Gallatin River Gallery

Yesterday, I took the day off from skiing (it looked way too cold - lots of snow and wind:-) and instead I got to visit one of my favorite galleries - the Gallatin River Gallery, which is here in Big Sky. It was so inspiring to see works by artists such as Paul Brigham, Holly Manneck, Randall Roberts, Diana Tremaine, and Nicholas Wilton.

The gallery was featuring some new works by Paul Brigham - some colorful landscapes that are just beautiful. Of Diana Tremaine's paintings, I especially love the ones where she has sketched her subject in charcoal over an abstract background that is painted in oil.

Holly Manneck's colorful mixed media works seem both nostalgic and contemporary at the same time. Every time I see Randall Roberts' bromoils, I am amazed at this historical photographic process. And then, there are Nicholas Wilton's oil and beeswax abstracts - I find them both powerful and soothing at the same time.

So, those are my inspiring artists for the day...let me leave you with my son Austin's jokes for today: "In which season would you not want to ski?" - "Fall" - "get it?" "In which season would you want to do ski jumping?" - "Spring" - "get it?"

"Live simply, Laugh often, Love deeply." - author unknown

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