Yellowstone Art Auction 52 by Yellowstone Art Museum

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table of contents WELCOME....................................................................................... 2 UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS............................................................ 3 EVENT SCHEDULE.......................................................................... 4 QUICK FINISH ARTISTS................................................................. 4 SPECIAL CULINARY EXPERIENCE............................................... 4 AUCTION RULES............................................................................. 5 ABSENTEE BIDDING INFORMATION......................................... 5 ART AUCTION COMMITTEE STATEMENT................................ 5 AUCTIONEER BIO........................................................................... 5 EVENT SPONSORS......................................................................... 6 LIVE AUCTION................................................................................. 7 SILENT AUCTION.......................................................................... 30 JANUARY SILENT AUCTION........................................................ 47 ARTIST INDEX................................................................................ 56 AUCTION NOTES.......................................................................... 66 ABOUT US..................................................................................... 67 ABSENTEE BID FORM................................................................. 68

yam yellowstoneartmuseum 401 North 27th Street, Billings, MT 59101 artmuseum.org/auction - (406) 256-6804

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Welcome Dear Friends: Thank you for launching the new decade with the Yellowstone Art Auction. We continue to expanded the opportunities for patrons to experience and buy great art again this year. Take advantage of your opportunity to view all of the art. The goal is to provide patrons with a relaxed atmosphere and the ability to acquire art while financially supporting the YAM and helping to expand the careers of many artists from the region and beyond. We thank the many generous and fantastic artists who donate their work to help us create an outstanding event. Be sure to say thank you to the artists for their time and talent. We extend our heartfelt and enthusiastic thanks to many people who make this event possible: • Gary Oakland and The Oakland Companies for being the prestigious Title Sponsor for 11 consecutive years. • Our generous Auction Sponsors who make this event a thriving success. • 200+ Artists who submitted nearly 800 works for consideration this year. Each artist donates 50%-100% of the proceeds from the sale of his or her sale price, making the Yellowstone Art Auction our most significant, annual fundraiser. • The dedicated committee of community members, led by Corby Skinner, who spent hours of their time to carefully select the pieces for the live and silent auctions. • Our many volunteers, committee members, and advertisers, without whom we would not have an auction. • Ryan Cremer, John Greenberger, Abbey Sonntag, Carolyn Tolton, Laura Wemple, Dixie Yelvington, and the entire YAM team for all of the behind-the-scenes work that goes into making this event a success. Most importantly we thank all of you! Whether this is your 52nd Yellowstone Art Auction or your first, we could not do this without your dedication and support. Bid often, bid high, and most of all bid victoriously…and have a wonderful time. Thank you again for helping us make this the extraordinary social event of the year!

Bryan W. Knicely Executive Director

Kim Olsen Board President

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Upcoming exhibitons NELTJE: DIALOGUE OF MY MIND MARCH 14 - MAY 17, 2020

Neltje’s paintings are intense, complex, and larger than life. In her late 30s, Neltje began her excursion into the discipline of Sumi-e painting. That practice became the core of her later work. [She works in series.] Neltje often starts a painting with a gesture Neltje, Threatened, 2017 acrylic on canvas 60 x 108 in of bold color and works in a counterclockwise pattern. Her dynamic process of painting changes between quick, expressive physical movements and intense deliberation. Colors sing like musical notes. Major chords of primary colors contrast with minor grays. The marks are rhythmic and pulsing. Yellows blare like trumpets, structured by bass notes of blue and black. This exhibition features mainly paintings completed in 2017 and 2018. Dialogue of My Mind is Neltje’s first figurative series, which she painted following the 2016 election. The first painting, Threatened, surprised her with its specificity. The Capitol Building is depicted on the left; faces and hands, including a man with yellow hair, are scattered across a field of blue. Her series of expressive faces imagines people affected by the rapidly changing political landscape: shocked, fragmented, and disconnected.

NELTJE: TELL ME, WHY FLOWERS? MARCH 21 - JULY 12, 2020

Neltje finds a source of energy as well as solace in nature’s beauty. Tell Me, Why Flowers? is a series of lyrical abstractions linked like a musical “theme and variations." Inspired by the end-of-season explosion of color in her late-summer gardens, Tell Me, Why Flowers? evokes the spectacular, but fleeting, joys of life. Unlike traditional still-life flower paintings, these works do not represent physical likenesses nor present moral lessons. Neltje’s colors and patterns reflect the life and abundance she feels in the presence of nature. The exhibition features a painting of the same title, which at 10’ x 30’ fills an entire gallery wall. This and four other monumental paintings representing the four seasons offer an experience of sublime beauty that envelops, overwhelms, and ultimately cradles the viewer. Neltje has had numerous group and solo exhibitions, including a major solo exhibition at the University of Wyoming in 2013. In 2005, she received the Wyoming Governor’s Art Award.

Neltje, Sun on Snow, acrylic on canvas 120 x 360 in

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Event schedule FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 5–8 pm • Cocktails • Quick Finish • Special One-Night-Only Silent Auction

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020 5-7 pm • Artist Meet & Greet • Last chance to Buy-It-Now before the Big Event

SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2020 5-10 pm (MEMBERS & TABLE-PATRONS 4:30 pm) • • • •

Heavy hors d’oeuvres, dessert, coffee bar, and cash bar Quick Finish Closing of Silent Auction Artwork Live Auction in the Montana Gallery beginning with Quick Finish Artists, followed by Education Lot 2020

Quick FINISH Participating artists will create/finish works of art on the spot. The Quick Finish will be located in the main hall from 5-7 pm on Saturday, March 7. Observe and mingle with the artists while they work. A special thank you to the following participating artists:

REDE BALLARD, LORETTA DOMASZEWSKI, DAWN NESS, JORDAN PEHLER, AND JUDD THOMPSON

Special Culinary Experience Donation This will be a phenomenal six course gourmet dinner paired with some unreal wines along the way. Dinner will be topped off with an outdoor fire, fine cigars, and whiskey. This dinner is for eight people prepared at either the home of Vermont Culinary Institute Graduate Alan Sparboe or the home of Assistant Sous Chef Jason Bliss on a mutually agreed upon date. Floral arrangements will be designed by Floral Artist, Kristen Sparboe to be taken home by the winning bidders. Please, when scheduling and planning with us, allow for a minimum of five hours for the full dining experience.

Value $1,500 Sponsored by Gainan's Midtown Flowers

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Auction rules • Each guest will receive a bid card and bid number as part of his/her ticket purchase. • Bidders will use the same bid number for the Live and Silent Auctions. • After the sale of each item, the winning bidder will sign a purchase agreement. • A buyer’s premium (donation) will be charged on all purchases. The buyer’s premium is tax deductible. • Individuals who are not-yet-members will be charged a 15% premium on all work purchased. • Members of the museum will be charged 12% buyer's premium on all work purchased. • The Buy-It-Now price includes the buyer’s premium. • In the event of a dispute between bidders, the auctioneer shall determine the successful bidder or re-auction the item in dispute. • All sales are final. All winning bidders must pay for their item(s) at the cashier’s desk and claim their purchases at the art claim area by the conclusion of the evening. All pick ups must be scheduled within ten business days. • The YAM may provide delivery of artwork within the city of Billings for a flat rate of $100. • Art remaining unpaid at the conclusion of the evening may be subject to sale to the next highest bidder. • Art not picked up within ten business days will be assessed a storage fee of $10 per day.

Absentee bidding If you are interested in absentee bidding, please fill out the form on page 68 and contact the Finance Director at (406) 256-6804 x223 or by email at finance@artmuseum.org.

Art Auction committee In order to broaden the scope of work selected, this year’s selection committee was made up of a mixture of art collectors, gallery representatives, and museum professionals. See list on page 67.

Auctioneer Merton E. Musser is a professional auctioneer, specializing in charity, agricultural, business, and real estate auctions. An auctioneer for 38 years, Musser continues to pursue his passion for converting assets into cash. He auctions with three brothers and their families by conducting over one hundred auctions a year throughout the Northwest. In addition, Musser auctions for several nonprofit organizations, having helped raise millions of dollars for many worthy causes.

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Event sponsors

The Oakland Companies title sponsor

Axilon Law Firm PllC - Eide Bailly LLP Intermountain Distributing Company - sibanye stillwater lead sponsors

Crowley Fleck PLLP - phillIps 66 Billings refinery supporting sponsors

DiA Events - Gainan's Midtown Flowers - PayneWest Insurance Wipfli - Yellowstone Surgery Center community sponsors

Billings clinic

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The Yellowstone Art Museum wishes to thank these generous Full Donations to the live auction:

CLYDE BUTCHER

JILL KRUTICK

JON LODGE

CHUCK MIDDLEKAUFF

NELTJE

PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR

Live Auction

1 David Mensing Sisters, Oregon

Acquiesce, 2018

oil on canvas, 30” x 24”

Estimated Value: $2,960-$4,440

David Mensing grew up in Iowa and moved to the West as a young man. He lives in Sisters, Oregon. A professional artist for more than 15 years, Dave has also worked professionally as an Architect and a Camp Director. Each painting is a statement - every aspect of the presentation is important. His architectural background contributes to his compelling designs. He is careful to select a title for each painting that reflects the character and spiritual basis of the work. David Mensing’s paintings are featured in collections and exhibitions across the nation and around the globe. Numerous books and periodicals have featured his work, including American Art Collector and Southwest Art. Recent national awards include Southwest Art’s ‘Award of Excellence’ in Icons of the West and Art and Soul.

2 Christine Vanderkaap Austin, Texas

Zebra, 2010

ballpoint pen on paper, 23” x 29”

Estimated Value: $2,320-$3,480

I am an Austin based Australian artist with a passion for conservation, a fact that is reflected not only in my dedication to continuing classical artistic traditions, but also in my focus on featuring people, animals and insects in all their majesty. I’ve developed my technique through intensive drawing training with an emphasis on capturing contour and realistic details. I often work in pen and ink, one stroke at a time, but also enjoy the fluidity of charcoal, oil paint and watercolour.

3 Harry Koyama Billings, Montana

Undercurrent, 2019 oil on board, 12” x 36”

Estimated Value: $2,400$3,600

In my paintings I depict a mood or a feeling that signifies the essence of the subject of the work. Whether it is a lazy grizzly bear strolling in the woods or the mighty bison on the plains, the mood of the painting is portrayed as simply as possible through the use of bold color and deliberate strokes of paint.

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4 Michael Stanish Billings, Montana

The Rims Edge, 2019 oil on board, 48” x 24”

Estimated Value: $2,400-$3,600

I like what the artist Michael Tyzack said: “We are not wild enough to be a part of Nature, and we are not independent enough to be separate from Nature” so we need art to ameliorate that conflict.

5 Loretta Domaszewski Bozeman, Montana

Cloud Waves, 2019 oil on canvas, 30” x 40”

Estimated Value: $3,200-$4,800

Domaszewski creates visual poetry, exploring the concept of journeys, and pathways, painting the spirit of place with bold saturated color, fluid gestures, sweeping brushstrokes, and subtle blended transitions. Loretta exhibits nationwide, is a recipient of Montana Arts Council, featured in Western Art Collector, Big Sky Journal, and Artist’s Field Guide to Yellowstone.

6 Allen KnowsHisGun Billings, Montana

Beartooth Mountains Lodge, 2018 oil on canvas, 40” x 30”

Estimated Value: $4,800-$7,200

Allen is a Crow Indian Artist who grew up on the Crow Indian Reservation. He earned his BA in American Indian Studies from Haskell Indian Nations University and his MA in Indigenous Nations Studies from the University of Kansas. His art works reflects his American Indian Heritage.

Live Auction

7 M. Scott Miller Seattle, Washington

SHELF LIFE, 2018

acrylic on canvas, 40” x 30”

Estimated Value: $3,040-$4,560

M. Scott Miller was raised in Missoula, Montana. Miller was one of eight high school students chosen for the National Talent Search program from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Miller used his BFA in illustration to facilitate a twenty year career as a freelance illustrator. Miller was a cover artist for the New Yorker Magazine, illustrated a children’s book with writer William Norwich of NYC and in 2012, had a solo exhibition at the Missoula Art Museum. Miller lives and works in Missoula Montana. These new works exemplify Miller’s love of the still life, color and line.

8 ISabelle & Guillaume Beau de Lomenie Cody, Wyoming

Ben, 2019

acrylic mounted photograph, 23.3” x 35”

Estimated Value: $2,800-$4,200

The pictures from our series How the West…, which includes about thirty photographs, are intended to be a tribute to men and women who are part of the living legend of our country: cowboys and cowgirls. Like all legends, this one conveys its share of dreams.

9 Penny Jenkins

Stevensville, Montana

Patchwork Blanket, 2019 fused glass, 2” x 32.5” x 15”

Estimated Value: $2,800-$4,200

My first recollection of creating art is a watercolor of a robin in a tree that I painted in the third grade. In high school and college, I took numerous courses in drawing, painting and silversmithing and I’ve sold my jewelry in boutiques from Kansas to Montana since 1975. In 2000, on a trip home to Kansas, I spent the afternoon in a glass artist's studio learning about the wonders of glass fusing. I fell in love with this medium and it has been my passion ever since.

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10 Nyd Kraushaar Billings, Montana

Beep Beep, 2019

alcohol ink on yupo paper, 23.75” x 60”

Estimated Value: $2,640-$3,960

Color is my passion! Bright,rich, deep colors. Colors that indicate fury, uncertainty, pain, power, love, hate, balance, insecurities, and everything over, under, and around. Colors bring out memories in me. Some are welcomed and others burn with crimson. When I painted Beep Beep, it was a heavy day. When I finished it, I knew it had to have something fun and light in it. Now I don’t see the heaviness, I see two people on an adventure. That adventure is for you to create in your mind. I hope you enjoy Beep Beep.

11 Brenda Wolf

Great Falls, Montana

Clive, 2018

soft pastel on canvas, 40” x 32”

Estimated Value: $2,880-$4,320

My work is filled with an expressive visual connection to the animal kingdom, both subtle and strong. My paintings drive me to continually dive deeper into my feelings and experiences. Each painting captures a distinct animal personality. No two are ever alike, thus each has his or her own name. These animal paintings want to be acknowledged as individuals and have something to say to both me and the audience.

12 Mai Wyn Schantz Denver, Colorado

Shelter, 2019

oil on stainless steel, 36” x 60”

Estimated Value: $4,000-$6,000

I’ve been painting on metal, first aluminum and now stainless steel, for 20 years. Initially drawn to the material because of its slickness as a painting surface, I soon recognized it as a means to capture nature in a contemporary context. By exposing areas of the raw metal substrate, a unique juxtaposition results between the industrial material and my nature-based subject matter. Despite our high tech, modern world we are still innately tied to the land. My paintings are about this relationship. They are an exploration of our evolving and often tenuous union with nature as well as our inherent desire to stay connected to it. My paintings seek out beauty and balance in the unification of these two seeming opposites.

Live Auction

13 Tom Benedict

Three Forks, Montana

Torchwood, 2018

rocky mountain juniper wood on stone base, 70” x 24” x 20”

Estimated Value: $4,000-$6,000

For centuries, the harshest elements of nature have shaped my selected medium. In the wilds of Montana, the twisted wood of the Rocky Mountain Juniper tree evokes a sense of tortured endurance. To travel through a twisted juniper grove, viewing these ancient trees, is an exercise in humility. These old, dead trees saw the world change around them and lost the tug-of-war with nature somewhere along the way. As I see it, my job as a sculptor is to collect the most compelling subjects and tell the story contained within the wood. I let the wood speak to me as I carve, following the natural flow of each piece. Carving and sanding transform the wood, bringing to light a majestic presence that has not been seen in ages. By doing this, I hope to bring the tree back to life in a new form and for a new audience. My goal for a finished work is for its viewers to feel the same sense of fascination, beauty, and humility that I do while viewing live juniper trees in the wild.

14 Tyler Murphy Billings, Montana

Horses of ‘89, 2018 oil on linen, 30” x 60”

Estimated Value: $3,600-$5,400

Cowboys, their horses and cattle, and their Montana landscape hold a special place in my life. Their story is the greatest inspiration for my art.

15 Peggy Kelly (1935–2018)

Benny and Red, 2000 oil on canvas, 40” x 60”

Estimated Value: $4,000-$6,000

Before digital photography, a roll of film came back from the processor a few days or weeks later. In between the “good” pictures, were the photographs with blinking eyes, open mouths, turned backs, and not-quite-right exposures. These are the photos that inspired Kelley’s work. The YAM recently accessioned more than 30 of her drawings and paintings into the permanent collection.

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16 Karen Garre

Livingston, Montana

Hayfields, 2019

acrylic on canvas, 40” x 30”

Estimated Value: $3,200-$4,800

In this series of paintings I’m using color to determine light and shadow. Each painting starts with a red/orange underpainting which shows through in selected areas. Each and every stroke of paint not only indicates the light, but also the shape of the subject.

17 Josh DeWeese

Bozeman, Montana

Large Covered Jar, 2014 ceramic, 26” x 20” x 21”

Estimated Value: $2,800-$4,200

I work with the art of pottery. The jar is a familiar form that has been explored throughout the ages. I see it as an expression of warmth and generosity, and an object that helps create a sense of home. It is a painting in the round. I’m drawn to the beauty and mystery of high temperature ceramics and the element of chance that occurs in the firing, in the subtle qualities of raw clays and the vibrant depths of a transparent glaze. I have a passion for painting with ceramic materials on a three-dimensional form, and having the rhythm of the pattern unfold as it moves around the pot. I enjoy the phenomenon of the melt and the quality of color and depth that develops through the glaze. The loss of control is important, blurring the initial pattern made with the hand. The viscosity, depth, and movement of the glaze are important elements in the final surface.

18 Rudy Autio (1926-2007)

Wings, 1981

acrylic on paper, 30” x 23”

Estimated Value: $2,960-$4,440

Rudy Autio was born in Butte to an immigrant couple from Finland, was one of the most masterful artists in clay in the US. He was a founding director of the Archie Bray Foundation and started the ceramics program at University of Montana, winning many international awards.

Live Auction

19 Jennifer Pulchinski Bozeman, Montana

Tall Pillar III, 2019

old timbers, barbed wire, 8’ x 2’ x 2’

Estimated Value: $7,120-$10,680

An old shot up piece of timber, barbed wire buried beneath the earth covered in moss, burnt trees that stand without branches whistling in the wind, or a rusty old nail. These are my treasures to transform. I wallow in the wild. Wild places and wild minds. Because there lies the best lessons, and the fuel for the fire.

Education

lot 2020

Lot 2020 will be presented during the Live Auction. This is your opportunity to bid in direct support of art education! Proceeds from Lot 2020 support the YAM Education Department’s goal of consistent, high quality art education for the children and adults we reach every year. Thanks to your generosity, we have been teaching art in Billings and communities throughout the region for almost 50 years.

YOUR CHANCE TO SUPPORT ART EDUCATION

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20 Neltje

Banner, Wyoming

Parallel Lives I, 2018

monotype with pastel on paper, 30” x 44”

Estimated Value: $1,600-$2,400

My passion is color. I paint my emotional response to nature.

21 Brad Rude

Walla Walla, Washington

The Same Yet Different, 2015 cast bronze, 11.5” x 15” x 6”

Estimated Value: $5,440-$8,160

I am a storyteller. I spin tales that require imagination and curiosity in my bronze sculptures. I portray animals in situations that mimic our own lives, whether at crossroads, or the interplay of the familiar with the unfamiliar. The animals stand in for us. I often explore ideas about movement, the foundation for the Journey of Life. I use analogies and metaphors to help viewers identify with various animal characters and see themselves, perhaps saying, "I’ve been there before" or "I wish I could do that." I also choose non-animal images to help compose my stories.

22 Robert Mars

Redding, Connecticut

Get Lucky, 2017

mixed media and collage on wood panel with uv varnish, 30” x 30”

Estimated Value: $6,000-$9,000

Chronicling a fascination with 1950s and 60s iconography, Robert Mars creates artwork from his studio in Connecticut that celebrates both the commonplace objects and spectacular icons of an America long past and how they remain relevant in todays’ society. Although looking to the past, his artwork reflects a thoroughly modern vision, presented in an exquisitely constructed manner. His eye for a distinct facet of American history is impeccable, and his ability to manipulate both the color and wordplay of vintage printed material has earned him reference with the likes of Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Richard Diebenkorn, among other masters from the School of Pop. Taking inspiration from the Golden Age of American popular culture and celebrating figures of the 1950s and 60s, the past is always present.

Live Auction

23 Robert Royhl

Bozeman, Montana

White Light, 2019

gesso, inks, pastel and oil paint on rives bfk paper, 22” x 30”

Estimated Value: $3,200-$4,800

My new work is about the transformations and renewals that take place constantly in nature. The world is full of blooms and voids and our paths through this world are full of wonder and mystery.

24 Chuck Middlekauff Austin, Texas

Homeland Security, 2019

mixed media on paper mounted on canvas, 40” x 30”

Estimated Value: $2,840-$4,260

Growing up in the 50s and 60s, watching cartoons, westerns, and superheroes on TV, and road trips across America have driven me to paint signs, diners, cowboys, gas pumps, etc. These icons, further inspired by pop art and classic rock and roll, are the focus of my artistic journey.

25 Michael Haykin Tucson, Arizona

Game Face, 2018 oil on canvas, 36” x 36”

Estimated Value: $4,000-$6,000

My paintings explore the relationships between imagery of language and/or human markings. Often included are elements of nature, and they are usually autobiographical.

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26 Sandra Dal Poggetto Helena, Montana

Relict No. 10, 2017 oil on canvas, 12” x 12”

Estimated Value: $1,440-$2,160

Painting is the medium through which I formalize the experience of landscape.

27 Gerit Grimm

Madison, Wisconsin

Cupid, 2010

porcelain, 14” x 8” x 12”

Estimated Value: $1,600-$2,400

My work appropriates historical narrative subjects deriving from fables and myths. It interprets them in forms that have visual and conceptual affinities with contemporary fine art— affinities that allow me to further explore and question the boundaries between pop art, kitsch, and high art.

28 Jane Waggoner Deschner Billings, Montana

Silhouette Series (School Kids’ School Portraits), 2017 hand-embroidered found photos on vintage album pages, 39” x 21.5”

Estimated Value: $1,720-$2,580

Snapshots, school pictures. We save them in albums, frames and drawers. There is a richness in everyday photos whether or not we know the person, place, or time. By engaging viewers with other people’s family photos, I transform their experience of looking at photographs and alter the way they see their own.

Live Auction

29 Sheila Miles

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Up North, 2019

oil on canvas, 34” x 40”

Estimated Value: $2,960-$4,440

Every day I go into my studio and paint from one of the 49,000 photos I have saved to my phone. My art is about ideas like temperature, how close is too close?, composition, texture, friction, and are there halos around things? I also think about how realistic does something have to be? How can I be clearer? and narratives about isolation, privacy, concealment, and identity. My best work is always an experiment and my most creative work comes from having to solve a problem. I paint things to see why I want to paint them, if I can paint them, or to try something new.

30 Rede Ballard Gillette, Wyoming

Falls Burning, 2019

acrylic on canvas, 48” x 36”

Estimated Value: $5,440-$8,160

The concepts behind what constructs and perceptions go into reality fascinate me endlessly. How and why we perceive reality in space and time the way we do is forever a mystery. No better a place to explore it than on a river in the middle of the Rocky Mountains.

31 Dave Thomas Eagle, Idaho

(Walks with Kate) River Ruckus, 2017 mixed media on yupo paper, 24” x 30”

Estimated Value: $3,040-$4,560

I start a new painting and work without thinking about other art, but I do think about my life and my surroundings…water, trees, mountains, sky, snow. Expressing my feelings; not illustrating them. It’s like a miracle when I think I’m done with a painting, never sure though until the next day, and then there is the aging process of a month or so to know for sure. The more void I am from the the work the better. It is like wondering into a forest that you have never been in before.

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32 Amanda Wilner Corvallis, Montana

Red Stag, 2019

oil and metal leaf on canvas, 48” x 36”

Estimated Value: $3,360-$5,040

I am interested in our connection to the animal and natural word. I want to explore a truth about our relationship to it by creating work that conveys both the vulnerability and power of the subjects. “There is a sculpture-like essence to her paintings: a singularity and a completeness. It’s as if Wilner has painted the sides and the back of the piece although no one can see it.” –Michele Corriel

33 Dawn Ness

Billings, Montana

Wild Fire, 2019

oil on canvas, 24” x 18”

Estimated Value: $3,400-$5,100

I am a self taught, horse-crazy artist, grateful for an abundance amount of support in my creative adventure. I was born with a crayon in my hand and horses on my mind. I use a variety of mediums that include watercolor, oil, charcoal, acrylic, and graphite. My style has a wide range to suit the mood of each unique piece. People ask, “Where do you get your inspiration?” Its different every time. It’s been a sunrise, a song, a memory, and a vision. One constant is that my heart and mind collaborate to lead my hand to express those feelings onto the paper or canvas. One of the most memorable compliments I received was from a client who said “I’ve got to have that painting! I feel like that horse is looking right into my soul.” I asked if he was an equine and art enthusiast and he replied, “No, but I am now.” I create out of love and I love what that can create!

34 Gregory Wilhelmi Roundup, Montana

Afternoon at the Babcock, 2019 oil on canvas, 22” x 42”

Estimated Value: $3,120-$4,680

I try to use my talent as an artist to say something about who we are, who we think we are, where we have been, and where we hope we are going.

Live Auction

35 James McGregor Red Lodge, Montana

Concrete Mission, 2019

concrete and oak wood, 32” x 38” x 14”

Estimated Value: $2,000-$3,000

The Northwest region’s premier concrete artist, James McGregor, based in Red Lodge, Montana, brings 30+ years of hands-on surface design and experience to the studio. A craftsman by trade and an artist at heart, James handcrafts custom surfaces, furniture, and art pieces using concrete as the primary material but complemented with inlaid elements. Combining concrete and oak with a contemporary craftsman style, ‘Concrete Mission’ is a one-of-a-kind, a true statement piece.

36 paul waldum

Livingston, Montana

First Cutting in the Gallatin Valley, 2019 soft pastel on canvas, 24” x 36”

Estimated Value: $4,320-$6,480

Paul Waldum, a native of Livingston, Montana, developed an appreciation for nature as a boy while hiking and climbing mountains near his hometown. The memories of those adventures left lasting sketches in his mind. Waldum’s paintings have appeared at the Brinton Museum, Big Horn, Wyoming; the Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana; the Nicholaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming; and the C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana.

37 James Urbaska Newfane, Vermont

Edge of Woods, Winter, 2018 oil on linen, 20” x 30”

Estimated Value: $3,200-$4,800

“Paintings speak for themselves.” –Carmen Herrera

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38 Russell Chatham (1939–2019)

Start of Winter,

Lithograph, 29.5” x 25.5”

Estimated Value: $1,600-$2,400

Now and then an artist creates work so iconic that it defines the identity of a place. In the Paradise Valley on a hazy day you might hear, "It's a Russell Chatham day." Russell Chatham was known for his moody Montana landscapes. The painter, printmaker, writer, and fly-fisherman left his mark on American art and the West when he passed away at age 80 on November 10, 2019. In a special memorial exhibition, the YAM will display selections of Chatham’s paintings and lithograph prints from the permanent collection.

39 Neil Jussila

Billings, Montana

Sundays with Bach–A Seed, 2019 mixed media on canvas, 30” x 23”

Estimated Value: $3,760-$5,640

The place of my upbringing – in a Finnish household – was Butte, Montana. Vietnam led to being awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, and, following a teaching career for over forty years at MSUB; the honor of a title – i.e., Professor Emeritus of Art was granted. What I want people to take away from my work is a feeling of life – i.e., a sensation of being, Imaginatively, alive in the moment.

40 Clyde Butcher Venice, Florida

Antelope Canyon 1, 2013

selenium toned silver gelatin photograph, 21.25” x 17.25”

Estimated Value: $1,276-$1,914

Clyde Butcher is known as an icon, an ambassador of the Everglades. His powerful black and white photographs explore his personal bond with the environment. The exquisite beauty and depth of his work draw the viewer into a relationship with nature. For more than 50 years, he has been preserving on film the untouched areas of the landscape. His images are primarily captured with an 8” x 10”, 11” x 14”, or 12” x 20” view camera. The large format camera allows him to express the elaborate detail and textures that distinguish the intricacy of the landscape. Clyde’s large-scale mural photographs enable viewers to experience the artwork rather than simply the photographs. "My hope is to educate" he says, "to let people know our land is a special place and to inspire others to work together to save nature’s places of spiritual sanctuary for future generations."

Live Auction

41 Vicki Conley

Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico

Flying Geese, 2016 fiber, 30” x 70”

Estimated Value: $2,800-$4,200

Humans as animals find success as a species from acting as a group. It may be for protection or to effect change in their society. When thousands call out in unison it is hoped that their voices are heard and change happens.

42 Jon Lodge

Billings, Montana

Cells, Membranes, Particles and Reflections (Rain/Moss/Pond), 2019

gesso, carbon particle strata, on aluminum, 29.1” x 26.6”

Estimated Value: $2,000-$3,000

I invent and adapt systems and processes which in turn generate the art work.

43 Monte Yellow Bird SR. Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Counting Coups, 2018

ledger art, mixed media on paper, 16.5” x 14”

Estimated Value: $3,200-$4,800

Better known in the art world as Black Pinto Horse, I have devoted a lifetime as an artist, educator, and traditional story teller to a positive expression of the harmonic balance between humanity and nature. Through my art & teaching, I offers a multitude of gifts and optimism that is reflected in my motto: “If you’re going to shine, shine brightly." I am Black Pinto Horse of the Arikara and Hidatsa tribes of North Dakota and Crow of Montana. Artistically, I have refined my heritage into a focal point, incorporating the traditional and spiritual as well as integrating oral tradition through a contemporary form of visual art expression.

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44 Rudi Broschofsky Portland, Oregon

Sitting Bull, 2019

spray paint on deep edged panel with resin, 48” x 36”

Estimated Value: $3,400-$5,100

Situated somewhere between representation and abstraction sit the mesmerizing works of artist Rudi Broschofsky. Broschofsky takes a Street Art approach to Western Art making him completely unique to both genres. Hand-cut stencil and spray paint are his medium while his subject matter is Western history and landscapes. His painstaking process involves creating meticulous stencils with an X-Acto knife. A typical stencil may take 120 hours to create and sometimes may only be used once. Nearby, his subject matter is nonrepresentational but with distance the composition becomes unmistakable. His work may be found at Modern West Fine Art in Salt Lake City, Rare Gallery in Jackson Hole and Broschofsky Galleries in Sun Valley, ID.

45 Echo Ukrainetz Great Falls, Montana

Chaiwa, Tewa, 2018 batik on cloth, 20” x 16”

Estimated Value: $1,760-$2,640

I work in fine art batik, a challenging and unpredictable medium. Each piece motivates me to try something new. The colors and shapes created by this unique process are fascinating. My life as an artist is an incredible journey and more exciting than I could have ever imagined.

46 Paige Bowman Savage, Montana

Tucson Run, 2019 glass, 11” x 12” x 12”

Estimated Value: $3,200-$4,800

Paige Bowman itches with creativity. She experiments playfully with warm glass techniques, infusing each piece with her love of color and sense of humor. She steps into the studio each day asking, “What if…” and lets that lead her into the next piece. It is the act of trying something new that excites her, to prove that she can make something better than the day before. In the past she was a porcelain doll maker, a beader, and now she is teaching herself the magic of warm glass. She takes her inspiration from the natural world, the novel, and the surprising.

Live Auction

47 Phoebe KnapP Billings, Montana

Molar Side Table, 2019

pear wood and gold leaf, 26.5” x 20” x 20”

Estimated Value: $4,480-$6,720

As a three-dimensional artist, my installations show a strong interest in archaic and primitive art, geometry, architecture and topography. I like to work with wood because it is alive with memories and history, making each piece totally unique and a real challenge.

48 Shawna Moore Whitefish, Montana

Providence, 2019

encaustic on panel, 40” x 30”

Estimated Value: $5,120-$7,680

Using the simple structure of earth and sky, I shift the narrative experience of painting to find orientation in the horizontal. In simplifying the diagrammatic scheme, I focus on the relationship between two planes of color, their meeting point, and any boundaries which emerge around them. At its greatest, landscape painting is a way of representing the engagement of the mind and felt states with the infinite. Horizon is evoked by the simple contrast of two adjoining horizontal fields of color or as a line crossing the picture plane. Since the tradition of figurative painting has for centuries based the construction of space on reference to the horizon line, it follows that every horizontal that cuts a painting in two is perceived as something familiar.

49 Jill Krutick

Mamaroneck, New York

Montana Rivers, 2019 oil on canvas, 18” x 24”

Estimated Value: $2,400-$3,600

Jill Krutick’s paintings trace her joyful path of self-discovery and creative exploration. Using texture, form, and color, she suggests the intense beauty and constant flux of nature: galaxies, skies, blossoms, and tides. She strives to create movement through a variety of textures and threedimensional shapes.

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50 Ted Waddell Hailey, Idaho

Gallatin Angus I, 2017 lithograph, 33” x 45”

Estimated Value: $2,000-$3,000

Painter, sculptor, and rancher Theodore Waddell stands as one of the West’s most celebrated contemporary artists. His paintings and prints of “landscapes with animals” couple abstract expressionist technique with creatures—Black Angus cattle, horses, and bison—that populate the high plains and mountain valleys of today’s ranching West. Waddell’s paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas.

51 Gordon McConnell Billings, Montana

Disguised as Soldiers #3 (Riding into Starbuck, 2017 acrylic on canvas, 12” x 24”

Estimated Value: $1,920-$2,880

Though they are derived from immediate experiences, my paintings are haunted by the past. They are suspended animations, congealed of fleeting instants of attention and countless applications of paint. They exist in the eternal now, mediating my subjectivity and yours.

Live Auction

52 PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)

Enfants Jouant a la Balle, c. 1900 Lithograph in colors on laid Arches with Ingres watermark MBM From the edition of 200. Published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris. Printed by Clot. With full margins. 23.4" x 20.1"

Estimated Value: $118,800–$200,375 100% DONATION

The Yellowstone Art Museum wishes to thank Galerie Michael for their full donation.

PROVENANCE: THE PETIET COLLECTION This exquisite color lithograph is world-renowned and recognized to be one of Renoir’s best prints. Each of the ten colors found in the composition makes way for a stunningly captivating glimpse into these children’s world; they are completely immersed in their carefree playground of a charmingly over-grown field on a bright summer’s day. Not only do we see an intricate composition of four characters, we are welcomed into the work through its grand scale and sunny disposition. Examples of this piece have been exhibited in public collections all over the world, including the Cabinet des Estampes, Paris; Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresde; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; New York Public Library; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. The provenance is considered both historical and prestigious since Henri Petiet, who dealt in art in order to fuel his passion as a collector, became a world-renowned expert in the field of printmaking. In fact, via his excellent relations with a number of curators and dealers, he played a crucial role in getting printmaking accepted by the major US collections, both public and private. When the great dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard died in 1939, Henri Petiet bought almost all his editions, including the famous Suite Vollard, a series of 100 etchings submitted by Picasso to his first dealer in exchange for two paintings, one by Cezanne and the other by Renoir. Some 310 complete sets of the Suite Vollard were printed from the 100 original plates, and several sets were acquired by Henri Petiet, one of which is now in the British Museum. HENRI PETIET 1894-1980 Leading a campaign in Italy, as commander of the army he earned the Petiet family a noble title. Endowed with great intelligence and a prodigious memory, of a scientific mind-set and an appetite for collecting, Henri was interested in trains, illustrated books, and classic cars, but his primary passion was the art print. In 1925 he became an art dealer, six months after meeting the famous dealer Ambroise Vollard who had worked with the greatest painters from Cezanne to Van Gogh, and organized Picasso’s first exhibition in 1901. Two years later, in 1927, Petiet launched his career internationally, by developing the print market in the UK. He worked closely with several galleries, and with Campbell Dodgson, curator of the Prints and Drawings Department at the British Museum. In the United States, Petiet was the man behind entire print departments of American museums such as the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Art Boston. He played a key role in enhancing the place of the print in major American collections, both public and private. Petiet very quickly sought to become the sole publisher of many prints in order to control prices. Petiet’s greatest stroke of genius was in his purchasing of the monumental Vollard Collection when Ambroise Vollard passed away in 1939. This monumental ensemble of prints, the Vollard Suite, included Picasso’s masterpiece, a set of 100 plates etched and engraved between 1930 and 1937 on a variety of subjects. Petiet continued to cultivate a worldwide connoisseurship and market for prints until his passing in 1980.

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Live Auction

53 Brian Keith Scott Billings, Montana

Shout, 2019

cast aluminum, glass and steel, 24” x 11” x 5”

Estimated Value: $2,040-$3,060

That which occurs in my life appears in my work, a relic of my existence.

54 Lynn Thorpe

Rapid City, South Dakota

Land Fold, 2017

oil on canvas, 39” x 26”

Estimated Value: $3,200-$4,800

Through many years of contemplating the relationship between earth and sky, I have gravitated toward increasingly greater concern for what effect human needs and attitudes have had on the balance of this relationship. This concern is expressed variously through playful humor, cynical metaphor, and violent movement.

55 Hooshang Khorasani Ruston, Louisiana

Color Storm Surge,

acrylic on canvas, 36” x 36”

Estimated Value: $2,400-$3,600

For me, “abstract” is a feeling that finally turns into a form - a form that flows. I paint in layers, adding texture, but it’s as if the paint itself takes part in the creative process. I’m the tour guide on the journey, but there’s another participant: my hands are virtually channeled into a universal source of energy. And that energy, in turn, pulses through my brushes and artist tools. Indeed, the common theme for all my works is energy–energy in nature and the world around me, in moving colors that show power, in the inner life of my subjects. I seek to unveil the mysteries and beauties of the universe.

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56 Justin John Boise, Idaho

Magenta. Yellow. Somewhere in Between., 2016-2018 acrylic, latex, ink, spray paint, charcoal on cloth, 58” x 58”

Estimated Value: $1,200-$1,800

Inspirations. At their truest state are the transitions or connections my naturally inquisitive and introspective mind sorts out of the gray matter. Interpersonal relationships, textual translations, and pixelated information make up our evolving social normative models; in essence, our story. It’s through these periods of reflection—littered with random synaptic firings, formed with plasticity in mind and of the body — that I connect some dots. It’s all part of the kaleidoscope I work within.

57 Shirle Wempner Big Timber, Montana

Koi in Emerald Waters, 2018 oil on canvas, 20” x 20”

Estimated Value: $2,080-$3,120

Shirle Wempner was raised on a horse ranch on the outskirts of Billings, Montana. Growing up on the ranch resulted in a great appreciation of nature and encouraged her to put to canvas the inspiration she experienced on a day to day basis. Working predominately in oils, utilizing broad brush strokes and palette knife techniques, she creates a feeling of impressionistic realism, concentrating on a painterly representation of the subject. Shirle challenges her imagination through experimentation, and continues to rediscover the creative process with each new piece. Shirle’s subjects are wildlife and figurative representations, incorporating contemporary and historical themes.

58 Susan Stone Billings, Montana

Susan’s Dog and Pony Show, 2019

acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 36” x 48”

Estimated Value: $960-$1,440

I am currently painting in a very abstract style. Although I consider them landscapes, they are not in the traditional sense. They are a record of my experiences living with nature and of everyday events. I choose a color palette, shapes, and marks to express my emotional and physical reactions to the land, weather, animals, world events, and the mundane.

Silent Auction

The Yellowstone Art Museum wishes to thank these generous Full Donations to the Silent auction:

MAUREEN M BAKER

EDWARD BARTA

CINDY BETKA

SONJA CAYWOOD

SHERRI CORNETT

NAN DARHAM

SHANE DE LEON

MICHEL DESROCHES

FAY GOLSON

BETSEY HURD

JASON JAM

PEGGY KELLY

KEN KONCHEL

NYD KRAUSHAAR

JON LODGE

LARRY MAYER

KARYN MEHUS

JEREMY RABUS

MAI WYN SCHANTZ

MARCIA SELSOR

RIC TAYLOR

JAMES VINCENT

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59 Cathy Allen

64 Edward Barta

While Hunters Dream, 2019

Cottonwood, 2017

Glade Park, Colorado

Billings, Montana

photograph, 20” x 16”

acrylic on canvas, 24” x 48”

$220-$330

60 Brooke Atherton

65 James Bason

Lone Tree Park, 2019

Istas, 2018

$885-$1,325

Billings, Montana

stitched textile, 6” x 24”

$240-$360

Great Falls, Montana oil on canvas, 8” x 10”

$480-$720

61 Chris Autio

66 James Bason

Ecola Park, Cannon Beach, 2019

Wadsworth Winter, 2018

Missoula, Montana

Great Falls, Montana

oil on canvas, 9” x 11”

oil on fiber-based silver gelatin, 37” x 28”

$520-$780

62 Maureen M Baker

67 Tom Benedict

Tulip, 2019

Dorsalis, 2019

$1,920-$2,880

Sonoma, California

mosaic, 15” x 11.5”

Three Forks, Montana

$560-$840

rocky mountain juniper wood on stone base, 33” x 18” x 10”

63 Edward Barta

68 Cindy Betka

Approaching Storm– Beartooth Mountains, 2017

Silent Drummers, 2019

Billings, Montana

photograph, 20” x 16”

$2,000-$3,000

Helena, Montana

oil on cradled wood board, 16” x 16”

$520-$780

$220-$330

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Silent Auction

69 Storrs Bishop

74 Jesse Blumenthal

Teslow Grain Elevator, Livingston, MT, 2019

Hearing Aid 3, 2019

Livingston, Montana

Missoula, Montana

photograph, collage, 43” x 33”

wood, glass, rubber, and fasteners, 55” x 28” x 19”

$1,120-$1,680

$640-$960

70 Storrs Bishop

75 Isabel Bonilla

Bison, Yellowstone National Park, 2018

Andino, 2016

Livingston, Montana

photograph, collage, 36.5” x 26.5”

$760-$1,140

Billings, Montana

beadwork on deer antler, 10” x 13” x 18”

$480-$720

71 Larry Blackwood

76 Dana Boussard

Turner in Yellowstone, 2019

Cover Up, 2019

Bozeman, Montana

Arlee, Montana

composite photograph, 17” x 25”

colored pencil on paper, 23” x 18”

$355-$535

$1,600-$2,400

72 Larry Blackwood

77 Kelsey Bowen

Ascending Tianmu Mountain in a Dream, 2016

Uncommon Ground, 2019

Bozeman, Montana

Billings, Montana

ceramic, 12” x 13” x 4”

composite photograph, 24” x 17”

$1,080-$1,620

73 Jesse Blumenthal

78 Kirsten Bowen

Struten Stamen, 2019

It’s the Little Things, 2019

$355-$535

Missoula, Montana

copper and glass, 14” x 30” x 14”

$480-$720

Harrison, New York

venetian plaster on canvas, 8” x 8”

$280-$420

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79 Jeanne Bowman

84 Teresa Brown

Transplant, 2019

Time Forgotten, 2018

Savage, Montana

watercolor and cut paper in birchwood shadowbox. 12” x 12”

Billings, Montana

alcohol ink on paper, 14” x 11”

$240-$360

$960-$1,440

80 Jeanne Bowman Savage, Montana

Straw, 2019

cut paper, papier mache, ink, string and twigs, 30” x 8” x 15”

$960-$1,440

85 Shannon Burns Johnson Billings, Montana

Playing in Nana’s Garden, 2018 oil on canvas, 24” x 20”

$800-$1,200

81 Paige Bowman Savage, Montana

King of the Plains, 2019

86 Keith Buswell Lincoln, Nebraska

, 2018

glass, 6.5” x 4.5” x 8”

intaglio on paper, 54” x 20”

82 Blake Brasher

87 Julia Buteux

Seventy-Nine Moons and Counting, 2019

Morning Arrival– Colorado, 2018

$1,200-$1,800

Lowell, Massachusetts

acrylic, sharpie, and spray-dye on canvas, 48” x 36”

$1,825-$2,740

$600-$900

Madison, New Jersey

archival ink on metal, 27” x 36”

$1,680-$2,520

83 Ryan Brown

88 Craig Carlisle

Hypnotize, 2019

The Crop Duster and the Poppy Field, 2019

Billings, Montana

acrylic on canvas, 36” x 24”

$2,800-$4,200

Spring Hill, Tennessee

oil on panel, 9” x 4”

$760-$1,140

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89 Mike Caskey

94 gerry chapleski

A Sliver of River, 2019

Chief, 2019

Billings, Montana

oil on paper, 16” x 20”

$765-$1,150

Broomfield, Colorado

oil on canvas, 25” x 19”

$1,360-$2,040

90 Mike Caskey

95 Mike Clark

Yellowstone River Evening, 2019

Fall Comes Early, 2018

Billings, Montana

oil on canvas, 24” x 30”

oil on paper, 16” x 20”

$4,800-$7,200

91 Sonja Caywood

96 Daniel Clouser

Eunice Stared in Disbelief, 2019

Stained Glass Window to the Center of the Earth, 2019

$765-$1,150

Dayton, Wyoming

oil on canvas, 12” x 16”

$880-$1,320

Spring Valley, California

photographic print on aluminum, 20” x 60”

$960-$1,440

92 Lauren Chambers

97 Sherri Cornett

Portrait of a Deer, 2019

Ignited, 2018

Atlanta, Georgia

photograph, 18” x 13”

$400-$600

Billings, Montana

steel, cedar, deck stain, steel and copper wire, fittings, 69” x 16” x 16”

$1,600-$2,400

93 Lauren Chambers

98 Lorri Coulter

Portrait of a Coyote, 2014

Lodgepole Complex, 2019

Atlanta, Georgia

photograph, 21” x 31”

$600-$900

Brusett, Montana

encaustic on panel, 14” x 14”

$160-$240

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99 Lorri Coulter Brusett, Montana

Not Just Another Sky, 2018 acrylic on board, 18” x 18”

$200-$300

104 Jane Waggoner Deschner Billings, Montana

Silhouette Series (Boy and Girl) Diptych, 2019 hand-embroidered found photos on vintage album pages, 32” x 13.75”

$1,200-$1,800

100 Nan Darham

105 Michel Desroches

Yellowstone Bison Thermals, 2019

Untitled 7, 2019

Bozeman, Montana

oil pastel on paper, 18” x 24”

$1,200-$1,800

Montreal, Québec

mixed media: acrylic, watercolor, and ink on paper, 17" x 20"

$960-$1,440

101 Shane De Leon

106 Michel Desroches

Mailbox or Gravestone (Dead letter to a dead friend), 2012

Untitled 12, 2018

Billings, Montana

mixed media on board, 24” x 18”

Montreal, Québec

mixed media: acrylic, watercolor, and ink on paper, 17" x 20"

$960-$1,440

$160-$240

102 Eric Demattos

107 Connie Dillon

Memories, 2015

Moments of Enchantment, 2018

Clarkston, Washington

photograph on canvas, 24” x 36”

$400-$600

Billings, Montana

acrylic on canvas, 24” x 36”

$1,200-$1,800

103 Brittney Denham

108 Leona Dillon

Western Vestige #3, 2016

Cerebral Emotions, 2019

Sheridan, Wyoming

digital archival print, 30” x 40”

$1,200-$1,800

Billings, Montana

oil on canvas, 30” x 30”

$1,440-$2,160

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Silent Auction

109 David Dragonfly

114 Candace Forrette

Butterfly Woman, 2019

Spirea #1, 2019

Browning, Montana

prisma color on ledger paper, 18.5” x 31”

$1,600-$2,400

Billings, Montana

encaustic on panel, 12” x 12”

$520-$780

110 David Dragonfly

115 Jennifer French

Kills In The Water, 2019

Ashes of Rose, 2019

Browning, Montana

collagraph on paper, 18” x 24”

$1,440-$2,160

Billings, Montana

cow skull, acrylic, 20” x 9” x 6”

$1,440-$2,160

111 Caroline Elliott

116 Samantha French

Crystal Points Bowl, 2019

Reef, 2019

North Palm Beach, Florida

ceramic, 10” x 10” x 3”

$255-$385

Billings, Montana

acrylic paint, glass beads, embroidery thread on canvas, 24” x 36”

$1,200-$1,800

112 Scott Fabritz

117 Barbara Garrett

Cheyenne Knife, 2016

Where Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Lurk, 2019

Bozeman, Montana

oil on canvas, 18” x 12”

$640-$960

Billings, Montana

pastel on paper, 11” x 14”

$315-$475

113 Candace Forrette

118 john giarrizzo

Winter’s Forest #3, 2019

Saving Grace: Study, 2019

Billings, Montana

encaustic on panel, 16” x 20”

$420-$1,080

Cody, Wyoming

prismacolor and ink on paper, 22” x 30”

$800-$1,200

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119 fay golson

124 Harper Henry

Falling Lake, 2019

Leather and Grace, 2019

Salida, Colorado

oil on canvas, 36” x 36”

$1,120-$1,680

Mesa, Arizona

oil on canvas, 20” x 16”

$1,280-$1,920

120 Ruby Hahn

125 DG House

Purple # 3, 2019

Big Medicine, 2018

Billings, Montana

acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 48” x 48”

$800-$1,200

Bozeman, Montana

mixed media on canvas and antique papers and cigar box, 9.5” x 4.5”

$400-$600

121 Stephen Haraden

126 Betsey Hurd

The Hankshaw Lily Pads, 2019

Roman, 2019

Billings, Montana

East Helena, Montana acrylic on canvas, 18” x 24”

acrylic and cut up paintings on canvas, 36” x 24”

$600-$900

122 Pamela Haunschild

127 Betsey Hurd

The Language of Trees, 2019

Hounds of Love, 2019

$640-$960

Ashland, Oregon

East Helena, Montana

watermedia on paper, 13” x 13”

glazed earthenware with antlers, 33” x 15” 17”

$340-$510

$760-$1,140

123 Rocky Hawkins

128 Betsey Hurd

Blue Flint, 2019

Coming Into the Country, 2018

Harrison, Montana

mixed media on canvas, 14” x 11”

$1,600-$2,400

East Helena, Montana

acrylic on canvas, 24” x 36”

$600-$900

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Silent Auction

129 Jason Jam

134 Michael Jorgensen

Wyoming Horses, 2018

O’Haire Motor Inn, 2019

Billings, Montana

watercolor on paper, 14” x 19”

$400-$600

photograph, 10” x 14”

$440-$660

130 Dani Jeffries

135 Peggy Kelly

Yellowstone I, 2019

Benny and Red, 2000

Albuquerque, New Mexico

ceramic tile mosaic, 36” x 36”

$1,440-$2,160

(1935–2018)

watercolor on paper, 12” x 9”

$2,400-$3,600

131 Dani Jeffries

136 Hooshang Khorasani

Blue Winter, 2017

Color Storm from the Deep, 2017

Albuquerque, New Mexico ceramic tile mosaic, 23” x 35”

$800-$1,200

Ruston, Louisiana

acrylic on canvas, 36” x 36”

$2,400-$3,600

132 Justin John

137 Hooshang Khorasani

Ten Quarts, 2017

In the News, 1918

Boise, Idaho

acrylic, latex, ink on canvas, 24” x 24”

$480-$720

Ruston, Louisiana

acrylic-mixed media on canvas, 12” x 12”

$1,280-$1,920

133 Michael Jorgensen

138 Marian Kirst

Silver Bow, 2017

Argiope Near the Yellowstone, 2018

Tucson, Arizona

photograph, 15” x 21”

$520-$780

Tucson, Arizona

Billings, Montana

photograph, 10” x 13”

$160-$240

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139 Ron Koehler

144 Donna LaHue

Is Styrofood Healthy to Eat?, 2019

Moon Grazers, 2013

Cleveland, Mississippi

Gallatin Gateway, Montana

wood and paint, 8.5” x 10” x 9.5”

oil and metal leaf on canvas, 36” x 36”

$320-$480

$960-$1,440

140 Ron Koehler

145 Tess Lehman

Balanced Diet with Flattened Chicken Legs & Cupcakes, 2019

Let It Rain - Eric Clapton, 2019

Cleveland, Mississippi

Billings, Montana

oil on board, 8” x 8”

wood and paint, 9” x 8.5” x 8.5”

$320-$480

141 Ken Konchel

146 David Leitch

Corners, 2016

Envelope, 2018

$400-$600

St. Louis, Missouri

large-format silver gelatin photograph, 16” x 20”

$320-$480

Venice, California

mixed media on panel, 19” x 19”

$1,200-$1,800

142 Mike Kosorok

147 Tracy Linder

Winter Tranquility, 2018

The Sowers: Seed Pods #13 & 14, 2017-2018

Red Lodge, Montana

oil on canvas, 16” x 20”

$760-$1,140

Molt, Montana

rabbit hide, artificial sinew, resin, beeswax, 10.5” x 4.5” x 5.5”

$400-$600

143 Nyd Kraushaar

148 Patricia Littlefield

The Future is Bright, 2019

Portal, 2017-2018

Billings, Montana

alcohol ink on yopo paper, 16” x 20”

$520-$780

New Paltz, New York

mixed media: handmade paper and hand dyed fiber, 30” x 24” x 4”

$1,760-$2,640

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Silent Auction

149 Jon Lodge

154 Larry Mayer

Pulse Interval Analysis: One Note Samba (Getz, Gilberto, Jobim), 2018

St. Patrick Co-Cathedral and Moon, 2019

Billings, Montana

photograph, 30” x 15”

gesso, carbon particle stratum, on aluminum, 19” x 19”

$480-$720

150 M. Robert Markovich

155 Larry Mayer

Entropy 009, 2019

Billings Rimrocks Ice, 2019

$1,280-$1,920

Riverside, California

archival pigment print photograph, 18” x 14”

$320-$480

photograph, 30” x 15”

$480-$720

151 M. Robert Markovich

156 Alan McNiel

Entropy 033, 2019

The Finch and the Pear, 2019

Riverside, California

archival pigment print photograph, 18” x 14”

$320-$480

Troy, Montana

oil on canvas, 24” x 24”

$1,440-$2,160

152 M. Robert Markovich

157 Karyn Mehus

Entropy 001, 2019

Moonlit Garden in Orange, 2019

Riverside, California

archival pigment print photograph, 18” x 14”

$320-$480

Billings, Montana

acrylic on canvas, 36” x 24”

$360-$540

153 David Mayer

158 Karyn Mehus

Morning in the Wilderness, 2019

Moonlit Garden in Black, 2018

Lafayette, Colorado

oil on canvas, 24” x 30”

$1,560-$2,340

Billings, Montana

acrylic on canvas, 36” x 24”

$360-$540

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159 David Mensing

164 Linda Paige

Requite, 2018

Celebrating the Buffalo, 2019

Sisters, Oregon

oil on canvas, 18” x 24”

$1,920-$2,880

Glade Park, Colorado

mixed media: inks, acrylics, clay, carving, wood burning, 23” x 11” x 11”

$680-$1,020

160 Monica Moloney

165 keely Perkins

Elin, 2019

Predator Prey 1, 2019

Billings, Montana

beads on bone, 27” x 20” x 23”

$960-$1,440

Miles City, Montana

porcelain, 8” x 5” x 5”

$165-$250

161 Murth Murthy

166 keely Perkins

Rocky Mountain Peaks, 2019

Predator Prey 2, 2019

Longmont, Colorado

Miles City, Montana

porcelain, 8” x 5” x 5”

photograph, 26” x 33”

$165-$250

162 Murth Murthy

167 Sarah Posey

Magnificent Cascade, 2019

Wow! I Can’t Breathe and It’s Been Four Hours, 2017

$240-$360

Longmont, Colorado

photograph, 26” x 33”

$240-$360

Moss Point, Mississippi

oil on canvas, 32” x 34”

$800-$1,200

163 Linda Paige

168 Regina Quinn

King of the Grasslands, 2019

Reflection, 2016

Glade Park, Colorado

mixed media: inks, acrylics, wood burning, leather, 14” x 13” x 13”

$520-$780

Gilboa, New York

encaustics and oils over watercolor on cradled wood panel, 9.5” x 13.5”

$680-$1,020

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Silent Auction

169 Jeremy Rabus

174 Maggy Rozycki Hiltner

Elevon, 2019

Highchair, 2018

St. Louis, Missouri

acrylic on shaped panel, 10.25” x 11”

$360-$540

Red Lodge, Montana

hand-stitched cotton and found textiles, 12” x 7”

$400-$600

170 Tandy Miles Riddle

175 Theresa Ruby

Rosebud Lake, 2015

End of Summer, 2018

Livingston, Montana

oil on board, 11” x 14”

$600-$900

Overland Park, Kansas

photograph with digital painting enhancements, 16” x 12”

$160-$240

171 T.A. Riney

176 Theresa Ruby

Untitled, 2019

Chief Mountain Flame, 2019

Little Rock, Arkansas

acrylic, charcoal, spray paint, on cloth, 55” x 30”

$360-$540

Overland Park, Kansas

photograph with digital painting enhancements, 16” x 20”

$240-$360

172 Thibault Roland

177 Hasna Sal

That Which Remains, 2019

Corail d’ Or, 2015

Hillsboro, Oregon

Overland Park, Kansas

glass and gold, 5” x 8” x 4"

photograph printed on hahnemuhle photo rag, 11” x 7.25”

$400-$600

173 Thibault Roland

178 Hasna Sal

The Three Musketeers, 2019

Corail de Feu, 2018

$600-$900

Hillsboro, Oregon

photograph printed on hahnemuhle photo rag, 11” x 11”

Overland Park, Kansas

glass and dichroic, 4” x 7.5” x 2"

$280-$420

$600-$900

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179 Josh Sauby

184 Marcia Selsor

The Long and Dusty Road, 2017

Classical Form, 2016

Lewistown, Montana

photograph on metallic paper, 17” x 20”

$245-$370

Red Lodge, Montana

porcelain with soluble salts, 12” x 7” x 7”

$600-$900

180 Mai Wyn Schantz

185 Marcia Selsor

Scout, 2019

Orb with Black Collar, 2019

Denver, Colorado

oil on stainless steel, 24” x 20”

$960-$1,440

Red Lodge, Montana

porcelain fired in obvara, 10.5” x 10” x 10”

$320-$480

181 Brian Keith Scott

186 Ann Skelton

Know, Not to Rust Alone, 2019

Study In Abstract No. 36, Yellowstone, 2019

Billings, Montana

cast aluminum, glass and steel, 22” x 11” x 5”

$1,000-$1,500

Gardiner, Montana

photograph, 20” x 26”

$560-$840

182 Jim Seaton

187 Ann Skelton

Fall Aspen, 2019

Study In Abstract No. 149, Yellowstone, 2019

Red Lodge, Montana

oil on canvas, 24” x 20”

$880-$1,320

Gardiner, Montana

photograph, 20” x 26”

$560-$840

183 Marcia Selsor

188 Brownie Snyder

Clouds, 2016

Entropy Series, Daybreak, 2019

Red Lodge, Montana

porcelain, 10” x 9.75” x 9.75”

$520-$780

Billings, Montana

oil and cold wax on panel, 36” x 36”

$880-$1,320

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Silent Auction

189 Robert Spannring

194 James Todd

Luminous, 2019

Salish-Cootenai Boy, 2019

Livingston, Montana

oil on canvas, 14” x 18”

$1,440-$2,160

Missoula, Montana

wood engraving on paper, 8” x 6”

$440-$660

190 Michael Stanish Billings, Montana

Glorious, 2019

oil on board, 24” x 36”

$960-$1,440

195 Jennie Traill Schaeffer

West Orange, New Jersey

A Seat by the River, 2018

watercolor and gouache with image transfer on paper, 14” x 9.75”

$560-$840

191 Susan Stone

196 kara Tripp

Crossroads, 2018

Aspens, 2016

Billings, Montana

acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 48” x 36”

$960-$1,440

oil on canvas, 36” x 12”

$1,295-$1,945

192 karen Tanner

197 Whitney Urbaniak

MotherEarthscape II, 2019

Appear; Rumex Crispus, 2018

Billings, Montana

acrylic, gold leaf patina, glazes on canvas, 30” x 60”

$1,120-$1,680

Huntley, Montana

acrylic on canvas, 48” x 24”

$920-$1,380

193 Ric Taylor

198 James Vincent

Splash, 2019

West Bench Open Winter, 2019

Houston, Texas

box elder wood, 6.5” x 4” x 4”

$395-$595

Bozeman, Montana

Billings, Montana

acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”

$640-$960

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199 James Vincent

204 Carol Welch

North Hills Shadows, 2019

Party of 8, 2019

Billings, Montana

Huntley, Montana

pastel on paper, 12” x 16”

mixed media on canvas, 24” x 24”

$440-$660

$640-$960

200 Marc Vischer

205 Rosellen Westerhoff

Geranium Before the Storm, 2018

Bird Blobs #1, 2014

Billings, Montana

Worden, Montana

acrylic on board, 16” x 20”

oil on canvas, 28” x 22”

$480-$720

201 Lee Walker

206 Gregory Wilhelmi

Bull Bison, 2019

Caution, Entering Roundup, 2019

$2,400-$3,600

Red Lodge, Montana

acrylic on canvas, 48” x 24”

$1,200-$1,800

Roundup, Montana

oil on canvas, 13” x 21”

$1,120-$1,680

202 Ella Watson

207 Amanda Wilner

SLAM Hips No. 2, 2019

The Now, 2019

Bozeman, Montana

oil, wax, pigment on panel, 24” x 18”

$1,600-$2,400

Corvallis, Montana

mono print on paper, 27” x 33”

$1,440-$2,160

203 Carol Welch

208 Peggy Wyman

Stand Tall, 2019

Rumors, 2019

Huntley, Montana

mixed media on canvas, 24” x 24”

$640-$960

Macomb, Missouri

pine needles, antler, and fiber, 13.5” x 12” x 12.5”

$395-$595

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Silent Auction

209 Setsuko Yoshida Salt Lake City, Utah

Jazz Session, 2019

watercolor on paper, 20” x 26”

$480-$720

210 Lindsey Zielke Seattle, Washington

Nature Study: No. 014, 2019

encaustic, brass, birch leaves on panel, 12” x 12”

$1,520-$2,280

211 Dana Zier Kouts, Indiana

Morning Mirage, 2018 oil on canvas, 36” x 24”

$760-$1,140

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JANUARY EVENT The Yellowstone Art Museum wishes to thank these generous Full Donations to the January auction event:

EDWARD BARTA

CINDY BETKA

RUBY HAHN

SHANE DE LEON

JASON JAM

MICHAEL RAMEY

KAREN GRAY-LEACH

REGINA QUINN

ECHO UKRAINETZ

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January Auction Event

212 Jacky Allen-Nelson

217 Cindy Betka

Earth, 2019

Hole in the Sky, 2019

Billings, Montana

photograph, 8” x 10”

oil on cradled wood board, 9” x 12”

213 Gretchen Bainum

218 Larry Blackwood

Spring Flood, 2019

Escher in Yellowstone, 2018

Wallingford, Kentucky

tissue paper collage on canvas, 18” x 24”

Bozeman, Montana

composite photograph, 25” x 17”

214 Roberta Barnes

219 Jesse Blumenthal

Summer Stacks, 2018

Stump 1, 2017

Halsey, Nebraska

oil on canvas, 16” x 12”

Missoula, Montana

iron and paint, 16” x 16” x 16”

215 Edward Barta

220 Jeanne Bowman

Doorknob Virginia City, 2017

Roots, 2019

Billings, Montana

Savage, Montana

photograph, 20” x 16”

watercolor, pastel, cut paper on paper, 24” x 18”

216 James Bason

221 Keith Buswell

Big Baldy 9,175’, 2016

Downtown, 2018

Great Falls, Montana

oil on canvas, 10” x 10”

Helena, Montana

Lincoln, Nebraska

Intaglio on paper, 34” x 29”

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222 Julia Buteux

227 Eric Demattos

True North–South Dakota, 2019

Red Tricycle, 2016

Madison, New Jersey

Clarkston, Washington

digital photograph, 24” x 36”

archival ink on metal, 40” x 21.5”

223 Lauren Chambers

228 Leona Dillon

Portrait of an Indian Peafowl, 2019

City Meets Rural, 2019

Atlanta, Georgia

Billings, Montana

oil on canvas, 30” x 30”

photograph, 21” x 31”

224 Michiko Conklin

229 Marin Dobson

Where the River Takes You, 2019

Impression River Bend, 2019

Billings, Montana

watercolor on paper, 16” x 20”

Evergreen, Colorado

oil on canvas, 12” x 12”

225 Michiko Conklin

230 Caroline Elliott

The Boulder’s Boulders, 2019

Snake Spirit, 2019

Billings, Montana

North Palm Beach, Florida ceramic, 4” x 6” x .5”

watercolor on paper, 16” x 20”

226 Shane De Leon

231 Ellen Erikson

Montana Tinder Profiles with Keys, 2018

Untitled (Frozen Window 2), 2017

Billings, Montana

uniball and watercolor on paper, 12” x 12”

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Photograph on aluminum, 12” x 12”

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January Auction Event

232 Ellen Erikson

237 Karen Gray-Leach

Untitled (House Through Rainy Window), 2018

Montana Country Summer Fence, 2019

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Billings, Montana

acrylic on canvas, 3” x 3”

photograph on aluminum, 12” x 12”

233 Candace Forrette

238 Ruby Hahn

Morning in Yellowstone, 2017

Black and Rose Gold #3, 2019

Billings, Montana

encaustic and biotite on wood panel, 12” x 24”

acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 24” x 48”

234 Hank Fuller

239 Laurel Hanson

Off Killter, 2019

Bush of Life 1, 2019

Billings, Montana

wood and acrylic paint, 42” x 21” x 9”

Billings, Montana

cold wax and oil on wood panel, 11” x 14”

235 Barbara Garrett

240 Pamela Haunschild

Summer & Slough en Plein Air, 2019

In My Sleeping Bag, 2019

Billings, Montana

pastel on paper, 8” x 10”

Ashland, Oregon

watermedia on panel, 16” x 20”

236 Karen Gray-Leach

241 DG House

Dragonfly Teapot with Blue Flowers, 2019

Along the Great Divide, 2019

Billings, Montana

acrylic on canvas, 4” x 4”

Billings, Montana

Bozeman, Montana

acrylic on canvas, 14” x 14”

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242 Jason Jam

247 Avery Kelly

Happy New Year, 2017

Redwing with Mountains, 2019

Billings, Montana

watercolor on paper, 7” x 5”

Fort Worth, Texas

linocut on paper, 5” x 10”

243 Dani Jeffries

248 Marian Kirst

Swimming Hole, 2018

Megarhyssa Near Midtown, 2019

Albuquerque, New Mexico

ceramic tile mosaic, 24” x 24”

Billings, Montana

photograph on bamboo board, 10” x 6”

244 Justin John

249 Morgan Legare

Orange Crush, 2018

And Gaia Suffocated, 2019

Boise, Idaho

acrylic, spray paint, ink on canvas, 24” x 18”

Billings, Montana

metal, 22” x 30” x 6”

245 Sandy Jomini

250 Tess Lehman

Creek, 2019

Keep On Running– Spencer Davis Group, 2018

Billings, Montana

acrylic on canvas, 16” x 16”

Billings, Montana

oil on board, 12” x 12”

246 Avery Kelly

251 Laura Meintjes

Bear at Waterfall, 2016

Table Read, 2019

Fort Worth, Texas

relief print on paper, 4.5” x 3.5”

Billings, Montana

watercolor on panel 22” x 12”

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January Auction Event

252 Laura Meintjes

257 Joshua Paulsen

Hotel Pool Transit, 2019

Mound Builders, 2018

Billings, Montana

watercolor on panel, 10” x 10”

Billings, Montana

pen and ink on watercolor paper, 13” x 28”

253 Laura Meintjes

258 Regina Quinn

Sand Trap, 2019

Marigolds Gone By, 2017

Billings, Montana

watercolor on panel, 10” x 10”

Gilboa, New York

encaustic, oil, beeswax on cradled wood panel, 10” x 10”

254 David Mensing

259 Michael Ramey

Hidden, 2015

Yellowstone’s Grand Prismatic Spring, 2017

Sisters, Oregon

oil on canvas, 12” x 16”

Rapid City, South Dakota

photograph, 8” x 12”

255 Theresa Mock

260 Tandy Miles Riddle

Poppies of Spring, 2019

Farmer’s Market Flowers, 2019

Sheridan, Wyoming

photograph, 16” x 10”

Livingston, Montana

watercolor on paper, 16” x 12”

256 Murth Murthy

261 Thibault Roland

Inside Muir Woods, 2019

Crooked, 2010

Longmont, Colorado

photograph, 33” x 26”

Hillsboro, Oregon

photograph on hahnemuhle photo rag, 11” x 11”

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262 Thibault Roland

267 Nicole Schroeder

Six, 2014

Grand Prismatic, 2017

Hillsboro, Oregon

photograph on hahnemuhle photo rag, 11” x 11”

San Pedro, California

mixed media: oil pastel, watercolor, paper collage on paper, 6” x 9”

263 Stephanie Rose

268 Nicole Schroeder

Alcove, 2018

Beartooth Pass, 2017

Powell, Wyoming

oil on panel, 10” x 10”

San Pedro, California

mixed media: oil pastel, watercolor, paper collage on paper, 6” x 9”

264 Hasna Sal

269 Nicole Schroeder

Corail de la Mer, 2018

Yellowstone Trees, 2017

Overland Park, Kansas glass, 4” x 7” x 3.5"

San Pedro, California

mixed media: oil pastel, watercolor, paper collage on paper, 6” x 9”

265 Josh Sauby

270 Ann Skelton

October Winter, 2018

Study In Abstract Nos. 67, 68, 69 Yellowstone Composite, 2016

Lewistown, Montana

photograph on metallic paper, 13” x 19”

Gardiner, Montana

photograph, 28.5” x 10.5”

266 Nicole Schroeder

271 Brownie Snyder

Grand Teton, 2017

Entropy Series, Infrastructure, 2019

San Pedro, California

mixed media: watercolor, oil pastel, paper collage on paper, 6” x 9”

Billings, Montana

oil and cold wax on bristol paper, 13” x 17”

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January Auction Event

272 Susan Stone Billings, Montana

The Wall, 2019

acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 36” x 48”

277 Jennie Traill Schaeffer

West Orange, New Jersey

Ginger Yellow, 2018

watercolor, gouache with image transfer on paper, 7” x 5”

273 Lou Taylor

278 Echo Ukrainetz

That Time of Day, 2019

Cedar Waxwing, 2019

Billings, Montana

watercolor and ink on paper, 8” x 10”

Great Falls, Montana

batik with gold leaf on canvas, 8” x 10”

274 Lou Taylor

279 Ted Waddell

In the Heart of Paradise Valley, 2019

Ennis Horses II, 2010

Billings, Montana

Hailey, Idaho

lithograph, 33” x 45”

watercolor and ink on paper, 11” x 14”

275 Nick Thornburg

280 Emily Wagner

Duality 1, 2019

Brownie, 2019

Lander, Wyoming

charcoal on paper, 26” x 22”

alcohol ink on paper, 9” x 7”

276 Jennie Traill Schaeffer

281 Ella Watson

Ginger Castle, 2019

oil and wax shavings on panel, 16” x 16”

West Orange, New Jersey

watercolor, gouache with image transfer on paper, 5” x 7”

Missoula, Montana

Bozeman, Montana

Kiss, 2017

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282 Carol Welch

287 Peggy Wyman

Solar Eclipse, 2018

Afternoon Delight, 2015

Huntley, Montana

watercolor, batik on paper, 8” x 10”

Macomb, Missouri

pine needles, antler and fiber, 10” x 10” x 10”

283 Rosellen Westerhoff Worden, Montana

High Sparrow, 2019 acrylic on board, 7” x 5”

284 Tom Wolfe Nye, Montana

Autumn Splendor, 2019 oil on canvas, 14” x 11”

285 Katharine Wood Bronx, New York

Wind Storm, 2016

vitreous enamel on copper, 10” x 10”

286 Sara Wright Billings, Montana

Disintegrate, 2019 oil on canvas, 14” x 11”

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Artist Index by lot# CATHY ALLEN - 59 JACKY ALLEN-NELSON - 212 BROOKE ATHERTON - 60 RUDY AUTIO* - 18 CHRIS AUTIO - 61 GRETCHEN BAINUM - 213 MAUREEN M BAKER - 62 REDE BALLARD - 30 ROBERTA BARNES - 214 EDWARD BARTA - 63, 64, 215 JAMES BASON - 65, 66, 216 ISABELLE & GUILLAUME BEAU DE LOMENIE - 8 TOM BENEDICT - 13, 67 CINDY BETKA - 68, 217 STORRS BISHOP - 69, 70 LARRY BLACKWOOD - 71, 72, 218 JESSE BLUMENTHAL* - 73, 74, 219 ISABEL BONILLA - 75 DANA BOUSSARD* - 76 KELSEY BOWEN* - 77 KIRSTEN BOWEN - 78 JEANNE BOWMAN - 79, 80, 220 PAIGE BOWMAN - 46, 81 BLAKE BRASHER - 82 RUDI BROSCHOFSKY - 44 RYAN BROWN - 83 TERESA BROWN - 84 SHANNON BURNS JOHNSON - 85 KEITH BUSWELL - 86, 221 CLYDE BUTCHER - 40 JULIA BUTEUX - 87, 222 CRAIG CARLISLE - 88 MIKE CASKEY - 89, 90 SONJA CAYWOOD - 91 LAUREN CHAMBERS - 92, 93, 223 GERRY CHAPLESKI - 94 RUSSELL CHATHAM* - 38 MIKE CLARK - 95 DANIEL CLOUSER - 96 MICHIKO CONKLIN - 224, 225 VICKI CONLEY - 41 SHERRI CORNETT - 97 LORRI COULTER - 98, 99 SANDRA DAL POGGETTO* - 26 NAN DARHAM - 100 SHANE DE LEON - 101, 226

ERIC DEMATTOS - 102, 227 BRITTNEY DENHAM - 103 JANE WAGGONER DESCHNER* - 28, 104 MICHEL DESROCHES* - 105, 106 JOSH DEWEESE* - 17 CONNIE DILLON - 107 LEONA DILLON - 108, 228 MARIN DOBSON - 229 LORETTA DOMASZEWSKI - 5 DAVID DRAGONFLY 109, 110 CAROLINE ELLIOTT - 111, 230 ELLEN ERIKSON - 231, 232 SCOTT FABRITZ - 112 CANDACE FORRETTE - 113, 114, 233 JENNIFER FRENCH - 115 SAMANTHA FRENCH - 116 HANK FULLER - 234 KAREN GARRE - 16 BARBARA GARRETT - 117, 235 JOHN GIARRIZZO* - 118 FAY GOLSON - 119 KAREN GRAY-LEACH - 236, 237 GERIT GRIMM - 27 RUBY HAHN - 120, 238 LAUREL HANSON - 239 STEPHEN HARADEN - 121 PAMELA HAUNSCHILD - 122, 240 ROCKY HAWKINS - 123 MICHAEL HAYKIN* - 25 HARPER HENRY - 124 DG HOUSE - 125, 241 BETSEY HURD - 126, 127, 128 JASON JAM - 129, 242 DANI JEFFRIES - 130, 131, 243 PENNY JENKINS - 9 JUSTIN JOHN - 56, 132, 244 SANDY JOMINI - 245 MICHAEL JORGENSEN - 133, 134 NEIL JUSSILA* - 39 AVERY KELLY - 246, 247 PEGGY KELLY* - 15, 135 HOOSHANG KHORASANI - 55, 136, 137 MARIAN KIRST - 138, 248 PHOEBE KNAPP* - 47 ALLEN KNOWSHISGUN - 6 RON KOEHLER - 139, 140 KEN KONCHEL - 141

MIKE KOSOROK - 142 HARRY KOYAMA - 3 NYD KRAUSHAAR - 10, 143 JILL KRUTICK* - 49 DONNA LAHUE - 144 MORGAN LEGARE - 249 TESS LEHMAN - 145, 250 DAVID LEITCH - 146 TRACY LINDER* - 147 PATRICIA LITTLEFIELD - 148 JON LODGE* - 42, 149 M. ROBERT MARKOVICH - 150, 151, 152 ROBERT MARS* - 22 DAVID MAYER - 153 LARRY MAYER* - 154, 155 GORDON MCCONNELL* - 51 JAMES MCGREGOR - 35 ALAN MCNIEL - 156 KARYN MEHUS - 157, 158 LAURA MEINTJES - 251, 252, 253 DAVID MENSING - 1, 159, 254 CHUCK MIDDLEKAUFF - 24 SHEILA MILES* - 29 M. SCOTT MILLER - 7 THERESA MOCK - 255 MONICA MOLONEY - 160 SHAWNA MOORE - 48 TYLER MURPHY - 14 MURTH MURTHY - 161, 162, 256 NELTJE* - 20 DAWN NESS - 33 LINDA PAIGE - 163, 164 JOSHUA PAULSEN - 257 KEELY PERKINS - 165, 166 SARAH POSEY - 167 JENNIFER PULCHINSKI - 19 REGINA QUINN - 168, 258 JEREMY RABUS - 169 MICHAEL RAMEY - 259 PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR - 52 TANDY MILES RIDDLE - 170, 260 T.A. RINEY - 171 THIBAULT ROLAND - 172, 173, 261, 262 STEPHANIE ROSE - 263 ROBERT ROYHL* - 23 MAGGY ROZYCKI HILTNER* - 174 THERESA RUBY - 175, 176

* Indicates artists in the Yellowstone Art Museum collection.

BRAD RUDE* - 21 HASNA SAL - 177, 178, 264 JOSH SAUBY - 179, 265 MAI WYN SCHANTZ - 12, 180 NICOLE SCHROEDER - 266, 267, 268, 269 BRIAN KEITH SCOTT* - 53, 181 JIM SEATON - 182 MARCIA SELSOR* - 183, 184, 185 ANN SKELTON - 186, 187, 270 BROWNIE SNYDER - 188, 271 ROBERT SPANNRING - 189 MICHAEL STANISH - 4, 190 SUSAN STONE* - 58, 191, 272 KAREN TANNER - 192 RIC TAYLOR - 193 LOU TAYLOR - 273, 274 DAVE THOMAS - 31 NICK THORNBURG - 275 LYNN THORPE - 54 JAMES TODD* - 194 JENNIE TRAILL SCHAEFFER - 195, 276, 277 KARA TRIPP - 196 ECHO UKRAINETZ - 45, 278 WHITNEY URBANIAK - 197 JAMES URBASKA - 37 CHRISTINE VANDERKAAP - 2 JAMES VINCENT - 198, 199 MARC VISCHER* - 200 TED WADDELL* - 50, 279 EMILY WAGNER - 280 PAUL WALDUM - 36 LEE WALKER - 201 ELLA WATSON - 202, 281 CAROL WELCH - 203, 204, 282 SHIRLE WEMPNER - 57 ROSELLEN WESTERHOFF - 205, 283 GREGORY WILHELMI* - 34, 206 AMANDA WILNER - 32, 207 BRENDA WOLF - 11 TOM WOLFE - 284 KATHARINE WOOD - 285 SARA WRIGHT - 286 PEGGY WYMAN - 208, 287 MONTE YELLOW BIRD SR. - 43 SETSUKO YOSHIDA - 209 LINDSEY ZIELKE - 210 DANA ZIER - 211

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YELLOWSTONE ART AUCTION 52 COMMITTEE Corby Skinner, Auction Chair Susan Barnett Lily Corning Ryan Cremer Bess Fredlund John Greenberger Xander Heyneman Bryan W. Knicely Allison Martin Larry Martin Ruth Martin Kate Morris Tyler Murphy Allison O’Donnell Mark Sanderson Zack Terakedis Carolyn Tolton

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Absentee bid form To place an absentee bid in the auction, please complete all blanks on this form and return to the Yellowstone Art Museum by March 5, 2020. A non-refundable $50 fee is required for all absentee registrations ($50 may be used towards a successful bid purchase.) We will call you to confirm any phone bid arrangements. I request that the YAM enter bids on the following lots up to the maximum price I have indicated for each lot. I understand that by submitting this bid, I have entered into a binding contract to purchase the individual lots, if my bid is successful. I understand that if my bid is successful, I will be obligated to pay the purchase price, which will be the sum of my final bid plus the buyer’s premium (12% for Members or 15% for Not-Yet-Members). On my behalf, the YAM will try to purchase these lots for the lowest possible price, taking into account the reserve and other bids. If identical absentee bids are received, the YAM will give precedence to the first one received. All successful bids are subject to the Auction Rules printed in the catalog on page 6, which I have read. NAME

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Yellowstone Art Auction 52

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jan22 + MAR5 + MAR6

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