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Featured Artists:
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Featured Artists
Some or Our Featured Artists:
Ann Gibson - Kalispell, MT
Harry Koyama - Hardin, MT
Terra Moore - Polson, MT
Neil Patterson - Bragg Creek, AB
Sarah Rogers - Sundance, WY
Bob Stayton - Bigfork, MT
Jay Stayton - Bigfork, MT
Ashley Stayton - Kalispell, MT
Ron Stewart - Phoenix, AZ
Robert Tompkins - Billings, MT
Barbara Coppock - Lakeside, MT
Karen Noles - Polson, MT
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Painter - Karen Noles
©2006
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Painting out of her home studio located on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, overlooking the southern end of the Flathead Lake, Karen Noles has access to more than 30,000 acres of land both for recreation and artistic backdrop. Karen rates horseback riding as her number one recreational activity.
Karen Noles` oil paintings feature the domestic life of the 1800`s Native American , especially the early reservation time period. For accuracy`s sake and in order to convey realism, Karen spends weeks (sometimes months) researching each painting, collecting reference and museum books on early Native American life and visiting museums to photograph their exhibits.
She then incorporates the "realism" of her research with her inner images. One of the aspects Noles enjoys most about painting this time period is the depiction of the bead and quill work for which the Native Americans are so well known. "I find that not only can I try to portray a situation of that time, but I can also give honor to their works of art", says Noles.
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Printmaker - Barbara Coppock
Barbara Coppock is a printmaker, but not the kind that executes work in media such as oils or watercolors, and then has prints made by a machine. With etching, the image is worked into a plate by hand, drawing with a scribe and biting the lines into the metal with acid. The prints are then made from this plate on a press. Unlike a lot of wall decor in today's disposable culture, original etchings by this self-taught master of the art become family heirlooms.
Her passions the combination of architecture, history, and landscape, so this time honored media is a perfect fit for her subjects. Barbara states that the best part of being an artist in Montana is that there is no limit to inspiration:
"As a maker of images, my life revolves around the things I see. The urge to translate impressions into symbols defies explanation. Drawings on the walls of caves attest that the urge is integral to mankind. The answer is a wish to communicate. The artist expresses what is before their eyes and a moment is captured to share with others throughout time. I feel the grandest works of art are the places in our world created by those who would never dream of calling themselves 'artist.' But, the land we choose to care for and the things we build on it define us. My niche as an artist is portraying these homesteads and towns in a format we can see at a glance. This look at the past helps us to understand those who were here before."
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Painter - Harry Koyama
©2006
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Harry Koyama, a lifelong resident of Montana, was born in 1949 and has always had an interest in art. After graduating from Hardin High School in 1967 he began his formal art training at Montana State University-Billings receiving a Bachelors Degree with an Extended Art Major in 1972. Since that time Harry’s award winning sculpture has been shown and collected extensively, including a one man show at the University of Minnesota.
Harry has turned to oil painting full time as another means of artistic expression finding an affinity to impressionism. His paintings reflect an attraction to the use of interesting texture and most of his work is done with the painting knife in combination with a bold color scheme. Memberships include Oil Painters of America and the Oil Pastel Society with gallery representation in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.
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Jewlery - Ann Marie Gibson
©2006
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Ann Marie's creations are inspired by Montana. She is a native from Billings, Montana and she likes to showcase the beads and silver components either made or marketed in Montana by local businesses and their owners. All of her pieces are “one of a kind.” You will never see two pieces alike, even though similar beads and colors may be used for some popular pieces. Her trademark is a floating silver sterling ring that is found somewhere on each piece marking it as an “Original by Ann Marie” Gibson.
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Painter - Robert Tompkins
©2007
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Robert Tompkins is from Billings, Montana. The medium is oil with subjects ranging from florals, landscapes, animals and portraits. With some college training in art, he has studied with several noted artists in the US. His style is contemporary/impressionistic/interpretive
He has been involved in several one man shows and is regularly involved in the Yellowstone Art Musem auction. He was awarded the first place prize from the Greater Yellowstone National Juried Exhibition in 2001 and several honorable mention awards in other competitions in other shows.
The paintings are in collections throughout the US. Paintng from life or in the studio, an interpretive style is achieved through color and form leading to capturing the essence of the subject.e
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Sculptor - Bob Stayton
©2006
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Title: “The freedom to imagine and dream of the life of a cowboy and outdoorsman is exciting, but to have lived and experienced the life is exhilarating.”
Artist and storyteller, Bob Stayton captures the American wilderness and the magic of the west in bronze sculpture. His sculptural portrayals are of personal experiences with the people and animals depicted and each is a story cast in bronze.
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Painter - Sarah Rogers
Sarah Rogers was born in Seattle, Washington, but raised in central Florida winters and Black Hills summers. She sometimes describes her work as ‘tropical western wildlife’ because of her hot-colored Rocky Mountain area animals.
Sarah's medium is watercolor, usually combined with graphite, and she frequently applies several layers of heavy color to create the bright tones and often opaque quality of the paint. She prefers smooth surfaces and uses hot press paper or plate smooth illustration board.
Sarah Rogers' work is included in collections worldwide, the owners of which play pro football, run companies of all sizes, raise families, build houses, sell art, wait tables, restore buildings, cook, teach school, practice law or medicine, herd cattle, sell tractors, farm, deliver packages, design computers, write or read good books.
Henry Miller said ‘To paint is to love again, and to love is to live life to the fullest.’ So be it!
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