13 Artists of Christmas--Raette Meredith

December 3rd Gallery Specials

12 Artists of Christmas: December 12th Special Offer

12 Artists of Christmas

Paint Metal & Mud Art Gallery and Gifts

     December 5th - 18th  2015

          Celebrate the Season With a Different Artist Each Day!

        Enjoy Specials, Demonstrations and Surprises!

Today's Special:

25% off Original Oil Paintings by Raette.

Here is the full list of upcoming specials from our other artists.  Don't miss your chance to save on some on some wonderful local art, and meet the artist who made it!

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Dec 14th: Cheryl Ross                   25% off Cheryl's Floor Vases and Planters.

Dec 15th: Lois Sturgis                     20% off all Watercolor Prints by Lois.

Dec 16th: Pat Jones                          10% off All Pat Jones Jewelry.

Dec 17th: Francine Brown             Weaving Demo.  50% Off Francine's Woven Wall Art.

Dec 18th: Carri Sampson               20% off Mosaic Art by Carri. Raffle for Mosaic Ornament.

Featured Artist - RAETTE MEREDITH

KALISPELL’S PAINT, METAL, AND MUD GALLERY features new artist, Raette Meredith


'Off the Hidden Lake Trail' by Raette Meredith

Raette Meredith’s “Glacier Park Series” exhibit opens on September 6th, during the First Friday events in downtown Kalispell. Raette will be at the gallery that evening for an artist’s reception from 5:30 PM until 8:00 PM. Raette will be doing a demonstration painting between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Paint, Metal and Mud, an artist cooperative located in Kalispell features 12 artists’ work. Raette Meredith is the most recent addition to the gallery, where she exhibits vibrant palette knife oil paintings.

In March of 2013 Raette, her husband Robert, three children: Tristan, Alexis and Raechel, three dogs, cat and two fish returned to her husband’s home state of Montana. The open spaces and numerous trails open for exploration that Montana offers inspires Raette more than ever to connect with nature the best way she knows how, by painting.

“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 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 to feel complete."



'Avalanche Gorge' by Raette Meredith

"I try to capture the impermanence in nature in my paintings, moving my knife across the canvas in the same manner the subject was formed. As I work through the painting, colors begin to vividly emerge and my eyes become more sensitive to the changes of color in light and shadow. Upon completion of a painting I feel refreshed as if given a new day. It is my hope that the viewer also feels nature’s impermanence, inspiration and refreshment when looking on these paintings."

"Inspiration is everywhere here, no matter which way you look, there is so much to paint and I have never felt more alive as an artist. I finally feel like I have found my home.”

Raette’s most recent series of paintings feature popular views from spectacular Glacier National Park and Going to the Sun Road. The paintings are done with a palette knife and oil paint, are thick with texture, movement and color. She paints both on location and in her home studio. When not painting she enjoys hiking and thinking about the next painting she will be working on. "

Raette's artist's reception on September 6, 2013, will be from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the gallery, located at 16 First Street, Kalispell. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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")

Featured Artist: Lana O'Myer

Featured this month at Paint Metal & Mud is Lana O'Myer.  Her beautiful oil paintings hang in the main room of the gallery, but she is also well loved for her unique Tree Spirit sculptures.  

"I’ve always loved to create things and my usual artistic outlet is oil painting and clay.  I received my first set of oil paints around the age of 12 and was instantly in love.    It was 5^th grade art class where I had my first experience with clay sculpture and the potter’s wheel.  Through the years I’ve gained much knowledge in each medium.  I’ve taken several workshops,  but most of my art education has been self taught through my own trial and error.

I find it incredibly exciting and fulfilling to make something out of nothing.  To have a vision in your head and make it a reality is a wonderful experience. 

I’ve learned through the years that life is what you make of it--your own  personal  artistic creation.  Make your life a great work of art."


We hope you will come visit us during the month of April, so you can see Lana's work (and the work of all our other local artists) first hand.

Lucky Tree Spirit

Legend of the Tree Spirit

15th Century Europeans believed trees maintained good and the most powerful of all spirits. Before entering the forest, they would knock on the trees to wake up the sleeping spirit to protect them. This is where the saying, "knock on wood," originated from. Tree spirits have a great sense of humor, gentle wisdom, and will bring good luck to your home.

Each "Lucky Tree Spirit" is individually sculpted using 100% Montana stoneware clay. Each piece is bisque-fired in a kiln for 16 hours and then a final firing in an outdoor pit with a variety of organic materials. This gives each Tree Spirit it's unique, earthy colors and markings. No two pieces will ever be alike.

LANA O'MYER: May Artist of the Month

Painter and ceramic artist Lana O'Myer is the PM&M "Artist of the Month" for May.