The Artists

Paul Atzmiller
Paul started in art by writing and illustrating 5 children’s Little Buffalo picture books. The books, T-shirts and baby bibs are sold at the National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown, ND and he donates all proceeds to the museum. Paul now focuses on his “I Will Draw Your Dog” fundraiser. This charity effort has benefited 9 Colorado shelters/rescue groups for over 8 years, and he recently completed his 311th drawing! It works like this: Dog owners take good quality photos of their dog, send them to Paul, and he creates a FREE, 9”x12”, B&W, pencil drawing of the dog’s face. When Paul sends the drawing, in lieu of any payment, he requests the owners make a financial donation in the amount of their choosing to the shelter/group they want to support. Paul does not ask how much was donated and makes no effort to ensure a donation was sent – it’s completely on the honor system.
You may contact Paul at 303.933.4924 or via email..


Cheryl Baker
Cheryl was born in Southern Ontario and grew up in rural Northeast Ohio. She moved West in 1997 and has been a Roxborough Resident since 2000, where she lives with her husband, Shaun.
After a long hiatus, she is returning to the visual arts with a focus on digital painting. Her work is created in Adobe Photoshop, using a digital stylus and Wacom tablet. Very rarely are any "filters" employed and photos are used as reference only (unless specified).
Her subjects are currently varied, but she prefers painting her husband's travel photos, fantasy subjects, horses and motorcycles.
Artist Website or email.

Colette Brooks
Experiencing the ambiance and absolute beauty of Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, and Switzerland, Colette felt compelled to paint what she fell in love with. Her painting process starts with an emotional connection with the image and begins on an appropriate size canvas. Her award winning style has landed her commissioned paintings of Europe, pet portraits, and Colorado landscapes. She’s also been called upon to jury several exhibits. Colette is the featured artist in the 2006 November issue of North Light Book Club magazine as the ‘Member of the Issue’. “It is when we, as artists, connect with our Divine maker’s intention, finally realize the purpose of what we’re doing. I’m on a path meant to be and will stay the course.” Artist Website

Rita Campbell
Rita Campbell is a long time resident of Littleton, Colorado. When she retired from the University of Denver her husband B.G. gave her a gift certificate to Judy Patti’s Painting Studio in Littleton. This was her very first introduction to painting and she enjoyed the experience so much that she continues lessons and attends various workshops by renowned artists.
Watercolor and experimenting with its various textures and styles is her favorite art medium. She also enjoys the creative nature of encaustic (wax) art (pictured). She has given presentations on the history and demonstrated working with encaustics. Animals, especially her pet golden retriever, and florals are her expressive subjects.
Rita is also a member of Heritage Fine Arts Guild, Monday Morning Artists, and has been accepted for hanging at a Colorado Watercolor Society State Exhibit. She has won various awards in local juried art shows. Her art is signed with her nickname “Reet” and her work is on display at the Jasmine Chinese Cuisine in Englewood, CO. Artist Email

Anne Crane
Anne Crane, photographer and artist, was born in the remote Eskimo town of Bethel, Alaska, and raised in the small community of Chugiak, Alaska. Her interest in photography started at a young age as she observed her father’s zeal for photography.
An appreciation and respect for nature and the environment is inherent in Anne as she was fortunate to grow up in Alaska. The land, mountains, trees, and waters of Alaska are simply described as “The Great Land,” and to be honest, unequaled anywhere. Anne had a hard time leaving the mountains and the snow of Alaska, so she chose a similar locale to raise her family. She now resides in Littleton, Colorado, where she continues to be inspired by the amazing vistas of the Rocky Mountains.
Anne has always had a fascination and rapport with the landscape. Her individual perspective of our earth and the activities that abound around her will hopefully inspire you to capture the spirit of the land in your personal world. Artist Website

Chuck Danford
Colorado native Chuck Danford is widely recognized for his work in graphic design as well as fine art. A graduate of the Colorado Institute of Art, Danford started his commercial art career with stints as art director at a Denver television station and designer for the Denver Research Institute at the University of Denver. In 1967, he co-founded a graphic design studio in Denver. After 35 years in graphic design Chuck began a second career as a watercolorist. Inspiration for his painting comes from his travels in the US, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Ireland and Africa. Chuck has earned countless local, regional and national awards and distinctions for his work including the first person named to the Colorado Institute of Art Hall of Fame. He is a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society and teaches classes and workshops for various art organizations in Colorado and elsewhere. His work has been represented in the Colorado Governor’s Invitational Show in Loveland and his work is found in many public and private collections. Artist Website

Richard W. Dean
When Richard attended language school in France, he fell in love with the architecture of the cafés he saw on every corner of the Latin Quarter. A professional musician all his life, and with no formal training in art, he plunged head first into painting in oils the images of Paris that so charmed and fascinated him. It was a good place to begin, and now he has embraced a subject that he knows well: the passion of artists and their instruments, whether they be musicians, dancers, or athletes. Artist Website


Greg Dye
Greg is a professional artist/graphic designer/illustrator and resides in Littleton, Colorado with his wife Kristin and their four children. He has lived in Colorado since 1973. Graduating with a degree in graphic design in 1982 he pursed a career in commercial art and has created illustrations for clients such as IBM, Kodak, Coors, American Express, Mc-Graw Hill publishing and many others. In his spare time he has been working on his own personal vision and has been displaying these works since 2001 in various shows and galleries across the southwest. He also teaches a class in Adobe Illustrator which he finds very enjoyable. Artist Website


Sheri Farabaugh
I am a Wisconsin native, and long time Colorado resident. I now split my time between Colorado and Arizona. I recently rediscovered my childhood interest in art and began taking classes from Doug Dawson and Jane Jones at the Art Students League in Denver, and the West Valley Art Museum and Glendale Community College in Arizona. My inspiration comes from so many different sources. I strive for strong composition, bold but pleasing color, and the amazing effects of light on whatever subject I have chosen. Artist Website


Carmen Farwell
Carmen is a multimedia artist specializing in pastel paintings. Her style is minimalist/surreal and accentuated with the sfu mato method. For most of her life, she has been actively involved in the Arts. She studied in Southern California and was a commissioned muralist for custom homes, with the main focus being on Children's design. She has participated in several selected jury exhibitions and shows on the mainland and in Hawaii. Her paintings are in both public and private collections in Chicago, Florida, Colorado, and Hawaii. Artist Website


Annette Gutierrez
Originally I started out doing watercolours, and then coloured pencils. I've neglected my painting for too many years, but with work it was difficult to find the time. I also do stained glass, which is another hobby that is time consuming, and requires a lot of dedicated space.
I started taking photographs years ago with my 35mm camera, intending to use them as inspiration for my watecolours. Then I discovered digital. I love the instant gratification, and the fact that I can take hundreds of shots and pick only the ones I like best. With all the photo editing programs out there, a whole new world has opened up. I can work on a photograph for as long as I like, save what I've done, and pick it up again when I have time. Photography has been a very rewarding and satisfying outlet for my creative urges, and fits well into a busy lifestyle. Artist Email

Ed Hastings
Eddie was born in Tulsa, OK and attended the University of Oklahoma graduating with a computer science degree in 1985. He and his wife Chris have owned a house in Roxborough since 2000. They spent 3 years living in Windsor England and during that time traveled to 17 European countries as well as China, India and the United Arab Emirates.
While vacationing in Italy in 2003, he was so inspired by Michelangelo's ceiling that he decided to give painting a try. Having no formal training, he taught himself to paint from photos by recreating some of the Sistine Chapel’s scenes.
Eddie paints mostly with acrylics and enjoys painting portraits, wildlife and abstracts.
Artist Website

Erica Hollander
Erica Hollander is a lawyer, Ph.D., psychodramatist, and a teacher who took up painting and drawing in the great Denver blizzard of 2003. After being housebound for a week or more, she found that painting, which she had not tried since she was a child, had simply captured her imagination. She now works in watercolor, ink, pastel and acrylics. Her aim is to generate what might be called emotional resonance in the viewer, and she tends to use direct statement, and strong color and line to try to achieve that. Among her favorite subjects are people, landscapes, and animals. She will work with a client to try to make an image both she and the client enjoy. Artist Email

Rick Hunckler
I was born in southern Indiana and was sketching wildlife and my pets constantly. Since moving to Colorado in 95, I found the abundance of wildlife very inspiring to paint and photograph. Now I enjoy painting wildlife, florals, urban scenes and really anything that I may be commissioned to paint, in my style of detail with the excitement of color!
I am self taught which means I have taught myself so much through trial and error and believe me, there has been a lot of error to learn from. But I enjoy the challenge of creating life on canvas and portraying the soul of my subject. Large canvasses is what I really prefer to paint on, giving me the luxury of expanse to accomplish what I am trying to convey.
I find it interesting that no two artists paint the same and that each of us is unique in our own way. And that an artist is utilizing the talents given to them to share with others the beauty of our world! Artist Website

Patricia Jenkins
Patricia Jenkins and her husband, Jeff, have been residents of Roxborough for 14 years; they have two grown children in the Denver area.
Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Ms. Jenkins earned her BS and MS in Art Education and taught art in public schools for twenty years. For the past five years, she has run a successful mural painting and faux finishing business called Fauxto Finish.
Her favorite media is bronze sculpture and she often works in pastel and watercolor.
Public displays of her work can be viewed at Tony's Market, Visions Hair Salon, Vinos del Mundo, and the Corner Coffee Shop all located at the Village Shopping Center at the SE corner of Happy Canyon and Santa Fe. She has also worked with Arvada Ridge Liquors and the offices of Pinon Family Practice on Balsam Way in Littleton.
You may contact Patricia Jenkins at 303.204.8723 or via email.

Karen Kennedy
Karen Kennedy was born in Denver and originally studied Commercial Art. Later, while living in Springfield, Missouri, she gravitated to Fine Art. Karen continued her art education studying with four professional artists in life drawing, sculpture, and oil painting. The numerous critiques of her paintings by Greg Theiland, curator of the Springfield Art Museum, advanced her expertise in composition and color.
During this time, Karen developed her own business by painting for exhibitions, commissions, and offering instruction. Her paintings hang in numerous private collections in eight states.
Karen’s painting is inspired by the beauty that she sees at home in Roxborough Park and in her travels. Her realistic style of painting endeavors to capture the surprise of “that one special moment in time”. She accepts commissions for portraiture, wildlife, and landscape paintings in either oil or acrylics.

You may contact Karen Kennedy at 303-948-7538


Maryann Leake
"I flunked watercolor in college. I have worked hard to prove that teacher wrong ever-since. Edwin Leake, my grandfather, an artist, introduced me to the possibility of being an artist." Maryann's artwork mainly encompasses four areas of design: Nest, Floral, Koi and Roxborough. Each having a philosophical theme telling the relationship of man and God. She is a signature member of Colorado Watercolor Society. She has been exhibiting her work consistently throughout Colorado. Her latest commissions are for children's books. "I married my high school steady, Mark Baisley. We are living in Roxborough Park where my studio is visited by my children and grandchildren and two border collies." Artist Website


Donna Lefferdo
Donna Lefferdo was born in Trinidad Tobago, BWI, raised in Buffalo, NY, and moved to Colorado in 1978. Her passion is art and being in nature. She works in watercolor, acrylics, experimental media and encaustics (wax) art. She teaches art classes and workshops, and is currently a member of the Colorado Watercolor Society. Donna's creativity is inspired by studying with renowned local and national artists. She has had private art showings in the Denver Metro area, and her work has been shown in public arts and craft shows as well. "I am in complete reverence for all of life. Art is Everywhere."
You can contact Donna at 303.741.0595 or via email. Artist Website


Jennifer Riefenberg
I am a photographer and painter. I restrict many of my photographs to a particular, large, limited size and I prefer to work in black and white, though I certainly shoot color. As a painter, I only sell original paintings– no glicee’, silkscreen, prints, or other copies of my work. Though dilution of artwork through mass copy is usually driven by economics, I believe in retaining the integrity of the art as a rare beauty. The prices may be a bit higher at times – but the artwork is more precious. You can be assured that you will have something unique. Please enjoy your visit to my website and feel free to contact me for commission work.
Artist Website



Steve Schader
Born a Colorado native raised in St. Louis, Missouri, I have always known I was going to be an artist. I have always loved "fine art" but was also drawn to "commercial" art. Currently, I work freelance out of the studio in my house, creating images (illustration, brochures, logos, postcards, promotional pieces, etc.) for companies locally and nationally.

My passion for drawing began around the age of 8. Even through high school and college, my teachers encouraged me to draw every day... and for the most part, I still do. I sketch all my ideas out before converting them to finished pieces. Most of my fine art work is either colored pencils, or watercolor... my two favorite mediums. When creating a piece, I genereally lean towards nature. I love the outdoors, wildlife, and monumental natural beauty. Artist Website


Paul Stafford
Paul started woodturning in 1987 when he became aware of the wonderful grains and patterns existing in nature's woods. Attendance of seminars by internationally known woodturners provided his constantly honed skills, coupled with his drive to remain eclectic results in his unique designs. He received a NICHE award, many others at Colorado Art shows, been published in Woodturning magazines, and has displayed in prestigious festivals such as the Bellevue Arts Fair and Cherry Creek Art Festival. Venues include: Northwest Fine Woodworking Gallery, Seattle; del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles; Art on a Whim, Breckenridge, CO; American Association of Woodturners Gallery, St. Paul, MN; Art on the Street Gallery, Castle Rock, CO; and Shidoni Gallery, Tesuque, NM. Artist Website


Kate Wyman
I have always enjoyed art and “creating.” I am mainly a self-taught artist; but, I have taken workshops and classes by several accomplished artists, and learning is an ongoing process that I enjoy. I like working in watercolors because of their clean, fresh look.
Although I have lived in Colorado for most of my adult life, I grew up at the Jersey Shore and love painting seascapes and lighthouses, as well as other compositions.
I am currently a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society, member of the Castle Rock Artists Guild, the Park Hill Artists, RAC, and the Littleton Fine Arts Guild. My paintings are in corporate and private collections across the country.
Gallery affiliations are with the Colorado Artworks Gallery in the Denver Art District, the Art on the Street Gallery in Castle Rock, and The Depot Art Center and Gallery in Littleton, Colorado. I also have a large display at the Destination Kitchen store in Norton, Kansas. Artist Website


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