In the Abstract
![Geri deGruy spotlight painting](https://avidlifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Geri_deGruy_spotlight_painting-web-1024x629.jpg)
It wasn’t until the aughts that artist Geri deGruy’s transcendent oeuvre began taking shape.
Piggy Bank
![Johnny Ballen](https://avidlifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Ballen_portrait-web-e1569809006867-1024x535.jpg)
Here’s how all those pig figurines found their way into Cochino Taco.
Fight for Life
![Maureen Shul](https://avidlifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/maureen-shul-web-e1567554178381-1024x601.jpg)
Maureen Shul’s main passion: Making the world a better, healthier place.
Music to Our Ears
![gerald-glynis-albright](https://avidlifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gerald-and-glynis-web-1024x622.jpg)
We have an iconic saxophonist (whose family is also doing some illustrious things) in our midst.
He’s Got to Fly
![For an easy fly-fishing day close to home, Beardsley recommends heading to the South Platte River.](https://avidlifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/duke-fishing-web-1024x770.jpg)
Talented painter. Frequent cowboy. Dedicated fly-fisherman. Bet you didn’t have that last description down for artist Duke Beardsley.