Artwork inspired by magic, fantasy, and adventure.
By Jared Thompson, Located in Manitou Springs, CO
About a year and a half ago I had an idea to paint a fantastical version of Pikes Peak, the Incline, and the Barr Trail. I started painting on a canvas for several weeks shaping in the mountain and then took a long break from this project over this past year mainly due giving so […]
Since early this year I have been on the board of directors for the non-profit newspaper organization The Pikes Peak Bulletin. I help the organization with website hosting, email account management, posting the weekly digital edition newspapers and keeping the online community calendar up to date. I was asked by our fearless leader Lyn Ettinger-Harwell […]
I was sitting in with one of my favorite local bands playing my saxophone with Family Elephant at the Armadillo Ranch in Manitou Springs, Colorado on the evening of Manitou’s amazing mardi gras parade called Carnivale. I had been roller skating in the parade earlier, it had been an amazing and long day. The band kicked […]
Not my best pics ever taken but hey, they’re free! In order to download a picture, click on the picture to expand it from the gallery view. Then click on the “i” information icon in the lower right, then click “view full size”. From there you can right click and save the image. Great job […]
The Manitou Springs Heritage Center is delighted to offer their second Manitou Springs Jigsaw Puzzle. Painted by local artist Jared Thompson, the painting gives an artistic rendering of Manitou Springs with some of the key historic features emphasized. A combination of maps and imagination were used to set the layout of the town in a […]
The Manitou Springs Library is moving to the Manitou Arts Center temporarily while the situation with the old Carnegie building is resolved. Recently a task force was created by Manitou residents to work together to save the library and to raise funds to update the building to become ADA compliant. The task force is submitting […]
On September 28th, 2019 the Manitou Springs Heritage Center put on the 5th annual Heritage Brew Fest in Memorial Park, in Manitou Springs, CO. The brew fest is a do-not-miss event each year. With breweries from all over Colorado, great music, and tons of fun loving people you are only bound to have a good […]
The Ruxton Railsplitters are a staple band in Manitou Springs, CO. These guys are some of the nicest and coolest musicians around. It was a great time taking photos for the band on a beautiful March day in Manitou!
