About the Artist

Chula Beauregard is an award-winning artist, born and raised in the mountains of Colorado. She began painting in the cockpit of a small sailboat in the Bahamas in 5th grade. She enrolled in art every year since, until she graduated cum laude as a Studio Art major from Whitman College. Following college, she served for two years in Gabon, Central Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer. She has been painting in oils since 2006, pursuing her career as a professional artist in her hometown of Stemaboat 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 use my art work to find a balance between these forces. In subject matter, I prefer to focus on Nature’s gifts. In artistic process, however, 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 harmonies, and techniques to create illusions of space.  However, I find the modern approach to lend 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 lend 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

  • American Impressionist Society National Exhibit, St. George, UT, October 2020
  • American Women Artists National Exhibit, Booth Museum, GA, May 2020; Fine Art Connoisseur Award
  • “Roots – A Year at Perry-Mansfield” Solo Exhibit, Steamboat Springs, CO, June, 2020
  • American Impressionist Society Small Works Exhibit, Petrosky, MI, Summer, 2019; Purchase Award
  • Door County Plein Air Festival, Egg Harbor, WI, July 2019
  • Brinton Museum, Artist in Residence Program, Big Horn, WY, Sept 2020
  • “Brinton 101” Brinton Museum, Big Horn, WY, Dec 2018, Dec 2019, Dec 2020
  • 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
  • Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibit, St. George, UT, Nov 2017, Scottsdale, AZ, Nov 2016
  • American Women Artists National Exhibit, Tucson, AZ, Nov 2017
  • Imagining the West, Steamboat Art Museum Invitational Exhibit, Dec 2017
  • Southwest Art Magazine, “Artist to Watch” October, 2016
  • Plein Air Artists of Colorado Annual Exhibit, Boulder, CO, Sept 2016, Sept 2017
  • Governor’s Art Show, Loveland, CO, April 2016
  • American Impressionist Society Annual Juried Exhibit, October 2014, October 2015, Sept 2019

Solo Shows

  • “Roots – A Year at Perry-Mansfield School of Performing Arts” June 2020
  • “Generations – A Year at the Carpenter Ranch” February 2017

Education

Professional Workshops with Skip Whitcomb & Jill Carver
Masters in Education, Regis University, CO – 2002-2005
B.A., Studio Art Major, Whitman College, WA – 1993-1997