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September 8, 2015

Lynn Kircher

Born in Decatur, Illinois, Lynn grew up in Saint Louis. At the age of nine he started studying the masters Michelangelo, Bridgeman and Shephard. In high school, he continued studies with the Minneapolis School of Art on a full scholarship. Enlisting early at the age of 17, he joined the “kiddy cruise” to Viet Nam, to fund his way for art school. In 1968 he started studies with John Jellico at the Colorado Institute of Art and maintained his ties with this institution for the next 27 years, first as a student and then as a teacher. He taught over 53 subjects and left to be a full time artist when the Institute switched to a more technologically oriented program as the Art Institutes International.

During his teaching career Lynn pioneered teacher training programs working with Houghton Mifflin and the Master Student text. He continues this work to this day as a consultant with private schools helping teachers find a passion for teaching. From 2005 to 2014 he joined the School Board for the R-1 School District in Costilla County, Colorado and helped build a new school.

Following in the footsteps of his early artistic heroes and teachers who contributed to the trove of artistic treasures in Rome, Lynn presented a torso of his first crucifix to His Holiness John Paul II for the Vatican collection in 2002. Subsequent to his acceptance in this Collection and his own interview with Pope John Paul, Lynn was asked how he felt about this international recognition. “Humbled” he replied, “… with great honor comes great responsibility, to take my skill to a new level.”

In 1997 he left the Art Institutes and turned to his studio in the southern part of the San Luis Valley His studio, which he runs with his spouse Jane, has placed hundreds of sculptures in churches nationwide. His latest project brought him to the leadership of a group of 9 other renowned artists to craft a set of heroic sized bronzes for a retreat center outside of Omaha, Nebraska, Cloisters on the Platte, to depict the Stations of the Cross.

About the Artist
By John Jellico
Former Associate Editor American Artist Magazine
Former Assistant Editor Southwestern Art

… In all of his works he communicates his overflowing passionateness, his ecstatic appreciation for reaching others through his art. He achieves this high expressiveness by daring use of color with new and surprising strokes and lines…

…His bronzes seem to embody a definite feeling of humility and passion… The mystery of creation has always been a subject of inspiration to Lynn…

…the Process

An art teacher for over twenty years, Lynn is well acquainted with communications, interpersonal relations, and materials and is at home with paint or clay and production of bronzes. The years he spent as head of the Life Drawing Department the Institute and in the solitude of his studio refined his portrayal of inspirational figurative work and helped mature his work with a sound understanding of anatomy and emotional expression. There is no compromise.

Links to Videos/Articles:

Watch Kircher working on replica of Kapaun crucifix 2014.

Colorado Central Magazine, Sculpting Humanity, Jaroso Artist
Lynn Kircher
 by Kenneth Jensen (April 2012)

Representative Works:

Filed Under: Circle of Artists

August 31, 2015

Ron Richmond

Richmond, Ron, Photo

Art collector D. R. Heiniger captures the essence of Ron Richmond’s work by describing his paintings as “the presence of absence—or, the exquisite longing for the unattainable.”

Richmond has exhibited his paintings in solo and group shows in galleries and museums in major cities such as New York, Washington D.C., Houston, Atlanta, Scottsdale, San Francisco, and London. His work is collected by museums (BYU Museum of Art, Church History Museum, Springville Museum of Art); public collections (State of Utah, Salt Lake County, Snow College); corporations (Saks Fifth Avenue, United Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Hilton DoubleTree Hotels, Credit Suisse, Four Seasons Hotels); as well as by private individuals. He was commissioned by Utah State University to paint a mural that hangs in the Bingham Research Center in Vernal. Richmond received M.F.A. and B.F.A. degrees from Brigham Young University.

He has worked as a professional artist for 26 years, and is an adjunct professor of art at Snow College. Richmond competed as one of 12 finalists in the Grand Central Atelier Still Life Painting Competition in June, 2017. He was born in Denver, Colorado and currently lives in Mt. Pleasant, Utah.

“Visual magic without a larger purpose leads nowhere but to empty excess,” said Geoff Wichert in the online magazine 15bytes. “Ron Richmond … found a way out of this dilemma—a way to make art that is at once visually magical and yet substantial in content and meaning.”

 

Links to Videos/Articles:

Ron Richmond

Representative Works:

Filed Under: Circle of Artists

August 24, 2015

Ramon Kelley

011Ramon is a member of the American Watercolor Society, the Allied Artists of America, Pastel Society of America, Prix de West (formerly National Academy of Western Art), Knickerbocker Artists, Oil Painters of America, Representational, and the Whiskey Painters of America.

In 1985, the Pastel Society of America designated Ramon a Master Pastelist, and in 1986, Ramon was elected to the Pastel Hall of Fame by the Pastel Society of America, New York City. In 1990, he was elected to the Colorado Institute of Art Hall of Fame.

Other awards include:

  • Windows to the Divine Fra Angelico Artist of the Year (2009)
  • Pastel Society of America (Canson Inc. Award)(2005)
  • Oil Painters of America (Meritorious Award)(2003)
  • Art Masters Award, NYC (1996)
  • Pastel Society of America, NYC (Virginia M. Ward Memorial Award)(1995)\
  • Pastel Society of America, NYC (MJ. and Mrs. A. Giffuni for Exceptional Merit Award) (1994)
  • Wyoming State Museum, One Man Show, Cheyenne, Wyoming(1994)
  • The Allied Artists of America, NYC (Grumbacher Gold Medal)(1993)
  • The Colorado 100 certificate of Recognition (for contributions and lasting impact on the arts in Colorado)(1993)
  • Pastel Society of America, NYC (Barbara and Gary Scott Award for Landscape)(1993)
  • Pastel Society of America, NYC (Pastel Society of America Board of Directors Award)(1993)

People, Ramon says, play an important part in his paintings. His sensitive character studies are included in the Seattle Frye Museum, the Santa Fe New Mexico Museum of Fine Art, the Spokane Museum of Native American Cultures and the Academy at West Point, along with many other public and private collections.

Books:

  • Ramon Kelley Paints Portraits and Figures – by Ramon Kelley and Mary Carrol Nelson
  • The Five Essentials in Every Powerful Painting – by Ramon Kelley

Upcoming Shows/News:

Ramon’s works will be exhibited in the Collectors’ Reserve at the Gilcrease Museum

Representative Works:

Filed Under: Circle of Artists

August 21, 2015

Lucong

Lu Cong was born in Shanghai, in 1978. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1989. He attended the University of Iowa and the University of Colorado. Lu turned his focus to art after earning degrees in Biology and Humanities. His works have been exhibited at Henoch Gallery, New York, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, Cory Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, the University of Connecticut, Storrs, the University of Denver, Denver, Quidley & Company, Boston, Vail International Gallery, Vail, Gallery 1261, Denver, and many more. His recent projects include Find Me When You Wake Up (2013-2015), 24 Drawings 11 Dreams (2014-2015), and Little Accidents and Pleasure (2015).

Representative Works:

Filed Under: Circle of Artists

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