By Hilliard Moore – GW Gallery Owner

DNC 1908
Presidential Candidates: William Jennings Bryant and Vice President John W. Kern
Location: Municipal Auditorium 14th and Curtis Streets
Date: July 7-10, 1908
Governor: Henry Buchtel
Mayor: Robert Speer
City’s Population: 210,000
Nicknamed: “Queen City of Mountain and Plain”
First Class Hotel: Brown Palace Hotel
Transportation Terminal: Union Depot at 17th and Wynkoop
Delegates: No Black Delegates at Convention but a number of Blacks did attend
Black Newspaper: “The Colorado Statesman”
Denver’s Black Neighborhood Five Points: Members of the “Negro Democratic Headquarters” hoisted a banner promoting Bryan and his running mate Kern across a street in Five Points

DNC 2008
Presidential Candidates: Barack Obama and Vice President (?)
Location: Pepsi Center 1000 Chopper Circle
Date: August 25-28, 2008
Governor: Bill Ritter
Mayor: John Hickenlooper
City’s Population: 12 County Denver-Aurora-Boulder 2,998,878
Nicknamed: “Mile-High City”
First Class Hotel: Hyatt Convention Center Hotel
Transportation Terminal: Denver International Airport at 8500 Pena Blvd.
Delegates: Key Black Leaders; Leah Daughtry - Chief Executive Officer of the DNCC and Elbra Wedgeworth - President / Chair of the Board DNC Host Committee
Black Newspaper:”Urban Spectrum”
Denver’s Black Neighborhood Five Points: The Legendary Five Points Jazz and Blues Festival

By Marlene Feinholtz – Urban Cityscapes Painter

I create paintings that depict my personal interpretation of the architecture in and around Denver. This has been the fuel that continually energizes my work. I am inspired driving to and from the bank, to the gallery, out to dinner, to a play or simply a stroll through downtown.

Hilliard Moore, owner of Great Western Art, has been displaying my work in his gallery in downtown Denver, right in the heart of the City and a half a block from the Performing Art Center. His excitement about the upcoming Democratic National Convention worked its way into an idea. He asked me if I would be able to create a painting from a historical point of view that could be a collector’s item for people coming here for the convention. I did some research and came up with a concept and the painting has become a reality.

The original painting is being displayed at the gallery and Hilliard has ordered posters which can be purchased at the gallery for $10.00. As you can see from the photograph of the painting, I painted the City Municipal Auditorium where the convention was held in 1908 and the Pepsi Center where it will be held on August 25-28, 2008. I included a view of the mountains as seen looking west from Denver and the American Eagle painted in the colors of the American flag. The original painting, posters and special order giclees, as well as framing, are available at the gallery. The excitement surrounding this historic Democratic National convention is growing with each passing day.

By Jane Renau Denison – Abstract Expressionist

Have you ever found yourself translating the physical objects in your experience into thoughts? Have you looked at a cloud and seen a monkey instead of a cloud? Maybe when you look deeply at a rock, the rock is overwhelmed by a surface bursting with colors, textures and shapes. What rock?

I think of the process of Visual Arts as the visualization within our individual consciousness that occurs when we are observing blobs of matter such as stone, metal, wood, clay or even the human body. It takes an artist to create these visions into a physical form, using various mediums, for others to enjoy and appreciate.

In my case, visual art describes my visual perception stimulated by a vivid subjective presence. I see color, form and texture not only in music but especially in ideas.

My paintings objectify the subjective. I paint ideas.

This approach to expression amplifies a deep fascination and love of line, shape and color in their non representational form. Principles and elements of design begin to take on a life of their own.

A line can enjoy just being a line. See paintings Retrospection and Energized.

Sculptural shapes unencumbered by gravity, time or weather are free to express their own individuality. See paintings Bored Sculpture Blowing Bubbles and Ringers.

Music can be captured in static forms. See paintings In The Beginning, Chorus and That Swing.

I welcome you into my world of thought!

Visit Jane’s website to view her work.