Paul Price
Executive Director & Co-Chair Veterans/First Responder Committee/Chair Murals Committee
Paul Price is originally from Matador, Texas, but currently resides in Castle Rock, Colorado. His background includes work as a surgical practitioner and educator, and national nonprofit CEO. He is currently cofounder and executive director of the Castle Rock Artist Alliance. As an artist, he creates steampunk sculptures and Colorado scenes in oils.
John Neumeier
Board President & Chair Fundraising Committee
John Neumeier has over 25 years in business leadership within sales, marketing, strategic partnership, and operations management within the insurance/financial services industry, non-profits, specialty technical products, software development, manufacturing, and construction products. His experience is with small and large diversified companies, as well as startups. John is involved in volunteer programs within his community. He attended college in Nebraska where he attained a degree in Architecture Engineering. As an artist, he enjoys oil painting landscapes, seascapes, and animals.
George Tocquigny
Board Vice President & Treasurer
With a compact digital camera in hand, George and his wife began their international travels with a trip to Italy around 2005, arranged solely by his wife. The magic of driving around Tuscany and creating memories with that small camera gave George and Karen just the spark they needed to travel somewhere outside the US in every year since, including ‘20 and ‘21, the pandemic years. Retirement from 40 years in corporate sales and marketing around the US in 2013 unleashed new travel opportunities, along with improved camera gear and post-processing training. Then, in 2022, George met a gentleman with a new small gallery in Castle Rock who had also recently founded the Castle Rock Artist Alliance. Through his thoughtful guidance and encouragement, George began exhibiting his large format landscape photos of hilltop villages among the vineyards from Italy and France, which eventually expanded to include all of the Mediterranean countries. Then in 2023, a 50th anniversary safari trip to 3 African countries gave George his first opportunity to photograph wildlife! Through his travel photography, George hopes to encourage more people to travel, and especially to get out in the countryside of these beautiful countries, where immersing yourself in their culture comes easy.
Carrie Martin
Carrie Martin is an American Landscape Painter based in Denver, Colorado. Her work centers around The Great American West, where she captures vibrant landscapes, big sky and the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
Carrie studied painting at McMurry University in Abilene, TX before transferring to Texas Tech University to study Design Communication and Illustration. After college, she started working as an art director before opening her own design studio in Denver, where she worked with high-profile clients in Rocky Mountain West such as the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Rockies, the U.S. EPA Region 8 Denver Headquarters, and many more.
Her work has been exhibited in both commercial galleries and institutional museums throughout the country, e.g., Art Institute of Chicago, and can be found in public collections including the EPA Region 8 Headquarters, as well as in many private collections around the world. She is currently represented by Zatista Gallery.
Hunter Burns
Chair Marketing & Film Festival Committee’s
Hunter Burns is a filmmaker who also has experience in the fields of social media and Hospital Administration. Hunter graduated from the Colorado Film School and is currently pursuing his MBA at Metropolitan State University He is passionate about the potential of Castle Rock’s growing art scene and the love the people have here for the Artist community. In 2023, Hunter helped establish the Castle Rock Film Festival and is proud to be on the CRAA Board.
Cindy Eberly
Chair Exhibitions
Cindy is a Colorado native. Her career was in the travel industry allowing her to travel to many foreign destinations. Travel often influenced her art. She is a self taught artist having worked in oil, gouache, collage and acrylics for over 30 years. She also spent 10 years painting on silk with dye and sold many of her works. At The School of Applied Arts she studied surface design and decorative painting, particularly enjoying the artistic detailing of organic and historical ornamentation. She has found flowing color in paint on canvas or dyes on silk to be most satisfying. She finds creating her art to be incredibly rewarding.
Rebecca McDermott
Chair Membership Committee
Rebecca has been actively involved with both companies’ commercial interior design business since their inception. Rebecca’s prior career has been in management for the banking, retail, and multi-family industries. Her leadership guides the firm to exceed clients’ expectations and makes the goal of the firm to build long term relationships.
McDermott Associates has space planned projects in corporate office, aerospace, health care and retail. She understands the fast pace required for the tenant finish design business. Rebecca’s strengths lie in excellent customer service and business operations. She helps promote the teamwork approach at the firm. Rebecca ensures the client’s satisfaction to budget schedules and design approach throughout the project by staying in close communication with her staff and the client.
Her leadership promotes teamwork with all vendor partners resulting in problem solving and ultimate client satisfaction.