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I make images. I live life as art. My interest is in strong, wild women and what I imagine that they wear...and then, there's the garden...

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Unbridled: An All-Women Western Art Exhibition, Meet the Artist! Today's feature is Ouida Touchon.

Delta, Colorado based artist Ouida Touchon combines traditional forms of printmaking and mixed media, with painting, collage, and embroidery to synthesize a medium all her own. More than a printmaker or painter, she sees herself more essentially as a maker of images. Her vibrant reduction woodcuts of women's garments (embellished with text) capture the souls of their inhabitants, oftentimes based on real women who lived and made legend in the frontier days. In this way, she pays homage to the feminine characters that too frequently go unwritten in popular tales of the Wild West. "My art making is complicated with feuding passions. One limb is socially conscious narratives about bad-ass women, either mythical or American west. The other limb fights for the scintillation of the observed; the beauty I see and interpret in a graphic response. More than a printmaker, or painter, I serve as an image maker, and I hope each time, for something remarkable. I enjoy working in the studio at my press or easel, as well as teaching printmaking at colleges and community workshops."

Find her piece, Chiles #8, in the Unbridled show - on display through September 19th.

#Unbridled #femaleartist #westernart #womeninwesternart

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Happy Monday from the shop!
We’re open everyday this week from 11-6! ☀️

#telluride #telluridecolorado #visittelluride #tellurideskiresort #discovertelluride

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"Ride 'em Cowgirl!"⁠
Mixed Media⁠
Artist: Ouida Touchon @ouidaart⁠
Ranch Partner: Tribute to the Artist's great-grandmother, Laura.⁠
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"Ride em Cowgirl! is a linoleum block print with a chine colle handprinted underprint, and is mounted on a piece of archival white paper. One of a kind, and beautifully framed."⁠
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On Display at the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art for "Women's Work"⁠
@armitchellmuseum⁠
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View and Shop the Show 🔗 Link in bio

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"Laura of the High Desert"⁠
Mixed Media⁠
Artist: Ouida Touchon @ouidaart⁠
Ranch Partner: Tribute to the Artist's great-grandmother, Laura.⁠
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"This is a woodcut print which is hand printed on heavy archival paper. The image of my great-grandmother Laura is superimposed over the woodcut and is created with pencil, ink and gouache."⁠
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On Display at the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art for "Women's Work"⁠
@armitchellmuseum⁠
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View and Shop the Show 🔗 Link in bio

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Announcing the Cowgirl Gathering Art Show 2025 award winners!⁠
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🏆 Best in Show: ⁠
"Bosal"⁠
Soft Pastel⁠
30"x15"⁠
Natalie Campbell @rightleadstudio⁠
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🏆Honorable Mention⁠
"Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter"⁠
Reduction woodcut print⁠
30" x24"⁠
Ouida Touchon @ouidaart⁠
(Quote around print reads: "When a man hits a target, they call him a marksman. When I hit a target, they call it a trick. Never did like that much." Annie Oakley)⁠
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See these pieces and the other wonderful work in the Cowgirl Gathering art show through May 31. 🔗 Link in bio⁠
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@the_cowgirl_gathering⁠

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LONGEST NIGHT charcoal drawing from 12/21/22

1-The Winter Solstice also marks the return of the light as days get longer towards the start of spring

2-Hannah Arendt

3-Untitled (we are watching) by Jorge Anchondo

4-"ULTREIA" is a word that means "keep going, go beyond" and is used as a greeting and encouragement among pilgrims on the Camino De Santiago in Spain

#longestnight #newmoon #charcoaldrawing #hannaharendtquotes #endangeredspeciesact #endangeredspecies #ultreia #caminodesantiago

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Beauties for a Cause nonprofit raffle drawing! Congratulations to the winner, Jane Cave. Huge thank you to @ouidaart for donating the art piece! If you are looking for unique art make sure to check her out. Up next I will be selling up cycled horse shoes at a local craft fair to raise money for B4AC. Stay tuned tomorrow for a behind the scenes video of how I make them.

#teenmissnewmexicoearth #teenmissearthusa #b4acusa #nonprofit #raffle

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Just wanted to post a little reminder about my artwork raffle! More details about the artist and the raffle are in my previous posts. DM me to buy tickets or for more information!

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Here’s a little bit about the artist of my Nonprofit raffle print piece! She is such an inspiration in the way that she helps those in need through her artwork. From empowering strong women to helping those in Ukraine she truly makes an impact and leaves valuable messages in all of her prints.

Tickets for this raffle are available now for $10 each. Let me know if you would like to purchase a ticket. 100% of the profit will be donated to Beauties for a Cause.

#teenmissearthusa #teenmissnewmexicoearth #raffle #loveyourmotherearth #stillsherose #b4acusa

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It’s time for a raffle to raise money for the nonprofit @b4acusa! I want to start this with a huge thank you to @ouidaart for donating this beautiful print piece. Over the course of the next few days I will be sharing more details about the artwork and the artist. I was just so excited to share a sneak peek of this project. Stay tuned for updates and if you want to get in early to the raffle you can reach out to me. In the meantime hop on over to @ouidaart to check out some of her work.

#teenmissearthusa #teenmissnewmexicoearth #raffle #loveyourmotherearth #stillsherose #thecleanearthproject

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A great Saturday workshop at the @grandmesaartsandevents . I brought a bundle of fresh cotton textiles, and we carved blocks and printed some pretty exciting pieces.
So satisfying. Bandanas, scarves, sarongs, oh my! Good job, artists 🎨 !👏🏿👏🏼👏🏼👏🏾
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#teachingart #workshopsinart #workshopsinprintmaking #workingtogether #womenwhoprint #handprintedtextiles
#makingbeauty #lovewhatido #coloradoartist #printmakingasfineart

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