ART DESIGN AND DINE TONIGHT

Green Leaves by Diana Riverstone

November 14, 2013 

5pm-8pm 

DIANA RIVERSTONE 
AND HELEN HART

will be the featured artists at 

the November Art Design and Dine 

at the Cheyenne Artists Guild

WORDS FROM HELEN ABOUT HER ART

"Helen Hart grew up surrounded by weaving as her mother started to weave when Helen was 6 years old. Her mom also taught her how to knit. Mother continued to weave and Helen continued to knit and sew clothing for herself and her daughter. Then the summer of 1974, when the Harts moved to Cheyenne from Laurel, MD, they took a trip to Oregon to see Grandma. She taught Helen's kids to weave a spin and Helen also tried her hand and was hooked. Since then she has woven yards of material for clothing, scarves, ponchos, place mats. She loves to work in color but also loves putting different white yarns together. Weaving with textured yarns and doing weaving patterns are her interests also. She would love to show you her work Nov. 14."

WORDS FROM DIANA ABOUT HER ART

"My goal as a painter is to create beauty and to express the joy I experience in being alive. I particularly enjoy creating dramatic and unexpected effects that catch people’s attention in that brief moment of surprise and delight. My inspiration comes from nature, memories of places I have been, a thought, pictures, music, a dream, meditation or a totally spontaneous happening as I paint. My works emerge from a highly interactive process involving my hands, eyes and feelings, my ordinary self and Creative Self, the original inspiration, my tools and materials, and what happens on the support itself. As a painting develops, it seems to take on a life of its own which gives rise to surprising intuitive urges like using my left hand or a non-traditional color for the tree! Creating a painting is truly a magical journey that I love exploring.

My approach is to constantly enhance and become more aware of the creative process itself, to experiment with expression and to explore what is possible with acrylics. Both creating and viewing art is a vital, sensual and emotional experience. It is a full and conscious participation in the on-going act of creation experienced through the senses, feelings and intuitive perceptions and understandings."

Diana's website: http://www.riverstoneart.com/

Mirage by Diana Riverstone

DIANA RIVERSTONE AND HELEN HART November Art Design and Dine at CAG

Green Leaves by Diana Riverstone

November 14, 2013 

5pm-8pm 

DIANA RIVERSTONE 
AND HELEN HART

will be the featured artists at 

the November Art Design and Dine 

at the Cheyenne Artists Guild

WORDS FROM HELEN ABOUT HER ART

"Helen Hart grew up surrounded by weaving as her mother started to weave when Helen was 6 years old. Her mom also taught her how to knit. Mother continued to weave and Helen continued to knit and sew clothing for herself and her daughter. Then the summer of 1974, when the Harts moved to Cheyenne from Laurel, MD, they took a trip to Oregon to see Grandma. She taught Helen's kids to weave a spin and Helen also tried her hand and was hooked. Since then she has woven yards of material for clothing, scarves, ponchos, place mats. She loves to work in color but also loves putting different white yarns together. Weaving with textured yarns and doing weaving patterns are her interests also. She would love to show you her work Nov. 14."

 

WORDS FROM DIANA ABOUT HER ART

"My goal as a painter is to create beauty and to express the joy I experience in being alive. I particularly enjoy creating dramatic and unexpected effects that catch people’s attention in that brief moment of surprise and delight. My inspiration comes from nature, memories of places I have been, a thought, pictures, music, a dream, meditation or a totally spontaneous happening as I paint. My works emerge from a highly interactive process involving my hands, eyes and feelings, my ordinary self and Creative Self, the original inspiration, my tools and materials, and what happens on the support itself. As a painting develops, it seems to take on a life of its own which gives rise to surprising intuitive urges like using my left hand or a non-traditional color for the tree! Creating a painting is truly a magical journey that I love exploring.

My approach is to constantly enhance and become more aware of the creative process itself, to experiment with expression and to explore what is possible with acrylics. Both creating and viewing art is a vital, sensual and emotional experience. It is a full and conscious participation in the on-going act of creation experienced through the senses, feelings and intuitive perceptions and understandings."

Diana's website: http://www.riverstoneart.com/

Mirage by Diana Riverstone

November Member Meeting welcomes MADE IN WYOMING

Wyoming First & Made in Wyoming

Monday, November 4, 2013 at 7 pm at the 

Cheyenne Artists Guild November Member Meeting

1701 Morrie Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 

Terri Barr from Wyoming First and Made in Wyoming will be giving the program on first Monday, November 4th at 7 pm.  She will bring all the info about how you join, have your art or products put in the yearly catalog. She will also bring catalogs for everyone.

The Wyoming First Program is a way to identify and showcase great products made in Wyoming.  All of the companies call Wyoming their home and are proud of the quality they represent, that they are unique and made in our home state!  Wyoming First is a program of the Wyoming Business Council.

Click on the links to some of our Cheyenne Artists Guild members  

that have already joined Wyoming First & Made in Wyoming:

Tony and Dee James 

Diana Riverstone 

Steve Rodriquez 

Gail Watford  

Come to our November meeting and find out  

how you can become a member also!  

Or you can check out the online information 

at the  WYOMING FIRST- Become a Member page at 

http://wyomingbusiness.org/program/become-a-wyoming-first-member/4751 and http://wyomingbusiness.org/gateway/wyoming-first/4744

As always CAG Member meetings are free and open to the public!

Diana Riverstone CAG Guest Speaker in March

Leaning Tree – Painting by Diana Riverstone

All acrylic paint on canvas. No textures or special paints. Soft background of muted color allows the bright colors to shine.

The Cheyenne Artists Guild invites you to our March Member Meeting 

7 pm, March 4, 2013 

at 1701 Morrie, Avenue in Cheyenne, WY.  

Member meetings are always open and free to the public!  

Come for our March program and hear how Diana finds inspiration!!!

__________

Diana Riverstone 

March Guest Presentation on 

"Creative Inspiration"

What is creativity? What seems to shut off the flow of inspiration that keeps us creating? How can we get back into that flow and/or enhance that process? Artists and creators of all kinds know those special times when we get so wrapped up in what we are doing, time seems to disappear, and work just happens. When we come back to our ordinary focus, we realize we were "someplace else" and we don't really know how to get back there. Over the last few years I have been learning and discovering ways to tap into that process at will and am delighted to share this with you. 

Diana Riverstone: 

"I began painting in earnest about six years ago and quickly became bored with painting in the style and with the materials I first learned. I switched to acrylics because of all the mediums available and the incredible potential in them. During this time, I also read books by artists, some that were tremendously thought provoking. I was also learning more about being a real human being and how we work. This taught me steps to shift my brain waves at will and to touch into that deepest flow of inspiration. The steps are easy and can be done by anyone."

"Examples below show different ways to use the same materials. These kinds of painting resulted from my using the techniques I have learned to enhance inspiration. I’ll be sharing some of them in the presentation and will talk you through them so you can use them on your own"

Cougar Country – Painting by Diana Riverstone 


Primarily acrylic paint with light application of textural medium to create the rocks and foreground. I used interference gold to highlight the hills which shifts from gold to platinum depending on the angle of viewing.

Midnight Magic – Painting by Diana Riverstone


Used stucco, fiber, sand and black lava mediums with interference, iridescent, metallic and acrylic paints. There is a glowing bronze-gold highlights on the leaves which can be seen at certain angles. A “sculptural painting” that explores what might be possible with these materials.



Splendor – Painting by Diana Riverstone


Acrylic and iridescent paints done on two sides of a piece of glass and protected by another, unpainted glass. Parts of the snowy foreground are actually the background painted on the reverse side of the glass and shows through as clear “ice” puddles and adds color to the snow in other areas. Painting on both sides of the glass makes an unexpected separation (thickness of the glass itself) of the foreground from the background.

Diana Riverstone- CAG Guest Speaker March 2013

Leaning Tree – Painting by Diana Riverstone

All acrylic paint on canvas. No textures or special paints. Soft background of muted color allows the bright colors to shine.

The Cheyenne Artists Guild invites you to our March Member Meeting 

7 pm, March 4, 2013 

at 1701 Morrie, Avenue in Cheyenne, WY.  

Member meetings are always open and free to the public!  

Come for our March program and hear how Diana finds inspiration!!!

__________

Diana Riverstone 

March Guest Presentation on 

"Creative Inspiration"

What is creativity? What seems to shut off the flow of inspiration that keeps us creating? How can we get back into that flow and/or enhance that process? Artists and creators of all kinds know those special times when we get so wrapped up in what we are doing, time seems to disappear, and work just happens. When we come back to our ordinary focus, we realize we were "someplace else" and we don't really know how to get back there. Over the last few years I have been learning and discovering ways to tap into that process at will and am delighted to share this with you. 

Diana Riverstone: 

"I began painting in earnest about six years ago and quickly became bored with painting in the style and with the materials I first learned. I switched to acrylics because of all the mediums available and the incredible potential in them. During this time, I also read books by artists, some that were tremendously thought provoking. I was also learning more about being a real human being and how we work. This taught me steps to shift my brain waves at will and to touch into that deepest flow of inspiration. The steps are easy and can be done by anyone."

"Examples below show different ways to use the same materials. These kinds of painting resulted from my using the techniques I have learned to enhance inspiration. I’ll be sharing some of them in the presentation and will talk you through them so you can use them on your own"

Cougar Country – Painting by Diana Riverstone 

Primarily acrylic paint with light application of textural medium to create the rocks and foreground. I used interference gold to highlight the hills which shifts from gold to platinum depending on the angle of viewing.



Midnight Magic – Painting by Diana Riverstone

Used stucco, fiber, sand and black lava mediums with interference, iridescent, metallic and acrylic paints. There is a glowing bronze-gold highlights on the leaves which can be seen at certain angles. A “sculptural painting” that explores what might be possible with these materials.




Splendor – Painting by Diana Riverstone

Acrylic and iridescent paints done on two sides of a piece of glass and protected by another, unpainted glass. Parts of the snowy foreground are actually the background painted on the reverse side of the glass and shows through as clear “ice” puddles and adds color to the snow in other areas. Painting on both sides of the glass makes an unexpected separation (thickness of the glass itself) of the foreground from the background.

Don't Miss the Cheyenne Artists Guilds featured Artist at Art Design and Dine 5-8 p.m!!!

Cheyenne Artists Guild welcomes

Diana Riverstone 

as the featured artist

5-8 pm, April 12 during Art Design and Dine.

Come by  to visit with Diana and see her work!

Diana Riverstone, Featured Artist- April Art Design and Dine

"Big Sky Trail"

Cheyenne Artists’ Guild welcomes Diana Riverstone as the featured artist for the April 12 Art Design and Dine. Diana began painting with oils but changed to acrylics because of the greater possibilities offered with this medium. Her paintings show unique and sometimes dramatic effects using texture mediums, iridescent and interference color. She will be showing new paintings done on glass as well as canvas and board. 

Refreshments will be provided and the public is welcome to attend. Artist reception from 5-8pm at the Guild, located at 1701 Morrie Avenue in Holiday Park.   For more information call during our business hours at 632-2263. You can also visit Diana’s web page at www.riverstoneart.com.

"Splendor"

Cheyenne Artists Guild Members Win Awards at the RSVP ArtFest

Saturday, November 19, Denver artist Eric Matelski judged and presented the following awards to CAG members during the 2011 RSVP ArtFest Reception at the Laramie Country Library in Cheyenne, WY. Cheyenne Artists Guild's own, Tony James also judged and presented photography awards in the categories of Scenic, Wildlife and Creative as well as presenting Best of Show in Photography.  To see all the award winners as well as other CAG members work be sure to and visit the library between now and December 18th during regular library hours.

CAG MEMBERS RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING AWARDS:

SCULPTURE:

1st Place-   "Rising to Damsels"  by Tom Mulhern

3rd Place-  "Flower Girl" by  Barbara Wolf

PAINTING:

BEST OF SHOW:   "Yellow is the Color" by Michael McIntosh

OIL:

1st Place- "40 Below" by Michael McIntosh

PASTEL:

1st Place- "Autumn Again" by Vanda Edington

3rd Place- "Reflections on the Lake" by Gail Watford

MIXED MEDIA:

1st Place- "Cougar Country" by Diana Riverstone

2nd Place- "Full Metal Jacket" by Gail Watford

3rd Place- "Scrap Ladies" by Donna Person

ACRYLIC:

1st Place- "This is My Land" by Michael Raper

3nd Place- "Clean Air" by Donna Person

Honorable Mention-  "Nice Itch" by Steve Rodriquez

PHOTOGRAPHY:

CREATIVE:

1st Place- "Pot" by Eugene Schumacher