{"id":2458074,"date":"2020-05-05T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=325260"},"modified":"2020-05-05T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T19:12:00","slug":"at-home-in-aspen-snowmass-based-photographer-emily-chaplins-online-art-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/at-home-in-aspen-snowmass-based-photographer-emily-chaplins-online-art-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"At home in Aspen: Snowmass-based photographer Emily Chaplin\u2019s online art auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.4468085106383\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-325260-953\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled gallery-container\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/arts-atw-050720-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/arts-atw-050720-2-834x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chris Council and Emily Chaplin | Snowmass Village's Emily Chaplin is hosting a 20-piece auction of her original artwork to raise funds for frontline COVID-19 organizations.\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Snowmass Village&#8217;s Emily Chaplin is hosting a 20-piece auction of her original artwork to raise funds for frontline COVID-19 organizations.<\/strong><br \/>Chris Council and Emily Chaplin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/arts-atw-050720-2-834x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Snowmass Village's Emily Chaplin is hosting a 20-piece auction of her original artwork to raise funds for frontline COVID-19 organizations.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/arts-atw-050720-2-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/arts-atw-050720-2-1-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Emily Chaplin |\" brush creek by emily class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;Brush Creek Sunset,&#8221; by Emily Chaplin<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Emily Chaplin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/arts-atw-050720-2-1-1024x768.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt brush creek by emily><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/arts-atw-050720-2-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/arts-atw-050720-2-2-769x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Emily Chaplin |\" south beach x by emily class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;South Beach I&#8221; &#8211; 12&#8243; x 16,&#8221; by Emily Chaplin<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Emily Chaplin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/arts-atw-050720-2-2-769x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt south beach x by emily><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/at-home-in-aspen-emily-chaplins-online-art-auction\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/at-home-in-aspen-emily-chaplins-online-art-auction\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Soon after the stay-home period began, Snowmass Village-based photographer Emily Chaplin got to work on her long-delayed and put-off plans to develop a regular painting practice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">And soon after that, she found a way to use her practice to help people suffering during the novel coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Through May 21, Chaplin is holding an online auction of her paintings at <a id=\"N0x23f7560N0x25a1230:N0x23f7560N0x2597170\" href=\"https:\/\/www.32auctions.com\/etc2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">32uctions.com<\/a> with all of the proceeds going to Nicholas Kristof\u2019s C-19 Impact Initiative, which is raising funds for five frontline organizations. Her goal is to raise $2,500.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">As of Monday, she had already raised $1,585 toward her goal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a huge amount of money, but it\u2019s one way I felt like I could be useful and do some good,\u201d Chaplin said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The <a id=\"N0x23f7560N0x25a1290:N0x23f7560N0x25973b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.32auctions.com\/organizations\/63204\/auctions\/79902?t=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20-piece online auction<\/a> includes acrylic paintings based off of her photographs as well as options for custom paintings. Prices range from $50 to $495. The pieces include a soaring mountainscape of the Brush Creek Valley at sunset, sun-drenched South Beach lifeguard towers, still-lifes of flowers and fruit, and scenic portraits from Madison County to Cape Hatteras in Chaplin\u2019s native North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The pandemic shut down the commercial and editorial photography business she runs with her partner, Chris Council, and wiped out the event-heavy summer they\u2019d booked here \u2013 anchored by the Aspen Ideas Festival, where the pair have been a fixture for years \u2013 and elsewhere. Like many, she found herself under public health orders at home without work and without a readily accessible way to help during the crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Chaplin has painted since high school, on and off, though the hobby has taken a backseat to the photography gigs that keep her busy, traveling and inspired. It had become a rare indulgence, like an oil painting workshop she took last summer at Anderson Ranch Arts Center,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cI\u2019ve always put it to the side made excuses like, \u2018I don\u2019t have the right space,\u2019 \u2018I don\u2019t have time,\u2019 \u2018I travel so much,\u2019\u2019 she explained. \u201cThe shutdown actually presented an opportunity to stop making excuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">So she cleared out a spare bedroom that had become more of a bicycle storage space, put down drop cloths and an easel and carved out a five-by-five area, drenched in sunlight, to serve as her makeshift studio. She started painting in late March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cIt brings me so much joy and it\u2019s a great way to pass the time,\u201d she said. \u201cIt also relieves stress. It\u2019s been a godsend during the shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Until business comes back for commercial photography and she can generate income, Chaplin noted, her friends and family can expect upcoming holiday and birthday gifts to come from her easel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The idea for the fundraiser began with gifts. As she began finishing paintings in late March, Chaplin sent some to family members, hoping to offer a dose of color and joy during the pandemic and its attendant stay-home period. The positive responses helped her decide she might be able to put them to use for the greater good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">She chose some of her favorite scenic photos, made new paintings from them, and started the auction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cIf I had a ton of money, I\u2019d just be giving money,\u201d she said. \u201cSome people are in that position and I hope they are stepping up because there is so much need. Those of us who don\u2019t have those resources are doing what we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\"><span><em><a href=\"mailto:atravers@aspentimes.com\">atravers@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/at-home-in-aspen-emily-chaplins-online-art-auction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snowmass Village&#8217;s Emily Chaplin is hosting a 20-piece auction of her original artwork to raise funds for frontline COVID-19 organizations.Chris Council and Emily Chaplin &#8220;Brush Creek Sunset,&#8221; by Emily ChaplinCourtesy Emily Chaplin &#8220;South Beach I&#8221; &#8211; 12&#8243; x 16,&#8221; by Emily ChaplinCourtesy Emily Chaplin Show CaptionsHide Captions Soon after the stay-home period began, Snowmass Village-based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 19:19:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}