Pastels make for appealing exhibit

Orchard Road closure a ects gallery access

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A catalog note in the current catalog of the 19th Mile High International Pastel Exhibition says that there were 328 entries received for this semi-annual exhibit and 84 were selected by juror Aaron Schuerr for this show, which runs until July 1 at Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village. (Note: Orchard is blocked west of the Curtis Center and we had to drive over to University and approach it from that direction. e center is at the northwest corner of Orchard and University.)

e paintings in this appealing exhibit lean strongly toward landscapes, but there also is still life — look for Mary Cassidy’s “Color of Nature,” freshly dug carrots and radishes — and the winning piece: “Peek-a-Boo” by Je Slemons of Greeley, featuring a very inviting chocolate glazed doughnut, with the rst bite already gone from it!

e Award of Excellence from Terry Ludwig Pastels went to Stacy Roberts’ “Just Before the Morning,” with a gray wolf looking back at the foothills landscape it had been visiting ... the viewer thinks there’s some sort of story there ... perhaps some-

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First place was awarded to Yidan Guo’s “Immigrant Women Series — Self Portrait,” with dramatic lighting on the face, colorful clothing and a hazy background. Guo also has an appealing portrait of “Dee” in the same Immigrant Women Series.

A dinner party is planned, it seems, in Leslie Trujillo-Batts’

“Black Tie A air,” with a stemmed silver bowl and tray o ering beautifully colored fruits: grapes, pear, berries, plums ... and a silver, bonehandled fruit knife, like my grandmother would serve after dinner with pears.

Big skies appear in all sorts of weather: behind a snowy peak, in a summer blue sky with a river owing toward it, just at sundown in “Golden Hour” by Betty E erson. Bouquets vary from E erson’s “Ending the Journey,” tired sun owers, to Tatsiana Harbacheuskaya’s perky “Sun owers on a Turquoise Tablecloth.” Julia Lesnichy’s pink “Morning Roses” are probably really fragrant if one were to stand next to them in person ... while Sarah St. George presents tired roses: “Better Days.”

Sarah Blumenschein drew a stack of teacups and saucers that look like a visit to grandmother’s house, with cups from di erent sets, while Becky Johnson takes us to big sky country with her “Wyoming Road.”

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