Standing in the River: Touring Museum Exhibition
Standing in the River, a solo exhibition of encaustic paintings, oil and cold wax paintings and PEM® glass sculpture curated by Barbara O'Brien (catalogue), former Executive Director of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, is touring museums in Montana, South Dakota and Idaho.
Standing in the River is the title of the largest painting in the exhibition, which is a 72” x 108” encaustic painting that is immersive and experiential. The sensibility of standing within the environment of a painting echoes my all-encompassing experience of open land, water and sky in Montana, which was a major shift in my work when I moved here in 1991. This body of work created from 2022-2024 embodies the inextricable link between the land I inhabit and the work I produce. It is a step back, a meditative effort to let human thought and opinion cease in order to give voice to the living earth around me.
Now on view
Danforth Museum of Art, Livingston, MT · October 1 – November 7, 2026
Upcoming
South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD · June 12 – October 31, 2027
Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID · 2028
Previously
Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT · August – September 2025
Montana Museum of Art and Culture, University of Montana, Missoula, MT · October 2025 – January 2026
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue with an essay by Barbara O'Brien.
