Western Art Collector | June 2022

Jane DeDecker has hit her stride in honoring the historic significance of women’s achievements through sculptural form. Throughout her career she has commemorated the accomplishments of over 35 trail blazers like: Amelia Earhart, Emily Dickenson, Harriett Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Hellen Keller, and Laura Cornelius Kellogg--this list just scratches the surface of the league of women she has brought into her life and her studio. These women were there to bear witness and bear the burden of discrimination and doubt in their abilities because of their gender. Against insurmountable odds these champions accomplished groundbreaking achievements. Currently Jane has over 15 sculptures of sentinel women (in various stages of completion) gracing her studio. And there is always room for more.

Western Art Collector | May 2022

Walters embarked upon his first descension into the depths of the Grand Canyon and peering over its magnificent rims fresh out of high school. Though life would draw him away and on many adventures since that first visit, Walters knew deep down that he had an eternal link to this sacred place. In the 1980s, he was enticed back to these grand expanses and put his creative knowledge to work, skillfully capturing the grandeur and depth of beauty that this majestic landscape presented. His words convey such passion that it harkens to a deep spiritual connection—“beautiful and delicate temples” are the words he uses to describe the spires.

Jane DeDecker, Mayor Jacki Marsh and others spoke about women throughout history

Loveland Reporter-Herald

By Austin Fleskes

Fairgrounds Park in Loveland was packed with Loveland residents and local officials Sunday afternoon, all gathered to celebrate the life and hard work of women past and present.

The event, known as A Day to Celebrate Women, served as not only a way to pay homage to the dedication of history’s women who fought for the right to vote but also to celebrate Loveland artist Jane DeDecker, who was recently named USA Today’s Colorado Woman of the Year and the first artist chosen as part of the coming Women’s Suffrage National Monument.

The Long Road: recent watercolors and oils by Timothy James Standring

Timothy James Standring (b. 1950) has never stopped painting since he took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the late 1960s. The curator emeritus of the Denver Art Museum, he has curated more than 18 exhibitions at the museum — most notably “Becoming Van Gogh.” He will be at Claggett/Rey Gallery in Edwards Saturday to meet and greet visitors.

Over the past decade, Standring has focused on small-scale works in watercolor, paying gimlet-eyed attention to the poetics that the medium can express. Aspiring to sustain a balance between close observation and exuberant flourishes with his handling, Standring is as sensitive to his materials and techniques as he is to the recurring themes he paints. He has found inspiration in a wide variety of artists from Anthony Van Dyck, John Linnell, Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, Joachim Sorolla and Andrew Wyeth.

Western Art Collector | March 2022

Throughout March, Claggett/Rey Gallery will be proudly celebrating the work of artist Derek Penix. The gallery walls will be adorned with more than 20 new masterpieces created over the past six months.

In 2020, Penix settled his family in the surging town of Temecula, California. A destination that claims its community to be compiled of “curious mavericks…and accomplished and passionate people.” This bold description aligns with the artist’s intimate and confident approach to capturing the world through his unique lens. Surrounded by orchards, vineyards and the colors of nature, this bountiful environment infuses Penix with an abundance of energy and inspiration. Penix transports viewers from the fruit-laden branches and serenity of a koi pond to the cacophony of the streets and sidewalks of New York.

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The exhibit features paintings from impressionist artist Derek Penix and sculptor Jane DeDecker

By Carolyn Paletta

The Claggett/Rey Gallery in Edwards has a new exhibition opening on March 1 that will run through the end of the month. The exhibit features works from painter Derek Penix alongside the sculptures of artist Jane DeDecker.

Originally from Oklahoma, Penix is now based out of Southern California. He grew up in a family of artists and has been painting professionally since just out of high school.

Penix said that he is drawn to a wide variety of subjects, and most often paints in series, similar to Monet’s studies of haystacks or lily pads. When a scene or object catches his eye, he proceeds to capture it from multiple angles, lighting, textures, and so on, producing multiple perspectives and sensations from a single scene.