JC Spock at the Hilton Garden Inn

April 10th, 2023

Back in October of 2022, the new owners of the Hilton Garden Inn south of downtown Kalispell contacted us to discuss the installation of artwork in their newly renovated hotel! After an initial meeting, we created a collection that met three criteria:

Artists that the Hilton owners personally respond to

Artwork that coordinates with the new hotel aesthetic

Subjects that are connected to Montana themes

After an initial meeting, the FoR Fine Art team visited the Hilton Garden Inn to view the spaces and plan for the artwork placement—not an easy task without the walls painted or furniture in place! The proposal included work from Amy Brakeman Livezey, Johne Richardson, Nancy Seiler, Robert Spannring, and JC Spock.

A photo of a hotel lobby with bright natural light, contemporary furnishings, and a mixed media piece by JC Spock featuring the view from Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park.

The first phase of artwork was made up of eleven Montana-themed mixed media pieces from Colorado artist JC Spock. Her unique process incorporates multiple layers of acrylic paints, inks, pencils, and vintage ephemera anchored by her photography and hand-tinted vintage photos.

A diptych of the view to the Continental Divide from the east end of St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park

A man holds a level on the top of a JC Spock landscape hung on a beige wall in the Hilton Garden Inn.

The compositions feel simultaneously contemporary and vintage, telling a slowly unfolding story to the viewer the longer they look and discover.

A square mixed media piece depicting Heavy Shield, also known as Mount Wilson, hung above a dark brown end table.

A mixed media piece with grey skies, stark mountains, and green grassy slopes in the foreground. The view is from Logan Pass looking towards Going to the Sun Mountain.

A mixed media piece with soft purple mountains fading to the horizon and rich green foliage in the foreground. The artwork is hung above a dark brown end table.

A view of a hotel lobby with bright natural light, contemporary barn wood cabinets, an Edison bulb chandelier, and two large pieces of artwork depicting lake scenes in Glacier National Park.

We truly enjoyed this project and love to see original art with local themes at businesses in the Flathead Valley! Want to learn more about the artwork at the Hilton Garden Inn? We have posts highlighting each artist!