Leapin' Liepke, I love it!

As some of you know, my favorite restaurant in Telluride is Cosmo...I have fixated on a Liepke painting in their dining room for several years...well, lucky me! Telluride Gallery of Fine Art had a fantastic exhibit tonight of his latest oils. While some of his colors are somber, which frankly, I am always drawn to...his vivid colors really captured my eye. Juicy limes, peacock blues, fushia and red oozed seduction. His subject matter illuminates the beauty of poetic limbs, and dewy skinned youth. Although sometimes older women strike tragic poses...each painting seems to throb with emotion. It was hard to walk away.

The paintings take your breath away but after you manage to break your gaze you notice the fine modern framing. A bold and thick silver leaf that made me wish I had inquired about where to find it!

Going solo, wah! I mean yahoo?

Today was the big day!
I sent my little girl to school full-time, 5 days a week for the first time ever. She was thrilled. I am in mourning a little bit. Excited but chasing my tail...
Instead of getting right down to business I went strolling down main street with my mom, who was here for moral support. She knew I'd need a hand to hold on this emotional day of apron string cutting.
We stopped by one of my all-time favorite galleries. Telluride Gallery of Fine Art. Nothing like inspiration art work to take my mind off things...
This first artist, photographer Jerry Uelsmann also had a great article published in Shutterbug. His web page is fantastic.

The last 3 images are form the very talented Kristin Lora. She is a gifted creature indeed. Her imagination is surely working overtime. There is a little Mad Men quality too, no? Mad Men spun on it's head with a tongue-in-cheek artist's metal-smithing capabilities.

What baby wouln't love this? I'm a big baby, so yes please!