FIBARK 75th Anniversary Art
I’m delighted to announce that I was chosen by the FIBARK committee to create a special work of art for this year’s 75th anniversary event. FIBARK (First in Boating on the Arkansas) was the first whitewater boat race in the U.S. and the tradition is still alive today. I’m a huge fan
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My New Gallery!
121 N F Street, Salida, CO 81201 After a busy few weeks, I’m all moved in and back to making art. Thank you to my dear friend with a truck (Jan) and to Ron who has been a daily wall patcher/painter/overall handyman and IT support. While I’ll miss the sunny sweet space I rented
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Salida artist brings big ‘force, energy, color’
by Terri Fleming, Special to The Mountain MailFebruary 7, 2023 Leslie Jorgensen’s vibrant, pulsating painting style was born, in real terms, on the side of a mountain. The Salida artist began to see the landscape anew in 2017 on a backcountry ski trip at an 11,650-foot-high 10th Mountain
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Art Murals Project Complete
Leslie’s Paintings in the Vectra Bank Corporate Center Leslie completed four large-scale paintings for the new Vectra Bank Corporate Headquarters building in Denver, CO. The paintings are on the walls surrounding the corporate conference rooms and represent the four seasons in colorado as
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Anatomy of a Mural Project
I recently finished 4 paintings for Vectra Bank’s new Corporate Center in the Denver Tech Center at Belleview Station and I-25. Thanks to the efforts of art consultants Liz Graham and Jennifer Perlow, I had the good fortune to not only participate in this project but to visit this
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Monarch Mountain Snowboard Show
I recently participated in the Monarch Mountain Snowboard Show “Freeride”. Our hometown ski area is a great little gem and they reached out to our artist community to help them repurpose some old snowboards from their rental fleet. The result was a series of snowboards that have
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