Our 2024 Summer Schedule is Here!

April 4th, 2024

Celebrate art with us all summer long at our Bigfork and Whitefish galleries! We are thrilled to host Francesca Droll, Tyler Swain, Rick Kennington, Stacey Peterson, Denise Gilroy, Roger Rink, Ken Yarus, and Tabby Ivy for our 2024 solo shows. Read on to learn more about each artist!

JUNE

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Francesca Droll: Explorations

 

This show will feature new subject matter beyond what is typical for local pastel painter Francesca Droll. She describes it as "the creative muse daring her to do something new!" These explorations include animals, farmlands, gardens, and flowers, as well as her well-loved landscapes.

 

Opening Reception: June 6th, 5-8pm

Tyler Swain: In Flight

 

This body of work is an exploration of balancing movement, abstraction, and the careful rendering of each subject—artful elements for which Tyler Swain is highly acclaimed!

 

Opening Reception: June 7th, 4-7pm

JULY

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Rick Kennington

 

Rick was born and raised in West Valley City, Utah. He spent much of his time outdoors and on his grandfather’s ranch in Star Valley, Wyoming where he acquired a particular love for horses and the cowboy lifestyle. His artistic style balances a loose impressionistic style with fine detail and vibrant color.

 

Opening Reception: July 5th, 4-7pm

Stacey Peterson

 

Growing up at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, Stacey developed a love of the outdoors that influences her artwork today. She often works on location, and uses her plein air studies as reference for studio works that depict locations in the wilderness areas of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West.

 

Opening Reception: July 11th, 5-8pm

AUGUST

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Denise Gilroy

 

Known for her plein air landscapes, Denise Gilroy enjoys the adventure of traveling throughout the West in search of the best spot for each composition. She utilizes a palette knife in her work, and often paints with a limited palette of color that brings satisfying unity to her compositions.

 

Opening Reception: August 1st, 5-8pm

Roger Rink

 

Glacier Park and the Eastern Front of the Rocky Mountains, where the prairie meets the mountains, are both constantly changing and eternally unchanged places. Roger Rink lives and works in this landscape, his artist's life a self-described "spiritual endeavor."

 

Opening Reception: August 2nd, 4-7pm

SEPTEMBER

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Ken Yarus and Glacier Conservancy

 

We are thrilled to host Ken Yarus and Glacier Conservancy again in the gallery! Join us for an exciting evening of Ken's nuanced representative landscape art and one of our favorite local nonprofits! 

 

Opening Reception: September 5th, 5-8pm

Tabby Ivy

 

A love of creative expression and experimentation has taken Tabby on a journey from black and white photography, to figurative watercolors, and now to her current focus on expressionist landscapes and abstractions using oils.

 

Opening Reception: September 6th, 4-7pm