12 Artists of Christmas: Phil Granrud

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Hi. I'm Philip Granrud, a local photographer here in the Flathead Valley, and I'm the first artist to start PM&M's 12 Artists of Christmas for this years holidays. Everyday we will be featuring one of our talented artists from the gallery and there just happens to be 12 of us, so it works out perfectly. 

So a couple fun facts about me: I've lived here my entire life except for college in Bozeman. I love Montana and I've always enjoyed the outdoors. But in 2008 I developed an even greater appreciation for nature and exploring, and I wanted to capture all the neat things I was seeing on my adventures, so I started doing photography for fun. I'm probably best known for my night sky photography. I almost immediately got into night photography because I've always been a bit of a night owl, my knowledge of photography grew quickly, and before I knew it, many Universities across the Western United States were using some of my photos as examples for two things: Art/Photography Professors were using my night photos to teach their students about long exposures and night photography. And Science Professors and Astronomers were using my photos to teach their students about the night sky and science. It all happened so fast and that's when I realized I should be doing photography professionally. I've been lucky enough to do a few firsts and I'm also known for some my photojournalism. Currently I do just about every type of photography. Portraits, Weddings, Night Photography, Wildlife, Landscapes, Real Estate, Photojournalism, Abstract, Events, etc. I'm currently trying to restructure my business(s) because I've grown so much, so I'm spending all my time trying to catch up with that. I do have a big project relating to Glacier National Park starting this month that will continue indefinitely so that's exciting. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about me. 

Stay tuned every day as each of our artists introduce themselves and their work!

Reasons that we are Thankful...

As we approach Thanksgiving this week and the launch into the Holiday and Christmas season we wanted to take a moment to list a few reasons of why we are thankful.

Our artist community:
Being part of an artist co-op affords us unique opportunities to learn and grow not only our creative work but our ability to reach out to customers and participate in events difficult to navigate as individual artists. We value and celebrate each other's artwork and achievements and enjoy the benefits of having our own gallery within Paint Metal and Mud.

This year we are also thankful that we have two new artists to welcome into our co-op! We would like to welcome Philip from Philip Granrud Photography and Judy Petterson. Both work in photography but in completely different ways! We hope you'll stop by the check out their work (and be sure to like and follow Philip's page on facebook if you enjoy having beautiful images show up on your computer screen!

 

The beauty that surrounds us daily.
We are so fortunate to live in the Flathead Valley and be reminded everywhere we turn just how precious our natural resources are. We are thankful that more and more people are seeing the value in celebrating these vistas and being able to share them with travelers when they come to visit. (As well as the art that reminds them of their trip when it's time to return home.)

And last, but certainly not least--we are thankful for YOU!
Thank you for your patronage, your support, your conversations about your homes and travels, your enjoyment of our work and for sharing our art with those you love.

We will be offering sales and specials through-out the holiday season and we hope that you'll come by and enjoy some wonderful and tasty goodies with us during the December art walk (December 1st!) as well as during our '12 Artists of Christmas' specials leading up toward Dec 25th.