Donald Jones - October - McGough and Company

Donald M. Jones is one of the most prolific wildlife photographers in the nation. His amazing images have graced the covers of nearly 700 magazines. His images have appeared on the interior pages of too many magazines and advertising campaigns to count. 

Don has eight commissioned books currently in publication. It is truly an honor for Wild Reflections Gallery to be in partnership with Don. Don is a Montana based wildlife photographer specializing in all forms of North American nature, from the Arctic to the deserts, swamps to the mountains and all locations in between. Don’s images are created from his overwhelming passion for being outdoors with camera in tow. 

What began as a young boy with binoculars swaying from his neck and a bird book wedged in his back pocket in suburban Chicago, has now transformed into a living dream. All of Don’s photographs are of animals in the wild. Don prides himself on photographing only wild and free animals. Don does not photograph captive animals that are confined to zoos or game farms. His work is authentic and his message is “Keep the Wild in Wildlife.” Don resides in the small northwest Montana town of Troy. His wife and soul mate, Tess, has been a true inspiration for Don. Tess is a remarkable lady and is a constant source of strength for Don during his many long treks into the wilderness. Despite his many accolades and incredible success as one of America's premier wildlife photographers for decades, Don has only recently entered the print market. 

Like his amazing photography, Don brings a level of professionalism and integrity to his fine art prints that are truly refreshing. All of Don’s images are personally signed and numbered limited editions, never digital signatures. True to his ethics in photography, Don’s limited editions are truly limited. The total run quantities and all available sizes are listed and are the only way Don’s images may be purchased. When you buy one of these amazing images you are assured you are purchasing something special and won’t find it later, matted and shrink-wrapped, in a gift store. See Don's work at McGough and Company during October Gallery Nights.

Rosella Mosteller, Photography, Great Northern Pasta

Photographic Exhibition at Great Northern Pasta (you, friends, & family welcome) through the month of August

First Thursday Whitefish Gallery Night
235 Baker Avenue, Whitefish, Montana
Exhibition Opening Reception: August 1st, from 6-9 pm
Exhibition: August 1st- September 3rd, 2013
Local photographer Rosella Mosteller, known for her black and white landscapes images presents her traditional and abstract visual perspective with photographs.

Longtime resident, Rosella Mosteller, has applied her creativity in Montana through designing an earth sheltered home, three successful restaurants from interiors to menus, initiating the installation of Barry Hood’s etched glass waterscape in a downtown Whitefish building, founding the Studio now known as Stumptown Art Studio and Ceramic Annex, and a Cultural and Art History club at Stumptown Art Studio.

Mosteller started photographing seriously in nineteen ninety-five. At that time she used her camera as a tool to soak up the European lifestyle in Paris and Italy. Since then years and education have taken her down the
photographic path to focus on black and white fine art landscape imagery. Over the past ten years her photographs have been juried into annual exhibitions at the Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, the Custer County Art & Heritage Center, Miles City, and the Paris Gibson Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana.

“I think of my abstract landscape photography as a part of the whole,” Mosteller says. “It is another way to view the traditional. So in that way my traditional landscape and abstract landscape photography connect.” Rosella Mosteller’s black and white imagery combines the overall with the introspective, the traditional with the abstract and demonstrates how they both mutually exist.

Michael Chilcoat - Photography - The Purple Pomegranate

The Purple Pomegranate, a fine craft specialty store, is featuring work by Whitefish photographer Michael Chilcoat during the month of August. Mike bought his first film SLR camera in 1996 in an attempt capture some of the magnificent places after moving west in the early nineties. Mike's work has been published in various popular magazines including Town & Country, Outdoor Photography (UK), Departures Magazine and Travel and Leisure.

Mike currently resides in Whitefish to be close to the wild, natural outdoor spaces he loves. His favorite subjects to shoot are beautiful, interestingly lit landscapes to create large fine art prints, outdoor action for catalog and web, and wildlife in the great outdoors. Mike shoots with Canon equipment and does all his own printing.

Mike says " There is nothing quite like being in the moment, seeing an event in nature that will never happen in exactly the same way again. The goal of my photography is to show the simple beauty in these events, such as the rise of a trout, the first storms of Winter, or the peace in the stillness of a forest. I strive to capture the essence of these fleeting moments in vivid color and detail, but also enjoy the textures of light, shadow, symmetry and balance, in the simplicity of black and white. I can only hope the magnificence that surrounds us here in the mountains of the Western US shows through in my photography, and that the enjoyment of viewing it surpasses the enjoyment I've had creating it.

Meet Mike during Whitefish Gallery Night, Thursday, August 1, 2013 from 6-9 PM. Mike's work will be displayed during the opening and throughout the month of August.