International Cat Day

“Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you're feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you'll feel better because they know that everything is just as it is. There's nothing to get excited about. They just know. They're saviors.” - Charles Bukowski

Obviously the star of our upcoming show here at Fascination St. Fine Art and Frame, Nano Lopez, has to agree. The cats you see here are just a few of the many cats Nano has sculpted to life throughout his career in his internationally acclaimed series of animal works lovingly called “Nanimals”.

“Cats are difficult to find the anatomy...unless it’s a wet, skinny kind of naked cat, but they’re not that pretty,” said Lopez at an event through another one of his galleries. This challenge may be the key to why cats are a frequent subject within the Nanimals collection. Their personalities vary too, from the expectant Lucy to the pensive and thoughtful Edison, and on up to Catfish Lily stretching out her long back, eagerly reaching towards the gear in front of her. Sally seems content with her gentle smile and posture whereas Jack seems to have just woken up from a long nap with that arched back stretch of his.

You can come check out ALL the Nanimal cats, as well as their other critter friends and Mr. Lopez himself at our Nano Lopez event August 24th and 25th here at Fascination St. Fine Art and Frame! The magic of these sculptures will capture and transport you to a place of creative curiosity, ornate details, and beautiful color amongst creatures both familiar and strange.

Click here to see the Facebook event so that you can pencil us in your end-of-summer schedule!

But before we go...in the spirit of International Cat Day, here are some random facts about our feline compadres, and links to reputable charities that dedicate their funds and efforts to the rescue of, and the rights of cats everywhere.

FELINE FACTS

Collectively, kittens yawn about 200 million time per hour. A fingerprint is to a human as a nose is to a cat. Cats can pick up on your tone of voice, so sweet-talking to your cat has more of an impact than you think. Cats have over 100 sounds in their vocal repertoire, while dogs only have 10. Cats sleep 16 hours of any given day. A cat can reach up to five times its own height per jump. Cats have the skillset that makes them able to learn how to use a toilet. Cats CAN be lefties and righties, just like us. More than forty percent of them are, leaving some ambidextrous. Genetically, cats' brains are more similar to that of a human than a dog's brain. Today, cats are living twice as long as they did just 50 years ago. Cats have the cognitive ability to sense a human's feelings and overall mood. A female cat is also known to be called a "queen" or a "molly." Call them wide-eyes: cats are the mammals with the largest eyes.

CHARITIES

https://www.alleycat.org/ | http://www.saveacat.org/ | https://www.aspca.org/

As always, thanks for stopping by. If you are as enamored with Nano's work as we are, please reach out to us at any of the following:

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Hope your day is PURRRRRRRRRfect! 

Upcoming Events - Come Read About Them!

The next few months are pretty exciting here at Fascination St. Fine Art and Frame! We wanted to take a moment to highlight the key ones coming up so our dedicated customers could set some time aside to come soak in some art and memorable times with us. 

Nano Lopez - Master Sculptor LIVE August 24th-25th

Everyone’s favorite eccentric sculpting master, Nano Lopez, will be here in Denver this August 24th and 25th in a two-day event that’s expected to delight and entertain. Come meet the artist, have him dedicate the pieces you purchase, get a deeper look into the process, and see some pieces you may have never seen before from this master of his craft. For more information on this event please be sure to contact the gallery on any of our platforms, and stay tuned to our websites and social media for more exciting information! 

Charles Fazzino - Master of 3D Pop Art LIVE September 14th-15th

Come meet the man behind the mesmerizing 3D serigraphs that adorn our walls here at Fascination St. Fine Art and Frame, Charles Fazzino! As the creator of limited edition fine art silkscreen serigraphs, Charles Fazzino is best known for his obsession for bright colors and wonderful detail, the frenetic energy that infuses his work, and a unique hand assembled 3-D layering technique that brings his images to life. Fazzino, graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, is one of the most popular and highly-collected pop artists of all time. His artworks are exhibited in hundreds of museums and galleries in more than twenty different countries, including ours! Please contact our gallery for more information on this show and special sales or events going on we may be promoting. 

Ringo Starr - Denver VIP Experience Exclusive Event - September 25th

Fascination St. Fine Art and Frame is happy to promote and sponsor the Ringo Starr Denver VIP Experience! Attendance to this event requires a pre-purchase of the VIP Package which comes with - 2 tickets to see Ringo Starr & his All-Starr Band when they perform at The Paramount here in Denver (in VIP seating between rows 3 and 5), MEETING RINGO BEFORE THE CONCERT, getting a photo taken with Ringo Starr, an exclusive lithograph and shirt, and...you get to choose ANY framed Ringo Starr artwork valued at $3,450! WOW that’s an insanely cool package, but this is why this event must be paid in full by September 1st, which is when we will cease to take orders or payments for this event. One-hundred percent of the proceeds are going to benefit the LOTUS FOUNDATION CHARITY! For more information on this exciting opportunity, please contact us here at the gallery before that September 1st deadline. 

Tim Cotterill “Frogman” - LIVE in Denver October 12th-13th

Fascination St. Fine Art and Frame is excited to be hosting an exclusive FROGMAN event in October! Tim Cotterill, also known as Frogman, creates bronze frog sculptures that capture the whimsical character, the jewel-like quality and the pure JOY of these beautiful little creatures. "Through the centuries and throughout the world, frogs have symbolized many things - Good Luck, Royalty, Fertility, Magic Potions, Energy, Charm. In today's fast world, life sometimes becomes complicated and stressful. As you can see, my art is not. It's Elegant, Stylish, Whimsical, Unique and pure FUN! As children we were excited to see our first frogs. They made us laugh when they jumped our way! We were curious about the strange way they felt; the odd way they moved and their simple contented look. I used to watch frogs at my pond in England, noting how each one had its own color markings, character and even personality." Come survey the sleek elegance of Frogman’s creations and meet the man behind these delightful sculptures during this two day show October 12th-13th. Please contact the gallery for more information!

Nano Lopez - Fall Foundry Tour October 26th-27th

Have you ever wanted a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the inner workings of a master sculptor's studio? THIS is your chance then! The Nano Lopez Fall Foundry Tour for 2018 will be October 26th-27th, and we are now taking reservations on this exciting opportunity. Travel to Walla Walla, Washington and survey how the master does what he does - it's a great time for sure. Please be sure to call the gallery for more information on this event, we wouldn't want anyone to miss out! 

As always, thanks for stopping by and checking up on what’s going down here. We here at Fascination St. Fine Art and Frame are excited to be such a hot-spot for fun events, and can’t wait to see you at them! For those of you that need to contact us, here’s a quick list of the venues you can contact us through. 

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Phone: 303-333-1566

Get to Know Your Customer Day

The customer service industry, regardless of any specific niche within it, is incredibly dependent upon the satisfaction of the customers they serve. Hence the memorable expression, “The customer is always right!” being the banner which most businesses operate under. Our gallery is no different in that regard, and is happy to be celebrating Get to Know Your Customer Day with all of you, our cherished clientele! 

While we feel it’s important to celebrate marked holidays, we also feel that we celebrate getting to know our customers every single day. Our focus once you walk in the doors of our gallery is to provide you with an informative, memorable experience. Buying art should be a momentous occasion for all, from the buyer of the most expensive items we have to the person buying an on sale poster or print.

Entering an art gallery can be intimidating to the first time shopper, and we all understand that very much here at Fascination St. Fine Art. Things are big, expensive, and sometimes can be hard to interpret or understand when you’re new to the art world. Our first goal is to of course eliminate that fear of the unknown - our staff are all very knowledgeable and friendly, and happy to walk anyone through the gallery while giving our perspectives on certain pieces, frame design ideas, current artists, and so much more. 

But don’t just take our word for it - you can see for yourself through our blog banner and various review sites that we are very well reviewed, and on the occasions that someone would leave unhappy we strive to make amends however we can. These policies that we hold as credo here are what set us apart from other galleries - and it’s why we have managed to stay in business with such a great reputation since 1992. 

For more information about the gallery, please feel free to see our social media sites, email us, or call us anytime! We look forward to hearing from you. 

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Nano Lopez - Master Sculptor!

The world as seen through the eyes of a child is a place of unfettered creativity, imagination, and boundless fun. There’s no facet of media that doesn’t try to play on this concrete fact of growing up, but there’s one artist in particular who has made a name for himself based on this ideology: Nano Lopez.

If you’re unfamiliar, Nano Lopez is a Colombian-born sculptor who is internationally recognized as a master of his craft. Lopez uses an ancient method of sculpting called the “lost wax” casting method that dates back to ancient Egypt, which helps him achieve the pristine levels of detail in his sculptures. (If you’re curious as to what all this very detail-oriented process entails, here’s a link to Nano Lopez’s process explanation - it’s truly fascinating! http://nanolopez.com/process.html) This casting method is what allows him to be so detailed with his integration of organic and synthetic textures and shapes in his work. The unique blend of the variety of silhouettes that exist within our whole world are mixed in a vibrant, amusing manner that appeals to the core of the collective human experience.

Nano’s artistic talents were obvious from a young age - from winning first prize in a drawing contest at 5 years old to finding wet clay at construction sites as a teenager to practice making clay figures that were copies of master works. With guidance and inspiration from his grandmother, another ceramics and water clay artist, Nano honed his technical skills and became the talent he is today. His father was a chemical engineer, which provided Nano with inspiration from the various metals and textures his father worked with, to the chemicals they used and the effects they had on the metals. With all of this inspiration and technical instruction, Lopez ended up with the complete package for becoming the master bronze sculptor that he is.

Though Nano started out specifically in just making models, he has expanded his work to what he lovingly dubs his “Nanimals” - a light-hearted, fun series of bronze cast sculptures that feature a wide variety of textures and shapes, fun colors, and compositions that connect with you on a deeper level, that child-like place where life is still fun and mysterious.

You can check out Nano Lopez’s artwork here at Fascination St. Fine Art every day, but he has a solo show coming up August 24th and 25th! Stay tuned to here or our social media for more information on that front.

Godard ROCKS Denver 7/28/18

Michael Godard, the self-proclaimed “Rockstar of the Art World” will be joining Fascination St. Fine Art and Frame on Saturday July 28th, 2018. At this event you can get artwork dedicated, talk with Michael Godard himself, and peruse and purchase artwork to your heart’s content. It’s guaranteed to be an invigorating, unforgettable event!

This electrifying artist draws crowds both young and old from all walks of life, as his unique perspective on fun, imagination, and humor with his olives, grapes, and strawberries tend to inspire everyone to think outside of the normal creative box. Godard shows us the whole spectrum of human emotion through a lens of satire and humor, with a level of skill that is unparalleled in the art world.

Godard’s artwork is not only exciting to look at and inspiring in quality, it's also emotionally charged and serves a purpose greater than itself - Michael Godard is incredibly dedicated to philanthropic causes revolving around finding a cure for cancer. Inspired by the untimely passing of his daughter in 2006, Godard hopes to utilize his status and notoriety to fund finding a cure for the disease and save lives in the process. He works closely with St Jude’s, The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Foundation, Make a Wish, and the Nevada Cancer Institute to help serve that purpose.

The interest and talent train doesn’t stop with artist and philanthropist for Michael Godard. In 2014, Michael Godard’s Vodka appeared on liquor store shelves throughout the United States. He has also done custom work for clients including slot machines, album covers, and guitar designs for the lead guitarist of the rock band Guns N’ Roses. You can read about Michael Godard’s life, his inspirations and see beautiful images of his work in his art book, “Don’t Drink and Draw” which was called the best art book of 2006 by USA Book News. Godard’s work can be seen everywhere from galleries across the nation, to the officer’s lounge at the Pentagon and every US Navy Aircraft center, as he is widely collected and internationally acclaimed.

Come experience all of the unique, energetic fun that is Michael Godard’s work with us here at Fascination St. Fine Art and Frame on July 28th - this event is one you won’t want to miss out on! For more information on this show, our artists and merchandise, and other shows we have going on please feel free to visit our website or various social media accounts and you can stay up to date on all the latest fine art news.

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With the season’s changing from spring to summer, it is important to remember that temperature and humidity can affect your artwork. One thing to do, is to monitor the temperature and keep it within a 20 degree range, limiting exposure to varying changes in temperature. When the weather fluctuates from 40 degrees to 75 degrees your canvas is more likely to expand and contract.

The same concept applies to the humidity in the air, efforts should be made to keep the humidity within a 20% range, we suggest using humidifiers and dehumidifiers accordingly. Otherwise, when the humidity varies too much your canvas can develop waves. In some instances it may become necessary to bring your art in to a frame shop having it re-stretched, however if they sustain too many variances in humidity your canvas can become permanently damaged.

Fresh air circulation is helpful as well, it is best to use your ceiling fan and hang your art on the wall in a way that allows for some air flow behind the artwork. These measures will help to ensure your art stays in great condition, upholding its value for years to come.

Todd White is coming to Denver!!!

A bit about the show...

WHEN: Friday November 13th 2015       5 PM - 8 PM

         Saturday November 14th 2015      1 PM - 5 PM

WHERE: Fascination St. Fine Art Gallery 315 Detroit St. Denver, CO 80206

Call 303.333.1566 or email info@fascinationSt.com for more information!

A bit about Todd White's Style...

Todd White is a figurative expressionist painter, some have even gone as far as to call his style "Rat pack meets Picasso". He was the lead character designer on the Nickelodeon show SpongeBob Squarepants, and some of that fun, playfulness can be seen in his current work. This style turned Todd into a multi-million dollar brand of his own. He was commissioned by the Grammys to do their 2007 official poster, do the first-ever illustrations on Coca-Cola light, and Sylvester Stallone paid $280,000 for an original piece.

A bit about Todd White's Story...

Born in 1969 in Texas, Todd White came from humble roots. During his twenties he relocated to the west coast and worked in the animation field, developing characters at some of the most renowned production studios in the country. As an artist, over time, Todd White has gained fame in the UK and the rest of the world, best known for his paintings of the Hollywood scene. All aspects are captured, including the highlife in fashionable nightclubs and restaurants and the A-list stars! 

Todd White art is very distinctive in style and concept. As Todd explains, It all started with my Mom who was a painter and probably my biggest inspiration and hero. My whole life art has taken care of me. 

Todd White eventually moved to Los Angeles where he landed a job with Warner Brothers Studios and ended up working for Nickelodeon becoming the lead character designer of SpongeBob SquarePants. It was a fantastic gig to have. It was a dream job for a young aspiring guy because what pays the bills better than doing your craft every day. It allowed me to go home at night and keep pounding away at my paintings, he says. 

  

During this period Todd White started to forge his artistic style by experimenting with style and concept. He eventually arrived at the working method that now guides him through every piece. Todd always names his pieces first, visualizes faces and personalities, then develops each person's story. In fact, Todd White doesn't paint at all until he can conceptually see that story in his head. And he always tells it as directly as possible - what isn't necessary to the story doesn't go on the canvas. 

Todd White is an impulsive observer of detail, always studying and absorbing figures, faces and features. Subconsciously, he spends his life people-watching - scribbling down sketches whatever the situation (often on napkins, even tablecloths) to record an idea for his next work. Todd White's paintings captivate people. They often invoke laughter and demand repeated viewings. By revealing his subjects' innermost feelings Todd creates timeless scenes of attraction and intimacy. Beneath the exaggerated features and textured skin of his characters there is truth. Both theirs and ours. 

Todd's subjects come from the everyday world, but his perspective is so unusual that he alters the way we perceive people and the roles we play around each other. He studies body language, using its nuances to capture the subtleties of what people show and hide. 

Todd White has an impressive list of accomplishments including being the lead character designer of SpongeBob SquarePants; being the official artist of the 49th Annual Grammy awards; being asked by Warner Brothers to contribute to a major design exhibition celebrating the 70th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz; creating a portrait of Princess Diana for the Princess Diana Memorial Fund; and joining the ranks of artists like Norman Rockwell and Andy Warhol when he was asked by Coca Cola to create a series of inspirational sketches that appeared on their bottles. Todd White is the only artist in history that Coca Cola agreed to have his signature appear on their bottles! 



There is no denying the Art of Todd White is infectious, resulting in White becoming one of the most collected American artists alive in the world today! Remember every time you purchase Todd White artwork over $995, shipping is FREE in the continental U.S. and there is NO SALES TAX when you purchase outside of Colorado. We SHIP WORLDWIDE and offer Layaway for Todd White art. Check out the Todd White Art Project here!

A bit about the show...

WHEN: Friday November 13th 2015       5 PM - 8 PM

         Saturday November 14th 2015      1 PM - 5 PM

WHERE: Fascination St. Fine Art Gallery 315 Detroit St. Denver, CO 80206

Call 303.333.1566 or email info@fascinationSt.com for more information!

Thanks for reading!

-Fascination St.