Current exhibit

“FACE of Fiber and Creative Sisters: Harmony in Texture and Colors,” featuring FACE Show and Cari Cook, fiber artist with guest artist Margo McGrew, fine artist

She is currently represented by pARTiculars Gallery and Teaching Studio in Lafayette, CO. Margo has also exhibited at the R Gallery + Wine Bar in Boulder, CO before it closed; the Louisville Art Association (LAA) member shows, Louisville, CO; the LAA Theme Show at the East Simpson Coffee Company, Lafayette, CO; and the Jansen Art Center and Museum, Lynden, WA. She had solo shows at Breadworks, Boulder, CO and at Cannon Mine Coffee which was Lafayette’s oldest coffee shop and music venue now closed. Over the years she has been juried into the National Art Shows held at the Louisville Art Center, Louisville, CO. She has won awards in all venues and sells paintings regularly. She currently works at her home in Lafayette, Colorado.

This exhibition that Colorado artist Margo McGrew is known for includes some of her calming landscape paintings and her new “Equine” series. The horses range from realism to taking up a notch steeping them in bright colors and texture. Deconstructing the image of the horse inviting the viewer imagination.

Her style leans toward impressionism with a modern contemporary expressionistic flair. Her work is primarily in water mixable oil paints and charcoal. Being a health conscientious artist, Margo strives to stay away from solvents, cadmium and cobalt colors which are bad for the environment.

You can find her on Instagram @mmcgrewfineart; Pinterest @mmcgrewfineart; or email margomcgrewfineart@gmail.com.

Upcoming art class

Origami Folds based on Star-ing by Shie Naritomi with Deb Coombs; 1-3:30 p.m. June 22

You do not need to be able to draw — if you can write your name, you can Zentangle®! Come experience the joy of Zentangling and its unique meditative and mindful practice. Deb Coombs is a Certified Zentangle® Teacher (CZT), long-time member of the Art Center and long-time resident of Estes Park.

Materials Provided by Teacher as part of Class Fee:

Deb will provide a Zendala, a marcus operandus, and class syllabus.

Students Will Provide: Micron Pen 01, graphite pencil, white charcoal pencil, tortillons — number appropriate to colors you may be blending. fine point colored marker of your choice and similar color to shade with using watercolor brush, watercolor pencils, pastel pencils, and a ruler — at least 6”.

Colors and medium used in the three tiles pictured:

Turquoise tile: tq fine tip watercolor marker, tq brush watercolor marker for shading (color applied with separate brush), graphite for shading, white charcoal pencil for highlights.

Brown tile: Brown Sakura marker, graphite for shading, white charcoal pencil for highlights.

Multi colored tile (Pink, yellow, peach): fine and brush tip watercolor markers in pink, yellow, and peach, (brush tip color for shading applied with separate brush), graphite for shading, white charcoal pencil for highlights.

Please read handout on color mediums.

If you have taken any of my beginning classes then you may already have most of these supplies. If not, you may want to purchase a basic supply bag available for $8.00 to be paid directly to the instructor on the day of class, that will contain: a Micron Pen 01, a graphite pencil, white charcoal pencil, 2 tortillons, 2 white Zentangle® tiles, and a bookmark with the eight Zentangle® steps listed.

Handout: Provided.

Art Center members: $36; non-members: $40

To register online go to artcenterofestes.com under classes or call 970-586-5882.

Satellite exhibits

Art Center Artists are on display in five satellite locations: US Bank, The Bank of Estes Park, VERT Co-Working & Fitness, Snowy Peaks Winery and Estes Park Health.

Social media

Find the Art Center on Instagram @artcenterofep and Facebook at Art-Center-of-Estes-Park.

The Art Center is open daily from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.