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June 9, 2020
Join us on Friday, June 12 from 5-7 pm for the first exhibition of the summer at the 610 Arts Collective gallery, Kellie Day’s “Creatures”, a magical expression of the creatures in Colorado through spray paint, large scale syringed lines, collage and paint. Although a formal “Opening” is not possible at […]
June 2, 2019
Here are some photos from my NEW show in Telluride Colorado Stop by La Cocina de Luz if you’re in the area during the month of June. Or contact me here if you’d like to purchase a painting and have it shipped. Mention this post for FREE SHIPPING during the […]
March 2, 2018
This week I drove to Telluride, Colorado with a car full of colorful art, to hang a new show of eight months worth of work. Here are a few photos. This exhibition is a collection of my latest works created over the last eight months. The center of this show […]
February 20, 2018
Here’s the skinny on my upcoming March 1 show in Telluride, Colorado. This exhibition is a collection of my latest works created over the last eight months. I enjoy taking the full journey into exploring a subject, and using it as a mode to push my knowledge of colors, process […]
November 30, 2017
What I dream of, besides making art, is collaborating with other artists. This exhibit is a gathering of some of my favorite local artists, expressing their feelings about winter. What makes this exhibit even more exciting, is to see the words of several local poets on these walls, an honor often […]
August 9, 2017
I just hung an art exhibit of my latest paintings at La Cocina de Luz Restaurant in Telluride, CO. The feature painting is a five foot representation of Red Mountain, above Ironton, in our San Juan Mountains. It’s the view from the top of Red Mountain 3, looking down on […]
July 3, 2017
This summer myself and three women opened an art gallery in Ridgway, Colorado, the Mountain Girl Gallery. A space opened up, right on the corner, with brightly lit windows and wood floors. Just across from the popular Colorado Boy Brewery, and on a lovely walking street, we couldn’t say no. Potter […]
May 21, 2017
My very first art exhibit was at Cimarron Coffee & Books in sw Colorado. When the uber-chill, blue haired Matron named Sara with glitter eye shadow asked me to do another show under new ownership, I thought it would be a hoot. I sketched a chalk mural on the display […]
December 7, 2016
Alone we can do so little; Together we can do so much – Helen Keller Yesterday I hung a long awaited collaborative Mountain Art exhibit at the Telluride Library, with my good friend Deidre Krois. Here is a little about the show… Ridgway based mixed media artist Kellie Day and potter […]
November 19, 2016
It’s always so exciting to hang months worth of work. Yesterday I hung my latest exhibit of mixed media paintings in Telluride, Colorado. Here are a few words about the art … The tension between summer’s bold bright flowers and winter’s quiet, white world is eased only by spring and fall, […]
March 12, 2016
I’ve been remiss at blog posting the last couple of months, balancing my graphic design studio, single parenting, and continuing to build my art career. In an effort to catch you up, here are some recent news and events … Latest Work: Bicycle for Trader Joe’s Greeting Cards This painting was so […]
February 22, 2016
I was recently asked to write about my upcoming March exhibit in Telluride Colorado. Here are a few thoughts on some of the pieces I’ll be showing from aspens to sunflowers to stencil experiments … This collection of mixed media paintings is just an experiment of me trying to be free. Free […]
December 10, 2015
Thanks to Michele Follis for writing this lovely post on our recent Holiday Evening of Art… One of my favorite holiday events is Noel Night in Ridgway! This year 28 businesses participated in the festivities. Noel Night is an invitation for folks to shop locally, connect with friends, watch the […]
September 6, 2015
How is it a 40-something year old woman wakes up and wants to fingerpaint? Good living I guess… Pyrolean Red, Iridescent Gold, Cadmium Orange – I scooped big fingers full out of Golden Paint jars and slathered them on an old canvas. I mainly just used my hands for this painting, and […]
September 4, 2015
As long as I can remember, mom has been creating art. From her first experiments in etchings in our yellow house in Holland, Michigan, she created sweeping scenes of sand dunes on the edge of Lake Michigan, and geese, with long, elegant necks, dangling their legs into cool clear water. […]
May 23, 2015
I’ve been working the last half of the year to get ready for an art exhibit in Durango, Colorado. It was time to start showing beyond my little corner of the world, and well, life presented an opportunity at just the right time, as life usually does. The week before […]
April 16, 2015
Feel like getting out? May 8, Durango Colorado holds its annual Spring Art Walk, and Durango galleries are opening their doors with artists and appetizers. If you’re in Durango, Colorado May 8, stop by Eno Cafe for my latest exhibit, “Birds, Bikes & Blossoms”. Eno, a Durango coffee/wine/tapas bar, has an […]
March 24, 2015
What is peanut butter without jelly, what are cookies without milk? Or the right Red without the savoriest of meats? Most things we do are better with someone else, and being an artist is no exception. This is the case with my relationship with the super yummy, organic La Cocina de Luz […]
December 11, 2014
“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery” – Francis Bacon There is nothing like working hard on a body of art then seeing it well lit on big, beautiful walls. (Or as I accidentally said to a guest,”well hung and well lit.”) Thanks to John Metcalf, we […]
September 6, 2014
At La Cocina Restaurant, on the main street of Telluride, hanging my show Stop trying to understand it, this falling in love with the scent of cliff rose and heliotrope. Just fall into the sweetness and keep on falling. – Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Yesterday I hung my first show of […]