LOCAL ARTISTS

I am a retired military and commercial airline pilot. I have created art my entire life, but now that I have time, I am a full time artist. I work with acrylics, collae paper, watercolors, pastels, and cold wax & oil on different materials such as canvas, MDF board, and watercolor papers. Bold colors and color combinations are my inspiration. My work is generally fun and lighthearted but entirely abstract.

Vanessa has loved photography since she developed her first roll of film and saw her first print come to life in the darkroom. After studying photography at Memphis College

of Art, she initially put her skills to work in professional photo labs while freelancing as a sport and pet photographer. Her heart lies in the more historic processes of the photography medium. Old cameras, film, and most recently,

tintypes, are her passion. She hopes to keep the old photography processes going by offering workshops and making portraits in her studio at FARM in downtown Fruita

Chris is a photographer and graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle in 2007. He’s lived in Colorado for five years now and has been building his portfolio of long exposure night photography, 180 degree panoramics, and other fine art photography. Exploring new places on his mountain bike, dirt bike, taking van trips, or just going out camping and on hikes always keeps him inspired to share the beautiful places he finds with his photography.

By All Means Arts is an art studio located in Fruita, CO co-owned by husband-and-wife artist team, Matthew Jones and Ashtonn Means. They make one-of-a-kind handmade ceramics, paintings, prints, and tools. Sign up for a class or check out their current inventory of work.

Photographer & Owner of Orbit ArtSpace. A space for art, photography, books, gifts, and events in Fruita Colorado.

Danny Rosen is the owner, publisher, and writer at Lithic Press. Lithic Press is a small independent press that publishes about 10 volumes a year, mostly poetry, by writers from around the world. Lithic Press headquarters is in the Lithic Bookstore & Gallery which specializes in books on local, regional and natural history, and has one of the largest selections of poetry in the country. The bookstore is located upstairs in the old bank building on the south side of the big circle near downtown Fruita, Colorado.