By Mike Salbato Trinidad State McIntosh set to join Lady Trojans Trinidad State Junior College Softball Coach Steve Swazo is proud to announce the signing of Tashena Mc- Intosh, an infielder from Canon City High School. McIntosh hit .531 her senior year with 25 hits, 34 RBIs and four homeruns. She also played summer ball for the Colorado Springs Aqua- sox organization. “Tashena will provide us some additional power and will challenge for the vacant spot at third base since we graduate a sophomore at that position after this sea- son,” Swazo said. “She is a hard worker and a good stu- dent. I believe she will be up for the challenge here at Trinidad State.” During her senior year, McIntosh was a 4-year let- ter winner, was named sec- ond team all-conference in 2012, and first team all-con- ference in 2014. She was a Senior All-Star selection for her conference and was se- lected by her teammates as the Offensive Player of the Year. She is the daughter of Tom and Billie McIntosh. Middle Infielder signs with TSJC Trinidad State Junior College Softball Coach Steve Swazo is proud to announce the signing of middle in- fielder Jaunita Gallegos of Pueblo Central High School. Gallegos was this year’s de- fensive MVP and received All-State and All-Conference honors. “Juanita is a player that will come in and challenge for a spot defensively right away. She has a great glove and moves very well side to side,” Swazo said. “One area of improvement will be to make her a more consistent hitter and we are confident we can make that happen.” As a senior, Gallegos hit .302 with 32 hits and 16 RBIs. She is the daughter of Ver- non and Paula Gallegos. Muniz set to play softball for TSJC Trinidad State Junior College Softball Coach Steve Swazo is proud to announce the signing of first baseman Olivia Muniz from Westmin- ster High School in Denver. Muniz is coming off a senior year in which she hit .552 with 29 hits and 37 RBIs. She also hit four homeruns. “Olivia is a great student and will get better in the two years she will play for us here at Trinidad State,” coach Swazo said. “She has a great bat and this past year showed that she can also hit the long ball. We are looking forward to having her as part of our team for next fall.” Muniz was also a 4-year letter-winner and was First- Team All-Conference her sophomore, junior and se- nior years. She has a 4.2 GPA at Westminster. She is the daughter of Christopher and Rebecca Muniz. Page 6 Monday, January 19, 2015 The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado earned acknowledgement as one the great masters of line drawing working in the United states today. Boulden talked about how Sawa goes about his creative business. “He does the abstracts on the computer, but it wouldn’t be right to call it computer generated, because the computer doesn’t cre- ate it, he does,” Boulden said. “He just uses the computer as his palette, his canvas. He draws it all into the computer, and then we bought a big, professional giclee printer, so that we can do the large printing ourselves. You’ll see that used a lot where people do an oil paint- ing or watercolor paint- ing and then they’ll do a photograph of it, and they’ll do a lot of copies on canvas and on paper. The gicleéée is the type of printer they use. He will create it in the com- puter and then we print it out, so we can get the colors just right. We also do our own fram- ing.” They use a special, pre-coated photo- graphic paper that prevents the lines from running, and has little reflection. Sawa puts 400 to 600 hours of painstaking work into just one of his abstracts, with a level of detail that is simply incredible. They pro- duce about 20 reproductions of each image that Sawa produces, with each image being considered an original artwork. “The best way I can describe is as a 21st Century lithograph, where every piece of it is done by the artist and each one is con- sidered an original,” Boulden said. “That way we can bring the price down to where people can afford the paintings. He’s also started doing his traditional figures in the computer and printing them on paper. We keep them at a smaller size and do a limited edition of 100 on those. Framed right now, they’re running at about $250, if they can’t afford the larger ones. With his abstracts, I’ve had other gallery owners tell me that they thought Fumio was among the top five percent of artists working in the United States, because he’s breaking new ground that nobody else is doing.” Boulden said Sawa’s work can grab a viewer from clear across a gallery, and many times different viewers interpret the meaning of the same piece of artwork in different ways. He told the story of a woman who gazed in wonder at one the artworks for a long time, and then said the abstract work was a near-perfect image of her mother’s life. He’s often surprised and sometimes mystified by the viewer’s reac- tions to Sawa’s work. Each image speaks to the viewer, and the image is more strik- ing the closer a viewer gets to it. He said Sawa could be creating the image in his mind that he wants to produce with his computer- based line drawing. “He can be listening to music, or be outside listening to the wind blow, but I know that in his mind he’s creat- ing his next piece of artwork. He plays clas- sical piano music and he’s constantly creat- ing, and he sees these in his head before he puts them together.” Sawa took private line drawing lessons for many years from Michael Thornton, who also now lives in Trinidad. Boulden said the two men bond- ed as closely as brothers through their shared interest in creating beautiful art works. Another key element in the new gallery will be artistic glassworks from the Victo- rian period, which will be used to highlight Sawa’s futuristic line drawings. Other art- ists will also be invited to share the gallery space during special exhibits. Sawa and Boulden hooked up in Kansas City, Mo., where Boulden worked for the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and they co-owned an art gallery there for sev- eral years. The both fell in love with Trini- dad on a visit here and decided to move their lives here and open a new art gallery. The long commutes from Kansas City to Trinidad are now mostly over. Boulden is the new executive director of the Trinidad- Las Animas County Economic Develop- ment organization. They’re both delighted to be a part of the burgeoning arts commu- nity in their new mountain home. They said they’re both looking forward to that golden day when the Fumio Sawa Fine Art gallery is ready to open its doors to the art- loving public. “We’re very excited to be this close to opening our new gallery,” Sawa said. “It’s wonderful to be a part of the Trinidad arts community.” ... Continued from Page 1 Fumio Sawa Fine Art Photo courtesy TSJC Tashena McIntosh signs her letter of intent. Photo courtesy TSJC Juanita Gallegos signs her letter of intent. Steve Block / The Chronicle-News Fumio Sawa Photo courtesy TSJC Olivia Muniz signs her letter of intent. COLLEGE RECRUITING TSJC Softball names trio of prep signees S PORTS & A RT Artwork courtesy Fumio Sawa and www.fumiosawafineart.com A selection of Fumio Sawa’s abstract artwork which can be viewed at www.fumiosawafineart.com.
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By Mike SalbatoTrinidad State
McIntosh set to join Lady Trojans
Trinidad State Junior College Softball Coach Steve Swazo is proud to announce the signing of Tashena Mc-Intosh, an infielder from Canon City High School. McIntosh hit .531 her senior year with 25 hits, 34 RBIs and four homeruns. She also played summer ball for the Colorado Springs Aqua-sox organization.
“Tashena will provide us some additional power and will challenge for the vacant spot at third base since we graduate a sophomore at that position after this sea-son,” Swazo said. “She is a hard worker and a good stu-dent. I believe she will be up for the challenge here at Trinidad State.”
During her senior year, McIntosh was a 4-year let-ter winner, was named sec-
ond team all-conference in 2012, and first team all-con-ference in 2014. She was a Senior All-Star selection for her conference and was se-lected by her teammates as
the Offensive Player of the Year. She is the daughter of Tom and Billie McIntosh.
Middle Infielder signs with TSJC
Trinidad State Junior College Softball Coach Steve Swazo is proud to announce the signing of middle in-fielder Jaunita Gallegos of Pueblo Central High School. Gallegos was this year’s de-fensive MVP and received All-State and All-Conference honors.
“Juanita is a player that will come in and challenge for a spot defensively right away. She has a great glove and moves very well side to side,” Swazo said. “One area of improvement will be to make her a more consistent hitter and we are confident we can make that happen.”
As a senior, Gallegos hit .302 with 32 hits and 16 RBIs. She is the daughter of Ver-non and Paula Gallegos.
Muniz set to play softball for TSJC
Trinidad State Junior College Softball Coach Steve Swazo is proud to announce
the signing of first baseman Olivia Muniz from Westmin-ster High School in Denver. Muniz is coming off a senior year in which she hit .552 with 29 hits and 37 RBIs. She also hit four homeruns.
“Olivia is a great student and will get better in the two years she will play for us here at Trinidad State,” coach Swazo said. “She has a great bat and this past year showed that she can also hit the long ball. We are looking forward to having her as part of our team for next fall.”
Muniz was also a 4-year letter-winner and was First-Team All-Conference her sophomore, junior and se-nior years. She has a 4.2 GPA at Westminster. She is the daughter of Christopher and Rebecca Muniz.
Page 6 Monday, January 19, 2015 The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado
earned acknowledgement as one the great masters of line drawing working in the United states today. Boulden talked about how Sawa goes about his creative business.
“He does the abstracts on the computer, but it wouldn’t be right to call it computer generated, because the computer doesn’t cre-ate it, he does,” Boulden said. “He just uses the computer as his palette, his canvas. He draws it all into the computer, and then we bought a big, professional giclee printer, so that we can do the large printing ourselves. You’ll see that used a lot where people do an oil paint-ing or watercolor paint-ing and then they’ll do a photograph of it, and they’ll do a lot of copies on canvas and on paper. The gicleéée is the type of printer they use. He will create it in the com-puter and then we print it out, so we can get the colors just right. We also do our own fram-ing.”
They use a special, pre-coated photo-graphic paper that prevents the lines from running, and has little reflection. Sawa puts 400 to 600 hours of painstaking work into just one of his abstracts, with a level of detail that is simply incredible. They pro-duce about 20 reproductions of each image that Sawa produces, with each image being considered an original artwork.
“The best way I can describe is as a 21st Century lithograph, where every piece of it is done by the artist and each one is con-sidered an original,” Boulden said. “That way we can bring the price down to where people can afford the paintings. He’s also started doing his traditional figures in the computer and printing them on paper. We keep them at a smaller size and do a limited edition of 100 on those. Framed right now, they’re running at about $250, if they can’t afford the larger ones. With his abstracts, I’ve had other gallery owners tell me that they thought Fumio was among the top five percent of artists working in the United States, because he’s breaking new ground that nobody else is doing.”
Boulden said Sawa’s work can grab a viewer from clear across a gallery, and many times different viewers interpret the meaning of the same piece of artwork in different ways. He told the story of a
woman who gazed in wonder at one the artworks for a long time, and then said the abstract work was a near-perfect image of her mother’s life. He’s often surprised and sometimes mystified by the viewer’s reac-tions to Sawa’s work. Each image speaks
to the viewer, and the image is more strik-ing the closer a viewer gets to it. He said Sawa could be creating the image in his mind that he wants to produce with his computer-based line drawing.
“He can be listening to music, or be outside listening to the wind blow, but I know that in his mind he’s creat-ing his next piece of artwork. He plays clas-sical piano music and he’s constantly creat-ing, and he sees these in his head before he puts them together.”
Sawa took private line drawing lessons for many years from
Michael Thornton, who also now lives in Trinidad. Boulden said the two men bond-ed as closely as brothers through their shared interest in creating beautiful art works.
Another key element in the new gallery will be artistic glassworks from the Victo-rian period, which will be used to highlight Sawa’s futuristic line drawings. Other art-ists will also be invited to share the gallery space during special exhibits.
Sawa and Boulden hooked up in Kansas City, Mo., where Boulden worked for the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and they co-owned an art gallery there for sev-eral years. The both fell in love with Trini-dad on a visit here and decided to move their lives here and open a new art gallery. The long commutes from Kansas City to Trinidad are now mostly over. Boulden is the new executive director of the Trinidad-Las Animas County Economic Develop-ment organization. They’re both delighted to be a part of the burgeoning arts commu-nity in their new mountain home. They said they’re both looking forward to that golden day when the Fumio Sawa Fine Art gallery is ready to open its doors to the art-loving public.
“We’re very excited to be this close to opening our new gallery,” Sawa said. “It’s wonderful to be a part of the Trinidad arts community.”
... Continued from Page 1
Fumio Sawa Fine Art
Photo courtesy TSJC
Tashena McIntosh signs her letter of intent.
Photo courtesy TSJC
Juanita Gallegos signs her letter of intent.
Steve Block / The Chronicle-News
Fumio Sawa
Photo courtesy TSJC
Olivia Muniz signs her letter of intent.
COLLEGE RECRUITING
TSJC Softball names trio of prep signees
SPORTS & ART
Artwork courtesy Fumio Sawa and www.fumiosawafineart.comA selection of Fumio Sawa’s abstract artwork which can be viewed at www.fumiosawafineart.com.
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