Distinctly Montana Magazine

W W W. D I S T I N C T LY M O N TA NA . C O M 39 and war were a part of daily life. is upcoming year 2018 I look forward to participating in the scheduled museum and gallery exhibitions. COULD YOU WALK US THROUGH YOUR CRE- ATIVE PROCESS FROM THE TIME YOU START A PAINTING THROUGH ITS COMPLETION? is is a per- sonal experience. e thought is transferred on canvas and evolves individually with each painting. ey each progress at different stages. I work on several paintings at a time going from one to the other as they set in between the layers of paint applied. I love to work to music, inspirational talks or even a movie sometimes. When the flow is going, alive with movement from one painting to another, my chair on wheels is dancing with the creative spirit. My studio is fully furnished with many pigments, brushes, great lighting, and lots of room to move. EVERYONE HAS SOME "DOWN TIME." HOW DO YOU MOST LIKE TO SPEND THE TIME AWAY FROM YOUR EASEL? I will go to the Pryor Ranch to recharge and catch up with what's going on there with the family business. I love to do research going through old photos, talking to the old timers and watch- ing videos involving the arts and artists' biographies. I also like to travel back to Santa Fe and visit with my artist friends there and peruse the other galleries as well as visit the staff of Sorrel Sky and trade out paintings. We go to all our galleries to check in and deliver new art, which also makes for a great getaway. I often enjoy going for walks with Chia, my white German Shepard and fish- ing the streams in the Pryors. KEVIN RED STAR'S UPCOMING EVENTS MANY BLESSINGS: KEVIN RED STAR WITH HIS DAUGHTER SUNNY SKY RED STAR January 11 – February 8, 2018 Ryniker-Morrison Gallery Rocky Mountain College Billings 50TH ANNUAL ART AUCTION AT YELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM January 25 – March 3, 2018 Yellowstone Art Museum Billings MASTERS OF THE AMERICAN WEST SHOW & SALE AT THE AUTRY MUSEUM February 10 – March 25, 2018 Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA OUT WEST ART SHOW AND SALE March 14 – 17, 2018 Best Western Heritage Plus Inn Great Falls ONE-PERSON SHOW June, 2018 Old Main Gallery Bozeman MONTANA TRIENNIAL 2018 AT AT YELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM July 26 – October 14, 2018 Yellowstone Art Museum Billings 37TH ANNUAL BUFFALO BILL ART SHOW & SALE September 21 – 22, 2018 Buffalo Bill Center of the West Cody, WY ACTION ABSTRACTION REDEFINED IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts The exhibit will be up through 2018 Santa Fe, New Mexico "Indian culture has in the past been ignored to a great extent. It is for me, as well as for many other Indian artists, a rich source of creative expression. I hope to accomplish something for the American Indian and at the same time achieve personal satisfaction in a creative statement through my art." — Kevin Red Star | "First Snow Fall on Rock Creek" "Little Crane #2" Acrylic on canvas 30h x 24w

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