DENNIS LEE MITCHELL

DENNIS LEE MITCHELL

DENNIS LEE MITCHELL

 VDennis Lee Mitchell captures elusive and ephemeral smoke on paper in his unconventional drawings. He applies acetylene torches directly to the surface of archival paper, creating rich brown-blacks and faint gradations left by moving smoke. The finished works require multiple preparatory drawings, as Mitchell attempts to chart the course of airborne solid and liquid particles. The resulting imagery evokes natural forms such as landscapes and plants, yet remains captivatingly abstract.

Mitchell holds an MFA in Ceramics from Arizona State University, and both an MA and a BA in Ceramics from Fort Hays Kansas State University. Mitchell is an emeritus Professor of Art at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. His work is held in public and private collections internationally, including the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City; the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; the Illinois State Art Museum, Chicago; the Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin. Mitchell exhibits his work in art fairs and galleries nationally such as the C. Grimaldis Gallery in Baltimore, MD, Zolla Leiberman Gallery in Chicago, IL and the William Havu Gallery in Denver, CO.

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1040 Cherokee Street
Denver, CO 80204

Telephone: 303.893.2360
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Saturday  11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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LOLA MONTEJO

LOLA MONTEJO

LOLA MONTEJO

Through varied techniques and processes, Lola Montejo creates paintings which are emergent and sharp, offering complex layers and assemblages of the emotional, intellectual, and active. Believing that her paintings are a manifestation of emotion, time or memory, her work serves as both representational and abstract, reflecting her inner world and the environments around her. Montejo rearranges viewing and thinking about certain schools of art, and in the process, produces something more akin to what might be called expressed abstractionism.

Montejo (b.1973) emigrated from Spain to the United States where she received: a BFA from the Metropolitan University of Denver; graduate studies at the University of Colorado (Denver) in Pedagogy; and an MFA in Studio Arts from Azusa Pacific University in California. She currently lives and works in Denver, Colorado, and is a Professor at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, where she teaches painting and drawing.

Montejo’s work has been exhibited in Colorado, California, Texas, Mexico City, and Berlin; and can be found in private and museum collections throughout the United States, Spain, and Mexico. She is represented by William Havu Gallery in Denver, Colorado; Oehme Graphics in Steamboat Springs, Colorado; and Moberg Gallery in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Denver, CO 80204

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Email: info@williamhavugallery.com
Fax: 303.893.2813

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Saturday  11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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STEVE MURPHY

STEVE MURPHY

STEVE MURPHY

“I am dealing with the classic elements of sculpture; form, volume, surface and edge. This current, nine-year body of work is the result of a continued reductive investigation of those sculptural elements. Minimalism is not strived for in these pieces but is referenced as a result of reducing these elements to simple yet engaging geometric formats.

Many of my pieces have curved bottoms and incorporate the element of motion. I also find it interesting to position pieces that do not move to a few degrees off of plumb and center to imply arrested movement.

I work within a limited range of shapes, edge treatments and angles of repose. Juxtaposing these elements into multiple formats is the primary focus of my continued development of this body of work. Each piece starts out with the development of a two dimensional profile. When the profile and the stance is deemed right, it needs the 3rd dimension, depth. This is achieved by thinking of the profile as a seashell. How and where the two opposite hand forms are separated and or remain attached defines the volume and offers up how the edges will be treated with the maximum width typically being at the bottom of the piece. I do resort to the weighting of some forms to get the stance to my liking. It has to be believable, even if unattainable without the ballast, to maintain the desired orientation.

My intent is to be nonspecific in alluding to recognizable objects, in other words, non-objective. The titles given to each piece, must work on multiple levels of interpretation so as not to be construed as dogmatic or overly descriptive but more poetic in nature.

I want the viewer to bring their personal references to the work and find their unique connection to the pieces. I want the pieces to allow the viewer to slowdown, have a quiet, meditative like experience when contemplating these works, and hopefully walk away with a fresh way of seeing and experiencing the world around them.”

Steve Murphy

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Email: info@williamhavugallery.com
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Saturday  11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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TONY ORTEGA

TONY ORTEGA

TONY ORTEGA

Tony Ortega was born in 1958 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He lives in Denver, Colorado where he is chair and associate professor of drawing and printmaking at Regis University. He holds MFA (1995) and BA (1980) degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and regularly shows his work at galleries and museums in the United States, Latin America, and other parts of the world. A selection of exhibitions includes Ecology, Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala City, Guatemala (2009); Focus: The Figure, Denver Art Museum (2008 – 2010); and Axis: Reflexiones Chicanas, Museo de Arte de Medellin, Medellin, Columbia, 2006.

Ortega’s work is part of numerous private and public collections, among them the Denver Art Museum, Los Angeles County Art Museum, Museo del Barrio in New York City, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was the recipient of the prestigious Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts (1999), the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts (1998), and the AFKEY Award for Excellence in Art, Alliance for Contemporary Art of the Denver Art Museum (1991).

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Email: info@williamhavugallery.com
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TALIA SWARTZ PARSELL

TALIA SWARTZ PARSELL

TALIA SWARTZ PARSELL

Born in Maumee, Ohio, Talia studied art and education at the University of Toledo’s Center for Visual Arts at the Toledo Art Museum campus. She holds a master’s degree in art and painting from Adams State University. After three years teaching full-time, she moved to Colorado to expand her landscape and spend more time in the studio.

“I currently reside and paint in northwest Denver and love to escape to the mountains and beautiful metro parks when I can. For the past few years, my work has focused on exploring the visual concepts of memory and place. A whole life of layered moments and memories captured in specific places in time have created this unique story that we each have to tell.

Because my visual imagery is often non-specific in detail but ubiquitous in content, I believe that my illustrated memories invoke a familiar sense of place that resonates with my viewers. This emotional connection and personal attachment are what connects us to visual art… both the maker and the viewer. Every one of my paintings is a story about a connection I have to something in my life. It’s so deeply personal and a physical expression of exactly who I am at that moment in time.   

My love of landscape and the environment is also very prevalent in my work. I explore the concept of preservation of natural spaces in my work. I hope to bring attention and awareness to the degradation of our precious and fragile environment through my artwork.”

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Email: info@williamhavugallery.com
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JEANETTE PASIN SLOAN

JEANETTE PASIN SLOAN

JEANETTE PASIN SLOAN

Jeanette Pasin Sloan’s paintings, drawings, and prints display technical feats of virtuosity. The artist uses a photo-realistic style to depict reflective objects set against patterned backgrounds. However, she subverts both genre and style, infusing the traditional genre of still life painting with highly abstract tendencies. Closely-cropped, and set in carefully manipulated compositions, the subject matter of Pasin Sloan’s work takes second stage to its formal intensity.

Jeanette Pasin Sloan was born in Chicago in 1946. She graduated from Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York, and received an MFA in graphic arts from the University of Chicago. She has produced numerous editions with Landfall Press since 1978, including Expresso Cups and Club State II. Recently, Pasin Sloan completed a lithograph entitled “Alignment” for Landfall Press’s 30th Anniversary Portfolio. Jeanette Pasin Sloan’s work can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, Kansas City Art Institute, School of Design, Kansas City, Missouri, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., New York Public Library, David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago , Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, to name a few.

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Email: info@williamhavugallery.com
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