Art Gallery

Running West

Photo of a bronze sculpture made from flat colored planes

Exhibit Dates: Friday, January 31, 2025 – Saturday, April 19, 2025

This contemporary art exhibition by artist Chuck Brenton delves into the profound experience of navigating mountain landscapes while capturing the essence of memory and the visceral impact of nature. The works celebrate the euphoric flow-state achieved during trail running, where mind and body synchronize with sensory input from the environment, creating a harmonious blend of perception and experience. 

The exhibition features a collection of polished and painted hybridized bronze works, ranging from two to five feet in height. Each piece echoes the fleeting glimpses of peripheral landscapes that are absorbed almost subconsciously. 

Influenced by the color field painters of early childhood, Brenton embraces a minimalist yet powerful aesthetic, focusing on pure shape, vibrant color, and the introspective qualities of reflective surfaces. The dynamic interplay of fragmented forms and shapes evokes splintered memories and fleeting moments on the trails, while bold colors reflect the grandeur of the natural world. The simplicity and clarity of each piece invites viewers to find beauty in fundamental elements, transforming trail inspirations into a serene visual moment.  

Embedded within his practice is Brenton's journey of training for and experiencing an ultramarathon in the Never Summer and Medicine Bow Mountain ranges of Colorado and Wyoming. His work captures the endurance and perseverance required of such an effort. 

The exhibition invites viewers to reflect on the interplay between the physical and emotional terrains we navigate, offering a contemplative space to consider the journeys that shape us, the memories that linger, and the new horizons we constantly seek. 

The exhibition is on display at the Littleton Museum from January 31 until April 19, 2025. 

About the Artist

Chuck Brenton (b. 1987, Des Moines, Iowa) is renowned for his distinctive sculptures inspired by mountain environments. Employing innovative techniques and vibrant colors, his work is an ode to the sublime connection with nature, where one feels both insignificant and profoundly connected within the vastness of the universe. 

Graduating from Colorado State University, Brenton's multidisciplinary studies in Sculpture, Landscape Architecture, and Environmental Science inform his artistry. His technical expertise was honed at a fine art bronze foundry in Loveland, Colorado where he pioneered a distinctive color system for polished bronze, defining his unique fusion of painting and sculpture. 

Brenton's work has been featured in many Colorado venues, including Artworks Center for Contemporary Art, the Arvada Center for the Arts, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, the Crested Butte Center for the Arts, and Lone Tree Arts Center. He has garnered multiple awards, earning recognition among curators and collectors along the Front Range. 

Exhibit Events 

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. 

Join us on Thursday, January 30, at the Littleton Museum at 5:30 p.m. for the Opening Reception for Chuck Brenton: Running West

No RSVP required. All ages welcome. Light refreshments served. Ample parking available in lot. 

Artist Talk with Chuck Brenton: Thursday, February 27, 2025 (6 p.m.)

Artist Talk by Chuck Brenton on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the Littleton Museum.  

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; Talk from 6 - 7 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public. Ample parking available in lot. 


Port de Banana

Exhibit Dates: Friday, May 30, 2025 – Sunday, August 10, 2025

Port de Banana, an exhibition of work by Lio-Bravo Bumbakini, invites viewers to the small coastal seaport of Banana, at the mouth of the Congo River, the symbolic first point of contact between the western world and the Bantu Tribes inhabiting the region we know as the Democratic Republic of Congo today. This mixed media exhibition tells Banana’s history through a lucid dream-like metaphysical lens steeped in abstractions and surrealism. 

Bumbakini mixes vibrant colors, symbols and archetypes with tribal and traditional African motifs and contemporary Western ideas. This exhibition explores the narratives of life before and after the “discovery” of Congo from an anthropological and folkloric perspective. The artist envisions the modern experience in swaths of folkloric imagery inspired by his Congolese heritage, Belgian upbringing, and the two decades he’s spent across the USA in diaspora. 

Exhibit Events

Opening Celebration: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. 

Join us on Thursday, May 29, 2025 at the Littleton Museum at 5:30 p.m. for the Opening Celebration for Port de Banana

No RSVP required. All ages welcome. Light refreshments provided. Ample parking available in lot. 

 

Artist Talk: Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m., talk begins at 6 p.m. 

Ample parking available in lot.


No Longer and Not Yet

Exhibit Dates: Friday, September 12, 2025 – Sunday, January 11, 2026

Art by Anne Feller.

 

Exhibit Events 

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. 

Join us on Thursday, September 11, 2025 at the Littleton Museum at 5:30 p.m. for the Opening Reception for No Longer and Not Yet

No RSVP required. All ages welcome. Light refreshments provided. Ample parking available in lot.