Sandstone Gallery

Featured Artist: Lana Bittner
2022-08-01 - 2022-09-30 | Sandstone Gallery, 2913 2nd Avenue North, Billings, MT, 59101, United States
Lana Bittner
Featured Artist
Dates: August 1 – September 30, 2022

Lana is an eastern Montana native – She left her career in banking and followed her passion for art and painting to Sandstone Gallery, becoming a member in 2004..
Her chosen medium is watercolor; however, experimenting with the technique of ink/alcohol she developed her “signature style” of adding an air of mystery to her paintings. She has received recognition and awards in area art shows in contemporary and abstract categories – Her work in watercolor won her the “People’s Choice Award in 2013 & 2014 at The Rocky Mountain Regional Exhibit in Red Lodge. Mt.

ABOUT LANA

Featured Artist: Donna Moore
2022-08-01 - 2022-09-30
Donna Moore
Featured Artist
Dates: August/September 2022

Donna Moore is a master at details in miniature work. Her animals are full of life and intricate details. Donna believes that the eyes speak to our inner beings and that they truly are the windows to the soul.

ABOUT DONNA

Billings Art Association - Patricia Mutch
2022-08-02 - 2022-09-30
Patricia MUTCH
Billings Art Association
FEATURED ARTIST
Dates: August/September 2022

Welcome to Sandstone, Patricia

SOME OF PATRICIA’S WORK:

ABOUT BIILLINGS ART ASSOCIATION

Guest Artist - Jaime E. Stevens
2022-08-02 - 2022-08-31
Jaime E. Stevens
Guest Artist
Dates: August/September 2022

Amazing Textiles
Please Join us
Opening Night
Friday, August 5th
5 – 9 PM
On display through August
Welcome to Sandstone, Jaime!
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
JAIME E. STEVENS
I have been weaving for over 35 years, but only recently began weaving wall hangings. I began when the covid-19 lockdown occurred when I was looking for things to occupy all the newly-acquired free time. My husband suggested I try some wall hangings.
Once started, I could hardly stop. My hangings are mostly in a technique called “saori,” which is a Japanese Zen term meaning that everything has its own individual dignity. It is a free form style using the plainest weaving, but augmented by other techniques such as inlay, looping, tatter weave, clasped weft, rya knots and the use of a wave stick which creates undulating patterns in the weft. The fibers I use range from wool, cotton and silk to rayon and Tencel and a few synthetic ribbons.
I have always been attracted to working with color and this was the reason I became a weaver in the first place. My inspirations come from many sources, but most of these hangings are inspired by the colors of the natural world or from an intriguing bit of yarn. I use the landscape around me and also work from photographs. Lately I have started embellishing my work with vintage buttons which I have collected over the years.
My scarves, ponchos and shawls are all of my own design and range from a lacy scarf to a warm woolen poncho with a hand-knitted collar.
The act of weaving also appeals to my tactile sense, which is very soothing, and it is very rhythmic when passing the shuttle back and forth. I quite often listen to music of all kinds from jazz to opera when I weave.
SOME OF JAIME’S WORK:
