Raven Gallery of Aspen, Colorado

1. RAVEN GALLERY 433 East Cooper Avenue | Aspen, Colorado 81611 | 970.429.4297 | info@ravengalleryaspen.com | www.ravengalleryaspen.com Raven gallery

2. Raven Gallery in Aspen, Colorado strives to blend the creative efforts of the human hand with the art of nature. On two floors, we represent top glass artists of the world, a select group of painters and sculptors, and an extraordinary array of globally sourced mineral specimens. At street level, we carry artists such as: Scott Fraser Heriberto Mora Jose Chardiet Baldwin/Guggisberg Alex Bernstein WilfriedGrootens Kathleen Mulcahy Chris Ries BertilValien TolandSand Raven gallery

3. On the lower level a selection of natural art including extraordinary minerals, crystals and petrified wood, rivaling any museum collection, fills the space with light and vibrancy. Raven gallery

4. SCOTT FRASER Painter - Contemporary Realism & Oil Painting Longmont, Colorado Scott Fraser’s has been greatly influenced by his teachers, friends and art history. He appreciates both historical and contemporary works. Van Eyke, Vermeer and Vander Wyden share the list with Lucien Freud, Joseph Cornell, Paul Klee and Frank Auerbach. Much of his imagery is inspired by surroundings and his family. Emoji Toad Image 10"h x 7", Framed 17.5" x 14.5" Raven gallery

5. HERIBERTO MORA Heriberto Mora was born in Havana, Cuba. He graduated from the San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts in Havana, made his way to Spain and in 1993 arrived in Florida. His paintings are done exclusively in oil and reflect the tension between the spiritual and material work, between visible and invisible reality. The Door 45"h X 62"w Oil on Canvas Raven gallery

6. JOSE CHARDIET Glass artist José Chardiet was born in Havana in1956. At the age of four, his family emigrated from Cuba to the United States, settling in New Haven, Connecticut. Still Life with Teapot 26"h X 15.75"w X 7"d Blown, Hot Sculpted and Cast Glass Raven gallery

7. PHILIP BALDWIN AND MONICA GUGGISBERG Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg are glass artists who have been working together since 1979. The live in Paris.  They have collaborated on designs for Best & Lloyd, London, England; Venini, Venice, Italy; Nestlé, Vevey, Switzerland; Rosenthal Glas & Porzellan AG, Selb, Germany; HergiswilGlas, Hergiswil, Switzerland; and Steuben Glass, Corning, New York.   Guardian in Red 97"H x 9.5"W x 8"D Raven gallery

8. ALEX BERNSTEIN The forms of Bernstein’s pieces – as well as the techniques he uses to work the glass – mirror processes in nature, such as oxidation, erosion, growth and decay. As a result, many of his pieces evoke images of flowing water, ice crystals, mountain peaks and jagged canyons – all structures that seem solid and unyielding, but are actually in constant flux. Steel Blue Night 25"h x 25"w x 5"d Cast, Carved Glass Raven gallery

9. WILFRIED GROOTENS Grootens’ current glass work uses the optical float technique. He paints on layers of glass and assembles them in stacks, laminating them together to create cube forms. The cubes are cut and polished to perfection. Pieces in the series, “Where the Shark Bubbles Blow”, are made from up to 35 layers of glass.  The painted surface is reflected on the planes of the cube; duplicating itself in one view, disappearing entirely in another, creating a dizzying display of optical illusion and geometry as art. Where the Shark Bubbles Blow R2 2016 8.25" square Raven gallery

10. Kathleen Mulcahy Kathleen Mulcahy lives and works in Pennsylvania with her husband and partner, Ron Desmett. Since the 1980s, they have worked as independent glass artists on projects for installation in private collections, homes, corporate offices, public art projects and solo exhibitions throughout the United States. Mulcahy has won many awards including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the Fulbright Foundation. Silver Springs 48"h x 48"w Raven gallery

11. CHRISTOPHER RIES Initially Christopher Ries was fascinated with blown glass, but by the late 1970s he was working in his home studio, sculpting cold glass using cutting, grinding and polishing techniques. His interest in cold glass was sparked by his experience at the University of Wisconsin, as a teaching assistant to Harvey K. Littleton; who is considered by many to be the founder of the 20th century American studio glass movement.Working in his studio at Schott also gives Ries the ability to create the largest, whole, unassembled pieces of sculpted crystal known. Ries creates pieces that often weigh 200-500 pounds and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. In his own studio in rural Pennsylvania, he carves smaller pieces that are up to 18″ in height. Bouquet of Light 14"H x 7.5"W x 3.75"D Raven gallery

12. Ararat 1-12 7.5"H x 22.5"W x 4"D BERTIL VALLIEN BertilVallien is one of today’s most famous and highly respected European glass artists. A contemporary of Lino Tagliapietra, he hails from Sweden, where he graduated at the top of his class from the National College of Crafts and Design in Stockholm. In 1961 a Royal Foundation Grant funded his two year stay in Los Angeles, where he achieved great success as an award winning ceramicist. Raven gallery

13. TOLAND SAND Toland Sand has been a glass artist since 1977.  After working with stained glass, glass blowing and architectural glass, Toland has been doing laminated glass sculpture exclusively since 1987.  The mainstays of his work are optical crystals (leaded and non-leaded) as well as dichroic coated glass and pigmented adhesive. Light Graphics2 Raven gallery

14. RAVEN GALLERY Raven Gallery in Aspen, Colorado strives to blend the creative efforts of the human hand with the art of nature. www.ravengalleryaspen.com 433 East Cooper Avenue | Aspen, Colorado 81611 | 970.429.4297 | info@ravengalleryaspen.com | www.ravengalleryaspen.com Raven gallery