Fine Artists
Loretta Domaszewski
Oil Painting
Loretta Domaszewski creates visual poetry through her contemporary landscape paintings. Her use of bold colors and dramatic compositions encourages the viewer to experience the power, spirit, and beauty of nature. Loretta lives and paints in Bozeman, MT.
Amanda Krolczyk
Reclaimed Wood Art
Trained as a ceramic artist, Amanda currently works with reclaimed wood scavenged from across Montana. Her incredible wood landscapes represent specific mountains and ranges in Montana and the West.
Carol Patterson
Graphite on Paper
Carol Patterson feels lucky to live in Montana, where wild species still roam in formidable numbers. She enjoys quietly observing wildlife and drawing the creatures she sees.
Barb Schwarz Karst
Oil, Acrylic, and Mixed Media
Barb Schwarz Karst views art as a narrative, and her work is deeply inspired by the ordinary life of Montana. Her subjects include rusted cars, abandoned farm equipment, and buildings that are falling apart. Her work varies from abstract to figurative pieces. She works and lives in Missoula, MT as an artist and art educator.
Cathy Berendts
(Cultivations by CB)
Montana-made and self-taught artist Cathy Berendts is motivated by her natural surroundings. She is drawn to mixed media and the beautification of unexpected objects. Cathy finds and paints bison, cow, deer and elk skulls with iconic images of the West.
Chip Mesec
Self-taught painter and woodworker Chip Mesec stacks acrylic paintings on board to capture the three dimensional majesty and grandeur of Montana’s mountain panoramas. Chip lives, works, and plays in Southwestern Montana.
Karen Garre
Impressionist painter with her own unique style, Karen most often builds her paintings by first putting down a bright colored underpainting, then applying arbitrary color as she sees fit for the emotions she wants to portray about the scene. Karen lives and works in Livingston, MT. Her work has been shown and collected world wide.
Kari Maxwell
Mixed Media & Acrylic Painting
Relying on intuition and allowing her work to flow, Maxwell finds that when she becomes one with the process her paintings take on their own unique expression. “When a painting is complete, it reveals an answer to a question or confirms a recent emotional or spiritual understanding or growth within myself.”
Scot Herries
Scot Herries grew up in Bozeman, MT and graduated from MSU with a degree in Graphic Design. Drawn to working with his hands, he designs and builds furniture and heirloom boxes using both veneers and solid wood. In addition to working with wood he also creates art using mixed media collage and serigraphy.
Kelsey Dzintars
Rooted in personal experiences in remote landscapes, Kelsey’s art reflects the elusive wilderness in which our inner psyche finds its interconnectedness with the outer world. Utilizing vibrant palettes in her unique brand of modern expressionism, her hope for her artwork is to not only invigorate the viewer with the emotions of real memories or imagined dreams in these settings, but also to fuel conversation and action in conservation.
Tom Thornton
Oil Painting
For 36 years, Thornton was primarily a bronze sculpture artist. However, paint was always a medium he wanted to explore. His most recent series of paintings started as a process of reconnecting with past experiences, and many of the images are of memories from his days of riding, ranching, and hunting. He views painting as a sort of alchemy of transformation, coaxing his memories onto a flat surface without interfering with the energy that generates the image.
Elly McFarland
Watercolor and ink prints
Elly McFarland is inspired by the intricacies of ecosystems and the feminine qualities of nature. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from Western Washington University. Her studies in ecology, geology, biology, and natural history are extremely influential in her work as an artist.