Our Artists
We respresent 13 artists. These artists are all collected and we sell only original paintings, no prints.
Please contact us for prices and availability of each piece.
(Click on their name below to view their paintings and artwork)
Rob Akey - Born a second generation Whitefish, Montana native in 1956, Rob Akey displayed an early propensity for drawing and painting. Much childhood idle time (and probably more classroom time than appropriate) was spent doodling comic book characters, the family pet, real and imagined scenery, and whatever presented itself for a kid with a pencil and an itch to draw.
Virginie E. Baude - A native of France, Virginie E Baude has always loved wild animals, especially the large ones of the North. She imagined them as she was reading Jack London's books as a child. She began drawing these animals early on and her talent was noticed by her teachers and closed ones
Instead of taking the Art route, Virginie received a Master’s Degree from the University of Montpellier in France where she studied wildlife biology and learned more about animals' behaviors and ecology.
As a self-taught artist, Virginie began using charcoals and acrylic paints to depict vast wilderness landscapes and wild animals such as moose, caribou, Dall sheep, grizzly bears and wolves.
She now paints with oils, and it has been a love affair since then. She appreciates the spontaneity and freedom the medium leaves her.
Her work is contemporary, fresh, made of abstract shapes, impastos and is impressionistic.
Jerolyn Dirks - Jerolyn Dirks earned a degree in fine arts from the University of California at Los Angeles. She has lived and painted for more than 20 years on a small farm north of Bozeman, Montana. For18 years Dirks worked as a watercolorist - with a career in illustration.
Joe Kronenberg - Joe is self taught in pastels and oil, focusing his subject matter to wildlife and western art. “I tell people I am not so much self taught as I am self educated. I was born with the ability to draw, but as for the rest of it, color theory, values, edges, texture, composition, temperature and so on I had to acquire additional knowledge. Much of that knowledge came from studying art and artists of the past.
Karen Leigh - Inspired primarily by the beauty and spirit of her native Montana as well as travels abroad, Leigh offers original watercolors and commissioned work. With over 30 years of teaching experience, she is also available as a workshop instructor. Her work is included in the collections of Beringer Wineries, ConAgra Industries and the Smithsonian. She is featured in the Fall 2004 issue of WATERCOLOR magazine and was selected as one of twenty "Ones to Watch" in the 2003 Yearbook Issue of WATERCOLOR MAGIC.
Jennifer Li - Artist Jennifer Li grew up in Mill Valley, California. She lived, studied, and painted in New York City for nearly twenty years before moving to the woods of northwest Montana in 1998. She is married to the artist Nicholas Oberling.
Rochelle Lombardi - She is co-owner of the gallery. Rochelle has been a jeweler for over 25 years, attending school at the Gemilogical Institute of America (GIA) for her degree in jewelry design and Jewelry repair. She also is educated in gemology, gem identification and jewelry appraisal. Her interest in bronze art began over a decade ago. She has been sculpting ever since! Her art can be found in homes and collections across the United States and Canada. Her bronze art has been featured in "The Western Art Collector" magazine as well as our own "Montana Woman" magazine. Her art will be featured on the cover in an upcomeing issure of rural Montana. Rochelle customizes her art and always welcomes commission pieces.
Jeff Manion - Born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1964, Jeff grew up with a love for fishing, the outdoors and art. He attended Howell Cheney Technical School in Manchester where he started his training as a machinist and toolmaker. Working in the trade for over 20 years Jeff pursued painting whenever he could, taking classes in painting from artists Beth Ellis, Jim Wilcox, Luke Frazier and Dave Wade, studying many art books and painting on location.
Jack Muir - Jack W. Muir was born and raised in Great Falls, Montana. His interest in art began at an early age with a visit to the C.M. Russell Museum. After receiving a degree in Fine Art from Montana State University, Jack went on to cofound Kalispell Art Casting in 1978. Kalispell Art Casting is currently one of the largest art casting foundries in the west, empoying over 45 people.
Nick Oberling - Nicholas Oberling's work has been exhibited at the C. M. Russell Museum and is in the permanent collection of the Hockaday Museum of Art. He is a founding member of the Montana Painters Alliance. He has been a selected Quick Draw artist and participant at the C. M. Russell Museum’s Auction of Western Art and the Montana Land Reliance and Treasure State Art Auction.
Masako Setoguchi - Japan, and Hawaii, where she made her home for awhile, has exposed Masako's work to the world and has driven her success.
Like other Flathead Valley artists, Masako has focused on Montana and its beauty. Having discovered this part of the world and finally moving here in the late 1980s, Masako is mesmerized by the changing seasons, the mountains, wildlife and the endless opportunities for capturing the beauty this part of the country has to offer. Whether on paper or canvas, Masako's interpretations of our northwestern world are stunning
Paul Surber - Paul Surber was born in Redlands, California and currently spends much of his time traveling the Treasure state of Montana and beyond.
Surber works with gouache and oil as mediums for his paintings.
His small, delicate landscapes, for which he is widely known, are exhibited and sold annually in the CM Russell Auction held each spring in Great Falls, Montana. br> Surber's frontier genre, contemporary portrayals of Indians and landscapes have been shown and sold by several prominent galleries or auctions in Colorado, Santa Fe, New York, Canada and Montana.