Venanda Canvas Print

Venanda is west of Forsyth, Montana on highway 12, and this is one of the few paintings I have done which is pretty close to the real thing. Most of the town is gone, but the massive school remains, and rests in one of the most spectacular bits of grassland in North America. I also love Ingomar, just west of there - it's worth seeing.

Visions of the Great Plains consists of drawings and watercolor paintings inspired by the American Great Plains, by Scott Kirby. Referred to as an accidental artist by Sandpoint Magazine, Kirby began painting in 2005, after 9 months of drawing with dual-tip brush pens. Although the attempts to capture these mostly imagined visions are quite intentional, the origins of Kirby's transition from music to art was, in a way, accidental, and unexpected. While drawing with his daughter Sara one afternoon, Kirby was suddenly compelled to continue into the night and following days, being bombarded by mental images which demanded expression. Weeks turned into months, and drawing turned into painting, all scenes rooted in a long relationship with...