Patronage & Philanthropy
Evergreen, Colorado
Medium: Watercolor, Acrylic, Pastel
I paint with watercolor, pastels and acrylics. My painting style is representational, but with a personal concept of reality, often altering images and colors, and sometimes using a combination of media.
-Member of the Evergreen Artists Assoc
Painting and drawing have always been a part of my life. Like many painters, I would draw on everything I could get my hands on while growing up (including my textbooks.) When I was about eleven years old, my mom started taking me to the local art group in our small town where two different artists would encourage and enlighten and give demonstrations on painting. Mom instilled in me a great appreciation for art and for nature. My dad owned the local lumberyard and he started stocking art materials so that our art group would have immediate access to what we needed instead of having to drive 25 or 30 miles to the big city of San Antonio, TX. Having no idea that people could actually make a living at painting, my college years were spent pursuing a business degree, while painting on the side. When my children were young, I worked part-time in a business career, and taught children’s art classes in my spare time. I am now finding more time to study and develop as an artist. Every hour that I can spend attempting to capture some of the magic around me with paint and canvas is wonderful gift
2016 – Plein Air Austin at Corridor of Arts, Austin, TX
2016 – Plein Air Austin 10th Anniversary Show, Austin, TX
2015 – Plein Air Austin at Corridor of Arts, Austin, TX
2014 – Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Exhibit, Austin, TX
2013 – Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event
2013 – Plein Air Austin at Corridor of Arts, Austin, TX
2011 – Plein Air Austin Annual Show
2010 – Plein Air Austin at Bass Concert Hall, Austin, TX
2010 – Plein Air Exhibition at MSC Forsyth Galleries, Bryan, TX
2009 – Art on Location – Plein Air Austin at Corridor of Arts, Austin, TX
2008 – Bluebonnet Blues Art Festival in Marble Falls, TX
2008 – Plein Air Austin at Corridor of Arts, Austin, TX
2004 – Plein Air Austin Show at Spicewood Vineyard
2003 – Bunkhouse Gallery
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Raised under the big skies of Wyoming and Utah, Julie Jeppsen was educated by the world around her. She grew up with wildlife, mountain ranges, roundups, trail rides, rodeos, and wagon trains. Jeppsen still loves the adventure of the West. This passion brings her senses to the highest levels and is carried into her paintings. She currently competes in cowboy mounted shooting where the dress is period and the guns are .45 single action. Keeping a fresh sense of the West inspires her to paint more accurately and, like riding and shooting, keeps the competitive edge. Julie was recently featured in an article by Sporting Classics for their Spring/Summer 2020 edition.
Jeppsen is one of the participating artists in the 2021 Buffalo Bill Art Show.
SUMMONED BY EARTH AND SKY
Cydney Springer lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Loveland, CO. Her love of the mountains and nature is joyfully expressed in her paintings.
As a child, Cyd felt drawn to the wild places, where houses left off and forests began. “My grandmother lived in the woods, and in those woods was a creek. It was totally banked in green moss, wild violets, and flowers,” she muses. “I was awe-struck by that fairy land; it was incredibly beautiful and mysterious.”
Cydney conveys that sense of awe in her landscapes, portraying the natural world sensitivelyand passionately. Rich and muted colors and contrasting light and dark imagery vivify distant mountains, trails gilded by aspen leaves, reflections dancing on water.
Her work reaches for one’s emotions. “My paintings touch into a very personal experience of Nature. It’s my own experience, but somehow the paintings seem to evoke something similar in others,” she says. “I’m often told, ‘That really moves me,’ or ‘Just looking at that makes me feel good; it reminds me of one of my favorite times.’”
After studying art in high school and college, Cyd consistently longed to capture, on canvas, the enrapturing essence of Nature. In 2002, she broke free of a long career in graphic design to study intently with artists who inspired her and her work. In 2004, she stepped into the life of professional artist.
Cyd paints almost constantly, with focus, determination, and astonishing productivity. Her passion for her work comes across in a style that presents Nature with what can only be described with the deepest honor, love, respect.
That same passion informs Cydney Springer’s daily life and activities. She devotes her days to painting and going into Nature. “It’s as if I truly am summoned by the Earth and the Sky,” she reflects. “Nature calls me, and I must respond. I answer that call with paint, with gratitude, and always, always with love, awe, and humility.”
