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Rebecca L. Holloway
Acrylic & colored pencil on paper, 11" x 16"

"Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, human life is restricted to isolation, void of any contact to the outside world. This causes loneliness, depression, and hopelessness. The thought of slipping into such a dark place far outweighs the possibility of infection."

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Laura Meintjes
Watercolor on paper, 14" x 18"

"This painting portrays a memory, a passing moment of time, season, and stage of life. The imagery is also inspired by a longing for connection due to our circumstances because of the novel corona virus and a nostalgia for how things used to be not that long ago. The image is based on a photo from this past Summer at Lake Elmo."

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Brianne Kimball
Acrylic, oil paint pen, & permanent marker on canvas, 18" x 24"

"Isolation is hard, and our mental health as a nation is deteriorating. Some days are just tough, and others I feel like I'm trying not to look into a mirror and end up seeing a reflection of my former selves and the damage we did to our body trying to cope before."

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Chelsea Edwards
Acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"

"This artwork is inspired by nature being the only place that's safe for my daughter to play outside of our home. My daughter has a breathing disorder called Bronchial/Tracheomalacia, which puts her at high risk for Covid-19. So we have been out in nature a lot lately. Even though the world is crazy right now, we can still find beauty in the world right outside our back door in the form of the beautiful landscapes that Montana has.

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4  Beauty in Isolation - Chelsea Edwards

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Jean Posusta
Acrylic on canvas, 25" x 26"

"A closed eye Jesus with open arms for the souls of the many who have succumbed to Covid-19."

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5 Expression of an Epidemic - Jean Pierson

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Sarah Lilly
Oil on canvas, 24" x 36"

"'Contour of Man' is a piece outlining the depth of the male physique without the standard built of beauty. It is meant to exemplify the anatomy of a being in itself with the color and intensity we see within it. It's an emotional expression on sight."

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V. Collins
Digital/watercolor

"A cityscape of Billings alive at night looking west. We are in this together under the stars. We've been though some things as a city, and we will continue to endure."

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Lisa Ball
Oils, 18" x 20"

"Since being isolated and emotional about this whole Covid-19 epidemic, it's hard not to get depressed. These two kids gave me reasons to get up everyday and look forward to accomplishing something. When there's chaos in the world and my life, I have discovered that painting takes me to a calm less stressful place, which is most needed right now."

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Laura Meintjes
Watercolor on paper, 18" x 14"

"Coney is a now an unfamiliar word from middle English for rabbit. In this day and age the word is quickly associated with Coney Island, which has been a vacation destination where locals and tourist crowds gather during summers in Brooklyn."

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9 Coney Island Transfer - Laura Meintjes

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Mitchell Pluto
Acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"

"A self initiation into the collective unconscious while in isolation. Investigating the mind and the allegories the mind creates as expressions of dogma. To come to the conclusion that spirituality and inner exploration requires a balance between structure and flexibility.

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Linden Sievers
Pen on paper/Photoshop, 8" x 10"

"Dinosaurs were good at social distancing... until meals."

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11 dino social distancing - Linden Sievers RAW

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Linden Sievers
Ink, colored pencil, & Photoshop

"Lately bears take what they can get."

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12 bear hording T P - Linden Sievers RAW

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Isabel Bonilla
Watercolor, 18" x 20"

"As an international artist, Montana wildlife has been a huge source of inspiration for me. I'm particularly smitten with the local fish species, especially the rainbow trout with its beautiful bright colors."

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Erin Bean
Acrylic on canvas, 11" x 14"

"I set out on this piece knowing that I wanted to create a portrait of my cat, but I also wanted it to be more than an average animal picture. The fanciful melding of pet and classic portraiture captures her countenance and gives her a feeling of nobility (to which she more than likely feels entitled). This piece was a first real venture in working with acrylic paint as a medium and was truly a labor of love, especially given that the model was difficult to work with and did not take direction well."

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V. Collins
Mixed media/digital

"I wanted to evoke feelings of familiarity and comfort in this turbulent time, for me that's the old west feeling, warm neutral colors and friendship. It's that warm fuzzy feeling you get when being greeted by man's best friend and a lazy day at rest with nothing pressing to trouble over. I used mixed media, but, am at heart a digital artist."

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Lisa Ball
Acrylic, metallic acrylics, & molding paste, 24" x 48"

"Absence of sound; silence or hush. This is what my emotions have been going through these last few weeks. Some may say it is bliss, but isolation for long periods of time is not good for the soul."

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Lisa Green
Acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16"

"I enjoy painting and have had lots of time to do so with the stay-at-home order. I have painted quite a few animals that appeal to me in the last month. I hope you enjoy my paintings."

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Lisa Green
Acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16"

"I enjoy painting and have had lots of time to do so with the stay-at-home order. I have painted quite a few animals that appeal to me in the last month. I hope you enjoy my paintings."

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Lisa Green
Acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16"

"I enjoy painting and have had lots of time to do so with the stay-at-home order. I have painted quite a few animals that appeal to me in the last month. I hope you enjoy my paintings."

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Lisa Green
Acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16"

"I enjoy painting and have had lots of time to do so with the stay-at-home order. I have painted quite a few animals that appeal to me in the last month. I hope you enjoy my paintings."

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V. Collins
Watercolor/digital

"For this piece I wanted to capture a representative of both freedom and the Western spirit. With all this time alone and indoors, I think it's important to remember the life and color in the west that we are so lucky to share."

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Dick Hatfield
Pyrography (wood burning) on plywood & basswood, 10" x 10"

"Drawing with pencils and pens, plus leather and wood carving has been a favorite pastime. I decided to try sketching wildlife with a wood burner on different wood selections to beat isolation doldrums. It has been most enjoyable."

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Dick Hatfield
Pyrography (wood burning) on plywood & basswood, 8" x 12"

"Drawing with pencils and pens, plus leather and wood carving has been a favorite pastime. I decided to try sketching wildlife with a wood burner on different wood selections to beat isolation doldrums. It has been most enjoyable."

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Jon Bennion
Wood carving &watercolor,
11" x 24"

"This is a “feigned glass” piece that I hand-carved and painted in quarantine. Just like the title of the piece suggests, we are all longing for summer. It has nods to cabin/fishing time, agriculture, Pow-wows, hiking, and other outdoor aspects of Montana that I appreciate."

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10 Dreaming of a Montana Summer - Jon Bennion RAW

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Dick Hatfield
Pyrography (wood burning) on plywood & basswood, 10" x 10"

"Drawing with pencils and pens, plus leather and wood carving has been a favorite pastime. I decided to try sketching wildlife with a wood burner on different wood selections to beat isolation doldrums. It has been most enjoyable."

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Sky Caufield
Acrylic, 11" x 8"

"Everyone awaits spring and the flowers and baby critters whose antics bring us so much joy. This set of three is bound to make even the gloomiest day a lil' brighter."

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Sky Caufield
Acrylic, 11" x 8"

"Everyone awaits spring and the flowers and baby critters whose antics bring us so much joy. This set of three is bound to make even the gloomiest day a lil' brighter."

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Sky Caufield
Acrylic, 11" x 8"

"Everyone awaits spring and the flowers and baby critters whose antics bring us so much joy. This set of three is bound to make even the gloomiest day a lil' brighter."

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Cathy Berendts
Watercolor, 22" x 30"

"Inspired by the perseverance of the bison. I wanted to create a fluid piece that evoked emotion and meaning."

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28 Cathy Berendts Art Golden Wild Mighty Bison

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Sky Caufiel
Acrillic & colored pencil, 8" x 11"

"In the flatland, spring can be harsher than the winter, and gloomier than the winter. And the prettiest sight against the hazy snowy skies is the peak of green grass and the bright red of a robin showing us light ahead."

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Tim Eastwood
Alcohol ink on canvas, 18" x 24"

"My lighthearted view of social distancing during this Covid-19. I paint with alcohol inks on a stretched canvas. Hoping this will bring a smile or two to those that see it."

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Jim Hanna
Watercolor, 11" x 14"

"For a person from Montana, you need to have a tough hide like our buffalo to survive our long winters, looking forward to spring!"

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Hannah Groves
Watercolor & ink, 4" x 6"

"I have been experimenting with watercolor and ink by making personalized greeting cards for friends and family. This is a way I’ve enjoyed sending people thoughts and positive messages during social distancing. It’s fun to share and show my loved ones I’m thinking about them, without using technology!"

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32-35 Greetings During Quarantine - Hannah Groves

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James K. Vincent
Acrylic on canvas, 24" x 30"

"My wife and I were in Seattle when the Corona virus was first detected. We cancelled our return flight and returned home in a rental car. The area east Drummond, MT had remarkable color and light. Those images led me to produce 'East of Drummond' from memory, that was the first of '3 Isolation Paintings,' a series in progress now.

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James K. Vincent
Acrylic on panel, 12" x 16"

"This painting is the second in my 'Isolation Series.' The image is based on my photo from a hill overlooking Dover Park after Christmas 2019."

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36 Across the Yellowstone - James Vincent RAW

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James K. Vincent
Acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24"

"This painting is #3 in my 'Isolation Series' based on a return from Seattle when the Corona virus saga began."

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37 March East of Livingston - James Vincent RAW

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Carol Welch
Water media, 10" x 10"

"It moves me the way the two cottonwoods on the hill behind our house reach out to each other. Today, I find solace in their strengthening presence. During these troubling times, it comforts me to see the human spirit across the world do the same."

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Connie Herberg
Oil on linen, 18" x 24"

"As spring winds bring ever changing and challenging weather, so too are we experiencing life changes and challenges. The billowing clouds of change, sweeping across the Montana landscape metaphorically represent the changes we are enduring in our country due to the COVID-19 virus."

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Walk in the Woods, Memories from behind the Quarantine 

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Walk in the Woods, Memories from behind the Quarantine 

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Terri Porta
Oil, 24" x 36"

"My memories of walking in the woods are so much more colorful now that I daydream from the studio."

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41 Porta_Terri_A Walk in the Woods, Quarantine Creations RAW

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Dick Ellis
Pastels, 11" x 16"

"Art-worthy scenes abound along the 150 miles of the Missouri River between Fort Benton and the Fred Robinson Bridge. Designated the Upper Missouri Wild and Scenic River, this sparsely inhabited waterway provides ample opportunity for social distancing."

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Jessica Johnson
Oils on canvas, 12" x 24"

"The moment of the end of a curvy dirt road when you reach the top of the hill. You feel engulfed by the sky for a moment. There’s a moment of peace, then you get to the plains and can see for miles."

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Valerie Wicke
Oil on Canvas, 12" x 16"

"It's a calming scene of vast capability in Montana's landscape. It's a reminder of the beauty Montana holds, and the perseverance one needs to get through hard times."

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Sarah Lilly
Oil on canvas, 4" x 6"

"'Midnight Dive' is based on a dream I once had of a late night swim in a lake by a cabin my family owns in Utah. It is a feeling of enlightenment in the multiplicities. 'Midnight Dive' is meant to feel brightened and calmed; waiting in the water beneath the sky.

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Take Me Away - Far Far Away  to an Island

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Take Me Away - Far Far Away  to an Island

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Candace Durand
Acrylic, 24" x 36"

"This represents a calm peaceful place to relax and listen to the ocean roar."

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Candace Durand
Acrylic, 11" x 14"

"It means peace."

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Karen Tanner
Acrylic, gold leaf, & prayer flags,
15" x 30"

"The wind exhales / prayer flags flutter / sending in the sacred. / Stillness arises / and gathers love.
'Deep Ascension' is strong vertical foundations holding us up in times of challenge, green as our growth, gold as our needs. Sacred prayer flags embed our pleas. The moon whole in every phase guides in graceful light."

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Burton Hanna
Oil on canvas, 24" x 36"

"I thought about how my Lakota ancestors would have handled the isolation we are all going through right now. It may have looked something like this. An isolated teepee on the prairie. Sunset, the end of a day, has a lonely feeling sometimes anyway, which is why I set my painting at that time. But we always look forward to tomorrow and the light of a new day."

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49 Self Isolation Old Style - Burton Hanna RAW

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Bailey Pierson
Watercolor, 8" x 9"

"Being alone is just a frame of mind. I love painting a place and thinking about all the creatures that might come and go at different times. It really helps get you out of your head and into life."

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Becky Sullivan
Watercolor, 9" x 12"

"I've always been interested in barns and the shapes of barns from all over the United States. When I saw the photo on a calendar, I thought to myself, "I can do that!" I'm a self-taught artist. Painting helps me relax."

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Heidi Goodman
Acrylic on canvas, 11" x 14"

"This time of quarantine feels dark, lonely, and lost. Light houses shine light guiding us through dark places. This art symbolizes the hope that we will find our way through this seemingly dark time."

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Megan Green
Acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10"

"We never thought something so mundane would be so essential. Whether bathroom essentials or throw away jobs, suitable only for our high school youth or those who fall lowest on our socioeconomic ladder. Pay special attention to the design of the wallpaper, the reason we are all in this."

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Jamie Old Elk
Acrylic on canvas

"'Empiric' also known as Plague Doctors in the 17th, 18th and 19th century. They were second-rate doctors or lacked medical training. Most doctors were there to only count the dead. I thought it fitting to name this COVID-19 cell as the Empiric of the 2020 Pandemic."

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Larry Knutson
Oil on board, 24" x 48"

"Survived Vietnam - but lost to a silent and invisible enemy."

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Rachel Larson Long
Acrylic on canvas, 48" x 52"

"This is the largest piece in an ongoing series called 'Campfires.' Painted on loose canvas, it is mounted on dowels, top and bottom, to hang as a scroll. I've incorporated collage elements including the phrase "Everything Must Go", as a response to our collective fears and experiences as we face the threat of coronavirus."

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Lana Bittner
Alcohol ink, watercolor, & yupo,
14" x 13"

"The attached landscape is 3rd in a series of paintings I call 'Emotional Overload' that I painted in the middle of March, when all this craziness started! Couldn't put the brush down! Thankfully, I have progressed to a more uplifting subject, florals."

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Lana Bittner
Watercolor & yupo, 15" x 13"

"Painted last week- Pink Tulips. My mother's favorite and inspired from a bouquet received from my husband at Easter!"

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Lana Bittner
Alcohol, ink & watercolor, 10" x 12"

"Painted in the last 2 weeks of this quarantine, Looking for hope in Spring!"

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58 Purple Iris Mardi Gras - Lana Bittner

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Sydney Caniparoli
Watercolor &ink on cotton watercolor board, 11" x 14"

"I always collect bones and cool rocks on hikes thanks to my mom. This hike, I found a vertebrae of a cow or deer. I finally painted it for an art assignment, and love it."

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61 Found on the Trail - Sydney Caniparoli RAW

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Candace Durand
Acrylic, 12" x 12"

"Dirty- pour and a chain pull on top for the butterfly"

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Dravawn Robinson
Acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10"

"I'm a lover of the blue skies and anything in the sky. Blue is always a constant, just different shades, and i know I can depend on the skies."

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Dravawn Robinson
Acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10"

"My children receive their lunches from school each day so I've been living on peanut butter & grape jelly sandwiches."

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Dravawn Robinson
Acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10"

"Some days I just can't make my thoughts match up to the rest of the world; the edges don't quite match up yet."

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Dravawn Robinson
Acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10"

"At the end of another day at home, I take the time to enjoy the sunset. It changes in a matter of moments so I try and treasure each and every moment. I made it through the day and will take on another, as needed."

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66 Tranquil Sunset - Dravawn Robinson RAW

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Dravawn Robinson
Acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10"

"I am an artist, but in the art of contemporary Native American beadwork. During this sheltering time, I found myself needing to calm my mind and thoughts so drawing and painting made hours go by, and my scattered thoughts came out on paper this time, when I should be creating my beadwork."

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Dravawn Robinson
Acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10"

"Being stuck at home with kids, I'm wishing so hard for warm weather so I can grade my kids on recess."

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Shelly Yoder
Curry, chili, & cumin on paper,
8" x 10"

"I am a watercolor artist, potter, and photographer, but for this project I wanted to use the most basic medium ... Plants! During such an uncertain time, it is encouraging to remember that there are still basics. There may not be as much "normal" in our lives right now, but there are still people to love, meaningful things to do, things to be grateful for, and nature to enjoy! In this piece, Curry Powder, brings the lovely yellow color of Turmeric. Chili Pepper adds a dash of rich orange, and the additional earthy brown of Cumin produces a lovely cheerful mustard! ... I hope it brings some cheer and a hope filled reminder of the basics to you during this time!"

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Perrin Grubbs
Acrylic on canvas, 18" x 18"

"Each mark represents a day spent distancing since the school closure was announced March 15. As the situation progresses, so will the work. When finished, this will serve as a reminder of days forever changed and the journey to something new."

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Mana Lesman
Oil on canvas, 22" x 36"

"'MENDING' speaks to the necessary repair of a fractured and frightened people. The hands sewing together the fabric of our nation are the hands of those who serve and heal the citizens in this difficult time. We pray that the time will be soon when we feel mended and without the tragic fear that comes with a crisis we are all facing."

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Monica Maristuen
Acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10"

"Kaleidoscope represents the ever present ebb and flow of emotions and feelings right now ... there is light and bright ... and hope ... and movement ... and staying still."

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Laurel J. Hanson
Cold wax & oil on hardboard,
11" x 14"

"I start my work by selecting my basic color which in the painting is blue. I then select other colors and just allow my arms to add these colors, blending and with wax medium removing some colors. I then step back and look at the painting and add colors or continue to combine until I like the artwork."