by admin | Oct 5, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr Dubois taxidermist Lynn Stewart easily explains the usefulness of mounted animals for artists: “You can look at them and paint them without having to resort to photographs or counting on an animal standing still for you.” An artist can paint,...
by admin | Oct 2, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr As you may have heard, Janene Grende and her staff cooked more than 15 meals to more than 160 people over the course of the five-day SKB Dubois workshop, operating out of the Headwaters Arts & Conference Center’s kitchen. That’s a large...
by admin | Sep 25, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr If you’ve ever been talking with Tom Lucas and thought somebody ought to write a book about him, take heart. Somebody did. Lucas’ new gallery in downtown Dubois, Wyoming was packed last night as collectors, friends, and lingering SKBers dropped...
by admin | Sep 23, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr It would be easy to miss Andy Wei’s entry in the Small Paintings competition at this year’s SKB Dubois workshop. It was an innocuous little black Moleskine notebook sitting on a sculpture stand upstairs, sharing space with a wonderful sculpture...
by admin | Sep 23, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr There was about 90 minutes before lunch yesterday after James Gurney finished his Quick Draw painting of an antelope head. Plenty of time for him to rustle up a projector and extension cord, arrange some tables in an upstairs room, and give a presentation...
by admin | Sep 23, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr We photographed Suzie Seerey-Lester’s Quick Draw painting yesterday at several stages in her process in order to show her painting approach. But first, let’s take a look at her materials. Seerey-Lester prefers to paint on a smooth surface,...
