From the Studio: New Year, New Starts, and Gratitude.
Well, it is the end of January. It took that long for me to stop writing the old year and learn to write the new one - 2023. As with any...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Dec 31
- 3 min
The Art Blog Reviews 2022
After a hectic December, which for me included a little Christmas vacation to Quebec City, it is now the 31st, that day when one reflects...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Nov 14, 2022
- 6 min
Karen Storm: Painting from Prose to Poetry.
"I like to use what I call my artistic license to move my painting from what I see, literally, to what goes beyond that." Karen Storm We...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Oct 18, 2022
- 4 min
Squash Blossom Gallery: Spirit of the Southwest.
Nothing could be more southwestern in tone than this wonderful piece by Colorado Springs' artist, Karen Storm, depicting the Garden of...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Sep 5, 2022
- 3 min
Plein Air Painting at 10,000 ft: Victor Celebrates the Arts, 2022
I grew up on the prairies of Nebraska. Though I have lived in many parts of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) as well as a number...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Aug 22, 2022
- 3 min
Plein Air Gig at Third Thursday in Monument, CO.
Plein air painting is an activity with roads that lead in many directions. A couple of months ago I was trying, without luck, to find a...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Jul 15, 2022
- 4 min
Jana Bussanich: Yellow Couch Creative Makes a Community.
"Oh, you know it seems to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone...." Joni Mitchell from Big Yellow Taxi We all felt the...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Jun 15, 2022
- 6 min
Phil Lear: Portraits, Poetry, and Disrupted Reality.
"Art: It has to be honest. It has to be in its own time. And it must have to come from a spark." Phil Lear Even with the narrow focus...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- May 15, 2022
- 6 min
Miriam Brock: Art As Visual Communication.
Seascapes are deceptive paintings. A balance of the solidity of earth and the fluidity of water, they combine elements that are firmly...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Apr 15, 2022
- 4 min
Spring's a Poppin': NODO, Alvarez, OCC, First Friday Art Walk in Colorado Springs.
E. Boulder Street was jumping with crowds of art lovers in attendance at Kreuser Gallery and at G44 Gallery. NODO, the North Downtown,...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Mar 15, 2022
- 7 min
Women Speaking Up and Making Art: Finding Our Voices and Becoming Poetry.
Take a look at the picture above. Those ragged hands made of bits and pieces are reaching out for that ring, a ring symbolizing a hope? a...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Feb 15, 2022
- 7 min
Rachel Cubi: Photographer with an Eye on the Prize.
"The instructor said, 'Don't bring me any photos of Pike's Peak, the Garden of the Gods, or the changing color of the aspens,' so I...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Jan 15, 2022
- 5 min
G44 Gallery: Sophisticated But Approachable Art.
Yes, that is a typical First Friday Art Walk at G44 Gallery. People line the streets waiting to get in. G44 is one of the big successes...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Dec 15, 2021
- 5 min
Galen Hazelhofer: Art and Activism.
Audrey. Yes, that is a great name for this beautiful creature, so classy that she reminds us of another elegant Audrey, the one whose...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Nov 15, 2021
- 6 min
Joseph Liberti: The Nature of the Moment.
"...[T]hose in the field of art and science who recognize novel patterns see beauty before the rest of us do." Leonard Shlain, Art and...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Oct 15, 2021
- 5 min
Kreuser Gallery: Community Connection.
It's a Friday evening. In fact, it is the first Friday of the month, early evening, and the streets of downtown Colorado Springs are...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Sep 14, 2021
- 8 min
Painting Through the Pandemic at Nancy Lewis Park.
It's Tuesday morning, summertime. A light breeze floats through the trees, and dappled sunlight spreads across the grass. The morning has...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Aug 14, 2021
- 7 min
Artist-Owned Galleries: Alvarez Gallery Art School, The Bridge Gallery, and Yellow Couch Creative.
The idea of an art gallery often conjures images of beautifully coordinated displays, peopled by sales personnel ready to answer...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Jul 15, 2021
- 6 min
Hunter Wolff Gallery: A Unique Work of Art in Old Colorado City.
An art gallery is more than an art gallery when it becomes a work of art itself. Such a work of art weaves a tapestry of unique but...
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Marjorie Vernelle
- Jun 15, 2021
- 6 min
Cottonwood Center for the Arts: Art Is Important!
When is an alley not an alley? A romantic would say, "when it is a laneway," but that is just semantics. Alleys are normally the...
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