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X-WR-CALDESC:Opening First Friday\, February 3\, 5-8 PM\nIn the Blackfoot C
 ommunications Gallery through February\n\nJessie Smith is a surrealist ill
 ustrator based in Missoula\, Montana. She delights in creating intricate s
 urreal illustrations often featuring opulent animals and Faberge eggs as t
 he subjects. Finding inspiration in the natural world and the human condit
 ion\, Jessie aims to produce works that make you want to take a closer loo
 k\, examining the fine details as well as the deeper social interpretation
 s of the piece. Her story as an artist is anything but traditional. Jessie
  grew up loving art and holding onto the idea that she would grow up to be
 come an artist. All through high school she took art class electives and p
 lanned on going to college for art. Her plans derailed when she became a y
 oung single mother a week before she graduated high school. It was because
  of these coinciding life events that she felt limited in her options for 
 higher education and decided to pursue a tattoo apprenticeship. In learnin
 g how to tattoo\, Jessie also became well acquainted with many of the tech
 niques used in fine art – her true passion\, and left the tattoo industry 
 after three years to pursue this passion. Since leaving the tattoo industr
 y she has participated in numerous solo and group art exhibitions includin
 g her first solo gallery show in 2016 titled ‘Ode to Art’ – which paid hom
 age to the artists before who paved the way\, the artists’ creation proces
 s\, and the emotions artists experience trying to be successful. In 2019 J
 essie participated in Open A.I.R’s residency program\, which inspired this
  new series of work exalting Montana's wildlife in a surrealist fashion.\n
 \nAbout ‘Montana Exaltations’\nIn Jessie’s Words:\n\n“This continuous body
  of work is inspired from the natural world\, one that I was lucky enough 
 to experience and be surrounded by as a child and into my adulthood. Monta
 na is a state full of so much natural beauty and wonder that life can feel
  like a dream. I treasure the hot summers catching frogs\, toads\, and tad
 poles in the irrigation ditch behind my home. Watching the minnows dance a
 round my toes in the streams\, rivers\, and lakes I grew up swimming in. T
 raveling across the state to see family\, driving through the many mountai
 n ranges between little towns and cities\, watching in awe as the sprawlin
 g mountains\, wildlife\, and endless skies steadily passed my window. Snow
 flakes that dance down from the sky accumulating into blankets and mountai
 ns of snow in winter leaving an eerie hush over the landscape. Montana tru
 ly is the Treasure State\, and its natural beauty is worth memorializing i
 n every creative aspect possible. My artist residency at the Montana Natur
 al History Center inspired this series of work. My life growing up as a mu
 ltigenerational Montanan also impacted this work\, as I’m compelled to not
  only preserve our state's wonderful natural history and ecology in a new 
 and exciting way\, but to also visually express to our communities the imp
 ortance of preserving our beautiful state’s natural wonders.”\n\nJessie Sm
 ith has her current works available to purchase through her website https:
 //www.artistjessiesmith.com/\, and has print replications available at the
  ZACC as well as the HandMADE Montana Shop in Polson\, Montana.
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DESCRIPTION:Opening First Friday\, February 3\, 5-8 PM\nIn the Blackfoot Co
 mmunications Gallery through February\n\nJessie Smith is a surrealist illu
 strator based in Missoula\, Montana. She delights in creating intricate su
 rreal illustrations often featuring opulent animals and Faberge eggs as th
 e subjects. Finding inspiration in the natural world and the human conditi
 on\, Jessie aims to produce works that make you want to take a closer look
 \, examining the fine details as well as the deeper social interpretations
  of the piece. Her story as an artist is anything but traditional. Jessie 
 grew up loving art and holding onto the idea that she would grow up to bec
 ome an artist. All through high school she took art class electives and pl
 anned on going to college for art. Her plans derailed when she became a yo
 ung single mother a week before she graduated high school. It was because 
 of these coinciding life events that she felt limited in her options for h
 igher education and decided to pursue a tattoo apprenticeship. In learning
  how to tattoo\, Jessie also became well acquainted with many of the techn
 iques used in fine art – her true passion\, and left the tattoo industry a
 fter three years to pursue this passion. Since leaving the tattoo industry
  she has participated in numerous solo and group art exhibitions including
  her first solo gallery show in 2016 titled ‘Ode to Art’ – which paid homa
 ge to the artists before who paved the way\, the artists’ creation process
 \, and the emotions artists experience trying to be successful. In 2019 Je
 ssie participated in Open A.I.R’s residency program\, which inspired this 
 new series of work exalting Montana's wildlife in a surrealist fashion.\n
 \nAbout ‘Montana Exaltations’\nIn Jessie’s Words:\n\n“This continuous body
  of work is inspired from the natural world\, one that I was lucky enough 
 to experience and be surrounded by as a child and into my adulthood. Monta
 na is a state full of so much natural beauty and wonder that life can feel
  like a dream. I treasure the hot summers catching frogs\, toads\, and tad
 poles in the irrigation ditch behind my home. Watching the minnows dance a
 round my toes in the streams\, rivers\, and lakes I grew up swimming in. T
 raveling across the state to see family\, driving through the many mountai
 n ranges between little towns and cities\, watching in awe as the sprawlin
 g mountains\, wildlife\, and endless skies steadily passed my window. Snow
 flakes that dance down from the sky accumulating into blankets and mountai
 ns of snow in winter leaving an eerie hush over the landscape. Montana tru
 ly is the Treasure State\, and its natural beauty is worth memorializing i
 n every creative aspect possible. My artist residency at the Montana Natur
 al History Center inspired this series of work. My life growing up as a mu
 ltigenerational Montanan also impacted this work\, as I’m compelled to not
  only preserve our state's wonderful natural history and ecology in a new 
 and exciting way\, but to also visually express to our communities the imp
 ortance of preserving our beautiful state’s natural wonders.”\n\nJessie Sm
 ith has her current works available to purchase through her website https:
 //www.artistjessiesmith.com/\, and has print replications available at the
  ZACC as well as the HandMADE Montana Shop in Polson\, Montana.
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LOCATION:in the Blackfoot Communications Gallery
SUMMARY:Montana Exaltations – Works by Jessie Smith
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