The 2019 Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival Poster, created by local artist Lance Whitner, is now on sale and available for purchase!
A small offering of framed, numbered and signed, limited edition giclee prints are still available for $350 each by contacting marketing@steamboatsir.com, or by stopping the Steamboat Sotheby’s International Realty office at 610 Marketplace Plaza.
Poster prints are $10 each, and available for purchase at the following retailers:
- Off the Beaten Path
- Lyon Drug
- Freshies Restaurant
- Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club offices – Howelsen Hill
- Pine Moon Fine Art Gallery
- Steamboat Sotheby’s International Realty office
Posters can also be purchased for $15 (price includes shipping, packaging and handling) online with a credit card. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ONLINE.
100% of proceeds from poster sales go directly to the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, to support their programs and athletes.
photo credit: David Patterson
ABOUT THE ARTIST
“I use my unique visual vocabulary of color, shape, line and mark to interpret the places my passions take me. Through my paintings, I strive to pass along the spirit of this inspiration.” The colorful work of Lance Whitner is infused with elements of the natural world. Lance finds inspiration in the landscapes her passions take her. Her paintings show her interest in color and patterns found in nature. Born in North Carolina, Lance traveled west to earn a BFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She now lives with her husband, 3 kids and several animals in a purple house in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
THE INSPIRATION
For the Winter Carnival poster, Whitner says, “I thought about this event, and how it’s about skiing and the Winter Sports Club, and decided I wanted to elevate the athletes in this painting, only I don’t paint people. That’s when I thought, ‘Okay, I’ll do it from the perspective of the athlete.’” She pondered what that viewpoint might be and arrived at the ski jump on Howelsen Hill. She hiked to the top of the jump where she did a few drawings in her sketchbook, then went back to her studio to paint with acrylics on canvas. “The feel I was going for was the fun, the chaos of the evening and the celebration of skiing, so there was a lot going on in this painting, but that’s what I wanted.”
For more about Lance Whitner, visit www.lancewhitner.com.