I have new paintings available at The Walking Man Frame Shop and Gallery in Whitefish, Montana.
If you’re around July 1st, Thursday, 6-9 PM, come down for the downtown Whitefish Gallery Nights Art Walk, I’ll be there.
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I have new paintings available at The Walking Man Frame Shop and Gallery in Whitefish, Montana.
If you’re around July 1st, Thursday, 6-9 PM, come down for the downtown Whitefish Gallery Nights Art Walk, I’ll be there.
This Autumn I participated in Kalico Art Center’s “Downtown Stories” community art project. The premise was to match up local artists with local businesses. The artist would create an art installation that visually tells the story of the business and the art would be placed in the windows of the businesses. Kalico created a map for the community to come out and see the art installations and learn more about the downtown businesses in their community.
It was a wonderful experience for me. I loved getting to know the folks at Montana Modern Fine Art Gallery, (whom I was matched up with), meeting the other artists who participated, and learning more about the back story of the businesses that took part in the project.
Thank you, thank you 406 Woman Magazine for sharing my creative journey and featuring my work in the summer issue. What an honor to be profiled!
Just wanted to take a moment to honor the collective efforts of everyone involved in our Quarantine Dreams exhibit.
I’m feeling so proud of my fellow artist friends and the incredible work they created for this show!
Also, I’m feeling so grateful to curator Jenny Bevill for leading and shaping this year-long collaboration.
Thank you to everyone who reserved a time slot and joined us in person opening night, and to the really lovely support of the community overall.
And my gratitude runs deep to Kalico Art Center, Alisha and Miche, for going above and beyond, to ensure the success of this, their inaugural exhibit. Their support and professionalism has made this such a wonderful experience!
Thank you Andrea Catherine for the wonderful group photo.
Visit the exhibit (it will be up all summer), or go to Kalicoartcenter.com to view the work, watch video interviews, and to purchase the art online.
This winter I had the exciting opportunity to occupy a fantastic industrial style studio space, minutes from my home! I treated it like an artist residency, working 6 days a week, not wanting to waste a minute of this wonderful studio space.
My intention was to explore some new materials and techniques, as well as scale up my work. I figured that if everything went really well, upon departure I might have a new body of work. At the very least, I would have expanded my knowledge base, my artistic toolbox, and my studio practice.
Working in a large space, turned out to be a game-changer. One benefit was that I could investigate multiple ideas, materials, and techniques simultaneously. I rotated through many canvases and continued to develop my ideas with soft fiber sculpture that I began last year. In addition, I took a few detours, playing with encaustic monotypes for the first time and working on paper.
Without question, the number one benefit was the ability to see how all the work related to each other as I moved along. For me, this was very informative and helped me to make decisions that I felt strengthened the direction of the work as I moved forward.
Upon departure, I had a solid group of about 12 paintings that held together as a new series, as well as, couple of fiber pieces that I was happy with.
Next, I will be photographing the work, naming each piece, and updating my website. I’m grateful for the opportunities lined up to show my work this summer. More on that later....
Please join me! I’m really excited to share that I will be exhibiting my recent paintings at the Walking Man Frame Shop and Gallery August 1-31, 2019
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS COLLABORATE FOR POP-UP EXHIBIT
Special thanks to our local newspaper, the Whitefish Pilot, for shining the spotlight on our Sacred Contracts art exhibit. Much appreciation to reporter Heidi Desch, who spent time with us talking about this Flathead Women in the Arts one-night-only pop-up art exhibit.