6 I The Lovell Chronicle I October 8, 2015
BY DAVID PECK
"It was fun and
inspiring."
That's how Bighorn
Canyon NRA Chief of Inter-
pretation Christy Fleming
summed up two weekends of
"art in the park" events.
Amanda Palmer of Up-
state New York spent Sept.
21 through Oct. 4 as Bighorn
Canyon's latest artist in res-
idence with her wood block
printing method of artwork.
She showed visitors how to
cut the wood blocks on the
afternoon of Sept. 26, then
demonstrated the print-
ing as one of four artists
who participated in a "Find
Your Park Through Art"
event Saturday and Sunday,
Oct. 3-4, at the Ewing-Snell
Ranch.
An intimate group of
artists including students of
Northwest College art pro-
fessor John Giarrizzo gath-
ered at the Ewing-Snell
Ranch at 3 p.m. Saturday
for presentations by former
Park Service ranger Doug
Leen and painter Stephanie
Rose.
Leen, who calls Alaska
home, spoke about his ef-
forts to save Work Projects
Administration artwork that
was produced in the 1930s
and '40s as posters to pro-
mote national parks and his
work to preserve the works
and prevent improper rep-
lication and distribution of
the artwork.
The WPA produced a se-
ries of 14 posters to promote
national parks, and Leen
came across one of the post-
ers while cleaning out a ga-
rage during his time work-
ing as a mountain ranger
at Grand Teton National
Park. He was given the post-
er, then set it aside as he
followed a career path into
dentistry.
About 20 years lat-
er, Leen began his mis-
sion to find out more about
the WPA posters and real-
ized how rare they are due
to their fragile nature. He
began a project to find and
save the works and educate
the public about the rare
and special artwork, pro-
duced through the fledgling
silkscreen process.
Calling himself Rang-
er of the Lost Art, Fleming
said Leen has collected 12 of
the 14 original posters and
Artist Stephanie Rose paints a scene including
the Ewing-Snell Ranch school house "en plein air"
during her "Find Your Park Through Art" workshop
Saturday afternoon.
is able to reproduce prints
of the 12 with a goal of find-
ing the remaining two post-
ers and return them to the
National Park Service. He
has worked with the Nation-
al Park Service archives in
Harper's Ferry, W.Va.
As part of his preserve
and educate mission, Leen
has started reproducing the
prints and is selling the re-
productions, as well as pro-
ducing more posters for
parks in the style of the
WPA works.
Leen came to Ew-
ing-Snell with his Airstream
trailer, which has a local
connection. Janet Bedford
of Powell painted Nation-
al Park murals inside the
camper, and Lester Santos
of Cody did the inside fur-
nishing in the Molesworth
style. Leen is conducting
talks around the country.
STEPHANIE ROSE
Painter Stephanie Rose
of the Heart Mountain area
gave a painting demonstra-
tion Saturday afternoon at
the Ewing-Snell Ranch, fol-
lowing Leen's talk, as part of
her four-season study of Big
Horn Canyon, Fleming said,
noting that Rose is spending
one week in the park during
each of the four seasons.
Having completed her
spring and summer studies,
Rose will return on Oct. 19
for her fall study, then begin
her winter study on Feb. 22,
2016.
Rose demonstrated
the "en plein air" method
of painting for interested
artists and students from
the back porch of the Ew-
ing-Snell, painting a scene of
the old ranch school house.
"Her style is interesting
to me," Fleming said. "She
first does a black and white
painting to explore the light
and dark values of her sub-
ject, then paints a second
rendition in color."
A third session was
scheduled for Saturday
night with Powell photogra-
pher Lynn Richardson at the
Lockhart Ranch. Fleming
said it was cloudy, so no star-
scape photos could be taken.
The group returned to Ew-
ing-Snell, where Richardson
demonstrated the technique
of "ghost photography."
SUNDAY PROGRAMS
Sunday began with a
k . .
DAVID PECK PHOTOS
Former ranger Doug Leen chats with Bighorn Canyon Chief of Interpretation
Christy Fleming (right) and Powell artist Janet Bedford next to his Airstream
trailer about his efforts to find and preserve Work Projects Administration
funded National Park Service posters from the 1930s and '40s.
Bighorn Canyon artist in residence Amanda Palmer inks her wood block
carving of the Lockhart Ranch for a print before an interested audience at the
Ewing-Snell Ranch Sunday afternoon. Palmer produces detailed wood block
prints one at a time by hand.
sunrise photography ses-
sion at Devil's Canyon Over-
look with photographer
Marilyn Feather of Michi-
gan. Fleming said the morn-
ing brought cold, windy and
cloudy conditions, and while
there was good color and in-
teresting clouds, there was
no sunrise.
An art hike followed
at Hillsboro, led by Palm-
er, who provided tips for the
artists, who then broke off
and worked with photogra-
phy, painting and drawing.
Palmer then led a work-
shop on wood block print-
ing back at the Ewing-Snell
Ranch at 1 p.m., showing
an audience of artists and
Lovell citizens who made the
trip to the ranch how she ap-
plies ink to the carved wood
block, rolls it smooth, ap-
plies special paper made in
Japan, smoothes the paper
and pulls it back to produce
a finished print of a scene
from the Lockhart Ranch.
Feather is continuing
her photography work in the
park through Oct. 15 as the
last of the five Artists in Res-
idence for the year (see re-
lated story).
Democratic primary event to be
After hosting a viewing
and discussion of the Sept.
16 CNN Reagan Library
GOP Candidates Debate, the
Northwest College Forensics
Team will afford the same op-
portunity Tuesday, Oct. 13,
to vet Democratic candidates.
The NWC Forensics
Team invites the public to
come to campus to partici-
pate in an open-forum dis-
cussion and then view the de-
bate on a large screen. The
evening gets underway at 6
p.m. in the Yellowstone Con-
ference Center.
Members of the NWC
Forensics Team will start
the program by moderating
a discussion of the state of
the Democratic race and the
likely issues that will be ad-
dressed during the debate.
hosted by NWC
Community members and
NWC faculty members will be
major voices in the dialogue.
A post-debate follow-up may
be included if time and inter-
est allow.
Anyone who's interest-
ed is invited to watch and
contribute or just listen to
the analysis of the candi-
dates' rhetorical and political
strengths and weaknesses.
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