Paint Metal & Mud's Artist: Pia Eaves

Pia Eaves was born and raised in Nurnberg, Germany, a city known since the Middle Ages for its goldsmiths & their finely crafted wares. Pia is a Jeweler at the Paint Metal and Mud Art Gallery in downtown Kalispell. Pia found her home in the beautiful Flathead Valley, an area reminding her so much of where she grew up in Southern Germany. After running her own successful business for nearly two decades, she decided it was time for a new adventure. Pia enrolled at FVCC to learn the art of goldsmithing. She brings to her work high quality and meticulous attention to detail that goldsmiths of her first home are famous for worldwide. Pia's love for dogs, cats, and horses is now her inspiration to create jewelry for pets and people who love them.

Find Pia's work along with our other incredible artists at 8 1st Street E, Suite 104 in downtown Kalispell.

 

Paint Metal & Mud's Artist: Michaela Eaves

"Montana isn't a place you can live or visit and be unaffected by your surroundings," says Michaela Eaves. Michaela is a Mixed Media artist at the Paint Metal and Mud Art Gallery in downtown Kalispell. She is a graduate of Flathead High School and attend FVCC, Savannah College of Art and Design, and Oklahoma City University. She achieved a BFA, graduating with a double major in illustration and graphic design. Most of Michaela's work is mixed traditional media such as watercolor and color pencil, though she is currently working with experimental medias as well.

Find Michaela's work along with our other incredible artists at 8 1st Street E, Suite 104 in downtown Kalispell.

 

Paint Metal & Mud's Artist: Vernon Anderson

Vernon Anderson from Columbia Falls is a member of the Paint, Metal & Mud artists cooperative, showcasing and offering his artwork for purchase at the Art Gallery in downtown Kalispell. In his retirement, Vernon has delved into the realm of oil painting, focusing primarily on depicting landscapes of the Montana outdoors and Glacier National Park. His intricate paintings serve as the visual accompaniment to a series of books titled "A Year in the Life," authored by him, which narrate the tales of various beloved animals in Montana.

Find Vernon's work along with our other incredible artists at 8 1st Street E, Suite 104 in downtown Kalispell.

 

Your Kalispell Downtown Association invites you and your friends and family to an evening in Historic Downtown Kalispell. 

Friday night, February 9th the Chocolate Affair, promises to be an evening to remember. Walk through various downtown businesses tasting a variety of chocolate treats and shopping for your special valentine. 

Shop, taste and judge the chocolate from 5:00 – 8:00 PM. Treat yourself to a beer at one of our great breweries, a glass of wine, or a great meal, appetizers and drinks at one of our wonderful downtown Kalispell restaurants or bars.

Stop by Paint Metal & Mud to taste our delicious Rum Balls. We will will treats for the kiddos too! Pick up a locally made Valentines gift for your sweetie too! We are located at 8 First Street E, Suite 104 in beautiful downtown Kalispell.

 

 New Year, and New Artists!

Thank you for another great year supporting local art and artists! Will will be open New Year's Eve until 4pm. Swing by to wish our current fiber artist Monique Kleinhans well, as it will be her last day in the gallery with us! (Not to fear if you have become addicted to her lovely creations however, as her work will still be available downtown Kalispell at Sassafras gallery on Main Street!)

We hope you have a wonderful New Years' celebration and can't wait to welcome you back into the gallery starting Tuesday Jan 3rd (as we are switching over to our winter hours Tues-Sat)

We are also excited to welcome some new artists into our co-op:

Joe Roberts: https://www.woodcraftbykate-joe.com/ and fiber artist Maureen Louden!

Father's Day Salute! June 17th from 4-7pm

 

With Father's day coming up, we are celebrating our four male artists here in our Co-op! Join us for a fun reception on Friday June 17th from 4 to 7. There will be food, fun as well the opportunity to pick up some locally-made art perfect for Father's day! Paint Metal and Mud is located downtown Kalispell at 8 First Street East, Suite 104.

New Artists at Paint Metal & Mud!

Have you stopped in to see the gallery lately? 

If not, you're in for a treat. We have been fortunate to welcome a number of new artists into our membership the past few months; including pottery by Bob Cass and Metal Art by Gene McDaniel.  

Be sure to enjoy the warmer spring weather, and take a stroll downtown Kalispell--and swing in to see this fine work in person!

8 1st Street East, Downtown Kalispell

Suite 104

Chocolate Affair 2022

 Swing on by the gallery on Friday, February 11th from 5pm-8pm 

for the Chocolate Affair!

Vote for your favorite chocolate dessert while entering to win a gift certificate to be used at participating locations in Downtown Kalispell! It's a great opportunity to enjoy some tasty treats while while falling in love with locally made art!

We hope to see you there!

Welcome New Member Artist: Tim Hintze

A native of the north woods of Wisconsin, Tim Hintze has dabbled in woodworking for decades, but rekindled his passion for wood after retiring in 2018 from a career in meat processing and sausage making.

He started his retirement business, Table Top Timbers, in his home workshop just outside of Whitefish, Montana.

Tim specializes in one-of-a-kind cutting and charcuterie boards, and makes a variety of wood products, including cribbage boards, serving trays, wine bottle and glass holders and coasters. You’ll find a variety of domestic hardwoods in Tim’s products, such as maple, walnut and cherry, as well as exotic woods like purple heart, bubinga and wenge.

Give and Take Tree

This year for the holidays we are doing something a little different and a lot of fun! We have a 'Give-and-take' tree* outside our new gallery location (8 First Street East). If you have a little extra ornament that you would like to share with someone, simply hang it on the tree outside our gallery. If you are needing a little extra cheer this year, then please come and choose an ornament to hang on your own tree, (or even in your car!) to act as a little extra light and love this season. *please be kind and leave the tree so that everyone can enjoy it!

While you are sharing or shopping, we hope you'll come in to see what our collection of local artists have created to help celebrate our beautiful community and the area we all love to call home.