Whitefish Montana
I have new paintings available at The Walking Man Frame Shop and Gallery in Whitefish, Montana.
If you’re around July 1st, Thursday, 6-9 PM, come down for the downtown Whitefish Gallery Nights Art Walk, I’ll be there.
This winter I had the exciting opportunity to occupy a fantastic industrial style studio space, minutes from my home! I treated it like an artist residency, working 6 days a week, not wanting to waste a minute of this wonderful studio space.
My intention was to explore some new materials and techniques, as well as scale up my work. I figured that if everything went really well, upon departure I might have a new body of work. At the very least, I would have expanded my knowledge base, my artistic toolbox, and my studio practice.
Working in a large space, turned out to be a game-changer. One benefit was that I could investigate multiple ideas, materials, and techniques simultaneously. I rotated through many canvases and continued to develop my ideas with soft fiber sculpture that I began last year. In addition, I took a few detours, playing with encaustic monotypes for the first time and working on paper.
Without question, the number one benefit was the ability to see how all the work related to each other as I moved along. For me, this was very informative and helped me to make decisions that I felt strengthened the direction of the work as I moved forward.
Upon departure, I had a solid group of about 12 paintings that held together as a new series, as well as, couple of fiber pieces that I was happy with.
Next, I will be photographing the work, naming each piece, and updating my website. I’m grateful for the opportunities lined up to show my work this summer. More on that later....
Thank you to the Walking Man Gallery and Frame Shop for inviting me to be their featured artist this August. What fun to participate in the Whitefish Gallery Nights Art walk. Many thanks to all my friends and the local community for their support, and for coming out to celebrate the arts. Also sending a special thanks to Tim Matdies and Kenny Sedaerdahl for contributing their musical talents to make this night especially fun.
Please join me! I’m really excited to share that I will be exhibiting my recent paintings at the Walking Man Frame Shop and Gallery August 1-31, 2019
Artists Heidi Marie Faessel, Jenny Bevill and Olivia Stark are the main organizers of a one night only art exhibit for the Flathead Valley Women in the Arts at the Stark Gallery downtown.
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS COLLABORATE FOR POP-UP EXHIBIT
Special thanks to our local newspaper, the Whitefish Pilot, for shining the spotlight on our Sacred Contracts art exhibit. Much appreciation to reporter Heidi Desch, who spent time with us talking about this Flathead Women in the Arts one-night-only pop-up art exhibit.
“Strength meets fragility, vulnerability meets hope, and grief meets healing: Sacred Contracts is a
snapshot of contemporary art making in the Flathead Valley. The abstract and conceptual works in the
exhibition deconstruct objects, language, and memory, while weaving together messages of hope,
grief, love, bearing witness, and matters of conscience. The artists showcase a diverse range of
media: paint, collage, fiber, natural and found materials, sculpture, photography, and poetry, and the
works vary in scale from hand-held to a full wall installation. These very diverse pieces come together
to create a landscape of healing.”
Special thanks to our local newspaper, the Whitefish Pilot, for sharing a bit of my story. Much appreciation to reporter Heidi Desch, who wove the threads of our nice conversation into the fabric of this story.
