Lone Tree Flower Shops

Lone Tree CO News

Jan 8, 2016

'Forever Florals' blooms at Stanton Gallery

Lynne Furrer will brighten the gallery. Takeda, who lives in Highlands Ranch, was the recent winner of the Best in Show award at the annual Lone Tree Art Expo and Second Place in oil at Littleton's 50 Own an Original. She also has had work juried into Parker's Within My 20 Mile Radius and the All Colorado Art Shows at Curtis Arts and Humanities Center in Greenwood Village, as well as a number of other shows in the past four years. Describing herself as “a contemporary realist,” she said her professional art journey began in 2007 at a local community college and oil became her chosen vehicle. She thanks teachers Diane Rappisi, Marsha Wooley, Kevin Wechback, Mark Daily and Kim English, with whom she has studied painting. She writes that her mission is: “To create from within that which brings me joy.” Kate Kennedy, of Denver and a Colorado native, said she is “inspired each day by the beauty of this state. I love the changes of colors that each season brings…” She loves the unique shapes and variety of beautiful colors she finds in flowers — and the flexibility of oil paints, which can be blended to a soft quiet texture or a more varied texture by using a pallet knife… Every blank canvas is another opportunity to connect to myself and those who will soon be viewing it…” Robin Cutright includes a quote from Cezanne in her statement: “A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” A Colorado native, Cutright has loved all the arts, including dance, theater and music. She stayed home to raise three children and now has more time to paint, especially being “consumed by color.” She has exhibited in the Douglas County Library Art Invitational and in “An Artists Collective,” which... (Littleton Independent)