Colorado Wildfire Benefit Auction

Light and Life | 11 x 14 | Oil on Canvas | © Beth Cole

Ashes to Art Project Benefits Colorado Fire Fighters

I am happy to share that I am one of more than 80 artists from across the country who were invited to donate a piece of their artwork to be sold in an online auction from May 10 – 15. The auction will feature art made of charcoal from the devastating wildfires in Colorado that burned more than 700,000 acres.

The 2021 Ashes to Art Project, co-founded in 2012 by Lori Joseph and Tim O’Hara after the Colorado High Park Fire, asks artists across the country to donate various forms of art —ranging from paintings to jewelry to sculptures — to be sold in an online auction for charity. Their art must feature charcoal from the wildfires in some way. Here is an image of the charcoal underlay for my piece.

Charcoal Underlay from the Wildfire

All proceeds from this year’s auction will equally benefit the Poudre Canyon Fire Protection District and the Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department — two volunteer fire departments that were financially devastated after working tirelessly for several months to contain and extinguish the wildfires.

Online bidding for pieces will begin today - Monday, May 10 through 8 p.m. (MST) Saturday, May 15. Items can be viewed and bid on at the Bidding for Good website: Here is the link to the artwork I donated.

Artists from all 50 states are represented. Work from artists from Columbia, South America and Great Britain are also featured this year. There will be about 100 pieces of art available for bidding.

Thanks for looking and considering a purchase which supports this important cause.

—Beth Cole
Soli Deo Gloria