Taking Flight: 2024 Members’ Show and Sale

Jill Auerbach
Oil on Paper
24x18 in
$350

Obviously, I have an affinity for birds. It is not only their beauty, colors, personalities, in existing in all parts of the world, but their sense of freedom and independence which they allow us to dream with them.

Click here to purchase

Jill Auerbach
Oil on Paper
21x25 in
sold

Jill Auerbach
Oil on Paper
18x25 in
$400

Click here to purchase

Kris Batchelder
Paper Collage
15x15 in
$525

One of my pieces is quite literal, an eagle in flight, the others are more loose interpretations. White Buffalo Tribute to the Outliers represents me "taking flight" from my typical landscape style and Teton Trout Bite Night represents winter "taking flight" into spring.

Click here to purchase

Kris Batchelder
Paper Collage
14x11 in
$475

Click here to purchase

Kris Batchelder
Paper Collage
22x22 in
$750

Click here to purchase

Carol Bocker
Watercolor on Paper
17x21 in
$250

I have taken flight from my fright of cancer and instead embrace my art.

Click here to purchase

Carol Bocker
Watercolor on Paper
26x33 in
$3000

Click here to purchase

Carol Bocker
Watercolor on Paper
14.5x11 in
sold

Joseph Cipro
Watercolor on Yupo
16x20 in
$350

My plein-air watercolor painting depicts early morning fog lifting off Upper Green River Lake to reveal iconic Square Top Mountain in the Wind River Range where I take flight to refresh my soul.

Click here to purchase

Judith Dragonette
OIl and Oil Stick on Linen
12x12 in
$1500

I am always looking for a soft place to land.

Click here to purchase

Susan Durfee
Acrylic on Wood Panel
48x11 in
$1200

What emotions, memories, or dreams lie buried in the natural world? Standing on a threshold between the physical world and the unseen, these multi-paneled paintings reference the complexity the human relationship to natural world.

Click here to purchase

Susan Durfee
Acrylic and Ink on Wood Panel
16x44 in
$1500

Click here to purchase

Joannie Epstein
Watercolor on Paper
11x14 in
$400

It has been a joy to soar through my memories of travels near and far to find inspiration for new paintings.

Click here to purchase

Joannie Epstein
Watercolor on Paper
14x11 in
$400

Click here to purchase

Patricia Feltz
Ink on Canvas
16x20 in
$350

Click here to purchase

Patricia Feltz
Watercolor on Canvas
16x20 in
$350

I have always loved being outside and as a child had such a dark tan that my friends called me, "Cookie." I also enjoy being with talented artist friends and painting outside with their helpful suggestions and companionship. I feel that I am on a creative journey which I am enjoying immensely. We live and paint in such beautiful settings and have such fun doing it that I cannot imagine doing anything else.

Plein air painting is as essential to me as food, air, and water. I paint with good friends and mentors - my "tribe." I see elk migrating in ballet leaps, timid-protective Grizzly mothers lead their cubs out of their dens, moos call to and battle for their mates, and grouse display their finest for their female companions. This is life. This is taking flight, soaring, and believing in the essentials.

Click here to purchase

Johnathan Fifles
Acrylic and Collage on Panel
16x16 in
sold

I personally find making art therapeutic. I made this painting with regards to the theme “Taking Flight” because I go horseback riding for fun. If you think about it, riding a horse is like flying.

Christy Fuller
Charcoal and Pastel on Paper
14x11 in
$500

The work is a continued exploration of the human figure. From my perspective, to “take flight” means the ability to leave the confines of the literal, “open my wings”, and seek to transcend the form.

Click here to purchase

Christy Fuller
Charcoal and Pastel on Paper
14x11 in
$500

Click here to purchase

Christy Fuller
Charcoal and Pastel on Paper
14x11 in
$500

Click here to purchase

Ron Gessler
Photograph
8.5x11 in
sold

I am usually the first person here in the mornings, opening the building. This wall often has interesting patterns that happen because of weather and that disappear as the day goes on. On the morning I took this photo, I thought this looked like a flock of birds flying.

Click here to purchase

Roberta Glidden
Acrylic on Panel
16x12 in
$450

Click here to purchase

Eliot Goss
Watercolor on Paper
16x20 in
sold

This painting is the closest I have ever come to “taking flight.”

Click here to purchase

Karmen Heckathorn
Watercolor on Paper
9x12 in
$50

Homeward Bound is our final flight when our life here comes to an end. Elevate: Faith, Hope, & Love is about lifting our hearts and minds to higher purposes with ourselves, family, friends, community and ultimately the world. Aspire to Rise is the internal journey of growth so we can fulfill our purpose. Spheres symbolize the mind. Pillars symbolize the body: first pillar - mindfulness, second pillar – worthiness, third pillar - accepted authenticity of self. Each one moves us forward and provides space to grow until we are ready to fly. Red is for the courage we use to prepare to fight.

Click here to purchase

Karmen Heckathorn
Acrylic on Canvas
8x10 in
$50


Click here to purchase

Karmen Heckathorn
Watercolor on Paper
9x12 in
$50

Click here to purchase

Jennifer L. Hoffman
Glazed Stoneware
3.5 x 4 x 3 in
sold

I took a hand-building class in November here at the Art Association, and a new obsession was ignited. I began making pinch pots that turned themselves into little birds - my hands taking control over the process, leaving my mind to flit about like the birds I was making. For fun, I added tiny bits of clay inside each pot as I closed it, so each bird is also a rattle.

Jennifer L. Hoffman
Glazed Stoneware
3.6 x 4 x 2.5 in
sold

Jennifer L. Hoffman
Glazed Stoneware
4 x 5 x 3 in
sold

Carlyn Hunter
Glazed Handbuilt Ceramic
18x15x15 in
$1000

I live and work as an artist in Wilson WY. I paint in oil and watercolour and do ceramics. I am inspired by the enormous power of the energy of the mountains I live in. Nature is my spirit guide for all my work.

Click here to purchase

Lisa Laurie
Glazed Stoneware
6x7x4 in
$55

As a new potter and strictly a hand-builder of clay, my imagination has taken flight due to the endless possibilities. My mind is now constantly seeing clay turn into objects of beauty and function in a myriad of ways.

Click here to purchase

Lisa Laurie
Glazed Stoneware
6x5x3 in
sold

Click here to purchase

Lisa Laurie
Glazed Stoneware
13x7x4 in
$85

Click here to purchase

Mary Lohuis
Ink, Graphite, Pastel and Watercolor on Paper
7.5x10 in
$125

I am a bird watcher and nature lover at heart. Two of the pieces that I have submitted to “Taking Flight” represent actual species, one migratory and the other not migratory. The third is definitely not a migratory species, but one that is frequently observed in a wide variety of locations.

Click here to purchase

Mary Lohuis
Ink, Graphite and Watercolor on Paper
8x6 in
sold

Mary Lohuis
Ink & Colored Pencil on Paper
7x5 in
$100

Click here to purchase

Lokey Lytjen
Paper, Archival Glue, Chalk, Ribbon
size varies
$100

For a long time, I created traditional artist books. Star tunnel artist books also captured my attention, and I had fun making this one. I felt my book represented the exhibition theme in a unique way. Closed, its feathers and wings are nestled close to its body. Star-shaped, it is puffing it feathers and, perhaps, flexing its wings in preparation for movement. Open, it has extended its page-wings and taken flight.

Click here to purchase

Lokey Lytjen
Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Ink, Paper
8x8 in
$300

For many years, my drawings and watercolors were firmly planted in realism. Even as I worked in these styles, I was attracted to experimenting with abstraction and other techniques. Over the last year or so I began to explore different mediums and styles. While some of my attempts wound up in the “round file”, I was very pleased with others. Full Circle, one of my new works, is taking flight in this year’s Members Exhibition.

Click here to purchase

Susan Marsh
Watercolor on Paper
10x9 in
sold

When nearing the summit of a mountain or a col, I am filled with anticipation of what I will see--mostly sky, and distant peaks. It feels very much like taking flight, as the closer I come, the faster I go. Into the Sky expresses this thrill for me.

Susan Marsh
Watercolor on Paper
14x10 in
$200

Among the delights of the desert Colorado Plateau are the acrobatic birds that use those remarkable landforms as playgrounds. Portal of the Swifts depicts an already-amazing arch made even more so by the flight of swifts through its airy center.

Click here to purchase

Mitchell McClosky
Oil on Panel
8x10 in
$750

My friend, Robert Six, snapped a beautiful photo of a hummingbird that captured the energy and elegance of this beautiful creature. I thought this would work well as a painting that lives to energize and brighten the mood of any environment it’s placed in.

Click here to purchase

Carin McConaughy Munn
Acrylic on Panel
8x26 in
$385

Spring is here and the urge for going runs deep. We yearn for lightness and the freedom of flight balloons symbolize. Use a balloon to take flight. But when you do, know that you won’t fly to where you want to go, only to where the balloon wants to take you.

Click here to purchase

Christine Meytras
Acrylic on Paper
24x19 in
$800

Flames is a collage about the idea of exploring thoughts, like watching a campfire under a starry night. We become mesmerized by the dancing flames and our thoughts “take flight" to another dimension, free from the daily demands, open to other possibilities, closer to Nature, flying untethered.

Click here to purchase

Christine Meytras
Collage and Metal Leaf on Paper
24x19 in
$850

When the light Is glorious, Take Flight! On earth or in oceans Reach out to the sky. Free and joyous.

Click here to purchase

Anne Newcomb
Watercolor on Paper
12 x 9 in
$125

Amaryllis blooms in winter and bears my soul beyond the gray world.

Click here to purchase

Elaina Oliver
Acrylic & Collage on Panel
16 x 16 in
$350

“Taking flight” is a good metaphor for the experience I had in my most recent painting class at the Art Association with Miga Rosetti. For me it meant ‘taking flight’ from my usual style and being open to other angles and approaches to my work.

Click here to purchase

Elaina Oliver
Acrylic & Collage on Panel
16 x 16 in
$350

Click here to purchase

Karen Koykka Oneal
Wasp Paper, Handmade Paper, Thread, Ink
8.5x18x3 in closed
$150

Wasps! They were the first paper makers. They chew up plant material to make their paper nests. I do the same - I make paper, but fortunately I don’t have to chew! I have a Hollander beater that will turn plant material into pulp. For this book I made paper out of cotton rag and wasp nests. I picture the WINGED wasps TAKING FLIGHT, making a book.

Click here to purchase

Sandra Ostdiek
Watercolor on Paper
8 x 10 in
sold

I love it when the view on an arduous hike opens to reveal the vastness of our beautiful valley. My heart soars! My paintings are inspired by the wonder of that lofty perspective, sometimes hard-won, looking downward to the splendor below.

Sandra Ostdiek
Watercolor on Paper
8 x 10 in
$200


Click here to purchase

Sandra Ostdiek
Watercolor on Paper
8 x 10 in
sold

Dee Parker
Oil on Linen
8 x 10 in
$400

When painting outdoors, I am always taking flight in one way or another.

Click here to purchase

Dee Parker
Oil on Linen
10 x 12 in
$500

Click here to purchase

Miga Rossetti
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Panel
12 x 12 in
$450

My collage work is a flight with obvious bursts of energy, deep diving through layers, revealing, hiding, exploring, and soaring when it works. Each of these pieces have those elements.

Click here to purchase

Miga Rossetti
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Panel
12 x 12 in
$450

Click here to purchase

Miga Rossetti
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Panel
12 x 12 in
$450

Click here to purchase

Deb Sanders
Watercolor and Ink on Paper
9 x 11 in
$80

I have tried a few times to take up painting, but I never stuck with it until now… I am taking flight as a painter!

Click here to purchase

Watercolor on Paper
11 x 9 in
sold

Click here to purchase

Shantal Santoyo
Acrylic and Collage on Panel
18 x 17 in
sold

I tend to look at my art as a moving picture for every creature, every blade of grass takes flight and moves with the painting. The painting that I called ‘The Violent Ride’ is a storm of horses galloping through the painting and taking flight away from their fears.

Click here to purchase

Catherine Smith
Bisque Fired Stoneware
7.5 x 6 x 6 in
$150

The finished vases depict Ravens circling in an “updraft.” The bisque vase shows the carving process and what the vase looks like before glazing.

Click here to purchase

Catherine Smith
Bisque Fired Stoneware
7.5 x 6 x 6 in
$150

Click here to purchase

Catherine Smith
Bisque Fired Stoneware
7.5 x 6 x 6 in

Rachel Smith
Oill and Cold Wax on Aluminum
$795

Both of my paintings relate to "Taking Flight” mostly as an idiom: to begin a period of rapid activity, development, or growth. As Below, So Above is a bit more literal, in that it depicts flying clouds, and was inspired by a plein air session in June 2023 (with the Teton Plein Air Painters) at Murie Park, an excellent bird-watching area. The title refers to the idea that the microcosm of the human is a representation of the macrocosm of the universe, and vice-versa; it's about duality, connection, and balance; thinking vs. intuition; learning to accept things you may not understand - to "take off" and experience life to the fullest.

Click here to purchase

Rachel Smith
Oill and Cold Wax on Aluminum
$795

When I Get There is an analogy of a journey, a life cycle. It is about overcoming challenges, enjoying successes, and feeling exhilarating joy. There is darkness in it, but beauty as well. The water is on a "flight” over the rocks, choosing different paths; some are fun and exciting, some are calm, and others are foreboding. The rocks are going through their own journey of erosion, and the foliage is making its late-summer transition to red. There is a hiking trail next to the creek, Taggart Lake Loop (which is not depicted in the painting), alluding to a human journey within the landscape. I wanted to show this specific place in such a way that it is relatable to many other areas; although it is a very specific spot in GTNP, someone from Michigan or Maine or Montana may find it familiar. The human experience of taking flight -as a period of rapid activity, development, or growth – is within all of us.

Click here to purchase

Stuart Art Factory
Creative Technician: Mike Casey
Epoxy and Found Objects on Art Core
11x14 in
$650

Art begins with recognition and expression. Its limits are imagination.

Click here to purchase

Richard Tambor
Oil on Panel
4x6 in
$250

My approach to painting really took flight when I started using a palette knife to paint. Once I was painting outdoors and finished my main painting. I pulled out a small panel and instead of a pencil, I grabbed a stick and dipped it in my paint. I drew out my composition and finished the piece using a palette knife. That was the beginning of something new!

Click here to purchase

Richard Tambor
Oil on Panel
5x7 in
$350

Click here to purchase

Richard Tambor
Oil on Panel
5x7 in
$350

Click here to purchase

Sharon Thomas
Xerox Transfer, Charcoal, Watercolor, and Pastel on Rice Paper
23x17 in
$650



When resting and on the point of dozing off, there can be a special point of consciousness/unconsciousness where reality meets dreams and imagination takes flight. Colors and shapes float by, ideas are revealed. Magic time.

Click here to purchase

Tenley Thompson
Cast Porcelain and Gold Luster Glaze
10x3,5x3,5 in
sold

As an artist I have been struggling to evolve from commercially successful work to work that resonates on an emotional level. I struggle to create things that exist not because they are aesthetically pleasing or will be commercially successful but because I am driven to make them. To me, one of the things that makes art interesting is that it offers insight to the viewer on how an artist themselves sees the world and how they process the world and things around them. By viewing art, I gain insight into the creator and how they see the world which can be dramatically different then the way I see it and can then open up new viewpoints and perspectives. I have been working to create items that evoke my current emotional state at the time they are made. By choosing a common form (the beer can) I am forced to express myself not in the creation of the object but in its alteration. I am forcing myself to make something not necessarily functional or “pretty” but instead pure expression for its own sake. This is not easy for me; it is far easier to make "pretty things" than make things that express that life is not always a pretty place. When I heard that the theme for this year’s show was "Taking Flight," to me that meant taking risks and embracing discomfort and discovering the unknown. These are some of the results of this last year’s efforts to fly away from the comfortable.

Click here to purchase

Tenley Thompson
Cast Porcelain and Underglaze
10x3,5x3,5 in
sold

Tenley Thompson
Cast Porcelain and Glaze
10x3,5x3,5 in
$85

Click here to purchase

Tenley Thompson
Cast Porcelain and Glaze
10x3,5x3,5 in
$85

Click here to purchase

Sue Tyler
Acrylic on Panel
12 x 24 in
$700

My work is a personal response to landscapes, wildlife, and iconic images of the Mountain West. Although I have been painting a variety of bird species recently, it is really about the experience of bird encounters, or the experience of a unique moment interacting with elements of landscape, based on my outdoor life. My mountain environment makes me feel alive and inspires the mystery, beauty, and uncertainty in nature and life. I work in abstraction and mixed media based on outdoor studies, designs, and drawings of my subjects. My paintings are my story. I enjoy sharing my work with others as a shared experience and appreciation of the natural world. Two of my pieces are about actual birds "taking flight.” The third piece is a playful landscape: an abstract piece that suggests my current "flight" from realism towards a freer approach to the spirit of Place.

Click here to purchase

Sue Tyler
Acrylic on Panel
12x4 in
sold

Click here to purchase

Sue Tyler
Acrylic on Paper
8x16 in
$300

Click here to purchase

Amy Unfried
Lost Wax Cast Bronze
13.5x6x3.5 in
$1200

Most of the work I have done in bronze that wasn't realist figures includes, as part of the composition, some birds, either perching or in flight. The forms the birds complement here are knitted or crocheted Moebius strips, with one continuous edge and one surface. There always has to be a bird, or several birds; the pieces just seem unfinished to me if there isn't a bird.

Click here to purchase