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Stop by RMU at 112 Main Street on Saturday, Dec 2 from 12-4 and Sunday, Dec 3 from 12-6 to see my newest backcountry paintings (and RMU’s great outdoor gear) upstairs then grab a pint at the tavern before heading over to the CAIC Bash at the Riverwalk Center. Art Exhibit at Rocky Mountain
Read MoreThe new 2024 winter products are available and feature a special artist’s series by Leslie Jorgensen. See Leslie speak about her series Art of the Backcountry.
Read MoreJoin me September 16-23, 2024 in Austria for this amazing Plein air painting trip. Next Fall, I’ll be instructing a 7-day workshop with Travel Fever Tours. Registration is limited to 12 participants, so sign up early. Here’s our new video preview of the trip:
Read MoreWe recently camped and mountain biked in nearby Gunnison, Colorado. The trip revolved around great friends, mountain bike trails, sitting around campfires and watching the moon and Venus follow the setting sun to herald a sky full of stars and the Milky Way. It’s a place I go back to
Read MoreI’m delighted to announce that I was chosen by the FIBARK committee to create a special work of art for this year’s 75th anniversary event. FIBARK (First in Boating on the Arkansas) was the first whitewater boat race in the U.S. and the tradition is still alive today. I’m a huge fan
Read More121 N F Street, Salida, CO 81201 After a busy few weeks, I’m all moved in and back to making art. Thank you to my dear friend with a truck (Jan) and to Ron who has been a daily wall patcher/painter/overall handyman and IT support. While I’ll miss the sunny sweet space I rented
Read Moreby Terri Fleming, Special to The Mountain MailFebruary 7, 2023 Leslie Jorgensen’s vibrant, pulsating painting style was born, in real terms, on the side of a mountain. The Salida artist began to see the landscape anew in 2017 on a backcountry ski trip at an 11,650-foot-high 10th Mountain
Read MoreLeslie Jorgensen’s Paintings in the New Vectra Bank Corporate Center Leslie was selected to create four paintings for a new corporate conference center in Denver, CO. The paintings represent the four seasons in colorado as seen through the lens of mountain adventures. Summer is a painting
Read MoreI recently finished 4 paintings for Vectra Bank’s new Corporate Center in the Denver Tech Center at Belleview Station and I-25. Thanks to the efforts of art consultants Liz Graham and Jennifer Perlow, I had the good fortune to not only participate in this project but to visit this
Read MoreI recently participated in the Monarch Mountain Snowboard Show “Freeride”. Our hometown ski area is a great little gem and they reached out to our artist community to help them repurpose some old snowboards from their rental fleet. The result was a series of snowboards that have
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