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.
Don't have room for a painting? Then stock up on Raette's beautiful cards. Or if you hurry in you might be able to snag one of the remaining hand painted bear bells from when you're out enjoying the hiking trails in our gorgeous Montana landscape.
If you're looking to keep yourself warm in style, pour some cocoa or your favorite hot drink into one of Cheryl's or Joanna's beautiful mugs! 
Ron developed this decorative and pictorial mosaic style by laying precious and exotic materials into or onto a ground-work of solid wood. the intarsia wood decoration method dates back to the fifteenth century Germany and Italy, where the ancient art of intarsia was first used to create beautiful works of art from wood, inspiring both marquetry and inlay. Ron combines these past methods of art design with wood color and grain to produce the desired effect, adding a three dimensional element to each of his wildlife creations. Each art piece is an original design using color, grain of wood and style to create a unique wood masterpiece. 
