Happy Holidays From Saks Galleries Cherry Creek Denver

Happy Holidays

from

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

Oldest Fine Art Gallery in Colorado

Did you know we offer 

Professional Appraisals for Your Fine Art, 

Historical Acquisitions of European and American Western Art, 

Contemporary Fine Art Exhibitions, 

Receptions, Special Events, Demonstrations, Salons, 

Native American Antiquities, Jewelry, Pottery, Textiles, 

and 

Consulting Services for Your Home or Business. 

Located in Denver, Colorado

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Current Events at Saks Galleries

American Art Invitational Exhibition

now - December 31, 2012

Harmon "Imbued" 16 x 24 Oil

100 Fine Art Painters and Sculptors

from Across the Nation

present Miniatures

and enjoy the historical works of

Charles Partridge Adams

Charles Partridge Adams "Mt. Gilpin" 9 x 12 Oil

Rare Selling Event

now - December 31, 2012

in conjunction with the 

Denver Art Museum Exhibition

and

The Winter Exhibition

January 18, 2013

Aldrich "Intimidation" 36 x 24 Oil

All Gallery Artists Participation

New Works

visit our website often

The Winter Exhibition 

page and images coming soon

Wishing You a Safe and Happy Holiday!

from all of us at 

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

3019 E. Second Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80206

303.333.4144  www.saksgalleries.com

Every Tuesday,  Saks Galleries offers free verbal valuations of your treasures.  Expert Professional Service. Fine art paintings both European and American Western, Native American Jewelry, Pottery and Textiles, Furniture, Silver,  Collectibles and more - Just ask us! Call 303.333.4144

Landscape Painter Sallie K. Smith Reception and Demonstration at Saks Galleries Cherry Creek Saturday December 8th 1:pm - 4:pm

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

Oldest Gallery in Colorado

presents

The American Art Invitational Exhibition

100 National Artists 

including

Painter of the Rockies Artist

Sallie K. Smith

Saturday, December 8, 2012

1:pm - 4:pm

Reception and Demonstration

Join Us

Sallie K. Smith "Colorado Morning" 30 x 40 oil

Sallie K. Smith "Moraine Park Autumn" 36 x 48 oil

Though Sallie K. Smith paints other subjects, she prefers landscapes, and enjoys letting the work speak for her. The gentle yet vibrant images she depicts are inspired by her favorite vistas and her focus is exclusively Colorado. "Nature, to me, is so perfect in every detail; it gives me peace and, at the same time, is exhilarating. I am trying to capture that ethereal sensibility in my work, knowing that these moments of solitude are often fleeting. It is my hope that people can glimpse into my scenic travels and likewise be carried away with the work."

>>  For More on Sallie K. Smith Use this Quick Link <<The American Art Invitational exhibition at Saks Galleries offers several miniatures of Sallie K. Smith.  Please join us for an afternoon with the artist.  Sallie is represented by Saks Galleries Denver, Colorado.

Smith "Dancers" 11 x 14 Oil

Smith "Morning Reflected" 16 x12

Smith "Bear Lake Study" 6 x 8 Oil

Smith "Little Horses" 4 x 6

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

3019 East 2nd Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80206

303.333.4144 and saksgalleries.com

More Charles Partridge Adams and the Reception

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

presents

Charles Partridge Adams

1858 - 1942

Exhibition and Sale

Now through December 31, 2012

Noted author and CP Adams historian Steve Andreas 

spoke to a full house at Saks Galleries Cherry Creek this past Saturday.  The rare selling event and exhibition presented by Saks Galleries coincides with the upcoming Denver Art Museum exhibition "Rocky Mountain Majesty" opening next month.

Noted author Steve Andreas speaking at Saks Galleries

Patrons at the C P Adams Exhibition 

Andreas explaining the execution of Adams Works

Twenty rare and beautifully painted landscapes of the Rockies and California painted by C P Adams are presented in this exhibition. A few paintings remain available for acquisition. 

Charles Partridge Adams moved to Denver from Massachusetts in 1876 at the age of 18. A year later he began working at the Chain and Hardy bookstore, where he received encouragement for his artistic interests from Helen Henderson Chain, who had been a pupil of the noted artist, George Inness. A three-month camping trip in the Rockies with another young artist in 1881 resulted in numerous sketches and paintings. In 1885 he traveled to the east coast, and visited the studios of George Inness and Worthington Whittredge, and the following year he visited the California studios of William Keith and Thomas Hill. Though not isolated from other artists, Adams was largely self-taught, experimenting with different styles and techniques, continuing to use those that best served his vision and his subject matter.

Visit Saks Galleries in Cherry Creek and enjoy the works of Charles Partridge Adams. 

C P Adams "Mt. Gilpin" 9 x 12 oil on canvas

While in the gallery, explore the annual

 American Art Invitational

 exhibition now through December 31, 2012.  The juried exhibition has 165 contemporary miniature paintings and sculptures available for Holiday gifting.

3019 East 2nd Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80206

303.333.4144   www.saksgalleries.com

Charles Partridge Adams Rare Selling Exhibition at Saks Galleries Denver, Colorado

A Rare Selling Exhibition

Charles Partridge Adams

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

December 1, 2012

12 - 2 pm

Light Refreshments

CP Adams "Sunset Light on Mt. Sopris" 20 x 30 Oil on Canvas

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek in conjunction with the upcoming Denver Art Museum exhibition "Rocky Mountain Majesty," cordially invites you to the afternoon preview of a rare selling exhibition featuring important works by Charles Partridge Adams.

Noted author and CP Adams historian Steve Andreas will be present 

to discuss the works.

Please join us for light refreshments, conversation and an opportunity to purchase important works.

Charles Partridge Adams

(adapted from The Art of Charles Partridge Adams by Dines, Leonard and Cuba, 1993)

Charles Partridge Adams moved to Denver from Massachusetts in 1876 at the age of 18. A year later he began working at the Chain and Hardy bookstore, where he received encouragement for his artistic interests from Helen Henderson Chain, who had been a pupil of the noted artist, George Inness. A three-month camping trip in the Rockies with another young artist in 1881 resulted in numerous sketches and paintings. In 1885 he traveled to the east coast, and visited the studios of George Inness and Worthington Whittredge, and the following year he visited the California studios of William Keith and Thomas Hill. Though not isolated from other artists, Adams was largely self-taught, experimenting with different styles and techniques, continuing to use those that best served his vision and his subject matter.

His paintings were first exhibited publicly in Denver in 1886, and he exhibited work in both local and national shows through 1908. In 1893 Adams established his first Denver studio, and began to paint watercolors in addition to oils. Since watercolors were less expensive, they sold readily. From that time on Adams painted watercolors and oils and was fluent in both mediums.

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Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

3019 East 2nd Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80206

303.333.4144 or saksgalleries.com

Arriving Within the Week - Two New Michael Godfrey Snow Scenes at Saks Galleries

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

Oldest Fine Art Gallery in Colorado

Michael Godfrey

Beautiful Snow Scenes

for the Holidays

Michael Godfrey "The Light of Winter" 9 x 16 Oil

Michael Godfrey "Winter's Blanket" 9 x 16 Oil

Michael Godfrey Biography

Michael Godfrey is a representational landscape artist whose work hangs in many private and corporate collections. Born in Germany in l958 and raised in North Carolina, he earned a BFA in Fine Arts from East Carolina University. 

Over the past 25 years Michael Godfrey has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe painting landscapes. He spends hours field sketching and photographing, preparing for a well thought out painting. Typically, he starts a major work using small oil studies done on location. These field studies provide color accuracy and photographs provide special details. Godfrey composes his paintings from on site sketches in the field and photography references. 

In studio, work progresses in successive layers of paint and light is orchestrated to create a painting that appeals to his internal sense of order. “A landscape artist has to have some knowledge of many disciplines (geology, chemistry, physics, architecture), to understand the world in which they are trying to create. An artist must observe with the idea that what is observed must be interpreted and distilled. For a landscape artist, it is just as important what you do not include in a work as what is eventually laid down.

> For More Information on Award-Winning Michael Godfrey Click Here<

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3019 East 2nd. Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80206

303.333.4144 or saksgalleries.com

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Current Events

American Art Invitational Small Gems Exhibition now through December 31, 2012 

100 National Artists 

and

don't miss this opportunity

Charles Partridge Adams Rare Selling Event, Saturday December 1, 2012

Just Desserts In TIme For the Thanksgiving Holidays - American Art Invitational 2012

Double The Confection Perfection

Natalie Featherston

Home-Made Cupcakes

Just in Time for Thanksgiving

Featherston "Chocolate Mouse Cupcake" 10 x 8 Oil

Featherston "French Vanilla Cupcake" 10 x 8 Oil

Both delicious cupcakes may be purchased at 

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

3019 East Second Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80206

303.333.4144   www.saksgalleries.com

Open Black Friday Until 7:00 pm

The American Art Invitational 2012 presents painter Natalie Featherston, One of the country's most innovative and accomplished young artists, Natalie Featherston works exclusively in the centuries old realm of still life to create dazzling narrative and trompe l'oeil paintings that combine the virtuosity of a Dutch Master with the vision of a thoroughly modern mind. The Chicago Sun Times has described her paintings as "artful beyond just illusion and trickery; they are truly masterful still lifes made with both craft and wit."

"What inspires me most is the creative voice that still life gives. Unlike portraits or landscapes, still life doesn't simply exist around us. You have to actually build the stage for the painting and select the subjects, colors, and textures. The end result must arrive at something that draws the viewer into an invented realm that connects with their experiences in a meaningful way. I have always found still life painting to be quite a challenge for these very reasons, and although it may qualify me for the 'one-trick-pony' category, I can't imagine painting anything else." 

>> For More of Our Top 100 Favorite Artists Click Here <<

Miniature Sculpture Offerings at Saks Galleries Cherry Creek During the American Art Invitational - December 31, 2012

Wayne Salge

sculptor

American Art Inviational

2012

Wayne Salge "Walk On" 12.5" H Bronze Edition of 12

Wayne Salge is among several nationally-known sculptors presented in this year's 

American Art Invitational 

hosted by 

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

3019 East Second Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80206

303.333.4144 saksgalleries.com

Presented now through December 31, 2012.

Here is an excerpt of an interview with Wayne Salge in a recent Southwest Art Magazine article regarding the annual exhibition and his latest work.

Salge "Plough" Bronze Ed of 12

 

Salge "Walkie-Talkie" Bronze 

"....Among the show’s three-dimensional offerings are small sculptures by Colorado-based artist Wayne Salge. Salge’s distinctive elongated figures speak of gesture, movement, rhythm, and line, where the essence of the human or animal is pared down into engaging, abstracted form. WALK ON, for example, was inspired by the sight of increasing numbers of people out walking quickly for exercise. Salge, whose name is pronounced sol-ghee, often starts with a quick sketch but then works spontaneously, allowing the process to guide his hands as he creates and connects shapes. “It’s all about lines, following lines up the piece, and sharp angles allow me to do that,” he explains."

Wayne Salge has three new works in the American Art Invitational.

Other Sculptors include: Babette Bloch, Tim Cherry, Jane DeDecker, Daniel Glanz, T.D. Kelsey, Dan Ostermiller, Rosetta, Sherry Salari Sanders, Tim Shinabarger and Pati Stajcar.

                         For more information of these artists and their work, use this quick link

                                         >> American Art Invitational  << just click here.               

                                       Holiday Hours Thursday and Friday 10am - 7pm

The American Art Invitational is sponsored by 

Southwest Art Magazine and Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

benefitting The Colorado Children's Hospital.

Sculptor and Painter Barry Eisenach New Life Size Sculpture Now Available at Saks Galleries Denver, Colorado

Barry Eisenach "Bear Knife" Life-Size Bronze

Barry Eisenach
presented by
Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

Barry Eisenach pays exacting tribute to a Native American hunter and tribesman.  This beautiful life-size sculpture is available for purchase through Saks Galleries Cherry Creek Denver, Colorado.  Barry Eisenach has been sculpting and painting for over 30 years.  He is an elected member of the prestigious Northwest Rendezvous Group and a juried Sculptor Member of the National Sculptor Society. His awards are numerous including, the Montana Historical Society Award, Western Rendezvous of Art, Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum and others.  His work is in private and public collections.

Barry Eisenach is included in the 2012 American Art Invitational 100 National Artists exhibition hosted by
Saks Galleries Cherry Creek
now through December 31, 2012.  For more information on Barry Eisenach's paintings in the invitational please use this quick link  < Barry Eisenach American Art Invitational.


Saks Galleries Cherry Creek
3019 East 2nd Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80206
303.333.4144       .saksgalleries.com

New Sallie K. Smith Paintings Arriving at Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

Sallie K. Smith "Moraine Park Autumn" 36 x 48 Oil

Sallie K. Smith

represented by

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

Moraine Park Autumn, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Ms. Smith says,  "The vast beauty of Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park has been the subject of paintings for over 100 years.  This painting for me was about capturing the wide array of vibrant colors that were evident here on a beautiful Fall afternoon.  I am amazed at how many ways this classic Colorado location has been interpreted by painters over the years."

Colorado landscape artist, Sallie K. Smith will be demonstrating her painting techniques, Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Saks Galleries Cherry Creek, Denver, Colorado.  Sallie's demonstration coincides with the American Art Invitational hosted each year by Saks Galleries.  Sallie has two small landscapes presented in the annual exhibition now presented through December 31, 2012.

Sallie will share her plein aire painting experiences while hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. An avid hiker, Sallie K. Smith finds the unique and less traveled scenery of one our national treasures.

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

3019 East 2nd Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80206

303.333.4144  www.saksgalleries.com

Announcing 2012 American Art Invitational Winners

Congratulations

American Art Invitational Winners

Saks Galleries Cherry Creek

presents

Andrea T. Kemp

the prestigious

Award of Excellence

Andrea T. Kemp "Evolve" 8 x 10 Oil on Board

Mary Qian

Southwest Art Magazine

Award of Excellence

Body of Work

Mary Qian
The Colorado Children's Hospital
Purchase Award "Storytime"

Mary Qian "Storytime" 22 x 18 Oil

Mary Qian "...And One More Thing" 20 x 16 Oil

    Mary Qian "Day Dreamer" 15 x 11 Oil

Gordon Brown

American Art Invitational

Collectors Choice Award

Gordon Brown "Morning Sky" 13 x 14 Oil

Teresa Elliott

American Art Invitational

Collectors Choice Award

Teresa Elliott "Cuero II" 10 x 11 Oil on Canvas

Congratulations to all of the winners and participants of the
2012 American Art Invitational

Art available for purchase now through December 31, 2012

hosted by 
Saks Galleries Cherry Creek
3019 E. Second Avenue
Denver Colorado 80206
303.333.4144  saksgalleries.com

Holiday Hours 

Tuesday and Wednesday 10:am - 5:pm / Thursday and Friday 10:am - 7:pm / Saturday 10:am - 4:pm