April Werle

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

April Werle received her BFA from the University of Montana in Painting and Drawing.

I make work by placing humans, objects, and ideas inside of environments. Those environments, through color and design, reflect my surroundings from Montana, to the Philippines, to Malaysia, to Dubai, to Morocco, and other pit stops along the way.

CONCEPT STATEMENT

Inspired by the motion of the Dunrovin Horses in their environment, I created a design concept based on directional design and color. When we think of horses, we often think of forward motion, but what we often don’t think about for any animal or human, is that there is an upward motion to our existence, this being our defiance of gravity. Not only do we move side to side in our environment, we move up and down. This movement is reflected in the bands that encircle the horse’s silhouette, and gradually move further from each other to reflect speed of motion. Also reflected in the upward motion is the color shift. A horse’s natural environment is a landscape, so we shift from the green of the grass to the blue above the horizon line.

Philip Lambert

Philip Lambert, an upstate New York native, can currently be found exploring what is great western Montana. Tucked into the forest of a picturesque mountain town, he hosts a private custom tattoo studio, Sole Tattoo.  Respected in the tattoo industry for over ten years as a premier talent, Philip’s journey as an artist has been expansive and continues to grow as his interest remains outside the constructs of tradition, unrestricted by medium, subject and/or approach.