Views From My Artistic Vantage Point

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Gunnar Widforss 1924 watercolor Gunnar Widforss (1879 - 1934) a lesser known painter than some of the...

This is your reminder... the first annual Yellowstone Plein Air Invitational starts this coming week! There will be demonstrations and a...

August 4 - 5, 2018 S.L.A.M. Festival Bozeman Color by Shirl Ireland Grizzly Bear in Bronze by John Stacy This weekend, we will be...

I've been an artist my whole life. Stamped in my single digit years with the 'artist' tag. But when I had kids I did consider setting my...

There are two Swedish painters I particularly admire from the past.... Bruno Liljefors and Anders Zorn, both born in 1860. And, as...

We are seeing signs of SPRING in Montana and Yellowstone lately. Come along on my painting and photography journey... This is one of my...

Maybe better titled "The agony and the ecstasy" - read on and you will see what I mean.... Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) was an artist who...

... when he is in Denver! Or at least his work is at the Denver Art Museum - and I have my tickets! "A painting requires a little...

Abby Williams Hill (1861-1943). One of my favorite historic artist mothers, with ties to Yellowstone and a love for plein air painting......

We are going to start this series with Thomas Moran. A huge name in Yellowstone Art. He helped to create the Park itself with his...

Lots of Art patrons lining up in front of the Gallery windows yesterday, gawking at the Art inside... Guess they were interested in Art...

I will be giving a talk this week on Impressionism and how it fits into European history. I've done it before - relating Impressionism...

Time to pull out studies I've had propped against the walls, search through my sketchbooks for hidden jems and frame my 'top choices'....

A drive into Yellowstone with my camera on a beautiful winter day produces A LOT of amazing photos! I am still absolutely in awe of what...

If you've followed my work for any time at all, you've seen bones. I've painted and drawn them in oils, watercolor, graphite, ink and...

Power - Yellowstone Falls 48" x 36" oil by Shirl Ireland This piece began as a small plein air study - done on location at the Lower...

Nope, winter doesn't stop me. I headed into Yellowstone with a friend today to paint. The spot we chose was a little precarious - a...

If 2 artists own a Gallery Lodge and a Guest House, they can't help but make the spaces creative - at least in our case! Yes, we've been...

Joaquin Sorolla was born in 1863 in Valencia, Spain and died in 1923 in Madrid, Spain. He was a brilliant painter. Although he started...

A favorite barn painting of mine just found a new wonderful home. So it has moved on... Long Ago And Far Away by Shirl Ireland 20" x 20"...