Roughly 60 miles south of Canada, the 88,000 acre Scotchman Peaks roadless area spans the Idaho-Montana border. Since the 1970s, when the U.S. Forest Service carried out extensive evaluations of lands suitable for wilderness, this rugged, scenic and biologically diverse portion of the Cabinet Mountains has been managed for its wilderness potential. The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness believe now is the time to preserve the Scotchmans, one of the last, and largest, wild areas in our region.

New Venue for Plein Air Art

Painting by Jared Shear hangs in Gormandie

Painting by Jared Shear hangs in Gormandie

Have you been enjoying the amazing Plein Air Art inspired by the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness area, but wanted to see some of it in the flesh (or, more accurately, canvas)?

You’re in luck! The Scotchman Wilderness Plein Air Art Show now has a new venue where you can come enjoy looking at a few of the more outstanding pieces while sipping a glass of wine.

Gormandie logoFor the next two months, Gormandie, a new upscale wine shop and deli that is now open at Schweitzer Mountain Village, is showing ten of our best paintings from this year’s Fall Paint Out.

Dramatic large studio oil canvases by Jared Shear and Aaron Johnson are prominently displayed, as well as paintings by Ken Olson, Greg Caudell, and Terrell Jones.

Skiers and visitors to Schweitzer will enjoy the immediacy of these Scotchman Wilderness paintings in a cozy setting, and sales of these paintings will benefit the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.

This entry was posted on Saturday, December 26th, 2009, and is filed under In The News

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