Window Dressing 2, Downtown Missoula, Montana

This cropped perspective was inspired by Ric Gendron's "Red Apron" painting (to see this image, click here and then scroll to page 13), part of his "Rattlebone" exhibit at the Missoula Art Museum, which will be up through the end of March. I hate to use the same word in successive sentences, but I was inspired on multiple levels by his work. (I am woman - hear me gush.) He is an artist whose work cannot be boxed into a category. If his collection ever travels to a gallery near you, do yourself a favour and block out some time to view his paintings. Expect to be emotionally engaged, to look at a picture with "broken" and "heart" in the title and think, "That's exactly how it feels!"