FIRST-TIME visitors to the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art at 1311 Pearl Street must ring a bell in order to obtain admittance. Once inside, it’s a bit like tumbling down a long and winding rabbit hole of the senses.
Vance Kirkland would love it.
Arguably one of Colorado’s most famous artists, Kirkland painted fantastical creatures and explosive nebulae that existed only in his extraordinary imagination.
But when it came to a plate, a coffee cup or a living room chair, he surrounded himself with beautiful shapes reflective of 20th century moods.
