ASPEN CHAPEL GALLERY PRESENTS
In Partnership with the Independence Pass Foundation in Memory of Heidi Hoffmann
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Please scroll down to see our Video Gallery Tour, artwork that is for sale, Artist Bios and information about our partner and Gallery Sponsors.
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“Art for the Pass”
Artist Artwork for Sale
10% of sales benefits The Independence Pass Foundation
Karin Teague, Aspens in Snow, framed photograph, 24" x 12", $250
Amy Beidleman, Springtime at Weller Lake, Watercolor, 16.5” x 13.5”, $245.00
Bob Camp, Spring into Summer - Epic Snow Year, Photography, 25” x 16”, $160.00
Jill Sabella, Mt. Haydn, Oil on Board, 18” x 12”, $475
Elizabeth LaFemina, Orchid. Watercolor. 16" x 19" framed. $2,800.00
Suzanne Jackson, Roaring Fork's Turn, Watercolor, 13"x10” Framed, $175
Nike Meyers, Lost in Space, Watercolor, gouache, and ink on Arches watercolor paper, 16” X 20” $400
Curt Carpenter, Mountain Boy, woodcut, 24 x 30", $450
Stephanie Nixon, "Layers of Snow on the Ascent”, Oil on Wood,
24" x 18”, $600
Mark Fuller, The Fork in Autumn, Digital Photograph, Frame 16 x 24, $175
Peggy Mink, Red Vase, Watercolor, $175
Laurie McBride, Cheetah Pup, Watercolor, 21” x 31”, $900.00
Participating Artists
Nika Meyers
Nika Meyers grew up in the hills of Bridgewater, VT nestled among fresh produce and hardwoods and is now creating a home in the Roaring Fork Valley. Fascinated by spending time outside and combining passions, she completed a degree in Studio Art and Environmental Studies from Mount Holyoke College.
Inspired by curiosity, she has celebrated place as a backcountry caretaker, taught the wonders of the North Cascades, worked on trail crews, followed migratory birds to Costa Rica, and has hiked over 10,000+ miles across the United States connecting communities, landscapes and ecosystems. Now the process of making art transports her to places and moments that are full of magic, change, wild silliness, and demanding challenge.
In addition to going on long walks and creating paintings, she coaches Nordic skiing, teaches about the natural world, gardens, and tells/listen to stories. The wild and rugged landscapes have become more a home than any space with four walls and moving at a 3 mile an hour pace is where she finds the most peace.
nika.meyers@gmail.com l 802-299-6321
Jill Sabella
Jill Sabella lives and works her studio in Old Snowmass and works primarilyin mediums of drawing and painting. She also teaches paintingat the Art Base. She has exhibited locally as a painter, drawer and sculptor.
Before moving back to the Valley in 2000, she worked as a photographer in Seattle doing commercial, fine arts and portraiture. She showed her work in several galleries in the Seattle area, taught photography, and is in several permanent collections in the NW area.
jillrsabella@gmail.com l 970-274-1235
Laurie McBride
I studied art at Stanford University and many years with Anstis Lundy, where my great love of watercolor began. I lived and studied in Paris for my junior year where my godmother Marion Pike also lived. She was a fabulous artist
and was always
a great influence and teacher. Through the years I have participated in numerous art classes at Anderson Ranch in Snowmass Village, Colorado.
I live on a beautiful cattle ranch in Old Snowmass, Colorado where I have a studio adjacent to my garden which is an inspiration for many of my paintings. We spend a good deal of time in Kenya with friends which inspires all the animals I paint.
My paintings are shown yearly at Cafe Bernard and at other venues. My paintings are in private collections in various states in the US.
madremcb@earthlink.net l 970-927-1157
Stephanie Nixon
Stephanie Nixon’s art work teeters between abstraction and reality, focusing on man madestructures in contrast with the natural environment. Originally from Detroit and relocating to Aspen 12 years ago, her art blends industrial blue collar grit with atmospheric mountain landscapes. Stephanie attended Grand Valley State University, and 2002 graduated with a BFA in Painting. She continued her education at the Rhode Island School of Design, earning her Masters Degree in Art Education. Stephanie has taught the last twelve years in the Visual Arts at Aspen High School, creating curriculum for students that focuses on visual art techniques in mixed media and conceptual meaning.
snixon2@aspenk12.net l 616-446-3941
Peggy Mink
Peggy pulls much of her inspiration from her surroundings. For forty three years she has resided in Aspen with her husband Barry. They raised their three children in Aspen and continue to reside in the area. From the mountains, to the hay fields, to her own garden, she has used much of it to motivate her art. She notices colors that form her environment and strives to recreate them through her painting. She also pulls from her own imagination, developing paintings from the joyful place that gives her peace.
Peggy has won numerous awards in shows around Colorado, and has sold her work at various shops in the Aspen area.
barrymink@comcast.net l 970-923-5988
Karin Teague
Karin Teague is the Executive Director of the Independence Pass Foundation, a published nature writer and photographer, and a passionate advocate for the mountains of Colorado and the living things that call them home
director@independencepass.org
970-274-9690
Mark Fuller
Mark Fuller has been a full-time resident of the Roaring Fork Valley since 1971. Formerly the Director of the Independence Pass Foundation, he has a long history of involvement with local environmental issues and organizations. He is the photographer for the recently-published local bestseller “Birds of Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley”. He has led birding classes for Colorado Mountain College and for the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies and he is
a widely-published and prize-winning photographer specializing in wildlife and landscapes.
fulcon@comcast.net l 970-963-2523
Suzanne Jackson
At heart, Suzanne Jackson is a backcountry wanderer who loves to hike, sketch and paint. She shares her passion for the natural environment through illustrating magical moments outdoors. Suzanne often sketches in pencil and watercolors on site. This exhibition features studio work that she prepared through the winter while dreaming about spring.
“Creating my art promotes an Earthwise awareness and intensifies my connection with nature. I hope it brings inspiration to you.” Suzanne is a resident of Basalt, Colorado. Professionally, she’s practiced as a landscape architect and planner in the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond for 30 years. Her goal is to live and work with an earthwise sensibility; and through her art, to awake human senses to the wonders of our intricate natural environment.
Suzanne’s work has been shown at community exhibits including the Aspen Chapel, Basalt Art Base and the Carbondale Launchpad, and is available in several local shops. She has produced notecard sets, prepared and donated artwork to local non‐profits, and she works on commission.
sjackson40b@gmail.com l 970-222-2781
Curt Carpenter
Curt Carpenter has a BS in studio art (1973) and an MA in graphic design and printmaking (1978) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has been a graphic designer in Aspen since 1979.
Curt had a one-person show of 17 Roaring Fork River-inspired woodcuts at The ArtBase in 2018. He shows at the Red Brick Arts Center and Aspen Chapel Gallery, and his prints are represented by Anderson Ranch.
Curt was recently given one of three Juror’s Choice Awards in the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities' “528 Regional Juried Printmaking Exhibit 2020” for his print The Roaring Fork at Mile 49.
carpenter.curt@gmail.com l 970-925-3448
Bob Camp
Bob Camp moved to Aspen from Yellowstone in 1973. He has been an active photographer for decades and had a black and white darkroom long ago. Beginning in 2013, he became more focused, combining photography with an interest in birding along with other wildlife, wild places and landscapes. That timing also involved a full embrace of digital photography including post processing in Lightroom.
Bob’s photographs have been included in VIREO (Visual Resources for Ornithology), the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory newsletter and the Aspen Times Weekly. He has shown at the Red Brick Center for the Arts, the Snowmass Chapel and appreciates the opportunity to share landscapes of Independence Pass at the Aspen Chapel. He long served on the board of Independence Pass Foundation and continues to support IPF. All of his proceeds from the Art for the Pass show will be donated to IPF.
campcurlee@comcast.net | 970.925.5049
www.flickr.com/photos/bob_camp
Amy Beidleman
The love of the outdoors is evident in Amy’s paintings. She is intrigued by the transformation of a blank piece of paper into a place she hopes the observer would like to go for a moment.
Painting watercolor for more than just a hobby was always a dream of Amy’s until in 2010 when a friend offered to sell the cards in her Aspen store. Now Amy has her cards in over 40 shops. She also teaches art workshops, sells her paintings in art shows and online, and does commission work for businesses and individuals as well as volunteers as the Water Media Curator for the Aspen Chapel Gallery. For over 20 years, Amy was CFO of a couple local banks which gave her a strong financial background to start her own business. She is mostly self-taught, continuously studying and taking classes. Amy has been in Aspen since 1978. She and Neal have two children, Finn and Reed. Amy supports a number of non-profit organizations through the creation of artwork and donations of cards.
amygb@rof.net l 970-948-9937
Elizabeth LaFemina
Art and illustration continue to prove to be Elizabeth’s favorite passions. In 1997 she earned a B.A. in Art from Bates College, focusing primarily in photography, sculpture and art history. After many years of inconsistent creative stints, she has dedicated her time to more deeply pursuing a career in the visual arts. In 2015 she attended the Denver Botanic Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration. From here she has been vested in further refining hers skills to more accurately render the natural world with a greater sense of beauty and delicacy. When not illustrating she spends the majority of her time and focus in the healing arts as an Advanced Structural Integration Practitioner. She has a private practice in both Aspen and Boulder.
lizlafemina@gmail.com l 303-442-4066
