Name That Photograph!

What name comes to mind when you look at this photograph? Send it to us and you could win a limited-edition print!

John Ashley has a new photograph that's in need of a elegant title. What comes to mind when you look at this breathtaking image? Send your ideas our way via Facebook (click on the logo at right) or email (Ashley@BigSky.net) and you could win a limited-edition 28"x9" canvas print (retail value $155) signed by John! The first person to suggest the winning title claims the canvas print. To keep this manageable, please limit your entries to five per person.

John made the image from a mountain top at dawn last Sunday, after climbing up the prior evening. This view shows the Livingston Mountain Range and North Fork Valley, on the west side of Glacier National Park. At 7pm, John will announce the winner during his Artist's Reception (between 5-8pm) on July 5, 2013, at the Paint Metal & Mud Art Gallery during the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Kalispell.

Linda Sole - Artist of the Month

This Friday, June 8th, is the First Friday Artwalk in downtown Kalispell. And as always, refreshments will be served at the Paint Metal and Mud gallery and gift shop.

Our featured artist for June, Linda Sole, will be on hand from 5-7 p.m. to showcase some of her newest work, featuring unique jewelery pieces for spring and summer.


Mixed metal cuff (left) and silver flowers cuff by PM&M artist of the month, Linda Sole

NEW ARTIST! Please welcome oil painter, Raette Meredith

Join us in welcoming our newest artist, Raette Meredith, to the Paint Metal & Mud family. Raette recently moved to the valley with her husband, son and two daughters, and she's eager to get her palette knives and paints out into western Montana's bounty of beautiful landscapes. Stop by the gallery and say "hi" to Raette, and check out her beautiful paintings.


"I first found satisfaction with creating art when I was a young child. I don’t remember any time in my life when I wasn’t drawing or building something. As an adult, I find that painting with oils and a palette knife is the most challenging, and has held my attention longer than any other medium."

"When painting, time stops, I am completely focused on the subject I am painting. This focus keeps me grounded. Painting is not an option for me, it is something that I simply must do."      - Raette Meredith


"Aspens and Spring Grasses" by Raette Meredith (20"x16")