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Proud to be showing in the Arts District on Santa Fe in Denver, Colorado
Three pieces from the Power Image Series
and three from the Glory Series are currently showing at the Carla Wright Gallery

Carla Wright Gallery is at 870 Santa Fe Drive. I am there on First Friday of every month.
Come by and see meand have some fun in and out of great galleries.
Third Friday is collectors night in the District. Be sure
to introduce yourself to Carla! This gallery was called the best in the district
by Michael Paglia, who writes for Westword and recently published,
with Mary Voelz Chandler, Colorado Abstract, Paintings and Sculpture.


"Where there is Darkness, Light"

Hot off the easel and in a leather frame from Peru at
Creative Framing Art Gallery, 916 Main Street in Louisville, Colorado.
"Red Desert Mustangs"

I finished a 67"x87" version of "Connection to Ancestors" at the end of January.
I was encouraged by Jerry Allen Gilmore, artist and curator, to paint large enough to command a wall.
I am so grateful for his life-changing thoughts. Once I figured out how
to pull it off in my studio, I was off and running.
If you want to see pics of the painting in progress, click here

"Connection to Ancestors II"

Next I will do Glory Series #2.
Also good news for a venue at NCAR Gallery 1 in November, 2009.

New Work from Armantrout Studio

Power Image Series and Glory Series

Click on image for slide show.

Linda Armantrout Artist Statement

In the Power Image Series, I use the the form of the moving horse as a
metaphor for the power of God. My process includes meditation,
sketching, drawing, and color squares. I paint in the studio, mixing color
on the palette and brushing oil paint on large canvases. I manipulate line
to make energy visible. I manipulate color to make emotions visible.

The Glory Series is about the coexistence of the divine and the mundane.
Previously, I painted an immediate and spontaneous series of 5”x7” impressions
(Playing in the Key of Light). I used primed masonite board, and mixed
the colors with palette knife directly on the board. The 12”x12” Glory Series
is an explosion of those images with that technique and an expression
of my inner nature. The forms become abstracted by scale and deletion.
The color is perceptual.

I paint to make a connection to Source, to nature, and to others. Color is
my primary element. I am passionate about oil painting and pursuing
luminosity of color. As Kandinsky said: "A work of art consists of
two elements, the inner and the outer. The inner is the emotion in the
soul of the artist; this emotion has the capacity to evoke a similar emotion
in the observer."

Welcome.

2008 marked a major goal accomplished when I was able to show
the Power Images and Glory series and Playing in the Key of Light together.

Horse Power as Spirit, an event with benefit to Colorado Horse Rescue

Thanks, to all who came and enjoyed this new body of work in its entirety.
Thanks to all who sent their good wishes.

The event was March 15-March 23, 2008. It was a great success. Thanks to Gart Properties,
McGuckins Floral, Peaberry's Coffee, Cynthia Bargman, and Todd and Susannah Van Dyke.

If you were unable to attend and would like to purchase a painting or a custom book
of the work, click on Order Information
If you were unable to attend and would like to make a donation to
Colorado Horse Rescue, please visit
www.chr.org

If you want to see pics of the event click here
For a Blog Discussion about "Horse Power as Spirit" Click here.
Click on the slide show above to see some of the work.

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Illustration			Fine Art
Pet & Animal Portraits			Corporate Art Services

HP Pavilion Notebooks

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