What do I have in common with Vermeer? NOT MUCH! One of the few things we share is a preference for using colors “directly from the tube.” His paintings suggest that he preferred using colors as they were made, applying them to canvas without a great deal of blending. While I am hesitant to call […]

The displays of talent went on for blocks and blocks! Next year I will plan on more than one visit. The show runs for three days. Krysteen Waszak has an impressionist style that is riveting. The saturated colors, great composition, and powerful presentation of the subjects had me staring at the paintings in admiration and […]

Rodney Linder and Judi Linder create whimsical animal sculptures that will bring smiles to any face! They also merited an Honorable Mention at this year’s Art Fest. Well done! These colorful creations speak for themselves! The variety and artistic merit of creations exhibited this year are truly impressive and are also great fun. Fish swimming […]

Crazy wood grain creations by Mark Kessler were happily on display at the Boulder Art Fair. His use of hardwoods is truly astonishing! He creates these masterpieces using only the natural colors of the wood. Zebra Wood, canary wood, and more are used for their magnificent grain and color. The precision of his work will […]

Dona Bollard, photographer and winner of the 2024 Boulder Art Fest 2D Art Award, has shared some of her finest and most interesting historical pictures with AboutBoulder and our readers. We are blessed and grateful! Along with her museum photographs of the blood descendant of Chief Niwot, Eldred Poisal, she has shared the history of […]

To me, this is as exciting as breaking the story of Watergate. To Boulder Valley, this is the discovery of a real missing link in Boulder history, a picture of Chief Niwot (almost). Santa Fe is home to photographer-artist Dona Bollard. Dona was declared the Best 2D Artist at the Boulder Art Fest. The competition […]

Boulder’s Art Fest had woodworker Robert Wilhelm as an exhibitor and I loved his work! Robert, out of Santa Fe, was showing salt and pepper shakers. But not just any shakers. These whimsical wonders scream “look at me!” On the one hand with a wood lathe, some paint and we could do this too.  NOT! […]

Meet Gary Chaffin I admit I am overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by the level of talent that visits our Boulder Mall to hang  their masterpieces for our enjoyment and hopeful purchase. IMO (in my opinion) some of the art was without question of museum quality, the artists achieving true artistic professional status. Many are in fact professional […]

Fairs, fests, exhibitions, art shows and the like have long been a place where new art styles, schools, have been displayed. One which is worthy of great attention and which gets short shrift at time is the Paris Exhibition of 1900. The Boulder Art Fest, in its final day today, Sunday, is a chance to […]

This weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday has Boulder again hosting the annual outdoor Art Fest on the Boulder Mall. Many local artists display their works, lining the already beautiful Boulder Mall. I will write a blog with “real” pictures of my Sunday visit to the Art Fest. In the meantime, in anticipation of the fundamentally […]