January 2017 Newsletter

Tiffany Miller Russell - Cut Paper Sculpture

January 2017 -

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New Year's Roundup

See what I did there? The theme of this first newsletter of 2017 is the West, and I've got some great exhibitions of Western Art coming up, including the Coors Western Club Art Show this week at the National Western Stock Show, continuing through January.
The Coors show is one of the top premier exhibitions in the genre. I've been in studio all summer creating new pieces for it. I've also been following the show ever since my ushering job at the Denver Coliseum/NWSS Complex in my young-artist-fresh-from-college days. That's six months and fifteen years of a show close to my heart!
My work will be in the Club part of the show, so if you visit during regular Stock Show hours, ask to see it by name, as it will be in a different location. If you plan on attending the opening events, contact me about tickets for the Red Carpet Reception; I can share them with you at a discount.

2017 will be a great year!
Another new show for me will be the Western Spirit Art Show at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum. Both Focus on Nature at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, and the national tour of the Society of Animal Artists continue on through the new year.
And workshops! I know you've been asking for them. I've been working with the Denver Botanic Gardens and the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators to provide you with several opportunities to join me to learn how to create magic in paper.

No New Year's newsletter would be complete without a 2016 recap... for me, last year was a big year for travel. Traveling is one of my passions but only too rarely becomes a reality, so 2016 was truly a special year. A trip to New Mexico for family, two weeks in the country of Trinidad and Tobago, a workshop in Texas hill country, and back to Texas a second time to the Gulf coast area.
Except for the international flight, all my travels last year were road trips. I love flying and soaring over the clouds, but there is something awe-inspiring by the slow transportation of a road trip. You experience the change in the lay of the land, the climates, cultures, vegetation and geology as the miles roll by.
America is a big, big, place. So is Texas, and surprising for a first time visitor. Hill country reminded me more of the Caribbean rainforest than it did of dry Colorado or any stereotyped Texas image I had in my head. I realized quite suddenly that I was south of the Mexican Border in latitude, and very near the tropics.
Steve and I took the camper trailer through whole different regions on our road trip to Houston for the opening weekend of Art and the Animal at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Caprock Canyons State Park was an unplanned and serendipitous stop that is home of the official Texas state bison herd. (At the time I had just started the sketching and drawing stage of We Can Move Mountains.) Then off to Galveston State Park for beach camping. Great times with good artist friends, family visits and boat rides, and a return trip through Oklahoma and Kansas that took us through two additional natural history museums! Oh, and Kansas is NOT flat.

Cheers and here's to new journeys, close to home and otherwise!

	New Works
	Available at the Coors Western Club Exhibition




	We Can Move Mountains 34" x 17" $5800
This piece I created specifically for the Coors Western Art Exhibit and the Young Guns Society, a group of new art collectors under the age of 40. These wolves embody the spirit of the young artists and collectors who are just starting to approach the art world -- an established, imposing system.


	Two young wolves approach what seems like an impossible task... This is not their first hunt, but perhaps it is their first time handling such an important role on their own. Tensions run high, but they must find their confidence to realize their own power...

...and the mountains slowly begin to move.


	Wolf Repose 22" x 20" $4850
	My room was decked out in wolves all through middle school and high school. I loved returning to them with this piece.


Couple's Dance 15 1/2" x 14" $1850
A dance is a partnership. Each partner brings their own moves, and plays off the other's beat. Up, down, hop! Lock eyes and dance in the moment.



Run I 18" x 6" Frame size 23 1/2" x 12" $1850	An ermine, and a hare, and a cold winter night.	Run II 18" x 6" Frame size 23 1/2" x 12" $1850

Upcoming Events

Young Guns of the Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale

January 2nd, 4 pm - 9:30 pm
Blue Jeans Preview and Young Guns Reception
January 3rd, 11am - 1 pm
Lunch & Lecture
History Colorado Center
January 3rd, 5:30 pm- 10 pm
Coors Western Art Red Carpet Reception
January 4th, 10 am - 5 pm
Petrie Institute of Western American Art Symposium
Denver Art Museum
January 7th - 22nd 2017
Exhibits Open to Public
National Western Stock Show
National Western Complex
Denver, CO
More information

2017 National Western Club Exhibit & Sale

Young Guns of the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale

Society of Animal Artists
Art and the Animal
56th Annual Exhibition
National Tour


	National Tour January 21st - March 12th Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Oradell, NJ March 25th - May 12th Sternberg Museum of Natural History Fort Hays State University Hays, KS June 3rd - September 3rd Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Winchester, VA

	Focus on Nature XIV
	December 3rd 2016 - April 9th, 2017 Roger Tory Peterson Institute Jamestown, NY More information

Tiffany Miller Russell - Anuran Cathedrals - Cut Paper Sculpture

March 4th
- April 16th
Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum
Cheyenne, WY
More 2017 information coming soon

March 4th, 8:30 am - 3 pm
Western Art Seminar
March 4th, 5 - 6 pm
Museum Members Only Preview
March 4th, 6 - 9 pm
Opening Reception
Tickets Available
March 5th, 10 am - 12 pm
Art Uncork'd

Western Spirit Art Show

		Western Interior Paleontological Society Founder's Symposium
		March 4th - 5th Green Center Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO More information

Workshops

Denver Botanic Gardens Nature in Paper - Cut Paper Sculpture Gardens

		Paper is more than a substrate; it can be a beautiful, eye-catching media of its own. Discover possibilities in this versatile media that can create looks from bold graphic styles to lifelike effects that are mistaken for the real thing. Combine collage, cutting and sculpting techniques to take your art into the third dimension while exploring a new palette of textures and colors found in handmade papers from around the world. Create your own cut paper sculpture as we cover tips for layering, scoring, shaping forms, choosing papers and building supporting structures. We’ll finish with a discussion of care and presentation of the finished sculpture.

	Tuesdays, February 21st - March 21st 9 am - 12 pm $245 Member $295 Non-Member Denver Botanic Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration Denver, CO More information

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

2017 Conference

A week packed full of speakers, panels, technique demos, hands-on workshops, and field trips to help you build, grow, and hone your skills in scientific visual communication.

GNSI conference brings together illustrators, artists, educators, and scientists from all over the country in a celebration of natural science illustration and visualization.

June 25th - July 1st
Warren Wilson College
Asheville, NC
More information coming soon

Parting Lines



Sketching bison at Caprock Canyons State Park in Texas during our road trip to Houston for the Society of Animal Artists opening weekend. This big bull looked so content as he chowed down the buffalo grass, scratched 'that spot' on nearby bushes, and lazed in the sun, flicking flies. He payed us no mind at all, and we stayed in the car sketching him for quite a while.

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