News Release

Artist In Residence Bobbie Brown at Bighorn Canyon

Ewing Snell Ranch

Painting by Bobbie Brown

News Release Date: August 6, 2019

Contact: Christy Flemming, 3075485406

Bobbie Brown will be the second Artist In Residence at Bighorn Canyon this year. She will be in the park from August 19 to September 2. Bobbie will be at the Lovell Visitor Center on August 22 and 29th from 3pm to 5pm. She will be painting and giving demonstrations on her painting style and invites visitors and local artists to bring their paints and sketch books and join her. She will also share some basic watercolor and sketching techniques.

Bobbie was born in Australia and grew up in Northern California. She went to school as a music major. After some time she found herself in Northwest Wyoming. Bobbie will tell you she is a darn good cook but her interest is in the arts (visual, performing and musical). She has drawn most of her life but didn’t receive formal art instruction until she was in her sixties. She took classes at Northwest College in Powell, receiving her A.A. degree in Fine Arts in May of 2018.

Bobbie explains her philosophy as an artist in the following way: “I create art to express what I see as beautiful or significant around me.  For me, art is a tool or portal to guide people in seeing what they don’t naturally perceive.  Many people are walled off from our incredible environment by an increasingly dense culture. Art makes people notice the wonders of the universe, and the wonders of the clay at their feet.  If I can touch someone with a simple drawing, a splash of color, or a graceful line, and make someone stop and ponder for a moment, then I have created art.” 

Bobbie’s artistic achievements include an oil painting of the Lovell sugar factory that was selected for the Wyoming Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibition (January-March 2017), works selected for the NWC juried student art shows of 2014, 2016-17-18, and she was given purchase awards in 2016 and 2018. Several of her paintings and drawings were accepted by the Northwest College Visualize/Verbalize publication. She also received a “Civic Award” given by a local art studio/store, Gestalt at the Polar Plant, in April of 2016; this was an opportunity to paint and demonstrate in free studio space at Gestalt.

Bobbie continues to craft her artistic style. She is always looking for new forms of art expression. “I’m thrilled to be able to spend time in the Bighorn Canyon, to slow down and look and listen, draw and paint, and recreate the experience to share with others,” she said about her upcoming residence time.  

For more information about the Artist In Residence program, call Christy Fleming at [phone] or email her at [e-mail].