Northwest Montana artist drawing from wilderness experiences.

Hey there! My name is Beth Vallieres and I am an artist based in northwest Montana. I graduated from Metropolitan State University of Denver with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. I grew up exploring the mountains and foothills of Colorado on horseback: moving through outdoor spaces at roughly three miles an hour gave me the time to pay closer attention to my surroundings and put smaller pieces of a landscape or ecosystem together to get a better picture of the much larger whole. I moved to Montana in search of more wild places and intact ecosystems and found healing and inspiration in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. I began drawing again after a post-college hiatus in an attempt to communicate just how valuable the planet’s wild spaces and animals are. Currently, my detailed drawings stem from personal experiences in wilderness areas and celebrate the intrinsic value of wild things and places, and my reverence for them.

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