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inside the issue The Style Issue SEPTEMBER 2022 ON THE COVER DEPARTMENTS 10 Lifestyle Letter 14 City Scene 16 Business Monthly 20 Artist’s Palette ARTS + CULTURE 24 Local’s Choice ARTS + CULTURE 30 Fashion Forward LIFE + CULTURE 34 Local Limelight LIFE + CULTURE 40 Open House HOME + DESIGN 44 Home Update HOME + DESIGN 48 Hot Spot FOOD + BEVERAGE 40 34 48 20 FEATURED 20 Capturing the Modern Cowboy Meet Duke Beardsley, a Sixth-Generation Coloradan Whose Work Explores the Spirit of the Classic Cowboy With a Completely Contemporary Lens 34 Reconnecting to Our Roots How Breigh Jones-Coplin is Using Floristry to Free Us from the World’s Distractions 40 Form and Function Interior Design Firm Form Studio’s Process Creating a Haven 48 Night/Day These Two Coffee Shops-by-Day, Bars-by-Night Are the Hybrid Drinking Destinations You Need Photography: Poppy & Co. by Kelsey Huffer Mock Me Some Drinks 12
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See the West through Duke’s eyes at Altamira Fine Art, which represents Duke and has galleries in Jackson, Wyoming and Scottsdale, Arizona. Or see more of his work at DukeBeardsleyStudio.com or follow him on Instagram at @DukeBeardsleyStudio.
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“I’m very influenced by the color palette of the pop art movement,” he explains. “And so those bright, saturated primary and second ary colors, they just speak to me. It’s just such a fun juxtaposition against the traditional Western iconography.”
His camera and sketchbooks go with him. But the art comes to fruition later, at home in his studio in Denver where he sorts through thousands of images and all the quick 10-15 second gestural sketches he made to study the nuances of the form and movement of the horses and their riders. Then it all comes back to life on canvas, where everything starts as a charcoal drawing before Duke layers on acrylic paint followed by layers of oil paint.
“The separation between rural and urban, ranch and city is more in our heads than any thing,” he says. “Part of what I hope to do in chal lenging and modernizing this iconography for myself is make it relatable to people who don’t spend their time in a saddle or fixing fence. So they can experience it for themselves.”
Duke says that with something as beloved as Western art and iconography, a traditional artistic approach is tempting; it can be lucra tive in terms of recognition, awards and earn ings. But as someone who likes to, as he puts it, “shake the snow globe” in order to see things differently, there’s no reward in that for Duke.
“The temptation for me is very real, but I’m not happy there,” he says. “I want to push the art and myself outside the confines of convention. I grew up loving the traditional giants of Western art, like Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. I knew their work inside and out, basi cally by heart…But I grew up in the 1970s in the suburbs of Denver with a cattle ranch outside of town. And the West I grew up in was entirely different than the one they portrayed. So I want to portray our West, our time.”
“The separation between rural and urban, ranch and city is more in our heads than anything.”
“I love being horseback as much as I can. Because I grew up doing it, a lot of the ranches will just put me to work. So I’m just part of the crew for the day or the week or the weekend, whatever they’re doing,” he explains. “What I’m really just going for is to be in it–to feel it. I think that really, for me, it’s essential to experience that all the time so when I go back to drawing and painting, I feel it. I’ve been there. Then, when someone who knows that world looks at my work and says, ‘You got that right,’ boy, that really feels good. Because I have done an awful lot of it.”
On any given day, particularly during brand ing season in the spring, you might find Colorado artist Duke Beardsley on some of the most stunning ranches in the West.
Growing up sixth generation Coloradan, Duke has had more than his fair share of expe rience. Today when he goes out to work on ranches, he’s gathering inspiration for his art, but only in between putting in the work.
Sometimes that of friends; sometimes his own, like the one he grew up visiting in east ern Colorado. Now, year after year, week after week, he still regularly makes the drive between his home in Denver to the world of cowboys and cattle. But to Duke, it’s not as distant as people think.
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“American cities and towns aspire to be places where people want to live and visit,” Ann says.
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The SmithKlein Gallery expe rience today is characterized by extensive knowledge—thanks to longtime manager Lize Brittin and the gallery team—as well as the expressive curation of the gallery itself. Curating is a particular passion for Nathan, as he pairs paintings with glass that highlights the colors of the works along with sculptures and other pieces—all from different artists—to create scenes and tell stories so that visitors can be inspired. Meanwhile, Ann works to provide realistic digital expe riences to clients through tai lored digital compositions that help them visualize their artwork in their home.
SmithKlein Gallery has become a destination for local, national and international clients. The relation ships that the team forges with their partner artists are fundamental to this success. One such partnership is with Karen Scharer, a local artist who showcases her oil paintings at the gallery.
“I’ve been working with Nathan and Ann since 2019,” Karen says. “I feel like a valued member of the gallery family.”
Gallery has been a much-loved mainstay on Boulder’s historic Pearl Street Mall since 1984. Nathan’s mother, Deborah Smith-Klein, founded the gallery in an effort to spread her passion for fine art, and she became one of the few female business owners on Pearl Street Mall at the time. Nathan and his wife, Ann, purchased the business ten years ago, and it has evolved to represent modern and contemporary artists from all over the world.
Community identity is a concept that’s close to the hearts of Nathan and Ann Klein, second-generation owners of Boulder’s SmithKlein Gallery. And it’s through their cel ebration and proliferation of art that they hope to help the Boulder community retain an identity of cultural diversity and vibrant artistic energy.
“Having a community identity is becoming even more important in a world where places tend to look the same. Local businesses provide character and original ity, and create cultural diversity in ways that corporate shops simplySmithKleincan’t.”
A commitment to enriching the community—as well as the lives of those within it—through artistic expression has remained foundational through the business’s nearly 40 years of Communicationexistence.and experience are dual principles that are also key to the SmithKlein Gallery mission.
Regarding the gallery’s physical location, Ann notes that it is of paramount importance that clients not only love the artwork that they choose, but also have an enriching experience when they walk through the doors. Ann notes it’s a virtue that has become even more vital since the onset of the pandemic, as there was a period when con necting with art in-person and on a personal level was lost.
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“I have a strong sense of optimism about people and our abil ity to overcome obstacles and build a better world,” Karen says. “I hope my paintings convey that sense of optimism and grati tude for the incredible world that we live in.”
“My motivations are pretty simple,” Karen says. “I paint because I feel compelled to try to add something positive to the world. I want my work to be uplifting and a source of inspiration andWhileencouragement.”Karennotes that most of her work is non-objective, she says that the influence of the natural world—especially Colorado’s inspiring light, vistas and colors—is undeniable.
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“Both of my parents had an appreciation for how art can enliven and enrich life,” Karen says.
This early exposure planted the seeds for Karen’s eventual immer sion in a creative career, and she began pursuing artistic endeavors seriously in 1986. From painting with watercolors, then acrylics, to now primarily focusing on oils, Karen has also transitioned from a style of traditional realism to non-objective abstraction.
As Nathan and Ann look to continue their family legacy of pro viding art to the community of Boulder and around the world, Karen notes the inimitable importance of a gallery such as theirs.
“A brick-and-mortar gallery run by knowledgeable art advo cates who are also involved members of the community can provide much more than just décor,” Karen says. “The decadeslong presence of SmithKlein Gallery in Boulder is a statement about the importance of a local source for art and creativity in a vibrant community. Their presence and welcoming approach offer an opportunity for members of the community to engage in-person with creativity, and the community’s ongoing support of their gallery is a reflection of the value it brings.”
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Karen’s parents met during an oil painting class, and she was surrounded by a love for art throughout her early years.
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FASHION FORWARD | LIFE + CULTURE ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY POPPY & CO BY KELSEY HUFFER As summer comes to a close, we revel in our final days of ripe peaches and thirst-quenching bever ages on sunny patios. This September, soak it all in, take an imaginary trip to a Tuscan countryside or beachside in Mexico, and pour yourself a low ABV beverage or alcohol-free mocktail. Stay mindful without sacrificing any delicious flavor or person ality with these seasonal recipes. MESOMEMOCK DRINKS 30
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Breigh believes that when we walk into spaces filled with beauty, like the Denver Botanic Gardens, whose only purpose is to exist in its natural element, we’re forced to see things differently than we do in our everyday lives. We’re challenged to immerse ourselves in a new environment and to take it all in. She says we have to push away everything else.
Rather than your typical flower arrangement, the company offers redolent bouquets that aim to give us all a colorful reminder to recall our roots.
Breigh Jones-Coplin, owner and founder of Black + Blossomed, is putting forth a new perspective on the beauty of floristry. With a doctorate in psychology, she has been able to juxtapose her two passions in life by creating Black + Blossomed, a Denver-based floral shop. She believes that her purpose is to pro mote and heal mental health awareness and resto ration. In addition to the therapeutic element, Black + Blossomed also offers a space for community. Giving people a different experience, showing they care, allows her team to offer a unique resource that goes beyond simply providing floral arrangements.
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She explains that our relationship and connec tion allow us to naturally feel like home whenever we’re“Weoutdoors.areexperiencing life. Trees are life. Plants are life. Flowers are life,” Breigh says.
“Meaning, we have to rid ourselves of all the stuff we consume mentally on a daily basis—whether that’s social media, scrolling through your phone, watching the news or all of the standards we hold over ourselves and over each other. In these kinds of spaces, you have to be present in an actual world.”
"I hope to ignite the Denver com munity to give themselves permis sion to step outside of what they’ve been historically exposed to and allowed to do,” she says.
Little did she know that this would become an activity for more than just killing time or to use as a cre ative outlet. Her newfound passion and business would become repre sentative of a strong message.
Black + Blossomed is more than just being about flowers; it’s about presenting a model that amplifies the importance of having access to a space or an idea that challenges us to be more uninhibited and free, to break away from the social pressures that are applied on our everyday lives. It’s about giving people a place to feel like they can freely tap into their anima.
The company is expected to become a big part of the Denver com munity in the near future. You’ll soon be able to find floral arrangements in its very own floral shop, opening in October, and it will also partner with RiNo’s community hub, Greenspace. Until then, you can connect with them at Black-And-Blossomed.com or @BlackAndBlossomed on Instagram.
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Breigh also believes flowers are a vessel for “Whenconnection.youworkwith your hands, it takes you outside of your head. We tend to get so in our heads on a frequent basis that we barely notice that when we’re busy using our hands to create, we’re not thinking about our anxiety or all the things that we have to get done or how tired we are—that’s why I love what I do. I get to be able to get out of my head while also helping people get out of theirs," Breigh says. Before starting Black + Blossomed, she would go to farmer’s markets to get flowers for her home and would arrange them herself.
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The Tennyson Street location evolved into a showroom, a portfolio displaying Form Studio’s designing chops. When Amanda and Madison start rede signing a room, they first visit the home in-person to walk through and analyze the space. During the pandemic, the pair opted for online consultations, which weren’t nearly as effective as face-to-face meetings.
To most accurately plan for the client’s lifestyle, needs and budget, Form Studio begins with a two-hour client interview to get into the nitty-gritty details of a home’s color scheme, number of live-in family members and pets, capacity to enter tain and the way the room’s inhabitants move through it on a daily basis.
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“Half of this job is psychology,” Madison says. “Reading people and saying, ‘This is what you want from me, and this is what I can provide for you.’” Their first meeting post-consultation, Amanda and Madison present the client with several 2D and 3D architectural drawings and renderings of the space with different furniture layouts. The next meeting involves choosing materials, like tile or carpet, plumbing fixtures and lighting. Form Studio designs from the ground up, deciding on flooring first and working up to ceiling fans.
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“I didn’t have a big community in the design world,” Madison says. She knew that she wanted to create beautiful, homey residential spaces, ideally with someone she already knew and trusted like Amanda. So the two rented a space at 4234 Tennyson Street in Denver and
Form Studio started as the brainchild of lifelong designers Amanda Larrimer and Madison Graney, two Colorado transplants who moved to Denver from Ohio and West Virginia, respectively.
In a refresher design course they both attended, looking to fine-tune their online skill set and archi tectural drafting for the current digital age, they became fast friends, bonding over the decision of whether or not to choose interior design as a career path. Briefly parting ways thereafter, Amanda continued running her clothing boutique Intrigue in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood while dabbling in staging homes, while Madison freelanced for an interior designer in town.
Form Studio’s Process Creating a Haven opened its doors days before the global pandemic hit the news. Worried about the number of visitors who would come to the retail storefront during the virus outbreak, Amanda and Madison listed home goods for sale on their website. But Form Studio quickly became much more than a space for selling curated furniture and decor.
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“Everyone was stuck at home and wanted new furniture and to redo their bath rooms,” Amanda says of their Colorado cli ents, mainly located in Denver’s Highlands.
“That’s the way we envision every thing,” Madison says of touring a space before starting. “Yes, we can put design boards in an email, but it isn’t the same as touching and feeling materials with clients.”
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The interior design studio enjoys creating and decorating every aspect of a residence and looks forward to helping their commu nity make a house a home in the coming years.
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“Our design is approachable and flexible,” Madison says. “We just want to create a haven for our clients to come home to, while setting realistic expectations in the beginning of the design process.”
When designing bathrooms, perhaps not shockingly, the most important feature is where the bathtub or shower will go and how many people will be using the bath room. Does it need a double vanity or just one sink? Are the clients willing to have some fun with tile placement?
Though Amanda and Madison personally love eccentric and modern design elements in every room of the home, they say their bathrooms, and other spaces, develop based on what a client wants to achieve, many times a homey atmosphere based on their own personality.
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Function becomes increasingly important in a space as small as a bathroom. For exam ple, Amanda and Madison always consider outlet placement so clients can leave a hair dryer or electric toothbrush plugged in, tucked away in the cabinetry.
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As the company has evolved over the decades, this foundation of sustainability has remained steadfast.
“We’re dedicated to the idea that we can bridge the divide between what consumers want and what nature can provide with out harm,” Peter says. “Our timber is a net positive contributor to the environment. We’re capturing and sinking carbon from the atmosphere and storing that carbon first in the trees, then put ting that carbon into a product that, in most cases, will outlive the useful age of the buildings in which it exists.” This principle of sustainability also translates into how the company satisfies the needs and wants of consumers. WD Flooring and its Legacy of Sustainability BY LISA VAN HORNE
“Our floor products are 100% sourced, grown and manufac tured in the United States from sustainable forests,” Peter says. “We’re proud that we have a zero-waste product and 100% utili zation. While we have produced over one billion square feet of hardwood flooring, we have more standing timber today than we did in 1889.”
For Peter Connor, fifth-generation company president of WD Flooring, sustainability is much more than a buzzword. It is a core philosophy and practice that remains a legacy of his 150-year-old“Sustainabilitybusiness.isour ethos,” Peter says. “It has been part of our lexicon since 1872.”
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WD Flooring was established by Peter’s great-great-grandfather in Laona, Wisconsin, where the family owns and operates its vast timberland and sawmill. When WD Connor, Peter’s great-grandfa ther, inherited the business, he set out to establish it as a sterling example of sustainable forestry and manufacturing. He became the namesake of the modern iteration of the company as a tribute to his trailblazing in sustainable forestry in the early 1900s.
Nearly every floor that the WD Flooring team produces through its showroom is a custom creation. One such example is in a recently completed green-build home in Boulder, in which the design and build team was looking to partner with a company that shared its emphasis on sustainability. This project in particular involved creating flooring that could be used over Warmboard radiant flooring panels. In addition to its exquisite floors, the WD Flooring team is also known for the close collaborations that they forge with the designers and architects they work with to bring their beautiful floor ing to life in spaces such as this.
For Peter, evolution and adaptation will continue to feature sustainability as WD Flooring extends its legacy.
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The company recently marked an expan sion into Colorado with the opening of its showroom in the Denver Design District. This was a highly personal move for Peter, as he has a long-standing connection to the mountains and the Colorado lifestyle.
“We’re in control of every aspect of the manufacturing process,” Peter says. “We’re one of the last vertically integrated companies in the industry.”
“We love all things Colorado,” Peter says. “People here just get things done, unless of course, it’s a good powder day in the moun tains. For over 20 years Colorado has been a target market for us. We’ve been a big part of bringing a lot of Colorado’s new and changing design choices to the market.”
This means that the company’s prod ucts—its prefinished hardwood floors in particular—allow for customers to be closely connected to the products’ ori gins. From the forest to the mill to the showroom, this process allows for a lim itless platform for design—respecting the evolving styles that customers are seeking as well as the life of the forest. Today, WD Flooring offers hundreds of hardwood floor products—what Peter notes is probably the most diverse prod uct mix in the industry—to customers for a wide range of projects. From myriad res idential renovations and builds—such as the Greystar project at Union Station—to commercial undertakings, sports floors, flooring for high-profile clients and much more, WD Flooring products are defined by their inimitable quality, craftsmanship, artfulness and longevity.
“We essentially live at the center of a two-circle Venn Diagram,” Peter says. “One circle is what nature provides and the other is creative design. The nexus of these two notions is where we exist. It’s what keeps us relevant and always progressing.”
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Just how expansive is The Wild’s cocktail menu, you ask? Frozen piña coladas bump up against a classic Pimm’s Cup and the super unique The Heat is On, mixed with aloe, raspberry, habanero and mezcal. The Union Station café/bar will feed you, too, with a pretty broad menu of Black Box Bakery pastries, charcuterie plates and snacks. All of which are just as tasty at 10 a.m. as 10 p.m.
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The Wild, from the team behind Hudson Hill and Lady Jane, is so bright and beautiful that it would be a shame to limit it to either just day or night hours. Luckily, it’s open during both, pouring Middle State coffee drinks in the a.m. and an expansive menu of lavish wine and cocktails in the p.m. (Or have an a.m. cocktail; definitely no judgment over here.)
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These Two Coffee Shops-by-Day, Bars-by-Night Are the Hybrid Drinking Destinations You Need It used to be that you had to go to two different places for your morning java fix and happy hour cocktail. But this is 2022, where you can drink your coffee and your cocktails in the same café/ bar. Meet two coffee shops-by-day, bars-by-night that take care of all your drinking needs.
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“You’ll most definitely find something interesting to look at while you sip.”
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Whether it’s day or night, the first thing you’ll notice at Queens Eleven is the ethereal, larger-than-life wall mural behind the bar. It was custom painted by acclaimed Spanish artists PichiAvo, who were flown in to create something spectacular for the space. Spectacular it is, and so are the drinks at this dayto-night café/bar, which serves coffee blends from a local roaster and super sleek cocktails to cap off the night. Inside RiNo’s The Hub development, Queens Eleven opened in late 2019, a warmup for the team’s next bar, Room for Milly, which debuted just as the pandemic struck. The two bars share that same design-driven atmosphere that smacks you in the eyes (in the best possible way), but where Milly veers a little more luxe, Queens Eleven goes cozy. Whether you’re ordering a cap puccino or a sweet and smoky mezcal and beet juice cocktail, you’ll most definitely find something interesting to look at while you sip.
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