Sitting in Julian Schnabel’s old crusty painting chair, I discussed art with Paul Manes in his Carbondale studio. Spacious and productively cluttered, the studio is active with supplies, works in progress and a delicious amount of debris. Turpentine vessels caked in substrate cling like lichen to rock, the groundwork for something new. There is a […]
Ways of Making
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Ways of Making: Where astronauts land
As I sit in Brian Colley’s studio, a small plastic stampede of dinosaur figurines gathers in the corner, suspended above plush eyeball masks and a dim light bulb the size of an adult head. Asked how the dinosaurs play into his art practice, Colley mentions a watercolor series of “Dinosaur Rodeos” he made a few […]
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Ways of Making: What we don’t throw away
Last week, I joined Kathy Honea in her art studio to launch a new series, Ways of Making, which platforms how local artists think within the community. Honea is a distinguished artist with a long history across the Valley’s art institutions, including Carbondale Arts, the Art Base, the Aspen Chapel Gallery, the Aspen Art Museum […]