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:

Mary Knapp - Guest Artist
2022-09-01 - 2022-10-30
Mary Knapp
Guest Artist
Dates: September / October 2022

Former gallery member and amazing Artist, Mary Knapp
Please join us in welcoming former gallery member Mary Knapp with her gorgeous fused glass as our guest artist during the months of September and October. Be sure to stop in the gallery to see these amazing pieces. They are stunning!

SOME OF MARY’S WORK:
Juxtaposition 31 x 7 fused glassOn Our Way 14 x 24 fused glassRoyalty 18.5 x 27 fused glassWhich Way 15 x 26 fused glass

Featured Artist: Jennifer Baretta
2022-10-01 - 2022-11-30
Jennifer Baretta
Featured Artist
Dates: October 1 – November 30, 2022

Jennifer grew up in Jackson, Wyoming. From an early age she had a knack for creating art in various mediums, but in high school she couldn’t throw a pot to save her soul. Something clicked when she attended the University of Wyoming where she achieved her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. From then on, she has maintained her pottery and art studio, BelPhia Creative, in one fashion or another. She continues to explore and enjoy many different mediums including watercolor, oil, acrylics, colored pencil, oil pastels, and mixed media. She enjoys sharing her love of clay with others in her studio, and travels far and wide to see “the greats” in museums. She is inspired by her surroundings and feels there is a painting in everything she sees.

ABOUT JENNIFER

Featured Artist - Christine Denning
2022-10-01 - 2022-11-30
Christine Denning
Featured Artist
Dates: October 1 – November 30, 2022

Christine takes the ordinary and turns it into extraordinary jewelry!
“I have always had an interest and desire to discover new ways to reuse items both functional and artistically, hence my newfound passion for making jewelry from repurposed tin. I seek inspiration from vintage tin like Canister sets, Serving Trays, Tea boxes, etc. And often include found objects from other sources, I also enjoy the versatility of combinations using cuffs/ bracelets and earrings and necklaces. Hope to see you there!”

GALLERY:

Billings Art Association - Shirley Shirley
2022-10-02 - 2022-12-01
Shirley Shirley
Billings Art Association
FEATURED ARTIST
Dates: October/November 2022

Welcome to Sandstone, Shirley

SOME OF SHIRLEY’S WORK:

ABOUT BIILLINGS ART ASSOCIATION

Billings Art Association - Joey Kiernan
2022-10-02 - 2022-12-01
Joey Kiernan
Billings Art Association
FEATURED ARTIST
Dates: October/November 2022

Welcome to Sandstone, Joey!

ABOUT BIILLINGS ART ASSOCIATION

ArtWalk Billings-October 2022
2022-10-07 17:00 - 21:00 UTC
Sandstone Gallery will be participating in Artwalk Billings. Many or all of our artists will be on hand to show their work and talk to you about their art. Please join us for a fun evening downtown!
FEATURED ARTISTS OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2022:
Jennifer Baretta
Christine Denning
BILLINGS ART ASSOCIATION ARTISTS
Shirley Shirley
SPECIAL GUEST ARTIST OCTOBER 2022:
Mary Knapp

Member Show / Christmas
2022-11-01 - 2022-12-31
Member Show / Christmas
FEATURED EXHIBIT
Dates: November & December 2022

Join us for a special exhibit by our members including new pieces and wonderful gift items for the holidays. Paintings, sculptures, pottery, jewelry, ornaments, cards, and gifts. Hurry, all are one-of-a-kind and only here through December. Don’t miss this show!

Featured Artist: Teresa Brown
2022-12-01 - 2022-12-31
Teresa Brown
Featured Artist
Dates: December 1 – December 31, 2022
Teresa captures the essence of wildlife and nature with the goal to produce an emotional response and a feeling that even in the smallest detail, nothing is taken for granted.

ABOUT TERESA

Some of Teresa’s work:
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Featured Artist: Lynn Shield
2022-12-01 - 2022-12-31
Lynn Shield
Featured Artist
Dates: December 1 – December 31, 2022
“I love color! Using Brusho® watercolour crystals and alcohol inks opened a whole new world for me. Both mediums have stunning, vibrant colors, which have helped mold my signature “style” of painting Montana wildlife and abstract florals. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t paint something. I guess you could say I have become addicted!” —-Lynn Shield

ABOUT LYNN

Some of Lynn’s work:
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ArtWalk Billings-December 2022
2022-12-02 17:00 - 21:00
Sandstone Gallery will be participating in Artwalk Billings. Many or all of our artists will be on hand to show their work and talk to you about their art. Please join us for a fun evening downtown!
FEATURED ARTISTS DECEMBER 2022:
Teresa Brown
Lynn Shield
BILLINGS ART ASSOCIATION ARTISTS
SPECIAL MEMBER HOLIDAY SHOW
NOV/DEC 2022
Holiday Show

“It Figures” Exhibition of Classic Beauty For Mature Art Connoisseurs
2023-01-18 - 2023-02-28
“It Figures” Exhibition of Classic Beauty For Mature Art Connoisseurs features lovely figurative works from our resident artists. We also have life drawings and sketches by well-known artist Ben Steele available as originals and prints.

Billings Art Association - Edda Freestone
2023-02-01 - 2023-03-31
Edda Freestone
Billings Arts Association
FEATURED ARTIST
Dates: February/March 2023
Welcome to Sandstone, Edda!

ABOUT BIILLINGS ART ASSOCIATION

Billings Art Association - Ev Bergeron
2023-02-01 - 2023-03-31
Ev Bergeron
Billings Arts Association
FEATURED ARTIST
Dates: February/March 2023
Welcome to Sandstone, Ev!

ABOUT BIILLINGS ART ASSOCIATION

ArtWalk Billings-February 2023
2023-02-03 17:00 - 21:00
Sandstone Gallery will be participating in Artwalk Billings. Many or all of our artists will be on hand to show their work and talk to you about their art. Please join us for a fun evening downtown!
FEATURING
“It Figures” Exhibition of Classic Beauty for Mature Art Connisseurs
BILLINGS ART ASSOCIATION ARTISTS
Sarah Singer
Edda Freestone

ArtWalk Billings-February 2023 Copy
2023-02-03 17:00 - 21:00

Michael Koski - Guest Artist
2023-03-01 - 2023-04-28
Glimpse of Montana Watercolors – Michael Koski
As a Red Lodge, Montana, native, Michael’s relationship with the mountains of Montana developed early in his life. Fishing trips in the Beartooth Mountains with his grandfather reinforced his appreciation of nature’s beauty, as well as fostered a curiosity of geology. Michael went on to earn a degree in geology from the University of Montana, always mixing art classes in with his science curriculum. He considers himself lucky to have taken classes from Ben Steele at Eastern Montana College and Dr. Dew at the University of Montana. As his geology career marched on, Michael continued taking workshops with many fine local and regional artists whose influence is seen in his art. After 39 years in geology, it was time to work on his second passion and focus on watercolor.
Artist Statement
“Watercolor’s magic helps me capture life’s inspirations. I continue to grow as an artist, enhancing my skills, occasionally successfully merging magic, subject, and mood to produce a timeless piece.”
Contact Information:
Michael Koski
Business name: A glimpse of Montana Watercolor
Address: Box 706 Columbus Montana 59019
Phone: (406) 780-0363
Email: mkoskigeo@gmail.com
Web site: glimpseofmt.com
Portfolio

Featured Artist: Ken Dvorak
2023-03-01 - 2023-04-30
Ken Dvorak
Featured Artist
Dates: March/April, 2023
Hi, I’m Ken Dvorak, a retired teacher, who decided to become a Fine Art Nature Photographer. We recently moved back to Montana from Washington state. We lived in the rain shadow of the Olympic National Park. It was an area where I had wanted to take photos for a long time. Now I’m exploring Montana for images to add to my portfolio.

My photography career started back in the late 60’s when I was in the Navy. I worked in an office onboard a ship in Newport, RI. In our office was the ship’s photo lab and I became friends with the ship’s photographer. I bought a used 35mm Pentax and started shooting black and white images around Newport. I was able to use the ship’s lab after the work day and learned how to develop black and white film and print my images. Later I set up my digital darkroom at our house. My current darkroom is in our basement.

I like the idea of having control over my images from the click of the shutter to seeing the final print come out of the printer. I also mat and frame my own images for display and sale.

I was accepted in June of 2022 to join the Sandstone Gallery.

Hope you enjoy.

Ken Dvorak Fine Art Photography

Featured Artist: Victoria Wetsch
2023-03-01 - 2023-04-30
Victoria Wetsch
Featured Artist
Dates: March/April, 2023
Currently I am working from my Montana studio in Billings using a variety of techniques and mediums such as oil-based paints, oil pencil and encaustics. I also work with water-based inks, watercolor and graphite. In particular, encaustic is one of my favorite mediums. I like to achieve the character of hot wax painting by suspending textures, images and pigments through many layers of fused medium. Encaustic medium requires a specific proportion of purified beeswax mixed with natural fossilized resin, blended with oil-based pigments. My original encaustic works have a unique, lustrous and sculptural appeal. The painting cures and hardens into an ever-enduring work of art while the pollen in the wax produces a final golden luster, leaving a natural fragrance of beeswax. Throughout time, encaustic paintings have proven their longevity and exceptional archival properties when cared for as with all fine art forms.

About Victoria:
https://sandstonegallerymt.com/victoria-wetsch/

Some of Victoria’s Work:
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Billings Art Association - Carolyn Kennedy
2023-04-01 - 2023-05-27
Carolyn Kennedy
Billings Arts Association
FEATURED ARTIST
Dates: April 1 – May 27
“I was born and raised in the shadows of the mountains of southwestern Montana. As a young woman, I decided to learn oil painting. Life took me to Fresno, California, and art took me from oils to watercolor. I later moved to Los Angeles and acrylics. After some experimentation, I discovered a way to layer clear and pigmented acrylics and mixed media. I use this technique to paint my emotional response to the external environment and to my internal life. Several years ago, I returned to Montana and am again finding inspiration in the beauty of my native state.”
–Carolyn Kennedy
Welcome to Sandstone, Carolyn!

ABOUT BIILLINGS ARTS ASSOCIATION

PORTFOLIO:

Billings Art Association - Joey Kiernan
2023-04-01 - 2023-05-27
Joey Kiernan
Billings Art Association
FEATURED ARTIST
Dates: April/May 2023

Welcome to Sandstone, Joey!

ABOUT BIILLINGS ART ASSOCIATION

ArtWalk Billings-April 2023
2023-04-07 17:00 - 21:00
FREE!
Sandstone Gallery will be participating in Artwalk Billings. Many or all of our artists will be on hand to show their work and talk to you about their art. Please join us for a fun evening downtown!
FEATURING
Ken Dvorak
Victoria Wetsch
GUEST ARTIST
Michael Koski
BILLINGS ART ASSOCIATION ARTISTS
Joey Kiernan
Carolyn Kennedy

Featured Artist: Lynn Shield
2023-05-02 - 2023-06-28
Lynn Shield
Featured Artist
Dates: May / June 2023

“I love color! Using Brusho® watercolour crystals and alcohol inks opened a whole new world for me. Both mediums have stunning, vibrant colors, which have helped mold my signature “style” of painting Montana wildlife and abstract florals. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t paint something. I guess you could say I have become addicted!” —-Lynn Shield

ABOUT LYNN

Some of Lynn’s work:
Fawn LoveSweet MomentBlossomRunaway BridePrecious LoveMilkmaid of HonorGroovy GroomSistersFlower Girl

Featured Artist: Lana Bittner
2023-05-02 - 2023-06-28
Lana Bittner
Featured Artist
Dates: May/June 2023

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

Portfolio
Watercolor- “Stained Glass”Watercolor- “Stained Glass”IMG_2794 LargeIMG_2554Royalty-Alcohol InkMasquerade-Alcohol InkJust Picked Bouquet-WatercolorIMG_8135IMG_8140

Featured Artist: Donna Moore
2023-05-02 - 2023-06-28
Donna Moore
Featured Artist
Dates: MAY/JUNE 2023

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

PORTFOLIO
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Angela Rafferty - Guest Artist
2023-05-03 - 2023-06-28
Angela Rafferty is a Montana native and multimedia artist, specializing in the technique of media composition.
Angela draws her inspiration from the relationship between past expectations and modern experience.

Welcome to Sandstone, Angela!

Some of Angela’s work:

Billings Art Association - John Kennedy
2023-06-01 - 2023-07-28
John Kennedy
Billings Art Association
FEATURED ARTIST
Dates: June/July 2023

Welcome to Sandstone, John!

ABOUT BIILLINGS ART ASSOCIATION

John’s work:
