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 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:

“The Western experience is one of contradictions as we navigate between modern progress and pure wildness. Geographically rooted in the West, I intend to bridge the gap between traditional and contemporary. Using the classical approach, I apply the tools that have been tried and tested through the centuries: patterns of light and dark, color theories, and techniques to create illusions of space. However, I find the modern approach lends the freedom I need to express the intuitive sense of place: color fields, expressive mark layering, and textures that unite the painted surface. I honor the infinite Beauty of this land, while striving to contribute a relevant voice in these modern times.”

“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

  • Exhibitions & Events

    • Oil Painters of America, Online Showcase, 2023, Honorable Mention
    • American Impressionist Society Annual Juried Natl Exhibit, 2023, Artist’s Choice Award
    • Broadmoor Galleries, Broadmoor Art Experience, 2017-2023
    • Simpson-Gallagher Gallery, 2023, Out of the Ordinary Show
    • Plein Air Convention & Expo, 2023, Faculty
    • Colorado Monument Plein Air Event, 2022
    • Oil Painters of America, Natl Exhibit, 2022, Presidential Award of Excellence
    • American Impressionist Society Annual Juried Natl Exhibit, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023  
    • Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibit, 2017, 2016, 2022
    • Brinton Museum, Bighorn Rendezvous, Aug 2021; Graveyard Shift, Oct 2021; Artist in Residence 2020
    • American Women Artists National Exhibit, Nov 2017, May 2020; Fine Art Connoisseur Award
    • Plein Air Artists of Colorado Annual Exhibit, Boulder, CO, Sept 2016, Sept 2017, Nov 2022
    • “Roots – A Year at Perry-Mansfield” Solo Exhibit, Steamboat Springs, CO, June, 2020
    • American Impressionist Society Small Works Exhibit, 2019; Purchase Award
    • Door County Plein Air Festival, Egg Harbor, WI, July 2019
    • Brinton Museum, Big Horn, WY, Brinton 101, Dec 2018, Dec 2019, Dec 2020, Dec 2021
    • Mountain Oyster Club Invitational Exhibit, Tucson, AZ, November 2018, 2017, 2015
    • Steamboat Art Museum Plein Air Event, 2019, 1st Place; 2018, 3rd Place; 2016, 1st Place; 2015, 1st Place
    • “Generations – the Carpenter Ranch” Solo Exhibit, Steamboat Springs Arts Council, Feb 2018
    • Imagining the West, Steamboat Art Museum Invitational Exhibit, Dec 2017
    • Southwest Art Magazine, “Artist to Watch” October, 2016

    Experience
           • Oil Painter and Workshop Instructor, 1997-present
           • Fine Arts Educator, 2004-2008

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