Yesterday was the monthly First Friday Art Walk on Santa Fe Drive here in Denver. Unlike last month, I thought much of the art was pretty good this time around. A lot of the galleries were featuring abstract expressionist paintings by local Denver women, in conjunction with the Denver Art Museum's Women of Abstract Expressionism exhibit, and most of these were very well done. I was also impressed by the photography on display this month. On a whim I walked down the alley behind Santa Fe Drive (filled with pretty weird art, such as the poster on the left), and discovered the Wandering Art Gallery.
The Wandering Art Gallery was featuring the photography of Mike Holtby. Holtby wanted to be a cultural anthropologist, but with a family to raise, he instead became a clinical social worker for 40 years. Now he travels all over the world with his camera photographing different cultures. The portraits on display at the gallery (seen in the photograph on the right) were from all over Asia, and very impressive. Talk about a wonderful second career. Be sure to check out his web site at http://mikeholtby.sites.livebooks.com/.
Next I stopped in at the KANON Art Gallery, where a photography exhibit titled Volcanic Origins was on display. The photographer, Noah Bryant, traveled to the islands of Kauai and Iceland and took some really great photographs. One features a mountaintop during the winter with the remains of a DC-3 aircraft sitting on top of the snow, a truly stunning image. I took the photograph on the left of Bryant being photographed in front of it. You can't see the image in this photo, but all the photographs in the exhibit - and more - can be seen at https://spark.adobe.com/page/2QNZ0/ . All in all, a very enjoyable evening. I even got a free 2016 Iceland calendar featuring Noah Bryant's images. And free - as some of you already know - is my very favorite price point.
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