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

  • Oil Painters of America, National Exhibit, 2024, 2022
  • 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
  • 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

  • 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

  • “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