Ryan Jolley – Oil Painting
Artist Statement
Art has a way of molding, shaping, and moving one; the artist no less than the viewer. I am continually surprised and delighted at how a painting takes a direction that I wasn’t planning, and ends in a place I couldn’t have foreseen. For that reason, I hesitate to call it “my art”. I work in oils, and primarily with pallet knives. I love the effects I can achieve with a knife that I can’t seem to get when using brushes.
I live in one of the most beautiful places in the world, in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana, with my wife and five children. I am a 7th generation native to this area, and oil painting has been a part of my family for generations as well. I feel these influences have been a gift to me, and I am obligated to use these gifts to share the beauty of this world to all who choose to see.
Contact Information
Ryan Jolley
1559 Sutherland Lane, Corvallis, MT 59828 United States
(406) 239-5095
