{"id":68625,"date":"2017-04-03T17:40:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T23:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/painter-mattesons-favorite-places-on-display-in-mancos\/"},"modified":"2017-04-03T23:40:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T23:40:48","slug":"painter-mattesons-favorite-places-on-display-in-mancos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/painter-mattesons-favorite-places-on-display-in-mancos\/","title":{"rendered":"Painter Matteson\u2019s \u2018favorite places\u2019 on display in Mancos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Oil painter Susan Matteson will display her work at Olio restaurant in Mancos starting this weekend.<\/span>Jacob Klopfenstein\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Montezuma County oil painter Susan Matteson creates her best work when she\u2019s outside.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get the essence and feeling of being out there in the weather and the elements,\u201d she said April 1.<\/p>\n

Matteson\u2019s show \u201cPieces of Favorite Places\u201d debuts at Olio restaurant in Mancos this week and will continue through June 8. An artist reception will take place at the restaurant, 114 W. Grand Ave., on Saturday from 4-6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Matteson moved to Southwest Colorado in 2001 and now lives near Dolores. Some of her favorite places to paint include Lizard Head Pass and the front yard of her home, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love this area,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s so much here.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a child, Matteson spent lots of weekends outside alongside her father, who was a hunter, she said. She enjoyed riding horses outside, especially during snowstorms, she said.<\/p>\n

That love for the outdoors led her to start painting in plein air, outside and creating images of the natural scenes in front of her, she said.<\/p>\n

One of her favorite paintings that will be included in the Olio show is \u201cStragglers.\u201d The painting depicts a rancher bringing three of his cows down from the mountains in the rain.<\/p>\n

Matteson painted \u201cAmong Giants,\u201d another one of her favorites, near Lizard Head Pass while a snowstorm was rolling through the mountains. The painting depicts clouds wrapping themselves around high mountain peaks above Trout Lake with cottages in the foreground.<\/p>\n

Matteson often paints with Mancos artist Veryl Goodnight, a close friend. She said it\u2019s nice to have someone else come along to paint with, and she appreciates Goodnight as a mentor.<\/p>\n

Matteson said she hopes that people who see her artwork at Olio will have more appreciation for the area. Many times people don\u2019t take time away from their busy lives to stop and look at the scenery before them, Matteson said, and she hopes her work can help people do that.<\/p>\n

She also hopes to convey the feelings she gets when she\u2019s out in the field painting to others through her works, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t catch it if you\u2019re not out there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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