learned by others. Making marks stimulates the brain’s ability to think creatively and retain what is drawn. Thus, practicing sketchnoting can be a valuable resource — a technique you can utilize to actualize ideas.
For more information about interactive graphics and to find a practitioner for your next presentation, meeting, retreat, workshop or 1:1 coaching session, visit http://www.ifvp.org.
By Lauren Slaff
The directions read, “To visit Alpino Vino during the ski season, take Gold Hill Express (Lift 14) and turn left off the lift to ski down See Forever to our front door.” Uh, …
By Jen Reeder
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” – The Buddha
Tara Mandala Retreat Center has been offering …
by Leanne Goebel
“Colorado Art Ranch’s middle name is art,” executive director and nomadic Colorado wanderer Grant Pound proudly states. Yet he knows his five-year-old venture is confusing to some. “However, this may understate what we …
Short Story – continued by Stew Mosberg
Illustrations: David Long
As suddenly as the snow had started, it ceased. A swath of night sky, with a few pin points of light flickering in its void appeared on …
Short Story by Stew Mosberg
Illustrations: David Long
Half an hour into their trek home, Patreak sensed the old husky had stopped and he turned to look for him. A few yards back Sorkay stood transfixed; ears …
by Leanne Goebel
Sculpting is dimensional, physical, even touchable (though we rarely get to run our hands over an object).
Michael Naranjo, however, encourages viewers to touch his sculptures. To caress the smooth ebony finish of his …
By Stew Mosberg
The year was 1913 when French-born, American Dada artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) created a piece of art using found objects. He would call the work, and others that followed, “readymades.” One of them, …
by John Seed
Illustrations: David Long
READ PART ONE HERE
Marcus was an only son, born after three miscarriages. He had been a handsome, appealing boy, and he was the subject of his father’s poems for several years. …
by John Seed
Illustrations: David Long
UCLA Professor Emeritus Lorenzo Sifuentes, recently turned 80, adjusted his glasses, his new black “computer” glasses. Although he had composed his poems in pencil on yellow legal pads for over 50 …
by Lauren Slaff
PHOTOS: Scott Griggs
You heard me. Watch my kitchen. This was better than anything Netflix could possibly offer.
Aaahhh. I’d just kick up my feet and absorb the beauty of it all. I’d marvel …
By Lauren Slaff
photos by Heather Martinez
Whether it’s a cherished, well-seasoned Dutch oven passed down through generations or that perfect-sized Tupperware container, which miraculously has its matching lid, we all have a kitchen vessel we can’t …
By Malia Durbano
PHOTOS: Scott Griggs
“You have to put your feet on the land to really experience this place,” says Peggy Cloy, owner of Willowtail Bed and Breakfast in Mancos, Colorado. She and husband Lee have …
by David Feela
The reviews were lavish. Gallery owners swooned at the thought of hanging just one of her paintings. She was Picasso without the blues, Van Gogh with both ears. She was Frida flat on …
How a small Western town replaced mining with a stage
by Judith Reynolds
Creede, Colorado sits high in the San Juan Mountains near the headwaters of the Rio Grande River. Tucked up against a steep canyon at …
