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What’s in a Name?

What’s in a Name?

September 8th, 2021

What’s in a name? Or better yet, what’s in a title? Have you ever found yourself leaning over an artwork to read the title of the piece? If you’re anything like us, then perhaps after reading the title, you’ve stood back a few steps and gazed at the piece with renewed appreciation. A picture may […]

Mahalo, Shawna Moore

Mahalo, Shawna Moore

September 3rd, 2021

Encaustic artist Shawna Moore has always been an adventurer at heart. From her frequent surfing trips to Costa Rica to her avid skiing around the Western US, Moore cannot help but imbue her work with her own sense of adventure. The fluid movement and energy of the ocean waves and powder snow melts into her […]

“Wildflowers” Artist Exhibition

“Wildflowers” Artist Exhibition

August 30th, 2021

  After the long winter, prairie meadows, desert canyons and the high alpine tundra fills with the fragrant, delicate wildflowers of the Rocky Mountain region. To see the flowers return each year, reminds us of the perpetual cycle of life. The patterns of nature and the colors of Spring appear again refreshed, renewed and buzzing […]

What In the World is NFT Art?

What In the World is NFT Art?

August 25th, 2021

If you’ve checked art market news, perused art magazines, or glanced at a few art world headlines within the last year, then perhaps you may have noticed the phrase “NFT art” thrown around, seemingly everywhere. NFT art seems to be the buzzword of the last year, finding a renewed relevance in the online art buying […]

Artist Exhibition: Light + Space with Shawna Moore

Artist Exhibition: Light + Space with Shawna Moore

August 17th, 2021

“I’ve tried to distill the essence of the experience of being in the world when light and space are present.”   We wanted to share the beautiful photos from Shawna Moore’s newest body of work, an expression of the artist’s freedom and play. This latest exhibition allowed us to host Shawna Moore for a residency, […]

pARTy Like a Local with the Kimball Arts Festival

pARTy Like a Local with the Kimball Arts Festival

July 27th, 2021

Headed to Park City for the annual Kimball Art Center’s Art Festival? You will want to pre-oder your tickets, which you can do on their website. Locals reading this? Even you need to pre-purchase tickets for the Friday Local’s Night. And, while you are at it, why not add on the pARTy like a local […]

Our Favorite Art Podcasts

Our Favorite Art Podcasts

July 22nd, 2021

Whether you’re headed on a long road trip, working inside, or simply looking for entertainment that excites and inspires, check out our top 5 favorite art podcasts to listen to this summer:   The Great Women Artists Podcast The Great Women Artists podcast aims to highlight and celebrate women artists, calling attention to and amending […]

Maura Allen’s Western Summer

Maura Allen’s Western Summer

July 15th, 2021

With splashy, energetic colors and exciting new subject matter, Maura Allen’s latest collection of art brings a fresh, summer vibrancy to her body of work. Her latest series embodies summer outdoor living through new mixed media paintings of jazz musicians, songbirds, and wildflowers, just in time for this summer’s group exhibition “The Wildflower Show.” We […]

A Sense of Place with Fred Calleri

A Sense of Place with Fred Calleri

July 9th, 2021

Fred Calleri began his art career painting wherever he could find space. Sometimes that meant collecting art supplies in an old maid’s pantry and sometimes that meant creating a makeshift studio out of his apartment closet. Painting in these odd spaces in tucked away corners of Maryland, Calleri found himself continuously drawn to vintage iconography. […]

Jylian Gustlin Blooms with Fabric + Paint

Jylian Gustlin Blooms with Fabric + Paint

July 6th, 2021

A single conversation with mixed media artist Jylian Gustlin leaves one guffawed, marveling at just how many passions and interests a single person can have. When Gustlin is not wrapped up in creating beautiful textures and colors in the studio, she can be found diving into a multiplicity of seemingly contradictory passions and interests, nearly […]