Artists

Matt Guenthner 

 Matt graduated with a BA in Fine Art with an extend major in ceramics. He later added a teaching certificate to his resume and took an art teaching job in Big Piney in 1996 and is still teaching there. He has always done pottery but started doing more after moving to Big Piney, probably because of the long winters. It was one day walking to school that he noticed a leaf frozen in an ice puddle, this flashed a memory of when he would play in frozen puddles as a kid. The details of the leaf were so beautiful it inspired him to incorporate the details in pottery, the pottery you see today in the gallery is a product of those events.  

Cristy Anspach

 Originally from Northern Colorado, Cristy has lived and worked in Wyoming since the early nineties.  She teaches art in the public school system and loves being inspired by and creating with her young colleagues.  She is inspired by the open spaces of the west and its contrasts, both visually and conceptually. She creates both two and three dimensional art from a variety of media.Functional stoneware pottery, handmade in Boulder, WY.Food, dishwasher, oven safe.
 

 Elizabeth is an avid bird watcher and photographer spending her free time hiking withbinoculars and camera seeking a new and unique image in her viewfinder. Her photography is a personal adventure into the lives of wild birds and animals and she does her best to intrude as little as possible into their lives and fully respect their space if her presence is not tolerated. She works with a digital camera and several lenses, capturing the wildlife and nature that abounds here in Sublette County and the surrounding area. She prints, matts, and frames her own photographs using archivalprocesses throughout which keeps the final product within her control..  

Kristen Draney

 Kristen brings Wyoming antler sheds and driftwood to life in unique handwoven baskets. The weaving materials used are hand dyed rattan reeds, seagrass, and leather. The antlers and the driftwood are collected from the Wind River and WyomingRanges, and each piece uses the antler or driftwood as the structure of the basket.  By combining different techniques of weaving, she is able to get a stronger sense of movement and fluidity into the baskets. 

 Chris & Yvonne DeGraw
Chris and Yvonne have lived in Big Piney, WY most of their lives. They raised their two children in Big Piney. They love the area. They started CY Natural soap co. in 2014 from the kitchen of their home.  To this day that is where the development of products continue. CY is all about All Natural.  They pride themselves on knowing that their products are made with all natural ingredients.  There will never be any chemical preservatives in their products. It's Good to be Natural 

 Joni Mack grew up on a cattle ranch in Bondurant and has lived in the area most of her life. She studied silver-smithing with Georgia Mayer, Jeffrey Kaphan, and Robert Ebendorf, and then became a teacher at the Center for the Arts in Jackson. She loves working in metals - silver, gold, and bronze are her principal media. Stones range from common jasper all the way to diamonds. In many of her pieces you will find the local mountains featured as well as many of the animals of Wyoming. Some of her favorite pieces are inspired by the art of people living thousands of years ago; the White Horse of Uffington in England and the Altamira cave in Spain. You’ll also encounter dragons! 

 We are a husband and wife team, both from homesteading and pioneering families, focusing on natural living.  Believing each tree has a soul,  we seek to enhance the natural richness and beauty of the wood. We personally select and harvest many of our materials in a sustainable manner. It allows us to develop a deep and personal connection to the wood we use. We love the concept of reduce, recycle and re-use, and giving a dead tree new life in someone's home.  Years of collection beautiful materials has left us with a wide array of natural inspiration.
 

Delsa grew up in the Pinedale area with the Wind River Mountains to the north and the sage brush steep to the South. She founded her photography business, Reflections of the Winds, shortly after collage and hasn’t stopped striving to share her connection with nature through her images. Delsa has been photographing landscapes and hidden views of nature in western Wyoming as long as she can remember, always finding new and refreshing ways of sharing her experience with nature through her images.

Besides the countless images she has captured, depicting views of nature that are considered tradition landscape photography, Delsa has recently been gaining a reputation for producing stunning contemporary images of everyday landscapes, re-defining what landscape photography can be.

Delsa has showcased her work through regional galleries and exhibits as well as regional street fairs. Her work has also been included in juried exhibits, regionally and nationally.