Juried Member show

“Thank you, Aunt Thelma. My Montana Aunts: Thelma, Lila, Gayle and Joy all painted and entered the Great Falls County Fairs where I saw their blue-ribbon paintings. These wonderful ladies shared Montana mountains, fields, agates, birds, flowers, horses, and rainbow trout. Glorious summers that shaped my future with the awe of discovering and the magic of painting.”

“Empowerment is a waltz of many colors and cultures, woven into beautiful movement and vibrancy.”

“Women continue to empower each other and build on the past with hope for the future.”

“The early 20th century saw women break out of the mold of ‘woman-at-home’ and fly free, newly empowered.”

“Heels” are fun and complete a woman’s “party Essentials!”

“In this stream of consciousness scene, humans and other animals are frolicking at the zoo. “

“Never, never turn down a challenge or an opportunity.”

“Expressing one’s artistic voice is the most courageous and empowering act we share with one another.”

“My three daughters grew up being told they could be anything they wanted to be.”

“Deep down in my soul I hear the grandmothers whispering.” Harvest McCampbe

“A woman’s strength can be felt in the ordinary chair sitting in the field of her history”

“Repeating the dance of our mothers and grandmothers”

“Observing the shifting effects of weather, light, and time on my view over Portage Bay has empowered me to see the world in all its richness, and to realize there are nuances of reality and truth, not distinct edges.”

“Our rights as women have evolved from the sacrifices given by the women who came before us”

“My shields of protection come at a time in my life and in our history when protection from evil, bad vibes, and short sightedness is at an all-time-high. Women have always been about protection, helping, saving others, looking to the future. Women have a foresight that is unique. May we celebrate this vision at a time when we really need…

“I think Women of Empowerment have the ability to paint with a Zen-like focus of calmness and peace-of-mind.”

“When crossing the countryside, one wonders how did the heroic homesteading women manage to get here?”

“Empowering women through pushing through expectations. “

“A tribute to the black suffragette: Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, the Purvis Sisters and Maria Stewart.”

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been on the federal bench for 25 years. In 1993, she became the second woman ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Throughout that time she has been a leading voice and a crusader for gender equality, women’s interests, and civil rights and liberties. “

‘Statement: I believe empowering women is equal to empowering the whole community and generations to come.”

“The modern woman was empowered with choices by those who have gone before, some still make the choice to be care givers. I have hoped to represent the modern woman giving respectful care to one of those who fought for our right to choose.”

“The tenacity of the women artists who have gone before me have inspired and empowered my own creative bravery.”

“Women as a group have worked over multiple generations to gain the same rights as men. Standing together they continued the work, linking arms as support for what was right in the ongoing push for recognition. The artwork depicts the gathering, communication and support provided by women for each other.”

“This orchid reminds us that we can all be angels in our own right helping and supporting women everywhere.”

“I believe that Nature is a metaphor that mirrors the experiences that we as humans have everyday. We are all part of Mother Nature’s earth bound experience. “She” has been a guiding force in my life and I often look to HER for guidance and wisdom.”

“Shop Girl confronts society’s stereotype of idealized womanhood.”

“I believe a woman leads best by the strength of her convictions.”

“Because of many brave and fearless women who came before me, I am empowered to pursue whatever dreams I want to, be it owning my own business or becoming a full-time artist later in life and pursuing that goal in a way that best fits me as an individual.”

“Another “common wisdom” was that men excelled in math and science and women did not. Myth buster fact: It was a group of African American women mathematicians known as “human computers” who did the math that got NASA astronauts into space and safely back to Earth in the early 1960’s before the existence of electronic computers”

“In today’s world, women play many roles and wear many faces; each one supposedly a true reflection of the individual. Yet while women carry more responsibility and continue to grow in influence in the world, we are still expected to conform with society’s image or standard of beauty. “

“The free spirit shines through and gives us strength.”

“I find power and beauty even in the darkness.”

“Growing energy of the feminine heals the world: I extend sea and life energy abstractly extrapolated from Botticelli’s painting.”

“Strong women building strong families.”

“Here, a reflective young woman travels to foreign places to seek her own empowerment from wise, worldly elders.”

“This piece weaves together 3 images – portraits of my Mom, my mother in law, and me, revealing elements of similarities/influences of these powerful women, that I can see in myself.”

“This painting portrays my daughter Catherine, a no nonsense, determined, and grounded young woman, facing her future, the product of generations of strong women who have lived and struggled for the opportunities she now has. “

“I believe it is essential that we carefully scrutinize where we are with women’s issues today VS where we must go … then take dramatic action.”

“The family homestead is definitely an equal opportunity enterprise!”

“All stories begin._Where will they end?”

“The strength of women is not in emulating or being guided by men, but in the courage of being our true selves and sharing that with the world.”

“I hear my own voice and sing it loudly.” Courtesy of Harris Harvey Gallery