About the Artist

Chula Beauregard (b. 1974) is a sixth-generation Coloradan. After graduating from Whitman College as an Art Major, cum laude, Chula went on to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Gabon, Central Africa. Coming home to the Colorado mountains, she finds painting is her preferred way to engage in the Western landscape.

Beauregard is a signature member of the Oil Painters of America (OPA), American Impressionist Society (AIS), and American Women Artists (AWA). She has won notable awards in each group and won the President’s Award of Excellence with the Oil Painters of America (2022). She won 1st Place awards at the Steamboat Art Museum Plein Air Event (2015, 2016, 2019), and served as Faculty at the Plein Air Convention and Expo (PACE, 2023). She has been invited to several museum shows, including the Brinton Museum (Big Horn, WY), the Western Spirit Museum (Scottsdale, AZ), the Steamboat Art Museum (Steamboat Springs, CO), Bennington Art Center (Bennington, VT), Booth Western Art Museum (Cartersville, GA), and the Tucson Desert Art Museum (Tucson, AZ).

Her work can be found in public and private collections. She is represented by the Simpson-Gallagher Gallery (Cody, WY) and the Broadmoor Galleries (Colorado Springs, CO).

Artist Statement:

“Each day I go into the field with my art box, charged with fresh oil paint, clean brushes and blank panels. I search for truth and beauty which creates the sense of place. Back in the studio, I play with color palettes, value zones, and compositional structure. These experiments are in service to the deep connection I gained in the field. Adhering to best practices ensures every piece has archival integrity.

As we witness it, we love it. What we love, we strive to preserve. My role is to witness this fragile world. It creates in me a responsibility to protect it. Through three different Artist-in-Residence projects, I partnered with The Nature Conservancy, a 100-year-old performing arts camp, and now the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agriculture Land Trust. Following the artistic heritage of the School of Fontainbleau and Thomas Moran, my art adds to the effort to educate, inspire, and eventually conserve our heritage and land.

Growing up in the mountains of Colorado, I continue a legacy, raising my own family here. Six generations of Colorado family behind me support this wild dream come true: to be an artist, spending my career communicating deep connections to this beautiful place we call home.”

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” John Muir

Chula Beauregard’s work can be found in:

 The Broadmoor Galleries

1 Lake Circle
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(719) 577-5744
 
 
 
 
 
 

Simpson-Gallagher Gallery

1161 Sheridan Avenue

Cody, WY 82414

307.587.4022

 

 

To contact the artist directly, call (970) 846-2266 or email chulabeauregard@gmail.com

Exhibitions & Events

  • Oil Painters of America, National Exhibit, 2026, 2024, 2022
  • “Legacy – A Year with the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agriculture Land Trust” Solo Exhibit, Steamboat Springs, CO, May, 2026
  • Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibit, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024
  • Oil Painters of America, Online Showcase, 2023
  • American Impressionist Society Annual Juried Natl Exhibit, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Broadmoor Galleries, Broadmoor Art Experience, 2017-2024; solo show, “Wilderness,” 2024
  • Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibit, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024
  • Brinton Museum, Bighorn Rendezvous, Aug 2021; Artist in Residence 2020, 2024
  • American Women Artists National Exhibit, 2016, 2020
  • “Roots – A Year at Perry-Mansfield” Solo Exhibit, Steamboat Springs, CO, June, 2020
  • American Impressionist Society Small Works Exhibit, 2019, 2023, 2026
  • Door County Plein Air Festival, Egg Harbor, WI, July 2019
  • Steamboat Art Museum Plein Air Event, 2015-2019
  • “Generations – the Carpenter Ranch” Solo Exhibit, Steamboat Springs Arts Council, Feb 2018

 

Awards

  • 2025 Snowmass Plein Air Festival,
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  • 3rd Place, Artists’ Choice
  • 2024 Snowmass Plein Air Festival, Honorable Mention
  • 2023 Oil Painters of America, Online Showcase, Honorable Mention
  • 2023 American Impressionist Society Annual Juried Natl Exhibit Artist’s Choice Award
  • 2022 Oil Painters of America, National Exhibit, Presidential Award of Excellence
  • 2020 American Women Artists National Exhibit Fine Art Connoisseur Award
  • 2019 American Impressionist Society Small Works Exhibit Purchase Award
  • 2015, 2016, 2019 Steamboat Art Museum Plein Air Event, First Place

 

Articles

  • “Art Gallery – Artist Feature” Cowboys & Indians, 2025
  • “Artist to Watch” Southwest Art Magazine, 2016

 

Experience

  • Oil Painter and Fine Arts Educator, 1997-present
  • Plein Air Convention & Expo, 2023, Faculty
  • Outdoor Painting Workshops 2015- present
  • Studio Painting Workshops 2022 – present
  • Drawing Workshops 2019 – present
  • Sketch-A-Bird Workshops for Crane Festival 2015-2019
  • Foundations of Drawing for Tweens 2019
  • 1997-2011 Chula’s Custom Murals, Washington, Gabon, Colorado
  • 2005-2008 Fine Arts Teacher, Steamboat Springs Middle & High School
  • 2001-2005 PEACE Project Director, Steamboat Springs, CO
  • 1998-2000 Peace Corps Volunteer, Gabon, Central Africa

 

Education
          Masters in Education, Regis University, CO – 2002-2005
          B.A. cum laude, Studio Art Major, Whitman College, WA – 1993-1997

          Workshops with Quang Ho, Len Chmiel, Skip Whitcomb, Dan Young, Jill Carver