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Artist: Jerry Rael - Phone: 720-371-0063
Vato Rennaisance Art Exhibit
Jerry Rael
presents
Vato Rennaisance Art Exhibit
FEATURING DENVER ARTISTS Special Reception
September 5,2013 6:00 -9:00 CHAC Gallery 753 Sante Fe Drive
First Friday, September 6,2013 5:00 PM -10:00 PM
Dos Culturas, One Heritage
20" x 28"
Jerry Rael
Dos Culturas, One Heritage
20" x 28"
Jerry Rael
Many Fine Artists drawn to the Chili Harvest Fest, 2011 in Lakewood, Colorado at the Heritage Cultural Center.
Jerry Rael of Denver will exhibit some of his paintings as well as his Flagstone Art which depicts Southwestern Pueblo scenes and old Churches throughout New Mexico and Southern Colorado.
Jerry Rael of Denver will exhibit some of his paintings as well as his Flagstone Art which depicts Southwestern Pueblo scenes and old Churches throughout New Mexico and Southern Colorado.
Unique Chili Harvest Draws Art Lovers to Lakewood, Colorado Every Year.
Unique Art at Chile Harvest Fest
Emma Lynch, LA VOZ, August 10, 2011
Not only will you find the sweet spicy taste of the chiles beckoning you to the annual Chile Harvest Arts Festival, but you won’t want to miss the exquisite talent and artwork either.
Featured below are three artists presenting their work at the
festival that takes place Aug. 27-28.
Teresa Duran
has been attending
the Chile Harvest
Arts Festival since
1993. Duran created
this year’s selected
artwork for the CHAF
poster and was also
chosen for the honor
in 1994. Duran’s style
is traditional Spanish
Colonial and she has
been creating retablos
for 20 years. Her
poster art shows the
figure of Saint Isidore
(San Ysidro), the
patron saint of farmers, ranchers and crops.
The legend depicts an angered employer
criticizing the saint for praying instead of
working. One day however, the employer
happens upon the saint and saw him praying
while an angel drove a team of white
oxen to plow the fields. The poster portrays
the saint harvesting the chile while the
angel washes it.
Faith is what sustained the early Spanish
settlers in Southern Colorado and Northern
New Mexico; the same strong faith Duran
says is “what sustains many of us today.” You
can find Duran’s work at the Tesoro Spanish
Market in Morrison in September and the
Winter Market in Santa Fe in December.
Shay Guerrero said ever since she could
hold a pencil she has been creating. The
young artist has always been a fan of the
pin-up style of artwork, but has branched
out of traditional mediums. Combining many
different styles, Guerrero says today she has
a Day of the Dead style with some rockabilly
flavor. “It is a contemporary
style that you
will either love or
hate,” she laughed.
The plain white canvas
is not her forte,
but instead you will
find her making jewelry,
jewelry boxes, 3D
day of the dead style
masks and purses.
Her work is never
bland, but always eye
catching colorful. She
confided that she will
put art on “anything
that will take paint.”
Find original work like
this at her booth at
the festival and year
round at the Chicano
Humanities and Arts
Council Gallery on
Santa Fe.
At 56, Jerry Rael
has just begun getting his feet wet in the
Denver art world. As a nurturing teacher at
Lake International School, Rael previously
self identified himself as a “closet artist.”
Much of Rael’s work is influenced by Native
Americans. As a child, Rael was fascinated by
the culture, of which he shares his own blood,
the way native peoples have been treated and
the images that tend to tell stories within
the culture. His works from paintings upon
flagstone to murals tells a story of his culture
and traditions. Although new to the scene,
Rael has participated in shows in Colorado
and New Mexico and he has a 800 sq. foot
canvas mural on the walls at University of
New Mexico. His garden flagstones and paintings
adorned with ristras will be available at
the festival.
Photo credit: Jerry Rael
"Taos Pueblo During Chili Harvest," painting on flagstone by artist Jerry Rael , a Denver Local. September, 2011
"Taos Pueblo During Chili Harvest," painting on flagstone by artist Jerry Rael , a Denver Local. September, 2011
Denver Artist Jerry Rael , 56, is coming out of the closet.
Denver Local
Yo Soy Jerry Rael
I was born near the Bosque De Los Caballos in a little house located in Jaroso, Colorado,about six miles from the New Mexico line off highway 159. I attended schools in Denver and graduated from West High School in 1973. I enlisted into the Marine Corps immediately after graduation and served with Hmm 162 Airwing, Helicopter Squadron ,Jacksonville, North Carolina. I enrolled at the University of New Mexico and studied under the likes of Rod Lazorik, Betty Hahn, and Beaumont Newhall . Upon graduating with a BFA in Photography, I set forth to use the paint brush for the very first time. I proposed painting a mural in the Casa Del Sol Restaurant located at the Student Union building at UNM. The passion to paint began in the summer of 1981 . However, my artistic passion started when I was a young lad. I remember my parents returning to their birth place to visit my grandparents and other relatives. In my familia, the males out- numbered the females 3 to 1. Visiting San Acacio and spending time there became our favorite playground as well as a battle ground where coyboys and indians roughed it out during playful warefare. During these visits, I remember sitting around listening to our parents and elders telling stories about San Acacio and the people who lived there long ago. One particular story caught my attention and it took place in San Acacio, Colorado, the birth place of Mi Madre Queida. The story was told that one day an Indian party were riding towards the small pueblito de San Acacio when all of a sudden, their horses reared high in the air and the party of Indians raced in the opposite direction as fast as their horses would take them. It is said that a strange vision in the clouds caused them to retreat that day. Whatever they saw in those clouds that day appears to be a mystery today, one that I enjoy investigation and creating on canvas as well as on flagstones. As an Artist, I relish in creating works in mixed medias because it reflects how diverse my thoughts are when a dialogue takes place within my creative mind. I enjoy painting on dark or black surfaces where light takes on form , and it is the darkness that I explore because it is the unknown. By painting the darkness somehow makes me shed some light on whatever I'm painting. My interest in my childhood memories and my passion to discover the truth about my historical roots, the roots of my very existence, drive me further into the creative process. I will continue to press for the truth . Death returns to bring me a cultural past, somehow now coming alive in my paintings. Art is truly about color, light, texture, and movement, but also it is about creation, a moment in time, an emotion, my passion and my life. Yo soy Jerry Rael www.jerryrael.com Rocky Mountain CRUZR page 12
Here's Rael at the Chili Harvest In Lakewood ,Colorado with his flagstone paintings which are art pieces that many people are ordering for their rock gardens or just floor pieces for their living-rooms. Rael said he " Can't keep up with the numerous orders coming in.'
Here's Rael at the Chili Harvest In Lakewood ,Colorado with his flagstone paintings which are art pieces that many people are ordering for their rock gardens or just floor pieces for their living-rooms. Rael said he " Can't keep up with the numerous orders coming in.'
Young Audiences ,Inc.
Denver Area Chapter Denver, Colorado 80202 303 825-3463 FAX 825-3410
November 13,1995
Mr. Jerry Rael 269 Osceola Street Denver, Colorado 82019
Dear Mr. Rael,
We are delighted to tell you that the panel enthusiastically recommended you for the Artists In Residence (AIR) Program for the next 5 years. This means that you will be eligible for residences starting the 1996-1997 school year. Schools will apply in March of 1996 for the 1996-1997 school year. After the schools are selected, we will have a better idea of how many residencies we have to offer to our artists in your discipline. You will be contacted in May of 1996 regarding your availability for these residencies. We are pleased that your name will be included in the AIR Resource List Book, which are given to many schools that may be interested in hiring you independently. We are pleased that you are interested in the AIR Program and look forward to working with you over the next 5 years.
Best regards, Patty Ortiz AIR Director
My version of the guitarist Carlos Santana - sold to Ray Quintana of Denver,Colorado
My version of the guitarist Carlos Santana - sold to Ray Quintana of Denver,Colorado
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