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SPECIAL SECTION /THE FIGURE IN ART
including Jane Radstrom,
who creates contemporary
realistic works in paste and
mixed media, and realistic
sculptor Paige Bradley.
In Radstrom’s paintings,
the human form moves
with layered poses, as if
it’s printed with lenticular
lenses depending on how it’s
viewed. Her double-exposure
figures showcase complexity
and emotion, with a nod to
classical figure painting, in
contemporary realization.
Of her work, Bradley
explains, “As much as I try to
avoid labeling myself, I am a
figurative artist in everything
I do. The figure to me is the
perfect vehicle to communicate
the human condition. My
definition of success is to be a
visionary through truthful and
courageous artwork, work that
communicates what it feels like
to be alive in the world today.”WESTWARD GALLERY
4400 Tennyson Street, Denver,
CO 80212, (720) 483-1046
http://www.westwardgallery.com
Michelle Courier, a Michigan
native, moved to the mountains
of Colorado to pursue her
passion of Western landscape
painting. Her life spent hiking
and painting impressionistic
acrylic landscapes throughout
the United States, Courier has
captured Miami’s architecture,
Michigan’s woods, Lake Tahoe,
California’s waterscapes, and
now, has moved on to her next
venture.
Westward Gallery, located
in Denver is co-owned by
Courier and Patti Klapish who
together, both Midwesterners,
have begun their next frontier.
As artist in residence, Courier
now has the gallery and studio
she’s been traveling and
searching for, a place where
she finally has the mountains
and ready-to-paint landscape
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