{"id":120438,"date":"2014-05-07T20:06:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T02:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/artistic-wilds-gallery-opens-in-dolores\/"},"modified":"2014-05-07T20:06:40","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T02:06:40","slug":"artistic-wilds-gallery-opens-in-dolores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/artistic-wilds-gallery-opens-in-dolores\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic Wilds gallery opens in Dolores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Pam Allred has opened a consignment art gallery at 211 Railroad Ave.<\/span>Sam Green\/Cortez Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

An energetic connoisseur of the arts has emerged from the Utah wildlands to open an art gallery in Dolores.<\/p>\n

Pam Allred, who resides \u201csomewhere between Dove Creek and Monticello\u201d has opened the appropriately named Artistic Wilds gallery on Railroad Avenue (Colorado 145) next door to the visitors center.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve done this before, once in La Veta, and another time in Alaska,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The art world is close to Allred\u2019s heart, and Dolores\u2019 edge-of-the-wilderness aura is a good fit for her eclectic style.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of interesting artwork never gets seen because there are limited venues for artists who are not famous,\u201d Allred says. \u201cI got a good feeling in this town and this location.\u201d<\/p>\n

The charming gallery is neatly arranged with a sense of space to give people room as they view paintings, sculptures, mixed media, and abstract subject matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Party\u201d by Peggy Hohlaus exemplifies youth, and the expressive faces are laced with real gold.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s passed on. Even though she was older when she painted it, in her mind she was still a kid \u2013 the key to a happy life, wouldn\u2019t you say?\u201d Allred says.<\/p>\n

Dove Creek artist Cam Waschke\u2019s bizarre sketching of an exotic woman combined with surreal imagery catches the eye. Is it modern? \u201cI don\u2019t believe in descriptions!\u201d Allred says. \u201cIt either appeals to you or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

A subtle but alive scene of a Taos Pueblo harks back to the time before trendy margarita bars and Southwest kitsch took over the tourist trap. Artist Helen Martin used batik on silk to create a comforting vision of the past.<\/p>\n

Allred is also an artist. She specializes in \u201cfiber art\u201d creating woven rugs and unique braided sculptures using materials that call to her, including denim and textiles that she finds on her wanderings.<\/p>\n

A unique basket of woven material she found in a pet store has a practical form that could be used to store a child\u2019s toys, or exist as a conversation piece in a home.<\/p>\n

A woven sculpture of denim and soft fabrics Allred created has a sensuous form of a woman that appears to move when viewed from different angles.<\/p>\n

Nearby guarding a corner is a striking Navajo mud head by artist Alvin Marshall, her most expensive piece.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat makes me happy is to have a nice mix,\u201d Allred says. \u201cIt will be a revolving exhibit, always changing.\u201d<\/p>\n

She has a vision for Dolores, where shops display their wares in each other\u2019s shops to inspire at type of mercantile community connection.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helps to increase traffic when I can say, If you want to see more of this, walk down the street to my friends shop, and they do the same,\u201d she says. \u201cIt adds to the excitement and gets people to park in Dolores, walk around and check things out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Artistic Wilds works on a consignment basis and is nonjuried. Artists of all ages are encouraged to display their creations. If they sell, 70 percent goes to the artist.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never know what will sell,\u201d Allred says.<\/p>\n

Her prices on major pieces run between $75 and $500. But she has smaller items as well at lower prices, for example informative cards featuring petroglyphs that a well-known archaeologists believes are comets.<\/p>\n

In the future, Allred hopes to host art classes in the space, and feature performance art as well.<\/p>\n

Her hours are Wednesday through Sunday, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

jmimiaga@cortezjournal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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