Louisiana native Charlotte Zink made her way to Colorado in the late 1980's. As a student at CU Boulder she developed her artistic talents and abilities to an extraordinary degree and, with the able assistance of her husband Ben, has created a large number of wonderful sculptures that can be seen in the permanent collections of municipalities throughout the state.
The piece shown above is entitled Whispers of Spring and is available for $10,000.00.
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Reno Carollo is a former teacher who left that profession to follow his passion of being an artist, a maker, a creator, a sculptor, a jewelry designer and a crafter. His sculptures begin as very small models (like, 6 inches or so) and then, utilizing hammers and chisels he subtracts pieces from a large block of stone until he realizes his vision as a full size work of art.
His work is on display and sold in galleries throughout the U.S., from Arizona to Arkansas, and of course, in Windsor, Colorado.
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Colette Pitcher is a multi talented artist who can paint and sculpt with the best of them. I first discovered her work when I caught sight of her award-winning bronze "Bee My Honey" in a park just off Washington Ave in Northglenn.
Her piece featured on the artwalk along the Dr. Tom Jones Trail at Windsor Lake is entertainingly fanciful, and can be purchased for $30,000.00.
This afternoon I overheard someone tell someone that they needed to see a little more hustle from them.
Which sparked a memory, and then an idea for what could have been a funny scene in a movie...maybe 50 years ago.
Here is the scene that raced through my mind; Camera pans a baseball diamond that is full of baseball players engaged in a lot of rather lackadaisical activity - it is Spring Training, so the rust of a long off-season is evident as players take swings at cans of corn and play a lot of sloppy pepper.
Close up on the manager as he grimaces at the sight of his players dragging their collective feet and generally looking more like half-drunk amatuer softball players than a top-tier professional baseball team.
The manager cups his hands to his mouth and shouts loudly: "C'mon you chowderheads, cut the crap, I want to see a lot more hustle out there, pronto!"
The camera cuts to the field immediately as Van McCoy's 1975 dance hit The Hustle begins to blare. All of the players start a perfectly choreographed line dance version of a 6 step hustle.
The manager is shown burying his face in his hands.
See, back in '77, '78, that would have been funny as all get out. Nowadays, not so much.
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