Special
with Bob Phinney

July 14 - July 15, 2008

Details coming soon! Come back in a day or so.

Porter's Barbecue:
You are invited to the Porter's barbecue and music Saturday night. You'll be glad you came!

Background: I love to draw and paint in nature. Here are the moments of quiet and busy rhythms that speak of a great order and a great Wisdom that connects us to our world and to each other. I love the challenge of observing the illumination of land, water and atmosphere while distilling the essential character of a place in a simple sketch.

"If I can create the harmony that I observe in nature, not by rote, but through intuition and the abstraction of pattern, then I feel that I might paint something that is universal and worth expressing."

Bob Phinney received his B.A. from Montana State University with studies at the University of Washington.

He is a journeyman sign painter and began Freehand Signs in the early seventies. During this time he and his wife Deanna raised two impressive kid's and saw Deanna finish medical school. Twenty years in the sign trade throughout the Seattle area led eventually into teaching drawing and painting in Seattle and Missoula, Montana.

Bob has taught art at Pratt Fine Arts Institute and the Frye Art Museum in Seattle and Montana, at the University of Montana and with Missoula Public Schools Adult Ed. Program. He also teaches privately and offers a popular fall "plein-air" workshop in the Bitterroot Valley. This background and beautiful location have provided a unique opportunity for sketching and designing outdoors.