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Evening Palette by Jim Hagstrom

Three Tipis
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New Arrival by Jim Hagstrom..
The official title is “Evening Palette” 18″ x 24″ $1850.00. Exciting! Wait till you see this painting with lighting.. It will glow..visit the gallery to see for yourself. His artwork is Powerful!!
When I met Jim Hagstrom, he was painting Western Rodeos with a thick palette knife style.. I loved it and still do.

His style is the same but his paintings consists of mostly teepees and landscape that captures your attention instantly.  A must see.
View artwork on   www.spiritsinthewindgalley.com
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New Artwork Adorns Spirits in the Wind Gallery Walls!

Owl Perching, oil painting, by Sonia Reid
Indian fire, tipi oil painting, by Jim Hagstrom
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Continental Divide
Reflector
Gallatin Road Farm
Lair of the Bear, landscape oil painting, by Nikolo Balkanski

Must see new artwork and new featured artists! www.spiritsinthewindgallery.com
New sculpture coming. Keep an eye on our web site and FACEBOOK!!

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1211 Washington Ave., Golden, CO  80401
303-279-1192

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“Stealth” is Quite the Statement Piece

Stealth Bronze Jerry McKellar
Stealth Bronze Jerry McKellar
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Stealth Bronze Jerry McKellar

Our visitors frequently say things like “wow, look at that,” or “Isn’t that beautiful?” as they walk  around the gallery, and it is always interesting to see who notices what.  One piece that catches a lot of attention is “Stealth,” by Jerry McKellar.  And why not?  He is long and lovely, and his smooth, stoney appearance often has visitors wanting to reach out and touch him.  But did you know he is actually not made from stone at all?  This big, beautiful cat is made from bronze!  Jerry McKellar’s process for the patina makes this spectacular piece appear as if it was carved from rock! – Emily, Spirits in the Wind Gallery Associate

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1211 Washington Ave., Golden, CO  80401
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Randy Van Beek featured at Spirits in the Wind Gallery

Galatin Road
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Hayfields at Sunset

 

Designing His Own Inspiration
 unique education or a road trip itinerary, Randy Van Beek meticulously crafts the conditions where his art can thrive

Written by Jenna Vandenberg
January 2016


In 1976, two weeks before classes were set to begin at Western Washington University, Randy Van Beek decided to go for the degree without going to class. He knew that professors would push Abstract art, so Van Beek designed his own curriculum centered on the traditional Realist and Impressionist styles that had always appealed to him. While his would-be peers wrote essays on Reinhardt and Kandinsky in order to maintain GPAs, Van Beek checked out stacks of works on the Hudson River School. Four years later, he was painting full time.

Now, 40 years on, Van Beek continues to chase increments of artistic growth by challenging himself with new ideas and seeking inspiration throughout the West. Part of that inspiration has come from seeking out surroundings conducive to the art he wants to create.

When it came to designing his home studio, Van Beek was as thoughtful as he was about his education. One morning, out on horseback near their home in Bellingham, Washington, Randy and his wife, Marlene, climbed up above a valley to find Mt. Baker visible above the treetops. They gazed over the 45 acres of hills, valleys, streams and trees and knew they’d found their home. The land belonged to a local beef farmer and when he was ready to retire, the Van Beeks were ready to buy. Both artists (Marlene Van Beek designs jewelry), it was natural for the couple to draw out the plans for the house together, spending a full year carefully designing where each outlet, light switch and side table would be placed.

“My surroundings are really important,” Van Beek says. “It’s our creative space. The surroundings of the studio, the yard, the view definitely fuel the creative process. Just being surrounded by beauty is inspiring.”

Van Beek’s designs were not limited to the architecture of the home. His gliding easel with interchangeable counterweights is his own invention, as is his setup of brushes suspended in thinner, perpetually self-cleaning. His palettes of paints and drawers of supplies are all clustered around a big picture window that provides north light and jawdropping views.

The yard, where the Van Beeks spend most Sundays, rain or shine, was carefully constructed as well. “I’m thinking about landscaping on a daily basis,” he says. “Every window I look out, [the landscaping] will catch the corner of my eye and I’ll plan for Sunday, wrestling with rocks and placing the latest additions to my conifer tree collection. Knowing those trees that intimately, knowing those rocks that intimately definitely helps me paint rocks and trees.”

Van Beek’s intimate knowledge of landscape and setting is what draws many to his art. “They gravitate toward his work,” says Pam Eggemeyer, owner of the Spirits in the Wind Gallery in Golden, Colorado. “Not only to view the style, the color and the lighting effect, but because his work has a calming effect.” Eggemeyer describes how clients often feel as if they have been to the exact spot depicted in a Van Beek. While his paintings do represent specific sites, there is something recognizable and familiar in all his work, whether of an unknown cluster of aspen trees off a deer trail in Colorado or the iconic peak of Mt. Rainier.

The intimacy with his subjects comes neither by luck nor accident. Van Beek returns again and again to the majestic sights of the West. He knows every switchback on Glacier National Park’s Going to the Sun Road. He has more than a thousand photographs of the Grand Tetons. Almost everything he reads is about early American history, particularly the West. Details about the Blackfoot and the Shoshone pour out in his paintings of Native encampments.

The couple’s frequent road trips from Washington to Montana, Wyoming or Colorado are stop-and-go affairs. Van Beek may pull over for an hour or two to complete sketches and plein air paintings, or to take photographs. In the dawn and twilight hours, he is prepared for the frenzy of zooming in, panning out and changing lenses that is required to capture subjects in rapidly changing light conditions. “I need to know my subjects intimately, through different times and seasons, through my whole life,” he says.

Van Beek’s love of place creates an intimacy in his work that collectors respond to. Scenes of serrated mountain peaks and sunlight glistening over Northwest harbors hint at his appreciation of Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran, but more than that, they show his appreciation for a place that he has both loved and been shaped by.

1211 Washington Ave., Golden, CO   80401   303-279-1192
www.spiritsinthewindgallery.com

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esigning His Own Inspiration

her mapping out his home, his unique education or a road trip itinerary, Randy Van Beek meticulously crafts the conditions where his art can thrive

Written by Jenna Vandenberg
January 2016


In 1976, two weeks before classes were set to begin at Western Washington University, Randy Van Beek decided to go for the degree without going to class. He knew that professors would push Abstract art, so Van Beek designed his own curriculum centered on the traditional Realist and Impressionist styles that had always appealed to him. While his would-be peers wrote essays on Reinhardt and Kandinsky in order to maintain GPAs, Van Beek checked out stacks of works on the Hudson River School. Four years later, he was painting full time.

Now, 40 years on, Van Beek continues to chase increments of artistic growth by challenging himself with new ideas and seeking inspiration throughout the West. Part of that inspiration has come from seeking out surroundings conducive to the art he wants to create.

When it came to designing his home studio, Van Beek was as thoughtful as he was about his education. One morning, out on horseback near their home in Bellingham, Washington, Randy and his wife, Marlene, climbed up above a valley to find Mt. Baker visible above the treetops. They gazed over the 45 acres of hills, valleys, streams and trees and knew they’d found their home. The land belonged to a local beef farmer and when he was ready to retire, the Van Beeks were ready to buy. Both artists (Marlene Van Beek designs jewelry), it was natural for the couple to draw out the plans for the house together, spending a full year carefully designing where each outlet, light switch and side table would be placed.

“My surroundings are really important,” Van Beek says. “It’s our creative space. The surroundings of the studio, the yard, the view definitely fuel the creative process. Just being surrounded by beauty is inspiring.”

Van Beek’s designs were not limited to the architecture of the home. His gliding easel with interchangeable counterweights is his own invention, as is his setup of brushes suspended in thinner, perpetually self-cleaning. His palettes of paints and drawers of supplies are all clustered around a big picture window that provides north light and jawdropping views.

The yard, where the Van Beeks spend most Sundays, rain or shine, was carefully constructed as well. “I’m thinking about landscaping on a daily basis,” he says. “Every window I look out, [the landscaping] will catch the corner of my eye and I’ll plan for Sunday, wrestling with rocks and placing the latest additions to my conifer tree collection. Knowing those trees that intimately, knowing those rocks that intimately definitely helps me paint rocks and trees.”

Van Beek’s intimate knowledge of landscape and setting is what draws many to his art. “They gravitate toward his work,” says Pam Eggemeyer, owner of the Spirits in the Wind Gallery in Golden, Colorado. “Not only to view the style, the color and the lighting effect, but because his work has a calming effect.” Eggemeyer describes how clients often feel as if they have been to the exact spot depicted in a Van Beek. While his paintings do represent specific sites, there is something recognizable and familiar in all his work, whether of an unknown cluster of aspen trees off a deer trail in Colorado or the iconic peak of Mt. Rainier.

The intimacy with his subjects comes neither by luck nor accident. Van Beek returns again and again to the majestic sights of the West. He knows every switchback on Glacier National Park’s Going to the Sun Road. He has more than a thousand photographs of the Grand Tetons. Almost everything he reads is about early American history, particularly the West. Details about the Blackfoot and the Shoshone pour out in his paintings of Native encampments.

The couple’s frequent road trips from Washington to Montana, Wyoming or Colorado are stop-and-go affairs. Van Beek may pull over for an hour or two to complete sketches and plein air paintings, or to take photographs. In the dawn and twilight hours, he is prepared for the frenzy of zooming in, panning out and changing lenses that is required to capture subjects in rapidly changing light conditions. “I need to know my subjects intimately, through different times and seasons, through my whole life,” he says.

Van Beek’s love of place creates an intimacy in his work that collectors respond to. Scenes of serrated mountain peaks and sunlight glistening over Northwest harbors hint at his appreciation of Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran, but more than that, they show his appreciation for a place that he has both loved and been shaped by.

1211 Washington Ave., Golden, CO   80401   303-279-1192
www.spiritsinthewindgallery.com

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New Painting Arrived by Nikolo Balkanski

New Paintings Arrived By Nikolo Balkanski, National Artist and Award Winner

Nikolo Balkanski
Nikolo Balkanski

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New Sand and Water Recycled Glass Functional Art

celebration xl bowl
celebration xl bowl B100-40

I have chosen glass as my medium. I love to paint and with glass as my canvas I can view the infusion of light and color through its transparency – like sunlight streaming though a stained glass window. My inspiration comes from my love of nature and the spectacular hues created by the bright warm glow of the sun and the deep blues and greens of the sea I so fondly remember from my childhood living along the Mediterranean coastline. As I look at an object, from still life to nature, I see with both eyes and capture its essence within my soul. My eyes capture reality, but my soul translates that essence into my art.
Colors, shapes and bold lines are recurrent themes in my work. As my hand starts to draw and the piece begins to take shape, I am inspired by ideas that guide me and mold my art. Each one of my pieces takes on a unique and different look depending upon the angle in which the light penetrates or refracts off the glass.
While glass crafting is a pure form of art, its splendor resides not only in the piece but in the duality of its beauty and functionality. I deeply believe that art should be enjoyed not just displayed. I have crafted each piece of glassware to be practical and useful. Nothing gives me greater joy than creating art that lifts the spirits of those who use it.

A Flaisher’s passion to paint on glass grew from her diverse background and studies in graphic design, metalsmithing, photography and silk painting. She is involved into the recycled goods creation too (couple of pieces to be found at https://www.customearthpromos.com/eco-friendly-reusable-bags/reusable-wine-totes.html).

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